AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of June 30, 2005 among BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION, BMC WEST CORPORATION AND OTHER SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, Co-Lead Arranger, Sole...
AMENDED
AND
RESTATED
Dated
as of
June 30, 2005
among
BUILDING
MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION,
BMC
WEST
CORPORATION
AND
OTHER
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS,
XXXXX
FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Administrative Agent, Co-Lead Arranger, Sole Book Runner and L/C
Issuer,
SUNTRUST
BANK,
as
Co-Lead
Arranger and Syndication Agent,
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Co-Documentation Agent,
LASALLE
BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent,
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent,
and
THE
OTHER
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
|
DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.01
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Certain
Defined Terms
|
2
|
1.02
|
Other
Interpretive Provisions.
|
28
|
1.03
|
Accounting
Principles
|
29
|
ARTICLE
II
|
THE
CREDITS
|
29
|
2.01
|
Amounts
and
Terms of Commitments and Loans.
|
29
|
2.02
|
Loan
Accounts
|
34
|
2.03
|
Procedure
for
Borrowing
|
34
|
2.04
|
Conversion
and Continuation Elections
|
35
|
2.05
|
Voluntary
Termination or Reduction of Commitments
|
36
|
2.06
|
Swingline
Loans
|
37
|
2.07
|
Optional
Prepayments
|
39
|
2.08
|
Mandatory
Prepayments of Loans; Mandatory Commitment Reductions.
|
40
|
2.09
|
Repayment
|
41
|
2.10
|
Interest
|
42
|
2.11
|
Fees
|
43
|
2.12
|
Computation
of Fees and Interest
|
43
|
2.13
|
Payments
by
Holdings
|
43
|
2.14
|
Payments
by
the Lenders to the Administrative Agent
|
44
|
2.15
|
Sharing
of
Payments, Etc.
|
45
|
2.16
|
Security
and
Guaranty
|
46
|
ARTICLE
III
|
THE
LETTERS
OF CREDIT
|
46
|
3.01
|
The
Letter of
Credit Subfacility
|
46
|
3.02
|
Issuance,
Amendment and Renewal of Letters of Credit
|
48
|
3.03
|
Risk
Participations, Drawings and Reimbursements
|
49
|
3.04
|
Repayment
of
Participations
|
51
|
3.05
|
Role
of the
L/C Issuer
|
52
|
3.06
|
Obligations
Absolute
|
52
|
3.07
|
Cash
Collateral Pledge
|
53
|
3.08
|
Letter
of
Credit Fees
|
54
|
3.09
|
Applicability
of ISP98 and UCP
|
55
|
3.10
|
Trade
Bank as
L/C Issuer
|
55
|
ARTICLE
IV
|
TAXES,
YIELD
PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
|
55
|
4.01
|
Taxes
|
55
|
4.02
|
Illegality
|
56
|
4.03
|
Increased
Costs and Reduction of Return
|
57
|
4.04
|
Funding
Losses
|
57
|
4.05
|
Inability
to
Determine Rates
|
58
|
4.06
|
Certificates
of Lenders
|
58
|
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
(continued)
Page
4.07
|
Substitution
of Lenders
|
58
|
4.08
|
Survival
|
59
|
ARTICLE
V
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
|
59
|
5.01
|
Conditions
to
Signing Date
|
59
|
5.02
|
Conditions
to
Effective Date
|
60
|
5.03
|
Conditions
to
each Subsequent Effective Date
|
62
|
5.04
|
Conditions
to
All Credit Extensions
|
64
|
ARTICLE
VI
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
|
65
|
6.01
|
Corporate
Existence and Power
|
65
|
6.02
|
Corporate
Authorization; No Contravention
|
65
|
6.03
|
Governmental
Authorization
|
65
|
6.04
|
Binding
Effect
|
66
|
6.05
|
Litigation
|
66
|
6.06
|
No
Defaults
|
66
|
6.07
|
ERISA
Compliance
|
66
|
6.08
|
Use
of
Proceeds; Margin Regulations
|
67
|
6.09
|
Title
to
Properties; Liens
|
67
|
6.10
|
Taxes
|
67
|
6.11
|
Financial
Condition
|
67
|
6.12
|
Environmental
Matters
|
68
|
6.13
|
Collateral
Documents.
|
69
|
6.14
|
Regulated
Entities
|
69
|
6.15
|
No
Burdensome
Restrictions
|
69
|
6.16
|
Copyrights,
Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, Etc
|
70
|
6.17
|
Subsidiaries
|
70
|
6.18
|
Insurance
|
70
|
6.19
|
Swap
Obligations
|
70
|
6.20
|
Real
Property
|
71
|
6.21
|
Full
Disclosure
|
71
|
6.22
|
Internal
Controls
|
71
|
ARTICLE
VII
|
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
|
72
|
7.01
|
Financial
Statements
|
72
|
7.02
|
Certificates;
Other Information
|
72
|
7.03
|
Notices
|
73
|
7.04
|
Preservation
of Corporate Existence, Etc
|
75
|
7.05
|
Maintenance
of Property
|
75
|
7.06
|
Insurance
|
76
|
7.07
|
Payment
of
Obligations
|
76
|
7.08
|
Compliance
with Laws
|
76
|
7.09
|
Compliance
with ERISA
|
76
|
7.10
|
Inspection
of
Property and Books and Records
|
77
|
7.11
|
Environmental
Laws
|
77
|
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
(continued)
Page
7.12
|
Use
of
Proceeds
|
77
|
7.13
|
Additional
Guarantors
|
77
|
7.14
|
Additional
Stock Pledges
|
78
|
7.15
|
Environmental
Review
|
79
|
7.16
|
Further
Assurances
|
79
|
7.17
|
Appraisals/Title
Insurance.
|
80
|
7.18
|
Intercompany
Notes
|
80
|
ARTICLE
VIII
|
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
|
81
|
8.01
|
Limitation
on
Liens
|
81
|
8.02
|
Disposition
of Assets
|
83
|
8.03
|
Consolidations
and Mergers
|
84
|
8.04
|
Loans
and
Investments
|
84
|
8.05
|
Limitation
on
Indebtedness
|
85
|
8.06
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
86
|
8.07
|
Use
of
Proceeds
|
86
|
8.08
|
Contingent
Obligations
|
87
|
8.09
|
Subsidiaries
|
87
|
8.10
|
Lease
Obligations
|
87
|
8.11
|
Restricted
Payments
|
87
|
8.12
|
ERISA
|
88
|
8.13
|
Capital
Expenditures
|
88
|
8.14
|
Sales
and
Leasebacks
|
88
|
8.15
|
Certain
Payments
|
89
|
8.16
|
Modification
of Subordinated Debt Documents
|
89
|
8.17
|
Change
in
Business
|
89
|
8.18
|
Accounting
Changes
|
89
|
8.19
|
Financial
Covenants
|
89
|
8.20
|
No
Restrictions on Subsidiary Dividends
|
90
|
ARTICLE
IX
|
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
|
90
|
9.01
|
Event
of
Default
|
90
|
9.02
|
Remedies
|
93
|
9.03
|
Specified
Swap Contract Remedies
|
94
|
ARTICLE
X
|
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
|
94
|
10.01
|
Appointment
and Authorization; “Administrative Agent”
|
94
|
10.02
|
Delegation
of
Duties
|
95
|
10.03
|
Liability
of
Administrative Agent
|
95
|
10.04
|
Reliance
by
Administrative Agent
|
95
|
10.05
|
Notice
of
Default
|
96
|
10.06
|
Credit
Decision
|
96
|
10.07
|
Indemnification
of Administrative Agent
|
96
|
10.08
|
Administrative
Agent in Individual Capacity
|
97
|
10.09
|
Successor
Administrative Agent
|
97
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
(continued)
Page
10.10
|
Withholding
Tax
|
98
|
10.11
|
Collateral
Matters.
|
99
|
10.12
|
Syndication
Agent, Documentation Agent, Co-Lead Arranger, Book Runner
|
100
|
10.13
|
Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim
|
100
|
ARTICLE
XI
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
101
|
11.01
|
Amendments
and Waivers
|
101
|
11.02
|
Notices
|
102
|
11.03
|
No
Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies
|
103
|
11.04
|
Costs
and
Expenses
|
103
|
11.05
|
Indemnification.
|
104
|
11.06
|
Marshalling;
Payments Set Aside
|
105
|
11.07
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
105
|
11.08
|
Assignments,
Participations, Etc
|
106
|
11.09
|
Confidentiality
|
108
|
11.10
|
Set
off
|
108
|
11.11
|
USA
PATRIOT
Act Notice
|
109
|
11.12
|
Guaranty
|
109
|
11.13
|
Notification
of Addresses, Lending Offices, Etc
|
115
|
11.14
|
Counterparts
|
115
|
11.15
|
Severability
|
115
|
11.16
|
No
Third
Parties Benefited
|
115
|
11.17
|
Governing
Law
and Jurisdiction
|
116
|
11.18
|
Waiver
of
Jury Trial
|
116
|
11.19
|
Entire
Agreement
|
117
|
11.20
|
Treatment
of
Existing Credit Agreement
|
117
|
iv
ANNEXES
Annex I | Pricing Grid |
SCHEDULES
|
|
Schedule 2.01(a)
|
Term
A Loan
Commitments
|
Schedule 2.01(c)
|
Revolving
Loan Commitments and Proportionate Shares
|
Schedule
2.09(a)
|
Term A
Loan Amortization Schedule
|
Schedule
2.09(b)
|
Term B
Loan Amortization Schedule
|
Schedule 6.05
|
Litigation
|
Schedule 6.07
|
ERISA
|
Schedule 6.11
|
Permitted
Liabilities
|
Schedule 6.12
|
Environmental
Matters
|
Schedule 6.15
|
Burdensome
Restrictions
|
Schedule 6.17
|
Subsidiaries
and Minority Interests
|
Schedule 6.18
|
Insurance
Matters
|
Schedule 6.20
|
Owned
Real
Property
|
Schedule
8.01
|
Permitted
Liens
|
Schedule
8.05
|
Permitted
Indebtedness
|
Schedule
8.08
|
Contingent
Obligations
|
Schedule
11.02
|
Payment
Offices; Addresses for Notices; Lending Offices
|
EXHIBITS
|
|
Exhibit A-1
|
Form
of
Notice of Revolving Borrowing
|
Exhibit A-2
|
Form
of
Notice of Term Loan Borrowing
|
Exhibit B-1
|
Form
of
Notice of Revolving Loan Conversion/Continuation
|
Exhibit
B-2
|
Form
of
Notice of Term Loan Conversion/Continuation
|
Exhibit
C
|
Form
of
Compliance Certificate
|
Exhibit
D
|
Form
of Legal
Opinion of Counsel to Loan Parties
|
Exhibit
E
|
Form
of
Assignment and Acceptance
|
Exhibit
F-1
|
Form
of
Revolving Note
|
Exhibit
F-2
|
Form
of A
Term Note
|
Exhibit
F-3
|
Form
of B
Term Note
|
Exhibit
G
|
Form
of
Additional Guarantor Assumption Agreement
|
Exhibit
H
|
Form
of Legal
Opinion of Additional Guarantor’s Counsel
|
Exhibit
I
|
Form
of
Security Agreement
|
Exhibit
J
|
Form
of
Update Certificate
|
Exhibit
K
|
Form
of
Amendment to Deeds of Trust
|
v
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is entered into
as of June 30, 2005, by and among (i) BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”),
as borrower,
(ii) BMC WEST CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, (iii) the several financial
institutions from time to time party to this Agreement (individually, a
“Lender”
and,
collectively, the “Lenders”),
(iv) SUNTRUST BANK, as Co-Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent,
(v) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
as
Co-Documentation Agent, (vi) LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Co-Documentation Agent, (vii) U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Co-Documentation Agent, and (viii) XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(“Xxxxx
Fargo”),
as the L/C
Issuer (as defined herein), the Swingline Lender (as defined herein), the
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
and the Sole
Book Runner and Co-Lead Arranger of the credit facilities described
herein.
RECITALS
A. WHEREAS,
Holdings
previously entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13,
2003 (as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified prior to the date hereof,
the “Existing
Credit
Agreement”),
by and among
(i) Holdings, as borrower, (ii) the Company and certain other
affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, (iii) the several financial
institutions party thereto, as lenders (each, an “Existing
Lender”
and,
collectively, the “Existing
Lenders”),
(iv) General Electric Capital Corporation, as co-lead arranger, (v)U.S.
Bank National Association, as syndication agent, (vi) Union Bank of California,
N.A. as documentation agent, and (vii) Xxxxx Fargo, as letter of credit issuing
bank, swingline bank, and administrative agent for the Existing Lenders and
as
co - lead arranger of the credit facilities provided therein.
B. WHEREAS,
Holdings
has requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be further amended and restated
in order to (i) increase the Revolving Commitments initially to
$300,000,000, which amount may be subsequently increased in accordance with
the
terms and conditions hereof, (ii) add Term A Commitments in an
initial
aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000, which amount may be subsequently
increased in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, (iii) allow
for additional Term B Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof,
(iv) replace certain of the Existing Lenders that do not desire to be
party
to this Agreement with new financial institutions which desire to be party
to
this Agreement as Lenders (collectively, the “New
Lenders”),
(v) reallocate the outstanding Obligations among the Existing Lenders
that
desire to be party to this Agreement and the New Lenders, and (vi) make
certain other changes.
C. WHEREAS,
the
parties hereto are willing to so amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of the above Recitals and the mutual agreements, provisions and
covenants contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
1.01 Certain
Defined
Terms. The
following terms have the following meanings when used herein (including in
the
Recitals hereof):
“Acquisition”
means any
transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting,
directly or indirectly, in (i) the acquisition of all or substantially
all
of the assets of a Person, or of any business or division of a Person,
(ii) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests or equity of any Person, or otherwise causing
any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (iii) a merger or consolidation
or
any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is a
Subsidiary), provided
that Holdings, the
Company or an acquiring Subsidiary, as the case may be, is the surviving
Person.
“Additional
Lenders”
means the
financial institutions (if any) which agree to provide Additional Term A
Loans, Additional Term B Loans and/or make Additional Revolving Commitments
to Holdings in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein on
any
Subsequent Effective Date.
“Additional
Guarantor Accession Date”
has the meaning
specified in Section 7.13.
“Additional
Guarantor Assumption Agreement”
has the meaning
specified in Section 7.13.
“Additional
Revolving Commitment”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(f).
“Additional
Term A Commitment”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(d).
“Additional
Term A Loan”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(d).
“Additional
Term B Commitment”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(e).
“Additional
Term B Loan”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(e).
“Administrative
Agent”
has the meaning
specified in the preamble,
and any successor
Administrative Agent arising under Section 10.09.
“Administrative
Agent Related Persons”
means Xxxxx Fargo
and any successor Administrative Agent arising under Section 10.09
and any L/C Issuer
hereunder, together with their respective Affiliates (including, in the case
of
Xxxxx Fargo, the Co-Lead Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees,
agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.
“Administrative
Agent’s Payment Office”
means the address
for payments set forth on Schedule
11.02
or such other
address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify.
2
“Affiliate”
means, as to any
Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. A
Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership
of
voting securities, membership interests, by contract, or otherwise.
“Aggregate
Revolving Commitment”
means the
combined Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders, which combined
Revolving Commitments shall not exceed $300,000,000 as of the Effective Date,
which amount includes both the L/C Commitment and the Swingline Commitment
and
which amount may be increased on any Subsequent Effective Date pursuant to
Section 2.01(f)
by no more than an
amount equal to the difference of (i) $150,000,000 minus
(ii) the
total of (x) the amount (if any) by which the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment has been increased on all Subsequent Effective Dates that shall
have
occurred prior to the relevant Subsequent Effective Date pursuant to
Section 2.01(f) plus
(y) the amount (if
any) by which the Term A Loans have been increased on all Subsequent
Effective Dates that shall have occurred prior to, or simultaneous with, the
relevant Subsequent Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(d) plus
(z) the amount (if
any) by which the Term B Loans have been increased on all Subsequent
Effective Dates that shall have occurred prior to, or simultaneous with, the
relevant Subsequent Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(e).
“Aggregate
Term A Commitment”
means the
combined Term A Commitments of the Term A Lenders, which Term A
Commitments shall not exceed $75,000,000 as of the Effective Date.
“Agreement”
means this Credit
Agreement.
“Applicable
Fee
Amount”
means with
respect to the Commitment Fees and Standby Letter of Credit fees payable
hereunder, the amount set forth opposite the indicated Level below the heading
“Commitment Fee” or “Letter of Credit Fee,” as applicable, in the pricing grid
set forth on Annex
I
in accordance with the parameters for calculations of such amount also set
forth
on Annex
I.
“Applicable
Margin”
means
(i) with respect to Base Rate Loans and Offshore Rate Loans which are
either Revolving Loans or Term A Loans, the amount set forth opposite
the
indicated Level below the heading “Base Rate Spread or “Offshore Rate Spread” in
the pricing grid set forth on Annex
I
in accordance with the parameters for calculations of such amounts also set
forth on Annex
I,
and (ii) with respect to Term B Loans which are Base Rate Loans,
1.00%, and with respect to Term B Loans which are Offshore Rate Loans,
1.75%.
“Assignee”
has the meaning
specified in Section 11.08(a).
“Attorney
Costs”
means and
includes all fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel,
the allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of internal
counsel.
“Available
Commitment”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.11(b).
3
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means the Federal
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §101, et seq.).
“Base
Rate”
means, for any
day, the higher of: (i) 0.50% per annum above the latest Federal Funds
Rate, and (ii) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
announced from time to time by Xxxxx Fargo at its principal office in San
Francisco as its prime rate. (The prime rate is a rate set by
Xxxxx
Fargo based upon various factors including Xxxxx Fargo’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 the prime rate announced by Xxxxx Fargo
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.
“Borrowing”
means a borrowing
hereunder consisting of (i) Loans of the same Type made to Holdings
on the
same day by the Lenders under Article
II,
and, in the case
of Offshore Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, (ii) a Swingline
Loan (or Swingline Loans) made to Holdings on the same day by the Swingline
Lender, or (iii) an L/C Borrowing.
“Borrowing
Date”
means any date on
which a Borrowing occurs.
“Business
Day”
means any day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New
York
City or San Francisco are authorized or required by law to close and, if the
applicable Business Day relates to any Offshore Rate Loan, means such a day
on
which dealings are carried on in the London or other applicable offshore Dollar
interbank market.
“Capital
Adequacy
Regulation”
means any
guideline, request or directive of any central bank or other Governmental
Authority, or any other law, rule or regulation, whether or not having the
force
of law, in each case, regarding capital adequacy of any bank or of any
corporation controlling a bank.
“Capital
Expenditure Annual Limit”
means, for any
fiscal year, the sum of (i) $35,000,000 plus
(ii) 3.0% of
the aggregate sales reported by all Persons acquired by Holdings or its
Subsidiaries in such fiscal year pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, as
reported by each such acquired Person in its financial statements for such
Person’s then most recently completed fiscal year, plus
(iii) the
amount of proceeds of any Disposition or Event of Loss which are reinvested
as
Capital Expenditures within six (6) months of Holdings’ or any Subsidiary’s
receipt of such proceeds.
“Capital
Expenditures”
means, for any
period, the aggregate of all expenditures (including the current portion of
Capital Leases) which are required to be capitalized on the consolidated balance
sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries during that period, in accordance with
GAAP, excluding any such expenditures in respect of Acquisitions permitted
by
Section 8.04(e).
“Capital
Lease”
means, for any
Person, any lease of property (whether real, personal or mixed) which, in
accordance with GAAP, would, at the time a determination is made, be required
to
be recorded as a capital lease in respect of which such Person is liable as
lessee.
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“Cash
Collateralize”
means to pledge
and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Lenders, as additional
collateral for the Obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, cash or deposit
account balances. Derivatives of such term shall have corresponding
meaning.
“Change
of
Control”
means an event or
series of events by which:
(a) any
“person”
or
“group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person
or
its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee,
agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right
to acquire (such right, an “option
right”),
whether such
right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly
or
indirectly, of 20% or more of the equity securities of Holdings entitled to
vote
for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Holdings
on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that
such
person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option
right);
(b) during
any period
of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors
or
other equivalent governing body of Holdings cease to be composed of individuals
(i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the
first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that
board
or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause
(i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at
least
a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose
election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was
approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority
of
that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause
(ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for,
or
assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body
occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person
or
group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by
or
on behalf of the board of directors); or
(c) any
Person or two
or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired by contract or otherwise,
or shall have entered into a contract that, upon consummation thereof, will
result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or
indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of Holdings,
or control over the equity securities of Holdings entitled to vote for members
of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Holdings on a
fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such
Person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right)
representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of such
securities.
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“Co-Lead
Arranger”
means each of
Xxxxx Fargo Bank and SunTrust Bank, each in their respective capacity as Co-Lead
Arranger and Co-Book Manager.
“Code”
means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Collateral”
means all
tangible and intangible property and interests in property and proceeds thereof
now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings or any Guarantor in or upon which
a
Lien (i) existed in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Existing
Lenders party to the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the
Effective Date, or (ii) now or hereafter exists in favor of the Lenders,
or
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, on and after the Effective
Date, whether under this Agreement or under any other Collateral
Documents.
“Collateral
Documents”
mean,
collectively, (i) the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property
Security Agreements, the Mortgages and all other security agreements, mortgages,
deeds of trust, patent and trademark assignments, lease assignments, control
agreements and other similar agreements between Holdings or any Guarantor and
the Lenders, or the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, now
or
hereafter delivered to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and all financing
statements (or comparable documents now or hereafter filed in accordance with
the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law) against Holdings or any Guarantor
as debtor in favor of the Lenders, or the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of the Lenders, as secured party, and (ii) any amendments, supplements,
modifications, renewals, replacements, consolidations, substitutions and
extensions of any of the foregoing.
“Commercial
Letter of Credit”
means a
commercial Letter of Credit Issued for the account of Holdings in respect of
the
purchase of inventory or other goods and services by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
“Commitment,”
as to each
Lender, means the sum of its Revolving Commitment (including its Additional
Revolving Commitment, if any), Term A Commitment, Additional Term A
Commitment, if any, and Additional Term B Commitment, if any.
“Commitment
Fees”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.11(b).
“Company”
has the meaning
specified in the preamble.
“Compliance
Certificate”
means a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Consolidated
Net
Worth”
means, as of the
date of determination, the consolidated shareholders’ equity of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net
Income”
means, as of the
date of determination, the consolidated net income of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated
Total Assets”
means, as of the
date of determination, the consolidated total assets of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Contingent
Obligation”
means (without
duplication), as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of that Person,
whether or not contingent, with or without recourse, (i) with respect
to
any Indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation (the
“primary
obligations”)
of another
Person (the “primary
obligor”),
including any
obligation of that Person (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire
such
primary obligations or any security therefor, (b) to advance or provide funds
for the payment or discharge of any such primary obligation, or to maintain
working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to
maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income
or
financial condition of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities
or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation, (d) in connection with any synthetic lease or other similar off
balance sheet lease transaction, or (e) otherwise to assure or hold harmless
the
holder of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof (each
a
“Guaranty
Obligation”);
(ii) with
respect to any Surety Instrument issued for the account of that Person or as
to
which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings or payments;
(iii) to purchase any materials, supplies or other property from, or
to
obtain the services of, another Person if the relevant contract or other related
document or obligation requires that payment for such materials, supplies or
other property, or for such services, shall be made regardless of whether
delivery of such materials, supplies or other property is ever made or tendered,
or such services are ever performed or tendered; (iv) in respect of
Earn-Out Obligations; (v) in respect of any Swap Contract; and (vi) in
respect of Stock Price Guaranties. The amount of any Contingent
Obligation shall, in the case of Guaranty Obligations, be deemed equal to the
stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which
such
Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated or if indeterminable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, and in the case of other
Contingent Obligations other than in respect of Swap Contracts, shall be equal
to the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof and, in
the
case of Contingent Obligations in respect of Swap Contracts, shall be equal
to
the Swap Termination Value.
“Contractual
Obligation”
means, as to any
Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement,
undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument,
document or agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any
of
its property is bound.
“Conversion/Continuation
Date”
means any date on
which, under Section 2.04,
Holdings
(i) converts Loans of one Type to another Type, or (ii) continues
as
Loans of the same Type, but with a new Interest Period, Loans having Interest
Periods expiring on such date.
“Credit
Extension”
means and
includes (i) the making of any Revolving Loans, Term A Loans,
Term B Loans or Swingline Loans hereunder, and (ii) the Issuance
of
any Letters of Credit hereunder.
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“Deed
of Trust
Amendments”
means,
collectively, those certain Deeds of Trust, First Amendments to Deeds of Trust,
Second Amendments to Deeds of Trust and Third Amendments to Deeds of Trust,
each
dated as of the Effective Date, among each Loan Party party thereto and the
Administrative Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit K or such
other
form as may be agreed to by such Loan Party and the Administrative
Agent.
“Default”
means any event
or circumstance which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting
Lender”
means a Lender
that has failed to fund its portion of any Borrowing that it is required to
fund
under this Agreement and has continued in such failure for three (3) Business
Days after written notice from the Administrative Agent.
“Departing
Revolving Lender”
means any
Existing Lender that (i) has a Revolving Commitment under the Existing
Credit Agreement and (ii) does not desire to be party to this
Agreement.
“Departing
Term B Lender”
means any
Existing Lender that (i) has made a Term B Loan under the Existing
Credit Agreement and (ii) does not desire to be party to this
Agreement.
“Disposition”
means the sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of property, other than sales or other
dispositions expressly permitted under Sections
8.02(a)
through
8.02(g).
“Disposition
Value”
means the
aggregate net book value of all assets sold, transferred, leased or disposed
of
in any transaction, determined as of the date of such transfer or proposed
transfer thereof.
“Dollars,”“dollars”
and “$”
each mean lawful
money of the United States.
“Earn-out
Obligations”
means any
obligations, whether contingent or matured, to pay additional consideration
in
connection with the Acquisition by Holdings or any Subsidiary of any capital
stock or assets of any Person.
“EBITA”
means, for any
period, for Holdings and its Subsidiaries, the sum of consolidated net income
of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period (exclusive of extraordinary gains
and losses and exclusive of earnings from Minority Investments but including
earnings from Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (but
in the case of Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, only to the extent of the ratable
portion of ownership by Holdings or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Holdings
in
such Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries)) plus
(to the extent
deducted in determining consolidated net income) (i) Interest Expense
for
such period, (ii) income tax expense for such period,
(iii) amortization expense and other non-cash expenses for such period
(other than depreciation expense) and (iv) cash distributions in respect
of
Minority Investments, in each case, measured in accordance with
GAAP.
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“EBITDA”
means, for any
period, for Holdings and its Subsidiaries, the sum of consolidated net income
of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period (exclusive of extraordinary gains
and losses and exclusive of earnings from Minority Investments but including
earnings from Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (but
in the case of Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, only to the extent of the ratable
portion of ownership by Holdings or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Holdings
in
such Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries)) plus
(to the extent
deducted in determining consolidated net income) (i) Interest Expense
for
such period, (ii) income tax expense for such period,
(iii) depreciation expense, amortization expense and other non-cash
expenses for such period and (iv) cash distributions in respect of Minority
Investments, in each case, measured in accordance with GAAP. For
purposes of determining the consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
hereunder for purposes of calculating the EBITDA Ratio hereunder, EBITDA shall
be adjusted upon the Permitted Acquisition of any acquired Subsidiary (the
“Acquiree”)
(A) to include
the historical financial results of such Acquiree for the four fiscal quarter
period (“Calculation
Period”)
for which
Holdings’ consolidated EBITDA is calculated hereunder, until such time as the
first day of any Calculation Period falls on or after the date on which the
Acquisition of such Acquiree is consummated; and (B) to exclude any specific,
identifiable expense items which are eliminated as a result of the Permitted
Acquisition of such Acquiree at the closing thereof, provided
that, if
available, audited financial statements accompanied by an unqualified opinion
of
an Independent Auditor are delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
in respect of such Acquiree for the then most recent fiscal year of such
Acquiree, and provided further
that Holdings
shall have delivered a certificate of a Responsible Officer clearly setting
forth such pro forma
additions and
exclusions to consolidated EBITDA resulting from the Permitted Acquisition
of
such Acquiree.
“EBITDA
Ratio”
means, as of the
end of any fiscal quarter, measured on a consolidated basis for Holdings and
its
Subsidiaries as of such date, the ratio of (i) Total Funded Debt existing
on such date to (ii) EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters ending
on such date.
“Effective
Amount”
means
(i) with respect to any Revolving Loans, Term A Loans, Term B
Loans and Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments or
repayments of Revolving Loans, Term A Loans, Term B Loans and
Swingline Loans occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any
outstanding L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations
on
such date after giving effect to any Issuances of Letters of Credit 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 of outstanding
unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum
amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such
date;
provided
that for purposes
of Section 2.08,
the Effective
Amount shall be determined without giving effect to any mandatory prepayments
to
be made under Section 2.08.
“Effective
Date”
means the date on
which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.02
are satisfied or
waived by all of the Lenders (or, in the case of Section 5.02(c),
waived by the
Person entitled to receive such payment) which date shall not be later than
September 15, 2005.
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“Eligible
Assignee”
means (i) a
commercial bank or licensed lending institution organized under the laws of
the
United States, or any state thereof, and having a combined capital and surplus
of at least $100,000,000; (ii) a commercial bank organized under the
laws
of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”),
or a political
subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus
of at
least $100,000,000, provided
that such bank is
acting through a branch or agency located in the United States; (iii) a
Financial Institution, including, without limitation, a fund, that invests
in
and holds bank loans and (iv) a Person that is primarily engaged in
the
business of commercial lending and that is (a) a Subsidiary of a Lender, (b)
a
Subsidiary of a Person of which a Lender is a Subsidiary, or (c) a Person of
which a Lender is a Subsidiary.
“Environmental
Claims”
means all claims,
however asserted, by any Governmental Authority or other Person alleging
potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law,
or
for release or injury to the environment or threat to public health, personal
injury (including sickness, disease or death), property damage, natural
resources damage, or otherwise alleging liability or responsibility for damages
(punitive or otherwise), cleanup, removal, remedial or response costs,
restitution, civil or criminal penalties, injunctive relief, or other type
of
relief, resulting from or based upon the presence, placement, discharge,
emission or release (including intentional and unintentional, negligent and
non-negligent, sudden or non-sudden, accidental or non-accidental, placement,
spills, leaks, discharges, emissions or releases) of any Hazardous Material
at,
in, or from any property, whether or not owned by Holdings or any
Subsidiary.
“Environmental
Laws”
means all
federal, state or local laws, statutes, common law duties, rules, regulations,
ordinances and codes, together with all administrative orders, directed duties,
requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
Governmental Authorities, in each case relating to environmental, health, safety
and land use matters; including the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”),
the Clean Air
Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances
Control Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the
California Hazardous Waste Control Law, the California Solid Waste Management,
Resource, Recovery and Recycling Act, the California Water Code and the
California Health and Safety Code.
“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 Holdings
or
the Company within the meaning of section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to
section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA
Event”
means (i) a
Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (ii) a withdrawal by
Holdings, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to
section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer
(as defined in section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations which
is treated as such a withdrawal under section 4062(e) of ERISA; (iii) a
complete or partial withdrawal by Holdings, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization; (iv) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate,
the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under section 4041 or 4041A
of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (v) an event or condition which might
reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under section 4042 of ERISA for
the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension
Plan
or Multiemployer Plan; or (vi) the imposition of any liability under
Title
IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under section
4007
of ERISA, upon Holdings, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
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“Estimated
Remediation Costs”
means all costs
associated with performing work to remediate contamination of real property
or
groundwater, including engineering and other professional fees and expenses,
costs to remove, transport and dispose of contaminated soil, costs to “cap” or
otherwise contain contaminated soil, and costs to pump and treat water and
monitor water quality.
“Eurodollar
Reserve Percentage”
has the meaning
specified in the definition of “Offshore Rate.”
“Event
of
Default”
means any of the
events or circumstances specified in Section 9.01.
“Event
of
Loss”
means, with
respect to any property, any of the following: (i) any loss, destruction
or
damage of such property; (ii) any pending or threatened institution
of any
proceedings for the condemnation or seizure of such property or for the exercise
of any right of eminent domain; or (iii) any actual condemnation, seizure
or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, of such
property, or confiscation of such property or the requisition of the use of
such
property.
“Exchange
Act”
means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Existing
Credit
Agreement”
has the meaning
specified in Recital A.
“Existing
Lender”
has the meaning
specified in Recital A.
“Federal
Funds
Rate”
means, for any
day, the rate set forth in the weekly statistical release designated as
H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York with respect to the preceding Business Day opposite the caption
“Federal Funds (Effective)”; or, if for any relevant day such rate is not so
published with respect to any such preceding Business Day, the rate for such
day
will be the arithmetic mean as determined by the Administrative Agent of the
rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged prior to
9:00
a.m. (New York City time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of
Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by the Administrative
Agent.
“Fee
Letter”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.11(a).
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“Financial
Institution”
means a Person
which, for purposes of Section 25118 of the Corporations Code of the
State
of California, has the capacity to protect its own interests in connection
with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“FRB”
means the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Funded
Debt”
means, as of any
date of determination, all (x) indebtedness for borrowed money plus
(y) reimbursement
obligations in respect of Surety Instruments plus
(z) obligations in respect of Capital Leases, in each case of Holdings
and
its Subsidiaries on such date, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP,
including all Revolving Loans, Term A Loans, Term B Loans, Swingline
Loans and L/C Borrowings, but excluding all L/C Obligations specified in clause
(i) of the definition thereof.
“Further
Taxes”
means any and all
present or future taxes, levies, assessments, imposts, duties, deductions,
fees,
withholdings or similar charges (including net income taxes and franchise
taxes), and all liabilities with respect thereto, imposed by any jurisdiction
on
account of amounts payable or paid pursuant to Section 4.01.
“GAAP”
means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions
and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute
of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable
stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, subject to
Section 1.03.
“Governmental
Authority”
means any nation
or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central
bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity
owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any
of
the foregoing.
“Guarantor”
means each direct
or indirect U.S. Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings that currently exists
or is
hereafter acquired or created and which is a party to a Guaranty in its capacity
as a guarantor of the Obligations, and shall include the Company and each U.S.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings party hereto; provided,
however,
that in no event
shall (i) the definition of Guarantor include BMC Insurance, Inc. and (ii)
any
Guarantor be released of its obligations under any Guaranty by operation of
any
disposition of the equity thereof.
“Guaranty”
means the
guaranty of each Guarantor made pursuant to Section 11.12
and any other
guaranty under any separate agreement executed by any Guarantor pursuant to
which it guarantees the Obligations.
“Guaranty
Obligation”
has the meaning
specified in the definition of “Contingent Obligation.”
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“Hazardous
Materials”
means all those
substances that are regulated by, or which may form the basis of liability
under, any Environmental Law, including any substance identified under any
Environmental Law as a pollutant, contaminant, hazardous waste, hazardous
constituent, special waste, hazardous substance, hazardous material, or toxic
substance, or petroleum or petroleum derived substance or waste.
“Holdings”
has the meaning
specified in the preamble.
“Honor
Date”
has the meaning
specified in Section 3.03(b).
“Indebtedness”
of any Person
means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money;
(ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the
ordinary course of business on ordinary terms and (x) not past due for more
than
120 days or (y) if past due for more than 120 days, are being contested in
good
faith with any reserves as may be required by GAAP made therefor, but including
all non-contingent Earn-Out Obligations); (iii) all reimbursement or
payment obligations with respect to Surety Instruments (contingent or
otherwise); (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures
or
similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection
with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses; (v) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect
to
property acquired by the Person (even though the rights and remedies of the
seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property); (vi) all obligations with respect
to Capital Leases; (vii) all indebtedness referred to in clauses
(i) through (vi) above secured by (or for which the holder of
such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured
by)
any Lien upon or in property (including accounts and contracts rights) owned
by
such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the
payment of such Indebtedness; (viii) all Guaranty Obligations in respect
of
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses
(i) through (vii) above; and (ix) all Stock Price Guaranties
having a tenor of six (6) months or more or exceeding $2,000,000 in the
aggregate for all Stock Price Guaranties then outstanding. For
all
purposes of this Agreement, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include all
recourse Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture or limited liability
company in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer or a
member.
“Indemnified
Liabilities”
has the meaning
specified in Section 11.05(a).
“Indemnified
Person”
has the meaning
specified in Section 11.05(a).
“Independent
Auditor”
has the meaning
specified in Section 7.01(a).
“Insolvency
Proceeding”
means, with
respect to any Person, (i) any case, action or proceeding with respect
to
such Person before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution,
winding-up or relief of debtors, or (ii) any general assignment for
the
benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors, or
other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any
substantial portion of its creditors; in either case undertaken under U.S.
Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
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“Intellectual
Property Security Agreement”
has the meaning
specified in the Security Agreement.
“Interest
Expense”
means, for any
period, for Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, all interest
in respect of Indebtedness accrued or capitalized during such period (whether
or
not actually paid during such period).
“Interest
Payment
Date”
means,
(i) as to any Offshore Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such Loan, (ii) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business
Day of each calendar quarter and the Revolving Loan Maturity Date (in the case
of Revolving Loans), the Term A Loan Maturity Date (in the case of
Term A Loans), and the Term B Loan Maturity Date (in the case
of
Term B Loans) and (iii) as to any Swingline Loan, each of the
last
Business Day of each calendar quarter and the Revolving Loan Maturity Date;
provided,
however,
that if any
Interest Period for an Offshore Rate Loan exceeds three months, the date that
falls three months after the beginning of such Interest Period and after each
Interest Payment Date thereafter is also an Interest Payment Date.
“Interest
Period”
means, as to any
Offshore Rate Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan
or
on the Conversion/Continuation Date on which the Loan is converted into or
continued as an Offshore Rate Loan, and ending on the date one, two, three
or
six months thereafter, as selected by Holdings in its Notice of Borrowing or
Notice of Conversion/Continuation; provided
that:
(i) if
any Interest
Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest
Period shall be extended to the following Business Day unless, in the case
of an
Offshore Rate Loan, the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest
Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall
end on the preceding Business Day;
(ii) any
Interest Period
pertaining to an Offshore Rate Loan 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
for any Term A Loan shall extend beyond the Term A Loan Maturity
Date,
no Interest Period for any Term B Loan shall extend beyond the Term B
Loan Maturity Date and no Interest Period for any Revolving Loan shall extend
beyond the Revolving Loan Maturity Date; and
(iv) no
Interest Period
applicable to a Term A Loan or Term B Loan or portion thereof
shall
extend beyond any date upon which is due any scheduled principal payment in
respect of such Term A Loan or Term B Loan unless the aggregate
principal amount of such Term A Loan or such Term B Loans represented
by Base Rate Loan or Offshore Rate Loans having Interest Periods that will
expire on or before such date, equals or exceeds the amount of such principal
payment.
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“Investment”
has the meaning
specified in Section 8.04.
“IRS”
means the
Internal Revenue Service, and any Governmental Authority succeeding to any
of
its principal functions under the Code.
“Issuance
Date”
has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Issue”
means, with
respect to any Letter of Credit, to issue or to extend the expiry of, or to
renew or increase the amount of or otherwise amend, such Letter of Credit;
and
the terms “Issued,”“Issuing”
and “Issuance”
have
corresponding meanings.
“L/C
Advance”
means each
Revolving Lender’s participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its
Proportionate Share.
“L/C
Amendment
Application”
means an
application form for amendment of outstanding Standby or Commercial Letters
of
Credit as shall at any time be in use at the L/C Issuer, as the L/C Issuer
shall
request.
“L/C
Application”
means an
application form for issuances of Standby or Commercial Letters of Credit as
shall at any time be in use at the L/C Issuer, as the L/C Issuer shall
request.
“L/C
Borrowing”
means an
extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which
shall not have been reimbursed on the date when made nor converted into a
Borrowing of Revolving Loans under Section 3.03(c).
“L/C
Commitment”
means the
commitment of the L/C Issuer to Issue, and the commitment of the Revolving
Lenders severally to participate in, Letters of Credit from time to time Issued
or outstanding under Article
III,
in an aggregate
amount not to exceed on any date the amount of $100,000,000, as the same shall
be reduced as a result of a reduction in the L/C Commitment pursuant to
Section 2.05
or Section 2.08;
provided
that the L/C
Commitment is a part of the combined Revolving Commitments of the Revolving
Lenders rather than a separate, independent commitment; and provided further
that if as a
result of any Commitment reductions hereunder the L/C Commitment shall exceed
the combined Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders, the L/C Commitment
shall automatically reduce by the amount of such excess.
“L/C
Issuer”
means Xxxxx Fargo
(or Trade Bank, as agent for Xxxxx Fargo) in its capacity as issuer of one
or
more Letters of Credit hereunder, together with any replacement letter of credit
issuer arising under Section 10.01(b)
or Section 10.09.
“L/C
Obligations”
means at any time
the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit
then
outstanding, plus
(ii) the
amount of all unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit, including
all
outstanding L/C Borrowings.
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“L/C-Related
Documents”
means the Letters
of Credit, the L/C Applications, the L/C Amendment Applications and any other
documents relating to any Letter of Credit, including any of the L/C Issuer’s
standard form documents for letter of credit issuances.
“Lender”
has the meaning
specified in the preamble,
and includes
Revolving Lenders, Term A Lenders and Term B Lenders, provided,
however,
that from and
after any Subsequent Effective Date, any Additional Lenders shall also be deemed
“Lenders”
for all purposes
hereunder. References to the “Lenders”
shall include
Xxxxx Fargo, including in its capacity as L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender;
for
purposes of clarification only, to the extent that Xxxxx Fargo may have any
rights or obligations in addition to those of the Lenders due to its status
as
L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender, its status as such will be specifically
referenced. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires,
“Lender”
includes any such
institution in its capacity as Swap Provider. Unless the context
otherwise clearly requires, references to any such institution as a
“Lender”
shall also
include any of such institution’s Affiliates that may at any time of
determination be Swap Providers.
“Lending
Office”
means, as to any
Lender, the office or offices of such Lender specified as its “Lending Office”
or “Domestic Lending Office” or “Offshore Lending Office,” as the case may be,
on Schedule
11.02,
or such other
office or offices as such Lender may from time to time notify to Holdings and
the Administrative Agent.
“Letters
of
Credit”
means any letters
of credit Issued by the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article
III
(which may be
Commercial Letters of Credit or Standby Letters of Credit).
“Lien”
means any
security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
charge or deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever in respect of any
property (including those created by, arising under or evidenced by any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor
under a Capital Lease, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, or the filing of any financing
statement naming the owner of the asset to which such lien relates as debtor,
under the Uniform Commercial Code or any comparable law) and any contingent
or
other agreement to provide any of the foregoing, but not including the interest
of a lessor under an Operating Lease.
“Loan”
means an
extension of credit by a Lender to Holdings (i) under Article
II,
which may be a
Base Rate Loan or an Offshore Rate Loan (each a “Type”
of Loan) or a
Swingline Loan, and includes a Revolving Loan, Term A Loan or Term B
Loan, or (ii) under Article
III
in the form of an
L/C Advance.
“Loan
Documents”
means this
Agreement, any Notes, any Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letter,
the L/C Related Documents, any documents evidencing or relating to Specified
Swap Contracts and all other documents delivered to the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender in connection herewith.
“Loan
Party”
means Holdings,
the Company and each other Guarantor.
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“Majority
Class
Lenders”
means, at any
time with respect to any action or vote, each of (i) the Majority Revolving
Lenders, (ii) the Majority Term A Lenders and (iii) the
Majority
Term B Lenders.
“Majority
Lenders”
means two or more
Lenders whose (x) Revolving Commitments (or, if all Revolving Commitments have
been terminated, whose outstanding Revolving Loans plus pro rata
share, if any, of
the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations plus pro rata
share, if any, of
the Effective Amount of all Swingline Loans), plus
(y) outstanding
Term A Loans, plus
(z) outstanding
Term B Loans exceed 50% of the sum of (xx) the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment (or, if all Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Effective
Amount of all Revolving Loans plus
the Effective
Amount of all L/C Obligations plus
the Effective
Amount of all Swingline Loans), plus
(yy) the
Effective Amount of all Term A Loans, plus
(zz) the Effective
Amount of all Term B Loans; provided,
however,
that at any time
any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, all Defaulting Lenders shall be excluded
in
determining “Majority Lenders” and such Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving
Commitments (or Revolving Loans and pro rata
share of L/C
Obligations and Swingline Loans, as the case may be), Term A Loans and Term
B
Loans shall be excluded in such determination, and “Majority Lenders” shall mean
two or more non-Defaulting Lenders (or if there is only one non-Defaulting
Lender, such Lender) otherwise meeting the criteria set forth in this
definition.
“Majority
Revolving Lenders”
means two or more
Revolving Lenders whose Revolving Proportionate Shares then exceed fifty percent
(50.0%); provided,
however,
that at any time
any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, all Defaulting Lenders shall be
excluded in determining “Majority Revolving Lenders”, and “Majority Revolving
Lenders” shall mean two or more non-Defaulting Lenders (or if there is only one
non-Defaulting Lender, such Lender) having total Revolving Proportionate Shares
exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the total Revolving Proportionate Shares of
all
non-Defaulting Lenders.
“Majority
Term A Lenders”
means two or more
Term A Lenders whose Term A Proportionate Shares then exceed
fifty
percent (50.0%); provided,
however,
that at any time
any Term A Lender is a Defaulting Lender, all Defaulting Lenders shall be
excluded in determining “Majority Term A Lenders”, and “Majority Term A Lenders”
shall mean two or more non-Defaulting Lenders (or if there is only one
non-Defaulting Lender, such Lender) having total Term A Proportionate Shares
exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the total Term A Proportionate Shares of all
non-Defaulting Lenders.
“Majority
Term B Lenders”
means two or more
Term B Lenders whose Term B Proportionate Shares then exceed
fifty
percent (50.0%); provided,
however,
that at any time
any Term B Lender is a Defaulting Lender, all Defaulting Lenders shall be
excluded in determining “Majority Term B Lenders”, and “Majority Term B Lenders”
shall mean two or more non-Defaulting Lenders (or if there is only one
non-Defaulting Lender, such Lender) having total Term B Proportionate Shares
exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the total Term B Proportionate Shares of all
non-Defaulting Lenders.
“Margin
Stock”
means “margin
stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U or X of the FRB.
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“Material
Adverse
Effect”
means (i) a
material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations,
business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of
Holdings or Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) a material
impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform under any Loan Document
and to avoid any Event of Default; or (iii) a material adverse effect
upon
(a) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan
Party of any Loan Document or (b) the perfection or priority of any Lien granted
under the Collateral Documents.
“Minimum
Amount”
means (i) in
respect of any Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Loans, (a) in the case
of Base Rate Loans, an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 or any integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (b) in the case of Offshore Rate
Loans, an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 or any integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and (c) in the case of Swingline Loans, an
aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 or any integral multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof (or such other amount as shall be acceptable to the Swingline
Lender), (ii) in the case of any reduction of the Commitments under
Section 2.05,
$5,000,000 or any
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (iii) in the case of any
optional prepayment of Loans under Section 2.07,
$5,000,000 or any
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (provided
that any optional
prepayment of Offshore Rate Loans under Section 2.07
must also be in a
minimum amount of $5,000,000 or any multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof).
“Minority
Investment”
means the direct
or indirect Investment by Holdings in any Person, provided
in each case that
such Person is not a Subsidiary at the time of such Investment and after giving
effect thereto.
“Mortgage”
means any deed of
trust, mortgage, assignment of rents or other document, in each case as amended,
creating a Lien on real property or any interest in real property owned by
Holdings, the Company or any Loan Party.
“Mortgaged
Property”
means all real
property subject to a Mortgage as set forth on Schedule 6.20
hereto, as such
schedule may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 7.16.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means a
“multiemployer plan,” within the meaning of section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to
which Holdings, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate makes, is making, or is
obligated to make contributions or, during the preceding three calendar years,
has made, or been obligated to make, contributions.
“Net
Issuance
Proceeds”
means, as to any
issuance of debt or equity by any Person, cash proceeds received or receivable
by such Person in connection therewith, net of out-of-pocket costs and expenses
paid or incurred in connection therewith in favor of any Person not an Affiliate
of such Person.
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“Net
Proceeds”
means, as to any
Disposition by a Person, proceeds in cash, checks or other cash equivalent
financial instruments as and when received by such Person, net of: (i) the
direct costs relating to such Disposition excluding amounts payable to such
Person or any Affiliate of such Person, (ii) sale, use or other transaction
taxes and capital gains taxes paid or payable by such Person as a direct result
thereof, and (iii) amounts required to be applied to repay principal,
interest and prepayment premiums and penalties on Indebtedness secured by a
purchase money security interest on any asset which is the subject of such
Disposition. “Net
Proceeds”
shall also
include proceeds paid on account of any Event of Loss, net of (a) all money
actually applied to repair or reconstruct the damaged property or property
affected by the condemnation or taking, (b) all of the direct costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, award or other
payments, and (c) any amounts retained by or paid to parties having superior
rights to such proceeds, awards or other payments. For purposes
of
determining the amount of Net Proceeds in respect of any Disposition or Event
of
Loss, however, the amount of proceeds calculated as provided above shall be
reduced by the amount of such proceeds that such Person has used (or intends
to
use within 365 days of the date of receipt of such proceeds) to pay the purchase
price in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, Minority Investment or
any
Capital Expenditures (in each case, to the extent permitted hereunder), it
being
understood that any portion of such proceeds that has not been so used within
such 365-day period shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds received on the last
day
of such 365-day period and that, in any case, all such proceeds shall be deemed
to be Net Proceeds at any time that an Event of Default exists hereunder;
provided,
however,
that if such
Person only uses a portion of such proceeds for said Permitted Acquisition,
Minority Investment or Capital Expenditure within such 365-day period, then
the
amount of Net Proceeds calculated as provided above shall be reduced only by
the
amount of such proceeds so used.
“New
Lenders”
has the meaning
specified in Recital B.
“New
Revolving
Lender”
means any New
Lender that is joining this Agreement as a Revolving Lender on the Effective
Date and that has no Revolving Commitment under the Existing Credit
Agreement.
“New
Term B
Lender”
means any New
Lender that is joining this Agreement as a Term B Lender on the Effective
Date and that holds no Term B Loans under the Existing Credit
Agreement.
“Non-Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries”
means all direct
and indirect Subsidiaries of Holdings which are not Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries.
“Notes”
means,
collectively, the Revolving Notes, the Term A Notes and the Term B
Notes.
“Notice
of
Borrowing”
means a Notice of
Revolving Loan Borrowing or a Notice of Term Loan Borrowing, as
applicable.
“Notice
of
Conversion/Continuation”
means a Notice of
Revolving Loan Conversion/Continuation or a Notice of Term Loan
Conversion/Continuation, as applicable.
“Notice
of
Revolving Loan Borrowing”
means a notice in
substantially the form of Exhibit A-1.
“Notice
of
Revolving Loan Conversion/Continuation”
means a notice in
substantially the form of Exhibit B-1.
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“Notice
of Term
Loan Borrowing”
means a notice in
substantially the form of Exhibit A-2.
“Notice
of Term
Loan Conversion/Continuation”
means a notice in
substantially the form of Exhibit
B-2.
“Obligations”
means all
advances to, and debts and liabilities of, any Loan Party 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
Loan Party of any Insolvency Proceeding naming such Person as the debtor in
such
proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims
in
such proceeding.
“Offshore
Rate”
means, for any
Interest Period, with respect to Offshore Rate Loans comprising part of the
same
Borrowing, the rate of interest per annum (rounded upward to the next 1/16th
of
1%) determined by the Administrative Agent as follows:
Offshore
Rate
=
|
LIBOR
|
||
1.00
-
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
|
Where,
“Eurodollar
Reserve Percentage”
means for any
day for any Interest Period the maximum reserve percentage (expressed as a
decimal, rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) 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”);
and
“LIBOR”
means:
(i) the rate of interest per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent
to be the rate of interest per annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th
of
1%) appearing on Dow Xxxxx Page 3750 (as defined below) for Dollar deposits
having a maturity comparable to such Interest Period, at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period, subject to the following clause (ii); or (ii) if for
any
reason the rate is not available as provided in the preceding
clause (i) of this definition, “LIBOR” instead means the rate of
interest per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic
mean (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of the rates of interest
per
annum notified to the Administrative Agent by Xxxxx Fargo as the rate of
interest at which Dollar deposits in the approximate amount of the Offshore
Rate
Loan to be made, continued or converted by Xxxxx Fargo, and having a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period, would be offered to major banks in the
London interbank market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period. As used in this definition, “Dow
Xxxxx Page
3750”
means the display
designated as “3750” on the Dow Xxxxx Market Service (formerly known as the
Telerate Service) or any replacement page thereof or successor
thereto.
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The
Offshore Rate
shall be adjusted automatically as to all Offshore Rate Loans then outstanding
as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.
“Offshore
Rate
Loan”
means a Loan that
bears interest based on the Offshore Rate.
“Operating
Lease”
means, for any
Person, any lease of property (whether real, personal or mixed) which, in
accordance with GAAP, would, at the time a determination is made, be required
to
be recorded as an operating lease in respect of which such Person is liable
as
lessee.
“Organization
Documents”
means, (a) with
respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and
the
bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to
any
non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company,
the
certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement;
and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other
form
of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement
of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice
with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization
with
the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation
or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or
organization of such entity.
“Other
Taxes”
means any present
or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property
taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder
or
from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of,
or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Documents.
“Participant”
has the meaning
specified in Section 11.08(d).
“PBGC”
means the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any
of
its principal functions under ERISA.
“Pension
Plan”
means a pension
plan (as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA which
Holdings or the Company sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making,
or
is obligated to make contributions, or in the case of a multiple employer plan
(as described in section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions at any time
during the immediately preceding five (5) plan years.
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“Permitted
Acquisition”
means any
Acquisition that conforms to the following requirements: (i) the assets,
Person, division or line of business to be acquired is in a substantially
similar or ancillary line of business as the Company or one of its Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries, (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have
received promptly, and in any event no less than ten (10) Business Days prior
to
the consummation of such Acquisition, (a) financial information regarding
the assets, Person, division or business to be acquired, including the most
recent audited financial statements, if available, but in any case the most
recently prepared balance sheet, statement of income and statement of cash
flows
for the assets, Person, division or business to be acquired and pro forma
projected financial statements showing the effect of the Acquisition of the
assets, Person, division or business on Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including
a pro forma balance sheet for Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the time
of
the Acquisition and projected statements of income and cash flows for Holdings
and its Subsidiaries through at least the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, and
(b) a completed worksheet in substantially the form of Schedule 1 to
the
Compliance Certificate demonstrating Holdings’ pro forma compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Section 8.19,
measured as of
the last day of the fiscal quarter then most recently ended, after giving effect
to such Acquisition, (iii) all transactions related to such Acquisition
shall be consummated in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law,
(iv) such Acquisition shall be non-hostile in nature, (v) the
prior,
effective written consent or approval to such Acquisition of the board of
directors or equivalent governing body of the acquiree is obtained, and
(vi) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition: (a) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result therefrom, (b) a majority of the capital stock or similar equity
interest of any acquired or newly formed corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other business entity is owned directly by Holdings or
a
U.S. Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings such that such acquired or newly formed
entity shall be a U.S. Subsidiary, and (c) all actions required to be
taken
with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under Section 7.13
or as otherwise
required under Section 7.14
shall have been
taken.
“Permitted
Capital Expenditure Carry-Forward”
means, for any
fiscal year, the Dollar amount equal to (i) the maximum Dollar amount
of
Capital Expenditures permitted to be incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries
in such fiscal year under Section 8.13 minus
(ii) the
Dollar amount of Capital Expenditures actually incurred by Holdings and its
Subsidiaries in such fiscal year.
“Permitted
Equity
Offering”
means an offering
by Holdings of preferred stock or other equity interests of Holdings, if the
rights, preferences, privileges and use of proceeds of such equity offering
have
been approved by the Majority Lenders in writing prior to issuance, provided
that no such securities shall be issued if a Default or Event of Default exists
prior to, or immediately after, such issuance.
“Permitted
Liens”
has the meaning
specified in Section 8.01.
“Permitted
Subordinated Debt”
has the meaning
specified in Section 8.05(j).
“Permitted
Swap
Obligations”
means all
obligations (contingent or otherwise) of Holdings or any Subsidiary existing
or
arising under Swap Contracts, provided
that each of the
following criteria is satisfied: (i) such obligations are (or were)
entered
into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of
directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments or assets
held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of
securities issued by such Person in conjunction with a securities repurchase
program not otherwise prohibited hereunder, and not for purposes of speculation
or taking a “market view; and (ii) such Swap Contracts do not contain (a)
any provision (“walk-away” provision) exonerating the non-defaulting party from
its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting
party, or (b) any provision creating or permitting the declaration of an event
of default, termination event or similar event upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default hereunder (other than an Event of Default under Section 9.01(a)).
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“Person”
means an
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
Governmental Authority or any other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan”
means an employee
benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) which Holdings or the Company
sponsors or maintains or to which Holdings or the Company makes, is making,
or
is obligated to make contributions and includes any Pension Plan.
“Pledged
Collateral”
means the
“Pledged Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreement and shall include all
products and Proceeds (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the Pledged
Collateral.
“Proportionate
Share”
means,
(i) with respect to each Revolving Lender, its Revolving Proportionate
Share, (ii) with respect to each Term A Lender, its Term A
Proportionate Share, and (iii) with respect to each Term B Lender,
its
Term B Proportionate Share.
“Put
Obligations”
mean obligations
of Holdings either directly or indirectly to repurchase from any Person such
Person’s equity interest in Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or Minority
Investments.
“Reimbursement
Date”
has the meaning
specified in Section 3.03(b).
“Replacement
Lender”
has the meaning
specified in Section 4.07.
“Reportable
Event”
means, any of the
events set forth in section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder,
other than any such event for which the 30-day notice requirement under ERISA
has been waived in regulations issued by the PBGC.
“Requirement
of
Law”
means, as to any
Person, any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule or regulation or
determination of an arbitrator or of a Governmental Authority, in each case
applicable to or binding upon the Person or any of its property or to which
the
Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible
Officer”
means as to any
Person, the chief executive officer or the president of such Person, or any
other officer having substantially the same authority and responsibility; or,
with respect to compliance with financial covenants, the chief financial officer
or the treasurer of such Person, or any other officer having substantially
the
same authority and responsibility.
“Revolving
Commitment”
means, as to each
Revolving Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to Holdings
pursuant to Section 2.01(c),
(b) purchase
participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing
Line
Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01(c)
or in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Revolving Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time
in
accordance with this Agreement.
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“Revolving
Lender”
means any Lender
that has a Revolving Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.01(c)
(or, if the
Revolving Commitments are terminated, any Lender having outstanding Revolving
Loans or a pro rata
share of L/C
Obligations or Swingline Loans as provided herein).
“Revolving
Loan”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Revolving
Loan
Maturity Date”
means the earlier
to occur of: (i) June 30, 2010; and (ii) the date on which the
Revolving Commitments terminate in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
“Revolving
Note”
means a
promissory note executed by Holdings in favor of a Revolving Lender pursuant
to
Section 2.02(b),
in substantially
the form of Exhibit
F-1.
“Revolving
Proportionate Share”
means, as to any
Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage equivalent (expressed as a decimal,
rounded to the ninth decimal place) at such time of, in the case of the
Revolving Commitments or the Revolving Loans, L/C Obligations and Swingline
Loans, such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment divided by the aggregate
Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders (or, if all Revolving Commitments
have been terminated, (i) the sum of (A) the Effective Amount
of such
Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loans, plus
(B) such
Revolving Lender’s pro rata
share, if any, of
the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus
(C) such
Revolving Lender’s pro rata
share, if any, of
the Effective Amount of all Swingline Loans divided by (ii) the sum
of
(A) the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans, plus
(B) the
Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus
(C) the
Effective Amount of all Swingline Loans). The initial Revolving
Proportionate Shares of each Revolving Lender are set forth opposite such
Revolving Lender’s name in Schedule 2.01(c)
under the heading
“Proportionate Share (Revolving Commitments).”
“SEC”
means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding
to
any of its principal functions.
“Security
Agreement”
means that
certain Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of the
Effective Date, between Holdings, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit
I.
“Signing
Date”
means the date on
which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.01
are satisfied or
waived by all of the Lenders.
“Specified
Swap
Contract”
means any Swap
Contract made or entered into at any time, or in effect at any time (whether
heretofore or hereafter), whether directly or indirectly, and whether as a
result of assignment or transfer or otherwise, between Holdings and any Swap
Provider which Swap Contract is or was intended by Holdings to have been entered
into for purposes of mitigating interest rate or currency exchange risk relating
to any Loan (which intent shall conclusively be deemed to exist if Holdings
so
represents to the Swap Provider in writing), and as to which the final scheduled
payment by Holdings is not later than the Revolving Loan Maturity
Date.
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“Standby
Letter
of Credit”
means a standby
Letter of Credit issued for the account of Holdings to support obligations
of
Holdings or any Subsidiary, contingent or otherwise (and excluding all
Commercial Letters of Credit).
“Stock
Price
Guaranty”
means a guaranty
that (i) is issued by Holdings or an Affiliate of Holdings in connection
with the Acquisition of another Person, and (ii) is for the payment
of cash
or issuance of Holdings’ common stock if the common stock issued by Holdings in
connection with such an Acquisition is sold for less than the price provided
for
in the guaranty during its term, provided
that for purposes
of determining the amount of any Stock Price Guaranty, the amount of such
guaranty shall be equal to (a) the guaranteed stock price multiplied by the
number of shares covered by the guaranty, minus
(b) the current
fair market value of one share of Holdings’ common stock (which fair market
value shall be equal to the five day trailing average closing price for
Holdings’ common stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Stock Market)
multiplied by the number of shares covered by the guaranty, provided further,
that for purposes
of determining the amount of any Stock Price Guaranty which is payable solely
in
common stock of Holdings, the amount of such Stock Price Guaranty shall equal
zero.
“Subordinated
Debt Documents”
means any
documents and instruments evidencing any Permitted Subordinated
Debt.
“Subsequent
Effective Date”
means any date on
which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.03
are satisfied or
waived by the respective Additional Lenders; provided
that all such
dates shall occur (if any shall occur) prior to the earlier to occur of
(i) (A) in the case of any Subsequent Effective Date in respect of any
increase in the Term A Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(d),
the Term A
Loan Maturity Date, (B) in the case of any Subsequent Effective Date in respect
of any increase in the Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(e),
the Term B
Loan Maturity Date and (C) in the case of any Subsequent Effective Date in
respect of any increase in the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.01(f),
the Revolving
Loan Maturity Date, and (ii) the date on which all Commitments terminate
in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided further,
that there shall
be no more than 3 such Subsequent Effective Dates in the aggregate.
“Subsidiary”
of a Person means
any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting stock,
membership interests or other equity interests (in the case of Persons other
than corporations), is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the Person,
or one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Person, or a combination
thereof. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, references
herein to a “Subsidiary” refer to a Subsidiary of Holdings; provided,
however,
that Subsidiary
shall only include BMC Insurance, Inc. for purposes of Sections 6.01, 6.05, 6.06, 6.10, 6.11,
6.14, 6.19, 7.03(b), 7.03(c), 7.04, 7.07, 7.08, 7.10, 8.03, 9.01(b)-(g), 9.01(i) and
9.01(j).
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“Surety
Instruments”
means all letters
of credit (including standby and commercial), banker’s acceptances, bank
guaranties, shipside bonds, surety bonds and similar instruments.
“Swap
Contract”
means any
agreement, whether or not in writing, relating to any transaction that is a
rate
swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option,
equity or equity index swap or option, bond, note or xxxx option, interest
rate
option, forward foreign exchange transaction, cap, collar or floor transaction,
currency swap, cross-currency rate swap, swaption, currency option or any other,
similar transaction (including any option to enter into any of the foregoing)
or
any combination of the foregoing, and, unless the context otherwise clearly
requires, any master agreement relating to or governing any or all of the
foregoing.
“Swap
Provider”
means any Lender,
or any Affiliate of any Lender, that is at the time of determination party
to a
Specified Swap Contract with Holdings.
“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,
(i) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been
closed
out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (ii) for any date prior to the date referenced
in
clause (i) the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for
such
Swap Contracts, as determined by Holdings based upon one or more mid-market
or
other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such
Swap Contracts (which may include any Lender).
“Swingline
Lender”
means Xxxxx
Fargo, in its capacity as maker of Swingline Loans
hereunder.
“Swingline
Commitment”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.06(a).
“Swingline
Loan”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.06(a).
“Taxes”
means any and all
present or future taxes, levies, assessments, imposts, duties, deductions,
fees,
withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent,
respectively, taxes imposed on or measured by its net income by the jurisdiction
(or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such Lender
or
the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is organized or maintains a
Lending Office.
“Term A
Commitment,”
as to each
Term A Lender, has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Term A
Lender”
means any Lender
that has a Term A Commitment or Term A Loan.
“Term A
Loan”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Term A
Loan
Maturity Date”
means June 30,
2010.
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“Term A
Note”
means a
promissory note executed by Holdings in favor of a Lender pursuant to
Section 2.02(b),
in substantially
the form of Exhibit
F-2.
“Term A
Proportionate Share”
means, as to any
Term A Lender at any time, in the case of the Term A Commitments
or
the Term A Loans, the percentage equivalent (expressed as a decimal,
rounded to the ninth decimal place) of such Term A Lender’s Term A
Commitment divided by the aggregate Term A Commitments of all Term A
Lenders (or, if all Term A Commitments have been terminated, the aggregate
principal amount of such Term A Lender’s Term A Loans divided by the
aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans then held by all Term A
Lenders). The initial Term A Proportionate Shares of
each
Term A Lender are set forth opposite such Lender’s name on a schedule
maintained with the Administrative Agent.
“Term B
Lender”
means any Lender
that has a Term B Loan.
“Term B
Loan”
has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Term B
Loan
Maturity Date”
means June 30,
2010.
“Term B
Note”
means a
promissory note executed by Holdings in favor of a Lender pursuant to
Section 2.02(b),
in substantially
the form of Exhibit
F-3.
“Term B
Proportionate Share”
means, as to any
Term B Lender at any time, in the case of the Term B Loans, the
percentage equivalent (expressed as a decimal, rounded to the ninth decimal
place) of the aggregate principal amount of such Term B Lender’s
Term B Loans divided by the aggregate principal amount of Term B
Loans
then held by all Term B Lenders. The initial Term B
Proportionate Shares of each Term B Lender are set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on a schedule maintained with the Administrative
Agent.
“Term
Lender”
means any Lender
that either has a Term A Commitment or is holding Term A Loans
or
Term B Loans.
“Term
Loan”
means a
Term A Loan or a Term B Loan.
“Term
Note”
means a
Term A Note or a Term B Note.
“Total
Funded
Debt”
means, as of any
date of determination, all Funded Debt of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on
such
date, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Trade
Bank”
means Xxxxx Fargo
HSBC Trade Bank, N.A.
“Type”
has the meaning
specified in the definition of “Loan.”
“UCC”
means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
California.
“Unfunded
Pension
Liability”
means the excess
of a Plan’s benefit liabilities under section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the
current value of that Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the
assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to section 412 of the
Code for the applicable plan year.
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“United
States”
and “U.S.”
each means the
United States of America.
“Update
Certificate”
means a
certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit
J.
“U.S.
Subsidiary”
and “U.S.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary”
means a
Subsidiary or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, as the case may be, that is located
in
and a resident of the United States.
“Xxxxx
Fargo”
has the meaning
specified in the preamble,
or any successor
by merger thereto.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
means any Person
in which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) 100% of the
capital stock or similar equity interest of each class having ordinary voting
power, and 100% of the capital stock or similar equity interest of every other
class, in each case, at the time as of which any determination is being made,
is
owned, beneficially and of record, by Holdings, or by one or more of the other
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, or both.
1.02 Other
Interpretive Provisions.
(a) The
meanings of
defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the
defined terms.
(b) The
words
“hereof,”“herein,”“hereunder” and similar words refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and subsection,
Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(c) The
term
“documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements,
certificates, indentures, notices and other writings, however
evidenced.
(d) The
term
“including” is not limiting and means “including without
limitation.”
(e) 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.”
(f) Unless
otherwise
expressly provided herein, (i) references to agreements (including this
Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all
subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent
such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of
any
Loan Document (unless any such prohibitive term has been waived), and
(ii) references to any statute or regulation are to be construed as
including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing, supplementing or interpreting the statute or regulation.
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(g) The
captions and
headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not
affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
(h) This
Agreement and
other Loan Documents may use several different limitations, tests or
measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All such
limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and shall each be performed
in accordance with their terms. Unless otherwise expressly provided,
any reference to any action of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by way
of
consent, approval or waiver shall be deemed modified by the phrase “in its/their
sole discretion.”
(i) This
Agreement and
the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiations among the Administrative
Agent, Holdings, the Company and the other parties, have been reviewed by
counsel to the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Company and such other
parties, and are the products of all parties. Accordingly, they
shall
not be construed against the Lenders or the Administrative Agent merely because
of the Administrative Agent’s or Lenders’ involvement in their
preparation.
1.03 Accounting
Principles. (a)
Unless the context
otherwise clearly requires, all accounting terms not expressly defined herein
shall be construed, and all financial computations required under this Agreement
shall be made, in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied; provided,
however,
that if GAAP
shall have been modified after the Effective Date and the application of such
modified GAAP shall have a material effect on such financial computations
(including the computations required for the purpose of determining compliance
with the covenants set forth in Article
VIII),
then such
computations shall be made and such financial statements, certificates and
reports shall be prepared, and all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
shall be construed, in accordance with GAAP as in effect prior to such
modification, unless and until the Majority Lenders and Holdings shall have
agreed upon the terms of the application of such modified GAAP.
(b) References
herein
to “fiscal year” and “fiscal quarter” refer to such fiscal periods of
Holdings.
ARTICLE
II
THE
CREDITS
2.01 Amounts
and
Terms of Commitments and Loans.
(a) The
Term A
Credit. On
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each Term A Lender
severally agrees to make a term loan (a “Term A
Loan”)
to Holdings on
the Effective Date in an amount not to exceed the amount of the Term A
Commitment of such Term A Lender as set forth in
Schedule 2.01(a). Amounts that have been borrowed as
Term A
Loans which are repaid or prepaid by Holdings may not be
reborrowed.
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(b) The
Term B
Credit. Holdings
and each other Loan Party hereby acknowledge and agree that pursuant to the
Existing Credit Agreement, certain Existing Lenders provided to Holdings term
loans (each such loan, a “Term B
Loan”)
in the aggregate
principal amount of $125,000,000, of which $122,812,500 is outstanding on the
date hereof. On the Effective Date, the amount of Term B
Loans
then outstanding and held by each Term B Lender (which for purposes
of this
Section 2.01(b)
shall include each
Departing Term B Lender) shall be adjusted to reflect the changes in
the
Term B Lenders’ Term B Proportionate Shares of the aggregate
outstanding Term B Loans, subject to Section 4.04. Each
Term B Lender having Term B Loans then outstanding and whose
Term B Proportionate Share in respect of the aggregate outstanding
Term B Loans has been decreased on the Effective Date shall be deemed
to
have assigned on the Effective Date, without recourse, to each Term B
Lender increasing its Term B Proportionate Share of the aggregate
outstanding Term B Loans on the Effective Date (which for purposes of
this
Section 2.01(b)
shall include each
New Term B Lender) such portion of such Term B Loans as shall
be
necessary to effectuate such adjustment. Each Term B
Lender
increasing its Term B Proportionate Share of the aggregate outstanding
Term B Loans on the Effective Date shall (i) be deemed to have
assumed
such portion of such Term B Loans and (ii) fund on the Effective
Date
such assumed amounts to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
assigning Term B Lender in accordance with the provisions hereof in
the
amount notified to such increasing Term B Lender by the Administrative
Agent. For purposes of this Section 2.01(b),
each Departing
Term B Lender shall be deemed to have reduced its Term B Proportionate
Share to zero on the Effective Date. From and after the Effective
Date, after giving effect to the assignments and assumptions contemplated in
this Section 2.01(b),
each Departing
Term B Lender shall cease to be a Term B Lender under and for
all
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall have no
further obligation to make Term B Loans; provided,
however,
that each
Departing Term B Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits
of
Sections
4.01,
4.03,
4.04,
11.04
and 11.05
to the extent
accrued or arising on or prior to the Effective Date. With effect
on
and after the Effective Date, each New Term B Lender shall be a party
to
this Agreement and succeed to all of the rights and be obligated to perform
all
of the obligations of a Term B Lender under this Agreement, including
the
requirements concerning confidentiality and the payment of indemnification,
with
Term B Loans in the amounts set forth on a schedule maintained with
the
Administrative Agent. Each New Term B Lender agrees that
it will
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the
terms
of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Term B
Lender. Amounts that have been borrowed as Term B Loans
which
are repaid or prepaid by Holdings may not be reborrowed.
(c) The
Revolving
Credit. On
the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Revolving Lender
severally agrees to advance to Holdings from time to time during the period
beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date
such loans (each such loan, a “Revolving
Loan”)
in Dollars as
Holdings may request under this Section 2.01(c);
provided,
however,
that
(i) after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (A) the
Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans and the Effective
Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed the combined Revolving
Commitments of the Revolving Lenders and (B) the Effective Amount of the
Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender plus the participation of such Revolving
Lender in the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations and in the Effective
Amount of all Swingline Loans shall not at any time exceed such Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions
hereof, Holdings may borrow under this Section 2.01(c),
prepay under
Section 2.07
and reborrow under
this Section 2.01(c). On
the
Effective Date, the amount of Revolving Loans then outstanding and held by
each
Revolving Lender (which for purposes of this Section 2.01(c)
shall include each
Departing Revolving Lender) shall be adjusted to reflect the changes in the
Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Proportionate Shares, subject to Section 4.04. Each
Revolving Lender having Revolving Loans, or participations in L/C Obligations
or
Swing Line Loans, then outstanding and whose Revolving Proportionate Share
has
been decreased on the Effective Date shall be deemed to have assigned on the
Effective Date, without recourse, to each Revolving Lender increasing its
Revolving Proportionate Share on the Effective Date (which for purposes of
this
Section 2.01(c)
shall include each
New Revolving Lender) such portion of such Revolving Loans and participations
as
shall be necessary to effectuate such adjustment. Each Revolving
Lender increasing its Revolving Proportionate Share on the Effective Date shall
(i) be deemed to have assumed such portion of such Revolving Loans and
participations and (ii) fund on the Effective Date such assumed amounts
to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the assigning Revolving Lender
in
accordance with the provisions hereof in the amount notified to such increasing
Revolving Lender by the Administrative Agent. For purposes of
this
Section 2.01(c),
each Departing
Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have reduced its Revolving Proportionate
Share to zero on the Effective Date. From and after the Effective
Date, after giving effect to the assignments and assumptions contemplated in
this Section 2.01(c),
each Departing
Revolving Lender shall cease to be a “Revolving Lender” under and for all
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall have no
further obligation to make Revolving Loans or participate in Letters of Credit
or Swingline Loans; provided,
however,
that each
Departing Revolving Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections
4.01,
4.03,
4.04,
11.04
and 11.05
to the extent
accrued or arising on or prior to the Effective Date. With effect
on
and after the Effective Date, each New Revolving Lender shall be a party to
this
Agreement and succeed to all of the rights and be obligated to perform all
of
the obligations of a Revolving Lender under this Agreement, including the
requirements concerning confidentiality and the payment of indemnification,
with
a Revolving Commitment in the amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01(c). Each
New Revolving Lender agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms
all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to
be
performed by it as a Revolving Lender.
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(d) Additional
Term A Loans. Upon
Holding’s written notice to the Administrative Agent, on any Subsequent
Effective Date, one or more Additional Lenders may, in their sole and absolute
discretion, become parties to this Agreement (to the extent not already a party
to this Agreement) for the purpose of making additional Term A Loans
in an
amount in excess of $25,000,000, provided
that the aggregate
amount of such additional Term A Loans shall not exceed the difference
of
(A) $150,000,000 minus
(B) the total of
(x) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate outstanding principal
amount
of the Term A Loans has been increased on all Subsequent Effective Dates
that shall have occurred prior to the relevant Subsequent Effective Date
pursuant to this Section 2.01(d) plus
(y) the amount (if
any) by which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term B
Loans has been increased on all Subsequent Effective Dates that shall have
occurred either prior to, or simultaneous with, the relevant Subsequent
Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(e) plus
(z) the amount (if
any) by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitment has been increased on all
such
Subsequent Effective Dates that shall have occurred prior to, or simultaneous
with, the relevant Subsequent Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(f)
(each such
additional commitment of the Additional Lenders to make additional Term A
Loans, an “Additional
Term A Commitment”). On
the applicable Subsequent Effective Date, each Additional Lender holding an
Additional Term A Commitment shall make a new single loan denominated
in
Dollars to Holdings in the amount of such Additional Lender’s Additional
Term A Commitment (each such loan, an “Additional
Term A Loan”)
upon the terms
and subject to the conditions contained herein, as such terms and conditions
may
be amended pursuant to Section 11.01
hereof, and any
such Additional Lenders not already party to this Agreement shall become parties
to this Agreement by executing a counterpart signature page to this Agreement
and shall be treated as a Term A Lender for all purposes of this Agreement
from and after the relevant Subsequent Effective Date. Once
the
Additional Term A Loans shall have been made pursuant to this Agreement,
(i) the schedule of Term A Loans maintained by the Administrative
Agent shall be deemed to have been amended to include all Additional Lenders
holding Additional Term A Loans together with each Additional Lender’s
respective Term A Proportionate Share, (ii) the schedule of
Term A Loans maintained by the Administrative Agent shall be deemed
to have
been amended to adjust the Term A Proportionate Share of all other
Term A Lenders party hereto, and (iii) Schedule
2.09(a)
hereto shall be
deemed to have been amended to include the Additional Term A Loans in
the
then applicable Term A Loan amortization schedule based upon the
percentages set forth therein. The Additional Term A
Loans of
the Additional Lenders shall be deemed to be Term A Loans of such
Term A Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents for
all
purposes.
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(e) Additional
Term B Loans. Upon
Holding’s written notice to the Administrative Agent, on any Subsequent
Effective Date, one or more Additional Lenders may, in their sole and absolute
discretion, become parties to this Agreement (to the extent not already a party
to this Agreement) for the purpose of making additional Term B Loans
in an
amount in excess of $25,000,000, provided
that the aggregate
amount of such additional Term B Loans shall not exceed the difference
of
(A) $150,000,000 minus
(B) the total of
(x) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate outstanding principal
amount
of the Term B Loans has been increased on all Subsequent Effective Dates
that shall have occurred prior to the relevant Subsequent Effective Date
pursuant to this Section 2.01(e) plus
(y) the amount (if
any) by which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term A
Loans has been increased on all Subsequent Effective Dates that shall have
occurred either prior to, or simultaneous with, the relevant Subsequent
Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(d) plus
(z) the
amount (if any) by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitment has been increased
on all Subsequent Effective Dates that shall have occurred prior to, or
simultaneous with, the relevant Subsequent Effective Date pursuant to
Section 2.01(f)
(each such
additional commitment of the Additional Lenders to make additional Term B
Loans, an “Additional
Term B Commitment”). On
the applicable Subsequent Effective Date, each Additional Lender holding an
Additional Term B Commitment shall make a new single loan denominated
in
Dollars to Holdings in the amount of such Additional Lender’s Additional
Term B Commitment (each such loan, an “Additional
Term B Loan”)
upon the terms
and subject to the conditions contained herein, as such terms and conditions
may
be amended pursuant to Section 11.01
hereof, and any
such Additional Lenders not already party to this Agreement shall become parties
to this Agreement by executing a counterpart signature page to this Agreement
and shall be treated as a Term B Lender for all purposes of this Agreement
from and after the relevant Subsequent Effective Date. Once
the
Additional Term B Loans shall have been made pursuant to this Agreement,
(1) the schedule of Term B Loans maintained by the Administrative Agent
shall be deemed to have been amended to include all Additional Lenders holding
an Additional Term B Loan together with each such Additional Lender’s
respective Term B Proportionate Share, (ii) the schedule of
Term B Loans maintained by the Administrative Agent shall be deemed
to have
been amended to adjust the Term B Proportionate Share of all other
Term B Lenders party hereto, and (iii) Schedule
2.09(b)
hereto shall be
deemed to have been amended to include the Additional Term B Loans in
the
then applicable Term B Loan amortization schedule based upon the
percentages set forth therein. The Additional Term B
Loans of
the Additional Lenders shall be deemed to be Term B Loans of such
Term B Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents for
all
purposes.
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(f) Additional
Revolving Commitments. Upon
Holding’s written notice to the Administrative Agent, on any Subsequent
Effective Date one or more Additional Lenders may, in their sole and absolute
discretion, provide additional Revolving Commitments in an amount in excess
of
$25,000,000, provided
that the aggregate
amount of such additional Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the difference
of (A) $150,000,000 minus
(B) the total of
(x) the amount (if any) by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
has
been increased on all Subsequent Effective Dates that shall have occurred prior
to the relevant Subsequent Effective Date pursuant to this Section 2.01(f) plus
(y) the
amount (if any) by which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Term A
Loans
has been
increased on all Subsequent Effective Dates that shall have occurred either
prior to, or simultaneous with, the relevant Subsequent Effective Date pursuant
to Section 2.01(d) plus
(z) the
amount (if any) by which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Term B Loans has been increased on all Subsequent Effective Dates that
shall have occurred prior to, or simultaneous with, the relevant Subsequent
Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(e)
(each such
additional commitment, an “Additional
Revolving Commitment”),
which
Additional Revolving Commitment may thereafter be made available to Holdings
as
Revolving Loans. Any Additional Lender not already party to
this
Agreement shall become a party to this Agreement by executing a counterpart
signature page to this Agreement and shall be treated as a Revolving Lender
for
all purposes of this Agreement from and after the Subsequent Effective
Date. Once such Additional Revolving Commitments shall be deemed
to
have been made available pursuant to this Agreement, (i) Schedule 2.01(c)
hereto shall be
deemed to have been amended to include all Additional Lenders holding an
Additional Revolving Commitment together with such Additional Lender’s
respective Revolving Commitment and Revolving Proportionate Share,
(ii) Schedule 2.01(c)
hereto shall be
deemed to have been amended to adjust the Revolving Proportionate Share of
all
other Revolving Lenders party hereto, and (iii) the definition of
“Aggregate Revolving Commitment” shall be deemed to have been amended to include
the Additional Revolving Commitments provided by such Additional Lenders on
the
relevant Subsequent Effective Date. To effect the foregoing,
on the
Subsequent Effective Date, the amount of Revolving Loans then outstanding and
held by each Revolving Lender shall be adjusted to reflect the changes in the
Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Proportionate Shares, subject to Section 4.04. Each
Revolving Lender having Revolving Loans, or participations in L/C Obligations
or
Swing Line Loans, then outstanding and whose Revolving Proportionate Share
has
been decreased on the Subsequent Effective Date shall be deemed to have assigned
on the Subsequent Effective Date, without recourse, to each Revolving Lender
increasing its Revolving Proportionate Share on the Subsequent Effective Date
such portion of such Revolving Loans and participations as shall be necessary
to
effectuate such adjustment. Each Revolving Lender increasing
its
Revolving Proportionate Share on the Subsequent Effective Date shall (i) be
deemed to have assumed such portion of such Revolving Loans and participations
and (ii) fund on the Subsequent Effective Date such assumed amounts
to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the assigning Revolving Lender in
accordance with the provisions hereof in the amount notified to such increasing
Revolving Lender by the Administrative Agent. On and after each
Subsequent Effective Date, after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving
Loans, (i) the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans and Swingline
Loans
and the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed the combined
Revolving Commitments (inclusive of the Additional Revolving Commitments) of
the
Revolving Lenders; and (ii) the Effective Amount of the Revolving Loans
of
any Revolving Lender plus
the participation
of such Revolving Lender in the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations and
in
the Effective Amount of all Swingline Loans shall not at any time exceed such
Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment (inclusive of its Additional Revolving
Commitment, if any). On and after the Subsequent Effective Date,
each
Additional Lender holding an Additional Revolving Commitment shall be a
Revolving Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents for all
purposes with a Revolving Commitment and a Revolving Proportionate Share as
set
forth on Schedule 2.01(c),
as deemed amended
in clause (i) above, with the rights, duties and obligations of a Revolving
Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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2.02 Loan
Accounts. (a)
The Loans made by
each Lender and the Letters of Credit Issued by the L/C Issuer shall be
evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender or L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, in the ordinary course of business. The
accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer
and
each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the
Loans
made by the Lenders to Holdings and the Letters of Credit Issued for the account
of Holdings, and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure
so to
record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect
the obligation of Holdings hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to
the
Loans or any Letter of Credit.
(b) Upon
the request of
any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Loans made by such Lender
may be evidenced by one or more Notes, instead of or in addition to loan
accounts. Each such Lender shall endorse on the schedules annexed
to
its Note(s) the date, amount and maturity of each Loan made by it and the amount
of each payment of principal made by Holdings with respect
thereto. Each such Lender is irrevocably authorized by Holdings
to
endorse its Note(s), and each Lender’s record shall be conclusive absent
manifest error; provided,
however,
that the failure
of a Lender to make, or an error in making, a notation thereon with respect
to
any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of Holdings
hereunder or under any such Note to such Lender.
2.03 Procedure
for
Borrowing. (a)
Each Borrowing of
Revolving Loans and Term Loans shall be made upon Holdings’ irrevocable written
notice delivered to the Administrative Agent in the form of a Notice of
Borrowing (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent
(i) prior to 9:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) at least three (3) Business
Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Offshore Rate Loans;
and (ii) prior to 9:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on the requested
Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans, specifying:
(i) the
amount of the
Borrowing, which shall be in a Minimum Amount, and whether such Borrowing shall
be of Term A Loans, Term B Loans or Revolving Loans;
(ii) the
requested
Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) the
Type of Loans
comprising the Borrowing; and
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(iv) if
applicable, the
duration of the Interest Period applicable to such Loans included in such
notice, subject to the provisions of the definition of “Interest Period”
herein. If the Notice of Borrowing fails to specify the duration
of
the Interest Period for any Borrowing comprised of Offshore Rate Loans, such
Interest Period shall be one month;
provided,
however,
that with respect
to the Borrowing to be made on the Effective Date and on any Subsequent
Effective Date, the Notice of Borrowing shall be delivered to the Administrative
Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) one (1) Business Day before
the Effective Date or Subsequent Effective Date, as the case may
be.
(b) The
Administrative
Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Lender, Term A Lender or
Term B Lender, as applicable, of its receipt of any Notice of Borrowing
and
of the amount of such Lender’s Proportionate Share of that
Borrowing.
(c) Each
Lender will
make the amount of its Proportionate Share of each Borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of Holdings at the Administrative Agent’s
Payment Office by 11:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on the Borrowing Date
requested by Holdings in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. The proceeds of each such Borrowing will then be made
available to Holdings by the Administrative Agent at such office by crediting
the account of Holdings on the books of Xxxxx Fargo with the aggregate of the
amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like
funds as received by the Administrative Agent, or if requested by Holdings,
by
wire transfer in accordance with written instructions provided to the
Administrative Agent by Holdings of such funds as received by the Administrative
Agent, unless on the date of the Borrowing all or any portion of the proceeds
thereof shall then be required to be applied to the repayment of any outstanding
Loans, in which case such proceeds or portion thereof shall be applied to the
payment of such Loans.
(d) After
giving effect
to any Borrowing, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent,
there
may not be more than eight different Interest Periods in effect.
2.04 Conversion
and
Continuation Elections. (a)
Holdings may, upon
irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Section 2.04(b):
(i) elect,
as of any
Business Day, in the case of Base Rate Loans, or as of the last day of the
applicable Interest Period, in the case of any Offshore Rate Loans, to convert
any such Loans (or any part thereof in a Minimum Amount) into Loans of any
other
Type; or
(ii) elect,
as of the
last day of the applicable Interest Period, to continue any Offshore Rate Loans
having Interest Periods expiring on such day (or any part thereof in a Minimum
Amount);
provided
that if at any
time the aggregate amount of Offshore Rate Loans in respect of any Borrowing
is
reduced, by payment, prepayment, or conversion of part thereof to be less than
$5,000,000, such Offshore Rate Loans shall automatically convert into Base
Rate
Loans, and on and after such date the right of Holdings to continue such Loans
as, and convert such Loans into, Offshore Rate Loans, shall
terminate.
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(b) Holdings
shall
deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to be received by the Administrative
Agent (i) not later than 9:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) at least three
(3)
Business Days in advance of the Conversion/ Continuation Date, if the Loans
are
to be converted into or continued as Offshore Rate Loans; and (ii) prior
to
9:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on the Conversion/Continuation Date, if the
Loans
are to be converted into Base Rate Loans, specifying:
(i) the
proposed
Conversion/Continuation Date;
(ii) the
aggregate
amount of Loans to be converted or continued;
(iii) the
Type of Loans
resulting from the proposed conversion or continuation;
(iv) other
than in the
case of conversions into Base Rate Loans, the duration of the requested Interest
Period, subject to the provisions of the definition of “Interest Period” herein;
and
(v) whether
such
conversion or continuation shall be of Term A Loans, Term B Loans
or
Revolving Loans.
(c) If
upon the
expiration of any Interest Period applicable to Offshore Rate Loans, Holdings
has failed to select timely a new Interest Period to be applicable to such
Offshore Rate Loans, or if any Default or Event of Default then exists, Holdings
shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Offshore Rate Loans into Base
Rate Loans effective as of the expiration date of such Interest
Period.
(d) The
Administrative
Agent will promptly notify each Term A Lender, Term B Lender
and
Revolving Lender, as applicable, of its receipt of a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation, or, if no timely notice is provided by Holdings, the
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of the details
of any automatic conversion. All conversions and continuations
shall
be made ratably according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of
the
Loans with respect to which the notice was given held by each
Lender.
(e) Unless
the Majority
Lenders otherwise consent, during the existence of a Default or Event of
Default, Holdings may not elect to have a Loan converted into or continued
as an
Offshore Rate Loan.
(f) After
giving effect
to any conversion or continuation of Loans, unless the Administrative Agent
shall otherwise consent, there may not be more than eight (8) different Interest
Periods in effect.
2.05 Voluntary
Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a)
Holdings may, upon
not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, terminate the Revolving Commitments, or permanently reduce
the Revolving Commitments, provided
that the aggregate
amount of any partial reduction is in a Minimum Amount; unless, after giving
effect thereto and to any prepayments of any Loans made on the effective date
thereof, (i) the Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swingline
Loans
and L/C Obligations together would exceed the combined Revolving Commitments
of
the Revolving Lenders then in effect, or (ii) the Effective Amount of
all
L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment then in effect. Once
reduced in accordance with this Section 2.05,
the Revolving
Commitments may not be increased (except pursuant to Section 2.01(f)). Any
reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be applied to each Revolving Lender
according to its Revolving Proportionate Share. If and to the
extent
specified by Holdings in the notice to the Administrative Agent, some or all
of
the reduction in the Revolving Commitments shall be applied to reduce the L/C
Commitment. All accrued commitment and letter of credit fees
to, but
not including, the effective date of any reduction or termination of Revolving
Commitments, shall be paid on the effective date of such reduction or
termination.
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(b) At
no time shall
the Swingline Commitment exceed the combined Revolving Commitments of the
Revolving Lenders, and any reduction of the Revolving Commitments which reduces
the combined Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders below the
then-current amount of the Swingline Commitment shall result in an automatic
corresponding reduction of the Swingline Commitment to the amount of the
combined Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders, as so reduced, without
any action on the part of the Swingline Lender.
2.06 Swingline
Loans. (a)
On the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to
make
a portion of the Revolving Commitment available to Holdings by making swingline
loans denominated in Dollars (individually, a “Swingline
Loan”,
and,
collectively, the “Swingline
Loans”)
to Holdings on
any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date to the Revolving
Loan
Maturity Date in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.06
in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed Thirty Million
Dollars ($30,000,000), notwithstanding the fact that such Swingline Loans,
when
aggregated with any other Revolving Loans made by or Letters of Credit
participated in by the Swingline Lender, may exceed the Swingline Lender’s
Revolving Commitment (the amount of such commitment of the Swingline Lender
to
make Swingline Loans to Holdings pursuant to this Section 2.06(a),
as the same shall
be reduced pursuant to Section 2.05
or Section 2.08
or as a result of
any assignment pursuant to Section 11.08,
the Swingline
Lender’s “Swingline
Commitment”);
provided
that at no time
shall (i) the sum of the Effective Amount of all Swingline Loans
plus
the Effective
Amount of all Revolving Loans plus
the Effective
Amount of all L/C Obligations exceed the combined Revolving Commitments of
the
Revolving Lenders, or (ii) the Effective Amount of all Swingline Loans
exceed the Swingline Commitment. Additionally, no more than
three
Swingline Loans may be outstanding at any one time, and all Swingline Loans
shall at all times accrue interest at the Base Rate plus
the Applicable
Margin (for Base Rate Loans) or at such other rate as may be agreed to by the
Swingline Lender and Holdings. Within the foregoing limits,
and
subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Holdings may borrow under
this
Section 2.06(a),
prepay pursuant
to Section 2.07
and reborrow
pursuant to this Section 2.06(a).
(b) Holdings
shall
provide the Administrative Agent irrevocable written notice (including notice
via facsimile confirmed immediately by a telephone call) in the form of a Notice
of Borrowing of any Swingline Loan requested hereunder (which notice must be
received by the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (San Francisco time)
on
the requested Borrowing Date) specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed,
which shall be in a Minimum Amount, and (ii) the requested Borrowing
Date,
which shall be a Business Day. Unless the Swingline Lender has
received notice prior to 11:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on such Borrowing
Date
from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Lender)
(A) directing the Swingline Lender not to make the requested Swingline
Loan
as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso
set forth in
Section 2.06(a);
or (B) that one
or more conditions specified in Article
V
are not then satisfied; then,
subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender will, not later than 12:00
noon (San Francisco time) on the Borrowing Date specified in such Notice of
Borrowing, make the amount of its Swingline Loan available to Holdings by
crediting the account of Holdings on the books of Xxxxx Fargo or if requested
by
Holdings, by wire transfer in accordance with written instructions provided
to
the Administrative Agent by Holdings. The Administrative Agent
will
notify the Revolving Lenders on a quarterly basis if any Swingline Loan
Borrowings occurred during such quarter.
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(c) Holdings
shall
repay to the Swingline Lender in full on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date the
aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans outstanding on the Revolving
Loan Maturity Date.
(d) For
one (1)
Business Day during each successive ten (10) Business Day period, the aggregate
principal amount of Swingline Loans shall be $0 (a “Clean-Up
Day”);
Holdings shall
prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Swingline Loans in whole to
the
extent required so that a Clean-Up Day may occur in each such ten (10) Business
Day period as provided in this Section 2.06(d)
(which Swingline
Loans may not be reborrowed until such Clean-Up Day has ended).
(e) If:
(i) any
Swingline Loans
shall remain outstanding at 9:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on any day required
to be a Clean-Up Day (by virtue of there being Swingline Loans outstanding
for
ten consecutive Business Days) and by such time on such Business Day the
Administrative Agent shall have received neither: (A) a Notice of Borrowing
delivered pursuant to Section 2.03
requesting that
Revolving Loans be made pursuant to Section 2.01
on the Clean-Up
Day in an amount at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of such
Swingline Loans; nor (B) any other notice indicating Holdings’ intent to repay
such Swingline Loans with funds obtained from other sources; or
(ii) any
Swingline Loans
shall remain outstanding during the existence of an Event of Default and the
Swingline Lender shall in its sole discretion notify the Administrative Agent
that the Swingline Lender desires that such Swingline Loans be converted into
Revolving Loans;
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then
the Administrative
Agent shall be deemed to have received a Notice of Borrowing from Holdings
pursuant to Section 2.03
requesting that
Revolving Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans be made pursuant to Section 2.01(c)
on
such Clean-Up Day (in the case of the circumstances described in clause
(i) above) or on the first Business Day subsequent to the date of such
notice from the Swingline Lender (in the case of the circumstances described
in
clause (ii) above) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of such
Swingline Loans, the proceeds of which Revolving Loans shall be applied to
repay
such Swingline Loans, and the procedures set forth in Section 2.03(b)
and Section 2.03(c)
shall be followed
in making such Revolving Loans; provided,
that such
Revolving Loans shall be made notwithstanding Holdings’ failure to comply with
Section 5.04;
and provided,
further,
that if a
Borrowing of Revolving Loans becomes legally impracticable and if so required
by
the Swingline Lender at the time such Revolving Loans are required to be made
by
the Revolving Lenders in accordance with this Section 2.06(e),
each Revolving
Lender agrees that in lieu of making Revolving Loans as described in this
Section 2.06(e),
such Revolving
Lender shall purchase a participation from the Swingline Lender in the
applicable Swingline Loans in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s
Revolving Proportionate Share of such Swingline Loans, and the procedures set
forth in Section 2.03(b)
and Section 2.03(c)
shall be followed
in connection with the purchases of such participations. Upon
such
purchases of participations the prepayment requirements of Section 2.06(d)
shall
be deemed
waived with respect to such Swingline Loans. If any Swingline
Loan
shall remain outstanding in lieu of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans as provided
above, interest on such Swingline Loan shall be due and payable on demand and
shall accrue at the rate then applicable to Revolving Loans consisting of Base
Rate Loans. A copy of each notice given by the Administrative
Agent
to the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.06(e)
with respect to
the making of Revolving Loans, or the purchases of participations, shall be
promptly delivered by the Administrative Agent to Holdings. Each
Revolving Lender’s obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make the
Revolving Loans, or purchase the participations, as contemplated by this
Section 2.06(e),
shall be absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including
(1)
any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such
Revolving Lender may have against the Swingline Lender, Holdings or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (2) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default, an Event of Default or a Material Adverse Effect; or (3) any other
circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any
of
the foregoing.
2.07 Optional
Prepayments. Subject
to Section 4.04,
Holdings may, at
any time or from time to time, in the case of Offshore Rate Loans, upon not
less
than three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable written notice to the Administrative
Agent, and in the case of Base Rate Loans, upon irrevocable written notice
to
the Administrative Agent provided prior to 9:00 a.m. on the day of such
prepayment (provided that in the case of Base Rate Loans, if such prepayment
is
received by the Administrative Agent on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (San Francisco
time) on any day, such payment shall be applied against the outstanding Loans
on
the same day), ratably prepay Loans in whole or in part, in Minimum Amounts
without penalty. Such notice of prepayment shall specify the
date and
amount of such prepayment, whether such prepayment of Loans is of Term A
Loans, Term B Loans, Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans (or a combination
thereof) and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative
Agent will promptly notify the Term A Lenders, the Term B Lenders,
the
Revolving Lenders or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, of its receipt of
any
such notice and of such prepayment. If such notice is given
by
Holdings, Holdings shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified
in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together
with (other than in the case of Base Rate Loans) accrued interest to each such
date on the amount prepaid and any amounts required pursuant to Section 4.04. Optional
prepayments of Term A Loans shall be applied to reduce the Term A Loans
with respect to each remaining installment of principal pro rata
in accordance with
the then remaining installments payable under Section 2.09(a). Optional
prepayments of Term B Loans shall be applied to reduce the Term B
Loans with respect to each remaining installment of principal pro rata
in accordance with
the then remaining installments payable under Section 2.09(b).
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2.08 Mandatory
Prepayments of Loans; Mandatory Commitment Reductions.
(a) Mandatory
Prepayments of Loans.
(i) If
at any time the
Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the L/C Commitment, Holdings
shall Cash Collateralize on such date the outstanding Letters of Credit in
an
amount equal to the excess of the maximum amount then available to be drawn
under the Letters of Credit over the L/C Commitment.
(ii) If
at any time, the
Effective Amount of all Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans plus
the Effective
Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the combined Revolving Commitments of
the
Revolving Lenders, Holdings shall immediately, and without notice or demand,
prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans
and L/C Advances by an amount equal to the applicable excess.
(iii) If
Holdings, the
Company or any other Subsidiary shall at any time or from time to time during
any fiscal year make or agree to make a Disposition, then (A) Holdings
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in advance of such Disposition
(including the amount of the estimated Net Proceeds to be received by Holdings,
the Company or such other Subsidiary in respect thereof), and (B) if, after
giving effect to such Disposition, the Net Proceeds of all Dispositions which
have occurred in such fiscal year are greater than $20,000,000 in the aggregate,
then promptly upon, and in no event later than one (1) Business Day after,
receipt by Holdings, the Company or the other Subsidiary of the Net Proceeds
of
such Disposition, Holdings shall prepay the Term Loans in an aggregate amount
equal to 100% of the amount by which the Net Proceeds of such Disposition when
added to the Net Proceeds received by Holdings, the Company or any other
Subsidiary on account of all other Dispositions which have occurred in such
fiscal year, less the amount, if any, of Net Proceeds already so applied in
such
fiscal year, exceeds $20,000,000; provided,
however,
that with respect
to any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Holdings shall only be required to prepay
the Term Loans as provided above in an amount equal to the ratable portion
of
the Net Proceeds received by such Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary based on Holdings’
direct or indirect interest in such Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
(iv) If
Holdings, the
Company or any other Subsidiary shall at any time or from time to time issue
any
debt securities or otherwise borrow money (other than any Loans) for cash
consideration in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate for all such issuances
and borrowings from and after the Effective Date, then (i) Holdings
shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent in advance of the estimated Net
Issuance Proceeds of such issuance or borrowing, and (ii) promptly upon,
and in no event later than one (1) Business Day after, receipt by Holdings,
the
Company or the other Subsidiary of the Net Issuance Proceeds of such issuance
or
borrowing, Holdings shall prepay the Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal
to
the amount of all Net Issuance Proceeds received by Holdings, the Company or
any
such other Subsidiary on account of such issuance or borrowing; provided,
however,
that with respect
to any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Holdings shall only be required to prepay
the Term Loans as provided above in an amount equal to the ratable portion
of
the Net Issuance Proceeds received by such Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in
respect of such issuance or borrowing based on Holdings’ direct or indirect
interest in such Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
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(v) Any
prepayments
pursuant to this Section 2.08
shall be subject
to Section 4.04
and applied,
first, to any Base Rate Loans then outstanding and then to Offshore Rate Loans
with the shortest Interest Periods remaining; provided,
however,
that if the
amount of Base Rate Loans then outstanding is not sufficient to satisfy the
entire prepayment requirement, Holdings may, at its option, place any amounts
which it would otherwise be required to use to prepay Offshore Rate Loans on
a
day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor into an
interest-bearing account pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of
the Lenders until the end of such Interest Period at which time such pledged
amounts will be applied to prepay such Offshore Rate Loans. Holdings
shall pay, together with each prepayment under this Section 2.08,
accrued interest
on the amount of any Offshore Rate Loans prepaid and any amounts required
pursuant to Section 4.04. Prepayments
of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.08
shall be applied
pro rata
to the Term A
Loans and Term B Loans then outstanding. Within each Term Loan
tranche, such prepayments of Term A Loans shall be applied to reduce the Term
A
Loans with respect to each remaining installment of principal pro rata
in accordance with
the then remaining installments payable under Section 2.09(a),
and such
prepayments of Term B Loans shall be applied to reduce the Term B Loans with
respect to each remaining installment of principal pro rata
in accordance with
the then remaining installments payable under Section 2.09(b).
(b) Mandatory
Commitment Reductions.
(i) The
Aggregate
Revolving Commitment shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 on
the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
(ii) If,
on the
Effective Date, the Aggregate Term A Commitment shall exceed the
outstanding principal amount of the Term A Loans made on the Effective
Date, such unused portion of the Aggregate Term A Commitment shall
thereafter automatically terminate on the Effective Date.
(c) Optional
Waiver
of Prepayments. Any
Term Lender may
elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent in writing (or by telephone or
telecopy promptly confirmed in writing) at least one Business Day prior to
any
prepayment of the Term Loans required to be made by Holdings for the account
of
such Lender pursuant to this Section 2.08,
to waive all or a
portion of such prepayment. In the event one or more Term Lenders
elects to waive all or a portion of any such prepayment, the pro rata
allocation of the
prepayment across the applicable Term Loan tranche shall be adjusted
accordingly.
2.09 Repayment. (a) The
Term A
Loans. Holdings
shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Term A
Lenders the aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans in quarterly
installments on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing
on
September 30, 2006, in the applicable amounts set forth on Schedule
2.09(a)
hereto (or as such
Schedule may be amended pursuant to Section 2.01(d)
hereof).
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(b) The
Term B
Loans. Holdings
shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Term B
Lenders the aggregate principal amount of Term B Loans in quarterly
installments on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing
on
June 30, 2005, in the applicable amounts set forth on Schedule
2.09(b)
hereto (or as such
Schedule may be amended pursuant to Section 2.01(e)
hereof).
(c) The
Revolving
Loans and Swingline Loans. Holdings
shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Lenders
and Swingline Lender on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal
amount of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans outstanding on such
date.
2.10 Interest. (a)
(i) Subject
to Section 2.10(c)
below, each
Revolving Loan and Term Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof from the applicable Borrowing Date at a rate per annum equal
to
the Offshore Rate or the Base Rate, as the case may be (and subject to Holdings’
right to convert to other Types of Loans under Section 2.04),
plus
the Applicable
Margin; and (ii) each Swingline Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from the applicable Borrowing Date at a rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate plus
the Applicable
Margin (for Base Rate Loans), or at such other rate as may be agreed to by
the
Swingline Lender.
(b) Interest
on each
Revolving Loan, Term Loan and Swingline Loan shall be paid in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date. Interest shall also be paid on the date
of any
prepayment of Loans (other than Base Rate Loans) under Section 2.07
or Section 2.08
for the portion of
such Loans so prepaid and upon payment (including prepayment) in full thereof,
and on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, the Term A Loan Maturity Date
or
Term B Loan Maturity Date, as applicable. During the
existence
of any Event of Default, interest shall be paid on demand of the Administrative
Agent at the request or with the consent of the Majority Lenders.
(c) Notwithstanding
Section 2.10(a),
while any Event
of Default exists or after acceleration, Holdings shall pay interest (after
as
well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted by law) on
the
principal amount of all outstanding Loans and other Obligations of Holdings,
at
a rate per annum which is determined by adding 2% per annum to the Applicable
Margin then in effect for such Loans and other Obligations and, in the case
of
Obligations not subject to an Applicable Margin, at a rate per annum equal
to
the Base Rate plus
the Applicable
Margin then in effect for Revolving Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans,
plus
2% per annum;
provided,
however,
that on and after
the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Offshore Rate Loan
outstanding on the date of occurrence of such Event of Default or acceleration,
the principal amount of such Loan shall, during the continuation of such Event
of Default or after acceleration, bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
the
Base Rate, plus
the Applicable
Margin then in effect for Base Rate Loans, plus
2% per
annum.
(d) Anything
herein to
the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of Holdings to any Lender
hereunder shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall
not
be required for any period for which interest is computed hereunder, to the
extent (but only to the extent) that contracting for or receiving such payment
by such Lender would be contrary to the provisions of any law applicable to
such
Lender limiting the highest rate of interest that may be lawfully contracted
for, charged or received by such Lender, and in such event Holdings shall pay
such Lender interest at the highest rate permitted by applicable
law.
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2.11 Fees. In
addition to certain fees described in Section 3.08:
(a) Arrangement
and
Agency Fees. Holdings
shall pay the fees specified in that certain letter agreement (the “Fee
Letter”)
between Holdings
and Xxxxx Fargo Bank dated May 18, 2005.
(b) Commitment
Fees. Holdings
shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender
a
commitment fee on the actual daily unused portion of such Revolving Lender’s
Revolving Commitment (the “Available
Commitment”),
computed on a
quarterly basis in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter
based upon the daily utilization for that quarter as calculated by the
Administrative Agent at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Fee Amount
(such fees, the “Commitment
Fees”). For
purposes of calculating the Available Commitment under this Section 2.11,
the Revolving
Commitments shall be deemed used to the extent of the Effective Amount of
Revolving Loans then outstanding plus the Effective Amount of L/C Obligations
then outstanding (other than L/C Obligations consisting of the aggregate undrawn
amount of all Commercial Letters of Credit then
outstanding). Swingline Loans shall not constitute utilization
for
purposes of calculating Available Commitment. Such Commitment
Fees
shall accrue from the Effective Date to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date and
shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
calendar quarter, commencing on September 30, 2005, to the Revolving Loan
Maturity Date, with the final payment to be made on the Revolving Loan Maturity
Date; provided
that in connection
with any termination of Commitments hereunder, the accrued Commitment Fees
calculated for the period ending on such date shall also be paid on the date
of
termination. The Commitment Fees provided in this Section 2.11(b)
shall accrue at
all times after the Effective Date, including at any time during which one
or
more conditions in Article
V
are not met.
2.12 Computation
of
Fees and Interest. (a)
All computations
of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Xxxxx
Fargo’s “prime 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. Interest and fees shall accrue during each period during
which interest or such fees are computed from the first day thereof to the
last
day thereof.
(b) Each
determination
of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding
on Holdings and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative
Agent will, at the request of Holdings or any Lender, deliver to Holdings or
the
Lender, as the case may be, a statement showing the quotations used by the
Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate and the resulting interest
rate.
2.13 Payments
by
Holdings. (a)
All payments to be
made by Holdings shall be made without set off, recoupment or
counterclaim. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all
payments by Holdings shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders at the Administrative Agent’s Payment Office, and shall be made
in Dollars and in immediately available funds, no later than 11:00 a.m. (San
Francisco time) on the date specified herein. The Administrative
Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Proportionate Share (or other
applicable share as expressly provided herein) of such payment in like funds
as
received. Any payment received by the Administrative Agent later
than
11:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) shall be deemed to have been received on the
following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to
accrue.
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(b) Subject
to the
provisions set forth in the definition of “Interest Period” herein, whenever any
payment is due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made
on
the following Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be
included in the computation of interest or fees, as the case may
be.
(c) Unless
the
Administrative Agent receives notice from Holdings prior to the date on which
any payment is due to the Lenders that Holdings will not make such payment
in
full as and when required, the Administrative Agent may assume that Holdings
has
made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date in
immediately available funds and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not
be
so required), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on
such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If
and to the extent Holdings has not made such payment in full to the
Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent on
demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest thereon
at
the Federal Funds Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed
to
such Lender until the date repaid.
2.14 Payments
by the
Lenders to the Administrative Agent. (a)
Unless the
Administrative Agent receives notice from a Lender on or prior to the Effective
Date or, with respect to any Borrowing after the Effective Date, at least one
(1) Business Day prior to the date of such Borrowing, that such Lender will
not
make available as and when required hereunder to the Administrative Agent for
the account of Holdings the amount of that Lender’s Proportionate Share of the
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that each Lender has made such
amount available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds
on
the Borrowing Date and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so
required), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Holdings on
such
date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent any Lender
shall
not have made its full amount available to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds and the Administrative Agent in such circumstances
has made available to Holdings such amount, that Lender shall on the Business
Day following such Borrowing Date make such amount available to the
Administrative Agent, together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate for
each
day during such period. A notice of the Administrative Agent
submitted to any Lender with respect to amounts owing under this Section 2.14(a)
shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. If such amount is so made
available, such payment to the Administrative Agent shall constitute such
Lender’s Loan on the date of Borrowing for all purposes of this
Agreement. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative
Agent on the Business Day following the Borrowing Date, the Administrative
Agent
will notify Holdings of such failure to fund and, upon demand by the
Administrative Agent, Holdings shall pay such amount to the Administrative
Agent
for the Administrative Agent’s account, together with interest thereon for each
day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to
the
interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such
Borrowing.
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(b) The
failure of any
Lender to make any Loan on any Borrowing Date or to make any payment under
Section 10.07 shall not relieve any other Lender of any obligation hereunder
to
make a Loan on such Borrowing Date or to make such payment under
Section 10.07, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of
any
other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on any Borrowing
Date or to make such payment under Section 10.07.
2.15 Sharing
of
Payments, Etc.
(a) Except
as otherwise
provided herein:
(i) Each
Revolving Loan
and reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment shall be made or shared
among the Revolving Lenders pro rata
according to their
respective Revolving Proportionate Shares;
(ii) Each
Term A
Loan shall be made or shared among the Term A Lenders pro rata
according to their
respective Term A Proportionate Shares;
(iii) Each
Term B
Loan shall be made or shared among the Term B Lenders pro rata
according to their
respective Term B Proportionate Shares;
(iv) Each
payment of
principal on Loans in any Borrowing shall be shared among the Lenders which
made
or funded the Loans in such Borrowing pro rata
according to the
respective unpaid principal amounts of such Loans then owed to such
Lenders;
(v) Each
payment of
interest on Loans in any Borrowing shall be shared among the Lenders that made
or funded the Loans in such Borrowing pro rata
according to (A)
the respective unpaid principal amounts of such Loans so made or funded by
such
Lenders and (B) the dates on which such Lenders so made or funded such
Loans;
(vi) Each
payment of
Commitment Fees pursuant to this Agreement shall be shared among the Revolving
Lenders (except for Defaulting Lenders) pro rata
according to (A)
their respective Revolving Proportionate Shares and (B) in the case of each
Revolving Lender which becomes a Revolving Lender hereunder after the date
hereof, the date upon which such Revolving Lender so became a Revolving
Lender;
(vii) Each
payment of any
fees due in connection with any amendment hereto or any waiver of or forbearance
from any Event of Default existing hereunder shall be shared among those Lenders
consenting to such amendment, waiver or forbearance or as otherwise agreed
to by
such Lenders;
(viii) Each
payment of
interest (other than interest on Loans) and fees (other than Commitment Fees)
shall be shared among the Lenders and the Administrative Agent owed the amount
upon which such interest accrues pro rata
according to (A)
the respective amounts so owed such Lenders and the Administrative Agent and
(B)
the dates on which such amounts became owing to such Lenders and the
Administrative Agent; and
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(ix) All
other payments
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be for the benefit
of
the Person or Persons specified.
(b) If,
other than as
expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of
the
Loans made by it any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the
exercise of any right of set off, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share
(or other share contemplated hereunder), such Lender shall immediately
(i) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (ii) purchase
from the other applicable Lenders such participations in the Loans made by
them
as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess
payment pro rata
with each of them;
provided,
however,
that if all or
any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing
Lender, such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender
shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together
with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the
proportion of (A) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (B)
the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or
other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total
amount so recovered. Holdings agrees that any Lender so purchasing
a
participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all of its rights of payment (including the right of set off, but
subject to Section 11.10)
with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of
Holdings in the amount of such participation. The Administrative
Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence
of
manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.15(b)
and will in each
case notify the applicable Lenders following any such purchases or
repayments.
2.16 Security
and
Guaranty. (a)
All Obligations
under this Agreement, the Notes and all other Loan Documents shall be secured
in
accordance with the Collateral Documents.
(b) All
Obligations of
Holdings under this Agreement, each of the Notes and all other Loan Documents
to
which it is a party shall be unconditionally guaranteed by each Guarantor
pursuant to its Guaranty.
ARTICLE
III
THE
LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.01 The
Letter of
Credit Subfacility. (a)
On the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein (i) the L/C Issuer agrees,
(A)
from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective
Date
to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date to issue Letters of Credit for the account
of Holdings, and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it,
in
accordance with Section 3.02(c)
and Section 3.02(d),
and (B) to honor
drafts under the Letters of Credit; and (ii) the Revolving Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit Issued for the account
of
Holdings; provided
that the L/C
Issuer shall not be obligated to Issue, and no Revolving Lender shall be
obligated to participate in, any Letter of Credit if such Letter of Credit
is
not denominated in Dollars or if as of the date of Issuance of such Letter
of
Credit (the “Issuance
Date”)
and after giving
effect thereto (x) the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations plus
the Effective
Amount of all Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans shall exceed the combined
Revolving Commitments, (y) the participation of any Revolving Lender in the
Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations and in the Effective Amount of all
Swingline Loans plus
the Effective
Amount of the Revolving Loans of such Revolving Lender shall exceed such
Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, or (z) the Effective Amount of L/C
Obligations shall exceed the L/C Commitment. Within the foregoing
limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, Holdings ability
to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and, accordingly, Holdings
may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters
of
Credit which have expired or which have been drawn upon and
reimbursed.
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(b) The
L/C Issuer is
under no obligation to Issue any Letter of Credit if:
(i) any
order, judgment
or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport
to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from Issuing such Letter of Credit, or
any
Requirement of 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
Effective Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss,
cost
or expense which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which the L/C
Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(ii) the
L/C Issuer has
received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent
or
Holdings, on or prior to the Business Day prior to the requested date of
Issuance of such Letter of Credit, that one or more of the applicable conditions
contained in Article
V
is not then satisfied;
(iii) the
expiry date of
any requested Letter of Credit is (A) more than 365 days after the date of
Issuance, unless the Majority Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date
in writing, or (B) after the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, unless all of the
Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date in writing;
(iv) the
expiry date of
any requested Letter of Credit is prior to the maturity date of any financial
obligation to be supported by the requested Letter of Credit;
(v) any
requested
Letter of Credit does not provide for drafts, or is not otherwise in form and
substance acceptable to the L/C Issuer, or the Issuance of a Letter of Credit
shall violate any applicable policies of the L/C Issuer;
(vi) any
Standby Letter
of Credit is for the purpose of supporting the issuance of any letter of credit
by any other Person;
(vii) any
Standby Letter
of Credit is in a face amount less than $1,000,000; or
(viii) any
requested
Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
Dollars.
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(c) Letters
of Credit
issued under this Article
III
shall be either
Commercial Letters of Credit or Standby Letters of Credit.
3.02 Issuance,
Amendment and Renewal of Letters of Credit. (a)
Each Letter of
Credit shall be issued upon the irrevocable written request of Holdings received
by the L/C Issuer (with a copy sent by Holdings to the Administrative Agent)
at
least four (4) Business Days (or such shorter time as the L/C Issuer may agree
in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed date
of
issuance. Each such request for issuance of a Letter of Credit
shall
be by facsimile, confirmed immediately in an original writing, in the form
of an
L/C Application, and shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C
Issuer: (i) the proposed date of issuance of the Letter of Credit (which
shall be a Business Day); (ii) the face amount of the Letter of Credit;
(iii) the expiry date of the Letter of Credit; (iv) the name
and
address of the beneficiary thereof; (v) the documents to be presented
by
the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit in case of any drawing thereunder;
(vi) the full text of any certificate to be presented by the beneficiary
in
case of any drawing thereunder; and (vii) such other matters as the
L/C
Issuer may require.
(b) At
least two (2)
Business Days prior to the Issuance of any Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer
will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of the L/C Application or L/C Amendment
Application from Holdings and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the
Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer
has
received notice on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the date
the
L/C Issuer is to issue a requested Letter of Credit from the Administrative
Agent (A) directing the L/C Issuer not to issue such Letter of Credit because
such issuance is not then permitted under Section 3.01(a)
as a result of the
limitations set forth in clauses (x) through (z) thereof or Section 3.01(b)(ii);
or (B) that one
or more conditions specified in Article
V
are not then satisfied; then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the
account of Holdings in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary
business practices.
(c) From
time to time
while a Letter of Credit is outstanding and prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity
Date, the L/C Issuer will, upon the written request of Holdings received by
the
L/C Issuer (with a copy sent by Holdings to the Administrative Agent) at least
four (4) Business Days (or such shorter time as the L/C Issuer may agree in
a
particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed date of
amendment (including a renewal or extension thereof), amend any Letter of Credit
issued by it. Each such request for amendment of a Letter of
Credit
shall be made by facsimile, confirmed immediately in an original writing, made
in the form of an L/C Amendment Application and shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (i) the Letter of Credit to be amended;
(ii) the proposed date of amendment of the Letter of Credit (which shall
be
a Business Day); (iii) the nature of the proposed amendment; and
(iv) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. The
L/C
Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if: (A) the
L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit
in its amended form under the terms of this Agreement; or (B) the
beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment
to the Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent will promptly
notify the Revolving Lenders of the Issuance of any Standby Letter of Credit
notified to it by the L/C Issuer. The Revolving Lenders acknowledge
and agree that the Administrative Agent will not notify them of the receipt
by
the Administrative Agent of any L/C Application or L/C Amendment Application
or
of the Issuance of any Commercial Letter of Credit. From time
to time
the Administrative Agent will notify the Revolving Lenders of the amount of
all
outstanding Letters of Credit hereunder.
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(d) The
L/C Issuer and
the Revolving Lenders agree that, while a Letter of Credit is outstanding and
prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, the L/C Issuer shall be entitled
to
authorize the renewal of any Letter of Credit issued by it. The
L/C
Issuer shall be under no obligation to so renew any Letter of Credit if: (A)
the
L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue or amend such Letter
of Credit in its renewed form under the terms of this Agreement; or (B) the
beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed renewal
of
the Letter of Credit. If any outstanding Letter of Credit shall
provide that it shall be automatically renewed unless the beneficiary thereof
receives notice from the L/C Issuer that such Letter of Credit shall not be
renewed, and if at the time of renewal, the L/C Issuer would be entitled to
authorize the renewal of such Letter of Credit in accordance with this
Section 3.02(d)
upon the request
of Holdings, but the L/C Issuer shall not have received any written direction
by
Holdings with respect thereto, the L/C Issuer shall nonetheless be permitted
to
allow such Letter of Credit to renew, and Holdings and the Revolving Lenders
hereby authorize such renewal, and, accordingly, the L/C Issuer shall be deemed
to have received an L/C Amendment Application from Holdings requesting such
renewal.
(e) The
L/C Issuer may,
at its election (or as required by the Administrative Agent at the direction
of
the Majority Revolving Lenders), deliver any notices of termination or other
communications to any Letter of Credit beneficiary or transferee, and take
any
other action as necessary or appropriate, at any time and from time to time,
in
order to cause the expiry date of such Letter of Credit to be a date not later
than the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
(f) This
Agreement
shall control in the event of any conflict with any L/C Related Document (other
than any Letter of Credit).
(g) The
L/C Issuer will
also deliver to the Administrative Agent, concurrently or promptly following
its
delivery of a Letter of Credit, or amendment to or renewal of a Letter of
Credit, to an advising bank or a beneficiary, a true and complete copy of each
such Letter of Credit or amendment to or renewal of a Letter of
Credit.
3.03 Risk
Participations, Drawings and Reimbursements. (a)
Immediately upon
the Issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed
to,
and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C
Issuer a participation in such Letter of Credit and each drawing thereunder
in
an amount equal to the product of (i) the Revolving Proportionate Share
of
such Revolving Lender, times (ii) the maximum amount available to be
drawn
under such Letter of Credit and the amount of such drawing,
respectively. Each Issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to
utilize the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Lender by an amount equal
to
the amount of such participation.
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(b) In
the event of any
request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary or transferee
thereof, the L/C Issuer will promptly notify Holdings and specify in such notice
the date such drawing will be honored by the L/C Issuer (the “Honor
Date”). If
the L/C Issuer so notifies Holdings prior to 9:00 a.m. (San Francisco time)
on
the Honor Date, Holdings, as account party under such Letter of Credit, shall
reimburse the L/C Issuer no later than 11:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on the
Honor Date for the amount paid by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit
or,
if the L/C Issuer shall so notify Holdings after 9:00 a.m. (San Francisco time)
on the Honor Date, Holdings, as account party under such Letter of Credit,
shall
reimburse the L/C Issuer no later than 11:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on the
next succeeding Business Day for the amount paid by the L/C Issuer under such
Letter of Credit on the Honor Date (each such date, a “Reimbursement
Date”),
in each case,
in an amount equal to the amount so paid by the L/C Issuer. In
the
event Holdings fails to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the full amount of any
drawing under any Letter of Credit by the required time as provided above on
the
Reimbursement Date, the L/C Issuer will promptly notify the Administrative
Agent, and the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Lender
thereof (including the amount thereof and such Revolving Lender’s Revolving
Proportionate Share thereof), and Holdings shall be deemed to have requested
that Base Rate Loans be made by the Revolving Lenders to Holdings to be
disbursed on the Reimbursement Date for such Letter of Credit, subject to the
amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment and
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.04. Holdings
hereby directs that the proceeds of any such Loans deemed to be borrowed by
it
shall be used to pay its reimbursement obligations in respect of any such
drawing. Solely for the purposes of making such Loans, the Minimum
Amount limitations set forth in Section 2.03
shall not be
applicable. Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this Section 3.03(b)
may be oral if
immediately confirmed in writing (including by facsimile); provided
that the lack of
such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding
effect of such notice. In the event that any amount of any drawing
under any Letter of Credit is not reimbursed by Holdings on the Honor Date,
such
unreimbursed amount shall bear interest until it is either deemed to be an
L/C
Borrowing as provided in Section 3.03(d)
or deemed to be
converted to a Base Rate Loan as provided in this Section 3.03(b),
at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus
the Applicable
Margin then in effect for Revolving Loans consisting of Base Rate
Loans.
(c) Each
Revolving
Lender shall, upon receipt of any notice pursuant to Section 3.03(b),
make available to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer an amount in Dollars
and in immediately available funds equal to its Revolving Proportionate Share
of
the amount of the drawing, whereupon such Revolving Lender shall (subject to
Section 3.03(f))
be deemed to have
made a Revolving Loan consisting of a Base Rate Loan to Holdings in that amount.
The Administrative Agent will promptly give notice of the occurrence of the
Reimbursement Date, but failure of the Administrative Agent to give any such
notice on the Reimbursement Date or in sufficient time to enable any Revolving
Lender to effect such payment on such date shall not relieve such Revolving
Lender from its obligations under this Section 3.03.
(d) With
respect to any
unreimbursed drawing that is not converted into Revolving Loans in whole or
in
part, because of Holdings’ failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in
Section 5.04
or for any other
reason, Holdings shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C
Borrowing in the amount of such drawing, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and
payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at a rate
per
annum equal to the Base Rate, plus
the Applicable
Margin then in effect for Revolving Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans,
plus
2% per
annum. In such event, each Revolving Lender shall upon receipt
of any
notice pursuant to Section 3.03(b)
make available to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer an amount in Dollars
and in immediately available funds equal to its Revolving Proportionate Share
of
the amount of the drawing. Each Revolving Lender’s payment to the L/C
Issuer pursuant to this Section 3.03(d)
shall be deemed
payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall
constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Lender in satisfaction of its
participation obligation under this Section 3.03.
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(e) If
any Revolving
Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
the L/C Issuer the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Proportionate
Share of the amount of any drawing by no later than 12:00 noon (San Francisco
time) on the Reimbursement Date, then interest shall accrue on such Revolving
Lender’s obligation to make such payment, from the Reimbursement Date to the
date such Revolving Lender makes such payment, at (i) the Federal Funds
Rate in effect from time to time during the period commencing on the
Reimbursement Date and ending on the date three (3) Business Days thereafter,
and (ii) thereafter at the Base Rate as in effect from time to time,
payable on demand of the Administrative Agent.
(f) Each
Revolving
Lender’s obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make or participate in
the Revolving Loans or L/C Advances, as contemplated by this Section 3.03,
as a result of a
drawing under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute and unconditional and
without recourse to the L/C Issuer and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense
or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer,
Holdings or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence
or continuance of a Default, an Event of Default or a Material Adverse Effect;
or (iii) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether
or
not similar to any of the foregoing; provided,
however,
that each
Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans under this Section 3.03
is subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 5.04;
and provided,
further,
however,
that a Revolving
Lender may have recourse against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be
liable to a Revolving Lender, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any
direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by such
Revolving Lender which such Revolving Lender proves were caused by the L/C
Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the 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.
3.04 Repayment
of
Participations. (a)
Upon (and only
upon) receipt by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer
of
immediately available funds from Holdings (i) in reimbursement of any
payment made by the L/C Issuer under the Letter of Credit with respect to which
any Revolving Lender has paid the Administrative Agent for the account of the
L/C Issuer for such Revolving Lender’s participation in the Letter of Credit
pursuant to Section 3.03
or (ii) in
payment of interest thereon, the Administrative Agent will pay to each Revolving
Lender, in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent for
the
account of the L/C Issuer, the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving
Proportionate Share of such funds, and the L/C Issuer shall receive the amount
of the Revolving Proportionate Share of such funds of any Revolving Lender
that
did not so pay the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer.
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(b) If
the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer is required at any time to return to
Holdings, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official
in
any Insolvency Proceeding, any portion of the payments made by Holdings to
the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.04(a)
in reimbursement
of a payment made under the Letter of Credit or interest or fee thereon, each
Revolving Lender shall, on demand of the Administrative Agent, forthwith return
to the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer the amount of its Revolving
Proportionate Share of any amounts so returned by the Administrative Agent
or
the L/C Issuer plus
interest thereon
from the date such demand is made to the date such amounts are returned by
such
Revolving Lender to the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time.
3.05 Role
of the L/C
Issuer. (a)
Each Revolving
Lender and Holdings agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit,
the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other
than any sight draft and certificates expressly required by the 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.
(b) No
Administrative
Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants
or
assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Lender for:
(i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request
or
with the approval of the Revolving Lender (including the Majority Revolving
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 L/C-Related
Document.
(c) Holdings
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 Holdings pursuing such
rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at
law
or under any other agreement. No Administrative Agent-Related
Person,
nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the
L/C
Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in
clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 3.06;
provided,
however,
anything in such
clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, that Holdings may have a claim against
the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to Holdings, to the extent,
but
only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary,
damages suffered by Holdings which Holdings proves were caused by the L/C
Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the 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: (i) the L/C Issuer 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
(ii) the L/C Issuer 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.
3.06 Obligations
Absolute. The
obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and any L/C-Related Document to
reimburse the L/C Issuer for a drawing under a Letter of Credit, and to repay
any L/C Borrowing and any drawing under a Letter of Credit converted into
Revolving Loans, shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and each such other
L/C-Related Document under all circumstances, including the
following:
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(i) any
lack of
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any L/C-Related
Document;
(ii) any
change in the
time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of
the
obligations of Holdings in respect of any Letter of Credit or any other
amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the
L/C-Related Documents;
(iii) the
existence of
any claim, set-off, defense or other right that Holdings may have at any time
against any beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person
for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C
Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated hereby or by the L/C-Related Documents or any
unrelated transaction;
(iv) any
draft, demand,
certificate or other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving
to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in
the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing
under any Letter of Credit;
(v) any
payment by the
L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or
certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of any Letter of
Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any 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 any Letter of Credit,
including any arising in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding;
(vi) any
exchange,
release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release or amendment or
waiver of or consent to departure from any other guarantee, for all or any
of
the obligations of Holdings in respect of any Letter of Credit; or
(vii) 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, Holdings or a Guarantor.
3.07 Cash
Collateral
Pledge. (a)
Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, if the L/C Issuer has honored
any
full or partial drawing request on any Letter of Credit and such drawing has
resulted in an L/C Borrowing hereunder, or (b) if, as of the Revolving Loan
Maturity Date, any Letters of Credit may for any reason remain outstanding
and
partially or wholly undrawn, or (c) the occurrence of the circumstances
described in Section 2.08(a)(i) requiring
Holdings
to Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit, then, Holdings shall immediately Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to such L/C
Obligations. Holdings shall, to the extent necessary, make such
additional pledges from time to time as shall be necessary to ensure that all
L/C Obligations remain at all times fully Cash Collateralized. Cash
collateral held under this Section 3.07
or Section 9.02
shall be
maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Xxxxx Fargo
pursuant to the Security Agreement.
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3.08 Letter
of Credit
Fees. (a)
Holdings shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each of the Revolving Lenders
in
accordance with its respective Revolving Proportionate Share a letter of credit
fee with respect to the Standby Letters of Credit equal to the rate per annum
equal to the Applicable Fee Amount of the actual daily maximum amount available
to be drawn of the outstanding Standby Letters of Credit, computed on a
quarterly basis in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter
based upon Standby Letters of Credit outstanding for that quarter as calculated
by the Administrative Agent. Such letter of credit fees shall
be due
and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar
quarter during which Standby Letters of Credit are outstanding, commencing
on
the first such quarterly date to occur after the Effective Date, to the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date (or such later date upon which the outstanding
Letters of Credit shall expire), with the final payment to be made on the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date (or such later expiration date). Such
fees are fully earned when due and, once paid, are non-refundable.
(b) Holdings
shall pay
to the L/C Issuer, for the L/C Issuer’s sole account, a letter of credit fee
with respect to the amount from time to time available to be drawn under
Commercial Letters of Credit in such amount and on such dates as shall
separately be agreed upon between the L/C Issuer and Holdings. Such
fees are fully earned when due and, once paid, are non-refundable.
(c) Holdings
shall pay
to the L/C Issuer, for the L/C Issuer’s sole account, a letter of credit
fronting fee for each Standby Letter of Credit Issued by the L/C Issuer equal
to
0.125% per annum of the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn of
the
outstanding Standby Letters of Credit, computed on a quarterly basis in arrears
on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter based upon Standby Letters
of
Credit outstanding for that quarter as calculated by the L/C
Issuer. Such letter of credit fronting fees shall be due and
payable
quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter during
which Standby Letters of Credit are outstanding, commencing on the first such
quarterly date to occur after the Effective Date, to the Revolving Loan Maturity
Date (or such later date upon which the outstanding Letters of Credit shall
expire), with the final payment to be made on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date
(or such later expiration date). Such fees are fully earned
when due
and, once paid, are non-refundable.
(d) Holdings
shall pay
to the L/C Issuer from time to time on demand the normal issuance, presentation,
transfer, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and
charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time
in
effect.
(e) Notwithstanding
subsection (a) of this Section 3.08,
while any Event
of Default exists or after acceleration, Holdings shall pay a letter of credit
fee (after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted
by law) on the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn of the
outstanding Letters of Credit, at a rate per annum which is determined by adding
2% per annum to the rate otherwise then in effect hereunder for such Letters
of
Credit.
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3.09 Applicability
of
ISP98 and UCP. Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and Holdings when a Letter of
Credit is issued, (i) the rules of 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) shall
apply to each Standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform
Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the “UCP”),
as most
recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”)
at the time of
issuance (including the ICC decision published by the Commission on Banking
Technique and Practice on April 6, 1998 regarding the European single currency
(euro)) shall apply to each Commercial Letter of Credit.
3.10 Trade
Bank as
L/C Issuer. The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, at its option, Xxxxx Fargo, as L/C
Issuer, may arrange for Letters of Credit to be issued by Trade Bank as agent
for Xxxxx Fargo. All parties hereto understand and agree that
to the
extent any Letters of Credit are issued by Trade Bank as agent for Xxxxx Fargo,
(i) Trade Bank is agent only to Xxxxx Fargo and not to Holdings and
has no
obligations to Holdings, (ii) the Letters of Credit issued by Trade
Bank
will be deemed Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer for all purposes
hereunder and (iii) any of the obligations performed or rights exercised
pursuant to or in connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit by Trade
Bank shall be deemed obligations performed or rights exercised by Xxxxx Fargo
as
L/C Issuer. To the extent that the L/C Issuer is required to
provide
any notices to, or take any other actions for the benefit of, the Administrative
Agent hereunder, with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by Trade Bank,
no
such notice or action shall be required.
ARTICLE
IV
TAXES,
YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
4.01 Taxes. (a)
Any and all
payments by Holdings to each Lender or the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement and any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and
without deduction or withholding for, any Taxes. In addition,
Holdings shall pay all Other Taxes.
(b) If
Holdings shall
be required by law to deduct or withhold any Taxes, Other Taxes or Further
Taxes
from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent, then:
(i) the
sum payable
shall be increased as necessary so that, after making all required deductions
and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional
sums payable under this section), such Lender or the Administrative Agent,
as
the case may be, receives and retains an amount equal to the sum it would have
received and retained had no such deductions or withholdings been
made;
(ii) Holdings
shall make
such deductions and withholdings;
(iii) Holdings
shall pay
the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing authority or other
authority in accordance with applicable law; and
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(iv) Holdings
shall also
pay to each Lender or the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender,
at the time interest is paid, Further Taxes in the amount that the respective
Lender specifies as necessary to preserve the after-tax yield such Lender would
have received if such Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes had not been
imposed.
(c) Holdings
agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Lender and the Administrative Agent for the
full amount of (i) Taxes, (ii) Other Taxes, and (iii) Further
Taxes in the amount that the respective Lender or the Administrative Agent
specifies as necessary to preserve the after-tax yield such Lender or the
Administrative Agent would have received if such Taxes, Other Taxes or Further
Taxes had not been imposed, and any liability (including penalties, interest,
additions to tax and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes were correctly or
legally asserted. Payment under this indemnification shall be
made
within thirty (30) days after the date such Lender or the Administrative Agent
makes written demand therefor.
(d) Within
thirty (30)
days after the date of any payment by Holdings of Taxes, Other Taxes or Further
Taxes, Holdings shall furnish to each Lender or the Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof, or other
evidence of payment satisfactory to such Lender or the Administrative
Agent.
(e) If
Holdings is
required to pay any amount to any Lender pursuant to subsection (b) or (c)
of
this Section, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with
legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Lending
Office so as to eliminate any such additional payment by Holdings which may
thereafter accrue, if such change in the sole judgment of such Lender is not
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(f) Nothing
contained
in this Section 4.01
shall override any
term or provision of any Specified Swap Contract regarding withholding taxes
relating to Swap Contracts.
4.02 Illegality. (a)
If any Lender
determines that the introduction of any Requirement of Law, or any change in
any
Requirement of Law, or in the interpretation or administration of any
Requirement of Law, has made it unlawful, or that any central bank or other
Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or
its
applicable Lending Office to make Offshore Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof
by such Lender to Holdings through the Administrative Agent, any obligation
of
that Lender to make Offshore Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender
notifies the Administrative Agent and Holdings that the circumstances giving
rise to such determination no longer exist.
(b) If
a Lender
determines that it is unlawful to maintain any Offshore Rate Loan, Holdings
shall, upon its receipt of notice of such fact and demand from such Lender
(with
a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay in full such Offshore Rate Loans
of
that Lender then outstanding, together with interest accrued thereon and amounts
required under Section 4.04,
either on the
last day of the Interest Period thereof, if such Lender may lawfully continue
to
maintain such Offshore Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender
may not lawfully continue to maintain such Offshore Rate Loan. If
Holdings is required to so prepay any Offshore Rate Loan, then concurrently
with
such prepayment, Holdings shall borrow from the affected Lender, in the amount
of such repayment, a Base Rate Loan.
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(c) If
the obligation
of any Lender to make or maintain Offshore Rate Loans has been so terminated
or
suspended, Holdings may elect, by giving notice to such Lender through the
Administrative Agent that all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Lender
as Offshore Rate Loans shall be instead Base Rate Loans.
(d) Before
giving any
notice to the Administrative Agent under this Section 4.02,
the affected
Lender shall designate a different Lending Office with respect to its Offshore
Rate Loans if such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice or
making such demand and will not, in the judgment of such Lender, be illegal
or
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
4.03 Increased
Costs
and Reduction of Return. (a)
If any Lender
determines that, due to either (i) the introduction of, or any change
(other than any change by way of imposition of or increase in reserve
requirements included in the calculation of the Offshore Rate) in, or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance by that
Lender with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase
in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining
any Offshore Rate Loans or participating in Letters of Credit, or, in the case
of the L/C Issuer, any increase in the cost to the L/C Issuer of agreeing to
issue, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or of agreeing to make or
making, funding or maintaining any unpaid drawing under any Letter of Credit,
then Holdings shall be liable for, and shall from time to time, upon demand
(with a copy of such demand to be sent to the Administrative Agent), pay to
the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, additional amounts as are sufficient to compensate such Lender
or
the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such increased costs.
(b) If
any Lender shall
have determined that (i) the introduction of any Capital Adequacy
Regulation, (ii) any change in any Capital Adequacy Regulation,
(iii) any change in the interpretation or administration of any Capital
Adequacy Regulation by any central bank or other Governmental Authority charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof, or (iv) compliance
by
such Lender (or its Lending Office) or any corporation controlling such Lender
with any Capital Adequacy Regulation, affects or would affect the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender and (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s
desired return on capital) determines that the amount of such capital is
increased as a consequence of its Commitment, loans, credits or obligations
under this Agreement, then, upon demand of such Lender to Holdings through
the
Administrative Agent, Holdings shall pay to such Lender, from time to time
as
specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such
Lender for such increase.
4.04 Funding
Losses. Upon
demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to
time, Holdings shall promptly 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 Loan other than a Base 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);
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(b) any
failure by
Holdings (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan)
to
prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on
the
date or in the amount notified by Holdings; or
(c) any
assignment of a
Offshore Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period
therefor as a result of a request by Holdings pursuant to Section 4.07;
including
any loss
of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation
or
reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable
to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained. Holdings shall also pay any customary administrative
fees
charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For
purposes of
calculating amounts payable by Holdings to the Lenders under this Section 4.04,
each Lender shall
be deemed to have funded each Offshore Rate Loan made by it at the Offshore
Rate
for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank
market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not
such
Offshore Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
4.05 Inability
to
Determine Rates. If
the
Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders determine that for any reason
adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Offshore Rate
for
any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Borrowing of Offshore
Rate Loans or conversion into or continuation of Offshore Rate Loans, or that
the Offshore Rate applicable pursuant to Section 2.10(a)
for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed Borrowing of Offshore Rate Loans,
or
a conversion into or continuation of Offshore Rate Loans does not adequately
and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loans, the
Administrative Agent will promptly so notify Holdings and each
Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or
maintain
Offshore Rate Loans, as the case may be, hereunder shall be suspended until
the
Administrative Agent upon the instruction of the Majority Lenders revokes such
notice in writing. Upon receipt of such notice, Holdings may
revoke
any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation then submitted
by
it. If Holdings does not revoke such Notice, the Lenders shall
make,
convert or continue the Loans, as proposed by Holdings, in the amount specified
in the applicable notice submitted by Holdings, but such Loans shall be made,
converted or continued as Base Rate Loans instead of Offshore Rate Loans, as
the
case may be.
4.06 Certificates
of
Lenders. Any
Lender claiming reimbursement or compensation under this Article
IV
shall deliver to Holdings (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a
certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount payable to such Lender
hereunder, and the basis for calculation of such amount, and such certificate
shall be conclusive and binding on Holdings in the absence of manifest
error.
4.07 Substitution
of
Lenders. Upon
the receipt by Holdings from any Lender of a claim for compensation under
Section 4.03,
or if any Lender
is a Defaulting Lender (in each case, an “Affected
Lender”),
Holdings may:
(i) request one or more of the other Lenders to acquire and assume all
of
such Affected Lender’s Loans and Commitment; or (ii) designate a
replacement lending institution (which shall be an Eligible Assignee) to acquire
and assume all of such Affected Lender’s Loans and Commitment (a “Replacement
Lender”);
provided,
however,
that Holdings
shall be liable for the payment upon demand of all costs and other amounts
arising under Section 4.04
that result from
the acquisition of any Affected Lender’s Loan and/or Commitment (or any portion
thereof) by a Lender or Replacement Lender, as the case may be, on a date other
than the last day of the applicable Interest Period with respect to any Offshore
Rate Loan then outstanding. Any such designation of a Replacement
Lender under clause (ii) shall be effected in accordance with, and subject
to the terms and conditions of, the assignment provisions contained in
Section 11.08,
and shall in any
event be subject to the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent,
the
L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
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4.08 Survival. The
agreements and obligations of Holdings in this Article
IV
shall survive the termination of the Commitments, the termination or expiration
of all Letters of Credit and the payment of all other Obligations.
ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
5.01 Conditions
to
Signing Date. The
effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligations of each Lender to become
a
party hereto shall be subject to the condition that the Administrative Agent
shall have received on or before the Signing Date all of the following, in
form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, and in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(a) Credit
Agreement. This
Agreement executed by (i) Holdings, the Company and each direct or indirect
U.S. Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings; (ii) each Lender (or in respect
of any Existing Lender, a duly executed written consent to this Agreement
authorizing the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver this Agreement
on
such Lender’s behalf), the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer; and
(iii) the Administrative Agent.
(b) Resolutions;
Incumbency.
(i) Copies
of the
resolutions of the board of directors of each Loan Party (or other similar
enabling action of each Loan Party that is not a corporation) authorizing the
transactions contemplated hereby, certified as of the Signing Date by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person; and
(ii) a
certificate of
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, dated as of the Signing
Date, certifying the names, titles and true signatures of the officers of such
Person authorized to execute, deliver and perform, as applicable, this Agreement
and all other Loan Documents to be delivered by it hereunder; and
(c) Financial
Statements.
(i) The
audited
consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at December
31,
2003 and December 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income
or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended,
certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company;
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(ii) the
unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at March 31,
2005, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended, certified
by a Responsible Officer of the Company; and
(iii) such
other
financial information as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably
request.
5.02 Conditions
to
Effective Date. The
obligations of each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make its initial Credit
Extension hereunder (including the obligations of any New Lender to advance
its
Proportionate Share of any Loans currently outstanding under the Existing Credit
Agreement pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof) shall be
subject to the condition that the Administrative Agent shall have received
on or
before the Effective Date all of the following, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) Organization
Documents; Good Standing. Each
of the following documents:
(i) the
Organization
Documents of each Loan Party as in effect on the Effective Date, certified
by
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Person as of the Effective Date;
and
(ii) a
good standing
certificate, as of a recent date, for each Loan Party from the Secretary of
State (or similar, applicable Governmental Authority) of its state of
incorporation or formation and each state where its ownership, lease or
operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such Loan Party
be
qualified or otherwise licensed to do business;
(b) Legal
Opinion. An
opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties and
addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, dated the Effective
Date,
substantially in the form of Exhibit
D;
(c) Payment
of
Fees. Evidence
of payment by Holdings of all accrued and unpaid fees, costs and expenses to
the
extent then due and payable on the Effective Date, together with reasonable
Attorney Costs of Xxxxx Fargo to the extent invoiced prior to or on the
Effective Date, plus
such additional
amounts of reasonable Attorney Costs as shall constitute Xxxxx Fargo’s
reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be incurred by it through
the closing proceedings (provided
that such estimate
shall not thereafter preclude final settling of accounts between Holdings and
Xxxxx Fargo); including any such costs, fees and expenses arising under or
referenced in Section 2.11
and Section 11.04;
(d) Officer’s
Certificate. A
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each of Holdings and the Company,
dated as of the Effective Date, stating that:
(i) the
representations
and warranties contained in Article
VI
are true and correct on and as of such date, as though made on and as of such
date;
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(ii) no
Default or Event
of Default exists or would result from the initial Credit Extension;
and
(iii) there
has occurred
since December 31, 2004, no event or circumstance that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) Collateral
Documents. The
Collateral Documents, executed by each Loan Party, in appropriate form for
recording, where necessary, together with:
(i) copies
of all
UCC-l, UCC-2 and UCC-3 financing statements to be filed to perfect or amend
the
security interests of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders,
or other evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that there have
been
filed, registered or recorded all financing statements and other filings,
registrations and recordings necessary and advisable to perfect or amend the
perfection of the Liens of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders in accordance with applicable law, or, with respect to the Mortgaged
Property, evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the executed
Mortgages (or Deed of Trust Amendments) with respect to the Mortgaged Property
shall have been delivered to Chicago Title Insurance Company in recordable
form
on or prior to the Effective Date for recording or, in the case of Mortgaged
Properties for which Mortgages have not previously been delivered under the
Existing Credit Agreement, within 60 days from the Effective Date;
(ii) written
advice
relating to such Lien and judgment searches as the Administrative Agent shall
have requested, and such termination statements or other documents as may be
necessary to confirm that the Collateral is subject to no other Liens in favor
of any Persons (other than Permitted Liens);
(iii) to
the extent not
previously delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, receipt by
the
Administrative Agent of all certificates and instruments representing the
Pledged Collateral, together with stock transfer powers executed in blank with
signatures guaranteed as the Administrative Agent may specify;
(iv) funds
sufficient to
pay any filing or recording tax or fee in connection with any and all UCC-1
financing statements and the Mortgages (or Deed of Trust
Amendments);
(v) to
the extent not
previously delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, surveys and
surveyor’s certification already within the possession or within the control of
any Loan Party as to all real property and all land covered by a lease in
respect of which there is delivered a Mortgage;
(vi) proof
of payment of
all title insurance premiums, documentary stamp or intangible taxes, recording
fees and mortgage taxes payable in connection with the recording of any Mortgage
(or Deed of Trust Amendments) or the issuance of the title insurance policies
or
endorsements thereto (whether due on the Effective Date or in the future)
including sums due in connection with any future advances;
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(vii) to
the extent not
previously delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, such consents,
estoppels, subordination agreements and other documents and instruments executed
by landlords, tenants and other Persons party to material contracts relating
to
any Collateral as to which the Administrative Agent shall be granted a Lien
for
the benefit of the Lenders, as requested by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender; and
(viii) evidence
that all
other actions necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders, desirable to perfect and protect the first priority Lien
created by the Collateral Documents, and to enhance the Administrative Agent’s
ability to preserve and protect its and the Lenders’ interests in and access to
the Collateral;
(f) Insurance
Policies. Evidence
that the Administrative Agent has been named as loss payee under all policies
of
casualty insurance under a Form 438BFU or other standard lender’s loss payable
endorsement, and as additional insured under all policies of liability
insurance, required in accordance with Section 7.06
and the Collateral
Documents, together with a certificate of insurance as to all insurance coverage
on the properties of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(g) Compliance
Certificate. A
completed Compliance Certificate, as of March 31, 2005, signed by a
Responsible Officer of Holdings;
(h) Deed
of Trust
Amendments. The
Deed of Trust Amendments executed by each party thereto pursuant to which the
Mortgages shall be amended as provided therein.
(i) Control
Agreements. Any
control agreements for the perfection of deposit accounts of Holdings and the
Guarantors party hereto which have been requested by the Administrative Agent
prior to the Effective Date shall have been executed by Holdings or such
Guarantor, as applicable, and any applicable financial institutions;
(j) Assignments
of
Trademarks. Such
actions shall have been taken as the Administrative Agent deems necessary to
ensure the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ rights as secured party with
respect to any trademarks of Holdings or any Guarantor party
hereto;
(k) Notes. Notes
executed by Holdings for the Lenders requesting Notes; and
(l) Other
Documents. Such
other approvals, opinions, documents or materials as the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender may reasonably request.
5.03 Conditions
to
each Subsequent Effective Date. The
obligations of each Additional Lender to become a party hereto and of each
Additional Lender to make the Additional Term A Loans, Additional
Term B Loans and/or to provide any Additional Revolving Commitment shall
be
subject to the condition that the Administrative Agent shall have received
on or
before the relevant Subsequent Effective Date all of the following, in form
and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each
Additional Lender, and in sufficient copies for each Additional
Lender:
(a) Credit
Agreement
and Notes. This
Agreement executed by each Additional Lender and Notes executed by Holdings
for
each Additional Lender requesting Notes;
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(b) Secretary’s
Certificate. A
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, dated
as
of the relevant Subsequent Effective Date, certifying:
(i) that
the
resolutions of the board of directors of each Loan Party (or other similar
enabling action of each Loan Party that is not a corporation) authorizing the
transactions contemplated hereby, as delivered on the Effective Date, are in
full force and effect and have not been amended, supplemented or modified;
and
(ii) the
names, titles
and true signatures of the officers of such Person authorized to execute,
deliver and perform, as applicable, this Agreement and all other Loan Documents
to be delivered by it hereunder;
(c) Organization
Documents; Good Standing. Each
of the following documents:
(i) the
Organization
Documents of each Loan Party as in effect on the relevant Subsequent Effective
Date, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Person as of
the
relevant Subsequent Effective Date, or a certification by such Secretary or
Assistant Secretary that the Organization Documents of such Loan Party delivered
to the Administrative Agent on the Effective Date or any prior Subsequent
Effective Date are in full force and effect and have not been amended,
supplemented or modified; and
(ii) a
good standing
certificate, as of a date reasonably prior to the relevant Subsequent Effective
Date as is determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith, for each Loan
Party from the Secretary of State (or similar, applicable Governmental
Authority) of its state of incorporation and each state where its ownership,
lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such
Loan
Party be qualified or otherwise licensed to do business;
(d) Payment
of
Fees. Evidence
of payment by Holdings of all accrued and unpaid fees, costs and expenses to
the
extent then due and payable on the relevant Subsequent Effective Date, together
with reasonable Attorney Costs of Xxxxx Fargo to the extent invoiced prior
to or
on the relevant Subsequent Effective Date, plus
such additional
amounts of reasonable Attorney Costs as shall constitute Xxxxx Fargo’s
reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be incurred by it through
the closing proceedings (provided
that such estimate
shall not thereafter preclude final settling of accounts between Holdings and
Xxxxx Fargo); including any such costs, fees and expenses arising under or
referenced in Section 2.11
and Section 11.04;
(e) Officer’s
Certificate. A
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each of Holdings and the Company,
dated as of the relevant Subsequent Effective Date, stating that:
(i) the
representations
and warranties contained in Article
VI
are true and correct on and as of such date, as though made on and as of such
date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer
to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such
earlier date);
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(ii) no
Default or Event
of Default exists or would result from the Credit Extensions to be made as
of
the relevant Subsequent Effective Date; and, after giving effect to such Credit
Extensions (assuming for purposes of this Section 5.03(e)(ii)
full utilization
of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment after giving effect to any Additional
Revolving Commitment), Holdings would be in pro forma compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Section 8.19
measured as of the
last day of the fiscal quarter then most recently ended; and
(iii) there
has occurred
since the Effective Date, no event or circumstance that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) Additional
Conditions. The
Borrower shall have complied with all of the conditions set forth in
Section 2.01(d), Section 2.01(e) or Section 2.01(f), as
applicable; and
(g) Other
Documents. Such
other approvals, opinions, documents or materials as the Administrative Agent
or
any Additional Lender may reasonably request.
5.04 Conditions
to
All Credit Extensions. The
obligation of each Lender (including the Swingline Lender) to make any Credit
Extension (including its initial Credit Extension) and the obligation of the
L/C
Issuer to Issue any Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit)
shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent
on
the relevant Borrowing Date or Issuance Date:
(a) Notice,
Application. The
Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing or in the case
of
any Issuance of any Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative
Agent shall have received an L/C Application or L/C Amendment Application,
as
required under Section 3.02;
(b) Continuation
of
Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties in Article
VI
shall be true and correct on and as of such Borrowing Date or Issuance Date
with
the same effect as if made on and as of such Borrowing Date or Issuance Date,
except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer
to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such
earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 5.04(b),
the
representations and warranties contained in Section 6.11(a)
shall be deemed to
refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to such
Section.
(c) No
Existing
Default. No
Default or Event of Default shall exist or shall result from such Borrowing
or
Issuance;
(d) No
Material
Adverse Effect. There
has occurred since December 31, 2004, no event or circumstance that
has
resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
and
(e) No
Future
Advance Notice. Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have received from Holdings or
any
other Person any notice that any Collateral Document will no longer secure
on a
first priority basis future advances or future Loans to be made or extended
under this Agreement.
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Each
Notice of
Borrowing and L/C Application or L/C Amendment Application submitted by Holdings
hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by Holdings hereunder,
as of the date of each such notice and as of each Borrowing Date or Issuance
Date, as applicable, that the conditions in this Section 5.04
are
satisfied.
ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Each
of Holdings
and the Company represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender that:
6.01 Corporate
Existence and Power. Holdings
and each of its Subsidiaries:
(a) is
a corporation,
limited liability company or partnership duly organized or formed, as the case
may be, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or formation;
(b) has
the power and
authority and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
(i) to own its assets and carry on its business and (ii) in the
case
of any Loan Party, to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under the
Loan Documents;
(c) is
duly qualified,
licensed and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, license or good standing; and
(d) is
in compliance
with all Requirements of Law;
except,
in each
case referred to in clauses (b)(i), (c) or (d) of this Section 6.01,
to the extent
that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.02 Corporate
Authorization; No Contravention. The
execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement and
each other Loan Document to which such Loan Party is party, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or other
applicable organizational action, and do not and will not:
(a) contravene
the
terms of any of that Person’s Organization Documents;
(b) conflict
with or
result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under,
any
document evidencing any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party
or any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority to which
such Person or its property is subject; or
(c) violate
any
Requirement of Law.
6.03 Governmental
Authorization. No
approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice
to,
or filing with, any Governmental Authority (except for recordings or filings
in
connection with the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent under the
Collateral Documents) is necessary or required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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6.04 Binding
Effect. This
Agreement and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Loan Party,
enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their respective terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by
equitable principles relating to enforceability.
6.05 Litigation. Except
as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.05,
there are no
actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending, or to the best
knowledge of Holdings and the Company, threatened or contemplated, at law,
in
equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, against Holdings
or
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties which:
(a) purport
to affect
or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; or
(b) are
reasonably
likely to result in an adverse result for Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries,
which adverse result would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No injunction, writ, temporary restraining order or
any order
of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental Authority
purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or performance of
this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or directing that the transactions
provided for herein or therein not be consummated as herein or therein
provided.
6.06 No
Defaults. No
Default or Event of Default exists or would result from the incurring of any
Obligations by any Loan Party or from the grant or perfection of the Liens
in
favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the
Collateral. Neither Holdings nor any Subsidiary is in default
under
or with respect to any Contractual Obligation in any respect which, individually
or together with all such defaults, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or that would create an Event of Default under
Section 9.01(e).
6.07 ERISA
Compliance. Except
as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.07:
(a) Each
Plan is in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA,
the
Code and other federal or state law. Each Plan which is intended
to
qualify under section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination
letter from the IRS and to the best knowledge of Holdings and the Company,
nothing has occurred which would cause the loss of such
qualification. Holdings, the Company and each ERISA Affiliate
have
made all required contributions to any Plan subject to section 412 of the Code,
and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization
period pursuant to section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any
Plan.
(b) There
are no
pending or, to the best knowledge of Company, threatened claims, actions or
lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan
which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or
violation
of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan which has
resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(c) (i) No
ERISA
Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension
Plan
has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither Holdings nor any ERISA
Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due
and
not delinquent under section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither Holdings nor
any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability
(and
no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under section 4219
of ERISA, would result in such liability) under section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA
with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither Holdings nor any
ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to section
4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
6.08 Use
of Proceeds;
Margin Regulations. The
proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit are to be used solely for the
purposes set forth in and permitted by Section 7.12
and Section 8.07. No
Loan Party is generally engaged in the business of purchasing or selling Margin
Stock or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin
Stock.
6.09 Title
to
Properties; Liens. Holdings
and each Subsidiary have good record and marketable title in fee simple to,
or
valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the
ordinary conduct of their respective businesses, except for such defects in
title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect. The property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries is subject
to
no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
6.10 Taxes. Holdings
and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal and other material tax returns
and
reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal and other material
taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges 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. There is
no
proposed tax assessment against Holdings or any Subsidiary that would, if made,
have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.11 Financial
Condition. (a)
The audited
consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries dated December
31,
2004, the unaudited balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the
fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005 and, in each case, the related consolidated
statements of income or operations and cash flows for the fiscal period ended
on
that date:
(i) were
prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein, subject to ordinary, good faith
year end audit adjustments in the case of quarterly financial statements;
(ii) are
complete and
accurate in all material respects and fairly present the financial condition
of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and results of operations
and cash flows for the period covered thereby; and
(iii) except
as
specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.11,
show all material
Indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of Holdings and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for
taxes, material commitments and Contingent Obligations.
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(b) Since
December 31,
2004, there has not been, nor is it reasonably likely that there will be, any
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Any
pro forma
financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries furnished by Holdings
to
the Lenders hereunder were prepared in accordance with GAAP, are complete and
accurate in all material respects and fairly present the pro forma financial
condition of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, and any
financial projections furnished to the Lenders hereunder represent Holdings’
best estimates and assumptions as to future performance, which Holdings believes
to be fair and reasonable as of the time made in the light of current and
reasonably foreseeable business conditions.
6.12 Environmental
Matters. Holdings
conducts in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing
Environmental Laws and existing Environmental Claims on its business, operations
and properties, and as a result thereof Holdings has reasonably concluded that,
except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.12,
such
Environmental Laws and Environmental Claims could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(a) Except
as
specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.12,
the ongoing
operations of Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries comply in all respects
with
all Environmental Laws, except such non-compliance which would not (if enforced
in accordance with applicable law) result in liability in excess of $2,000,000
in the aggregate.
(b) Except
as
specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.12,
Holdings and each
of its Subsidiaries have obtained all licenses, permits, authorizations and
registrations required under any Environmental Law (“Environmental
Permits”)
and necessary
for their respective ordinary course operations, all such Environmental Permits
are in good standing, and Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all material terms and conditions of such Environmental
Permits.
(c) Except
as
specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.12,
none of Holdings,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective present property or
operations, is subject to any outstanding written order from or agreement with
any Governmental Authority, nor subject to any judicial or docketed
administrative proceeding, respecting any Environmental Law, Environmental
Claim
or Hazardous Material.
(d) Except
as
specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.12,
there are no
Hazardous Materials or other conditions or circumstances existing with respect
to any property of Holdings or any Subsidiary, or arising from operations prior
to the Effective Date, of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that would
reasonably be expected to give rise to Environmental Claims with a potential
liability of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 in the
aggregate for any such condition, circumstance or property. In
addition, (i) neither Holdings nor any Subsidiary has any underground
storage tanks (A) that are not properly registered or permitted under applicable
Environmental Laws, or (B) that are leaking or disposing of Hazardous Materials
off-site, and (ii) Holdings and its Subsidiaries have notified all of
their
employees of the existence, if any, of any health hazard arising from the
conditions of their employment and have met all notification requirements under
Title III of CERCLA and all other Environmental Laws.
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6.13 Collateral
Documents.
(a) (i) The
provisions of each of the Collateral Documents were, as of the closing of the
Existing Credit Agreement, and as amended, remain, effective to create in favor
of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid
and
enforceable first priority Lien in all right, title and interest of Holdings,
or
the applicable Loan Party (as the case may be), in the Collateral described
therein to secure the Obligations, (ii) all filings and other actions
necessary or desirable to perfect and maintain the perfection and first priority
status of such Liens have been duly made or taken and remain in full force
and
effect and (iii) each Intellectual Property Security Agreement has been
filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright
Office.
(b) Each
Mortgage when
delivered was, and as amended, remains, as of the Effective Date, effective
to
grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a legal, valid
and enforceable deed of trust/mortgage Lien on all the right, title and interest
of the mortgagor under such Mortgage in the Mortgaged Property described
therein. Each such Mortgage was duly recorded in the offices
listed
on the schedule to such Mortgage and the mortgage recording fees and taxes
in
respect thereof were paid and compliance was otherwise had with the formal
requirements of state law applicable to the recording of real estate mortgages
generally. Each such Mortgaged Property, subject to the encumbrances
and exceptions to title set forth therein and except as noted in the title
policies delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01,
is subject to a
legal, valid, enforceable and perfected first priority Lien. In
addition, financing statements have been filed in the offices specified in
such
Mortgage thereby creating a legal, valid, enforceable and perfected first Lien
on all right, title and interest of Holdings or such Subsidiary under such
Mortgage in all personal property and fixtures which is covered by such
Mortgage, subject to no other Liens, except the encumbrances and exceptions
to
title set forth therein and except as noted in the title policies delivered
to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01,
and Permitted
Liens.
(c) All
representations
and warranties of Holdings and any of its Subsidiaries party thereto contained
in the Collateral Documents are true and correct.
6.14 Regulated
Entities. None
of Holdings, any Person controlling Holdings, or any Subsidiary, is an
“Investment Company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940. No Loan Party is subject to regulation under the Public
Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce
Act,
any state public utilities code, or any other Federal or state statute or
regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness.
6.15 No
Burdensome
Restrictions. Neither
Holdings nor any Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Contractual
Obligation, or subject to any restriction in any Organization Document, or
any
Requirement of Law, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.15,
neither Holdings
nor any Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Contractual Obligation which
restricts, limits or prohibits the payment of dividends by any Subsidiary or
the
making of any other distribution in respect of such Subsidiary’s capital
stock.
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6.16 Copyrights,
Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, Etc. Holdings
or its Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use
all
of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, contractual
franchises, authorizations and other rights that are reasonably necessary for
the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights
of any other Person. To the best knowledge of Holdings and the
Company, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method,
substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be
employed, by Holdings or any Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any
other Person. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.05,
no claim or
litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge
of Holdings and the Company, threatened, and no patent, invention, device,
application, principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code
is pending or, to the best knowledge of Holdings and the Company, proposed,
which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.17 Subsidiaries. As
of
the Effective Date, Holdings has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically
disclosed in part (a) of Schedule 6.17
and has no equity
investments in any other Person other than those specifically disclosed in
part
(b) of Schedule 6.17. All
U.S. Subsidiaries of Holdings as of the Effective Date are identified as such
on
part (a) of Schedule 6.17,
as well as a
denotation as to whether such Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or
Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
6.18 Insurance. Except
as specifically disclosed in Schedule 6.18,
the properties of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable
insurance companies not Affiliates of Holdings, in such amounts, with such
deductibles and covering such risks as are deemed to be appropriate by Holdings
in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment.
6.19 Swap
Obligations. (a)
Neither Holdings
nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any outstanding obligations under
any
Swap Contracts, other than Permitted Swap Obligations. In the
ordinary course of managing its business, Holdings undertakes its own
independent assessment of its consolidated assets, liabilities and commitments
and considers appropriate means of mitigating and managing risks associated
with
such matters, and Holdings has not relied on any swap counterparty or any
Affiliate of any swap counterparty in determining whether to enter into any
Swap
Contract.
(b) Neither
Holdings
nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any master agreement relating
to
Swap Contracts and under which termination values resulting from Swap contracts
that are Specified Swap Contracts are nettable against termination values
resulting from Swap Contracts that are not Specified Swap Contracts, unless
only
Specified Swap Contracts are outstanding under such master
agreement.
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6.20 Real
Property. Schedule 6.20
contains a
complete listing of all real property owned by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, and identifies which of such properties
constitute Mortgaged Property as of the Effective Date.
6.21 Full
Disclosure. None
of the representations or warranties made by any Loan Party in the Loan
Documents as of the date such representations and warranties are made or deemed
made, and none of the statements contained in any exhibit, report, statement
or
certificate furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with
the
Loan Documents (including the offering and disclosure materials delivered by
or
on behalf of any Loan Party to the Lenders prior to the Effective Date),
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading as
of
the time when made or delivered; provided
that to the extent
any such information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule was
based
upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, such Loan Party represents only
that it acted in good faith and utilized reasonable assumptions and due care
in
the preparation of such information, report, financial statement, exhibit or
schedule (it being understood that forecasts and projections by their nature
involve approximations and uncertainties).
6.22 Internal
Controls. To
the
extent that Holdings is a public corporation:
(a) Except
as set forth
in the reports of Holdings filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act, Holdings
has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term
is defined in Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed
to ensure that material information relating to Holdings, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to Holdings’ principal executive
officer and its principal financial officer or persons performing similar
functions by others within those entities, particularly during the periods
in
which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared;
(ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of a date within ninety
(90)
days prior to the filing of Holdings’ most recent annual or quarterly report
filed with the SEC; and (iii) are effective in all material respects
to
perform the functions for which they were established;
(b) Except
as set forth
in the reports of Holdings filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act, based
on
the evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures, Holdings is not aware
of (i) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal
controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect Holdings’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in Holdings’ internal
controls over financial reporting; and
(c) Since
the date of
the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, except
as
set forth in the reports of Holdings filed with the SEC under the Exchange
Act,
there have been no significant changes in internal controls over financial
reporting or in other factors that could materially affect internal controls
over financial reporting, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
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ARTICLE
VII
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
So
long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan or other
Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall
remain outstanding, unless the Majority Lenders waive compliance in writing:
7.01 Financial
Statements. Holdings
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders:
(a) as
soon as
available, but not later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal
year, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements
of income or operations, shareholders’ equity, retained earnings and cash flows
for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous fiscal year, and accompanied by the unqualified opinion of KPMG
or
another nationally recognized independent public accounting firm (the
“Independent
Auditor”)
which report
shall state that such consolidated financial statements present fairly the
financial position for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied
on
a basis consistent with prior years. Such opinion shall not
be
qualified as to (i) going concern or (ii) any limitation in the
scope
of the audit;
(b) as
soon as
available, but not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each of
the
first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a copy of the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the end of
such quarter and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’
equity and cash flows for the period commencing on the first day and ending
on
the last day of such quarter, and certified by a Responsible Officer of Holdings
as being complete and accurate in all material respects and fairly presenting,
in accordance with GAAP (subject to ordinary, good faith year-end audit
adjustments), the financial position and the results of operations and cash
flows of Holdings and the Subsidiaries; and
(c) promptly,
such
other financial statements and information (including financial information
regarding Minority Investments) as the Administrative Agent, at the request
of
any Lender, may from time to time request.
As
to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 7.02(e),
Holdings shall
not be separately required to furnish such information under Section 7.01(a)
or Section 7.01(b)
above, but the
foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of Holdings to furnish
the information and materials described in Section 7.01(a)
and Section 7.01(b)
above at the times
specified therein.
7.02 Certificates;
Other Information. Holdings
shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) concurrently
with
the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01(a),
a certificate of
the Independent Auditor stating that in the course of the regular examination
of
the business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, which examination was conducted
by such accounting firm in accordance with GAAP, nothing has come to the
attention of the Independent Auditor which would cause it to believe that a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if, in the
opinion of the Independent Auditor, a Default or an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof.
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(b) within
ninety (90)
days after the close of each fiscal year, an update of the projections delivered
to the Lenders prior to the Effective Date (the “Effective
Date
Projections”)
for the
then-current and next succeeding fiscal years through and including the 2010
fiscal year, certified by a Responsible Officer of Holdings, together with
a
statement of such Responsible Officer explaining in reasonable detail any
significant variances from the Effective Date Projections;
(c) concurrently
with
the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01(a)
and Section 7.01(b),
a Compliance
Certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings;
(d) promptly,
copies of
all financial statements and reports that Holdings sends to its shareholders,
and copies of all financial statements and regular, periodical or special
reports (including Forms 10K, 10Q and 8K) that Holdings or any Subsidiary may
make to, or file with, the SEC;
(e) promptly
upon
sending or receipt, copies of any and all management letters and correspondence
relating to management letters, sent or received by Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries to or from the Independent Auditor;
(f) at
the same time it
is provided to the holders of any Permitted Subordinated Debt, any notices
and
other information provided to such holders pursuant to the reporting and notices
provisions of the Subordinated Debt Documents (without duplication of any
notices, financial statements and other information required
hereunder);
(g) within
twenty (20)
days of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s request therefor, (i) a
current list of the names, addresses and outstanding debts of all account
debtors, and (ii) a current list of the names, addresses and outstanding
amounts due all creditors of Holdings or any Subsidiary;
(h) concurrently
with
the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.01(a)
and Section 7.01(b),
an Update
Certificate, executed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings;
(i) promptly,
such
additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs
of
Holdings or any Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any
Lender, may from time to time request.
7.03 Notices. Holdings
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent:
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(a) of
the occurrence
of any Default or Event of Default, and of the occurrence or existence of any
event or circumstance that foreseeably will become a Default or Event of
Default;
(b) of
any matter that
has resulted or could result in a Material Adverse Effect, including
(i) any breach or non-performance of, or any default under, any Contractual
Obligation of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries which has resulted or could
result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) any dispute, litigation,
investigation, proceeding or suspension which may exist at any time between
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority (including
under or pursuant to any Environmental Laws) which has resulted or could result
in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) of
the commencement
of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting
Holdings or any Subsidiary (i) which, if adversely determined, would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) in
which
the relief sought is an injunction or other stay of the performance of this
Agreement or any Loan Document;
(d) upon,
but in no
event later than ten (10) days after, becoming aware of (i) any and
all
enforcement, cleanup, removal or other governmental or regulatory actions
instituted, completed or threatened against Holdings or any Subsidiary or any
of
their respective properties pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws,
(ii) all other Environmental Claims, and (iii) any environmental
or
similar condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of the
property of Holdings or any Subsidiary that could reasonably be anticipated
to
cause such property or any part thereof to be subject to any restrictions on
the
ownership, occupancy, transferability or use of such property under any
Environmental Laws;
(e) of
any other
litigation or proceeding affecting Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries which
Holdings would be required to report to the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act,
within four (4) days after reporting the same to the SEC;
(f) of
the occurrence
of any of the following events affecting Holdings or any ERISA Affiliate (but
in
no event more than ten (10) days after such event), and deliver to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a copy of any notice with respect to such
event that is filed with a Governmental Authority and any notice delivered
by a
Governmental Authority to Holdings or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to such
event:
(i) an
ERISA
Event;
(ii) a
material increase
in the Unfunded Pension Liability of any Pension Plan;
(iii) the
adoption of, or
the commencement of contributions to, any Plan subject to section 412 of the
Code by Holdings or any ERISA Affiliate; or
(iv) the
adoption of any
amendment to a Plan subject to section 412 of the Code, if such amendment
results in a material increase in contributions or Unfunded Pension
Liability;
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(g) of
any material
change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by Holdings
or
any of its consolidated Subsidiaries;
(h) upon
the request
from time to time of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Swap
Termination Values, together with a description of the method by which such
amounts were determined, relating to any then-outstanding Swap Contracts to
which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is party;
(i) the
occurrence of
any Event of Loss exceeding $5,000,000;
(j) of
the entry by
Holdings into any Specified Swap Contract, together with the details thereof;
and
(k) of
the occurrence
of any default, event of default, termination event or other event under any
Specified Swap Contract that after the giving of notice, passage of time or
both, would permit either counterparty to such Specified Swap Contract to
terminate early any or all trades relating to such contract.
Each
notice under
this Section 7.03
shall be
accompanied by a written statement by a Responsible Officer of Holdings setting
forth details of the occurrence referred to therein, and stating what action
Holdings or any affected Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto and
at
what time. Each notice under Section 7.03(a)
shall describe
with particularity any and all clauses or provisions of this Agreement or other
Loan Document that have been (or foreseeably will be) breached or
violated.
7.04 Preservation
of
Corporate Existence, Etc. Holdings
shall, and
shall cause each Subsidiary to, except in connection with transactions permitted
by Section 8.03
and sales of
assets permitted by Section 8.02:
(a) preserve
and
maintain in full force and effect its (i) legal existence and
(ii) good standing under the laws of its state or jurisdiction of
incorporation or formation;
(b) preserve
and
maintain in full force and effect all governmental rights, privileges,
qualifications, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in
the
normal conduct of its business;
(c) use
reasonable
efforts, in the ordinary course of business, to preserve its business
organization and goodwill; and
(d) preserve
or renew
all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the
non preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
7.05 Maintenance
of
Property. Holdings
shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain, and preserve all its
property which is used or useful in its business in good repair and condition,
and from time to time make necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereto
so that its property shall be fully and efficiently preserved and maintained
consistent with Holdings’ or such Subsidiary’s past practice.
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7.06 Insurance. In
addition to insurance requirements set forth in the Collateral Documents,
Holdings shall maintain, and shall cause each Subsidiary to maintain, with
financially sound and reputable independent insurers, insurance with respect
to
its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily
insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such
types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances
by such other Persons, including workers’ compensation insurance, public
liability and property and casualty insurance. All such insurance
shall name the Administrative Agent as loss payee/mortgagee and as additional
insured, for the benefit of the Lenders, as their interests may
appear. All casualty and key man insurance maintained by Holdings
shall name the Administrative Agent as loss payee and all liability insurance
shall name the Administrative Agent as additional insured for the benefit of
the
Lenders, as their interests may appear. Upon the request of
the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, Holdings shall furnish the Administrative
Agent, with sufficient copies for each Lender, at reasonable intervals (but
not
more than once per calendar year) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of
Holdings (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any insurance broker
of
Holdings) setting forth the nature and extent of all insurance maintained by
Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance with this Section 7.06
or any Collateral
Documents (and which, in the case of a certificate of a broker, were placed
through such broker).
7.07 Payment
of
Obligations. Holdings
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge as the
same shall become due and payable, all their respective obligations and
liabilities, including:
(a) all
tax
liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its
properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being
maintained by Holdings or such Subsidiary;
(b) all
lawful claims
which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property not constituting
a Permitted Lien; and
(c) all
Indebtedness,
as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions
contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness (except
where failure to do so would not otherwise constitute a Default or Event of
Default hereunder).
7.08 Compliance
with
Laws. Holdings
shall comply, and shall cause each Subsidiary to comply, in all material
respects with all Requirements of Law of any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over it or its business (including the Federal Fair Labor Standards
Act), except such as may be contested in good faith or as to which a bona fide
dispute may exist.
7.09 Compliance
with
ERISA. Holdings
shall, and shall cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to: (a) maintain each Plan
in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA,
the Code and other federal or state law; (b) cause each Plan which is qualified
under section 401(a) of the Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make
all required contributions to any Plan subject to section 412 of the
Code.
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7.10 Inspection
of
Property and Books and Records. (a)
Holdings shall,
and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain proper books of record and account,
in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently
applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the
assets and business of Holdings and such Subsidiary. Holdings
shall
permit, and shall cause each Subsidiary to permit, representatives and
independent contractors of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit
and
inspect any of their respective properties, to examine their respective
corporate, financial, operating and other records, and make copies thereof
or
abstracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and
accounts with their respective directors, officers, and independent public
accountants, all at the expense of Holdings and the Company and at such
reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably
desired, upon reasonable advance notice to Holdings; provided,
however,
when an Event of
Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Lender may do any of the
foregoing at any time during normal business hours and without advance
notice.
(b) Without
limiting
the generality of Section 7.10(a),
as frequently as
the Majority Lenders may deem appropriate, each of Holdings and the Company
will
provide Administrative Agent or its designee access to Holdings’ and the
Company’s records and premises and allow such auditors or appraisers to conduct
audits of Holdings’ and its Subsidiaries’ accounts, including accounts and
inventory. Holdings shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses
of one
such audit in any 12-month period; provided,
however,
that during the
existence of any Event of Default, Holdings shall pay all reasonable fees and
expenses of each such audit.
7.11 Environmental
Laws. (a)
Holdings shall,
and shall cause each Subsidiary to, conduct its operations and keep and maintain
its property in compliance with all Environmental Laws.
(b) Upon
the written
request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, Holdings shall submit and
cause each of its Subsidiaries to submit, to the Administrative Agent with
sufficient copies for each Lender, at Holdings’ sole cost and expense, at
reasonable intervals, a report providing an update of the status of any
environmental, health or safety compliance, hazard or liability issue identified
in any notice or report required pursuant to Section 7.03(d),
that could,
individually or in the aggregate, result in liability in excess of
$1,000,000.
7.12 Use
of
Proceeds. Holdings
shall, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans (i) for
Permitted Acquisitions, (ii) for making Investments permitted under
Section 8.04,
(iii) to
refinance existing Indebtedness and (iv) for working capital and other
general corporate purposes not in contravention of any Requirement of Law or
of
any Loan Document.
7.13 Additional
Guarantors. (a)
If a Minority
Investment or Subsidiary shall at any time after the Effective Date become
a
U.S. Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, or if Holdings, or any U.S. Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of Holdings, otherwise shall incorporate, create or acquire any
U.S.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Holdings shall cause such U.S. Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
to furnish promptly, but in no event more than thirty (30) days thereafter,
each
of the following to the Administrative Agent, in sufficient quantities for
each
Lender:
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(i) a
duly executed
notice and agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit
G
(an “Additional
Guarantor Assumption Agreement”);
(ii) (A)
copies of the
resolutions of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such
Subsidiary approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance
by
such Subsidiary of its Additional Guarantor Assumption Agreement and this
Agreement, certified as of the date of such Additional Guarantor Assumption
Agreement (the “Additional
Guarantor Accession Date”)
by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary (or other appropriate officer) of such Subsidiary;
(B)
a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other appropriate
officer) of such Subsidiary certifying the names and true signatures of the
officers of such Subsidiary authorized to execute and deliver and perform,
as
applicable, its Additional Guarantor Assumption Agreement, this Agreement and
all other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder; (C) copies of the articles
or certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or other applicable Organization
Documents) of such Subsidiary as in effect on the Additional Guarantor Accession
Date, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other appropriate
officer) of such Subsidiary as of the Additional Guarantor Accession Date;
and
(D) an opinion of counsel to such Subsidiary and addressed to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit H;
and
(iii) (A)
such amendments
to the schedules to the Security Agreement as shall be required in connection
with the accession of such Subsidiary thereto; (B) executed UCC-1 financing
statements furnished by the Administrative Agent in each jurisdiction in which
such filing is necessary to perfect the security interest of the Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders in the Collateral of such Subsidiary and in
which
the Administrative Agent requests that such filing be made, and (C) if requested
by the Administrative Agent, such Mortgages and other documents as may be
required to create and perfect a Lien in the interests of such Subsidiary in
any
real property and such title insurance policies and other documents as the
Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders may reasonably request in
connection therewith.
(b) Additionally,
Holdings and such Subsidiary shall have executed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent (in sufficient quantities for each Lender) such other
items
as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
foregoing, including officers’ certificates, search reports and other
certificates and documents.
7.14 Additional
Stock
Pledges. If
Holdings, directly or indirectly, incorporates, creates or acquires any
additional Subsidiary, or if any Minority Investment shall become a Subsidiary,
then within ten (10) days thereafter, Holdings shall (i) (A) pledge
the
capital stock of such additional Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to the Security Agreement, if such stock is directly owned by Holdings, or
(B)
if such stock is owned by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, cause such Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary to pledge the capital stock of such additional Subsidiary to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement, and (ii) execute
and deliver, or cause such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to have executed and
delivered, to the Administrative Agent stock transfer powers executed in blank
with signatures guaranteed as the Administrative Agent shall request, such
UCC-1
financing statements (as furnished by the Administrative Agent) in each
jurisdiction in which such filing is necessary to perfect the security interest
of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral with respect to Holdings or such
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and (iii) deliver such other items as reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing,
including resolutions, incumbency and officers’ certificates, opinions of
counsel, search reports and other certificates and documents; provided,
however,
that if any such
additional Subsidiary is not a U.S. Subsidiary, in no event shall more than
65%
of the voting capital stock (and 100% of the non-voting stock) of any such
Subsidiary be required to be so pledged.
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7.15 Environmental
Review. Holdings
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, promptly upon the granting of any
Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders from
and after the Effective Date, with respect to any real property, an
environmental site assessment or other environmental analysis, report or review
with respect to any such real property in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. If any such environmental
site assessment or other environmental analysis, report or review with respect
to any Mortgaged Property shall indicate the presence of any Hazardous Materials
on or in the vicinity of such Mortgaged Property or otherwise shall indicate
any
environmental problem with respect to such Mortgaged Property (including any
environmental problem which may give rise to any Environmental Claim) which,
in
the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, adversely affects
the
value of such Mortgaged Property or causes the Administrative Agent to desire
to
exclude such Mortgaged Property from the Collateral, then Holdings shall, and
shall cause its Subsidiaries to, enter into and deliver to the Administrative
Agent one or more Mortgages in respect of additional or replacement real
property Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, together with such title insurance policies, insurance
endorsements, surveys, appraisals, consents, estoppels, subordination agreements
and other documents and other instruments as the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request.
7.16 Further
Assurances. (a)
Holdings shall
ensure that all written information, exhibits and reports furnished to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders do not and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact and do not and will not omit to state any material
fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances in which made, and will promptly
disclose to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and correct any defect
or
error that may be discovered therein or in any Loan Document or in the
execution, acknowledgement or recordation thereof.
(b) If
at any time,
Holdings, the Company or any other Guarantor shall become the owner of any
real
property having a fair market value or book value in excess of $1,000,000 that
is located in the United States, then Holdings and the Company shall (and shall
cause any of the other Guarantors to) promptly, and in any event within sixty
(60) days following acquisition of such real property, enter into and deliver
to
the Administrative Agent a Mortgage in respect to such property, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with
such title insurance policies, insurance endorsements, surveys, appraisals,
consents, estoppels, subordination agreements and other documents and other
instruments as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall reasonably
request; provided,
however,
that Holdings,
the Company and the Guarantors shall only be required to provide title insurance
and/or insurance endorsements in the case of real property with an appraised
value in excess of $1,000,000. Schedule 6.20
shall be deemed
amended to include as Mortgaged Property all real property as to which a
Mortgage is delivered to the Administrative Agent as provided in this
Section 7.16(b).
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(c) Promptly
upon
request by the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders, Holdings shall
(and
shall cause any Guarantor to) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record,
re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register, any and all such further
acts, deeds, conveyances, security agreements, mortgages, assignments, estoppel
certificates, financing statements and continuations thereof, termination
statements, notices of assignment, transfers, certificates, assurances and
other
instruments the Administrative Agent or such Lenders, as the case may be, may
reasonably require from time to time in order (i) to carry out more
effectively the purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(ii) to subject to the Liens created by any of the Collateral Documents
any
of the properties, rights or interests covered by any of the Collateral
Documents, (iii) to perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness
and
priority of any of the Collateral Documents and the Liens intended to be created
thereby, and (iv) to better assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer,
preserve, protect and confirm to the Administrative Agent and Lenders the rights
granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Lenders under any
Loan
Document or under any other document executed in connection
therewith.
7.17 Appraisals/Title
Insurance.
(a) Holdings
and its
Subsidiaries shall deliver, not later than September 30, 2006, appraisals,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority
Lenders, of each of the Mortgaged Properties.
(b) With
respect to
each Mortgaged Property for which an appraisal has been completed in accordance
with clause (a) above, if such Mortgaged Property has an appraised value in
excess of $500,000, Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders an A.L.T.A. Form B (or other form
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) mortgagee policy of
title insurance or a binder issued by a title insurance company satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders insuring (or undertaking to insure,
in
the case of a binder) that the Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property creates
and
constitutes a valid first Lien against such Mortgaged Property in favor of
the
Administrative Agent, subject only to exceptions acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, with such endorsements and affirmative
insurance as the Administrative Agent or any Lenders may reasonably
request.
7.18 Intercompany
Notes. Holdings
shall use commercially reasonable efforts (i) to deliver to the
Administrative Agent, within sixty (60) days after the Effective Date, as
Collateral for the Obligations, promissory notes in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing all extensions of credit
by
Holdings to any of its Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, which extensions of credit
shall be secured by a first priority Lien on all of the tangible and intangible
property of such Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and which Lien shall have been
assigned to the Administrative Agent as Collateral for the Obligations and
(ii) to ensure that any such promissory notes are demand notes (including
by way of converting any notes that are not demand notes as of the Effective
Date into demand notes by the sixtieth day thereafter). In the
event
that Holdings is unable to comply with either clause of the preceding sentence,
Holdings shall not renew or amend (including to increase the maximum available
borrowings under) the notes with respect to extensions of credit referred to
in
the preceding sentence.
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ARTICLE
VIII
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
So
long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan or other
Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall
remain outstanding, unless the Majority Lenders waive compliance in
writing:
8.01 Limitation
on
Liens. (a)
Holdings shall
not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
make, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect
to
any part of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than
the following (“Permitted
Liens”):
(i) any
Lien existing
on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 8.01
securing
Indebtedness outstanding on such date;
(ii) any
Lien created
under any Loan Document;
(iii) Liens
for taxes,
fees, assessments or other governmental charges which are not delinquent or
remain payable without penalty, or to the extent that non payment thereof is
permitted by Section 7.07(a),
provided
that no notice of
Lien has been filed or recorded;
(iv) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other
similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not
delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, if adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are maintained by
Holdings or such Subsidiary, which proceedings have the effect of preventing
the
forfeiture or sale of the property subject thereto;
(v) Liens
(other than
any Lien imposed by ERISA and other than on the Collateral) consisting of
pledges or deposits required in the ordinary course of business in connection
with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation;
(vi) Liens
securing (A)
the non-delinquent performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed
money), leases (other than Capital Leases), statutory obligations, (B)
contingent obligations on surety and appeal bonds, and (C) other non-delinquent
obligations of a like nature; in each case, incurred in the ordinary course
of
business, provided
all such Liens in
the aggregate would not (even if enforced) cause a Material Adverse
Effect;
(vii) Liens
(other than
Liens on the Collateral) consisting of judgment or judicial attachment liens,
provided
that the
enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and all such Liens in the
aggregate at any time outstanding for Holdings and its Subsidiaries do not
exceed $1,000,000;
(viii) easements,
rights
of way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary
course of business which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount,
and
which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property
subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the businesses of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
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(ix) Liens
on specific
tangible assets of Persons which become Subsidiaries after the date of this
Agreement; provided,
however,
that (A) such
Liens existed at the time the respective Persons became Subsidiaries and were
not created in anticipation thereof, (B) any such Lien does not by its terms
cover any assets after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary which were
not
covered immediately prior thereto, (C) any such Lien does not by its terms
secure any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness existing immediately prior
to
the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, and (D) such Indebtedness is
permitted by Section 8.05(d);
(x) purchase
money
Liens on any property acquired or held by Holdings or its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business, securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed for
the
purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such property;
provided
that (i) any
such Lien attaches to such property concurrently with or within twenty (20)
days
after the acquisition thereof, (ii) such Lien attaches solely to the
property so acquired in such transaction, (iii) the principal amount
of the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of such property,
and (iv) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 8.05(d);
(xi) Liens
securing
obligations in respect of Capital Leases on assets subject to such leases,
provided
that such Capital
Leases are otherwise permitted hereunder;
(xii) Liens
arising
solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s
liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts
or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; provided
that (A) such
deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject
to
restrictions against access by Holdings in excess of those set forth by
regulations promulgated by the FRB, and (B) such deposit account is
not
intended by Holdings or any Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depository
institution;
(xiii) Liens
consisting of
pledges of cash collateral or government securities to secure on a
xxxx-to-market basis Permitted Swap Obligations only, provided
that (A) the
counterparty to any Swap Contract relating to such Permitted Swap Obligation
is
under a similar requirement to deliver similar collateral from time to time
to
Holdings or the Subsidiary party thereto on a xxxx-to-market basis; and (B)
the
aggregate value of such collateral so pledged by Holdings and the Subsidiaries
together in favor of any counterparty does not at any time exceed
$3,000,000;
(xiv) Liens
not otherwise
permitted hereunder securing Indebtedness in principal amount not exceeding
$5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided
that (A) no such
Lien shall attach to any Collateral and (B) such Indebtedness is otherwise
permitted hereunder; and
(xv) Liens
on the
property of direct and indirect Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Holdings in
favor of Holdings created in connection with extensions of credit provided
by
Holdings to Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries as permitted pursuant to Section 8.04(d),
which Liens have
been assigned to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders
pursuant to Section 8.04(d).
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(b) Holdings
shall not,
and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or suffer to exist
any agreement (other than this Agreement) prohibiting or conditioning the
creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties, revenues or
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, no other Liens may exist at any time on or with respect to the
Pledged Collateral.
8.02 Disposition
of
Assets. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, sell, assign, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of
(whether in one or a series of transactions) any property (including accounts
and notes receivable, with or without recourse) or enter into any agreement
to
do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) dispositions
of
inventory or equipment, all in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the
sale of
equipment to the extent that such equipment is exchanged for credit against
the
purchase price of similar replacement equipment, or the proceeds of such sale
are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement
equipment;
(c) dispositions
of
inventory and equipment by the Company or any Subsidiary to the Company or
any
Subsidiary pursuant to reasonable business requirements and in the ordinary
course of business;
(d) the
lease or
sublease of real property by Holdings or any Subsidiary to other Persons in
the
ordinary course of business;
(e) the
sale of cash
equivalents and other short term money market investments in the ordinary course
of business pursuant to Holdings’ usual and customary cash management policies
and procedures;
(f) dispositions
of
inventory and equipment (other than dispositions permitted under subsection
(a))
by Holdings or any Subsidiary to any Person in which Holdings has a Minority
Investment, provided
that the aggregate
amount of such dispositions in any calendar year, plus
the aggregate
amount of Minority Investments under Section 8.04(e)
in such year, does
not exceed the sublimit of the Annual Limit specified in Section 8.04(e);
(g) dispositions
pursuant to sales and leaseback transactions permitted under Section 8.14;
and
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(h) dispositions
not
otherwise permitted hereunder which are made for fair market value (as
determined in good faith by Holdings or the Company); provided
that (i) at
the time of any disposition, no Event of Default shall exist or shall result
from such disposition, (ii) the aggregate sales price from such
disposition shall be paid in cash, (iii) immediately after giving effect
to
such disposition, the Disposition Value of all assets disposed of as permitted
by this Section 8.02(h)
(but excluding the
Disposition Value of any real property so disposed of, provided
that the proceeds
of any such disposition are reinvested within 365 days of such disposition
in
similar replacement property) during the period of 365 days ending on the date
of such proposed sale shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets
determined as of the last day of the prior fiscal year, (iv) no disposition
by Holdings of any of its equity interest in the Company shall be permitted
hereunder, and (v) no dispositions of accounts or notes receivable shall
be
permitted hereunder unless in connection with the sale of all or substantially
all of a business unit, division or Subsidiary of Holdings and such sale is
otherwise permitted hereunder.
8.03 Consolidations
and Mergers. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, merge, consolidate
with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in
one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its
assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person,
except:
(a) any
Subsidiary may
merge with Holdings, provided
that Holdings
shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or with any one or more
Subsidiaries, provided
that if any
transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving
Person;
(b) as
permitted by
Section 8.02;
(c) any
Subsidiary may
sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or
otherwise), to Holdings or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; and
(d) Holdings
or any
Subsidiary thereof may merge with or consolidate into any other Person,
provided
that (i) (in
the case of Holdings) Holdings shall be the continuing or surviving Person,
(ii) such merger or consolidation is in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition, and (iii) no such merger or consolidation shall be made
while
there exists a Default or if a Default would occur as a result
thereof.
8.04 Loans
and
Investments. Holdings
shall not purchase or acquire, or suffer or permit any Subsidiary to purchase
or
acquire, or make any commitment therefor, any capital stock, equity interest,
or
any obligations or other securities of, or any interest in, any Person, or
make
or commit to make any Acquisitions, or make or commit to make any advance,
loan,
extension of credit or capital contribution to or any other investment in,
any
Person including any Affiliate of Holdings (together, “Investments”)
except
for:
(a) Investments
held by
Holdings or Subsidiary in the form of cash equivalents and short term money
market investments in the ordinary course of business pursuant to Holdings’
usual and customary cash management policies and procedures;
(b) extensions
of
credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from
the
sale or lease of goods or services in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) Investments
in the
equity securities of Subsidiaries, provided that such equity securities are
pledged to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as Collateral for the
Obligations;
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(d) Extension
of credit
by Holdings to any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
provided that with respect to extensions of credit by Holdings to any of its
Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (i) such extensions of credit are evidenced
by one or more demand promissory notes in form and substance satisfactory to
the
Administrative Agent, the originals of which have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent as Collateral for the Obligations, and (ii) such
extensions of credit are secured by a first priority Lien on all of the tangible
and intangible property of such Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, which Lien has
been
assigned to the Administrative Agent as Collateral for the
Obligations;
(e) Investments
constituting Minority Investments and Investments incurred in order to
consummate Permitted Acquisitions, provided
that (i) all
such Investments in the aggregate, plus
the aggregate
amount of dispositions under Section 8.02(f),
shall not exceed
(A) from the Effective Date through December 31, 2005, $100,000,000 and (B)
$75,000,000 in any calendar year thereafter (the “Annual
Limit”),
(ii) all
such Investments constituting Minority Investments, plus
the aggregate
amount of dispositions under Section 8.02(f),
do not exceed a
sublimit of $25,000,000 in any calendar year exclusive of any Put Obligations,
provided,
however,
that to the
extent any Put Obligations are exercised, the amount so exercised shall be
included for the year in which such Put Obligation was exercised, (iii) no
such Investment shall be made if the Person that is the subject of such
Investment is located outside the United States, and (iv) on and after
the
effectiveness of any Investment, Holdings shall not be in violation of any
of
the financial covenants contained in Section 8.19
hereof;
(f) Investments
constituting Permitted Swap Obligations or payments or advances under Swap
Contracts relating to Permitted Swap Obligations;
(g) Officer,
shareholder, director and employee loans and guarantees in accordance with
applicable law and with Holdings’ and its Subsidiaries’ usual and customary
practices with respect thereto in aggregate amount not exceeding $1,000,000
at
any time; and
(h) Investments
by
Holdings in BMC Insurance, Inc. in an amount not to exceed the amount needed
to
satisfy actuarial requirements as determined by the Insurance Commissioner
of
the State of Hawaii and in any event which do not exceed $5,000,000 in the
aggregate after the Effective Date (and in addition to any premiums paid in
accordance with Section 8.06).
8.05 Limitation
on
Indebtedness. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur,
assume, suffer to exist, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly
liable with respect to, any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) Indebtedness
consisting of Contingent Obligations permitted pursuant to Section 8.08;
(c) Indebtedness
existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule
8.05;
(d) Indebtedness
secured by Liens permitted by clauses (ix), (x) and (xiv) of
Section 8.01(a)
in an aggregate
amount outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000;
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(e) Indebtedness
of
Holdings or Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Holdings to Holdings or other
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Holdings;
(f) Indebtedness
of the
Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Holdings to Holdings to the extent permitted
pursuant to Section 8.04(d)
or Indebtedness of
Holdings to the Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Holdings;
(g) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to sales and leaseback transactions permitted under
Section 8.14;
(h) Indebtedness
of BMC
Insurance, Inc. to Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings;
(i) additional
unsecured Indebtedness incurred after the Effective Date in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $25,000,000, provided
that (i) no
such Indebtedness shall be incurred while there exists a Default or if a Default
would occur as a result thereof, and (ii) without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, as of the end of the most recent quarter for which Holdings
has delivered financial statements under Section 7.01(a)
or Section 7.01(b)
and immediately
after giving effect to such incurrence, Holdings shall be in full pro forma
compliance with
Section 8.19(a),
Section 8.19(b)
and Section 8.19(c);
and
(j) additional
Indebtedness which by its terms is expressly subordinated to the Obligations,
provided
that (i) the
terms of such subordination shall be satisfactory to the Majority Lenders,
(ii) the terms of such Indebtedness and the indenture or other agreement
evidencing such Indebtedness otherwise shall be satisfactory in all material
respects to the Majority Lenders (including terms and conditions relating to
the
interest rate, fees, amortization, maturity, covenants, events of default and
remedies), (iii) no such Indebtedness shall be incurred while there
exists
a Default or if a Default would occur as a result thereof, and (iv) without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, as of the end of the most recent
quarter for which Holdings has delivered financial statements under Section 7.01(a)
or Section 7.01(b)
and
immediately
after giving effect to such incurrence, Holdings shall be in full pro forma
compliance
with
Section 8.19(a),
Section 8.19(b)
and Section 8.19(c)
(any
such
Indebtedness issued in compliance with this Section 8.05(j)
hereinafter
“Permitted
Subordinated Debt”).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 8.05,
the Indebtedness
of all Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors which is otherwise permitted under
this Section 8.05
shall not exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
8.06 Transactions
with Affiliates. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any
transaction with any Affiliate of Holdings, except upon fair and reasonable
terms no less favorable to Holdings or such Subsidiary than would obtain in
a
comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of Holdings
or such Subsidiary.
8.07 Use
of
Proceeds. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, use any portion
of
the Loan proceeds or any Letter of Credit, directly or indirectly, (i) to
purchase or carry Margin Stock, (ii) to repay or otherwise refinance
indebtedness of Holdings or others incurred to purchase or carry Margin Stock,
or (iii) to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any
Margin Stock.
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8.08 Contingent
Obligations. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligations, except:
(a) endorsements
for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Permitted
Swap
Obligations;
(c) Contingent
Obligations of Holdings in respect of Indebtedness of any of its Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries, or Contingent Obligations of any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
in respect of Indebtedness of another of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or of
Holdings, in each case to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted
hereunder;
(d) Contingent
Obligations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries existing as of the Effective Date
and listed in Schedule
8.08;
(e) Contingent
Obligations with respect to Surety Instruments incurred in the ordinary course
of business and not exceeding at any time $5,000,000 in the aggregate in respect
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries together;
(f) Contingent
Obligations of Holdings with respect to Stock Price Guaranties incurred in
the
ordinary course of business and not exceeding at any time $5,000,000 in the
aggregate; and
(g) Contingent
Obligations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with any Put
Obligations to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 8.08,
the Contingent
Obligations of all Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors which are otherwise
permitted under this Section 8.08
shall not exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
8.09 Subsidiaries. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, incorporate, create
or acquire any Subsidiary which is not a U.S. Subsidiary.
8.10 Lease
Obligations. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, create or suffer
to
exist any obligations for the payment of rent for any property under any
Operating Lease, which exceed an aggregate amount of $20,000,000 for all
Operating Leases in any fiscal year.
8.11 Restricted
Payments. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make
any
dividend payment or other distribution of assets, properties, cash, rights,
obligations or securities on account of any shares of any class of its capital
stock or other equity interests (other than dividends or other distributions
by
a Subsidiary to Holdings), or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value
any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests or any warrants,
rights or options to acquire such shares or other equity interests, now or
hereafter outstanding; except that Holdings may:
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(a) declare
and make
dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in its common
stock;
(b) declare
and make
dividend payments or other distributions payable in cash so long as no Default
has occurred and is continuing on the date of, or will result after giving
effect to, any such payment, assuming the financial covenants set forth in
Section 8.19
are applied on a
pro forma basis as of the date of any such distribution;
(c) declare
dividends
required to be declared or paid pursuant to the terms of any securities issued
in a Permitted Equity Offering so long as the dividend provisions of such
securities were approved by the Majority Lenders in writing prior to the
issuance of such securities;
(d) purchase,
redeem or
otherwise acquire shares of its common stock or warrants or options to acquire
any such shares with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent
issue of new shares of its common stock;
(e) allow
any
Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to make distributions to its owners (on a
pro rata
basis);
and
(f) purchase
shares of
Holdings’ common stock either (1) for deposit into the 401(k) trust fund on
behalf of Holdings’ employees by using funds obtained through employee payroll
deductions of such employees, or (2) to the extent necessary to provide
discounts to employees in connection with Holdings’ Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.
8.12 ERISA. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to: (a)
engage in a prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility
rules with respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably expected
to result in liability of Holdings in an aggregate amount in excess of $500,000;
or (b) engage in a transaction that could be subject to section 4069 or 4212(c)
of ERISA.
8.13 Capital
Expenditures. Holdings
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Capital
Expenditures in excess of, on a consolidated basis, in any fiscal year, the
sum
of (a) the Capital Expenditure Annual Limit plus
(b) so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Permitted Capital
Expenditure Carry-Forward for all prior fiscal years (beginning with fiscal
year
2005) to the extent that any such Permitted Capital Expenditure Carry-Forward
has not been previously used.
8.14 Sales
and
Leasebacks. Holdings
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become liable,
directly or indirectly, with respect to any lease, whether an Operating Lease
or
a Capital Lease, of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether
now
owned or hereafter acquired, (i) which Holdings or such Subsidiary has
sold
or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person or (ii) which
Holdings or such Subsidiary intends to use for substantially the same purposes
as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by Holdings
or such Subsidiary to any other Person in connection with such lease;
provided
that Holdings and
any of its Subsidiaries may enter into any such lease if (A) no Default shall
then exist or would occur as a result thereof, (B) as of the end of the most
recent quarter for which Holdings has delivered financial statements under
Section 7.01(a)
or Section 7.01(b)
and immediately
after giving effect to any such lease, Holdings shall be in full pro forma
compliance with
Section 8.19(a),
Section 8.19(b)
and Section 8.19(c)
and (C) the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred in connection with all such leases
shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding.
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8.15 Certain
Payments. Holdings
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) prepay,
redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire for value any of the Permitted
Subordinated Debt; or (ii) make any principal, interest or other payments
on any Permitted Subordinated Debt if not permitted by the respective
subordination provisions of the Subordinated Debt Documents.
8.16 Modification
of
Subordinated Debt Documents. Holdings
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree to or permit
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of any Subordinated
Debt
Document (including any amendment, modification or waiver pursuant to an
exchange of other securities or instruments for outstanding Permitted
Subordinated Debt) if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver
is to
(i) increase the interest rate on such Permitted Subordinated Debt or
change (to earlier dates) the dates upon which principal and interest are due
thereon; (ii) alter the redemption, prepayment or subordination provisions
thereof; (iii) alter the covenants and events of default in a manner
which
would make such provisions more onerous or restrictive to Holdings or such
Subsidiary; or (iv) otherwise increase the obligations of Holdings or
such
Subsidiary in respect of such Permitted Subordinated Debt or confer additional
rights upon the holders thereof which individually or in the aggregate would
be
adverse to Holdings, its Subsidiaries or the Lenders.
8.17 Change
in
Business. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any
material line of business substantially different from those lines of business
carried on by Holdings and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof and lines of
business ancillary thereto.
8.18 Accounting
Changes. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, make any
significant change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as
required by GAAP, or change the fiscal year of Holdings or of any Subsidiary,
except to change the fiscal year of a Subsidiary to conform its fiscal year
to
that of Holdings.
8.19 Financial
Covenants. (a)
Holdings shall not
permit its Consolidated Net Worth as of the last day of any fiscal quarter
to be
less than (a) 85% of its Consolidated Net Worth on and as of the Effective
Date,
plus
(b) 50% of
Consolidated Net Income for each fiscal quarter (without giving effect to any
net loss for any such period) ending after the Effective Date, plus
(c) 50% of all Net
Issuance Proceeds (exclusive of proceeds of any Loans) completed in any fiscal
quarter from and after the Effective Date.
(b) Holdings
shall not
permit as at the end of any fiscal quarter, measured on a consolidated basis
for
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the period of four fiscal quarters ended
on
such date in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (i) EBITA to (ii) the
sum of (A) cash Interest Expense, plus
(B) cash taxes,
plus
(C) scheduled
principal payments in respect of Indebtedness, plus
(D) cash dividend
payments made (the “EBITA
Ratio”)
to be less than
the following amounts for the respective periods set forth below:
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Period
|
EBITA
Ratio
|
|||
Effective
Date through and
including June 30, 2007 |
1.25:1.00
|
|||
July
1, 2007
through and including
June 30, 2009 |
1.35:1.00
|
|||
July
1, 2009
and thereafter
|
1.45:1.00
|
(c) Holdings
shall not
permit the EBITDA Ratio at any time to be greater than the following amounts
for
the respective periods set forth below:
Period
|
EBITDA
Ratio
|
|||
Effective
Date through and
including June 30, 2007 |
3.50:1.00
|
|||
July
1, 2007
through and including
June 30, 2009 |
3.25:1.00
|
|||
July
1, 2009
and thereafter
|
3.00:1.00
|
8.20 No
Restrictions
on Subsidiary Dividends. Holdings
shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, enter into or
be
bound by any Contractual Obligation which restricts, limits or prohibits the
payment of dividends by any Subsidiary or the making of any other distribution
in respect of such Subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity
interests.
ARTICLE
IX
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
9.01 Event
of
Default. Any
of
the following shall constitute an “Event
of
Default”:
(a) Non
Payment. Holdings
fails to make, (i) when and as required to be made herein, payments
of any
amount of principal of any Loan or of any L/C Obligation, (ii) when
and as
required to be paid under any Specified Swap Contract, any payment or transfer
under such Specified Swap Contract, or (iii) within three (3) Business
Days
after the same becomes due, payment of any interest, fee or any other amount
payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (other than a Specified
Swap
Contract); or
(b) Representation
or Warranty. Any
representation or warranty by any Loan Party made or deemed made herein, in
any
other Loan Document (other than a Specified Swap Contract), or which is
contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement by any
Loan Party, or any Responsible Officer, furnished at any time under this
Agreement, or in or under any other Loan Document (other than a Specified Swap
Contract), is incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or
deemed made; or
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(c) Specific
Defaults. Holdings
or the Company fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
contained in any of Section 7.04(a)(i),
or Section 7.12
or in Article
VIII;
or
(d) Other
Defaults. Any
Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other term or covenant contained
in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than a Specified Swap
Contract), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of twenty
(20) days after the earlier of (i) the date upon which a Responsible
Officer of Holdings or the Company obtained actual knowledge of such failure
and
(ii) the date upon which written notice thereof is given to Holdings
by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(e) Cross
Default. (i) Holdings
or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment in respect of any Indebtedness
or Contingent Obligation (other than in respect of Swap Contracts), having
an
aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts
and
including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit
arrangement) of more than $5,000,000 when due (whether by scheduled maturity,
required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) and such failure
continues after the applicable grace or notice period, if any, specified in
the
relevant document on the date of such failure; or (B) fails to perform or
observe any other condition or covenant, or any other event shall occur or
condition exist, under any agreement or instrument relating to any such
Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation, and such failure continues after the
applicable grace or notice period, if any, specified in the relevant document
on
the date of such failure if the effect of such failure, event or condition
is to
cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary
or
beneficiaries of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or Administrative Agent on
behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause
such
Indebtedness to be declared to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity,
or such Contingent Obligation to become payable or cash collateral in respect
thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract
an
Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (1)
any
event of default under such Swap Contract as to which Holdings or any Subsidiary
is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (2) any
Termination Event (as so defined) as to which Holdings or any Subsidiary is
an
Affected Party (as so defined), and, in either event, the Swap Termination
Value
owed by Holdings or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than
$5,000,000; or
(f) Insolvency;
Voluntary Proceedings. Holdings
or any Subsidiary (i) ceases or fails to be solvent, or generally fails
to
pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due,
subject to applicable grace periods, if any, whether at stated maturity or
otherwise; (ii) voluntarily ceases to conduct its business in the ordinary
course; (iii) commences any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to itself;
or (iv) takes any action to effectuate or authorize any of the foregoing;
or
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(g) Involuntary
Proceedings. (i) Any
involuntary Insolvency Proceeding is commenced or filed against Holdings or
any
Subsidiary, or any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar
process, is issued or levied against a substantial part of Holdings’ or any
Subsidiary’s properties, and any such proceeding or petition shall not be
dismissed, or such writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar
process shall not be released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) days
after commencement, filing or levy; (ii) Holdings or any Subsidiary
admits
the material allegations of a petition against it in any Insolvency Proceeding,
or an order for relief (or similar order under non-U.S. law) is ordered in
any
Insolvency Proceeding; or (iii) Holdings or any Subsidiary acquiesces
in
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
mortgagee in possession (or Administrative Agent therefor), or other similar
Person for itself or a substantial portion of its property or business;
or
(h) ERISA. (i) An
ERISA Event shall occur with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan
which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of
Holdings under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or
the
PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $500,000; the aggregate amount of
Unfunded Pension Liability among all Pension Plans at any time exceeds $500,000;
or (ii) Holdings or any ERISA Affiliate shall fail to pay when due,
after
the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with
respect to its withdrawal liability under section 4201 of ERISA under a
Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $500,000; or
(i) Monetary
Judgments. One
or
more non-interlocutory judgments, non interlocutory orders, decrees or
arbitration awards is entered against Holdings or any Subsidiary involving
in
the aggregate a liability (to the extent not covered by independent third party
insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) as to any single
or
related or unrelated series of transactions, incidents or conditions, of
$5,000,000 or more, and the same shall remain unsatisfied, unvacated and
unstayed pending appeal for a period of thirty (30) days after the entry
thereof; or
(j) Non
Monetary
Judgments. Any
non monetary judgment, order or decree is entered against Holdings or any
Subsidiary which does or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and there shall be any period of thirty (30) consecutive days during
which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending
appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(k) Change
of
Control. There
occurs any Change of Control; or
(l) Guarantor
Defaults. Any
Guarantor fails in any material respect to perform or observe any term, covenant
or agreement in its Guaranty; or any Guaranty is for any reason partially
(including with respect to future advances) or wholly revoked or invalidated,
or
otherwise ceases to be in full force and effect, or such Guarantor or any other
Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability thereof or denies
that it has any further liability or obligation thereunder; or any event
described at subsections (f) or (g) of this Section 9.01
occurs with
respect to the Guarantor; or
(m) Invalidity
of
Subordination Provisions. The
subordination provisions applicable to the Permitted Subordinated Debt shall
be
for any reason revoked or invalidated, or otherwise cease to be in full force
and effect, or the holders thereof or any other Person shall contest in any
manner the validity or enforceability thereof or denies that it has any further
liability or obligation thereunder, or the Indebtedness hereunder is for any
reason subordinated or does not have the priority contemplated by this Agreement
or such subordination provisions.
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(n) Collateral. (i) Any
provision of any Collateral Document shall for any reason cease to be valid
and
binding on or enforceable against Holdings or any Subsidiary party thereto
or
Holdings or any Subsidiary shall so state in writing or bring an action to
limit
its obligations or liabilities thereunder; or (ii) any Collateral Document
shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) cease to create
a valid security interest in the Collateral purported to be covered thereby
or
such security interest shall for any reason cease to be a perfected and first
priority security interest subject only to Permitted Liens.
9.02 Remedies. At
any
time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default
(other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 9.01(f)
or Section 9.01(g)):
(a) the
Administrative
Agent may or shall, upon instructions from the Majority Revolving Lenders,
by
written notice to Holdings (i) terminate the Revolving Commitments,
any
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions and the obligations
of the Revolving Lenders to make Loans, (ii) require that Holdings Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the then Effective
Amount of the L/C Obligations; and/or (iii) declare all or a portion
of the
outstanding Obligations owed to the Revolving Lenders and payable by Holdings
to
be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any
other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained
herein or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding;
(b) the
Administrative
Agent may or shall, upon instructions from the Majority Term A Lenders,
by
written notice to Holdings declare all or a portion of the outstanding
Obligations owed to the Term A Lenders and payable by Holdings to be
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained
herein or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding; and
(c) the
Administrative
Agent may or shall, upon instructions from the Majority Term B Lenders,
by
written notice to Holdings declare all or a portion of the outstanding
Obligations owed to the Term B Lenders and payable by Holdings to be
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained
herein or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding.
Upon
the occurrence
or existence of any Event of Default described in Section 9.01(f)
or 9.01(g),
immediately and
without notice, (1) the Revolving Commitments, any obligation of the L/C Issuer
to make L/C Credit Extensions and the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans
shall automatically terminate, (2) the obligation of Holdings to Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the then Effective
Amount of the L/C Obligations shall automatically become effective and (3)
all
outstanding Obligations payable by Holdings hereunder shall automatically become
immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained
herein or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition
to the foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent may exercise any other right, power or remedy
available to it under any of the Loan Documents or otherwise by law, either
by
suit in equity or by action at law, or both.
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9.03 Specified
Swap
Contract Remedies. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Article IX,
each Swap
Provider shall have the right, with prior notice to the Administrative Agent,
but without the approval or consent of the Administrative Agent or the other
Lenders, with respect to any Specified Swap Contract of such Swap Provider,
(a)
to declare an event of default, termination event or other similar event
thereunder and to create an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Specified
Swap Contract), (b) to determine net termination amounts in accordance with
the
terms of such Specified Swap Contracts and to set-off amounts between such
Specified Swap Contracts, and (c) to prosecute any legal action against Holdings
to enforce net amounts owing to such Swap Provider.
ARTICLE
X
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.01 Appointment
and
Authorization; “Administrative Agent”. (a)
Each Lender hereby
irrevocably (subject to Section 10.09)
appoints,
designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its
behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document
and
to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated
to it
by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding
any
provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other
Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the
Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with
any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term
“Administrative Agent” in this Agreement with reference to the Administrative
Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express)
obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable
law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market
custom,
and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between
independent contracting parties.
(b) The
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 until such time and except for
so
long as the Administrative Agent may agree at the request of the Majority
Lenders to act for the L/C Issuer with respect thereto; provided,
however,
that the L/C
Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to
the
Administrative Agent in this 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 the application and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to the
Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent,” as used in
this Article
X,
included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as
additionally provided in this Agreement with respect to the L/C
Issuer.
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10.02 Delegation
of
Duties. The
Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or
any
other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and
shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to
such
duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for
the
negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects with
reasonable care.
10.03 Liability
of
Administrative Agent. None
of the Administrative Agent Related Persons shall (i) be liable for
any
action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated
hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or
(ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recital,
statement, representation or warranty made by Holdings or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate of Holdings, or any officer thereof, contained in this Agreement
or in
any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other
document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative
Agent
under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or
for
the value of or title to any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness,
genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan
Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No
Administrative Agent Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender
to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the
agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of Holdings or any
of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
10.04 Reliance
by
Administrative Agent. (a)
The Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, statement or other document
or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements
of
legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party), independent accountants
and
other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice
or concurrence of the Majority Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so
requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders
against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative
Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with
a
request or consent of the Majority Lenders, the Majority Revolving Lenders,
the
Majority Term A Lenders, or the Majority Term B Lenders, as the
case
may be, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto
shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.
(b) For
purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in Sections 5.01,
5.02
and 5.03
each Lender
(including each Additional Lender) that has executed this Agreement shall be
deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with,
each
document or other matter either sent (or made available) by the Administrative
Agent to such Lender for consent, approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or
required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or
satisfactory to such Lender.
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10.05 Notice
of
Default. The
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to defaults
in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or any Loan Party
referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and
stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative Agent will
notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The
Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or
Event of Default as may be requested by the Majority Lenders in accordance
with
Article
IX;
provided,
however,
that unless and
until the Administrative Agent has received any such request, the Administrative
Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it
shall
deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.
10.06 Credit
Decision. Each
Lender acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent Related Persons has
made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative
Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Holdings and
its
Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty
by
any Administrative Agent-Related Person to any Lender. Each
Lender
represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without
reliance upon any Administrative Agent Related Person and based on such
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal
of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, the value of and title to any Collateral, and all applicable
bank
regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made
its
own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to any Loan
Party
hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently
and without reliance upon any Administrative Agent-Related Person and based
on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking
or
not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to
make
such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of any Loan Party. Except for notices, reports
and
other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by
the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or
responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other
condition or creditworthiness of Holdings or any Subsidiary which may come
into
the possession of any of the Administrative Agent Related Persons.
10.07 Indemnification
of Administrative Agent. Whether
or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall
indemnify upon demand the Administrative Agent Related Persons (to the extent
not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company or Holdings and without limiting
the obligation of the Company and Holdings to do so), in accordance with the
Lenders’ Proportionate Shares, from and against any and all Indemnified
Liabilities; provided,
however,
that no Lender
shall be liable for the payment to the Administrative Agent Related Persons
of
any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent they are found by
a
final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely
from
such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without
limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative
Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out of pocket expenses
(including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection
with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification,
amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or
otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under,
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or
referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not
reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Holdings and the
Company. The undertaking in this Section 10.07
shall survive the
termination of the Commitments, the termination or expiration of all Letters
of
Credit, the payment of all other Obligations hereunder and the resignation
or
replacement of the Administrative Agent.
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10.08 Administrative
Agent in Individual Capacity. Xxxxx
Fargo and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the
account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally
engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other
business with Holdings and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as though Xxxxx
Fargo
were not the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer hereunder and without notice
to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that,
pursuant
to such activities, Xxxxx Fargo or its Affiliates may receive information
regarding Holdings or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including information
that
may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Holdings or such
Subsidiary or Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall
be
under no obligation to provide such information to them. With
respect
to its Loans, Xxxxx Fargo shall have the same rights and powers under this
Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer.
10.09 Successor
Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon thirty (30) days’
notice to the Lenders. If the Administrative Agent resigns under
this
Agreement, the Majority Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor
Administrative Agent for the Lenders. If no successor Administrative
Agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting
with the Lenders and Holdings, a successor Administrative Agent from among
the
Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor Administrative Agent shall
succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor
Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers
and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the
provisions of this Article
X
and Section 11.04
and Section 11.05
shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor
Administrative Agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the
date which is thirty (30) days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s
notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of
the
duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the
Majority Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for
above.
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10.10 Withholding
Tax. (a)
If
any Lender is a “foreign corporation, partnership or trust” within the meaning
of the Code and such Lender claims exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S.
withholding tax under sections 1441 or 1442 of the Code, such Lender agrees
with
and in favor of the Administrative Agent, to deliver to the Administrative
Agent:
(i) if
such Lender
claims an exemption from, or a reduction of, withholding tax under a United
States tax treaty, two properly completed and executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN
before the payment of any interest or fees in the first calendar year and before
the payment of any interest or fees in each third succeeding calendar year
during which interest or fees may be paid under this Agreement;
(ii) if
such Lender
claims that interest or fees paid under this Agreement is exempt from United
States withholding tax because it is effectively connected with a United States
trade or business of such Lender, two properly completed and executed copies
of
IRS Form W-8ECI before the payment of any interest or fees is due in the first
taxable year of such Lender and in each succeeding taxable year of such Lender
during which interest or fees may be paid under this Agreement; and
(iii) such
other form or
forms as may be required under the Code or other laws of the United States
as a
condition to exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding
tax.
Such
Lender agrees
to promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances
which
would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(b) If
any Lender
claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax under a United States
tax treaty by providing IRS Form W 8BEN and such Lender sells, assigns, grants
a
participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of the Obligations of
Holdings owing to such Lender, such Lender agrees to notify the Administrative
Agent of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial owner
of
Obligations of Holdings owing to such Lender. To the extent
of such
percentage amount, the Administrative Agent will treat such Lender’s IRS Form W
8BEN as no longer valid.
(c) If
any Lender
claiming exemption from United States withholding tax by filing IRS Form W
8ECI
with the Administrative Agent sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or
otherwise transfers all or part of the Obligations of Holdings owing to such
Lender, such Lender agrees to undertake sole responsibility for complying with
the withholding tax requirements imposed by sections 1441 and 1442 of the
Code.
(d) If
any Lender is
entitled to a reduction in the applicable withholding tax, the Administrative
Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an amount equivalent
to the applicable withholding tax after taking into account such
reduction. However, if the forms or other documentation required
by
subsection (a) of this section are not delivered to the Administrative Agent,
then the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such
Lender not providing such forms or other documentation an amount equivalent
to
the applicable withholding tax imposed by sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code,
without reduction.
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(e) If
the IRS or any
other Governmental Authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts
a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts
paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was
not
delivered or was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify
the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the
exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other
reason) such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all
amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or
otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed
by
any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this
section, together with all costs and expenses (including reasonable Attorney
Costs). The obligation of the Lenders under this subsection
shall
survive the termination of the Commitments, the termination or expiration of
all
Letters of Credit, the payment of all other Obligations hereunder and the
resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent.
(f) (i) Each
Lender party to this Agreement as of the Effective Date represents and warrants
to the Administrative Agent and Holdings as of the Effective Date and
(ii) each Additional Lender party to this Agreement as of each Subsequent
Effective Date represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and Holdings
as of the relevant Subsequent Effective Date, that under applicable law and
treaties no tax is required to be withheld by Holdings or the Administrative
Agent with respect to any payments to be made to such Lender
hereunder.
10.11 Collateral
Matters.
(a) The
Administrative
Agent is authorized on behalf of all the Lenders, without the necessity of
any
notice to or further consent from the Lenders, from time to time to take any
action with respect to any Collateral or the Collateral Documents which may
be
necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the security interest in and Liens
upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
(b) The
Lenders
irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its
discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent
upon any Collateral (i) upon termination of the Commitments and payment
in
full of all Loans and all other Obligations known to the Administrative Agent
and payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii) constituting property sold or to be sold or disposed of as part
of or
in connection with any disposition permitted hereunder; (iii) constituting
property in which Holdings or any Subsidiary owned no interest at the time
the
Lien was granted or at any time thereafter; (iv) constituting property
leased to Holdings or any Subsidiary in a transaction permitted under this
Agreement; (v) consisting of an instrument evidencing Indebtedness or
other
debt instrument, if the indebtedness evidenced thereby has been paid in full;
(vi) constituting real property to be excluded from the Collateral pursuant
to matters arising under Section 7.15;
or (vii) if
approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Majority Lenders or all
the
Lenders, as the case may be, as provided in Section 11.01(l). Upon
request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in
writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or
items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 10.11(b),
provided
that the absence
of any such confirmation for whatever reason shall not affect the Administrative
Agent’s rights under this Section 10.11.
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(c) Each
Lender agrees
with and in favor of each other (which agreement shall not be for the benefit
of
Holdings or any Subsidiary) that the Obligations to such Lender under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be secured by any real property
collateral now or hereafter acquired by such Lender other than the Mortgaged
Properties described in the Mortgages.
10.12 Syndication
Agent, Documentation Agent, Co-Lead Arranger, Book Runner. None
of the Lenders identified on the facing page or signature pages of this
Agreement as a “Syndication Agent”, “Co-Documentation Agent,”“Co-Lead Arranger”
or “Book Runner” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement in such capacity. Without
limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders so identified as a “Syndication
Agent”, “Co-Documentation Agent,”“Co-Lead Arranger” or Book Runner shall have or
be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lenders. Each
Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the
Lenders so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking
or
not taking action hereunder.
10.13 Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In
case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or 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 the Holdings)
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 Obligations 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 Issuer and the Administrative
Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative
Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the
Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.11, 3.08
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 the L/C Issuer to make such
payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative
Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders
and
the L/C Issuer, 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 2.11 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 the L/C Issuer any
plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative
Agent
to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such
proceeding.
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ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 Amendments
and
Waivers. Any
term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document may be amended or waived, and any consent under this Agreement or
any
other Loan Document may be given, if such amendment, waiver or consent is in
writing and is signed by Holdings and the Majority Lenders (or the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Majority Lenders with the written approval
of the Majority Lenders); provided,
however,
that:
(a) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which would (i) amend the definition of “Majority Class
Lenders”, “Majority Lenders”, “Majority Revolving Lenders”, “Majority
Term A Lenders”, or “Majority Term B Lenders” or modify in any other
manner the number or percentage of the Lenders required to make any
determinations or to waive any rights under, or to modify any provision of,
this
Agreement, (ii) amend this Section 11.01
or Section 2.15,
or
(iii) release any Guarantor (except as otherwise provided in Section 11.12(m)),
must be in
writing and signed or approved in writing by all of the Lenders;
(b) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which would (i) increase the Revolving Commitment
of any
Lender, (ii) extend the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, (iii) reduce
the
principal of, or interest rate applicable to, any Revolving Loan or L/C
Borrowing or any fees or other amounts payable for the account of the Revolving
Lenders hereunder, or (iv) extend any date fixed for any payment of
the
principal of, or interest rate applicable to, any Revolving Loans or any fees
or
other amounts payable for the account of the Revolving Lenders must be in
writing and signed or approved in writing by all Revolving Lenders;
(c) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which would (i) extend the Term A Loan Maturity
Date, (ii) reduce the principal of or interest rate applicable to any
Term A Loan or (iii) extend any date fixed for any payment of
the
principal of or interest rate applicable to any Term A Loans, must be
in
writing and signed or approved in writing by all Term A
Lenders;
(d) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which would (i) extend the Term B Loan Maturity
Date, (ii) reduce the principal of or interest rate applicable to any
Term B Loan or (iii) extend any date fixed for any payment of
the
principal of or interest rate applicable to any Term B Loans, must be
in
writing and signed or approved in writing by all Term B
Lenders;
(e) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which would (i) accelerate the Term A Loan
Maturity
Date, (ii) accelerate the Term B Loan Maturity Date,
(iii) increase the interest rate applicable to any Term Loan,
(iv) accelerate any date fixed for any payment of the principal of or
interest rate applicable to any Term Loans, or (v) increase the interest
rate applicable to any Revolving Loan or L/C Obligation must be in writing
and
signed or approved in writing by the Majority Class Lenders;
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(f) Any
amendment,
modification, termination or waiver of any provision of Section 2.05(a)
must be in writing
and signed by the Majority Revolving Lenders;
(g) Any
amendment,
modification, termination or waiver of any provision of Section 2.07
or Section 2.08
must be in writing
and signed by the Majority Class Lenders;
(h) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which increases or decreases the Proportionate Share of any
Lender or adversely affects the rights of such Lender under Section 11.08
hereof must be in
writing and signed by such Lender;
(i) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which affects the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender
under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Swingline
Lender;
(j) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which affects the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under
this Agreement or any L/C Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued
or
to be issued by it must be in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer;
(k) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which affects the rights or obligations of the Administrative
Agent must be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent;
and
(l) Any
amendment,
waiver or consent which releases any material portion of the Collateral must
be
in writing and signed or approved in writing by all Lenders, except that
(i) the Administrative Agent may release Collateral as provided in
Section 10.11,
and (ii) any
amendment, waiver or consent which modifies the terms of Section 8.02
(including any
modification of this Agreement relating to the prepayment of proceeds from
any
such sale or other disposition) shall require the consent of the Majority
Lenders.
No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any
right under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof or of any other right hereunder or thereunder nor shall any single
or
partial exercise of any such right preclude any other further exercise thereof
or of any other right hereunder or thereunder. Unless otherwise
specified in such waiver or consent, a waiver or consent given hereunder shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which given. The Lenders may condition the giving or making
of any
amendment, waiver or consent of any term, covenant, agreement or condition
of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document on payment of a fee by
Holdings.
11.02 Notices. (a)
All notices,
requests, consents, approvals, waivers and other communications shall be in
writing (including, unless the context expressly otherwise provides, by
facsimile transmission, but excluding by electronic mail unless accompanied
by
notice delivered via one of the other methods specified herein), and mailed,
faxed or delivered, to the address or facsimile number specified for notices
on
Schedule
11.02;
or, as directed
to Holdings, the Company or the Administrative Agent, to such other address
as
shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties,
and
as directed to any other party, at such other address as shall be designated
by
such party in a written notice to Holdings, the Company and the Administrative
Agent.
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(b) All
such notices,
requests and communications shall, when transmitted by overnight delivery,
or
faxed, be effective when delivered for overnight (next-day) delivery, or
transmitted in legible form by facsimile machine, respectively, or if mailed,
upon the third Business Day after the date deposited into the mails, or if
delivered, upon delivery; except that notices pursuant to Article
II,
III
or X
to the
Administrative Agent shall not be effective until actually received by the
Administrative Agent, notices pursuant to Article
III
to the L/C Issuer
shall not be effective until actually received by the L/C Issuer at the address
specified for the “L/C Issuer” on Schedule
11.02
and notices
pursuant to Article
II
to the Swingline Lender shall not be effective until actually received by the
Swingline Lender, at the address specified for such Person on Schedule
11.02.
(c) Any
agreement of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders herein to receive certain notices
by
telephone or facsimile is solely for the convenience and at the request of
Holdings. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be
entitled
to rely on the authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized
by
Holdings to give such notice and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
not have any liability to Holdings or other Person on account of any action
taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in reliance upon
such telephonic or facsimile notice. The obligation of Holdings
to
repay the Loans and L/C Obligations shall not be affected in any way or to
any
extent by any failure by the Administrative Agent and the Lender to receive
written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile notice or the receipt by
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders of a confirmation which is at variance
with
the terms understood by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to be contained
in the telephonic or facsimile notice.
11.03 No
Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies. No
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power
or
privilege. The rights provided for in this Agreement and the
other
Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights, powers,
privileges or remedies provided by law or in equity, or under any other
instrument, document or agreement now existing or hereafter
arising.
11.04 Costs
and
Expenses. Holdings
shall:
(a) whether
or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, pay or reimburse Xxxxx Fargo
(including in its capacity as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer) within five
(5) Business Days after demand (subject to Section 5.02(c))
for all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Xxxxx Fargo (including in its capacity
as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer) in connection with (i) the
development, due diligence, preparation, delivery, administration and execution
or enforcement of, and any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification to
(in
each case, whether or not consummated), this Agreement, any Loan Document and
any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, (ii) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and
(iii) the syndication and assignment following the Effective Date of
all or
any part of Xxxxx Fargo’s interest as Lender hereunder, including reasonable
Attorney Costs incurred by Xxxxx Fargo (including in its capacity as
Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer) with respect thereto;
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(b) pay
or reimburse
the Administrative Agent, the Co-Lead Arrangers and each Lender within five
(5)
Business Days after demand (subject to Section 5.02(c))
for all invoiced
(or otherwise documented) costs and expenses (including reasonable Attorney
Costs) incurred by them in connection with the enforcement, attempted
enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement
or
any other Loan Document during the existence of an Event of Default or after
acceleration of the Loans (including in connection with any “workout” or
restructuring regarding the Loans, and including in any Insolvency Proceeding
or
appellate proceeding); and
(c) pay
or reimburse
Xxxxx Fargo (including in its capacity as Administrative Agent) within five
(5)
Business Days after demand (subject to Section 5.02(c))
for all appraisal
(including the allocated cost of internal appraisal services), audit,
environmental inspection and review (including the allocated cost of such
internal services), search and filing costs, fees and expenses, incurred or
sustained by Xxxxx Fargo (including in its capacity as Administrative Agent)
in
connection with the matters referred to under subsections (a) and (b) of this
section.
11.05 Indemnification.
(a) Whether
or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each of Holdings and the
Company shall indemnify, defend and hold the Administrative Agent-Related
Persons, and each Lender and each of its respective officers, directors,
trustees, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys in fact (each, an
“Indemnified
Person”)
harmless from
and against any and all liabilities, claims, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, settlement costs, charges, expenses
and disbursements (including reasonable Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature
whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following repayment
of
the Loans, the termination of all Specified Swap Contracts, the termination
of
the Letters of Credit and the termination, resignation or replacement of the
Administrative Agent or replacement of any Lender) be imposed on, incurred
by or
asserted against any such Person in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any document contemplated by or referred
to therein, or the transactions contemplated hereby or the use of proceeds
of
the Loans provided hereunder, or any action taken or omitted by any such Person
under or in connection with any of the foregoing, including with respect to
any
investigation, litigation or proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding
or
appellate proceeding) related to or arising out of this Agreement, the Specified
Swap Contracts, the Loans or Letters of Credit or the use of the proceeds
thereof, whether or not any Indemnified Person is a party thereto (all the
foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified
Liabilities”);
provided that
neither Holdings nor the Company shall have any obligation hereunder to any
Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent they
are found by a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnified Person. The agreements in this section and in
Section 11.04
shall survive the
termination of the Commitments, the termination or expiration of all Letters
of
Credit and the payment of all other Obligations.
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(b) (i)
Each of Holdings
and the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnified
Person, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, charges, expenses or disbursements
(including reasonable Attorney Costs and the allocated cost of internal
environmental audit or review services), which may be incurred by or asserted
against such Indemnified Person in connection with or arising out of any pending
or threatened investigation, litigation or proceeding, or any action taken
by
any Person, with respect to any Environmental Claim arising out of or related
to
any property subject to a Mortgage in favor of the Administrative Agent or
any
Lender. No action taken by legal counsel chosen by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in defending against any such investigation, litigation
or
proceeding or requested remedial, removal or response action shall vitiate
or
any way impair Holdings’ and the Company’s obligation and duty hereunder to
indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each
Lender.
(ii) In
no event shall
any site visit, observation, or testing by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender (or any contractee of the Administrative Agent or any Lender) be deemed
a
representation or warranty that Hazardous Materials are or are not present
in,
on, or under, the site, or that there has been or shall be compliance with
any
Environmental Law. Neither Holdings nor any other Person is
entitled
to rely on any site visit, observation, or testing by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender
owes
any duty of care to protect Holdings or any other Person against, or to inform
Holdings or any other Person of, any Hazardous Materials or any other adverse
condition affecting any site or property. Neither the Administrative
Agent nor any Lender shall be obligated to disclose to Holdings or any other
Person any report or findings made as a result of, or in connection with, any
site visit, observation, or testing by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
(c) The
obligations in
this section shall survive payment of all other Obligations. At
the
election of any Indemnified Person, Holdings shall defend such Indemnified
Person using legal counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in such
Person’s sole discretion, at the sole cost and expense of
Holdings. All amounts owing under this Section 11.05(c)
shall be paid
within thirty (30) days after demand.
11.06 Marshalling;
Payments Set Aside. Neither
the Administrative Agent nor the Lenders shall be under any obligation to
marshal any assets in favor of Holdings or any other Person or against or in
payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that
any Loan
Party makes a payment to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders exercise their right of set-off, and such
payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent
or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any
other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding 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 set-off had not occurred, and
(b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
upon
demand its Proportionate Share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by
the
Administrative Agent.
11.07 Successors
and
Assigns. The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that
a
Loan Party may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent
and
each Lender.
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11.08 Assignments,
Participations, Etc. (a)
Any Lender may,
with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the
Swingline Lender, and in the case of an assignment of Revolving Loans, Holdings
(which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld), at any time assign
and
delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees (each an “Assignee”)
all, or any
ratable part of all, of the Loans, the Commitment, the L/C Obligations and
the
other rights and obligations of such Lender hereunder; provided,
however,
that (i) no
written consent of Holdings shall be required during the existence of a Default
or an Event of Default; (ii) no written consent of Holdings or the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender shall be required
in connection with any assignment and delegation by a Lender to an Eligible
Assignee that is another Lender or an Affiliate of such assigning Lender
or within the same
“family of funds” as such assigning Lender, provided
that if the
proposed Assignee is another Lender, the Lender seeking to assign its interests
hereunder shall consult with Holdings and the Administrative Agent before
entering into such assignment; (iii) except in connection with an
assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations with respect to its
Commitment, Loans and L/C Obligations, any such assignment to an Eligible
Assignee that is not a Lender hereunder shall be equal to or greater than
$1,000,000; and (iv) each such partial assignment shall be of a ratable
part of the Loans, the Commitment and the other interests, rights and
obligations hereunder of such assigning Lender; and provided
further,
however,
that Holdings and
the Administrative Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (A)
such
Lender and its Assignee shall have delivered to Holdings and the Administrative
Agent an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit
E
(“Assignment
and
Acceptance”),
together with
any Note or Notes subject to such assignment; (B) a written notice of such
assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses and related
information with respect to the Assignee, in substantially the form of the
Notice of Assignment and Acceptance attached as Schedule 1 to the Assignment
and
Acceptance, shall have been given to Holdings and the Administrative Agent
by
such Lender and the Assignee; (C) the assignor Lender or Assignee shall
have paid to the Administrative Agent a processing fee in the amount of $3,500
(it being understood that with respect to an assignment to more than one
Eligible Assignee within the same “family of funds” or by more than one Lender
within the same “family of funds” to a single Eligible Assignee, only one such
processing fee is payable for the series of simultaneous assignments) and (D)
the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender
each
shall have provided any required consent to such assignment in accordance with
this Section 11.08(a). In
connection with any assignment by Xxxxx Fargo, its Swingline Commitment may
be
assigned in whole (and not part) and only in connection with an assignment
transaction involving an assignment of all of its Commitment and Loans, and
the
Assignment and Acceptance may be appropriately modified to include an assignment
and delegation of its Swingline Commitment and any outstanding Swingline
Loans.
(b) From
and after the
date that the Administrative Agent notifies the assignor Lender that the
Administrative Agent has received (and, if required, provided its consent with
respect thereto and received any other consents required under this Section 11.08)
an executed
Assignment and Acceptance and payment of the above-referenced processing fee,
(i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent
that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender
under the Loan Documents, (ii) this Agreement shall be deemed to be
amended
to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of
the
Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Commitments, Loans and L/C
Obligations arising therefrom, and (iii) the assignor Lender shall,
to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish
its rights and be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents;
provided,
however,
that the assignor
Lender shall not relinquish its rights under Article
IV
or under Section 11.04
and Section 11.05
to the extent such
rights relate to the time prior to the effective date of the Assignment and
Acceptance. The Commitment, Loans and L/C Obligations allocated
to
each Assignee shall reduce the Commitment, Loans and L/C Obligations of the
assigning Lender pro tanto.
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(c) Within
five (5)
Business Days after Holding’s receipt of notice by the Administrative Agent that
it has received (and, if necessary, consented to) an executed Assignment and
Acceptance and payment of the processing fee (and provided
that the L/C
Issuer, the Swingline Lender and Holdings each consent to such assignment in
accordance with Section 11.08(a)),
Holdings shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent any new Note requested by such
Assignee evidencing such Assignee’s assigned Loans and Commitment and, if the
assignor Lender has retained a portion of its Loans and its Commitment,
replacement Notes as requested by the assignor Lender evidencing the Loans
and
Commitment retained by the assignor Lender (such Note to be in exchange for,
but
not in payment of, the Note held by such Lender, if any).
(d) Any
Lender may at
any time sell to one or more commercial banks or other Persons not Affiliates
of
Holdings (a “Participant”)
participating
interests in any Loans, the Commitment of that Lender and the other interests
of
that Lender (the “originating
Lender”)
hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents; provided,
however,
that (i) the
originating Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) the originating Lender shall remain solely responsible for the
performance of such obligations, (iii) Holdings, the L/C Issuer, the
Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely
and
directly with the originating Lender in connection with the originating Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
(iv) no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under
which the Participant has rights to approve any amendment to, or any consent
or
waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to
the
extent such amendment, consent or waiver would require unanimous consent of
the
Lenders as described in the first proviso to Section 11.01.
In the case of
any such participation, the Participant shall be entitled to the benefit of
Sections
4.01,
4.03
and 11.05
as though it were
also a Lender hereunder, and except that, if amounts outstanding under this
Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become
due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant
shall be deemed to have the right of set off in respect of its participating
interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the
amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender
under
this Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding
any
other provision in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time pledge or assign
a
security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
to
secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to
secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided
that no such
pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a
party
hereto.
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(f) Notwithstanding
any
provision in this Section 11.08
to the contrary,
no registration or processing fee shall be payable in connection with any
assignment by Xxxxx Fargo.
11.09 Confidentiality. Each
Lender agrees to take and to cause its Affiliates to take normal and reasonable
precautions and exercise due care to maintain the confidentiality of all
information identified as “confidential” or “secret” by Holdings or the Company
and provided to it by Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary, or by the
Administrative Agent on Holdings’, the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s behalf,
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and neither it nor any of
its
Affiliates shall use any such information other than in connection with or
in
enforcement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in connection
with
other business now or hereafter existing or contemplated with Holdings, the
Company or any Subsidiary; except to the extent such information (i) was
or
becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure
by such Lender, or (ii) was or becomes available on a non confidential
basis from a source other than Holdings or the Company, provided
that such source
is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with Holdings or the Company known
to such Lender; provided,
however,
that any Lender
may disclose such information (A) at the request or pursuant to any requirement
of any Governmental Authority to which such Lender is subject or in connection
with an examination of such Lender by any such authority; (B) pursuant to
subpoena or other court process; (C) when required to do so in accordance with
the provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law; (D) to the extent
reasonably required in connection with any litigation or proceeding to which
the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or their respective Affiliates may be party;
(E) to the extent reasonably required in connection with the exercise of any
remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document; (F) to such Lender’s
independent auditors, legal counsel and other professional advisors; (G) to
any pledgee
referred to in Section 11.08(e) or
any
Participant or Assignee, actual or potential, or any actual or proposed
contractual counterparty (or its advisors) to any securitization, hedge, or
other derivative transaction relating to the parties’ obligations hereunder,
provided
that such Person
agrees in writing to keep such information confidential to the same extent
required of the Lenders hereunder; (H) as to any Lender or its Affiliate, as
expressly permitted under the terms of any other document or agreement regarding
confidentiality to which Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary is party or
is
deemed party with such Lender or such Affiliate; and (I) to its Affiliates
and
provided,
further,
however,
that the parties
hereto (and each employee, representative or other agent thereof) may disclose
to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the “structure” and “tax
aspects” (in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section
1.6011-4T) of the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials of any
kind
(including opinions or other tax analyses) that are or have been provided to
such Person relating to such structure and tax aspects, except that, with
respect to any document or similar item that in either case contains information
concerning such tax structure or tax aspects of the transactions contemplated
hereby as well as other information, this proviso shall only apply to such
portions of the document or similar item that relate to such tax structure
or
tax aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby.
11.10 Set
off. In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, if an Event
of Default exists or the Loans have been accelerated, each Lender is authorized
at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to any Loan Party,
any
such notice being waived by such Loan Party to the fullest extent permitted
by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at
any
time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of such Loan
Party against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender, now or hereafter
existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender
shall have made demand under this Agreement or any Loan Document and although
such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured. Each Lender
agrees
promptly to notify such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent after any such
set off and application made by such Lender; provided,
however,
that the failure
to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set off and
application. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NO LENDER SHALL
EXERCISE,
OR ATTEMPT TO EXERCISE, ANY RIGHT OF SET-OFF, BANKER’S LIEN, OR THE LIKE,
AGAINST ANY DEPOSIT ACCOUNT OR PROPERTY OF HOLDINGS OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF
HOLDINGS HELD OR MAINTAINED BY THE LENDER WITHOUT THE UNANIMOUS PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE LENDERS.
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11.11 USA
PATRIOT Act
Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter
defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any
Lender) hereby notifies Holdings that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001))
(the “Act”),
it is required
to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Holdings, which
information includes the name and address of Holdings and other information
that
will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify
Holdings in accordance with the Act.
11.12 Guaranty. (a)
Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors unconditionally and irrevocably,
jointly and severally, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, the Co-Lead
Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, and their respective successors,
endorsers, transferees and assigns (the “Guaranteed Persons”), the full and
prompt payment when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment,
declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise) and performance of all
indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of Holdings to any Guaranteed
Person, whether arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or otherwise, including all unpaid principal of the Loans, all
L/C
Obligations, all interest accrued thereon, all fees due under this Agreement
and
all other amounts payable by Holdings to any Guaranteed Person thereunder or
in
connection therewith. The terms “indebtedness,”“liabilities” and
“obligations” are used herein in their most comprehensive sense and include any
and all advances, debts, obligations and liabilities, now existing or hereafter
arising, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether due or not due, absolute
or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, and
whether recovery upon such indebtedness, liabilities and obligations may be
or
hereafter become unenforceable or shall be an allowed or disallowed claim under
the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law. The foregoing
indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of Holdings shall hereinafter
be
collectively referred to as the “Guaranteed Obligations.” The Guaranteed
Obligations include interest which, but for an Insolvency Proceeding, would
have
accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed
against Holdings for such interest in any such Insolvency
Proceeding.
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(b) Separate
Obligation. Each
Guarantor acknowledges and agrees (i) that the Guaranteed Obligations
are
separate and distinct from any indebtedness, obligations or liabilities arising
under or in connection with any other agreement, instrument or guaranty,
including under any provision of this Agreement other than this Section 11.12,
executed at any
time by such Guarantor in favor of any Guaranteed Person, and (ii) such
Guarantor shall pay and perform all of the Guaranteed Obligations as required
under this Section 11.12,
and each
Guaranteed Person may enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder,
without regard to any other agreement, instrument or guaranty, including any
provision of this Agreement other than this Section 11.12,
at any time
executed by such Guarantor in favor of any Guaranteed Person, regardless of
whether or not any such other agreement, instrument or guaranty, or any
provision thereof or hereof, shall for any reason become unenforceable or any
of
the indebtedness, obligations or liabilities thereunder or hereunder shall
have
been discharged, whether by performance, avoidance or otherwise. Each
Guarantor acknowledges that in providing benefits to Holdings and such
Guarantor, the Guaranteed Persons are relying upon the enforceability of this
Section 11.12
and the Guaranteed
Obligations as separate and distinct indebtedness, obligations and liabilities
of such Guarantor, and each Guarantor agrees that each Guaranteed Person would
be denied the full benefit of their bargain if at any time this Section 11.12
or the Guaranteed
Obligations were treated any differently. The fact that the
Guaranty
of each Guarantor is set forth in this Agreement rather than in a separate
guaranty document is for the convenience of Holdings and the Guarantors and
shall in no way impair or adversely affect the rights or benefits of any
Guaranteed Person under this Section 11.12. Each
Guarantor agrees to execute and deliver a separate agreement, immediately upon
request at any time of any Guaranteed Person, evidencing such Guarantor’s
obligations under this Section 11.12. Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default, a separate action or actions may be
brought against each Guarantor, whether or not Holdings or any other Guarantor
or Person is joined therein or a separate action or actions are brought against
Holdings or any other Guarantor or Person.
(c) Limitation
of
Guaranty. To
the
extent that any court of competent jurisdiction shall impose by final judgment
under applicable law (including the California Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act
and §§544 and 548 of the Bankruptcy Code) any limitations on the amount of any
Guarantor’s liability with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations which any
Guaranteed Person can enforce under this Section 11.12,
each Guaranteed
Person by its acceptance hereof accepts such limitation on the amount of such
Guarantor’s liability hereunder to the extent needed to make this Section 11.12
fully enforceable
and nonavoidable.
(d) Liability
of
Guarantor. The
liability of each Guarantor under this Section 11.12
shall be
irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional, and shall not be affected
by any circumstance which might constitute a discharge of a surety or guarantor
other than the indefeasible payment and performance in full of all Guaranteed
Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting
the
generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
(i) such
Guarantor’s
liability hereunder shall be the immediate, direct, and primary obligation
of
such Guarantor and shall not be contingent upon any Guaranteed Person’s exercise
or enforcement of any remedy it may have against Holdings or any other Person,
or against any collateral or other security for any Guaranteed
Obligations;
(ii) this
Guaranty is a
guaranty of payment when due and not merely of collectibility;
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(iii) such
Guarantor’s
payment of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no
way
limit, affect, modify or abridge such Guarantor’s liability for any portion of
the Guaranteed Obligations remaining unsatisfied; and
(iv) such
Guarantor’s
liability with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations shall remain in full force
and effect without regard to, and shall not be impaired or affected by, nor
shall such Guarantor be exonerated or discharged by, any of the following
events:
(A)
any
Insolvency
Proceeding;
(B)
any
limitation,
discharge, or cessation of the liability of Holdings or any other guarantor
or
Person for any Guaranteed Obligations due to any statute, regulation or rule
of
law, or any invalidity or unenforceability in whole or in part of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations or the Loan Documents;
(C)
any
merger,
acquisition, consolidation or change in structure of Holdings or any other
Guarantor or Person, or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any
or
all of the assets or shares of Holdings or any other Guarantor or other
Person;
(D)
any
assignment or
other transfer, in whole or in part, of any Guaranteed Person’s interests in and
rights under this Guaranty or the other Loan Documents;
(E)
any
claim, defense,
counterclaim or set-off, other than that of prior performance, that Holdings,
such Guarantor, any other guarantor or other Person may have or assert,
including any defense of incapacity or lack of corporate or other authority
to
execute any of the Loan Documents;
(F)
any
Guaranteed
Person’s amendment, modification, renewal, extension, cancellation or surrender
of any Loan Document or any Guaranteed Obligations;
(G)
any
Guaranteed
Person’s exercise or nonexercise of any power, right or remedy with respect to
any Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral;
(H)
any
Guaranteed
Person’s vote, claim, distribution, election, acceptance, action or inaction in
any Insolvency Proceeding; or
(I) any
other guaranty,
whether by any Guarantor or any other Person, of all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any other indebtedness, obligations or liabilities
of
any Guaranteed Person.
(e) Consents
of
Guarantor. Each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally consents and agrees that, without notice to
or
further assent from such Guarantor:
(i) the
principal
amount of the Guaranteed Obligations may be increased or decreased and
additional indebtedness or obligations of Holdings under the Loan Documents
may
be incurred and the time, manner, place or terms of any payment under any Loan
Document be extended or changed, by one or more amendments, modifications,
renewals or extensions of any Loan Document or otherwise;
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(ii) the
time for
Holdings’ (or any other Person’s) performance of or compliance with any term,
covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed under any Loan
Document may be extended, or such performance or compliance waived, or failure
in or departure from such performance or compliance consented to, all in such
manner and upon such terms as any Guaranteed Person (or the Majority Lenders,
as
the case may be) may deem proper;
(iii) each
Guaranteed
Person may request and accept other guarantees and may take and hold other
security as collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, and may, from time to
time, in whole or in part, exchange, sell, surrender, release, subordinate,
modify, waive, rescind, compromise or extend such other guaranties or security
and may permit or consent to any such action or the result of any such action,
and may apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale
thereof;
(iv) each
Guaranteed
Person may exercise, or waive or otherwise refrain from exercising, any other
right, remedy, power or privilege even if the exercise thereof affects or
eliminates any right of subrogation or any other right of such Guarantor against
Holdings.
(f) Guarantor’s
Waivers. Each
Guarantor waives and agrees not to assert:
(i) any
right to
require the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender to marshal assets
in favor of Holdings, the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person,
to proceed against Holdings, any other guarantor or any other Person, to proceed
against or exhaust any of the Collateral, to give notice of the terms, time
and
place of any public or private sale of personal property security constituting
the Collateral or other collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations or comply
with
any other provisions of Chapter 6 of Division 9 of the UCC (or any equivalent
provision of any other applicable law) or to pursue any other right, remedy,
power or privilege of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender
whatsoever;
(ii) the
defense of the
statute of limitations in any action hereunder or for the collection or
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(iii) any
defense arising
by reason of any lack of corporate or other authority or any other defense
of
Holdings, such Guarantor or any other Person;
(iv) any
defense based
upon any Guaranteed Person’s errors or omissions in the administration of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(v) any
rights to
set-offs and counterclaims;
(vi) without
limiting
the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law
limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties, or which may
conflict with the terms of this Section 11.12;
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(vii) any
defense based
upon an election of remedies (including, if available, an election to proceed
by
nonjudicial foreclosure) which destroys or impairs the subrogation rights of
such Guarantor or the right of such Guarantor to proceed against Holdings or
any
other obligor of the Guaranteed Obligations for reimbursement;
(viii) without
limiting
the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law
limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties, or which may
conflict with the terms of this Section 11.12,
including any and
all benefits that otherwise might be available to such Guarantor under
California Civil Code §§1432, 2809, 2810, 2815, 2819, 2839, 2845, 2848, 2849,
2850, 2899 and 3433 and California Code of Civil Procedure §§580a, 580b, 580d
and 726 or Texas Property Code §§51.003 - 51.005. Accordingly, each
Guarantor waives all rights and defenses that such Guarantor may have because
Holdings’ debt is secured by real property. This means, among other
things: (A) the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders may collect
from such Guarantor without first foreclosing on any real or personal property
Collateral pledged by Holdings or such Guarantor; and (B) if the Administrative
Agent forecloses on any real property Collateral pledged by Holdings or such
Guarantor: (1) the amount of the debt may be reduced only by the price for
which
that Collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the Collateral is
worth
more than the sale price, and (2) the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer
and
the Lenders may collect from such Guarantor even if the Administrative Agent,
by
foreclosing on the real property Collateral, has destroyed any right such
Guarantor may have to collect from Holdings. This is an unconditional
and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses such Guarantor may have
because Holdings’ debt is secured by real property. These rights and
defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights of defenses based upon
section 580a, 580b, 580d or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure or
sections 51.003 - 51.005 of the Texas Property Code; and
(ix) any
and all notice
of the acceptance of this Guaranty, and any and all notice of the creation,
renewal, modification, extension or accrual of the Guaranteed Obligations,
or
the reliance by any Guaranteed Person upon this Guaranty, or the exercise of
any
right, power or privilege hereunder. The Guaranteed Obligations
shall
conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted, incurred and permitted
to exist in reliance upon this Guaranty. Each Guarantor waives
promptness, diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment, notice of
default, dishonor or nonpayment and all other notices to or upon Holdings,
such
Guarantor or any other Person with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations.
(g) Financial
Condition of Holdings. No
Guarantor shall have any right to require any Guaranteed Person to obtain or
disclose any information with respect to: the financial condition or character
of Holdings or the ability of Holdings to pay and perform the Guaranteed
Obligations; the Guaranteed Obligations; any collateral or other security for
any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; the existence or nonexistence of
any
other guarantees of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; any action
or
inaction on the part of any Guaranteed Person or any other Person; or any other
matter, fact or occurrence whatsoever. Each Guarantor hereby
acknowledges that it has undertaken its own independent investigation of the
financial condition of Holdings and the other Loan Parties and all other matters
pertaining to this Guaranty and further acknowledges that it is not relying
in
any manner upon any representation or statement of any Guaranteed Person with
respect thereto.
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(h) Subrogation. Until
the Guaranteed Obligations shall be satisfied in full and the Commitments shall
be terminated, each Guarantor shall not have, and shall not directly or
indirectly exercise (i) any rights that it may acquire by way of
subrogation under this Section 11.12,
by any payment
hereunder or otherwise, (ii) any rights of contribution, indemnification,
reimbursement or similar suretyship claims arising out of this Section 11.12
or (iii) any
other right which it might otherwise have or acquire (in any way whatsoever)
which could entitle it at any time to share or participate in any right, remedy
or security of any Guaranteed Person as against Holdings or other guarantors,
whether in connection with this Section 11.12,
any of the other
Loan Documents or otherwise. If any amount shall be paid to
any
Guarantor on account of the foregoing rights at any time when all the Guaranteed
Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held in
trust
for the benefit of each Guaranteed Person and shall forthwith be paid to the
Administrative Agent to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations,
whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Documents.
(i) Continuing
Guaranty. This
Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and agreement of subordination and shall
continue in effect and be binding upon each Guarantor until termination of
the
Commitments and payment and performance in full of all Guaranteed Obligations,
including Guaranteed Obligations which may exist continuously or which may
arise
from time to time under successive transactions, and each Guarantor expressly
acknowledges that this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding that there may be periods in which no Guaranteed Obligations
exist.
(j) Reinstatement. This
Guaranty shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated and revived,
as
the case may be, if, for any reason, any payment of the Guaranteed Obligations
by or on behalf of Holdings (or receipt of any proceeds of collateral) shall
be
rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside,
voided or otherwise required to be repaid to Holdings, its estate, trustee,
receiver or any other Person (including under the Bankruptcy Code or other
state
or federal law), or must otherwise be restored by any Guaranteed Person, whether
as a result of Insolvency Proceedings or otherwise. All losses,
damages, costs and expenses that any Guaranteed Person may suffer or incur
as a
result of any voided or otherwise set aside payments shall be specifically
covered by the indemnity in favor of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
contained in Section 11.05.
(k) Substantial
Benefits. The
funds that have been borrowed from the Lenders by Holdings have been and are
to
be contemporaneously used for the direct or indirect benefit of Holdings and
each Guarantor. It is the position, intent and expectation of
the
parties that Holdings and each Guarantor have derived and will derive
significant and substantial direct or indirect benefits from the accommodations
that have been made by the Lenders under the Loan Documents.
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(l) Knowing
and
Explicit Waivers. EACH
GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT EITHER HAS OBTAINED THE ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL
OR HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN SUCH ADVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE TERMS
AND PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
11.12. EACH
GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT EACH OF THE WAIVERS AND CONSENTS SET
FORTH HEREIN ARE MADE WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND
CONSEQUENCES, AND THAT ALL SUCH WAIVERS AND CONSENTS HEREIN ARE EXPLICIT AND
KNOWING AND WHICH EACH GUARANTOR EXPECTS TO BE FULLY ENFORCEABLE.
(m) Release
of
Subsidiary Guarantors. Holdings
may at any time deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from a
Responsible Officer of Holdings certifying as of the date of the certificate
that, after the consummation of the transaction or series of transactions
described in such certificate (which certification shall also state that such
transactions, individually or in the aggregate, will be in compliance with
the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, including to the extent applicable
Section 8.02
and Section 8.03,
and that no Event
of Default existed, exists or will exist, as the case may be, immediately
before, as a result of or immediately after giving effect to such transaction
or
transactions and termination), the Guarantor identified in such certification
will no longer be a Subsidiary of Holdings. Effective upon the
consummation of the transaction or series of transactions described in such
certificate, the Subsidiary identified in such certification shall thereupon
automatically cease to be a Guarantor hereunder and shall cease to be a party
hereto and shall thereupon automatically be released from its obligations under
this Section 11.12
and under the
Security Agreement, and all Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders under the Collateral Documents in respect of the property of such
Subsidiary shall thereupon terminate. Holdings shall promptly
notify
the Administrative Agent of the consummation of any such transaction or series
of transactions. The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the
Lenders,
shall, at Holdings’ expense, execute and deliver such instruments as Holdings
may reasonably request to evidence such release and Lien
termination.
11.13 Notification
of
Addresses, Lending Offices, Etc. Each
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any changes in the
address to which notices to such Lender should be directed, of addresses of
any
Lending Office, of payment instructions in respect of all payments to be made
to
it hereunder and of such other administrative information as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably request.
11.14 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which,
when so executed, shall be deemed an original, and all of said counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute but one and the same
instrument.
11.15 Severability. The
illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement or any
instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair
the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement
or
any instrument or agreement required hereunder.
11.16 No
Third Parties
Benefited. This
Agreement is made and entered into for the sole protection and legal benefit
of
Holdings, the Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the
Administrative Agent-Related Persons, the Indemnified Persons and their
permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person shall be a direct or
indirect legal beneficiary of, or have any direct or indirect cause of action
or
claim in connection with, this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents.
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11.17 Governing
Law
and Jurisdiction. (a)
THIS AGREEMENT AND
ANY NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF
THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS
SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(b) ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR
PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR OF THE UNITED STATES SITTING
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT,
EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS CONSENTS,
FOR
ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
AND
THE LENDERS IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE
LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY
NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED
HERETO. THE LOAN PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS
EACH WAIVE PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH
MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY CALIFORNIA LAW.
(c) Nothing
contained
in this section shall override any contrary provision contained in any Specified
Swap Contract.
11.18 Waiver
of Jury
Trial. THE
LOAN PARTIES, THE LENDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT EACH WAIVE THEIR
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED
UPON
OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR
THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER
LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY
OR
ANY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT-RELATED PERSON, PARTICIPANT OR ASSIGNEE, WHETHER WITH
RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. THE LOAN
PARTIES, THE LENDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH
CLAIM
OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A
JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE
THAT
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION
AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR
IN
PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER
SHALL
APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS
TO
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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11.19 Entire
Agreement. This
Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, embodies the entire agreement
and understanding among the Loan Parties, the L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender,
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, and supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or
written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
11.20 Treatment
of
Existing Credit Agreement. On
the
Effective Date, all loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall
be purchased by the Lenders in accordance with Section 2.01,
and all
outstanding letters of credit issued under the Existing Credit Agreement shall
be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued and outstanding under this Agreement
(and all accrued unpaid fees thereon shall begin to accrue at the rates set
forth in this Agreement). On and after the Effective Date, this
Agreement shall amend, restate and supersede in its entirety and replace the
Existing Credit Agreement; provided,
however,
that the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
not
(a) operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Existing Lenders
under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other related documents, except
to
the extent expressly waived in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(b)
extinguish, impair or constitute a novation of any obligations of Holdings
or
the Guarantors under the Existing Credit Agreement or the related documents
except to the extent any such obligation is actually satisfied by Holdings
or a
Guarantor thereunder or (c) extinguish or impair any indemnification or similar
rights under the Existing Credit Agreement which by their terms would survive
the termination of the Existing Credit Agreement. Promptly upon
the
closing of this Agreement and the receipt by the Lenders of their respective
Notes, such Lenders that were also Existing Lenders under the Existing Credit
Agreement shall return to Holdings any Notes delivered to such Existing Lender
in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement marked
“cancelled”.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered in San Francisco, California, by their proper and duly
authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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BMC WEST CORPORATION | ||
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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BMC WEST CORPORATION SOUTHCENTRAL | ||
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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BMCW
SOUTHCENTRAL, L.P.
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By: | BMC WEST CORPORATION SOUTHCENTRAL, its General Partner |
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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BMCW,
LLC
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By: | BMC
WEST CORPORATION, its Sole Member |
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By: |
/s/Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Manager
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Signature
Page 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
BMC CONSTRUCTION, INC. | ||
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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KB
INDUSTRIES
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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By: | BUILDING
MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION, its General Partner |
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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XXXXXX
ROAD,
L.L.C.
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By: | BMC
WEST CORPORATION, its Sole Member |
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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KBI
CONCRETE
LLC
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By: | BMC
CONSTRUCTION, INC., its Sole Member |
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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Signature
Page 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
TOTAL
CONCRETE, L.L.C.
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By: |
KBI
CONCRETE
LLC
Its: Sole Member
By:
BMC CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Its:
Sole Member
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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KBI
CONSTRUCTION, LLC
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By: | BMC CONSTRUCTION, INC., its Sole Member |
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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RJ
NORCAL,
LLC
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By: |
BMC CONSTRUCTION, INC.,
its Sole Member |
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By: | /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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KBI NORCAL GENERAL PARTNERSHIP | ||
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By: |
/s/Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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its General Partner |
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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BMC
CONSTRUCTION, INC., as sole member of each of
RJ
NORCAL,
LLC and XXXXXX ROAD, L.L.C.,
General
Partners of KBI NORCAL
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Signature
Page 3 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
KBI
NORCAL
WINDOWS, INC.
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By: |
/s/Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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KBI STUCCO, INC. | ||
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By: |
/s/Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President - Chief Financial Officer
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Signature
Page 4 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
XXXXX
FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, |
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as Administrative Agent, Co-Lead Arranger, Sole Book Runner, L/C Issuer, Swingline Lender, Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
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Title: | Vice President | |
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Signature
Page 5 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
SUNTRUST BANK, | ||
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as Co-Lead Arranger, Syndication Agent, Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Director
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Signature
Page 6 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
LASALLE
BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as Co-Documentation Agent, Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title: |
First
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 7 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
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as Co-Documentation Agent, Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 8 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as Co-Documentation Agent, Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 9 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
COOPERATIEVE
CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., “RABOBANK INTERNATIONAL”, NEW
YORK BRANCH,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Title:
Executive
Director
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Title: |
/s/R.
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Name:
R. Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Executive
Director
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Signature
Page 10 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
SUMITOMO
MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Yoshiharo
Hyakutome
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Name:
Yoshiharo
Hyakutome
Title:
Joint
General Manager
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Signature
Page 11 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
HSBC
BANK
USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Title:
VP & Sr.
Relationship Manager
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Signature
Page 12 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
PNC
BANK,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxx
XxXxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx
XxXxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 13 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
UNION
BANK OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title: |
Senior
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 14 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
XXXXXX,
X.X.,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Director
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Signature
Page 15 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
BNP
PARIBAS,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice
President
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By: |
/s/Xxxxx
XxXxxx
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Title: |
Director
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Signature
Page 16 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
WEST
COAST
BANK,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 17 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
GUARANTY
BANK,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 18 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
COMERICA
WEST
INCORPORATED,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
Corporate
Banking Officer
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Signature
Page 19 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
WHITNEY
NATIONAL BANK,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxx
X.
Santa Xxxx III
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Title: |
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 20 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
BANK
LEUMI
USA,
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as Revolving Lender and Term Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 21 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Acknowledged and agreed to solely for the purposes of effecting the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement | ||
GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
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as a departing Revolving Lender and Term B Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: | Duly Authorized Signatory | |
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Signature
Page 22 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Acknowledged and agreed to solely for the purposes of effecting the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement | ||
IDB
BANK,
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as a departing Revolving Lender and Term B Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
First
Vice
President
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By: |
/s/Xxx
Xxxxxx
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Title: |
Vice
President
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Signature
Page 23 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Acknowledged and agreed to solely for the purposes of effecting the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement | ||
PACIFICA
CDO
II,
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as a departing Term B Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: |
SVP
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Signature
Page 24 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Acknowledged and agreed to solely for the purposes of effecting the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement | ||
XXXXXXXXXXX
SENIOR
FLOATING RATE FUND,
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as a departing Term B Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
AVP
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HARBOURVIEW
CLO IV, LTD.,
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as a departing Term B Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
AVP
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HARBOURVIEW
CLO V, LTD.,
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as a departing Term B Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: |
AVP
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Signature
Page 25 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE 2.01(a)
TERM
A
LOAN COMMITMENTS
Banks
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Term A
Loan Commitment
|
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, National Association
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$9,000,000
|
SunTrust
Bank
|
$8,000,000
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
$6,000,000
|
U.S.
Bank
National Association
|
$6,000,000
|
Union
Bank of
California, N.A.
|
$6,000,000
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Lasalle
Bank,
National Association
|
$6,000,000
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Cooperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank International”,
New York Branch |
$5,000,000
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Xxxxxx,
X.X.
|
$5,000,000
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Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation
|
$4,000,000
|
BNP
Paribas
|
$4,000,000
|
HSBC
Bank
USA, National
Association
|
$3,000,000
|
PNC
Bank
|
$3,000,000
|
West
Coast
Bank
|
$2,000,000
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Guaranty
Bank
|
$2,000,000
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Comerica
West
Incorporated
|
$2,000,000
|
Whitney
National Bank
|
$2,000,000
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Bank
Leumi
USA
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$2,000,000
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TOTAL
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$75,000,000
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Schedule 2.01(a)
1
1
SCHEDULE 2.01(c)
REVOLVING
LOAN COMMITMENTS AND PROPORTIONATE SHARES
Banks
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Revolving
Commitment
|
Proportionate
Share
(Revolving
Commitment)
|
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, National Association
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$36,000,000
|
12.000000000%
|
SunTrust
Bank
|
$32,000,000
|
10.666666667%
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
$24,000,000
|
8.000000000%
|
U.S.
Bank
National Association
|
$24,000,000
|
8.000000000%
|
Union
Bank of
California, N.A.
|
$24,000,000
|
8.000000000%
|
Lasalle
Bank,
National Association
|
$24,000,000
|
8.000000000%
|
Cooperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank International”, New
York Branch
|
$20,000,000
|
6.666666666%
|
Xxxxxx,
X.X.
|
$20,000,000
|
6.666666666%
|
Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation
|
$16,000,000
|
5.333333333%
|
BNP
Paribas
|
$16,000,000
|
5.333333333%
|
HSBC
Bank
USA, National
Association
|
$12,000,000
|
4.000000000%
|
PNC
Bank
|
$12,000,000
|
4.000000000%
|
West
Coast
Bank
|
$8,000,000
|
2.666666667%
|
Guaranty
Bank
|
$8,000,000
|
2.666666667%
|
Comerica
West
Incorporated
|
$8,000,000
|
2.666666667%
|
Whitney
National Bank
|
$8,000,000
|
2.666666667%
|
Bank
Leumi
USA
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$8,000,000
|
2.666666667%
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TOTAL
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$300,000,000
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100.000000000%
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Schedule 2.01(c)
1
SCHEDULE
2.09(a)
TERM
A
LOAN AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE
Date
|
%
of
Total Due
|
Payment
Due Based on Aggregate Term A Commitment as of Effective
Date
|
Payment
Due Assuming Advancement of Maximum Allowable Additional Term A
Loans
as of all Subsequent Effective Dates
|
9/30/05
|
0.00%
|
$0
|
$0
|
12/31/05
|
0.00%
|
$0
|
$0
|
3/31/06
|
0.00%
|
$0
|
$0
|
6/30/06
|
0.00%
|
$0
|
$0
|
9/30/06
|
2.50%
|
$1,875,000
|
$5,625,000
|
12/31/06
|
2.50%
|
$1,875,000
|
$5,625,000
|
3/31/07
|
2.50%
|
$1,875,000
|
$5,625,000
|
6/30/07
|
2.50%
|
$1,875,000
|
$5,625,000
|
9/30/07
|
2.50%
|
$1,875,000
|
$5,625,000
|
12/31/07
|
2.50%
|
$1,875,000
|
$5,625,000
|
3/31/08
|
2.50%
|
$1,875,000
|
$5,625,000
|
6/30/08
|
2.50%
|
$1,875,000
|
$5,625,000
|
9/30/08
|
5.00%
|
$3,750,000
|
$11,250,000
|
12/31/08
|
5.00%
|
$3,750,000
|
$11,250,000
|
3/31/09
|
5.00%
|
$3,750,000
|
$11,250,000
|
6/30/09
|
5.00%
|
$3,750,000
|
$11,250,000
|
9/30/09
|
6.67%
|
$5,000,000
|
$15,007,500
|
12/31/09
|
6.67%
|
$5,000,000
|
$15,007,500
|
3/31/10
|
6.67%
|
$5,000,000
|
$15,007,500
|
6/30/10
|
40.00%
|
$30,000,000
|
$90,000,000
|
100.00%
|
$75,000,000
|
$225,000,000
|
Schedule
2.09(a)
1
SCHEDULE
2.09(b)
TERM
B
LOAN AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE
Date
|
%
of
Total Due
|
Payment
Due Based on Aggregate Term B Commitment as of Effective
Date
|
Payment
Due Assuming Advancement of Maximum Allowable Additional Term B
Loans
as of Subsequent Effective Date
|
6/30/05
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
9/30/05
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
12/31/05
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
3/31/06
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
6/30/06
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
9/30/06
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
12/31/06
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
3/31/07
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
6/30/07
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
9/30/07
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
12/31/07
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
3/31/08
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
6/30/08
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
9/30/08
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
12/31/08
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
3/31/09
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
6/30/09
|
0.26%
|
$312,500
|
$709,312.50
|
9/30/09
|
23.9%
|
$29,375,000
|
$65,202,187.50
|
12/31/09
|
23.9%
|
$29,375,000
|
$65,202,187.50
|
3/31/10
|
23.9%
|
$29,375,000
|
$65,202,187.50
|
6/30/10
|
23.9%
|
$29,375,000
|
$65,202,187.50
|
100.00%
|
$122,812,500
|
$272,812,500
|
Schedule
2.09(b)
1
SCHEDULE
11.02
PAYMENT
OFFICES;
ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES;
LENDING
OFFICES
Address
for
Notices:
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
With
a copy
to:
Xxxx
X. Street,
Esq.
Senior
Vice
President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Corporate
Secretary
000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000
X.X.
Xxx
00000
Xxxxx,
XX
00000
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Vice
President and
Treasurer
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
1
GUARANTORS
Address
for
Notices:
c/o
Building
Materials
Holding Corporation
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
With
a copy
to:
Xxxx
X. Street,
Esq.
Senior
Vice
President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Corporate
Secretary
000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000
X.X.
Xxx
00000
Xxxxx,
XX
00000
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Vice
President and
Treasurer
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
XXXXX
FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
Notices
for
Borrowing, Conversions/Continuations, and Payments:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
National Association
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx Xxxxx
MAC
X0000-000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
2
Other
Notices:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
National Association
000
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
MAC
A0101-096
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx
(Max) Xxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Administrative
Agent’s Payment Office:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
National Association
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx Xxxxx
MAC
X0000-000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Reference:
Building
Materials Holding
For
credit to Acct.
No. 41219-02167
ABA
No. 000000000
XXXXX
FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as L/C Issuer
Address
for
Notices:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
National Association
000
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
MAC
A0101-096
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
XXXXX
FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Swingline Bank
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
National Association
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx Xxxxx
|MAC
X0000-000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
3
XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
a Revolving
Lender and a Term Lender
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
National Association
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx Xxxxx
MAC
X0000-000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
National Association
000
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
MAC
A0101-096
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
4
SUNTRUST
BANK
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
SunTrust
Bank
000
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
SunTrust
Bank
000
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
5
COOPERATIEVE
CENTRALE RAIFFEISIN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A.,
“RABOBANK
INTERNATIONAL” NEW YORK BRANCH
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Rabo
Support
Services, Inc.
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Cooperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisin-Boerenleenbank B.A.,
“Rabobank
International” New York Branch
0
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
6
SUMITOMO
MITSUI
BANKING CORPORATION
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Sumitomo
Mitsui
Banking Corporation
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000-0000
Attention: CBDA-II,
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx_xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Sumitomo
Mitsui
Banking Corporation
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000-0000
Attention: CBDA-II,
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx_xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
7
HSBC
BANK USA,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
HSBC
Bank USA,
National
Association
000
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, #0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxxx.x.xxxxxxxx@xx.xxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
HSBC
Bank USA,
National
Association
000
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, #0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxxx.x.xxxxxxxx@xx.xxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
8
PNC
BANK
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
PNC
Bank
One
PNC
Plaza
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention: Xxxx
XxXxxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: Xxxx.XxXxxxxxx@XXX.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
PNC
Bank
One
PNC
Plaza
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention: Xxxx
XxXxxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: Xxxx.XxXxxxxxx@XXX.xxx
Schedule
11.02
9
JPMORGAN
CHASE
BANK, N.A.
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
JPMorgan
Chase
Bank, N.A.
0000
Xxxxxxxx,
0xx
Xx.
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
JPMorgan
Chase
Bank, N.A.
000
Xx. Xxxxxxxx,
0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: Xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
10
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
000
X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
U.S.
Bank National
Association
000
X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
00
XXXXX
XXXX XX
XXXXXXXXXX, N.A.
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Union
Bank of
California, N.A.
0000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Union
Bank of
California, N.A.
000
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxx X.
XxXxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Schedule
11.02
12
LASALLE
BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
LaSalle
Bank,
National
Association
000
X. XxXxxxx,
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
LaSalle
Bank,
National
Association
000
X. XxXxxxx,
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
13
XXXXXX,
X.X.
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Xxxxxx,
X.X.
000
X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Xxxxxx,
X.X.
000
X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
14
BNP
PARIBAS
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
BNP
Paribas
San
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
BNP
Paribas
San
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
15
WEST
COAST
BANK
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
West
Coast
Bank
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX
X.X.
Xxx
000
Xxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
West
Coast
Bank
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX
X.X.
Xxx
000
Xxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
16
GUARANTY
BANK
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Guaranty
Bank
0000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Guaranty
Bank
0000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
17
COMERICA
WEST
INCORPORATED
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Comerica
West
Incorporated
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx
XxXxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Comerica
West
Incorporated
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, mail code 4462
Xxxxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
18
WHITNEY
NATIONAL
BANK
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Whitney
National
Bank
000
Xx. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Santa
Xxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Whitney
National
Bank
000
Xx. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Santa
Xxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
19
BANK
LEUMI
USA
Domestic
and
Offshore Lending Office:
Bank
Leumi
USA
000
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Notices
(other than
Borrowing Notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
Bank
Leumi
USA
0000
X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile:
(000)
000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule
11.02
20
ANNEX
I
PRICING
GRID
The
Applicable
Margin for Revolving Loans, Term A Loans and the Applicable Fee Amount
for
any day shall be the amount per annum set forth below based on the EBITDA Ratio
set forth in the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate delivered by
Holdings pursuant to Section 7.02(c)
of the Credit
Agreement. Changes in the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans,
Term A Loans and the Applicable Fee Amount resulting from a change in
the
EBITDA Ratio shall become effective on the date of delivery by Holdings to
the
Administrative Agent of a new Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 7.02(c). If
Holdings shall fail to deliver a Compliance Certificate and accompanying
financial statements within the number of days after the end of any fiscal
quarter or fiscal year as required pursuant to Section 7.02(c),
the parties agree
that the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Fee Amount shall be fixed at
Level
5 until such time as Holdings delivers such new Compliance Certificate and
accompanying financial statements pursuant to Section 7.02(c).
Level
|
EBITDA
Ratio
|
Offshore
Rate
Spread |
Base
Rate
Spread |
Letter
of
Credit Fee |
Commitment
Fee |
Level
5
|
greater
than
or equal to 3.00:1.00
|
2.000%
|
0.750%
|
2.000%
|
0.375%
|
Xxxxx
0
|
greater
than
or equal to 2.50:1.00 but less than 3.00:1.00
|
1.625%
|
0.375%
|
1.625%
|
0.300%
|
Xxxxx
0
|
greater
than
or equal to 2.00:1.00 but less than 2.50:1.00
|
1.250%
|
0.000%
|
1.250%
|
0.250%
|
Xxxxx
0
|
greater
than
or equal to 1.50:1.00 but less than 2.00:1.00
|
1.000%
|
0.000%
|
1.000%
|
0.200%
|
Xxxxx
0
|
less
than
1.50:1.00
|
0.750%
|
0.000%
|
0.750%
|
0.175%
|
Annex
I
1
1
EXHIBIT
A-1
Date:
____________________
FORM
OF NOTICE
OF REVOLVING BORROWING
To:
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Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank,
National
Association,
as
Administrative
Agent
|
Ladies
and
Gentlemen:
The
undersigned,
Building Materials Holding Corporation (“Holdings”),
refers to the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as extended,
renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Holdings,
BMC West Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agent,
Lasalle
Bank,
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial institutions
from
time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
the terms
defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you
notice irrevocably, pursuant to Section
2.03
of the Credit
Agreement, of the Borrowing specified below:
1. The
Business Day of
the proposed Borrowing is __________.
2. The
aggregate
amount of the proposed Borrowing is $______.
3. The
Borrowing is to
be comprised of $ ______ of [Base Rate Loans][Offshore Rate Loans].
4. [The
duration of
the Interest Period for the Offshore Rate Loans included in the Borrowing shall
be ____ months.]
The
undersigned
hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof,
and
will be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing, before and after giving
effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom:
(a) the
representations
and warranties of Holdings contained in Article
VI
of the Credit Agreement are true and correct as though made on and as of such
date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer
to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date,
and
except that this notice shall be deemed instead to refer to the last day of
the
most recent fiscal year and fiscal quarter for which financial statements have
then been delivered in respect of the representation and warranty made in
Section
6.11(a)
of the Credit
Agreement;
Exhibit
A-1
1
(b) no
Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such proposed
Borrowing;
(c) there
has occurred
since December 31, 2004, no event or circumstance that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) after
giving effect
to the proposed Borrowing, the Effective Amount of all outstanding Revolving
Loans plus
the Effective
Amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans plus
the Effective
Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment.
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
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By: | ||
Title |
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Exhibit
A-1
2
EXHIBIT A-2
Date:
____________________
FORM
OF NOTICE
OF TERM LOAN BORROWING
To:
|
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank,
National
Association,
as
Administrative Agent
|
Ladies
and
Gentlemen:
The
undersigned,
Building Materials Holding Corporation (“Holdings”),
refers to the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as extended,
renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Holdings,
BMC West Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation
Agent, Lasalle
Bank,
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial institutions
from
time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
the terms
defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you
notice irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement, of the
Borrowing specified below:
1. The
Business Day of
the proposed Borrowing is __________.
2. The
aggregate
amount of the proposed Borrowing is [$______ of Term A Loans] [$______ of Term
B
Loans].
3. The
Borrowing is to
be comprised of $______ of [Base Rate Loans][Offshore Rate Loans].
4. [The
duration of
the Interest Period for the Offshore Rate Loans included in the Borrowing shall
be ____ months.]
The
undersigned
hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof,
and
will be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing, before and after giving
effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom:
(a) the
representations
and warranties of Holdings contained in Article VI of the Credit Agreement
are
true and correct as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent
such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in
which
case they are true and correct as of such date, and except that this notice
shall be deemed instead to refer to the last day of the most recent fiscal
year
and fiscal quarter for which financial statements have then been delivered
in
respect of the representation and warranty made in Section 6.11 of the Credit
Agreement;
Exhibit
A-2
2
(b) no
Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such proposed
Borrowing; and
(c) there
has occurred
since December 31, 2004, no event or circumstance that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
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By: | ||
Title |
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Exhibit
A-2
2
EXHIBIT
B-1
FORM
OF NOTICE
OF REVOLVING LOAN CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
Date:
__________________
To:
|
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, National Association,
as
Administrative
Agent
|
Ladies
and
Gentlemen:
The
undersigned,
Building Materials Holding Corporation (“Holdings”),
refers to the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as extended,
renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Building
Materials Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”),
BMC West
Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation
Agent, Lasalle
Bank,
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial institutions
from
time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
the terms
defined therein being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you
notice irrevocably, pursuant to Section
2.04
of the Credit
Agreement, of the [conversion] [continuation] of Loans specified
below:
1. The
Conversion/Continuation Date is __________________.
2. The
aggregate
amount of the Revolving Loans to be [converted] [continued] is
$____________.
3. The
Loans are to be
[converted into] [continued as] [Offshore Rate Loans] [Base Rate
Loans].
4. [The
duration of
the Interest Period for the Offshore Rate Loans included in the [conversion]
[continuation] shall be
months.]
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
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By: | ||
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Title: | ||
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Exhibit
B-1
1
EXHIBIT
B-2
FORM
OF NOTICE
OF TERM LOAN CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
Date:
_______________
To:
|
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank,
National
Association,
as
Administrative Agent
|
Ladies
and
Gentlemen:
The
undersigned,
Building Materials Holding Corporation (“Holdings”), refers to the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as extended, renewed,
amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Building
Materials Holdings Corporation, (“Holdings”), BMC West Corporation (the
“Company”) and certain other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust
Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Co-Documentation Agent, Lasalle
Bank,
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial institutions
from
time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain letters of credit
(in such capacity, the “L/C Issuer”), as Swingline Lender and as administrative
agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), the terms defined therein
being used herein as therein defined, and hereby gives you notice irrevocably,
pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Credit Agreement, of the [conversion]
[continuation] of Loans specified below:
1. The
Conversion/Continuation Date is _______________.
2. The
aggregate
amount of the [Term A Loans] [Term B Loans] to be [converted] [continued] is
$_________________.
3. The
Loans are to be
[converted into] [continued as] [Offshore Rate Loans] [Base Rate
Loans].
4. [The
duration of
the Interest Period for the Offshore Rate Loans included in the [conversion]
[continuation] shall be _______ months.]
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
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By: | ||
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Title: | ||
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Exhibit
B-2
1
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
BUILDING
MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION
Financial
Statements Date: _________________
Reference
is made
to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 30,
2005
(as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Building
Materials Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”),
BMC West
Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation
Agent, Lasalle Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S.
Bank
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial
institutions from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).
Unless
otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
The
undersigned
Responsible Officer of Holdings hereby certifies as of the date hereof that
he/she is the [___________] of Holdings, and that, as such, he/she is authorized
to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent on the behalf of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries, and
that:
[Use
the following paragraph if this Certificate is delivered in connection with
the
annual financial statements required by Section 7.01(a) of the Credit
Agreement.]
(a) Attached
hereto are
true and correct copies of the audited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal year ended ___________ and
the
related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity,
retained earnings and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case
in
comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, accompanied by the
opinion of the Independent Auditor, which opinion (a) states that such
consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial position for
the
periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with
prior years and (b) is not qualified as to (i) going concern or (ii)
any
limitation in the scope of the audit.
or
[Use
the following paragraph if this Certificate is delivered in connection with
the
quarterly financial statements required by Section 7.01(b) of the Credit
Agreement.]
(a) Attached
hereto are
true and correct copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings
and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended ________ and
the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows
for the period commencing on the first day and ending on the last day of such
quarter, which are complete and accurate in all material respects and fairly
present, in accordance with GAAP (subject to ordinary, good faith year-end
audit
adjustments), the financial position, the results of operations and the cash
flows of Holdings and the Subsidiaries.
Exhibit
C
1
(b) The
undersigned has
reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Credit Agreement and has made,
or
has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed review of the
transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of Holdings and its
Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial
statements.
(c) Holdings
and its
Subsidiaries, during such period, have observed, performed or satisfied all
of
the covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition in the Credit
Agreement to be observed, performed or satisfied by Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, and the undersigned has no knowledge of any Default or Event
of
Default.
(d) The
representations
and warranties of Holdings and the Company contained in Article VI
of the Credit
Agreement are true and correct as though made on and as of the date hereof
(except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier
date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such date; and except
that this notice shall be deemed instead to refer to the last day of the most
recent year and fiscal quarter for which financial statements have then been
delivered in respect of the representation and warranty made in Section 6.11(a)
of the Credit
Agreement).
(e) The
financial
covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule
1
attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this
Certificate.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as the __________
of Holdings as of __________.
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
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By: | ||
Title |
Exhibit
C
2
Exhibit
D
[to
be
provided]
Exhibit
D
1
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
This
ASSIGNMENT AND
ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT (this “Assignment
and
Acceptance”)
dated as of
__________ is made between _______(the “Assignor”)
and
_____________ (the “Assignee”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the
Assignor is party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
as of June 30, 2005 (as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to
time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Building
Materials Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”),
BMC West
Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agent,
Lasalle Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial
institutions from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).
Any terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and not defined in this Assignment and
Acceptance are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS,
as
provided under the Credit Agreement, the Assignor has committed to participating
in Letters of Credit issued for the account of Holdings, participating in
Swingline Loans to Holdings and to making Loans to Holdings in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $___________ (the “Commitment”);
WHEREAS,
[the
Assignor has made or participated in Loans in the aggregate principal amount
of
$ __________ to Holdings consisting of $___________ of Revolving Loans,
$______________of Term A Loans and $______________of Term B Loans] [no Loans
are
outstanding under the Credit Agreement] [and the amount of the Assignor’s
percentage share of the aggregate amount available for drawing under outstanding
Letters of Credit issued for the account of Holdings is $______________] [and
no
Letters of Credit are outstanding under the Credit Agreement]; and
WHEREAS,
the
Assignor wishes to assign to the Assignee [part of the] [all] rights and
obligations of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement in respect of its
Commitment, together with a corresponding portion of any outstanding Loans
and
participations in Swingline Loans, if any, participations in L/C Advances,
if
any, and participations in Letters of Credit, if any (the “Participations”),
in an amount
equal to ____% of the Assignor’s Commitment, Loans and Participations (if any),
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and the Assignee
wishes to accept assignment of such rights and to assume such obligations from
the Assignor on such terms and subject to such conditions;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein,
the
parties hereto agree as follows:
Exhibit
E
1
1. Assignment
and
Acceptance.
(a) Subject
to the
terms and conditions of this Assignment and Acceptance, (i) the Assignor
hereby sells, transfers and assigns to the Assignee, and (ii) the Assignee
hereby purchases, assumes and undertakes from the Assignor, without recourse
and
without representation or warranty (except as provided in this Assignment and
Acceptance) ____% (the “Assignee’s
Percentage Share”)
of (A) the
Commitment and the Loans and Participations (if any) of the Assignor and (B)
all
related rights, benefits, obligations, liabilities and indemnities of the
Assignor under and in connection with the Credit Agreement and the Loan
Documents.
(b) With
effect on and
after the Effective Date (as defined in Section 5 hereof), the Assignee shall
be
a party to the Credit Agreement and succeed to all of the rights and be
obligated to perform all of the obligations of a Lender under the Credit
Agreement, including the requirements concerning confidentiality and the payment
of indemnification, with a Commitment in the amount set forth in subsection
(c)
below. The Assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance
with
their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement
are required to be performed by it as a Lender. It is the intent
of
the parties hereto that the Commitment of the Assignor shall, as of the
Effective Date, be reduced by an amount equal to the portion thereof assigned
to
the Assignee hereunder, and the Assignor shall relinquish its rights and be
released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement to the extent such
obligations have been assumed by the Assignee; provided,
however,
that the Assignor
shall not relinquish its rights under Article
IV
or Section
11.04
and Section
11.05
of the Credit
Agreement to the extent such rights relate to the time prior to the Effective
Date.
(c) After
giving effect
to the assignment and assumption set forth herein, on the Effective Date: (i)
the Assignee’s Revolving Commitment will be $_____; (ii) the Assignee’s
Proportionate Share of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment will be _____%; (iii)
the Assignee’s Term A Commitment will be $______; (iv) the Assignee’s
Proportionate Share of the Aggregate Term A Commitment will be ______%; (v)
the
Assignee’s Term B Commitment will be $______; and (vi) the Assignee’s
Proportionate Share of the Aggregate Term B Commitment will be
______%.
(d) After
giving effect
to the assignment and assumption set forth herein, on the Effective Date: (i)
the Assignor’s Revolving Commitment will be $______; (ii) the Assignor’s
Proportionate Share of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment will be ____%;
(iii) the Assignor’s Term A Commitment will be $___________; (iv) the
Assignor’s Proportionate Share of the Aggregate Term A Commitment will be
______%; (v) the Assignor’s Term B Commitment will be $___________; and (vi) the
Assignor’s Proportionate Share of the Aggregate Term B Commitment will be
______%.
2. Payments.
(a) As
consideration
for the sale, assignment and transfer contemplated in Section 1 hereof, the
Assignee shall pay to the Assignor on the Effective Date in immediately
available funds an amount equal to $________, representing the Assignee’s
Percentage Share of the principal amount of all Loans and Participations of
the
Assignor under the Credit Agreement and outstanding on the Effective
Date.
Exhibit
E
2(b) The
[Assignor]
[Assignee] further agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent a processing fee
in
the amount specified in Section
11.08(a)
of the Credit
Agreement and the out-of-pocket costs and expenses, if any, of the
Administrative Agent incurred in connection herewith.
3. Reallocation
of
Payments. Any
interest, fees and other payments accrued to the Effective Date with respect
to
the Commitment and any Loans and Participations of the Assignor shall be for
the
account of the Assignor. Any interest, fees and other payments
accrued on and after the Effective Date with respect to the portion of such
Commitment and any Loans and Participations assigned to the Assignee shall
be
for the account of the Assignee. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee agrees
that it will hold in trust for the other party any interest, fees and other
amounts which it may receive to which the other party is entitled pursuant
to
the preceding sentence and pay to the other party any such amounts which it
may
receive promptly upon receipt.
4. Independent
Credit Decision. The
Assignee: (a) acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement
and the Schedules and Exhibits thereto, together with copies of the most recent
financial statements referred to in Section
6.11
or Section
7.01
of the Credit
Agreement, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate
to make its own credit and legal analysis and decision to enter into this
Assignment and Acceptance; and (b) agrees that it will, independently and
without reliance upon the Assignor, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender
and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at
the
time, continue to make its own credit and legal decisions in taking or not
taking action under the Credit Agreement.
5. Effective
Date;
Notices.
(a) As
between the
Assignor and the Assignee, the effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance
shall be (the “Effective
Date”);
provided
that the following
conditions precedent have been satisfied on or before the Effective
Date:
(i) this
Assignment and
Acceptance shall be executed and delivered by the Assignor and the
Assignee;
(ii) any
consent of
Holdings, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent required under
Section
11.08
of the Credit
Agreement for the effectiveness of the assignment hereunder by the Assignor
to
the Assignee shall have been duly obtained and shall be in full force and effect
as of the Effective Date;
(iii) the
Assignee shall
pay to the Assignor all amounts due to the Assignor under this Assignment and
Acceptance;
(iv) the
processing fee
referred to in Section 2(b) hereof and in Section 11.08(a)
of the Credit
Agreement shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent; and
(v) the
Assignor and
Assignee shall have complied with the other requirements of Section
11.08
of the Credit
Agreement and with the requirements of Section 10.10
and Section
11.09
of the Credit
Agreement (in each case to the extent applicable).
Exhibit
E
3(b) Promptly
following
the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, the Assignor shall deliver
to
Holdings and the Administrative Agent for acknowledgement a Notice of Assignment
substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule
1.
6. Administrative
Agent. The
Assignee hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit
Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders pursuant
to the terms of the Credit Agreement. [The Assignee shall assume no duties
or
obligations held by the Assignor in its capacity as Administrative Agent or
L/C
Issuer under the Credit Agreement.] [INCLUDE
BRACKETED LANGUAGE ONLY IF ASSIGNOR IS ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT]
7. Withholding
Tax. The
Assignee (a) represents and warrants to the Assignor, the Administrative Agent
and Holdings that under applicable law and treaties no tax will be required
to
be withheld by Holdings or the Administrative Agent with respect to any payments
to be made to the Assignee hereunder, and (b) agrees to furnish (if it is
organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or
any
State thereof) to the Administrative Agent and Holdings prior to the time that
the Administrative Agent or Holdings is required to make any payment of interest
or fees under the Credit Agreement, duplicate executed originals of either
U.S.
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (if the Assignee claims that interest
or
fees paid under the Credit Agreement will be exempt from United States
withholding tax because it is effectively connected with a United States trade
or business of the Assignee) or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (if
the Assignee claims an exemption from, or a reduction of, withholding tax under
a United States tax treaty) and agrees to provide new Forms W-8ECI or W-8BEN
upon the expiration of any previously delivered form or comparable statements
in
accordance with applicable U.S. law and regulations and amendments thereto,
duly
executed and completed by the Assignee, as and when required under the Credit
Agreement.
8. Representations
and Warranties.
(a) The
Assignor
represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the
interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and
clear
of any Lien or other adverse claim; (ii) it is duly organized and existing
and
it has the full power and authority to take, and has taken, all action necessary
to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and any other documents
required or permitted to be executed or delivered by it in connection with
this
Assignment and Acceptance and to fulfill its obligations hereunder; (iii) no
notices to, or consents, authorizations or approvals of, any Person are required
(other than those referred to in Section 5(a)(ii) hereof and any already given
or obtained) for its due execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment
and Acceptance, and apart from any agreements or undertakings or filings
required by the Credit Agreement, no further action by, or notice to, or filing
with, any Person is required of it for such execution, delivery or performance;
and (iv) this Assignment and Acceptance has been duly executed and delivered
by
it and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Assignor,
enforceable against the Assignor in accordance with the terms hereof, subject,
as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and
other laws of general application relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and
to general equitable principles.
Exhibit
E
4(b) The
Assignor makes
no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to
any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the
Credit Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto. The Assignor
makes
no representation or warranty in connection with, and assumes no responsibility
with respect to, the solvency, financial condition or statements of any Loan
Party, or the performance or observance by any Loan Party, of any of its
respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or
document furnished in connection therewith.
(c) The
Assignee
represents and warrants that (i) it is duly organized and existing and it has
full power and authority to take, and has taken, all action necessary to execute
and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and any other documents required
or
permitted to be executed or delivered by it in connection with this Assignment
and Acceptance, and to fulfill its obligations hereunder; (ii) no notices to,
or
consents, authoriza-tions or approvals of, any Person are required (other than
those referred to in Section 5(a)(ii) hereof and any already given or obtained)
for its due execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment and
Acceptance; and apart from any agreements or undertakings or filings required
by
the Credit Agreement, no further action by, or notice to, or filing with, any
Person is required of it for such execution, delivery or performance; (iii)
this
Assignment and Acceptance has been duly executed and delivered by it and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Assignee, enforceable
against the Assignee in accordance with the terms hereof, subject, as to
enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other
laws of general application relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to
general equitable principles; and (iv) it is an Eligible Assignee.
9. Further
Assurances.
The Assignor and
the Assignee each hereby agrees to execute and deliver such other instruments,
and take such other action, as either party may reasonably request in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Assignment and Acceptance, including
the delivery of any notices or other documents or instruments to Holdings or
the
Administrative Agent, which may be required in connection with the assignment
and assumption contemplated hereby.
10. Miscellaneous.
(a) Any
amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Assignment and Acceptance shall be in writing
and signed by the parties hereto. No failure or delay by either
party
hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate
as a
waiver thereof and any waiver of any breach of the provisions of this Assignment
and Acceptance shall be without prejudice to any rights with respect to any
other or further breach thereof.
(b) All
payments made
hereunder shall be made without any set-off or counterclaim.
(c) The
Assignor and
the Assignee shall each pay its own costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance of this Assignment
and Acceptance.
Exhibit
E
5(d) This
Assignment and
Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.
(e) THIS
ASSIGNMENT AND
ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF
THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THE ASSIGNOR AND THE ASSIGNEE EACH IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS
TO
THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN
CALIFORNIA OVER ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT
OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH CALIFORNIA
STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. EACH PARTY TO THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY
OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE
GROUNDS OF FORUM
NON
CONVENIENS,
WHICH IT MAY NOW
OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OR ANY DOCUMENT
RELATED HERETO, AND PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS,
WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY CALIFORNIA LAW.
(f) THE
ASSIGNOR AND
THE ASSIGNEE EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON,
OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE,
AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE
BROUGHT BY EITHER OF THE PARTIES AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT
TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE PARTIES
ALSO AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT
TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.
[Other
provisions to be added as may be negotiated between the Assignor and the
Assignee, provided that such provisions are not inconsistent with the Credit
Agreement.]
Exhibit
E
6IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused this Assignment
and
Acceptance to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as
of
the date first above written.
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Exhibit
E
7SCHEDULE
1
to
the Assignment
and Acceptance
NOTICE
OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Date:
________________
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
National Association as L/C Issuer,
Swingline
Bank and
Administrative Agent
[__________________]
[__________________]
[__________________]
Attention:
[________]
Telephone:
[________]
Facsimile:
[________]
Building
Materials
Holding Corporation
Four
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attention:
_________________
Ladies
and
Gentlemen:
We
refer to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005
(as extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Building
Materials Holdings Corporation, (“Holdings”),
BMC West
Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation
Agent, Lasalle Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S.
Bank
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial
institutions from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”). Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
11. We
hereby give you
notice of [, and request the consent of [Holdings,] the L/C Issuer, the
Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent to,] the assignment by
_____________ (the “Assignor”)
to
_______________________ (the “Assignee”)
of ___% of the
right, title and interest of the Assignor in and to the Credit Agreement
(including, without limitation, _____% of the right, title and interest of
the
Assignor in and to the Commitment of the Assignor, all outstanding Loans made
or
participated in by the Assignor and all Letters of Credit participated in by
Assignor) pursuant to that certain Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, dated
as
of _________ (the “Assignment
and
Acceptance”)
between Assignor
and Assignee, a copy of which Assignment and Acceptance is attached
hereto. Before giving effect to such assignment the Assignor’s
Revolving Commitment is $ ________, its Proportionate Share of the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment is _______%, its Term A Commitment is $_______; its
outstanding Proportionate Share of the Aggregate Term A Commitment is $________;
its Term B Commitment is $_______; and its outstanding Proportionate Share
of
the Aggregate Term B Commitment is $________.
Exhibit
E
812. The
Assignee agrees
that, upon receiving the consent of Holdings, the Administrative Agent, the
L/C
Issuer and the Swingline Lender to such assignment (in each case, if applicable)
and from and after the Effective Date (as such term is defined in Section 5
of
the Assignment and Acceptance), the Assignee shall be bound by the terms of
the
Credit Agreement, with respect to the interest in the Credit Agreement assigned
to it as specified above, as fully and to the same extent as if the Assignee
were the Lender originally holding such interest in the Credit
Agreement.
13. The
following
administrative details apply to the Assignee:
(A) Lending
Office(s):
Assignee
name:____________________________
Address:__________________________________
Attention:__________________________________
Telephone:
(___)
___________________________
Facsimile:
(___)
____________________________
Assignee
name:
Address:
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Attention:
___________________________________
Telephone
(__)
______________________________
Facsimile:
(__)
______________________________
(B) Notice
Address:
Assignee
name:
Exhibit
E
9Address:
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Attention:
___________________________________
Telephone
(__)
______________________________
Facsimile:
(__)
______________________________
(C) Payment
Instructions:
Account
No.:
_________________________
At:
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Reference:
_________________________
Attention:
_________________________
14. You
are entitled to
rely upon the representations, warranties and covenants of each of the Assignor
and Assignee contained in the Assignment and Acceptance.
15. This
Notice of
Assignment and Acceptance may be executed by the Assignor and the Assignee
in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same notice and agreement.
Exhibit
E
10IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused this Notice of
Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their respective duly authorized
officials, officers or agents as of the date first above mentioned.
Very
truly
yours,
Revolving
Commitment:
$________________
|
[ASSIGNOR]
By:
_________________________
Title:
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Term
A
Commitment:
$________________
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Term
B
Commitment:
$________________
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Proportionate
Share of Aggregate Revolving Commitment:
_____%
|
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Proportionate
Share of Aggregate Term A Commitment:
_____%
|
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Proportionate
Share of Aggregate Term B Commitment:
_____%
|
Exhibit
E
11
Revolving
Commitment:
$________________
|
[ASSIGNOR]
By:
_____________________________
Title:
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Term
A
Commitment:
$________________
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Term
B
Commitment:
$________________
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Proportionate
Share of Aggregate Revolving Commitment:
_____%
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Proportionate
Share of Aggregate Term A Commitment:
_____%
|
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Proportionate
Share of Aggregate Term B Commitment:
_____%
|
Exhibit
E
12[CONSENTED
TO as
of
BUILDING
MATERIALS
HOLDING CORPORATION
By:
______________________
Title:
_____________________]
ACKNOWLEDGED
[AND
CONSENTED
TO]
as of
XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
L/C Issuer, Swingline Lender and Administrative Agent
By:
______________________
Title:
_____________________]
Exhibit
E
13EXHIBIT
F-1
FORM
OF
REVOLVING NOTE
U.S.
$______________________________________________________
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
the undersigned, BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(“Holdings”),
hereby promises
to pay to the order of _____________ (the “Lender”)
the principal
sum of _______________________ Dollars
($_____________) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Revolving Loans made by the Lender to Holdings pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June
30,
2005 (as
extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Holdings,
BMC West Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and
Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agent,
Lasalle Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent,
the several
financial institutions from time to time party
thereto
(the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger,
as issuing bank of
certain letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
on the dates
and in the amounts provided in the Credit Agreement. Holdings
further
promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loans
evidenced hereby from time to time at the rates, on the dates, and otherwise
as
provided in the Credit Agreement.
The
Lender is
authorized to endorse the amount of each Revolving Loan, the date on which
each
Revolving Loan is made, and each payment of principal with respect thereto
on
the schedule annexed hereto and made a part hereof, or on continuations thereof
which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided
that any failure
to endorse such information on such schedule or continuation thereof shall
not
in any manner affect any obligation of Holdings under the Credit Agreement
and
this promissory note (this “Note”).
This
Note is one of
the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit
Agreement, which Credit Agreement, among other things, contains provisions
for
acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events
and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity
hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
This
Note is
secured by certain Collateral more specifically described in the Credit
Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
Terms
defined in
the Credit Agreement are used herein with their defined meanings therein unless
otherwise defined herein.
Exhibit
F-1
1
This
Note shall be
governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of
the
State of California.
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Exhibit
F-1
2
SCHEDULE
to
Revolving
Note
Date
Loan Disbursed
|
Amount
of Loan
|
Principal
Payment
|
Date
Principal Paid
|
Exhibit
F-1
3
EXHIBIT
F-2
FORM
OF TERM A
NOTE
U.S.
$______________________________________________________
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
the undersigned, BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“Holdings”),
hereby promises
to pay to
the order
of_________________________ (the “Lender”)
the principal
sum of _______________________ Dollars ($__________________) or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term A Loan made by the Lender to
Holdings pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below and outstanding
on
the Term A Loan Maturity Date. Holdings further promises to pay interest on
the
unpaid principal amount of the Term A Loan evidenced hereby from
time to time
at the rates, on the dates, and otherwise as provided in the Credit
Agreement.
The
Lender is
authorized to endorse the amount of and the date on which the Term A Loan is
made and each payment of principal with respect thereto on the schedule annexed
hereto and made a part hereof, or on continuations thereof which shall be
attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided
that any failure
to endorse such information on such schedule or continuation thereof shall
not
in any manner affect any obligation of Holdings under the Credit Agreement
and
this Promissory Note (this “Note”).
This
Note is one of
the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June
30,
2005 (as
extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Holdings,
BMC West Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and
Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agent,
Lasalle Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent,
the several
financial institutions from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
which Credit
Agreement, among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the
maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for
payments and prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity
hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
This
Note is
secured by certain Collateral more specifically described in the Credit
Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
Terms
defined in
the Credit Agreement are used herein with their defined
meanings therein
unless otherwise defined herein.
Exhibit
F-2
1
This
Note shall be
governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with,
the laws of the
State of California.
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Exhibit
F-2
2
SCHEDULE
to
Term A
Note
Date
Loan
Disbursed
|
Amount
of
Loan
|
Principal
Payment
|
Date
Principal Paid
|
Exhibit
F-2
3
EXHIBIT
F-3
FORM
OF TERM B
NOTE
U.S.
$______________________________________________________
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
the undersigned, BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“Holdings”),
hereby promises
to pay to
the order
of_________________________ (the “Lender”)
the principal
sum of _______________________ Dollars ($__________________) or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term B Loan made by the Lender to
Holdings pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below and outstanding
on
the Term B Loan Maturity Date. Holdings further promises to pay interest on
the
unpaid principal amount of the Term B Loan evidenced hereby from
time to time
at the rates, on the dates, and otherwise as provided in the Credit
Agreement.
The
Lender is
authorized to endorse the amount of and the date on which the Term B
Loan
is made and each payment of principal with respect thereto on the schedule
annexed hereto and made a part hereof, or on continuations thereof which shall
be attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided
that any failure
to endorse such information on such schedule or continuation thereof shall
not
in any manner affect any obligation of Holdings under the Credit Agreement
and
this Promissory Note (this “Note”).
This
Note is one of
the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June
30,
2005 (as
extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Holdings,
BMC West Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and
Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agent,
Lasalle Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent,
the several
financial institutions from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”),
which Credit
Agreement, among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the
maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for
payments and prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity
hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
This
Note is
secured by certain Collateral more specifically described in the Credit
Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
Terms
defined in
the Credit Agreement are used herein with their defined
meanings therein
unless otherwise defined herein.
Exhibit
F-3
1
This
Note shall be
governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with,
the laws of the
State of California.
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Exhibit
F-3
2
SCHEDULE
to
Term B
Note
Date
Loan
Disbursed
|
Amount
of
Loan
|
Principal
Payment
|
Date
Principal Paid
|
Exhibit
F-3
3
EXHIBIT
G
Date:
_________________________________________
FORM
OF
ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
To
each of the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement
referred
to below,
and to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association,
as
Administrative Agent
Ladies
and
Gentlemen:
This
Additional
Guarantor Assumption Agreement is made and delivered pursuant to Section
7.13
of that certain
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as extended,
renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Building
Materials Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”),
BMC West
Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation
Agent, Lasalle Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S.
Bank
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial
institutions from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”). All
capitalized terms used in this Additional Guarantor Assumption Agreement and
not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement.
________________________(the
“Subsidiary”)
hereby confirms,
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the
Subsidiary is a U.S. Subsidiary effective as of
_________________.
The
documents
required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent under clauses (ii)
and
(iii) of Section 7.13(a)
of the Credit
Agreement 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 date hereof, the Subsidiary shall
be a
party to the Credit Agreement and a party to the Security Agreement (as
amended), and shall have obligations, duties and liabilities towards each of
the
other parties to the Credit Agreement (and the Security Agreement) identical
to
those which the Subsidiary would have had if the Subsidiary had been an original
party to the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor and the Security Agreement as
a
Grantor (and pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary
hereby grants to the Administrative Agent a security interest in all Collateral
(as defined in the Security Agreement) in which Subsidiary has an interest
to
secure the Secured Obligations). The Subsidiary confirms its
acceptance of, and consents to, all representations and warranties, covenants,
and other terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Security
Agreement applicable to the Guarantors and to any other Loan Documents to which
the Guarantors are parties.
Exhibit
G
1
Without
limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Subsidiary confirms that effective as
of
the date hereof it shall be liable as a Guarantor pursuant to Section
11.12
of the Credit
Agreement.
This
Additional
Guarantor Assumption Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit
Agreement.
THIS
ADDITIONAL
GUARANTOR ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Subsidiary has caused this Additional Guarantor Assumption
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered in ____________ by its proper and
duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit
G
2
EXHIBIT
H
FORM
OF LEGAL
OPINION OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR’S COUNSEL
[to
be
provided]
Exhibit
H
1
EXHIBIT
I
SECOND
AMENDED
AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS
SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”),
dated as of
June 30, 2005 is made by and among BMC West Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”),
Building
Materials Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”),
certain other
affiliates of Holdings listed in Annex I
hereto or acceding
hereto as provided in Section 23 hereof, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association (“Xxxxx
Fargo”),
as agent for
itself and the Secured Parties referred to below (in such capacity, the
“Administrative
Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the
parties hereto previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated
Security Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2003 (as amended through the date
hereof, the “Existing Security Agreement”) pursuant to which, to secure the
obligations, the Grantors (as defined herein) pledged to, and granted a security
interest in, all Collateral described herein in favor of the Secured Parties
(as
defined herein).
WHEREAS,
the
Company, Holdings, the other Loan Parties named therein, certain lending
institutions as lenders, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger and Syndication
Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agent, Lasalle
Bank,
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S. Bank National Association,
as Co-Documentation Agent, and Xxxxx Fargo, as Administrative Agent, are parties
to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), which Credit Agreement amends and restates that certain Credit
Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2003 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) among
Holdings, the Company, certain other affiliates of Holdings, Xxxxx Fargo, as
Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto; and
WHEREAS,
it is a
condition precedent to the borrowings under the Credit Agreement that the
Grantors and the Secured Parties amend and restate the Existing Security
Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and grant
(and reaffirm and continue any prior grant) to the Administrative Agent, for
itself and for the ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties, the security
interests hereinafter provided to secure the Secured Obligations.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION
1.
Definitions;
Interpretation.
(a) Terms
Defined in
Credit Agreement. All
capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including in the recitals hereof)
and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Credit Agreement.
Exhibit
I
1
1
(b) Certain
Defined
Terms. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Accounts”
means
any and all accounts of any Grantor, whether now existing or hereafter acquired
or arising, and in any event includes all accounts receivable, contract rights,
rights to payment and other obligations of any kind owed to any Grantor arising
out of or in connection with the sale or lease of merchandise, goods or
commodities or the rendering of services or arising from any other transaction,
however evidenced, and whether or not earned by performance, all guaranties,
indemnities and security with respect to the foregoing, and all letters of
credit relating thereto, in each case whether now existing or hereafter acquired
or arising.
“Books”
means all
books, records and other written, electronic or other documentation in whatever
form maintained now or hereafter by or for any Grantor in connection with the
ownership of its assets or the conduct of its business or evidencing or
containing information relating to the Collateral, including: (i) ledgers;
(ii)
records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing any Grantor’s assets (including
Inventory and Rights to Payment), business operations or financial condition;
(iii) computer programs and software; (iv) computer discs, tapes, files,
manuals, spreadsheets; (v) computer printouts and output of whatever kind;
(vi)
any other computer prepared or electronically stored, collected or reported
information of any kind; and (vii) any and all other rights now or hereafter
arising out of any contract or agreement between any Grantor and any service
bureau, computer or data processing company or other Person charged with
preparing or maintaining any of any Grantor’s books or records or with credit
reporting, including with regard to any Grantor’s Accounts.
“Chattel
Paper”
means all writings of whatever sort which evidence a monetary obligation and
a
security interest in or lease of specific goods, whether now existing or
hereafter arising.
“Collateral”
has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Commercial
Tort
Claims” means the commercial tort claim(s), in which a Grantor is a plaintiff,
which are described on Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Deposit
Account”
means any demand, time, savings, passbook or like account now or hereafter
maintained by or for the benefit of any Grantor with a bank, savings and loan
association, credit union or like organization and all funds and amounts
therein, whether or not restricted or designated for a particular
purpose.
“Deposit
Account
Control Agreement” means an account control agreement in substantially the form
of Exhibit B attached hereto.
“Documents”
means
any and all documents of title, bills of lading, dock warrants, dock receipts,
warehouse receipts and other documents of any Grantor, whether or not
negotiable, and includes all other documents which purport to be issued by
a
bailee or agent and purport to cover goods in any bailee’s or agent’s possession
which are either identified or are fungible portions of an identified mass,
including such documents of title made available to any Grantor for the purpose
of ultimate sale or exchange of goods or for the purpose of loading, unloading,
storing, shipping, transshipping, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing
with goods in a manner preliminary to their sale or exchange, in each case
whether now existing or hereafter acquired or arising.
Exhibit
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“Equipment”
means
all now existing or hereafter acquired equipment of any Grantor in all of its
forms, wherever located, and in any event includes any and all machinery,
furniture, equipment, furnishings and fixtures in which any Grantor now or
hereafter acquires any right, and all other goods and tangible personal property
(other than Inventory), including tools, parts and supplies, automobiles,
trucks, tractors and other vehicles, computer and other electronic data
processing equipment and other office equipment, computer programs and related
data processing software, and all additions, substitutions, replacements, parts,
accessories, and accessions to and for the foregoing, now owned or hereafter
acquired, and including any of the foregoing which are or are to become fixtures
on real property.
“Filing
Offices”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“General
Intangibles” means all general intangibles of any Grantor, now existing or
hereafter acquired or arising, and in any event includes: (i) all tax and other
refunds, rebates or credits of every kind and nature to which any Grantor is
now
or hereafter may become entitled; (ii) all good will, choses in action and
causes of action, whether legal or equitable, whether in contract or tort and
however arising; (iii) all Intellectual Property Collateral; (iv) all rights
of
stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation; (v) all licenses, permits,
consents, indulgences and rights of whatever kind issued in favor of or
otherwise recognized as belonging to any Grantor by any Governmental Authority;
and (vi) all indemnity agreements, guaranties, insurance policies and other
contractual, equitable and legal rights of whatever kind or nature; in each
case
whether now existing or hereafter acquired or arising.
“Grantors”
means
Holdings, the Company and the other Loan Parties.
“Instruments”
means
any and all negotiable instruments and every other writing which evidences
a
right to the payment of money, wherever located and whether now existing or
hereafter acquired.
“Intellectual
Property Collateral” means the following properties and assets owned or held by
any Grantor or in which any Grantor otherwise has any interest, now existing
or
hereafter acquired or arising:
(i) all
patents and
patent applications, domestic or foreign, all licenses relating to any of the
foregoing and all income and royalties with respect to any licenses (including
such patents, patent applications and patent licenses as described in
Schedule 2), all rights to xxx for past, present or future infringement
thereof, all rights arising therefrom and pertaining thereto and all reissues,
divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part
thereof; all copyrights and applications for copyright, domestic or foreign,
together with the underlying works of authorship (including titles), whether
or
not the underlying works of authorship have been published and whether said
copyrights are statutory or arise under the common law, and all other rights
and
works of authorship (including the copyrights and copyright applications
described in Schedule 2), all rights, claims and demands in any way
relating to any such copyrights or works, including royalties and rights to
xxx
for past, present or future infringement, and all rights of renewal and
extension of copyright;
Exhibit
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3
(ii) all
state
(including common law), federal and foreign trademarks, service marks and trade
names, and applications for registration of such trademarks, service marks
and
trade names, all licenses relating to any of the foregoing and all income and
royalties with respect to any licenses (including such marks, names,
applications and licenses as described in Schedule 2), whether registered
or unregistered and wherever registered, all rights to xxx for past, present
or
future infringement or unconsented use thereof, all rights arising therefrom
and
pertaining thereto and all reissues, extensions and renewals
thereof;
(iii) all
trade secrets,
trade dress, trade styles, logos, other source of business identifiers,
mask-works, mask-work registrations, mask-work applications, software,
confidential information, customer lists, license rights, advertising materials,
operating manuals, methods, processes, know-how, algorithms, formulae,
databases, quality control procedures, product, service and technical
specifications, operating, production and quality control manuals, sales
literature, drawings, specifications, blue prints, descriptions, inventions,
name plates and catalogs; and
(iv) the
entire goodwill
of or associated with the businesses now or hereafter conducted by such Grantor
connected with and symbolized by any of the aforementioned properties and
assets.
“Intellectual
Property Security Agreement” means each Patent and Trademark Security Agreement,
each Copyright Security Agreement and any amendment thereto, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders,
supplementary to this Agreement and prepared for purposes of recordation with
the U.S. Copyright Office or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as
applicable.
“Inventory”
means
any and all of any Grantor’s inventory in all of its forms, wherever located,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and in any event includes all goods
(including goods in transit) which are held for sale, lease or other
disposition, including those held for display or demonstration or out on lease
or consignment or to be furnished under a contract of service, or which are
raw
materials, work in process, finished goods or materials used or consumed in
any
Grantor’s business, and the resulting product or mass, and all repossessed,
returned, rejected, reclaimed and replevied goods, together with all parts,
components, supplies packing, and other materials used or usable in connection
with the manufacture, production, packing, shipping, advertising, selling or
furnishing of such goods; and all other items hereafter acquired by any Grantor
by way of substitution, replacement, return, repossession or otherwise, and
all
additions and accessions thereto, and any Document representing or relating
to
any of the foregoing at any time.
Exhibit
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4
“Investment
Property” means any and all investment property of any Grantor, including all
securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, security entitlements,
securities accounts, commodity contracts and commodity accounts, and all
financial assets held in any securities account or otherwise, wherever located,
and whether now existing or hereafter acquired or arising.
“Lender”
has the
meaning specified in the Credit Agreement, and includes the Revolving Lenders,
the Term A Lenders, the Term B Lenders, any Additional Lenders,
the
L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender and any Swap Providers.
“Letter
of Credit
Proceeds” means any and all proceeds of written letters of credit, including all
“Letter-of-Credit Rights” as such term is defined in the UCC.
“Other
Accounts”
means each of the Deposit Accounts set forth in Section 3(c) of
Schedule 1 to this Agreement.
“Partnership
Collateral” means any and all limited and general partnership interests and
limited liability company interests of any type or nature, whether now existing
or hereafter acquired or arising.
“Pledged
Collateral” means any and all (i) Pledged Shares; (ii) additional
capital stock or other equity securities of the direct or indirect Subsidiaries
of Holdings or the Company (other than Subsidiaries which are owned by
Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries), whether certificated or uncertificated (not
exceeding 65% of the voting shares of capital stock (and 100% of the non-voting
shares of stock) of any such Subsidiaries of Holdings that are not U.S.
Subsidiaries, unless no adverse tax consequences to the Grantor thereof shall
arise or exist in connection therewith); (iii) other Investment Property
of
any Grantor; (iv) warrants, options or other rights entitling any Grantor
to acquire any interest in capital stock or other securities of such direct
or
indirect Subsidiaries of Holdings or the Company or of any other Person;
(v) Partnership Collateral; (vi) Instruments; (vii) Pledged
Debt;
(viii) securities, property, interest, dividends and other payments
and
distributions issued as an addition to, in redemption of, in renewal or exchange
for, in substitution or upon conversion of, or otherwise on account of, any
of
the foregoing; (ix) certificates and instruments now or hereafter
representing or evidencing any of the foregoing; (x) rights, interests
and
claims with respect to the foregoing, including under any and all related
agreements, instruments and other documents; and (xi) cash and non-cash
proceeds of any of the foregoing, in each case whether presently existing or
owned or hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located, and as from time
to
time received or receivable by, or otherwise paid or distributed to or acquired
by, any Grantor.
“Pledged
Debt”
means the indebtedness in described in Schedule 3.
Exhibit
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“Pledged
Shares”
means all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock, whether
certificated or uncertificated, of Holdings’ direct or indirect Subsidiaries now
owned by any Grantor (or 65% of the voting capital stock and 100% of the
non-voting stock in the case of any non-U.S. Subsidiaries), as more specifically
described in Schedule 3; provided, however, that Pledged Shares shall
not
include capital stock of Subsidiaries which are owned by Non-Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries.
“Primary
Account”
means initially, each of the Deposit Accounts set forth in Section 3(a)
of
Schedule 1 to this Agreement, and thereafter, each additional Deposit
Account which does not constitute a Zero Balance Account.
“Proceeds”
means
whatever is receivable or received from or upon the sale, lease, license,
collection, use, exchange or other disposition, whether voluntary or
involuntary, of any Collateral or other assets of any Grantor, including
“proceeds” as defined at UCC Section 9102, any and all proceeds of any
insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to or for the account of
any
Grantor from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, any and all
payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Grantor from
time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation,
seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any Governmental
Authority (or any Person acting under color of Governmental Authority), any
and
all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection
with
any of the Collateral or for or on account of any damage or injury to or
conversion of any Collateral by any Person, any and all other tangible or
intangible property received upon the sale or disposition of Collateral, and
all
proceeds of proceeds.
“Rights
to Payment”
means all Accounts and any and all rights and claims to the payment or receipt
of money or other forms of consideration of any kind in, to and under all
Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, Investment Property,
Pledged Debt and Proceeds.
“Secured
Obligations” means all indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of the
Grantors to the Secured Parties created under, or arising out of or in
connection with, the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan
Documents, and any and all other indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations
of the Grantors to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, or any Affiliate
thereof, including all unpaid principal of the Loans, all interest accrued
thereon, all fees due under the Credit Agreement and all other amounts payable
by the Grantors to any Secured Party thereunder or in connection therewith,
whether now existing or hereafter arising, and whether due or to become due,
absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or
undetermined.
“Secured
Parties”
means the Lenders, the Lead Arranger, and the Administrative Agent, and each
of
their respective successors, transferees and assigns.
“Securities
Account
Control Agreement” means an account control agreement in substantially the form
of Exhibit C attached hereto.
Exhibit
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“UCC”
means the
Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be in effect in
the
State of California; provided, however, in the event that, by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or
priority of the security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of
California, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to
such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related
to such provisions.
“Zero
Balance
Account” means each of the “zero balance” Deposit Accounts set forth in
Section 3(b) of Schedule 1 to this Agreement.
(c) Terms
Defined in
UCC. Where
applicable and except as otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Agreement
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC.
(d) Interpretation. The
rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement
shall be applicable to this Agreement and are incorporated herein by this
reference.
SECTION
2.
Security
Interest.
(a) Grant
of
Security Interest. As
security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, each
Grantor hereby pledges, assigns, transfers, hypothecates and sets over to the
Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of and for the ratable benefit
of
the other Secured Parties, and hereby confirms its prior grant under the
Existing Security Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, and grants, to
the
Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of and for the ratable benefit
of
the other Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right,
title and interest in, to and under the following property, wherever located
and
whether now existing or owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively,
the “Collateral”): (i) all Accounts; (ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Deposit Accounts; (iv) all Documents; (v) all
Equipment; (vi) all General Intangibles; (vii) all Pledged Collateral;
(viii) all Inventory; (ix) all Books; (x) all Commercial
Tort
Claims; (xi) all products and Proceeds of any of the foregoing; and
(xii) all Letter of Credit Proceeds. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2(a), such grant of security interest
shall not extend to, and the term “Collateral” shall not include, any Chattel
Paper, contracts and other General Intangibles which are now or hereafter held
by any Grantor as licensee, lessee or otherwise, to the extent that
(i) such Chattel Paper, contracts and other General Intangibles are
not
assignable or capable of being encumbered as a matter of law or under the terms
of the license, lease or other agreement applicable thereto (but solely to
the
extent that any such restriction shall be enforceable under applicable law),
without the consent of the licensor or lessor thereof or other applicable party
thereto and (ii) such consent has not been obtained; provided, however,
that the foregoing grant of security interest shall extend to, and the term
“Collateral” shall include (A) any General Intangible which is Rights to
Payment or a proceed of, or otherwise related to the enforcement and collection
of, any Rights to Payment, or goods which are the subject of any Rights to
Payment, (B) any and all proceeds of such Chattel Paper, contracts and
other General Intangibles to the extent that the assignment or encumbering
of
such proceeds is not so restricted and (C) upon any such licensor’s,
lessor’s or other applicable party’s consent with respect to any such otherwise
excluded Chattel Paper, contracts or other General Intangibles being obtained,
thereafter such Chattel Paper, contracts or other General Intangibles as well
as
any and all proceeds thereof that might have theretofore have been excluded
from
such grant of a security interest and the term “Collateral.”
Exhibit
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(b) Grantors
Remain
Liable. Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) each Grantor shall remain
liable under any contracts, agreements and other documents included in the
Collateral, to the extent set forth therein, to perform all of its duties and
obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed, (ii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of the
rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or
obligations under such contracts, agreements and other documents included in
the
Collateral, and (iii) 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 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 Grantor thereunder
or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract, agreement or
other document included in the Collateral hereunder.
(c) Continuing
Security Interest. Each
Grantor agrees that this Agreement shall create a continuing security interest
in the Collateral which shall remain in effect (from the time of its initial
creation under the Existing Security Agreement) until terminated in accordance
with Section 22.
SECTION
3.
Perfection
Procedures. Each
Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent concurrently
with
the execution of this Agreement, and at any time and from time to time
thereafter, all financing statements, continuation statements, termination
statements, security agreements, chattel mortgages, assignments, patent,
copyright and trademark collateral assignments, fixture filings, warehouse
receipts, documents of title, affidavits, reports, notices, schedules of
account, letters of authority and all other documents and instruments, in form
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and take all other action, as the
Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders may request, to perfect and
continue perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the
Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral and to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality
of the
foregoing, each Grantor shall from time to time take the following
actions:
(a) Filing
of
Financing Statements. On
or
prior to the Effective Date each Grantor shall deliver completed UCC-1 financing
statements (or amendments to UCC-1 financing statements previously filed, as
applicable) for filing or recording offices described in Schedule 4
(the
“Filing Offices”), and after the Effective Date the applicable Grantor shall
execute and deliver completed UCC-1 financing statements (or amendments to
UCC-1
financing statements previously filed, as applicable) for filing in the
appropriate filing office or offices in any state identified by a Grantor in
a
notice delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 5(d)
or
5(e).
Exhibit
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(b) Delivery
of
Pledged Collateral. Except
with respect to Investment Property for which a Securities Account Control
Agreement has been executed in accordance with Section 3(g) hereof,
each
Grantor hereby agrees to deliver to or for the account of the Administrative
Agent, at the address and to the Person to be designated by the Administrative
Agent, the certificates, instruments and other writings representing any Pledged
Collateral, which shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall
be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank,
in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. If any Grantor
shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any such Pledged Collateral
after the date hereof, such Grantor shall accept the foregoing as the agent
for
the Administrative Agent, shall hold it in trust for the Administrative Agent,
shall segregate it from other property or funds of such Grantor, and shall
immediately deliver the same and all certificates, instruments and other
writings representing such Pledged Collateral forthwith to or for the account
of
the Administrative Agent, at the address and to the Person to be designated
by
the Administrative Agent, which shall be in suitable form for transfer by
delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer
or
assignment in blank in form satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, so long as
no Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) each Grantor may
retain for collection in the ordinary course any Instruments received by such
Grantor in the ordinary course of business, and the Administrative Agent shall,
promptly upon request of such Grantor, make appropriate arrangements for making
any other Instruments and/or Pledged Debt pledged by such Grantor available
to
the payor of any such Instrument or Pledged Debt for purposes of presentation,
collection or renewal (any such arrangement to be effected, to the extent
required under applicable law to continue perfected the Administrative Agent’s
security interest hereunder in such Instruments or Pledged Debt , against trust
receipt or like document), and (ii) each Grantor may retain any additional
Pledged Collateral consisting of Instruments with a face value of less than
$1,000,000 individually and $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Instruments
or, in the case of any such additional Pledged Collateral with no face value,
then such additional Pledged Collateral with a fair market value of less than
$1,000,000 individually and $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such
Instruments, as determined by such Grantor in good faith.
(c) Transfer
of
Security Interest Other Than by Delivery. If
for
any reason Pledged Collateral cannot be delivered to or for the account of
the
Administrative Agent as provided in subsection 3(b), each Grantor shall
promptly take such other steps as may be necessary or as shall be reasonably
requested from time to time by the Administrative Agent to effect a transfer
of
a perfected first priority security interest in and pledge of the Pledged
Collateral to the Administrative Agent for itself and on behalf of and for
the
ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties pursuant to the UCC. To
the extent practicable, such Grantor shall thereafter deliver the Pledged
Collateral to or for the account of the Administrative Agent as provided in
subsection 3(b).
(d) Deposit
Accounts. Each
Grantor shall execute, and shall cause each applicable financial institution
to
execute, a Deposit Account Control Agreement and shall take such other actions
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to perfect and continue
the
perfection of, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the Administrative
Agent’s security interest in Collateral consisting of all of Grantors’ Primary
Accounts and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement such that the
Administrative Agent shall have control of all such Primary Accounts as is
required for perfection pursuant to Sections 9-104 and 9-314 of the
Uniform
Commercial Code.
Exhibit
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(e) Intellectual
Property Collateral.
(i) Each
Grantor shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, concurrently with the execution
of this Agreement, such Intellectual Property Security Agreements as the
Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders may reasonably request, and record
such Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the U.S. Copyright Office
or
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, and take such other action
as may be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders
may
reasonably request, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in
such Intellectual Property Collateral.
(ii) Immediately
following the creation or other acquisition of any Intellectual Property
Collateral by any Grantor after the date hereof which is registered or becomes
registered or the subject of an application for registration with the U.S.
Copyright Office or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, such
Grantor shall modify this Agreement by amending Schedule 2 to include
any
Intellectual Property Collateral which becomes part of the Collateral and which
was not included on Schedule 2 as of the date hereof and record such
Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the U.S. Copyright Office or
the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, and take such other action
as
may be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders may
reasonably request, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in
such Intellectual Property Collateral.
(f) Documents,
Etc. Each
Grantor shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent, or an agent designated by it, appropriately
endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer or assignment,
all Documents and Chattel Paper, and all other Rights to Payment at any time
evidenced by promissory notes, trade acceptances or other instruments, not
already delivered hereunder pursuant to this Section 3; provided, however,
that unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such
Grantor shall not be required to deliver any Document, Chattel Paper, promissory
note, trade acceptance or other instrument having a face amount not in excess
of
$1,000,000 individually and $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such
items. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, Grantors
shall
xxxx all Documents and Chattel Paper with such legends as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably specify.
(g) Investment
Property. Each
Grantor shall execute, and shall cause each applicable securities intermediary
to execute, a Securities Account Control Agreement and shall take such other
actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to perfect and
continue the perfection of, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the
Administrative Agent’s security interest in Collateral consisting of Investment
Property and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement such that the
Administrative Agent shall have control of all such Investment Property as
is
required for perfection pursuant to Sections 9-106 and 9-314 of the
UCC.
Exhibit
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SECTION
4.
Representations
and Warranties. In
addition to the representations and warranties of the Grantors set forth in
the
Credit Agreement, which are incorporated herein by this reference, each Grantor
represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent
that:
(a) Jurisdiction. Each
Grantor is organized in the jurisdiction set forth in Section 8 of
Schedule 1 (each Grantor’s “Jurisdiction of Organization”).
(b) Locations
of
Books. All
locations where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment are kept, including
all equipment necessary for accessing such Books and the names and addresses
of
all service bureaus, computer or data processing companies and other Persons
keeping any Books or collecting Rights to Payment for any Grantor, are set
forth
in Schedule 1.
(c) Trade
Names and
Trade Styles. All
trade names and trade styles under which any Grantor presently conducts its
business operations are set forth in Schedule 1, and, except as set
forth
in Schedule 1 and in connection with the Transaction, no Grantor has,
at
any time in the past five years: (i) been known as or used any other
corporate, trade or fictitious name; (ii) changed its name; (iii) been
the surviving or resulting corporation in a merger or consolidation; or
(iv) acquired through asset purchase or otherwise any business of any
Person.
(d) Ownership
of
Collateral. Each
Grantor is, and, except as permitted by Section 5(i), will continue
to be,
the sole and complete owner of the Collateral (or, in the case of after-acquired
Collateral, at the time any Grantor acquires rights in such Collateral, will
be
the sole and complete owner thereof), free from any Lien other than Permitted
Liens.
(e) Enforceability;
Priority of Security Interest. (i) This
Agreement creates a security interest which is enforceable against the
Collateral in which each Grantor now has rights and will create a security
interest which is enforceable against the Collateral in which such Grantor
hereafter acquires rights at the time such Grantor acquires any such rights;
and
(ii) the Administrative Agent has a perfected and first priority security
interest in the Collateral in which such Grantor now has rights, and will have
a
perfected and first priority security interest in the Collateral in which such
Grantor hereafter acquires rights at the time such Grantor acquires any such
rights, in each case for the Administrative Agent’s own benefit and for the
ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties and subject to Permitted Liens,
securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations.
Exhibit
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(f) Other
Financing
Statements. Other
than (i) financing statements or similar filings naming the owner of
the
asset to which such Lien relates as debtor, under the UCC or any comparable
law
(“UCC Financing Statements”), disclosed to the Administrative Agent prior to the
Effective Date and (ii) UCC Financing Statements in favor of the
Administrative Agent in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and
the
other Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Documents,
no effective UCC Financing Statement naming any Grantor as debtor, assignor,
grantor, mortgagor, pledgor or the like and covering all or any part of the
Collateral is on file in any filing or recording office in any jurisdiction,
except in connection with Permitted Liens.
(g) Rights
to
Payment.
(i) The
Rights to
Payment represent valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the account
debtors or other Persons obligated thereon, representing undisputed, bona fide
transactions completed in accordance with the terms and provisions contained
in
any documents related thereto, and are and will be genuine, free from Liens
(other than Permitted Liens), and not subject to any adverse claims,
counterclaims, setoffs, defaults, disputes, defenses, discounts, retainages,
holdbacks or conditions precedent of any kind of character, except to the extent
reflected by the Grantors’ reserves for uncollectible Rights to Payment or to
the extent, if any, that such account debtors or other Persons may be entitled
to normal and ordinary course trade discounts, returns, adjustments and
allowances in accordance with Section 5(m), or as otherwise disclosed
to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing or occurring in the ordinary
course of business;
(ii) to
the best of each
Grantor’s knowledge, all account debtors and other obligors on the Rights to
Payment are solvent and generally paying their debts as they come due, except
to
the extent that such Grantor has established adequate reserves therefor in
accordance with GAAP;
(iii) all
Rights to
Payment comply in all material respects with all applicable laws concerning
form, content and manner of preparation and execution, including where
applicable any federal or state consumer credit laws;
(iv) no
Grantor has
assigned any of its rights under the Rights to Payment except as provided in
this Agreement or as set forth in the other Loan Documents;
(v) all
statements
made, all unpaid balances and all other information in the Books and other
documentation relating to the Rights to Payment in all material respects are
true and correct and what they purport to be; and
(vi) no
Grantor has any
knowledge of any fact or circumstance which would materially impair the validity
or collectibility of any of the Rights to Payment, except to the extent that
such Grantor has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with
GAAP;
Exhibit
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(h) Inventory. No
Inventory is stored with any bailee, warehouseman or similar Person or on any
premises leased to any Grantor, nor has any Inventory been consigned to any
Grantor or consigned by any Grantor to any Person or is held by any Grantor
for
any Person under any “xxxx and hold” or other arrangement, except at locations
listed in Schedule 1.
(i) Intellectual
Property.
(i) Except
as set forth
in Schedule 2, no Grantor (directly or through any Subsidiary) owns,
possesses or uses under any licensing arrangement any patents, copyrights,
trademarks, service marks or trade names, nor is there currently pending before
any Governmental Authority any application for registration of any patent,
copyright, trademark, service xxxx or trade name material to its business and
operations;
(ii) each
Grantor’s
patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks and trade names are subsisting
and have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or in
part;
(iii) all
maintenance
fees required to be paid by any Grantor on account of any of its patents have
been timely paid for maintaining such patents in force, and, to the best of
such
Grantor’s knowledge, each of such patents is valid and enforceable;
(iv) to
the best of each
Grantor’s knowledge, no infringement or unauthorized use presently is being made
of any Intellectual Property Collateral by any Person that could reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) each
Grantor owns,
has material rights under, is a party to, or an assignee of a party to all
material licenses, patents, patent applications, copyrights, service marks,
trademarks, trademark applications, trade names and all other Intellectual
Property Collateral necessary to continue to conduct its business as heretofore
conducted.
(j) Equipment. As
of
the Closing Date, none of the Equipment that is material to any Grantor is
leased from any Person, except as set forth in UCC record searches delivered
to
the Administrative Agent or as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders.
(k) Deposit
Accounts. The
names and addresses of all financial institutions at which any Grantor maintains
its Deposit Accounts, and the account numbers and account names of such Deposit
Accounts, are set forth in Schedule 1.
Exhibit
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(l) Pledged
Debt and
Instrument Collateral. (i) No
Grantor has previously assigned any interest in the Pledged Debt or any
Instrument Collateral (other than such interests as will be released on or
before the date hereof), (ii) no Person other than such Grantor owns
an
interest in the Pledged Debt or Instrument Collateral (whether as joint holders,
participants or otherwise), (iii) the entire Pledged Debt and Instrument
Collateral is owing only to such Grantor, and (iv) no material default
exists under or in respect of the Pledged Debt or Instrument
Collateral.
(m) Pledged
Shares,
Partnership Collateral and other Pledged Collateral. (i) All
the Pledged Shares and Partnership Collateral have been, and upon issuance
any
additional Pledged Collateral consisting of Pledged Shares, Partnership
Collateral or any other securities, will be, duly and validly issued, and are
and will be fully paid and non-assessable, subject in the case of Partnership
Collateral to future assessments required under applicable law and any
applicable partnership agreement, (ii) the applicable Grantor is or,
in the
case of any such additional Pledged Collateral will be, the legal record and
beneficial owner thereof, (iii) there are no restrictions on the
transferability of the Pledged Collateral or such additional Pledged Collateral
to the Administrative Agent or with respect to the foreclosure, transfer or
disposition thereof by the Administrative Agent, except as provided under
applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws, (iv) except as set forth in
Schedule 3 hereof or in Schedule 6.17 of the Credit Agreement,
the
Pledged Shares and Partnership Collateral constitute 100% of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of Holdings’ direct and indirect U.S.
Subsidiaries, and 65% of the issued and outstanding shares of voting capital
stock of the Holdings direct and indirect non-U.S. Subsidiaries (and 100% of
all
other stock of such non-U.S. Subsidiaries), in each case other than the capital
stock of Subsidiaries owned by Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, and no securities
convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of any such
Subsidiary, or any options, warrants or other commitments entitling any Person
to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of any such
Subsidiary, are issued and outstanding, and (v) any and all shareholders
agreements, voting trusts, proxy agreements or other agreements or
understandings which affect or relate to the voting or giving of written
consents with respect to any of the Pledged Shares, and any and all partnership
and other agreements relating to the Partnership Collateral, have been disclosed
in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
(n) Other
Investment
Property. All
securities accounts of the Grantors are set forth in Section 4 of
Schedule 1 hereto, and all other Investment Property of the Grantors
not
otherwise held in a securities account are set forth in Section 5 of
Schedule 1 hereto. No securities account control agreements
exist with respect to any Investment Property other than Securities Account
Control Agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent.
(o) Commercial
Tort
Claims. Exhibit
A to this Agreement is a complete list of all commercial tort claims in which
a
Grantor is a plaintiff or to which a Grantor has any beneficial right or
interest.
Exhibit
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(p) Deposit
Accounts. Section 3
of Schedule 1 is a complete list of all of Grantors’ Deposit Accounts, each
of which is designated on such schedule as either a Primary Account, a Zero
Balance Account or an Other Account. No deposit account control
agreements exist with respect to any Deposit Accounts other than Deposit Account
Control Agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
5.
Covenants. In
addition to the covenants of the Grantors set forth in the Credit Agreement,
which are incorporated herein by this reference, so long as any of the Secured
Obligations remain unsatisfied or any Lender shall have any Commitment or any
Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, each Grantor agrees that:
(a) Defense
of
Collateral. Each
Grantor shall appear in and defend any action, suit or proceeding which may
affect to a material extent its title to, or right or interest in, or the
Administrative Agent’s right or interest in, the Collateral.
(b) Preservation
of
Collateral. Each
Grantor shall do and perform all reasonable acts that may be necessary and
appropriate to maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral.
(c) Compliance
with
Laws, Etc. Each
Grantor shall
comply in all material respects with all laws, regulations and ordinances,
and
all policies of insurance, relating in a material way to the possession,
operation, maintenance and control of the Collateral.
(d) Location
of
Books, Chief Executive Office and Place of Incorporation. Each
Grantor shall: (i) keep all Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment
at
the locations set forth in Schedule 1; and (ii) give at least
30 days’
prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of (A) any changes
in any
such location where Books pertaining to the Rights to Payment are kept,
including any change of name or address of any service bureau, computer or
data
processing company or other Person preparing or maintaining any Books or
collecting Rights to Payment for such Grantor; (B) any changes in the
location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or principal place of
business; or (C) any changes in such Grantor’s Jurisdiction of
Organization.
(e) Location
of
Collateral. If
any
Inventory or Equipment of any Grantor shall be relocated to, or otherwise be
located in, a state of the United States in which a financing statement has
not
already been filed with respect to such Inventory or Equipment, and the
aggregate value of all such Inventory and Equipment equals or exceeds $1,000,000
(as determined by the Company using net book values as determined in accordance
with GAAP), such Grantor shall give the Administrative Agent prompt notice
thereof (and in any event not later than three Business Days after becoming
aware thereof).
(f) Change
in Name,
Identity or Structure. Each
Grantor shall give at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent of (i) any change in its name, (ii) any changes in, additions
to
or other modifications of its trade names and trade styles set forth in
Schedule 1, and (iii) any changes in its identity or structure
in any
manner which might make any financing statement filed hereunder incorrect or
misleading.
Exhibit
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(g) Maintenance
of
Records. Each
Grantor shall keep accurate and complete Books with respect to the Collateral,
disclosing the Administrative Agent’s security interest hereunder.
(h) Invoicing
of
Sales. The
Grantor will invoice all of its sales upon forms customary in the industry
and
to maintain proof of delivery and customer acceptance of goods.
(i) Disposition
of
Collateral. Each
Grantor shall not surrender or lose possession of (other than to the
Administrative Agent), sell, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of or transfer
any of the Collateral or any right or interest therein, except to the extent
permitted by the Loan Documents (including dispositions permitted under
Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement).
(j) Liens. Each
Grantor shall keep the Collateral free of all Liens except Permitted
Liens.
(k) Expenses. The
Grantor (or a purchaser of Inventory) will pay all expenses of protecting,
storing, warehousing, insuring, handling and shipping the
Collateral.
(l) Leased
Premises. At
the
Administrative Agent’s request, any Grantor shall obtain from each Person from
whom such Grantor leases any premises at which any Collateral is at any time
present such subordination, waiver, consent and estoppel agreements as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(m) Rights
to
Payment. Each
Grantor shall:
(i) with
such frequency
as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders may require, furnish to
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders such information relating to the Accounts
as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall from time to time
reasonably request;
(ii) give
only normal
discounts, allowances and credits as to Accounts and other Rights to Payment,
in
the ordinary course of business, according to normal trade practices, and
enforce all Accounts and other Rights to Payment strictly in accordance with
their terms, and during the existence of an Event of Default, take all such
action to such end as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders, except that such Grantor may
at
any time grant any extension of the time for payment or enter into any agreement
to make a rebate or otherwise to reduce the amount owing on or with respect
to,
or compromise or settle for less than the full amount thereof, any Account
or
other Right to Payment, in the ordinary course of business, according to normal
trade practices;
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(iii) if
any discount,
allowance, credit, extension of time for payment, agreement to make a rebate
or
otherwise to reduce the amount owing on, or compromise or settle, an Account
or
other Right to Payment exists or occurs, or if, to the knowledge of any Grantor,
any dispute, setoff, claim, counterclaim or defense exists or has been asserted
or threatened with respect to an Account or other Right to Payment, disclose
such fact to the Administrative Agent in the Books relating to such Account
or
other Right to Payment when such Books are requested for inspection by the
Administrative Agent, and in connection with any invoice or report furnished
by
any Grantor to the Administrative Agent relating to such Account or other Right
to Payment;
(iv) if
any Accounts
arise from contracts with the United States or any department, agency or
instrumentality thereof, promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and
execute any documents and instruments and take any other steps reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent in order that all monies due and to become
due thereunder shall be assigned to the Administrative Agent and notice thereof
given to the Federal authorities under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act
(provided that such assignment and notice shall not be required if the
applicable contract prohibits assignment);
(v) in
accordance with
its sound business judgment perform and comply in all material respects with
its
obligations in respect of the Accounts and other Rights to Payment;
(vi) upon
the request of
the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders (A) at any time, notify
all or any designated portion of the account debtors and other obligors on
the
Rights to Payment of the security interest hereunder, and (B) upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default) notify the account debtors and other obligors
on the Rights to Payment or any designated portion thereof that payment shall
be
made directly to the Administrative Agent or to such other Person or location
as
the Administrative Agent shall specify; and
(vii) upon
the occurrence
of any Event of Default, establish such lockbox or similar arrangements for
the
payment of the Accounts and other Rights to Payment as the Administrative Agent
shall require.
(n) Deposit
Accounts
and Securities Accounts. Each
Grantor shall give the Administrative Agent prompt notice of the establishment
of any new Deposit Account and any new securities account with respect to any
Investment Property, and each Grantor shall execute a Deposit Account Control
Agreement, with respect to such new Primary Account and a Securities Account
Control Agreement, with respect to such new securities account, in favor of
the
Administrative Agent or take such other action as is requested by the
Administrative Agent with respect to such Deposit Account as is required by
Section 3(d) hereof and with respect to such securities account as is
required by Section 3(g) hereof.
Exhibit
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(o) Inventory. Each
Grantor shall:
(i) at
such times as
the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders shall request, prepare and
deliver to the Administrative Agent a report of all Inventory, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority
Lenders;
(ii) upon
the request of
the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders, take a physical listing of
the
Inventory and promptly deliver a copy of such physical listing to the
Administrative Agent; and
(iii) not
store any
Inventory with a bailee, warehouseman or similar Person or on premises leased
to
any Grantor, nor dispose of any Inventory on a xxxx-and-hold, guaranteed sale,
sale and return, sale on approval, consignment or similar basis, nor acquire
any
Inventory from any Person on any such basis, except in the ordinary course
of
business and in accordance with its normal practices.
(p) Equipment. Each
Grantor shall, upon the Administrative Agent’s or the Majority Lenders’ request,
deliver to the Administrative Agent a report of each item of Equipment, in
form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Majority
Lenders.
(q) Intellectual
Property Collateral. Each
Grantor shall:
(i) not
allow or suffer
any Intellectual Property Collateral to become abandoned, nor any registration
thereof to be terminated, forfeited, expired or dedicated to the public, except
for Intellectual Property Collateral having negligible commercial
value;
(ii) not
enter into any
agreements or transactions (including any license, sublicense or royalty
agreement) pertaining to any Intellectual Property Collateral outside of the
ordinary course of business, or enter into any exclusive license or sublicense
of any Intellectual Property Collateral, except in a transaction permitted
under
the Loan Documents;
(iii) promptly
give the
Administrative Agent notice of any rights any Grantor may obtain to any new
patentable inventions, copyrightable works or other new Intellectual Property
Collateral which such Grantor intends to register, prior to the filing of any
application for registration thereof; and
(iv) diligently
prosecute all applications for patents, copyrights and trademarks, and file
and
prosecute any and all continuations, continuations-in-part, applications for
reissue, applications for certificate of correction and like matters as shall
be
reasonable and appropriate in accordance with prudent business practice, and
promptly and timely pay any and all maintenance, license, registration and
other
fees, taxes and expenses incurred in connection with any Intellectual Property
Collateral.
Exhibit
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(r) Notices,
Reports
and Information. Each
Grantor shall (i) notify the Administrative Agent of any material claim
made or asserted against the Collateral by any Person and of any change in
the
composition of the Collateral or other event which could materially adversely
affect the value of the Collateral or the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon;
(ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent such statements and schedules
further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports and
other information in connection with the Collateral as the Administrative Agent
or the Majority Lenders may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail; and
(iii) upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or the Majority
Lenders make such demands and requests for information and reports as any
Grantor is entitled to make in respect of the Collateral.
(s) Shareholder
Agreements. No
Grantor shall enter into any shareholders agreement, voting trust, proxy
agreement or other agreement or understanding which in any material respect
affects or relates to the voting or giving of written consents with respect
to
any of the Pledged Collateral.
(t) Insurance.
(i) Each
Grantor shall
carry and maintain in full force and effect, at the expense of the Grantors
and
with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect
to the Collateral in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such
risks
as shall be specified in the Credit Agreement. Upon the request
of
the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders from time to time, and in
any
event not less often than annually, each Grantor shall furnish the
Administrative Agent with full information as to the insurance carved by it
and,
if so requested, copies of all such insurance policies. All
insurance
policies required under this subsection (t) shall provide that they
shall
not be terminated or cancelled nor shall any such policy be materially changed
without at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Grantor and the
Administrative Agent (or 10 days’ prior written notice if the Administrative
Agent consents to such shorter notice). Receipt of notice of
termination or cancellation of any such insurance policies or reduction of
coverages or amounts thereunder shall entitle the Administrative Agent to renew
any such policies, cause the coverages and amounts thereof to be maintained
at
levels required pursuant to the first sentence of this subsection (t)
or
otherwise to obtain similar insurance in place of such policies, in each case
at
the expense of the Grantors.
Exhibit
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(ii) If
Collateral with
a value exceeding $5,000,000 of any Grantor shall be materially damaged or
destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or other casualty, such Grantor shall
give prompt notice thereof to the Administrative Agent. No settlement
on account of any loss on any such Collateral covered by insurance shall be
made
for less than insured value without the consent of the Majority
Lenders. After the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event
of Default, or as otherwise required under the Loan Documents, all sums payable
to any Grantor by any insurer with respect to a casualty relating to all or
any
part of the Collateral shall be paid to the Administrative Agent. If
any Grantor shall receive any insurance proceeds which are to be paid to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the previous sentence, such Grantor shall
hold
such proceeds in trust for the Administrative Agent, shall segregate such
proceeds from other funds of such Grantor, and shall immediately forward such
proceeds in the form received to the Administrative Agent (appropriately
indorsed by such Grantor to the order of the Administrative Agent or in such
other manner as shall be satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent). All such insurance proceeds may be retained by the
Administrative Agent as part of Collateral hereunder and held in the Proceeds
Account, applied by the Administrative Agent toward payment of all or part
of
the Secured Obligations in such order as is provided herein, or released to
such
Grantor upon its request with the consent of the Majority Lenders.
(u) Commercial
Tort
Claims. Each
Grantor will promptly notify the Administrative Agent from time to time of
any
commercial tort claim which is filed by such Grantor, or in which such Grantor
obtains any beneficial right or interest, after the date hereof or which are
not
listed on Exhibit A. Each Grantor authorizes the Administrative
Agent, without notice to such Grantor, to modify this Agreement by amending
Exhibit A to include such Collateral.
(v) Zero
Balance
Accounts. Each
Grantor shall take all steps necessary to ensure that (i) each Zero
Balance
Account is swept into a Primary Account no less frequently than every other
day,
and (ii) no Zero Balance Account shall maintain a balance in excess
of
$5,000 for a period in excess of three consecutive Business Days.
SECTION
6.
Administration
of the Rights to Payment and Pledged Collateral.
(a) Collection
of
Rights to Payment. Until
the Administrative Agent exercises its rights hereunder to collect Rights to
Payment, each Grantor shall endeavor in the first instance diligently to collect
all amounts due or to become due on or with respect to the Rights to
Payment. At the request of the Administrative Agent or the Majority
Lenders, upon and after the occurrence of any Event of Default, all remittances
received by any Grantor shall be held in trust for the Administrative Agent
and,
in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions, remitted to the
Administrative Agent or deposited to an account with the Administrative Agent
in
the form received (with any necessary endorsements or instruments of assignment
or transfer).
Exhibit
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(b) Investment
Property and Instruments. Unless
and until an Event of Default shall have occurred, each Grantor shall be
entitled to receive and retain for its own account any cash dividend on or
other
cash distribution, if any, in respect of the Pledged Collateral, to the extent
consistent with the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that, except in
connection with transactions permitted under Section 8.02 or
Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor shall not be entitled
to
receive (i) cash paid, payable or otherwise distributed in redemption of, or
in
exchange for or in substitution of, any Pledged Collateral, or (ii) dividends
and other distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of any Pledged
Collateral in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution
of
such Grantor or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus
or
paid-in-surplus or any other type of recapitalization. At the
request
of the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders, during the continuance
of
any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive
all
distributions and payments of any nature with respect to any Investment Property
or Instruments, and all such distributions or payments received by any Grantor
shall be held in trust for the Administrative Agent and, in accordance with
the
Administrative Agent’s instructions, remitted to the Administrative Agent or
deposited to an account with the Administrative Agent in the form received
(with
any necessary endorsements or instruments of assignment or
transfer). Following the occurrence of an Event of Default any
such
distributions and payments with respect to any Investment Property held in
any
securities account shall be held and retained in such securities account, in
each case as part of the Collateral hereunder. Additionally,
the
Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence of an Event
of
Default, following prior written notice to any Grantor, to vote and to give
consents, ratifications and waivers with respect to any Investment Property,
Pledged Debt and Instruments, and to exercise all rights of conversion,
exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining
thereto, as if the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof;
provided that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to exercise any of
the
foregoing rights afforded to it and shall not be responsible to any Grantor
or
any other Person for any failure to do so or delay in doing so.
(c) Voting
Prior to
an Event of Default. Unless
and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing each Grantor
shall have the right to vote the Pledged Collateral and to give consents,
ratifications and waivers in respect thereof, and shall retain the power to
control the direction, management and policies of any Person comprising the
Pledged Collateral to the same extent as such Grantor would if the Pledged
Collateral were not pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Agreement; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or consent, waiver
or
ratification given or action taken which would have the effect of materially
impairing the position or interest of the Administrative Agent and the Secured
Parties in respect of the Pledged Collateral or which would alter the voting
rights with respect to the stock or other ownership interest in or of any such
Person or be inconsistent with or violate any provision of this Agreement,
the
Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Documents. If applicable,
such
Grantor shall be deemed the beneficial owner of all Pledged Collateral for
purposes of Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act and agrees to file
all
reports required to be filed by beneficial owners of securities
thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver
(or
cause to be executed and delivered) to each Grantor all such proxies and other
instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling
such Grantor to exercise the voting and other rights which it is entitled to
exercise pursuant to this subsection (c) and to receive the distributions
which it is authorized to receive and retain pursuant to this
subsection (c).
Exhibit
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(d) General
Authority upon an Event of Default. During
the continuance of any Event of Default:
(i) the
Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to receive all distributions and payments of any nature
with respect to the Pledged Collateral, to be held by the Administrative Agent
as part of the Pledged Collateral; and
(ii) the
Administrative
Agent shall have the right following prior written notice to the Grantor to
vote
or consent to take any action with respect to the Pledged Collateral and
exercise all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other rights,
privileges or options pertaining to the Pledged Collateral, as if the
Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof.
(e) Distributions
to
Be Held for Administrative Agent. Distributions
and other payments which are received by the Grantor but which it is not
entitled to retain as a result of the operation of this Section 6 shall
be
held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, be segregated from
the other property or funds of such Grantor, and be forthwith paid over or
delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so
received.
(f) Certain
Other
Administrative Matters. The
Administrative Agent may cause any of the Pledged Collateral to be transferred
into its name or into the name of its nominee or nominees (subject to the
revocable rights specified in this Section 6) if, in the Administrative
Agent’s reasonable discretion, such action is necessary or desirable to protect
or exercise the Administrative Agent’s rights and interests
hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall at all times have
the right
to exchange uncertificated Pledged Collateral for certificated Pledged
Collateral, and to exchange certificated Pledged Collateral for certificates
of
larger or smaller denominations, for any purpose consistent with this
Agreement.
SECTION
7. Authorization;
Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. The
Administrative Agent shall have the right to, in the name of any Grantor, or
in
the name of the Administrative Agent or otherwise, without notice to or assent
by such Grantor, and each Grantor hereby constitutes and appoints the
Administrative Agent (and any of the Administrative Agent’s officers or
employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent) as such Grantor’s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to:
(i) sign
any of the
financing statements which must be executed or filed to perfect or continue
perfected, maintain the priority of or provide notice of the Administrative
Agent’s security interest in the Collateral and file any such financing
statements by electronic means with or without a signature as authorized or
required by applicable law or filing procedures;
(ii) take
possession of
and endorse any notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other forms
of payment or security and collect any Proceeds of any Collateral;
Exhibit
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(iii) sign
and endorse
any invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any of the Collateral, warehouse
or
storage receipts, drafts against customers or other obligors, assignments,
notices of assignment, verifications and notices to customers or other
obligors;
(iv) notify
the U.S.
Postal Service and other postal authorities to change the address for delivery
of mail addressed to any Grantor to such address as the Administrative Agent
may
designated (provided that the Administrative Agent agrees it will promptly
deliver over to such Grantors any mail that does not relate to the Collateral);
and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, establish with any Person
lockbox or similar arrangements for the payment of the Rights to
Payment;
(v) receive,
open and
dispose of all mail addressed to any Grantor (provided that the Administrative
Agent agrees it will promptly deliver over to such Grantors any mail that does
not relate to the Collateral);
(vi) send
requests for
verification of Rights to Payment to the customers or other obligors of any
Grantor;
(vii) contact,
or direct
any Grantor to contact, all account debtors and other obligors on the Rights
to
Payment and instruct such account debtors and other obligors to make all
payments directly to the Administrative Agent;
(viii) assert,
adjust, xxx
for, compromise or release any claims under any policies of
insurance;
(ix) exercise
dominion
and control over, and refuse to permit further withdrawals from, Deposit
Accounts maintained with any bank, financial institution or other
Person;
(x) notify
each Person
maintaining lockbox or similar arrangements for the payment of the Rights to
Payment to remit all amounts representing collections on the Rights to Payment
directly to the Administrative Agent;
(xi) ask,
demand,
collect, receive and give acquittances and receipts for any and all Rights
to
Payment, enforce payment or any other rights in respect of the Rights to Payment
and other Collateral, grant consents, agree to any amendments, modifications
or
waivers of the agreements and documents governing the Rights to Payment and
other Collateral, and otherwise file any claims, take any action or institute,
defend, settle or adjust any actions, suits or proceedings with respect to
the
Collateral, as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders may deem
necessary or desirable to maintain, preserve and protect the Collateral, to
collect the Collateral or to enforce the rights of the Administrative Agent
with
respect to the Collateral;
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(xii) execute
any and all
applications, documents, papers and instruments necessary for the Administrative
Agent to use the Intellectual Property Collateral and grant or issue any
exclusive or non-exclusive license or sublicense with respect to any
Intellectual Property Collateral;
(xiii) execute
any and all
endorsements, assignments or other documents and instruments necessary to sell,
lease, assign, convey or otherwise transfer title in or dispose of the
Collateral;
(xiv) execute
and deliver
to any securities intermediary or other Person any entitlement order, Account
Control Agreement or other notice, document or instrument which the
Administrative Agent may deem necessary of advisable (A) to realize
upon
the Collateral, and (B) to maintain, protect and preserve the Investment
Property and the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein;
and
(xv) execute
any and all
such other documents and instruments, and do any and all acts and things for
and
on behalf of any Grantor, which the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders
may deem necessary or advisable (A) to realize upon the Collateral,
and
(B) to maintain, protect and preserve the Collateral and the Administrative
Agent’s security interest therein and to accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement.
The
Administrative
Agent agrees that, except upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default,
it shall not exercise the power of attorney, or any rights granted to the
Administrative Agent, pursuant to clauses (ii) through (xiii), (xiv)(A) and
(xv)(A). The foregoing power of attorney is coupled with an
interest
and irrevocable so long as the Lenders have any Commitments or any Letter of
Credit remains outstanding or the Secured Obligations have not been paid and
performed in full. Each Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent
permitted by law, all that the Administrative Agent shall lawfully and in good
faith do or cause to be done by virtue of and in compliance with this
Section 7.
SECTION
8.
Administrative
Agent Performance of Company Obligations. The
Administrative Agent may perform or pay any obligation which any Grantor has
agreed to perform or pay under or in connection with this Agreement, and which
such Grantor has failed to perform or pay as and when due, and such Grantor
shall reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for any amounts paid by
the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.
SECTION
9.
Administrative
Agent’s Duties. Notwithstanding
any provision contained in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have
no duty to exercise any of the rights, privileges or powers afforded to it
and
shall not be responsible to any Grantor or any other Person for any failure
to
do so or delay in doing so. Beyond the exercise of reasonable
care to
assure the safe custody of Collateral in the Administrative Agent’s possession
and the accounting for moneys actually received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or liability to exercise
or preserve any rights, privileges or powers pertaining to the
Collateral.
Exhibit
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SECTION
10.
Remedies.
(a) Remedies. During
the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have,
in
addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement,
the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all rights and remedies of a
secured party under the UCC and other applicable laws. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that:
(i) The
Administrative
Agent may peaceably and without notice enter any premises of any Grantor, take
possession of any Collateral, remove or dispose of all or part of the Collateral
on any premises of any Grantor or elsewhere, or, in the case of Equipment,
render it nonfunctional, and otherwise collect, receive, appropriate and realize
upon all or any part of the Collateral, and demand, give receipt for, settle,
renew, extend, exchange, compromise, adjust, or xxx for all or any part of
the
Collateral, as the Administrative Agent may determine.
(ii) The
Administrative
Agent may require any Grantor to assemble all or any part of the Collateral
and
make it available to the Administrative Agent, at any place and time designated
by the Administrative Agent.
(iii) The
Administrative
Agent may use or transfer any of any Grantor’s rights and interests in any
Intellectual Property Collateral, by license, by sublicense (to the extent
permitted by an applicable license) or otherwise, on such conditions and in
such
manner as the Administrative Agent may determine.
(iv) The
Administrative
Agent may secure the appointment of a receiver of the Collateral or any part
thereof (to the extent and in the manner provided by applicable
law).
(v) The
Administrative
Agent may withdraw (or cause to be withdrawn) any and all funds from any Deposit
Accounts or securities accounts.
(vi) The
Administrative
Agent may sell, resell, lease, use, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any
or all of the Collateral in its then condition or following any commercially
reasonable preparation or processing (utilizing in connection therewith any
of
any Grantor’s assets, without charge or liability to the Administrative Agent
therefor) at public or private sale, by one or more contracts, in one or more
parcels, at the same or different times, for cash or credit or for future
delivery without assumption of any credit risk, all as the Administrative Agent
deems advisable; provided, however, that such Grantor shall be credited with
the
net proceeds of sale only when such proceeds are finally collected by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and each of the
Lenders shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, to the extent
permitted by law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or any
part
of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which
right or equity of redemption each Grantor hereby releases, to the extent
permitted by law. Each Grantor hereby agrees that the sending
of
notice by ordinary mail, postage prepaid, to the address of such Grantor set
forth in the Credit Agreement, of the place and time of any public sale or
of
the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition is to be
made, shall be deemed reasonable notice thereof if such notice is sent ten
days
prior to the date of such sale or other disposition or the date on or after
which such sale or other disposition may occur, provided that the Administrative
Agent may provide any Grantor shorter notice or no notice, to the extent
permitted by the UCC or other applicable law. Each Grantor recognizes
that the Administrative Agent may be unable to make a public sale of any or
all
of the Pledged Collateral, by reason of prohibitions contained in applicable
securities laws or otherwise, and expressly agrees that a private sale to a
restricted group of purchasers for investment and not with a view to any
distribution thereof shall be considered a commercially reasonable
sale.
Exhibit
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(b) License. For
the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise its rights and
remedies under this Section 10 or otherwise in connection with this
Agreement, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an
irrevocable, non-exclusive and assignable license (exercisable without payment
or royalty or other compensation to any Grantor) to use, license or sublicense
any Intellectual Property Collateral.
(c) Proceeds
Account. To
the
extent that any of the Secured Obligations may be contingent, unmatured or
unliquidated at such time as there may exist an Event of Default (including
with
respect to undrawn amounts under any Letter of Credit), the Administrative
Agent
may, at its election (in accordance with the direction of the Majority Lenders),
(i) retain the proceeds of any sale, collection, disposition or other
realization upon the Collateral (or any portion thereof) in a special purpose
non-interest-bearing restricted deposit account (the “Proceeds Account”) created
and maintained by the Administrative Agent for such purpose (which shall
constitute a Deposit Account included within the Collateral hereunder) until
such time as the Administrative Agent may elect to apply such proceeds to the
Secured Obligations, and each Grantor agrees that such retention of such
proceeds by the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed strict foreclosure
with
respect thereto; (ii) in any manner elected by the Administrative Agent,
estimate the liquidated amount of any such contingent, unmatured or unliquidated
claims and apply the proceeds of the Collateral against such amount; or
(iii) otherwise proceed in any manner permitted by applicable
law. Each Grantor agrees that the Proceeds Account shall be
a blocked
account and that upon the irrevocable deposit of funds into the Proceeds
Account, such Grantor shall not have any right of withdrawal with respect to
such funds. Accordingly, each Grantor irrevocably waives until
the
termination of the security interests granted under this Agreement in accordance
with Section 22 the right to make any withdrawal from the Proceeds Account
and the right to instruct the Administrative Agent to honor drafts against
the
Proceeds Account.
Exhibit
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(d) Application
of
Proceeds. Subject
to subsection (c), cash proceeds actually received from the sale or
other
disposition or collection of Collateral, and any other amounts received in
respect of the Collateral the application of which is not otherwise provided
for
herein, shall be applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8 or Section 14) in
whole or
in part by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
against all or any part of the Secured Obligations in the following order:
(i) first, to any fees due under the Loan Documents; (ii) next,
to any
interest due under the Loan Documents; and (iii) last, to any principal
due
under the Loan Documents and to any other Secured Obligations. Any
surplus thereof which exists after payment and performance in full of the
Secured Obligations shall be promptly paid over to Holdings and the Company
or
otherwise disposed of in accordance with the UCC or other applicable
law. Each Grantor shall remain liable to the Administrative
Agent and
other Secured Parties for any deficiency which exists after any sale or other
disposition or collection of Collateral.
(e) Actions
by the
Administrative Agent. In
taking any action under this Section 10 or otherwise taking action as
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and exercising such powers
and performing such duties under this Agreement as are granted to the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall act in each
case
in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders; provided, however,
that, without the consent of all Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall not,
and may not be directed to, release any of the Collateral or terminate this
Agreement, except in connection with a sale or other disposition of Collateral
under this Section 10, as otherwise contemplated or permitted hereunder
or
under the Credit Agreement or as contemplated by Section 22
hereof.
SECTION
11.
Certain
Waivers. Each
Grantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) any right
of
redemption with respect to the Collateral, whether before or after sale
hereunder, and all rights, if any, of marshalling of the Collateral or other
collateral or security for the Secured Obligations; (ii) any right to
require the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (A) to proceed against
any
Person, (B) to exhaust any other collateral or security for any of the
Secured Obligations, (C) to pursue any remedy in the Administrative
Agent’s
or any of the Lenders’ power, or (D) to make or give any presentments,
demands for performance, notices of nonperformance, protests, notices of
protests or notices of dishonor in connection with any of the Collateral; and
(iii) all claims, damages, and demands against the Administrative Agent
or
the Lenders arising out of the repossession, retention, sale or application
of
the proceeds of any sale of the Collateral.
SECTION
12.
Notices. All
notices or other communications hereunder shall be given in the manner and
to
the addresses specified in, and shall be effective as provided in, the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION
13.
No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No
failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to exercise,
and
no delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights and remedies under this Agreement are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges
that
may otherwise be available to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
Exhibit
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SECTION
14.
Costs
and
Expenses; Indemnification; Other Charges.
(a) Costs
and
Expenses. The
Grantors jointly and severally agree to pay on demand:
(i) the
out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and any of its Affiliates, and
the Administrative Agent’s reasonable Attorney Costs, in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Agreement, and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the terms thereof,
any releases of Collateral, and the custody of the Collateral;
(ii) all
reasonable
title, appraisal (including the allocated costs of internal appraisal services),
survey, audit, consulting, search, recording, filing and similar fees, costs
and
expenses incurred or sustained by the Administrative Agent or any of its
Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the Collateral; and
(iii) all
costs and
expenses of the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including all
reasonable Attorney Costs, in connection with the enforcement or attempted
enforcement of, and preservation of any rights or interests under, this
Agreement, any out-of-court workout or other refinancing or restructuring or
in
any bankruptcy case, and the protection, sale or collection of, or other
realization upon, any of the Collateral, including all expenses of taking,
collecting, holding, sorting, handling, preparing for sale, selling, or the
like, and other such expenses of sales and collections of Collateral, and any
and all losses, costs and expenses sustained by the Administrative Agent and
any
Lender as a result of any failure by any Grantor to perform or observe its
obligations contained herein.
(b) Indemnification. The
Grantors jointly and severally hereby agree to indemnify the Administrative
Agent, its Affiliates, and the other Secured Parties, and their respective
directors, officers, employees, agents, counsel and other advisors (each an
“Indemnified Person”) against, and hold each of them harmless from, any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, claims, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to an
Indemnified Person (including allocated costs of internal counsel), which may
be
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any Indemnified Person, in any
way
relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby or any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder (the
“Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that no Grantor shall be liable to any
Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified Liabilities resulting from such
Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. If and
to the extent that the foregoing indemnification is for any reason held
unenforceable, each Grantor agrees to make the maximum contribution to the
payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is
permissible under applicable law.
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(c) Other
Charges. The
Grantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent
and
each of the other Secured Parties against and hold each of them harmless from
any and all present and future stamp, transfer, documentary and other such
taxes, levies, fees, assessments and other charges made by any jurisdiction
by
reason of the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this
Agreement.
(d) Interest. Any
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party under this
Section 14 or otherwise under this Agreement if not paid upon demand
shall
bear interest from the date of such demand until paid in full, at the rate
of
interest set forth in Section 2.10(c) of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION
15.
Binding
Effect. This
Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by
any Grantor, the Administrative Agent , each Secured Party, each Indemnified
Person referred to in Section 14 and their respective successors and
assigns.
SECTION
16.
Governing
Law. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF
THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW AND
TO
THE EXTENT THE VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS HEREUNDER,
OR
THE REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAW
OF
A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
SECTION
17.
Entire
Agreement; Amendment. This
Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, embodies the entire agreement
and understanding among the Grantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent,
and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings of
such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and
thereof and shall not be amended except by the written agreement of the parties
as provided in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION
18.
Severability. The
illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement or any
instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair
the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement
or
any instrument or agreement required hereunder.
SECTION
19.
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which,
when so executed, shall be deemed an original, and all of said counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute but one and the same
instrument. Each of the parties hereto understands and agrees
that
this Agreement may be delivered by any party hereto or thereto either in the
form of an executed original or an executed original sent by facsimile
transmission to be followed promptly by mailing of a hard copy original, and
that receipt by the Administrative Agent of a facsimile transmitted document
purportedly bearing the signature of a Grantor shall bind such Grantor with
the
same force and effect as the delivery of a hard copy original. Any
failure by the Administrative Agent to receive the hard copy executed original
of such document shall not diminish the binding effect of receipt of the
facsimile transmitted executed original of such document of the party whose
hard
copy page was not received by the Administrative Agent.
Exhibit
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SECTION
20.
Incorporation
of
Provisions of the Credit Agreement. To
the
extent the Credit Agreement contains provisions of general applicability to
the
Loan Documents, including any such provisions contained in Article XI thereof,
such provisions are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION
21.
No
Inconsistent Requirements. Each
Grantor acknowledges that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may
contain covenants and other terms and provisions variously stated regarding
the
same or similar matters, and agrees that all such covenants, terms and
provisions are cumulative and all shall be performed and satisfied in accordance
with their respective terms.
SECTION
22.
Termination;
Releases. (i) Upon
the termination of the Commitments of the Lenders, the surrender of any Letters
of Credit issued for the account of any Grantor under the Credit Agreement
and
payment and performance in full of all Secured Obligations, the security
interests granted under this Agreement shall terminate and the Administrative
Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Grantor such documents and
instruments reasonably requested by such Grantor as shall be necessary to
evidence termination of all security interests given by any Grantor to the
Administrative Agent hereunder; provided, however, that the obligations of
any
Grantor under Section 14 shall survive such
termination. (ii) Concurrently with any permitted disposition
of
Collateral under the Loan Documents, the security interest hereunder shall
automatically be released from the Collateral so disposed of; provided, however,
that the security interest shall continue in the Proceeds
thereof. Upon satisfaction of all conditions precedent to any
permitted disposition set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents, the
Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver any releases or other documents
reasonably requested by the relevant Grantor to accomplish or confirm the
release of Collateral provided by this Section. Any such release
shall specifically describe the portion of the Collateral to be released, shall
be expressed to be unconditional and shall be without recourse or warranty
(other than a warranty that the Administrative Agent has not assigned its rights
and interests to any other Person).
SECTION
23.
Accession. Upon
execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent of an Additional Guarantor
Accession Agreement by a Subsidiary of the Company as provided in
Section 7.13 of the Credit Agreement, effective as of the Additional
Guarantor Accession Date applicable thereto, such Guarantor shall be deemed
a
Grantor party hereto, and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to include
any
amendments to the Schedules provided by such Subsidiary in connection
therewith.
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SECTION
24.
Amendment
and
Restatement. On
and
after the Effective Date, this Agreement shall amend, restate and supercede
in
its entirety and replace the Existing Security Agreement; provided, however,
that the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall not (a) operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Secured
Parties under the Existing Security Agreement and the other related documents,
except to the extent expressly waived in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (b) extinguish, impair or constitute a novation of any obligations
of
Holdings or any other Grantor under the Existing Security Agreement or the
related documents except to the extent any such obligation is actually satisfied
by Holdings or the relevant Grantor thereunder or (c) extinguish or impair
any
indemnification or similar rights under the Existing Security Agreement which
by
their terms would survive the termination of the Existing Security
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered in San Francisco, California by their proper and duly
authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
GRANTORS:
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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BMC WEST CORPORATION | ||
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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BMC WEST CORPORATION SOUTHCENTRAL | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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BMCW
SOUTHCENTRAL, L.P., a Texas limited partnership |
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By: | BMC WEST CORPORATION SOUTHCENTRAL, its General Partner |
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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BMCW, LLC | ||
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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BMC CONSTRUCTION, INC. | ||
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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KB INDUSTRIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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XXXXXX ROAD, L.L.C. | ||
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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KBI CONCRETE LLC | ||
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By: | BMC
CONSTRUCTION, Inc., its Managing Member |
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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TOTAL CONCRETE, L.L.C. | ||
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By: | KBI
CONCRETE
LLC, its Managing Member |
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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KBI CONSTRUCTION, LLC | ||
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By: |
BMC
CONSTRUCTION, INC.,
its
Managing
Member
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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RJ NORCAL, LLC | ||
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By: | BMC
CONSTRUCTION, INC., its Managing Member |
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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KBI NORCAL GENERAL PARTNERSHIP | ||
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its General Partner |
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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KBI NORCAL WINDOWS, INC. | ||
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Title: | ||
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KBI STUCCO, INC. | ||
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT:
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
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Title: | ||
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SCHEDULE 1
to
the Security
Agreement
1.
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Locations
of
Books Pertaining to Rights to
Payment
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2.
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Trade
Names
and Trade Styles; Other Corporate, Trade or Fictitious Names;
Etc.
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3.
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Deposit
Accounts
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a.
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Primary
Accounts
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b.
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Zero
Balance
Accounts
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c.
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Other
Accounts
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4.
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Securities
Accounts
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5.
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Investment
Property
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6.
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Instruments
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7.
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Leased
Equipment
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8.
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Jurisdictions
of Organization
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SCHEDULE 2
to
the Security
Agreement
1.
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Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights, Etc.
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SCHEDULE 3
to
the Security
Agreement
2.
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Pledged
Shares
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Common
stock of the
Subsidiaries listed below being represented by stock certificates as
follows:
Subsidiary
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Certificate
No.
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Certificate
Date
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No.
of
Shares
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3.
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Pledged
Debt
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SCHEDULE
4
to
the Security
Agreement
Filing
Offices
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EXHIBIT A
Commercial
Tort
Claims
None
Exhibit
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EXHIBIT B
ACCOUNT
CONTROL
AGREEMENT
(Securities
Accounts)
This
ACCOUNT
CONTROL AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
dated as of
_______________, 2005 is made among _______________, a _______________ (the
“Company”),
Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as the collateral agent (in such capacity, the
“Collateral
Agent”)
for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders identified in the Credit Agreement referred to below,
and
[Name of Securities Intermediary] (“Securities
Intermediary”).
RECITALS
A. Securities
Intermediary has established [securities account or other like account]
number(s) _______________________________________________________ in the name
of
[__________] (the “Company”)
(together with
any successor accounts, collectively, the “Account”)
at its office at
____________________________. Securities Intermediary and the
Company
have entered into a customer account agreement dated as of _______________,
____
(as in effect on the date hereof, the “Customer
Agreement”)
with respect to
the Account, pursuant to which Securities Intermediary has agreed to maintain
the Account.
B. The
Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented, extended, replaced, substituted or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among
(i) Building Material Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”),
as borrower,
(ii) BMC West Corporation , and certain other affiliates of Holdings,
as
guarantors, (iii) the several financial institutions from time to time
party to this Agreement (individually, a “Lender”
and,
collectively, the “Lenders”)
and
(iv) Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as letter of credit issuing
bank and swingline bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders and as lead
arranger of the credit facilities described therein, provides, subject to its
terms and conditions, for certain extensions of credit and other financial
accommodations to Holdings. It is a condition to the obligations
of
the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement that the Company
grants the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Collateral
Agent a security interest in the Account, and pursuant to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, the Company has granted the Collateral Agent a security
interest in the Account.
C. The
Collateral
Agent, the Company and Securities Intermediary are entering into this Agreement
to provide for the control of the Account and to perfect the security interest
of the Collateral Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
in the Account.
Exhibit
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ACCORDINGLY,
the
Collateral Agent, the Company and Securities Intermediary hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION
1.
The
Account. Securities
Intermediary hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, the
Lenders, and the Company that (a) the Account has been established in
the
name of the Company as recited above, (b) the copy of the Customer
Agreement heretofore delivered to the Collateral Agent is a true, correct and
complete copy of the Customer Agreement as in effect on the date hereof,
(c) Schedule 1 attached hereto is a complete and accurate statement
of
the Account and the financial assets carried therein and any free credit balance
thereunder as of the date thereof, (d) Schedule 1 does not reflect
any
financial assets which are registered in the name of the Company, payable to
its
order, or specially endorsed to hires which have not been endorsed to Securities
Intermediary or in blank, (e) the security entitlements arising out
of the
financial assets carried in the Account and such free credit balance are valid
and legally binding obligations of Securities Intermediary, and (f) except
for the claims and interest of the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Company
in the Account (subject to any claim in favor of Securities Intermediary
permitted under Section 2), Securities Intermediary does not know of
any
claim to or interest in the Account. Securities Intermediary
will
treat all property held by it in the Account as financial assets under Article
8
of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of California.
SECTION
2.
Priority
of Lien. Securities
Intermediary hereby acknowledges the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent by the Company. Securities Intermediary hereby confirms
that
the Account is a cash account and that it will not advance any margin or other
credit to the Company therein, either directly by executing purchase orders
in
excess of any credit balance or money market mutual funds held in the Account,
by executing sell orders on securities not held in the Account or by allowing
the Company to trade in instruments such as options and commodities contracts
that create similar obligations, nor will it hypothecate any securities carried
in the Account. Securities Intermediary hereby waives and releases
all liens, encumbrances, claims and rights of setoff it may have against the
Account or any financial asset carried in the Account or any credit balance
in
the Account and agrees that, except for payment of its customary fees and
commission pursuant to the Customer Agreement, it will not assert any such
lien,
encumbrance, claim or right against the Account or any financial asset carried
in the Account or any credit balance in the Account. Securities
Intermediary will not agree with any third party that Securities Intermediary
will comply with entitlement orders concerning the Account originated by such
third party without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent and the
Company.
SECTION
3.
Control. Securities
Intermediary will comply with entitlement orders originated by the Collateral
Agent concerning the Account without further consent by the
Company. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2 above
and 4
below, Securities Intermediary shall make trades of financial assets held in
the
Account at the direction of the Company, or its authorized representatives,
and
comply with entitlement orders concerning the Account from the Company, or
its
authorized representatives, until such time as the Collateral Agent delivers
a
written notice to Securities Intermediary stating that (a) an Event
of
Default under and as defined in the Credit Agreement has occurred and is
continuing and (b) from and after such Event of Default, the Collateral
Agent is assuming exclusive control over the Account. Such notice
may
be referred to herein as the “Notice
of
Exclusive Control.”
After Securities
Intermediary receives the Notice of Exclusive Control, it will immediately
cease
complying with entitlement orders or other directions concerning the Account
originated by the Company or its representatives.
Exhibit
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SECTION
4.
No
Withdrawals. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3 above, Securities Intermediary shall neither
accept nor comply with any entitlement order from the Company withdrawing any
financial assets from the Account nor deliver any such financial assets to
the
Company nor pay any free credit balance or other amount owing from Securities
Intermediary to the Company with respect to the Account without the specific
prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
SECTION
5.
Statements,
Confirmations and Notices of Adverse Claims. Securities
Intermediary will send copies of all statements, confirmations and other
correspondence concerning the Account simultaneously to the Company and the
Collateral Agent at their respective addresses set forth in Schedule 11.02
of the Credit Agreement. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance
or adverse claim against the Account or in any financial asset carried therein,
Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the
Company thereof.
SECTION
6.
Responsibility
of Securities Intermediary. Except
for permitting a withdrawal or payment in violation of Section 4 above
or
advancing margin or over credit to the Company in violation of Section 2
above, Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility or liability to
the
Collateral Agent for making trades of financial assets held in the Account
at
the direction of the Company, or its authorized representatives, or complying
with entitlement orders concerning the Account from the Company, or its
authorized representatives, which are received by Securities Intermediary before
Securities Intermediary receives a Notice of Exclusive
Control. Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility
or
liability to the Company for complying with a Notice of Exclusive Control or
complying with entitlement orders concerning the Account originated by the
Collateral Agent. Securities Intermediary shall have no duty
to
investigate or make any determination as to whether a default exists under
any
agreement between the Company and the Collateral Agent and shall comply with
a
Notice of Exclusive Control even if it believes that no such default
exists. This Agreement does not create any obligation or duty
of
Securities Intermediary other than those expressly set forth
herein.
SECTION
7.
Tax
Reporting. All
items of income, gain, expense and loss recognized in the Account shall be
reported to the Internal Revenue Service and all state and local taxing
authorities under the name and taxpayer identification number of the
Company.
SECTION
8.
Customer
Agreement. In
the
event of a conflict between this Agreement and any other agreement between
Securities Intermediary and the Company, including, without limitation, the
Customer Agreement, the terms of this Agreement will
prevail. Regardless of any provision in any such agreement,
California shall be deemed to be Securities Intermediary’s location for the
purposes of this Agreement and the perfection and priority of the Collateral
Agent’s security interest in the Account.
Exhibit
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SECTION
9. Termination. The
rights and powers granted herein to the Collateral Agent have been granted
in
order to perfect its security interest in the Account, are powers coupled with
an interest and will neither be affected by the bankruptcy of either Holdings
nor the Company nor by the lapse of time. The obligations of
Securities Intermediary under Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 above shall continue
in effect until the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Account
has
been terminated and the Collateral Agent has notified Securities Intermediary
of
such termination in writing. Upon receipt of such notice the
obligations of Securities Intermediary under Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5
above
with respect to the operation and maintenance of the Account after the receipt
of such notice shall terminate, the Collateral Agent shall have a further right
to originate entitlement orders concerning the Account and Securities
Intermediary may take such steps as Holdings or the Company may request to
vest
full ownership and control of the Account in the Company, including, but not
limited to, transferring all of the financial assets and credit balances in
the
Account to another securities account in the name of the Company or its
designee.
SECTION
10.
Entire
Agreement. This
Agreement, the schedules and exhibits hereto and the agreements and instruments
required to be executed and delivered hereunder set forth the entire agreement
of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and
discharge all prior agreements (written or oral) and negotiations and all
contemporaneous oral agreements concerning such subject matter and
negotiations. There are no oral conditions precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement.
SECTION
11.
Amendments. No
amendment, modification or termination of this Agreement or waiver of any right
hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is in writing and
is
signed by the party to be charged.
SECTION
12.
Severability. If
any
term or provision set forth in this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable,
the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such terms or provisions
to persons or circumstances, other than those to which it is held invalid or
unenforceable, shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or
unenforceable term or provision were omitted.
SECTION
13.
Successors. The
terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit
of, the parties hereto and their respective corporate successors or heirs and
personal representatives.
SECTION
14.
Rules
of
Construction. In
this Agreement, words in the singular number include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular, words of the masculine gender include the feminine
and the neuter, and when the sense so indicates words of the neuter gender
may
refer to any gender and the word “or” is disjunctive but not
exclusive. The captions and section numbers appearing in this
Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience. They
do not
define, limit or describe the scope or intent of the provisions of this
Agreement.
Exhibit
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44
SECTION
15.
Notices. Any
notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given under
this Agreement shall be in writing and deemed to have been properly given when
delivered in person, or when sent by telecopy or other electronic means and
electronic confirmation of error free receipt is received or two days after
being sent by certified or registered United States mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the party at the address set forth
in
Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. Any party may
change its
address for notices in the manner set forth above.
SECTION
16.
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this
Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterpart.
SECTION
17.
Choice
of Law. The
parties hereto agree that certain material events, on occurrences and
transactions relating to this Agreement bear a reasonable relationship to the
State of California. The validity, terms, performance and enforcement
of this Agreement shall be governed by those laws of the State of California
which are applicable to agreements which are negotiated, executed, delivered
and
performed solely in the State of California.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
and
delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit
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SCHEDULE 1
STATEMENT
OF THE
ACCOUNT
Exhibit
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EXHIBIT C
ACCOUNT
CONTROL
AGREEMENT
(Deposit
Accounts)
This
ACCOUNT
CONTROL AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
dated as of
_______________, 2005 is made among _______________, a _______________ (the
“Company”),
Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as the collateral agent (in such capacity, the
“Collateral
Agent”)
for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders identified in the Credit Agreement referred to below,
and
[Name of Depositary Bank] (“Depositary
Bank”).
RECITALS
A. Depositary
Bank has
established a [money market account] number(s)
_________________________________________________________in the name of
[__________] (the “Company”)
(together with
any successor accounts, collectively, the “Account”) at its office at
____________________________. Depositary Bank and the Company
have
entered into a customer account agreement dated as of _______________, ____
(as
in effect on the date hereof, the “Customer Agreement”) with respect to the
Account, pursuant to which Depositary Bank has agreed to maintain the
Account.
B. The
Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented, extended, replaced, substituted or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among
(i) Building Material Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”),
as borrower,
(ii) BMC West Corporation , and certain other affiliates of Holdings,
as
guarantors, (iii) the several financial institutions from time to time
party to this Agreement (individually, a “Lender”
and,
collectively, the “Lenders”)
and
(iv) Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as letter of credit issuing
bank and swingline bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders and as lead
arranger of the credit facilities described therein, provides, subject to its
terms and conditions, for certain extensions of credit and other financial
accommodations to Holdings. It is a condition to the obligations
of
the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement that the Company
grants the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Collateral
Agent a security interest in the Account, and pursuant to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, the Company has granted the Collateral Agent a security
interest in the Account.
C. The
Collateral
Agent, the Company and Depositary Bank are entering into this Agreement to
provide for the control of the Account and to perfect the security interest
of
the Collateral Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
in
the Account.
ACCORDINGLY,
the
Collateral Agent, the Company and Depositary Bank hereby agree as
follows:
Exhibit
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48
SECTION
1.
The
Account. Depositary
Bank hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, and
the Company that (a) the Account has been established in the name of
the
Company as recited above, (b) the copy of the Customer Agreement heretofore
delivered to the Collateral Agent is a true, correct and complete copy of the
Customer Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, (c) Schedule 1
attached hereto is a complete and accurate statement of the Account and the
financial assets carried therein and any free credit balance thereunder as
of
the date thereof, (d) Schedule 1 does not reflect any financial
assets
which are registered in the name of the Company, payable to its order, or
specially endorsed to hires which have not been endorsed to Depositary Bank
or
in blank, (e) the security entitlements arising out of the financial
assets
carried in the Account and such free credit balance are valid and legally
binding obligations of Depositary Bank, and (f) except for the claims
and
interest of the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Company in the Account
(subject to any claim in favor of Depositary Bank permitted under
Section 2), Depositary Bank does not know of any claim to or interest
in
the Account. Depositary Bank will treat all property held by
it in
the Account as financial assets under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code
of the State of California.
SECTION
2.
Priority
of Lien. Depositary
Bank hereby acknowledges the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent
by the Company. Depositary Bank hereby confirms that the Account
is a
cash account and that it will not advance any margin or other credit to the
Company therein, either directly by executing purchase orders in excess of
any
credit balance or money market mutual funds held in the Account, by executing
sell orders on securities not held in the Account or by allowing the Company
to
trade in instruments such as options and commodities contracts that create
similar obligations, nor will it hypothecate any securities carried in the
Account. Depositary Bank hereby waives and releases all liens,
encumbrances, claims and rights of setoff it may have against the Account or
any
financial asset carried in the Account or any credit balance in the Account
and
agrees that, except for payment of its customary fees and commission pursuant
to
the Customer Agreement, it will not assert any such lien, encumbrance, claim
or
right against the Account or any financial asset carried in the Account or
any
credit balance in the Account. Depositary Bank will not agree
with
any third party that Depositary Bank will comply with entitlement orders
concerning the Account originated by such third party without the prior written
consent of the Collateral Agent and the Company.
SECTION
3.
Control. Depositary
Bank will comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent concerning the
Account without further consent by the Company. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2 above, Depositary Bank shall take such actions,
including with respect to the withdrawal or disposition of any funds from time
to time credited to the Account, at the direction of the Company, or its
authorized representatives, until such time as the Collateral Agent delivers
a
written notice to Depositary Bank stating that (a) an Event of Default
under and as defined in the Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing
and
(b) from and after such Event of Default, the Collateral Agent is assuming
exclusive control over the Account. Such notice may be referred
to
herein as the “Notice of Exclusive Control.” After Depositary Bank receives the
Notice of Exclusive Control, it will immediately cease complying with
entitlement orders or other directions concerning the Account originated by
the
Company or its representatives.
Exhibit
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49
SECTION
4.
Statements,
Confirmations and Notices of Adverse Claims. Depositary
Bank will send copies of all statements, confirmations and other correspondence
concerning the Account simultaneously to the Company and the Collateral Agent
at
their respective addresses set forth in Schedule 11.02 of the Credit
Agreement. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse
claim against the Account or in any financial asset carried therein, Depositary
Bank will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the Company
thereof.
SECTION
5.
Responsibility
of Depositary Bank. Except
for advancing margin or over credit to the Company in violation of
Section 2 above, Depositary Bank shall have no responsibility or liability
to the Collateral Agent for making trades of financial assets held in the
Account at the direction of the Company, or its authorized representatives,
or
complying with entitlement orders concerning the Account from the Company,
or
its authorized representatives, which are received by Depositary Bank before
Depositary Bank receives a Notice of Exclusive Control. Depositary
Bank shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company for complying
with
a Notice of Exclusive Control or complying with entitlement orders concerning
the Account originated by the Collateral Agent. Depositary Bank
shall
have no duty to investigate or make any determination as to whether a default
exists under any agreement between the Company and the Collateral Agent and
shall comply with a Notice of Exclusive Control even if it believes that no
such
default exists. This Agreement does not create any obligation
or duty
of Depositary Bank other than those expressly set forth herein.
SECTION
6.
Tax
Reporting. All
items of income, gain, expense and loss recognized in the Account shall be
reported to the Internal Revenue Service and all state and local taxing
authorities under the name and taxpayer identification number of the
Company.
SECTION
7.
Customer
Agreement. In
the
event of a conflict between this Agreement and any other agreement between
Depositary Bank and the Company, including, without limitation, the Customer
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement will prevail. Regardless
of
any provision in any such agreement, California shall be deemed to be Depositary
Bank’s location for the purposes of this Agreement and the perfection and
priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the
Account.
SECTION
8.
Termination. The
rights and powers granted herein to the Collateral Agent have been granted
in
order to perfect its security interest in the Account, are powers coupled with
an interest and will neither be affected by the bankruptcy of either Holdings
nor the Company nor by the lapse of time. The obligations of
Depositary Bank under Sections 2, 3 and 4 above shall continue in effect
until the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Account has been
terminated and the Collateral Agent has notified Depositary Bank of such
termination in writing. Upon receipt of such notice the obligations
of Depositary Bank under Sections 2, 3 and 4 above with respect to the
operation and maintenance of the Account after the receipt of such notice shall
terminate, the Collateral Agent shall have a further right to originate
entitlement orders concerning the Account and Depositary Bank may take such
steps as Holdings or the Company may request to vest full ownership and control
of the Account in the Company, including, but not limited to, transferring
all
of the financial assets and credit balances in the Account to another securities
account in the name of the Company or its designee.
Exhibit
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50
SECTION
9.
Entire
Agreement. This
Agreement, the schedules and exhibits hereto and the agreements and instruments
required to be executed and delivered hereunder set forth the entire agreement
of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and
discharge all prior agreements (written or oral) and negotiations and all
contemporaneous oral agreements concerning such subject matter and
negotiations. There are no oral conditions precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement.
SECTION
10.
Amendments. No
amendment, modification or termination of this Agreement or waiver of any right
hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is in writing and
is
signed by the party to be charged.
SECTION
11.
Severability. If
any
term or provision set forth in this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable,
the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such terms or provisions
to persons or circumstances, other than those to which it is held invalid or
unenforceable, shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or
unenforceable term or provision were omitted.
SECTION
12.
Successors. The
terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit
of, the parties hereto and their respective corporate successors or heirs and
personal representatives.
SECTION
13.
Rules
of
Construction. In
this Agreement, words in the singular number include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular, words of the masculine gender include the feminine
and the neuter, and when the sense so indicates words of the neuter gender
may
refer to any gender and the word “or” is disjunctive but not
exclusive. The captions and section numbers appearing in this
Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience. They
do not
define, limit or describe the scope or intent of the provisions of this
Agreement.
SECTION
14.
Notices. Any
notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given under
this Agreement shall be in writing and deemed to have been properly given when
delivered in person, or when sent by telecopy or other electronic means and
electronic confirmation of error free receipt is received or two days after
being sent by certified or registered United States mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the party at the address set forth
in
Schedule 11.02 of the Credit Agreement. Any party may
change its
address for notices in the manner set forth above.
Exhibit
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51
SECTION
15.
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this
Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterpart.
SECTION
16.
Choice
of Law. The
parties hereto agree that certain material events, on occurrences and
transactions relating to this Agreement bear a reasonable relationship to the
State of California. The validity, terms, performance and enforcement
of this Agreement shall be governed by those laws of the State of California
which are applicable to agreements which are negotiated, executed, delivered
and
performed solely in the State of California.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
and
delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit
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SCHEDULE 1
STATEMENT
OF THE
ACCOUNT
Exhibit
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EXHIBIT
J
FORM
OF UPDATE
CERTIFICATE
for
the Reporting
Period ended __________________, 20__
TO:
Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
Reference
is made
to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005 (as
extended, renewed, amended or restated from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among Building
Materials Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”),
BMC West
Corporation (the “Company”)
and certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, SunTrust Bank, as Co-Lead Arranger
and Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation
Agent, Lasalle Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, U.S.
Bank
National Association, as Co-Documentation Agent, the several financial
institutions from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)
and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Co-Lead Arranger, as issuing bank of certain
letters of credit (in such capacity, the “L/C
Issuer”),
as Swingline
Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”). Capitalized
terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms
in the Credit Agreement.
This
Update
Certificate
is provided
pursuant to Section
7.02(i)
of the Credit
Agreement without limiting the ongoing reporting obligations of the Loan Parties
under the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement (as amended) with respect
to the matters covered by this Update Certificate.
The
undersigned
hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on behalf of each
Loan Party that, during the fiscal quarter ended __________, 20_ (the “Reporting
Period”), there has not been (i) any change in its corporate name or in its
jurisdiction of organization, (ii) any change in the location of its chief
executive office or (iii) the creation or acquisition of any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary by a Loan Party, except as follows:
1. Names.
(a) During
the
Reporting Period, a Loan Party changed its corporate name as
follows:
(b) During
the
Reporting Period, a Loan Party changed its jurisdiction of organization as
follows:
2. Locations. During
the
Reporting Period, a Loan Party changed the location of its chief executive
office as follows:
3. Real
Property
Ownership. During
the Reporting Period, a Loan Party acquired or otherwise obtained title to
new
real property with a value in excess of $1,000,000 as follows (include dollar
value of each parcel of new real property):
Exhibit J
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4. Subsidiaries. During
the Reporting Period, a Loan Party created or acquired the following direct
or
indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries:
Consistent
with the
provisions of revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant
jurisdiction(s) (as and when adopted), the Loan Parties hereby authorize the
Administrative Agent to file (with or without a Loan Party’s signature), at any
time and from time to time thereafter, all financing statements, assignments,
continuation financing statements, financing statement amendments, termination
statements and other documents and instruments, in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent, and take all other action, as the Administrative
Agent may deem reasonable, to perfect and continue perfected, maintain the
priority of or provide notice of any security interest of the Administrative
Agent in the Collateral and to accomplish the purposes of the Credit
Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Update
Certificate
on behalf of
itself and each other Loan Party this ____________ day of
____________________.
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
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Exhibit J
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EXHIBIT
K
FORM
OF
AMENDMENT TO DEEDS OF TRUST
RECORDING
REQUESTED
BY
AND
WHEN RECORDED,
RETURN TO:
White
&
Case
LLP
000
Xxxx 0xx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
Attn:
Xxxxx X.
Park, Esq.
[FIRST]
[SECOND] [THIRD] AMENDMENT TO DEEDS OF TRUST
THIS
[FIRST]
[SECOND] [THIRD] AMENDMENT TO DEEDS OF TRUST (this “[First] [Second] [Third]
Amendment”), dated as of June 30, 2005 is entered into by and
between:
(1) [_________________],
a Delaware corporation (the “Trustor”); and
(2) Xxxxx
Fargo Bank,
N.A., as agent under the Credit Agreement, as defined below (the “Administrative
Agent” or the “Beneficiary”).
RECITALS
A. Pursuant
to that
certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 30, 1999, which was subsequently
amended and restated pursuant to that certain (i) Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of August 30, 2001 and (ii) Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of August 13, 2003 (collectively and as amended, restated
or
otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Original Credit Agreement”), by
and among, inter alia, the Trustor and the Administrative Agent as
successor-in-interest agent, individually and as agent for the financial
institutions which are a party thereto (the “Original Lenders”), Building
Materials Holdings Corporation (“Holdings”), in its capacity as a borrower,
obtained a line of credit consisting of term and revolving loans and a letter
of
credit subfacility in a maximum principal amount not to exceed
$350,000,000.00.
B. The
Trustor and the
Administrative Agent, as successor-in-interest agent, concurrently with the
execution of this [First] [Second] [Third] Amendment, will (together with
certain other parties thereto) (i) amend and restate the Original Credit
Agreement pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to
be
dated as of June 30, 2005, among (a) Holdings, (b) the Trustor, and
certain
other affiliates of Holdings, as guarantors, (c) the Lenders and (d) Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as letter of credit issuing bank and swingline bank, as
administrative agent for the Lenders and as co-lead arranger of the credit
facilities described therein (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) and (ii) increase
the term loans and revolving credit facilities available under the Credit
Agreement to an aggregate principal amount of up to
$650,000,000.00.
Exhibit
K
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C. In
addition, the
Trustor and Bank of America, N.A., as predecessor agent for the Original
Lenders, are parties to those certain Deeds of Trust listed on Schedule A
attached hereto[, and the Trustor and the Administrative Agent, as
successor-in-interest agent, are parties to those certain [(i) First Amendments
to Deeds of Trust] [and (ii) Second Amendments to Deeds of Trust] listed on
said
Schedule A] (collectively, the “Deeds of Trust”).
D. In
connection with
the Credit Agreement, the Trustor and the Administrative Agent have agreed
to
amend each of the Deeds of Trust as provided for herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of the above recitals and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Trustor and the Administrative Agent hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions,
Interpretation. All
capitalized terms defined above and elsewhere in this [First] [Second] [Third]
Amendment shall be used herein as so defined. Unless otherwise
defined herein, all other capitalized terms used herein shall have the
respective meanings given to those terms in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement.
2. Amendment
to Deeds of Trust. The
Deeds of Trust are hereby amended by amending and restating Subsection 1.2(a)
of
each Deed of Trust to read in its entirety as follows:
“(a) Payment
of all
obligations at any time owing under that Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of June 30, 2005 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”) owed by Trustor to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders in the maximum principal amount not to exceed Six Hundred Fifty
Million Dollars ($650,000,000.00) and bearing a final maturity of June 30,
2010;
and”
3. Effect
of this Amendment. On
and
after the Effective Date, each reference in the Deeds of Trust and the other
Loan Documents shall mean the Deeds of Trust as amended
hereby. Except as specifically amended above, (a) the Deeds
of Trust
shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and affirmed
and
(b) the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this [First] [Second] [Third]
Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver
of
any right, power, or remedy of the Trustor or the Administrative Agent, nor
constitute a waiver of any provision of the Deeds of Trust.
4. Miscellaneous.
(a) Counterparts. This
[First] [Second] [Third] Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The signature
page and acknowledgment of any counterpart may be removed therefrom and attached
to any other counterpart to evidence execution thereof by all of the parties
hereto without affecting the validity thereof.
Exhibit
K
2
2
(b) Headings. Headings
in this [First] [Second] [Third] Amendment are for convenience of reference
only
and are not part of the substance hereof.
(c) Governing
Law. This
[First] [Second] [Third] Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State which governs the applicable Deed of
Trust, without reference to conflicts of law rules.
[The
signature page
follows.]
Exhibit
K
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustor and the Administrative Agent have caused this
[First] [Second] [Third] Amendment to be executed as of the day and year first
above written.
TRUSTOR:
[_______________________],
a
[___________________]
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
AND
BENEFICIARY:
XXXXX
FARGO
BANK, N.A.
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Exhibit
K
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STATE
OF
____________________)
) ss.
COUNTY
OF
__________________)
On
____________, before me, ____________________, Notary Public, personally
appeared ____________________, personally known to me (or proved to me on the
basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they
executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon
behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
Witness
my hand and
official seal.
[SEAL]
__________________________________
Signature
of the
Notary
Exhibit
K
5
5
STATE
OF
____________________)
) ss.
COUNTY
OF
__________________)
On
____________, before me, ____________________, Notary Public, personally
appeared ____________________, personally known to me (or proved to me on the
basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they
executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon
behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
Witness
my hand and
official seal.
[SEAL]
__________________________________
Signature
of the
Notary
Exhibit
K
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SCHEDULE
A
LIST
OF DEEDS OF
TRUST HEREBY AMENDED
Deed
of Trust
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County,
State
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Recording
No.:
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Exhibit
K
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