Contract
Exhibit 99.1
CUSIP NO. _____________
$100,000,000.00 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
SUN HYDRAULICS CORPORATION, a Florida corporation
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
and
SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
and
SunTrust Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
Dated as of July 29, 2016
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Exhibit 99.1
(i)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1.Β CERTAIN DEFINITIONS ..................................................................................................... 1Β
1.1Β Certain Definitions. .......................................................................................................... 1Β
1.2Β Construction. .................................................................................................................. 25Β
1.3Β Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP. ................................................................... 26Β
1.4Β Currency Calculations .................................................................................................... 26Β
2.Β REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES .............................................. 27Β
2.1Β Revolving Credit Commitments..................................................................................... 27Β
2.1.1Β Revolving Credit Loans. ......................................................................................... 27Β
2.1.2Β Swing Loan Commitment. ...................................................................................... 27Β
2.2Β Nature of Lenders' Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans. .................... 27Β
2.3Β Commitment Fees. ......................................................................................................... 27Β
2.4Β Intentionally Deleted. ..................................................................................................... 28Β
2.5Β Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests............................................... 28Β
2.5.1Β Revolving Credit Loan Requests. ........................................................................... 28Β
2.5.2Β Swing Loan Requests. ............................................................................................. 29Β
2.6Β Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the Administrative
Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans. .. 29Β
2.6.1Β Making Revolving Credit Loans. ............................................................................ 29Β
2.6.2Β Presumptions by the Administrative Agent. ........................................................... 29Β
2.6.3Β Making Swing Loans. ............................................................................................. 30Β
2.6.4Β Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans................................................................... 30Β
2.6.5Β Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans. ....................................................................... 30Β
2.6.6Β Swing Loans Under Cash Management Agreements. ............................................ 30Β
2.7Β Notes............................................................................................................................... 31Β
2.8Β Use of Proceeds. ............................................................................................................. 31Β
2.9Β Letter of Credit Subfacility. ........................................................................................... 31Β
2.9.1Β Issuance of Letters of Credit. .................................................................................. 31Β
2.9.2Β Letter of Credit Fees. .............................................................................................. 32Β
2.9.3Β Disbursements, Reimbursement. ............................................................................ 33Β
2.9.4Β Repayment of Participation Advances. ................................................................... 34Β
2.9.5Β Documentation. ....................................................................................................... 35Β
2.9.6Β Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests. ......................................................... 35Β
2.9.7Β Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations. ...................................... 35Β
2.9.8Β Indemnity. ............................................................................................................... 37Β
2.9.9Β Liability for Acts and Omissions. ........................................................................... 37Β
2.9.10Β Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements. ............................................................... 38Β
2.10Β Defaulting Lenders. ........................................................................................................ 38Β
2.11Β Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments. ................................................................. 40Β
2.12Β Utilization of Commitments in Optional Currencies. .................................................... 42Β
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2.12.1Β Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit Loans
that are Optional Currency Loans and Letters of Credit Outstanding; Repayment in
Same Currency. ...................................................................................................... 42Β
2.13Β European Monetary Union. ............................................................................................ 42Β
3.Β INTENTIONALLY DELETED ........................................................................................... 43Β
4.Β INTEREST RATES .............................................................................................................. 43Β
4.1Β Interest Rate Options. ..................................................................................................... 43Β
4.1.1Β Revolving Credit Interest Rate Options; Swing Line Interest Rate. ....................... 44Β
4.1.2Β Interest Act (Canada). ............................................................................................. 44Β
4.1.3Β Rate Calculations; Rate Quotations. ....................................................................... 44Β
4.2Β Interest Periods. .............................................................................................................. 45Β
4.2.1Β Amount of Borrowing Tranche. .............................................................................. 45Β
4.2.2Β Renewals. ................................................................................................................ 45Β
4.2.3Β No Conversion of Optional Currency Loans. ......................................................... 45Β
4.3Β Interest After Default. .................................................................................................... 45Β
4.3.1Β Letter of Credit Fees, Interest Rate. ........................................................................ 45Β
4.3.2Β Other Obligations. ................................................................................................... 45Β
4.3.3Β Acknowledgment. ................................................................................................... 45Β
4.4Β Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available; Optional
Currency Not Available. ................................................................................................ 46Β
4.4.1Β Unascertainable. ...................................................................................................... 46Β
4.4.2Β Illegality; Increased Costs. ...................................................................................... 46Β
4.4.3Β Optional Currency Not Available. .......................................................................... 46Β
4.4.4Β Administrative Agent's and Lender's Rights. .......................................................... 46Β
4.5Β Selection of Interest Rate Options. ................................................................................. 47Β
5.Β PAYMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 47Β
5.1Β Payments. ....................................................................................................................... 47Β
5.2Β Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders. ..................................................................................... 48Β
5.3Β Sharing of Payments by Lenders. ................................................................................... 48Β
5.4Β Presumptions by Administrative Agent. ........................................................................ 49Β
5.5Β Interest Payment Dates. .................................................................................................. 49Β
5.6Β Voluntary Prepayments. ................................................................................................. 50Β
5.6.1Β Right to Prepay. ...................................................................................................... 50Β
5.6.2Β Replacement of a Lender. ....................................................................................... 50Β
5.6.3Β Designation of a Different Lending Office. ............................................................ 51Β
5.7Β Mandatory Prepayments. ................................................................................................ 51Β
5.7.1Β Intentionally Deleted. .............................................................................................. 51Β
5.7.2Β Currency Fluctuations. ............................................................................................ 52Β
5.7.3Β Application Among Interest Rate Options. ............................................................. 52Β
5.8Β Increased Costs. .............................................................................................................. 52Β
5.8.1Β Increased Costs Generally. ...................................................................................... 52Β
5.8.2Β Capital Requirements. ............................................................................................. 53Β
5.8.3Β Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of
New Loans. ............................................................................................................. 53Β
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5.8.4Β Delay in Requests. .................................................................................................. 53Β
5.8.5Β Additional Reserve Requirements. ......................................................................... 53Β
5.9Β Taxes. ............................................................................................................................. 54Β
5.9.1Β Issuing Lender. ........................................................................................................ 54Β
5.9.2Β Payments Free of Taxes. ......................................................................................... 54Β
5.9.3Β Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. ......................................................... 54Β
5.9.4Β Indemnification by the Loan Parties. ...................................................................... 54Β
5.9.5Β Indemnification by the Lenders. ............................................................................. 54Β
5.9.6Β Evidence of Payments. ............................................................................................ 55Β
5.9.7Β Status of Lenders. .................................................................................................... 55Β
5.9.8Β Treatment of Certain Refunds. ................................................................................ 57Β
5.9.9Β Survival. .................................................................................................................. 57Β
5.10Β Indemnity. ...................................................................................................................... 58Β
5.11Β Settlement Date Procedures. .......................................................................................... 58Β
5.12Β Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments. .......................................................... 59Β
5.13Β Indemnity in Certain Events. .......................................................................................... 59Β
6.Β REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ..................................................................... 59Β
6.1Β Representations and Warranties. .................................................................................... 59Β
6.1.1Β Organization and Qualification; Power and Authority; Compliance With Laws;
Title to Properties; Event of Default. ..................................................................... 59Β
6.1.2Β Subsidiaries; Investment Companies. ..................................................................... 60Β
6.1.3Β Validity and Binding Effect. ................................................................................... 60Β
6.1.4Β No Conflict; Material Agreements; Consents. ........................................................ 60Β
6.1.5Β Litigation. ................................................................................................................ 60Β
6.1.6Β Financial Statements. .............................................................................................. 61Β
6.1.7Β Margin Stock. .......................................................................................................... 61Β
6.1.8Β Full Disclosure. ....................................................................................................... 61Β
6.1.9Β Taxes. ...................................................................................................................... 62Β
6.1.10Β Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Etc. .................................................... 62Β
6.1.11Β Liens in the Collateral. ............................................................................................ 62Β
6.1.12Β Insurance. ................................................................................................................ 62Β
6.1.13Β ERISA Compliance. ................................................................................................ 62Β
6.1.14Β Environmental Matters............................................................................................ 63Β
6.1.15Β Solvency. ................................................................................................................. 63Β
6.1.16Β Anti-Terrorism Laws. ............................................................................................. 63Β
6.1.17Β EEA Financial Institution.. ..................................................................................... 63Β
6.1.18Β Material Contracts; Burdensome Restrictions. ....................................................... 63Β
6.1.19Β Employment Matters. .............................................................................................. 63Β
6.2Β Updates to Schedules. .................................................................................................... 64Β
7.Β CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT ................. 64Β
7.1Β First Loans and Letters of Credit. ................................................................................... 64Β
7.1.1Β Deliveries. ............................................................................................................... 64Β
7.1.2Β Payment of Fees. ..................................................................................................... 65Β
7.2Β Each Loan or Letter of Credit. ....................................................................................... 65Β
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8.Β COVENANTS ...................................................................................................................... 66Β
8.1Β Affirmative Covenants. .................................................................................................. 66Β
8.1.1Β Preservation of Existence, Etc. ............................................................................... 66Β
8.1.2Β Payment of Liabilities, Including Taxes, Etc. ......................................................... 66Β
8.1.3Β Maintenance of Insurance. ...................................................................................... 66Β
8.1.4Β Maintenance of Properties and Leases. ................................................................... 66Β
8.1.5Β Visitation Rights. .................................................................................................... 67Β
8.1.6Β Keeping of Records and Books of Account. ........................................................... 67Β
8.1.7Β Compliance with Laws; Use of Proceeds. .............................................................. 67Β
8.1.8Β Further Assurances.................................................................................................. 67Β
8.1.9Β Anti-Terrorism Laws; International Trade Law Compliance. ................................ 67Β
8.1.10Β Keepwell. ................................................................................................................ 68Β
8.2Β Negative Covenants. ....................................................................................................... 68Β
8.2.1Β Indebtedness. ........................................................................................................... 68Β
8.2.2Β Liens; Lien Covenants. ........................................................................................... 69Β
8.2.3Β Guaranties. .............................................................................................................. 69Β
8.2.4Β Loans and Investments. ........................................................................................... 69Β
8.2.5Β Dividends and Related Distributions. ..................................................................... 70Β
8.2.6Β Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions. ............................................ 70Β
8.2.7Β Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries. ................................................................... 71Β
8.2.8Β Affiliate Transactions. ............................................................................................. 72Β
8.2.9Β Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures. ....................................................... 72Β
8.2.10Β Continuation of or Change in Business. ................................................................. 72Β
8.2.11Β Fiscal Year. ............................................................................................................. 72Β
8.2.12Β Issuance of Stock. ................................................................................................... 72Β
8.2.13Β Changes in Organizational Documents. .................................................................. 73Β
8.2.14Β Intentionally Deleted. .............................................................................................. 73Β
8.2.15Β Intentionally Deleted. .............................................................................................. 73Β
8.2.16Β Maximum Leverage Ratio. ..................................................................................... 73Β
8.2.17Β Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio.......................................................................... 73Β
8.2.18Β Intentionally Deleted. .............................................................................................. 73Β
8.2.19Β Limitation on Negative Pledges. ............................................................................. 73Β
8.3Β Reporting Requirements. ................................................................................................ 74Β
8.3.1Β Quarterly Financial Statements. .............................................................................. 74Β
8.3.2Β Annual Financial Statements. ................................................................................. 74Β
8.3.3Β Certificate of the Borrower. .................................................................................... 74Β
8.3.4Β Notices. ................................................................................................................... 74Β
9.Β DEFAULT ............................................................................................................................ 75Β
9.1Β Events of Default. ........................................................................................................... 75Β
9.1.1Β Payments Under Loan Documents. ......................................................................... 75Β
9.1.2Β Breach of Warranty. ................................................................................................ 75Β
9.1.3Β Anti-Terrorism Laws. ............................................................................................. 76Β
9.1.4Β Breach of Negative Covenants, Visitation Rights or Anti-Terrorism Laws. .......... 76Β
9.1.5Β Breach of Other Covenants. .................................................................................... 76Β
9.1.6Β Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness. ..................................................... 76Β
9.1.7Β Final Judgments or Orders. ..................................................................................... 76Β
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9.1.8Β Loan Document Unenforceable. ............................................................................. 76Β
9.1.9Β Proceedings Against Assets. ................................................................................... 76Β
9.1.10Β Events Relating to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans. ................................. 76Β
9.1.11Β Change of Control. .................................................................................................. 77Β
9.1.12Β Relief Proceedings. ................................................................................................. 77Β
9.2Β Consequences of Event of Default. ................................................................................ 77Β
9.2.1Β Events of Default Other Than Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization
Proceedings. ........................................................................................................... 77Β
9.2.2Β Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings. ....................................... 77Β
9.2.3Β Set-off. .................................................................................................................... 78Β
9.2.4Β Enforcement of Rights and Remedies. .................................................................... 78Β
9.2.5Β Application of Proceeds. ......................................................................................... 78Β
10.Β THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ..................................................................................... 79Β
10.1Β Appointment and Authority. .......................................................................................... 79Β
10.2Β Rights as a Lender. ......................................................................................................... 80Β
10.3Β Exculpatory Provisions. ................................................................................................. 80Β
10.4Β Reliance by Administrative Agent. ................................................................................ 81Β
10.5Β Delegation of Duties. ...................................................................................................... 81Β
10.6Β Resignation of Administrative Agent. ............................................................................ 81Β
10.7Β Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. ......................................... 82Β
10.8Β No Other Duties, Etc. ..................................................................................................... 83Β
10.9Β Administrative Agent's Fee. ........................................................................................... 83Β
10.10Β Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors. ..................................................... 83Β
10.11Β No Reliance on Administrative Agent's Customer Identification Program. .................. 83Β
11.Β MISCELLANEOUS ............................................................................................................. 83Β
11.1Β Modifications, Amendments or Waivers. ...................................................................... 83Β
11.1.1Β Increase of Commitment. ........................................................................................ 83Β
11.1.2Β Extension of Payment; Reduction of Principal, Interest or Fees; Modification of
Terms of Payment. ................................................................................................. 84Β
11.1.3Β Release of Collateral or Guarantor. ........................................................................ 84Β
11.1.4Β Miscellaneous. ........................................................................................................ 84Β
11.2Β No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. ................................................................. 84Β
11.3Β Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. ......................................................................... 85Β
11.3.1Β Costs and Expenses. ................................................................................................ 85Β
11.3.2Β Indemnification by the Borrower. ........................................................................... 85Β
11.3.3Β Reimbursement by Lenders. ................................................................................... 86Β
11.3.4Β Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. ................................................................ 86Β
11.3.5Β Payments. ................................................................................................................ 86Β
11.4Β Holidays. ........................................................................................................................ 86Β
11.5Β Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication. ...................................................... 87Β
11.5.1Β Notices Generally. ................................................................................................... 87Β
11.5.2Β Electronic Communications. ................................................................................... 87Β
11.5.3Β Change of Address, Etc........................................................................................... 87Β
11.6Β Severability. .................................................................................................................... 88Β
11.7Β Duration; Survival. ......................................................................................................... 88Β
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11.8Β Successors and Assigns. ................................................................................................. 88Β
11.8.1Β Successors and Assigns Generally. ......................................................................... 88Β
11.8.2Β Assignments by Lenders. ........................................................................................ 88Β
11.8.3Β Register. .................................................................................................................. 90Β
11.8.4Β Participations........................................................................................................... 90Β
11.8.5Β Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally. ............................................. 91Β
11.9Β Confidentiality. ............................................................................................................... 91Β
11.9.1Β General. ................................................................................................................... 91Β
11.9.2Β Sharing Information With Affiliates of the Lenders. .............................................. 92Β
11.10Β Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. ....................................................................... 92Β
11.10.1Β Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. ................................................................ 92Β
11.11Β CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE;
SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. .............................................. 92Β
11.11.1Β Governing Law. ...................................................................................................... 92Β
11.11.2Β SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. ..................................................................... 93Β
11.11.3Β WAIVER OF VENUE. ........................................................................................... 93Β
11.11.4Β SERVICE OF PROCESS. ...................................................................................... 93Β
11.11.5Β WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. .................................................................................. 94Β
11.12Β USA Patriot Act Notice. ................................................................................................. 94Β
11.13Β Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. ..................... 94Β
LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1.1(A) - PRICING GRID
SCHEDULE 1.1(B) - COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS AND ADDRESSES FOR
NOTICES
SCHEDULE 1.1(P)(1) - PERMITTED LIENS
SCHEDULE 1.1(P)(2) - PERMITTED INVESTMENTS
SCHEDULE 6.1.1 - QUALIFICATIONS TO DO BUSINESS
SCHEDULE 6.1.2 - SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE 6.1.14 - ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURES
SCHEDULE 8.2.1 - PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1.1(A) - ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1(G)(1) - GUARANTOR JOINDER
EXHIBIT 1.1(G)(2) - GUARANTY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1(I)(2) - INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(1) - REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(2) - SWING LOAN NOTE
EXHIBIT 1.1(P)(2) - PLEDGE AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT 2.5.1 - LOAN REQUEST
EXHIBIT 2.5.2 - SWING LOAN REQUEST
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(A) - U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Lenders
That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(B) - U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign
Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income
Tax Purposes)
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(C) - U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign
Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax
Purposes)
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(D) - U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Lenders
That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
EXHIBIT 8.2.6 - ACQUISITION COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT 8.3.3 - COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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Exhibit 99.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (as hereafter amended, the "Agreement") is dated as of
July 29, 2016 and is made by and among SUN HYDRAULICS CORPORATION, a Florida
corporation (the "Borrower"), each of the GUARANTORS (as hereinafter defined), the
LENDERS (as hereinafter defined), PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, in its capacity as Joint
Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., in their respective capacity as Joint Lead Arrangers, SunTrust Bank and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., in their respective capacity as Co-Syndication Agents, and PNC BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under this
Agreement.
The Borrower has requested the Lenders to provide a revolving credit facility to the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000.00. In consideration of
their mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Definitions. In addition to words and terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively,
unless the context hereof clearly requires otherwise:
Administrative Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, and its
successors and assigns, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder.
Administrative Agent's Fee shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9
[Administrative Agent's Fee].
Administrative Agent's Letter shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9
[Administrative Agent's Fee].
Affiliate as to any Person shall mean any other Person (i) which directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, (ii) which
beneficially owns or holds 10% or more of any class of the voting or other equity interests of
such Person, or (iii) 10% or more of any class of voting interests or other equity interests of
which is beneficially owned or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person. For purposes of this
definition, "control" of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
Anti-Terrorism Laws shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, any Laws
applicable to such Loan Party relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes,
import/export licensing, money laundering or bribery, or anti-corruption, and any regulation,
order, or directive promulgated, issued or enforced pursuant to such Laws, all as amended,
supplemented or replaced from time to time.
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Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall mean the percentage rate per annum
based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A)
below the heading "Commitment Fee."
Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate shall mean the percentage rate per annum
based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A)
below the heading "Letter of Credit Fee."
Applicable Margin shall mean, as applicable:
(i) the percentage spread to be added to the Base Rate applicable to
Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect
according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading "Revolving Credit Base Rate
Spread",
(ii) the percentage spread to be added to the Euro Rate applicable to
Revolving Credit Loans under the Euro Rate Option based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect
according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading "Revolving Credit Euro Rate
Spread".
Approved Fund shall mean any fund that is engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
business and that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii)
an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall mean an assignment and
assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee permitted under Section 11.8.2
[Assignments by Lenders], in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(A).
Authorized Officer shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, the Chief
Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of such Loan Party, any
manager or the members (if member managed) in the case of any Loan Party which is a limited
liability company, or such other individuals, designated by written notice to the Administrative
Agent from the Borrower, authorized to execute notices, reports and other documents on behalf
of such Loan Party required hereunder. The Borrower may amend such list of individuals from
time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to the Administrative Agent.
Bail-In Action shall mean, the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion
Powers by the Applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA
Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country
implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time
which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal
to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Open Rate, plus 0.5%, (ii) the Prime Rate, and (iii) the
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Daily LIBOR Rate, plus 100 basis points (1.0%). Any change in the Base Rate (or any
component thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs.
Base Rate Option shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear
interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(i) [Revolving Credit Base Rate
Options].
Borrower shall have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
Borrowing Date shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the date for the making
thereof or the renewal or conversion thereof at or to the same or a different Interest Rate Option,
which date shall be a Business Day.
Borrowing Tranche shall mean each specified portions of Loans outstanding as
follows: (i) any Loans to which a Euro Rate Option applies which are in Dollars or in the same
Optional Currency advanced under the same Loan Request by the Borrower and which have the
same Interest Period shall constitute one Borrowing Tranche, and (ii) all Loans to which a Base
Rate Option applies shall constitute one Borrowing Tranche.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a legal
holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed for business in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and if the applicable Business Day relates to any Loan to which the
Euro Rate Option applies, such day must also be a day on which dealings are carried on in the
Relevant Interbank Market.
Capital Stock shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent
ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or
options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Cash Management Agreements shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.6.6
[Swing Loans Under Cash Management Agreements].
CEA shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.Β§1 et seq.), as amended
from time to time, and any successor statute.
CFTC shall mean the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or any successor
agency.
Change in Law shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any
of the following: (i) the adoption or taking effect of any new Law, (ii) any change in any Law or
in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Official Body
or (iii) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having
the force of Law) by any Official Body; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests,
rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives thereunder or issued in connection
therewith (whether or not having the force of Law) and (y) all requests, rules, regulations,
guidelines, interpretations or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements,
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the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the
United States or foreign regulatory authorities (whether or not having the force of Law), in each
case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law regardless of the
date enacted, adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented.
Change of Control shall mean (a) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act")), shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means or warrants, options or otherwise) to
become, the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, or (b) in any
twelve (12) month period, occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the
board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of
directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.
CIP Regulations shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.11 [No Reliance
on Administrative Agent's Customer Identification Program].
Closing Date shall mean the Business Day on which the first Loan shall be made,
which shall be July 29, 2016.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the
rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
Collateral shall mean the collateral under the Pledge Agreement.
Commitment shall mean as to any Lender the aggregate of its Revolving Credit
Commitment and, in the case of PNC, its Swing Loan Commitment, and Commitments shall
mean the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments and Swing Loan Commitment of all
of the Lenders.
Commitment Fee shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3 [Commitment
Fees].
Compliance Certificate shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.3.3
[Certificate of the Borrower].
Computation Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.12.1 [Period
Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit Loans that are Optional
Currency Laws and Letters of Credit Outstanding; Repayment in Same Currency].
Connection Income Taxes shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed
on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch
profits Taxes.
Consideration shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the
aggregate, without duplication, of: (a) the cash paid by any of the Loan Parties, directly or
indirectly, to the seller in connection therewith, (b) the Indebtedness incurred or assumed by any
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of the Loan Parties, whether in favor of the seller or otherwise and whether fixed or contingent,
(c) any guaranty given or incurred by any Loan Party in connection therewith, and (d) any other
consideration given or obligation incurred by any of the Loan Parties in connection therewith.
Consolidated EBITDA for any period of determination shall mean (i) the sum of
net income, depreciation, amortization, other non-cash charges to net income (excluding non-
cash charges that are expected to become cash charges in a future period or that are reserves for
future cash charges), interest expense and income tax expense minus (ii) non-cash credits to net
income (excluding non-cash credits that represent an accrual or reserve for a future or potential
future cash payment), in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period
determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP. For any period of determination in
which a Loan Party has completed a Material Permitted Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA
shall be calculated on a pro forma basis for such period as if such Material Permitted Acquisition
had occurred on the first (1st) day of such period, as evidenced by pro forma financial statements
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case determined and
consolidated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
Covered Entity shall mean (a) the Borrower, each of Borrowerβs Subsidiaries, all
Guarantors and all pledgors of Collateral, and (b) each Person that, directly or indirectly, is
controlled by or is in control of a Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person shall mean the direct or indirect (x) ownership of, or power to
vote, 25% or more of the issued and outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power
for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for
such Person, or (y) power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person whether by ownership of equity interests, contract or otherwise.
Daily LIBOR Rate shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent as the Published Rate, as adjusted for any additional costs pursuant to
Section 5.8.5(ii) [Additional Reserve Requirements]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Daily LIBOR Rate as determined above would be less than zero (0.00), such rate shall be
deemed to be zero (0.00) for purposes of this Agreement.
Defaulting Lender shall mean any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business
Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any
portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans or (iii) pay over to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, PNC (as the Swing Loan Lender) or any Lender any
other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such
Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such
Lender's good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified
and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does
not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless
such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender's good faith
determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular
default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under
other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within two Business Days
after request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, acting in good faith, to provide a
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certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its
obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and
participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Loans under this Agreement,
provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon
the Administrative Agent's or the Borrower's, as applicable, receipt of such certification in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as the case may be,
(d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or (e) has failed at any time to comply with the
provisions of Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] with respect to purchasing
participations from the other Lenders, whereby such Lender's share of any payment received,
whether by setoff or otherwise, is in excess of its Ratable Share of such payments due and
payable to all of the Lenders or (f) becomes subject to a Bail-In Action.
As used in this definition and in Section 2.10 [Defaulting Lenders], the term
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person, such Person or such Person's direct or
indirect parent company becoming the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or
having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of
creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business
appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any
action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such
proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of
any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person or such
Person's direct or indirect parent company by an Official Body or instrumentality thereof if, and
only if, such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the
jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of
attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Official Body or instrumentality) to
reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
Dollar, Dollars, U.S. Dollars and the symbol $ shall mean lawful money of the
United States of America.
Dollar Equivalent shall mean, with respect to any amount of any currency, as of
any Computation Date, the Equivalent Amount of such currency expressed in Dollars.
Drawing Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.1.
EEA Financial Institution shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm
established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA
Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of
an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established
in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b)
of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country shall mean any of the member states of the European
Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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EEA Resolution Authority shall mean any public administrative authority or any
person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including
any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Date means the date indicated in a document or agreement to be the date
on which such document or agreement becomes effective, or, if there is no such indication, the
date of execution of such document or agreement.
Eligible Contract Participant shall mean an βeligible contract participantβ as
defined in the CEA and regulations thereunder.
Eligibility Date shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party and each Swap, the
date on which this Agreement or any other Loan Document becomes effective with respect to
such Swap (for the avoidance of doubt, the Eligibility Date shall be the Effective Date of such
Swap if this Agreement or any other Loan Document is then in effect with respect to such Loan
Party, and otherwise it shall be the Effective Date of this Agreement and/or such other Loan
Document(s) to which such Loan Party is a party).
Environmental Laws shall mean all applicable federal, state, local, tribal,
territorial and foreign Laws (including common law), constitutions, statutes, treaties, regulations,
rules, ordinances and codes and any consent decrees, settlement agreements, judgments, orders,
directives, policies or programs issued by or entered into with an Official Body pertaining or
relating to: (i) pollution or pollution control; (ii) protection of human health from exposure to
regulated substances; (iii) protection of the environment and/or natural resources; (iv) employee
safety in the workplace; (v) the presence, use, management, generation, manufacture, processing,
extraction, treatment, recycling, refining, reclamation, labeling, packaging, sale, transport,
storage, collection, distribution, disposal or release or threat of release of regulated substances;
(vi) the presence of contamination; (vii) the protection of endangered or threatened species; and
(viii) the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.
Equivalent Amount shall mean, at any time, as determined by Administrative
Agent (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), with respect to an amount
of any currency (the "Reference Currency") which is to be computed as an equivalent amount
of another currency (the "Equivalent Currency"), the amount of such Equivalent Currency
converted from such Reference Currency at Administrative Agent's rate (based on the market
rates then prevailing and available to Administrative Agent) for such Equivalent Currency in
exchange for such Reference Currency at a time determined by Administrative Agent on the
second Business Day immediately preceding the event for which such calculation is made.
Equivalent Currency shall have the meaning specified in the definition of
"Equivalent Amount".
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar
import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
ERISA Event shall mean (a) with respect to a Pension Plan, a reportable event
under Section 4043 of ERISA as to which event (after taking into account notice waivers
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provided for in the regulations) there is a duty to give notice to the PBGC; (b) a withdrawal by
Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group 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 that is treated as such a withdrawal under
Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any member of
the ERISA Group from a Multiemployer Plan, notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization, or occurrence of an event described in Section 4041A(a) of ERISA that results in
the termination of a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension
Plan, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(e) of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan; (e) an
event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; or (f) the imposition of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under
Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group.
ERISA Group shall mean, at any time, the Borrower and all members of a
controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control and all other entities which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
Event of Default shall mean any of the events described in Section 9.1 [Events of
Default] and referred to therein as an "Event of Default."
Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities shall mean, with respect to each Loan
Party, each of its Swap Obligations if, and only to the extent that, all or any portion of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates to such Swap Obligation is or becomes
illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulation or order of the CFTC, solely by virtue of such
Loan Partyβs failure to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such
Swap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing or in any other
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the foregoing is subject to the
following provisos: (a) if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more
than one Swap, this definition shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is
attributable to Swaps for which such guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal under the
CEA, or any rule, regulations or order of the CFTC, solely as a result of the failure by such Loan
Party for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such
Swap, (b) if a guarantee of a Swap Obligation would cause such obligation to be an Excluded
Hedge Liability but the grant of a security interest would not cause such obligation to be an
Excluded Hedge Liability, such Swap Obligation shall constitute an Excluded Hedge Liability
for purposes of the guaranty but not for purposes of the grant of the security interest, and (c) if
there is more than one Loan Party executing this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and a
Swap Obligation would be an Excluded Hedge Liability with respect to one or more of such
Persons, but not all of them, the definition of Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities with
respect to each such Person shall only be deemed applicable to (i) the particular Swap
Obligations that constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities with respect to such Person, and (ii) the
particular Person with respect to which such Swap Obligations constitute Excluded Hedge
Liabilities.
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Excluded Taxes shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with
respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (i)
Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and
branch profits Taxes, in each case, (a) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized
under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable
lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision
thereof) or (b) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal
withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with
respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date
on which (a) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than
pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a
Lender]) or (b) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that,
pursuant to Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders], amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable
either to such Lender's assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to
such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such
Recipient's failure to comply with Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders], and (iv) any U.S. federal
withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA (except to the extent imposed due to the failure of the
Borrower to provide documentation or information to the IRS).
Executive Order No. 13224 shall mean the Executive Order No. 13224 on
Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be,
renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
Expiration Date shall mean, with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments,
July 29, 2021.
Euro shall refer to the lawful currency of the Participating Member States.
Euro Rate shall mean the following:
(a) with respect to the U.S. Dollar Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche
to which the Euro Rate Option applies for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page
BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which U.S. Dollar
deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum (with .005% being rounded up), or the rate
which is quoted by another source selected by the Administrative Agent as an authorized
information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which U.S. Dollar deposits are offered
by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the Relevant
Interbank Market offered rate for U.S. Dollars for an amount comparable to such Borrowing
Tranche and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. The
Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the Euro Rate as determined or
adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(b) with respect to Optional Currency Loans in Euros or British Pounds
Sterling comprising any Borrowing Tranche for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum
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determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page
BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which the relevant
Optional Currency is offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% (with .005% being rounded up) per annum,
or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by the Administrative Agent as an
authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which such applicable
Optional Currencies are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period as the Relevant Interbank Market offered rate for deposits in the Euros or
British Pounds Sterling, for an amount comparable to the principal amount of such Borrowing
Tranche and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest. The
Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the Euro-Rate as determined
or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(c) with respect to Optional Currency Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars
comprising any Borrowing Tranche, the interest rate per annum (the βCDOR Rateβ) as
determined by the Administrative Agent, equal to the arithmetic average rate applicable to
Canadian Dollar bankersβ acceptances (C$BAs) for the applicable Interest Period appearing on
the Bloomberg page BTMM CA, rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1% (with .005% being
rounded up) per annum, at approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, two Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period, or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the
immediately preceding Business Day, provided that if such rate does not appear on the
Bloomberg page BTMM CA on such day the CDOR Rate on such day shall be the rate for such
period applicable to Canadian Dollar bankersβ acceptances quoted by a bank listed in Schedule I
of the Bank Act (Canada), as selected by the Administrative Agent, as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on such day or, if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding
Business Day.
(d) with respect to Optional Currency Loans denominated in Australian
Dollars comprising any Borrowing Tranche for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to
the Australian Bank Xxxx Swap Bid Rate or the successor thereto as approved by the
Administrative Agent as published by Bloomberg (or on any successor or substitute service
providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided by such service, as determined
by the Administrative Agent from time to time), rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1% (with
.005% being rounded up) per annum at approximately 10:00 a.m., Sydney, Australia time, two
(2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for deposits in
Australian Dollars with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.
(e) With respect to any Loans available at a Euro Rate, if at any time, for any
reason, the source(s) for the Euro Rate described above for the applicable currency or currencies
is no longer available, then the Administrative Agent may determine a comparable replacement
rate at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Euro Rate as determined under any
method above would be less than zero (0.00), such rate shall be deemed to be zero (0.00) for
purposes of this Agreement.
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Euro Rate Option shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear
interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(ii) [Revolving Credit Euro Rate
Option].
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or
successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply
with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements
entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
Federal Funds Effective Rate for any day shall mean the rate per annum (based on
a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with
.005% being rounded up) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any
successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and
announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same manner as
such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" as of the date of this Agreement; provided, if such Federal
Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the "Federal Funds
Effective Rate" for such day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on which
such rate was announced.
Federal Funds Open Rate for any day shall mean the rate per annum (based on a
year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) which is the daily federal funds open rate as quoted by
ICAP North America, Inc. (or any successor) as set forth on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM for
that day opposite the caption "OPEN" (or on such other substitute Bloomberg Screen that
displays such rate), or as set forth on such other recognized electronic source used for the
purpose of displaying such rate as selected by the Administrative Agent (for purposes of this
definition, an "Alternate Source") (or if such rate for such day does not appear on the
Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or on any Alternate Source, or if there shall
at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute
screen) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the
Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error); provided however, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Open Rate
for such day shall be the "open" rate on the immediately preceding Business Day. If and when
the Federal Funds Open Rate changes, the rate of interest with respect to any advance to which
the Federal Funds Open Rate applies will change automatically without notice to the Borrower,
effective on the date of any such change.
Foreign Lender shall mean (i) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is
not a U.S. Person, and (ii) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or
organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for
tax purposes.
Foreign Direct Subsidiary shall mean each first tier, direct foreign Subsidiary of
Borrower or any other U.S. domestic Loan Party which may now exist or which may hereafter be
acquired, formed or created. As of the date hereof, each of Sun Hydraulics Korea Corporation
and Sun Hydraulik Holdings Ltd. are a Foreign Direct Subsidiary.
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GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect from
time to time, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3 [Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP],
and applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts.
Guarantor shall mean each of the parties to this Agreement which is designated as
a "Guarantor" on the signature page hereof and each other Person which joins this Agreement as
a Guarantor after the date hereof.
Guarantor Joinder shall mean a joinder by a Person as a Guarantor under the Loan
Documents in the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(1).
Guaranty of any Person shall mean any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or
in effect guaranteeing any liability or obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless any other Person,
any performance bond or other suretyship arrangement and any other form of assurance against
loss, except endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection in the
ordinary course of business.
Guaranty Agreement shall mean the Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and
Suretyship in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(2) executed and delivered by each of the
Guarantors (and any Person who from time to time becomes a party to the Guaranty Agreement,
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by execution and delivery of a Guarantor Joinder)
to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
Hostile Acquisition means the acquisition of the capital stock or other equity
interests of a Person through a tender offer or similar solicitation of the owners of such capital
stock or other equity interests which has not been approved (prior to such acquisition) by
resolutions of the board of directors of such Person, or by similar action if such Person is not a
corporation, or as to which such prior approval by resolutions of the board of directors of such
Person has not been withdrawn.
ICC shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
Increasing Lender shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11 [Increase of
Revolving Credit Commitments].
Indebtedness shall mean, as to any Person at any time, any and all indebtedness,
obligations or liabilities (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect of:
(i) borrowed money, (ii) amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or
acceptance credit facility, (iii) reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any
letter of credit agreement, (iv) obligations under any currency swap agreement, interest rate
swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other interest rate management device, (v) any other
transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized and/or synthetic leases
and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered
into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including trade
payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not
represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness and which are not more than
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thirty (30) days past due), (vi) any Guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money, or (vii) joint
venture and/or partnership debt to the extent recorded on the corporate records of such Person.
Indemnified Taxes shall mean (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on
or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under
any Loan Document, and (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in the preceding clause (i),
Other Taxes.
Indemnitee shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification
by the Borrower].
Information shall mean all information received from the Loan Parties or any of
their Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Parties or any of such Subsidiaries or any of their
respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the
Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, provided that, in the case of information received from
the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement, such information is
clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
Insolvency Proceeding shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) a case, action
or proceeding with respect to such Person (i) before any court or any other Official Body under
any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, or
(ii) for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator,
conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or otherwise relating to the liquidation,
dissolution, winding-up or relief of such Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect
of such Person's creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; undertaken under
any Law.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement shall mean a Subordination Agreement
among the Loan Parties in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(I)(2).
Interest Coverage Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of
Consolidated EBITDA to consolidated cash interest expense of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, each of the foregoing determined and calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Period shall mean the period of time selected by the Borrower in
connection with (and to apply to) any election permitted hereunder by the Borrower to have
Revolving Credit Loans bear interest under the Euro Rate Option. Subject to the last sentence of
this definition, such period shall be one, two, three or six Months. Such Interest Period shall
commence on the effective date of such Interest Rate Option, which shall be (i) the Borrowing
Date if the Borrower is requesting new Loans, or (ii) the date of renewal of or conversion to the
Euro Rate Option if the Borrower is renewing or converting to the Euro Rate Option applicable
to outstanding Loans. Notwithstanding the second sentence hereof: (A) any Interest Period
which would otherwise end on a date which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which
case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (B) the Borrower
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shall not select, convert to or renew an Interest Period for any portion of the Loans that would
end after the Expiration Date.
Interest Rate Hedge shall mean an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor,
adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements
entered into by any Loan Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon,
such Loan Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities shall have the meaning specified in the definition
of βLender Provided Interest Rate Hedgeβ in Section 1.1 [Certain Definitions].
Interest Rate Option shall mean any Euro Rate Option or Base Rate Option.
IRS shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor
thereto.
ISP98 shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
Issuing Lender shall mean PNC, in its individual capacity as issuer of Letters of
Credit hereunder, and any other Lender that Borrower, Administrative Agent and such other
Lender may agree may from time to time to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.
Joint Venture shall mean a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other entity in which any Person other than the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries holds, directly
or indirectly, an equity interest.
Law shall mean any law(s) (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty,
regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, issued guidance, release, ruling, order, executive order,
injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization or approval, lien or award of or any
settlement arrangement, by agreement, consent or otherwise, with any Official Body, foreign or
domestic.
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall mean an Interest Rate Hedge which is
provided by any Lender or its Affiliate and with respect to which such Lender confirms to
Administrative Agent in writing prior to the execution thereof that it: (a) is documented in a
standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement or another
reasonable and customary manner, (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable
amount of the providerβs credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner, and (c) is
entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes. The liabilities owing to the provider
of any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge (the βInterest Rate Hedge Liabilitiesβ) by any
Loan Party that is party to such Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall, for purposes of this
Agreement and all other Loan Documents be βObligationsβ of such Person and of each other
Loan Party, be guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty Agreement and secured obligations
under any other Loan Document, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes
of the other Loan Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of
such Person. The Liens securing the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the
Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
subject to the express provisions of Section 9.2.5 [Application of Proceeds].
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Lenders shall mean the financial institutions named on Schedule 1.1(B) and their
respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a
Lender. For the purpose of any Loan Document which provides for the granting of a security
interest or other Lien to the Lenders or to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders
as security for the Obligations, "Lenders" shall include any Affiliate of a Lender to which such
Obligation is owed.
Letter of Credit shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1 [Issuance of
Letters of Credit].
Letter of Credit Borrowing shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.3.
Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.2 [Letter of
Credit Fees].
Letter of Credit Obligation shall mean, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit
on such date (if any Letter of Credit shall increase in amount automatically in the future, such
aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount available to be drawn shall currently give effect to any such
future increase) plus the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of Reimbursement Obligations and
Letter of Credit Borrowings on such date.
Letter of Credit Sublimit shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1.1.
Leverage Ratio shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (A)
consolidated Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date to (B) Consolidated
EBITDA (i) for the four fiscal quarters then ending if such date is a fiscal quarter end or (ii) for
the four fiscal quarters most recently ended if such date is not a fiscal quarter end.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, charge
or other encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or
involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any
assignment, deposit arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any
filed financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing (whether or not a lien or other
encumbrance is created or exists at the time of the filing).
Loan Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Administrative Agent's Letter,
the Guaranty Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Notes, the Pledge
Agreement, and any other instruments, certificates or documents delivered in connection
herewith or therewith.
Loan Parties shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Loan Request shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit
Loan Requests].
Loans shall mean collectively, and Loan shall mean separately, all Revolving
Credit Loans and Swing Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Loan.
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Material Adverse Change shall mean any set of circumstances or events which
(a) has or would reasonably be expected to have any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) is or would
reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the business, properties, assets, financial
condition, results of operations or prospects of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (c) impairs
materially or would reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Loan Parties
taken as a whole to duly and punctually pay or perform any of the Obligations, or (d) impairs
materially or would reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Administrative
Agent or any of the Lenders, to the extent permitted, to enforce their legal remedies pursuant to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Material Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.6
[Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].
Month, with respect to an Interest Period, shall mean the interval between the
days in consecutive calendar months numerically corresponding to the first day of such Interest
Period. If any Interest Period begins on a day of a calendar month for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the month in which such Interest Period is to end, the final
month of such Interest Period shall be deemed to end on the last Business Day of such final
month.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan which is a
"multiemployer plan" within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and to which the
Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions or, within the preceding five plan years, has made or had an obligation to make
such contributions.
New Lender shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a) [Increasing
Lenders and New Lenders].
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.1
[Modifications, Amendments or Waivers].
Non-Qualifying Party shall mean any Loan Party that fails for any reason to
qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Effective Date of the applicable Swap.
Notes shall mean collectively, and Note shall mean separately, the promissory
notes in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(1) evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans, and in the form of
Exhibit 1.1(N)(2) evidencing the Swing Loan.
Obligation shall mean any obligation or liability of any of the Loan Parties,
howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now
or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, under or in connection with (i) this Agreement,
the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent's Letter or any other Loan Document
whether to the Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders or their Affiliates or other persons
provided for under such Loan Documents, (ii) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, and (iii)
any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the foregoing, the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
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Official Body shall mean the government of the United States of America or any
other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or
the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or
regulatory capital rules or standards (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the
Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any
successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
Optional Currency shall mean the following lawful currencies: Australian
Dollars, British Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Euros and any other currency approved by
Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.13(iii) [European Monetary
Union; Requests for Additional Optional Currencies]. Subject to Section 2.13 [European
Monetary Union], each Optional Currency must be the lawful currency of the specified country.
Optional Currency Loans shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.1
[Revolving Credit Commitments; Revolving Credit Loans].
Order shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.9 [Liability for Acts and
Omissions].
Original Currency shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12 [Currency
Conversion Procedures for Judgments].
Other Currency shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12 [Currency
Conversion Procedures for Judgments].
Other Connection Taxes shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes
imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient (or an agent or
Affiliate thereof) and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely
from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations
under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any
other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in
any Loan or Loan Document).
Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product shall mean agreements or other
arrangements under which any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender provides any of the following
products or services to any of the Loan Parties: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing
services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions, (f) cash management,
including controlled disbursement, accounts or services, or (g) foreign currency exchange.
Other Taxes shall mean all present or future stamp, court or documentary,
intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the
execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection
of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such
Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an
assignment made pursuant to Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender]).
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Overnight Rate shall mean for any day with respect to any Loans in an Optional
Currency, the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent at which
overnight deposits in such currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with
respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day in the Relevant
Interbank Market.
Participant has the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4 [Participations].
Participant Register shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4
[Participations].
Participating Member State shall mean any member State of the European
Community that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with
legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
Participation Advance shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.3.
Payment Date shall mean the first day of each calendar quarter after the date
hereof and on the Expiration Date or upon acceleration of the Notes.
Payment In Full and Paid in Full shall mean the indefeasible payment in full in
cash of the Loans and other Obligations hereunder, termination of the Commitments and
expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor.
Pension Plan shall mean at any time an βemployee pension benefit planβ (as such
term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) (including a βmultiple employer planβ as described in
Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA, but not a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV
of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 or Section 430 of
the Code and either (i) is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any member of the ERISA
Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the
preceding five years been sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any entity which was at
such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any entity which was at such time a
member of the ERISA Group, or in the case of a βmultiple employerβ or other plan described in
Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding
five plan years.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2.6
[Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof or obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America, and similar direct obligations of, or obligations backed by the full faith and credit of,
Australia, Canada, any Participating Member State with a credit rating of not less than A by
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Standard & Poorβs, the United Kingdom, and any other nation approved by the Administrative
Agent;
(ii) commercial paper maturing in 180 days or less rated not lower than A-1,
by Standard & Poor's or P-1 by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition;
(iii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit maturing within
one year in commercial banks whose obligations are rated A-1, A or the equivalent or better by
Standard & Poor's or P-1, P-2 or the equivalent or better by Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc. on
the date of acquisition;
(iv) money market or mutual funds whose investments are limited to those
types of investments described in clauses (i)-(iii) above;
(v) corporate bonds that are rated BBB or better by Standard & Poorβs or
Baa3 or higher by Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition; and
(vi) the securities or other investments existing on the date of this Agreement
set forth on Schedule 1.1(P)(2) and not defined in any other clause of this definition; provided
that no additional securities or other investments shall be added to Schedule 1.1(P)(2) after the
date of this Agreement; and
(vii) investments made under the Cash Management Agreements or under cash
management agreements with any other Lenders.
Permitted Joint Venture shall mean (i) any joint venture (x) in which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower holds not less than twenty percent (20.0%) of the
Capital Stock in such joint venture and retains an equivalent amount of the voting control
thereof, (y) for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Borrower, as applicable, invested not
more than $15,000,000 individually or $45,000,000 in the aggregate, and (z) with respect to
which the Borrower or such Subsidiary of Borrower, as applicable, has pledged such Capital
Stock in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and (ii) any other joint
venture the acquisition of which has been approved in advance in writing by the Required
Lenders.
Permitted Liens shall mean:
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments, or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary
course of business and which are not yet due and payable;
(ii) Pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure
payment of workmen's compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with workmen's
compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, or other social security programs or
ERISA;
(iii) Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like
Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and
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payable and Liens of landlords securing obligations to pay lease payments that are not yet due
and payable or in default;
(iv) Good-faith pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to
secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money
or as security for Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities or margining related to commodities xxxxxx) or
leases, not in excess of the aggregate amount due thereunder, or to secure statutory obligations,
or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds required in the ordinary course
of business;
(v) Encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other
restrictions on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of such property
or the value thereof, and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or
proposed structures or land use;
(vi) Liens, security interests and mortgages in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and their Affiliates securing the Obligations (including
Lender Provided Interest Rate Xxxxxx, and Other Lender Provided Financial Services
Obligations);
(vii) Any Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and described on
Schedule 1.1(P)(1), provided that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter increased,
and no additional assets become subject to such Lien;
(viii) Purchase Money Security Interests and capitalized leases; provided that (i)
the aggregate amount of loans and deferred payments secured by such Purchase Money Security
Interests and capitalized leases shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any
time (excluding for the purpose of this computation any loans or deferred payments secured by
Liens described on Schedule 1.1(P)(1)), and (ii) such Liens shall be limited to the assets acquired
with such purchase money financing or leased pursuant to such capital lease; and
(ix) The following, (A) if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in
good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted so long as levy and
execution thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed or (B) if a final judgment is
entered and such judgment is discharged within thirty (30) days of entry, and in either case they
do not affect the Collateral or, in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of any Loan Party to
perform its Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents:
(1) claims or Liens for taxes, assessments or charges due and payable
and subject to interest or penalty; provided that the applicable Loan Party maintains such
reserves or other appropriate provisions as shall be required by GAAP and pays all such taxes,
assessments or charges forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any such
Lien;
(2) claims, Liens or encumbrances upon, and defects of title to, real or
personal property other than the Collateral, including any attachment of personal or real property
or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits;
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(3) claims or Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen,
carriers, or other statutory nonconsensual Liens; or
(4) Liens resulting from final judgments or orders described in
Section 9.1.7 [Final Judgments or Orders].
Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture,
government or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any other entity.
Pledge Agreement shall mean the Pledge Agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit 1.1(P)(2) executed and delivered by the Borrower, Guarantor and each Foreign Direct
Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
PNC shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, its successors and assigns.
Potential Default shall mean any event or condition which with notice or passage
of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Prime Rate shall mean the interest rate per annum announced from time to time
by the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office as its then prime rate, which rate may not be
the lowest or most favorable rate then being charged commercial borrowers or others by the
Administrative Agent. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business
on the day such change is announced.
Principal Office shall mean the main banking office of the Administrative Agent
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Prior Security Interest shall mean a valid and enforceable perfected first-priority
security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code in the Collateral which is subject only to
statutory Liens for taxes not yet due and payable or Purchase Money Security Interests.
Published Rate shall mean the rate of interest published each Business Day in The
Wall Street Journal "Money Rates" listing under the caption "London Interbank Offered Rates"
for a one month period (or, if no such rate is published therein for any reason, then the Published
Rate shall be the rate at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London
interbank deposit market for a one month period as published in another publication selected by
the Administrative Agent).
Purchase Money Security Interest shall mean Liens upon tangible personal
property securing loans to any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party or deferred payments by
such Loan Party or Subsidiary for the purchase of such tangible personal property.
Qualified ECP Loan Party shall mean each Loan Party that on the Eligibility Date
is (a) a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust, or other entity other than a
βcommodity poolβ as defined in Section 1a(10) of the CEA and CFTC regulations thereunder
that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000, or (b) an Eligible Contract Participant that can cause
another person to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date under Section
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1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the CEA by entering into or otherwise providing a βletter of credit or
keepwell, support, or other agreementβ for purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the CEA.
Ratable Share shall mean:
(i) with respect to a Lender's obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans,
participate in Letters of Credit and other Letter of Credit Obligations, and receive payments,
interest, and fees related thereto, the proportion that such Lender's Revolving Credit
Commitment bears to the Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders, provided
however that if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the Ratable
Shares for purposes of this clause shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
(ii) with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing (i) such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment by (ii) the sum of the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders; provided however that if
the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the computation in this clause
shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect,
giving effect to any assignments, and not on the current amount of the Revolving Credit
Commitments and provided further in the case of Section 2.10 [Defaulting Lenders] when a
Defaulting Lender shall exist, "Ratable Share" shall mean the percentage of the aggregate
Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender's Commitment) represented by such Lender's
Commitment.
Recipient shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) any Lender and (iii) the
Issuing Lender, as applicable.
Reference Currency shall have the meaning specified in the definition of
"Equivalent Amount."
Reimbursement Obligation shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3.1.
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person's Affiliates
and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such
Person's Affiliates.
Relevant Interbank Market shall mean in relation to Euro, British Pounds Sterling,
Japanese Yen or Swiss Francs, the London Interbank Market, and in relation to any other
currencies, the applicable offshore interbank market. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
references to the currencies listed in this definition shall only apply if such currencies are or
become available as Optional Currencies in accordance with the terms hereof.
Relief Proceeding shall mean any proceeding seeking a decree or order for relief
in respect of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party in a voluntary or involuntary case
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party for
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any substantial part of its property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, or an
assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
Reportable Compliance Event shall mean that any Covered Entity becomes a
Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging
instrument, arraigned, or custodially detained in connection with any Anti-Terrorism Law or any
predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the
effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations is in actual or probable violation
of any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Required Lenders shall mean
(A) If there exists fewer than three (3) Lenders, all Lenders (other than any
Defaulting Lender), and
(B) If there exist three (3) or more Lenders, at least two (2) Lenders (other
than any Defaulting Lender) having more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitments of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lender) or, after the termination
of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Ratable
Share of Letter of Credit Obligations of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lender).
Required Share shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11
[Settlement Date Procedures].
Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the
amount initially set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1.1(B) in the column labeled "Amount
of Commitment for Revolving Credit Loans," as such Commitment is thereafter assigned or
modified and Revolving Credit Commitments shall mean the aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments of all of the Lenders.
Revolving Credit Loans shall mean collectively and Revolving Credit Loan shall
mean separately all Revolving Credit Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan made by the Lenders
or one of the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 [Revolving Credit Commitments]
or Section 2.9.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement].
Revolving Facility Usage shall mean at any time the sum of the outstanding
Revolving Credit Loans, the outstanding Swing Loans, and the Letter of Credit Obligations.
Sanctioned Country shall mean a country subject to a sanctions program
maintained under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Sanctioned Person shall mean any individual person, group, regime, entity or
thing listed or otherwise recognized as a specially designated, prohibited, sanctioned or debarred
person, group, regime, entity or thing, or subject to any limitations or prohibitions (including but
not limited to the blocking of property or rejection of transactions), under any Anti-Terrorism
Law.
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Settlement Date shall mean the Business Day on which the Administrative Agent
elects to effect settlement pursuant Section 5.11 [Settlement Date Procedures].
Solvent shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination,
taking into account any right of reimbursement, contribution or similar right available to such
Person from other Persons, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is
greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the
present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and
matured, (iii) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities,
contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business,
(iv) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities
beyond such Person's ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (v) such Person is
not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction,
for which such Person's property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due
consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged. In
computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will
be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such
time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
Standard & Poor's shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
Statements shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical
Statements].
Subsidiary of any Person at any time shall mean any corporation, trust,
partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (i) of which more than 50% of the
outstanding voting securities or other interests normally entitled to vote for the election of the
directors or trustees (regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute the
voting rights) is at such time owned directly or indirectly by such Person or one or more of such
Person's Subsidiaries, or (ii) which is controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person
or one or more of such Person's Subsidiaries, or (iii) any Foreign Direct Subsidiary.
Subsidiary Equity Interests shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.2
[Subsidiaries; Investment Companies].
Swap shall mean any βswapβ as defined in Section 1a(47) of the CEA and
regulations thereunder, other than (a) a swap entered into, or subject to the rules of, a board of
trade designated as a contract market under Section 5 of the CEA, or (b) a commodity option
entered into pursuant to CFTC Regulation 32.3(a).
Swap Obligation shall mean any obligation to pay or perform under any
agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a Swap which is also a Lender Provided
Interest Rate Hedge.
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Swing Loan Commitment shall mean PNC's commitment to make Swing Loans to
the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan Commitment] hereof in an aggregate
principal amount up to $15,000,000.
Swing Loan Lender shall mean PNC, in its capacity as a lender of Swing Loans.
Swing Loan Note shall mean the Swing Loan Note of the Borrower in the form of
Exhibit 1.1(N)(2) evidencing the Swing Loans, together with all amendments, extensions,
renewals, replacements, refinancings or refundings thereof in whole or in part.
Swing Loan Request shall mean a request for Swing Loans made in accordance
with Section 2.5.2 [Swing Loan Requests] hereof.
Swing Loans shall mean collectively, and Swing Loan shall mean separately, all
Swing Loans or any Swing Loan made by PNC to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing
Loan Commitment] hereof.
Taxes shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any
Official Body, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
UCP shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
USA Patriot Act shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-
56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
U.S. Person shall mean any Person that is a "United States Person" as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.9.7
[Status of Lenders].
Withholding Agent shall mean any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers shall mean, with respect to any EEA
Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority
from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which
write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
1.2 Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires,
the following rules of construction shall apply to this Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents: (i) references to the plural include the singular, the plural, the part and the whole and
the words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
"without limitation"; (ii) the words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder," "hereto" and similar terms in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan
Document as a whole; (iii) article, section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references
are to this Agreement or other Loan Document, as the case may be, unless otherwise specified;
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(iv) reference to any Person includes such Person's successors and assigns; (v) reference to any
agreement, including this Agreement and any other Loan Document together with the schedules
and exhibits hereto or thereto, document or instrument means such agreement, document or
instrument as amended, modified, replaced, substituted for, superseded or restated; (vi) relative
to the determination of any period of time, "from" means "from and including," "to" means "to
but excluding," and "through" means "through and including"; (vii) the words "asset" and
"property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights, (viii) section headings herein and in each other Loan Document are included for
convenience and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or such Loan Document,
and (ix) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall constitute
references to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time, as applicable.
1.3 Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, all computations and determinations as to accounting or financial matters and all
financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be made and prepared in
accordance with GAAP (including principles of consolidation where appropriate), and all
accounting or financial terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms by GAAP;
provided, however, that all accounting terms used in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants] (and all
defined terms used in the definition of any accounting term used in Section 8.2) shall have the
meaning given to such terms (and defined terms) under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof
applied on a basis consistent with those used in preparing Statements referred to in
Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower notifies
the Administrative Agent in writing that the Borrower wishes to amend any financial covenant in
Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants], any related definition and/or the definition of the term
Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest, Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee
determinations to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the Closing Date
on the operation of such financial covenants and/or interest, Letter of Credit Fee or Commitment
Fee determinations (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower in writing that the
Required Lenders wish to amend any financial covenant in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants],
any related definition and/or the definition of the term Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest,
Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee determinations to eliminate the effect of any such
change in GAAP), then the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate
in good faith to amend such ratios or requirements to preserve the original intent thereof in light
of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until
so amended, the Loan Parties' compliance with such covenants and/or the definition of the term
Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest, Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee
determinations shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the
relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such
covenants or definitions are amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required
Lenders, and the Loan Parties shall provide to the Administrative Agent, when they deliver their
financial statements pursuant to Sections 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] and 8.3.2
[Annual Financial Statements], such reconciliation statements as shall be reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent.
1.4 Currency Calculations. All financial statements and Compliance Certificates shall
be set forth in Dollars. For purposes of preparing the financial statements, calculating financial
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covenants and determining compliance with covenants expressed in Dollars, Optional Currencies
shall be converted to Dollars in accordance with GAAP.
2. REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES
2.1 Revolving Credit Commitments.
2.1.1 Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and
relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender severally agrees to
make Revolving Credit Loans in either Dollars or one or more Optional Currencies (each an
βOptional Currency Loanβ) to the Borrower at any time or from time to time on or after the
date hereof to the Expiration Date; provided that after giving effect to each such Loan (i) the
aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of Revolving Credit Loans from such Lender shall not
exceed such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment minus such Lender's Ratable Share of the
outstanding Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations, (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage
shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments, and (iii) no Revolving Credit Loan to
which the Base Rate Option applies shall be made in an Optional Currency. Within such limits of
time and amount and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may
borrow, repay and reborrow pursuant to this Section 2.1.
2.1.2 Swing Loan Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof
and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, and in order to facilitate
loans and repayments between Settlement Dates, PNC may, at its option, cancelable at any time
for any reason whatsoever, make swing loans in Dollars (the "Swing Loans") to the Borrower at
any time or from time to time after the date hereof to, but not including, the Expiration Date, in
an aggregate principal amount up to but not in excess of $15,000,000, provided that after giving
effect to such Loan, the Revolving Facility Usage shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments of the Lenders. Within such limits of time and amount and subject to the
other provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow pursuant to
this Section 2.1.2.
2.2 Nature of Lenders' Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans. Each
Lender shall be obligated to participate in each request for Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to
Section 2.5 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests] in accordance with its
Ratable Share. The aggregate Dollar Equivalent of each Lender's Revolving Credit Loans
outstanding hereunder to the Borrower at any time shall never exceed its Revolving Credit
Commitment minus its Ratable Share of the outstanding Swing Loans and Letter of Credit
Obligations. The obligations of each Lender hereunder are several. The failure of any Lender to
perform its obligations hereunder shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower to any other
party nor shall any other party be liable for the failure of such Lender to perform its obligations
hereunder. The Lenders shall have no obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans hereunder on
or after the Expiration Date.
2.3 Commitment Fees. Accruing from the date hereof until the Expiration Date, the
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender according to
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its Ratable Share, a nonrefundable commitment fee (the "Commitment Fee") equal to the
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the
case may be, and actual days elapsed) multiplied by the average daily difference between the
amount of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent amount of the
Revolving Facility Usage (provided however, that solely in connection with determining the
share of each Lender in the Commitment Fee, the Revolving Facility Usage with respect to the
portion of the Commitment Fee allocated to PNC shall include the full amount of the outstanding
Swing Loans, and with respect to the portion of the Commitment Fee allocated by the
Administrative Agent to all of the Lenders other than PNC, such portion of the Commitment Fee
shall be calculated (according to each such Lender's Ratable Share) as if the Revolving Facility
Usage excludes the outstanding Swing Loans); provided, further, that any Commitment Fee
accrued with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the
period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall
not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to
the extent that such Commitment Fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the
Borrower prior to such time; and provided further that no Commitment Fee shall accrue with
respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall
be a Defaulting Lender. Subject to the provisos in the directly preceding sentence, all
Commitment Fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears and in U.S. Dollars.
2.4 Intentionally Deleted.
2.5 Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests.
2.5.1 Revolving Credit Loan Requests. Except as otherwise provided herein,
the Borrower may from time to time prior to the Expiration Date request the Lenders to make
Revolving Credit Loans, or renew or convert the Interest Rate Option applicable to existing
Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 4.2 [Interest Periods], by delivering to the
Administrative Agent, not later than 10:00 a.m., (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed
Borrowing Date with respect to the making of Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars to which the
Euro Rate Option applies or the conversion to or the renewal of the Euro Rate Option for any
Loans; (ii) not later than 10:00 a.m., (a) four (4) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing
Date with respect to the making of Optional Currency Loans or the date of conversion to or
renewal of the Euro Rate Option for any Optional Currency Loan, and (b) the same Business
Day of the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan to
which the Base Rate Option applies or the last day of the preceding Interest Period with respect
to the conversion to the Base Rate Option for any Loan, of a duly completed request therefor
signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.5.1 or a
request by telephone from any Authorized Officer of the Borrower immediately confirmed in
writing by letter, facsimile or telex in such form (each, a "Loan Request"), it being understood
that the Administrative Agent may rely on the authority of any Authorized Officer of the
Borrower making such a telephonic request without the necessity of receipt of such written
confirmation. Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the aggregate
amount of the proposed Loans comprising each Borrowing Tranche, and, if applicable, the
Interest Period, which amount shall be in (x) the minimum amount of $500,000 (or the Dollar
Equivalent thereof) for each Borrowing Tranche, (B) which Interest Rate Option shall apply to
the proposed Dollar denominated Loans comprising the applicable Borrowing Tranche, (C) the
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currency in which such Revolving Credit Loans shall be funded if the Borrower elects an
Optional Currency, the applicable Interest Rate Option, and (D) an appropriate Interest Period, if
applicable.
2.5.2 Swing Loan Requests. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
Borrower may from time to time prior to the Expiration Date request the Swing Loan Lender to
make Swing Loans by delivery to the Swing Loan Lender not later than 12:00 noon on the
proposed Borrowing Date of a duly completed request therefor signed by an Authorized Officer
of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.5.2 hereto or a request by telephone
immediately confirmed in writing by letter, facsimile or telex (each, a "Swing Loan Request"),
it being understood that the Administrative Agent may rely on the authority of any Authorized
Officer of the Borrower making such a telephonic request without the necessity of receipt of
such written confirmation. Each Swing Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
proposed Borrowing Date and the principal amount of such Swing Loan, which shall be not less
than $100,000.
2.6 Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the
Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings to Repay Swing
Loans.
2.6.1 Making Revolving Credit Loans. The Administrative Agent shall,
promptly after receipt by it of a Loan Request pursuant to Section 2.5 [Revolving Credit Loan
Requests; Swing Loan Requests], notify the Lenders of its receipt of such Loan Request
specifying the information provided by the Borrower, including the currency in which the
Revolving Credit Loan is requested, and the apportionment among the Lenders of the requested
Revolving Credit Loans as determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Section 2.2 [Nature of Lenders' Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans]. Each
Lender shall remit the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan in the requested currency
(in the case of Optional Currency Loans, in Dollars if so requested by the Administrative Agent)
to the Administrative Agent such that the Administrative Agent is able to, and the Administrative
Agent shall, to the extent the Lenders have made funds available to it for such purpose and
subject to Section 7.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit], fund such Revolving Credit Loans to the
Borrower in U.S. Dollars or the requested Optional Currency (as applicable) in immediately
available funds at the Principal Office prior to 2:00 p.m., on the applicable Borrowing Date;
provided that if any Lender fails to remit such funds to the Administrative Agent in a timely
manner, the Administrative Agent may elect in its sole discretion to fund with its own funds,
including funds in the requested Optional Currency, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender
on such Borrowing Date, and such Lender shall be subject to the repayment obligation in Section
2.6.2 [Presumptions by the Administrative Agent].
2.6.2 Presumptions by the Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Base Rate
Loan, or, for Loans other than Base Rate Loans, prior to the close of business the day before the
Borrowing Date, that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lender's share of such Loan, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made
such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.6.1 [Making Revolving Credit
Loans] and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
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corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable
Loan available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower
severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount in the appropriate currency with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of
the Federal Funds Effective Rate (or, for payments in an Optional Currency, the Overnight Rate),
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on
interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable to Loans under the Base Rate Option. If such Lender pays its share of the
applicable Loan to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such
Lender's Loan. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the
Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the
Administrative Agent.
2.6.3 Making Swing Loans. So long as PNC elects to make Swing Loans,
PNC shall, after receipt by it of a Swing Loan Request pursuant to Section 2.5.2 [Swing Loan
Requests], fund such Swing Loan to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars only and in immediately
available funds at the Principal Office prior to 4:00 p.m. on the Borrowing Date.
2.6.4 Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay the
Revolving Credit Loans together with all outstanding interest thereon on the Expiration Date.
2.6.5 Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans. PNC may, at its option, exercisable
at any time for any reason whatsoever, demand repayment of the Swing Loans, and each Lender
shall make a Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Lender's Ratable Share of the
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Swing Loans, plus, if PNC so requests, accrued
interest thereon, provided that no Lender shall be obligated in any event to make Revolving
Credit Loans in excess of its Revolving Credit Commitment minus its Ratable Share of Letter of
Credit Obligations. Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall bear
interest at the Base Rate Option and shall be deemed to have been properly requested in
accordance with Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] without regard to any of the
requirements of that provision. PNC shall provide notice to the Lenders (which may be
telephonic or written notice by letter, facsimile or telex) that such Revolving Credit Loans are to
be made under this Section 2.6.5 and of the apportionment among the Lenders, and the Lenders
shall be unconditionally obligated to fund such Revolving Credit Loans (whether or not the
conditions specified in Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] are then satisfied) by the
time PNC so requests, which shall not be earlier than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day next after
the date the Lenders receive such notice from PNC.
2.6.6 Swing Loans Under Cash Management Agreements. In addition to
making Swing Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions of Section 2.6.3 [Making Swing
Loans], without the requirement for a specific request from the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.5.2 [Swing Loan Requests], PNC as the Swing Loan Lender may make Swing Loans to the
Borrower in accordance with the provisions of the agreements between the Borrower and such
Swing Loan Lender relating to the Borrower's deposit, sweep and other accounts at such Swing
Loan Lender and related arrangements and agreements regarding the management and
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investment of the Borrower's cash assets as in effect from time to time (the "Cash Management
Agreements") to the extent of the daily aggregate net negative balance in the Borrower's
accounts which are subject to the provisions of the Cash Management Agreements. Swing
Loans made pursuant to this Section 2.6.6 in accordance with the provisions of the Cash
Management Agreements shall (i) be subject to the limitations as to aggregate amount set forth
in Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan Commitment], (ii) not be subject to the limitations as to individual
amount set forth in Section 2.5.2 [Swing Loan Requests], (iii) be payable by the Borrower, both
as to principal and interest, at the rates and times set forth in the Cash Management Agreements
(but in no event later than the Expiration Date), (iv) not be made at any time after such Swing
Loan Lender has received written notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default and so long as
such shall continue to exist, or, unless consented to by the Required Lenders, a Potential Default
and so long as such shall continue to exist, (v) if not repaid by the Borrower in accordance with
the provisions of the Cash Management Agreements, be subject to each Lender's obligation
pursuant to Section 2.6.5 [Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans], and (vi) except as provided in the
foregoing subsections (i) through (v), be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this
Section 2.
2.7 Notes. The Obligation of the Borrower to repay the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans made to it by each Lender, together
with interest thereon, shall be evidenced by a revolving credit Note and a swing Note dated the
Closing Date payable to the order of such Lender in a face amount equal to the Revolving Credit
Commitment or Swing Loan Commitment, as applicable, of such Lender.
2.8 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used to fund ongoing
working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, shareholder distributions permitted under this
Agreement, other general corporate purposes, and to pay fees and expenses in connection with
this Agreement.
2.9 Letter of Credit Subfacility.
2.9.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower or any Loan Party may at
any time prior to the Expiration Date request the issuance of a standby or trade letter of credit
(each a "Letter of Credit"), which may be denominated in either Dollars or an Optional
Currency, for its own account or the account of another Loan Party, or the amendment or
extension of an existing Letter of Credit, by delivering or transmitting electronically, or having
such other Loan Party deliver or transmit electronically to the Issuing Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) a completed application for letter of credit, or request for such
amendment or extension, as applicable, in such form as the Issuing Lender may specify from
time to time by no later than 10:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days, or such shorter period as
may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. The
Borrower or such Loan Party shall authorize and direct the Issuing Lender to name the Borrower
or any Loan Party as the βApplicantβ or βAccount Partyβ of each Letter of Credit. Promptly after
receipt of any Letter of Credit application, the Issuing Lender shall confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a
copy of such Letter of Credit application and if not, such Issuing Lender will provide the
Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.
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2.9.1.1 Unless the Issuing Lender has received notice from
any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one day prior to the
requested date of issuance, amendment or extension of the applicable Letter of Credit, that
one or more applicable conditions in Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of
Letters of Credit] is not satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in
reliance on the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.9, the Issuing
Lender or any of the Issuing Lender's Affiliates will issue the proposed Letter of Credit or
agree to such amendment or extension, provided that each Letter of Credit shall (A) have a
maximum maturity of twelve (12) months from the date of issuance, and (B) in no event
expire later than the Expiration Date and provided further that in no event shall (i) the Letter
of Credit Obligations exceed, at any one time, $5,000,000 (the "Letter of Credit Sublimit")
or (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage exceed, at any one time, the Revolving Credit
Commitments. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance, amendment or extension of a
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that it shall be in
compliance with the preceding sentence and with Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and
Issuance of Letters of Credit] after giving effect to the requested issuance, amendment or
extension of such Letter of Credit. Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any
amendment to a Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Lender
will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of
such Letter of Credit or amendment.
2.9.1.2 Notwithstanding Section 2.9.1.1, the Issuing Lender
shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if (i) any order, judgment or
decree of any Official Body or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the
Issuing Lender from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the Issuing
Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Official
Body with jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing
Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in
particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender with respect to the Letter of Credit any
restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise
compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing
Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing
Date and which the Issuing Lender in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it, or (ii) the issuance of
the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Issuing Lender applicable to
letters of credit generally.
2.9.2 Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay in Dollars (i) to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders a fee (the "Letter of Credit Fee")
equal to the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate on the daily amount available to be drawn
under each Letter of Credit, and (ii) to the Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee equal
to 0.125% per annum on the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit. All
Letter of Credit Fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and
actual days elapsed and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Payment Date following
issuance of each Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall also pay (in Dollars) to the Issuing Lender
for the Issuing Lender's sole account the Issuing Lender's then in effect customary fees and
administrative expenses payable with respect to letters of credit as the Issuing Lender may
generally charge or incur from time to time in connection with the issuance, maintenance,
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amendment (if any), assignment or transfer (if any), negotiation, and administration of letters of
credit, which customary fees and administrative expenses are set forth on a schedule provided to
the Borrower on or before the date hereof by the Issuing Bank and upon request by the Borrower,
provided that the Borrower shall not request delivery of such schedule more than four (4) times
in any calendar year.
2.9.3 Disbursements, Reimbursement. Immediately upon the issuance of
each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Issuing Lender a participation in such Letter of
Credit and each drawing thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender's Ratable Share of the
maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and the amount of such
drawing, respectively, in each case in the currency in which each Letter of Credit is issued.
2.9.3.1 In the event of any request for a drawing under a
Letter of Credit by the beneficiary or transferee thereof, the Issuing Lender will promptly
notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Provided that it shall have
received such notice, the Borrower shall reimburse (such obligation to reimburse the Issuing
Lender shall sometimes be referred to as a "Reimbursement Obligation") the Issuing
Lender prior to 12:00 noon on each date that an amount is paid by the Issuing Lender under
any Letter of Credit (each such date, a "Drawing Date") by paying to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender an amount equal to the amount so paid by the
Issuing Lender in the same currency as paid, unless otherwise required by the Administrative
Agent or the Issuing Lender. In the event the Borrower fails to reimburse the Issuing Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) for the full amount of any drawing under any Letter of
Credit by 2:00 p.m. on the Drawing Date, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify
each Lender thereof, and the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that Revolving
Credit Loans in U.S. Dollars (and, if the Letter of Credit was denominated in another
currency, in the Dollar Equivalent amount to the amount paid by the Issuing Lender in such
other currency on the Drawing Date thereof) be made by the Lenders under the Base Rate
Option to be disbursed on the Drawing Date under such Letter of Credit, subject to the
amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment and subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 7.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit] other than any notice
requirements. Any notice given by the Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender pursuant to
this Section 2.9.3.1 may be oral if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack
of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of
such notice.
2.9.3.2 Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to
Section 2.9.3.1 make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender an amount in Dollars in immediately available funds equal to its Ratable Share of the
amount of the drawing (and, if the Letter of Credit was denominated in another currency, in
the Dollar Equivalent amount to the amount paid by the Issuing Lender in such other
currency on the Drawing Date thereof), whereupon the participating Lenders shall (subject
to Section 2.9.3 [Disbursements; Reimbursement]) each be deemed to have made a
Revolving Credit Loan under the Base Rate Option to the Borrower in that amount. If any
Lender so notified fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender the amount of such Lender's Ratable Share of such amount by no later than
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2:00 p.m. on the Drawing Date, then interest shall accrue on such Lender's obligation to
make such payment, from the Drawing Date to the date on which such Lender makes such
payment (i) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate during the first
three (3) days following the Drawing Date and (ii) at a rate per annum equal to the rate
applicable to Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option on and after the fourth day
following the Drawing Date. The Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender will
promptly give notice (as described in Section 2.9.3.1 above) of the occurrence of the
Drawing Date, but failure of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender to give any
such notice on the Drawing Date or in sufficient time to enable any Lender to effect such
payment on such date shall not relieve such Lender from its obligation under this
Section 2.9.3.2.
2.9.3.3 With respect to any unreimbursed drawing that is not
converted into Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars under the Base Rate Option to the
Borrower in whole or in part as contemplated by Section 2.9.3.1, because of the Borrower's
failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit] other
than any notice requirements, or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
incurred from the Issuing Lender a borrowing (each a "Letter of Credit Borrowing") in the
amount of such drawing (and, if the Letter of Credit was denominated in another currency,
in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount paid by the Issuing Lender in such other currency on
the Drawing Date thereof). Such Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be due and payable on
demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the rate per annum applicable to the
Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option. Each Lender's payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.9.3
[Disbursements, Reimbursement] shall be deemed to be a payment in respect of its
participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing (each a "Participation Advance") from
such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.9.3.
2.9.4 Repayment of Participation Advances.
2.9.4.1 Upon (and only upon) receipt by the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender of immediately available funds from the
Borrower (i) in reimbursement of any payment made by the Issuing Lender under the Letter
of Credit with respect to which any Lender has made a Participation Advance to the
Administrative Agent, or (ii) in payment of interest on such a payment made by the Issuing
Lender under such a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Issuing
Lender will pay to each Lender, in the same funds as those received by the Administrative
Agent, the amount of such Lender's Ratable Share of such funds, except the Administrative
Agent shall retain for the account of the Issuing Lender the amount of the Ratable Share of
such funds of any Lender that did not make a Participation Advance in respect of such
payment by the Issuing Lender.
2.9.4.2 If the Administrative Agent is required at any time to
return to any Loan Party, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official in any
Insolvency Proceeding, any portion of any payment made by any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.9
[Letter of Credit Subfacility] in reimbursement of a payment made under any Letter of
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Credit or interest or fees thereon, each Lender shall, on demand of the Administrative Agent,
forthwith return to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender the
amount of its Ratable Share of any amounts so returned by the Administrative Agent plus
interest thereon from the date such demand is made to the date such amounts are returned by
such Lender to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds
Effective Rate (or, for any payment in an Optional Currency, the Overnight Rate) in effect
from time to time.
2.9.5 Documentation. Each Loan Party agrees to be bound by the terms of
the Issuing Lender's application and agreement for letters of credit and the Issuing Lender's
written regulations and customary practices relating to letters of credit, though such
interpretation may be different from such Loan Party's own. In the event of a conflict between
such application or agreement and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. It is understood
and agreed that, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Issuing Lender
shall not be liable for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission or commission,
in following any Loan Party's instructions or those contained in the Letters of Credit or any
modifications, amendments or supplements thereto.
2.9.6 Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests. In determining whether to
honor any request for drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, the Issuing
Lender shall be responsible only to determine that the documents and certificates required to be
delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they comply on their face with
the requirements of such Letter of Credit.
2.9.7 Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations. Each Lender's
obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make the Revolving Credit Loans or
Participation Advances, as contemplated by Section 2.9.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement], as a
result of a drawing under a Letter of Credit, and the Obligations of the Borrower to reimburse the
Issuing Lender upon a draw under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.9
[Letter of Credit Subfacility] under all circumstances, including the following circumstances:
(i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which such Lender may have against the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates, the Borrower or
any other Person for any reason whatsoever, or which any Loan Party may have against the
Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates, any Lender or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever;
(ii) the failure of any Loan Party or any other Person to comply, in
connection with a Letter of Credit Borrowing, with the conditions set forth in Sections 2.1
[Revolving Credit Commitments], 2.5 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests],
2.6 [Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Etc.] or 7.2 [Each Loan or Letter of
Credit] or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement for the making of a Revolving Credit Loan, it
being acknowledged that such conditions are not required for the making of a Letter of Credit
Borrowing and the obligation of the Lenders to make Participation Advances under Section 2.9.3
[Disbursements, Reimbursement];
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(iii) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
(iv) any claim of breach of warranty that might be made by any Loan
Party or any Lender against any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, or the existence of any claim,
set-off, recoupment, counterclaim, crossclaim, defense or other right which any Loan Party or
any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary, successor beneficiary any transferee or
assignee of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof (or any Persons for whom any such
transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates or any Lender or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or any
unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between any Loan Party or
Subsidiaries of a Loan Party and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured);
(v) the lack of power or authority of any signer of (or any defect in
or forgery of any signature or endorsement on) or the form of or lack of validity, sufficiency,
accuracy, enforceability or genuineness of any draft, demand, instrument, certificate or other
document presented under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, or any fraud or alleged
fraud in connection with any Letter of Credit, or the transport of any property or provision of
services relating to a Letter of Credit, in each case even if the Issuing Lender or any of its
Affiliates has been notified thereof;
(vi) payment by the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates under any
Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which
does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(vii) the solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any beneficiary of
any Letter of Credit, or any other Person having a role in any transaction or obligation relating to
a Letter of Credit, or the existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition, value or other
characteristic of any property or services relating to a Letter of Credit;
(viii) any failure by the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates to issue
any Letter of Credit in the form requested by any Loan Party, unless the Issuing Lender has
received written notice from such Loan Party of such failure within three Business Days after the
Issuing Lender shall have furnished such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent a copy of
such Letter of Credit and such error is material and no drawing has been made thereon prior to
receipt of such notice;
(ix) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Loan Party or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party;
(x) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by
any party thereto;
(xi) the occurrence or continuance of an Insolvency Proceeding with
respect to any Loan Party;
(xii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Potential Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;
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(xiii) the fact that the Expiration Date shall have passed or this
Agreement or the Commitments hereunder shall have been terminated; and
(xiv) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing.
2.9.8 Indemnity. The Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and
save harmless the Issuing Lender and any of its Affiliates that has issued a Letter of Credit from
and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, taxes, penalties, interest,
judgments, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of counsel) which the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates may incur or be
subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter of Credit, other than
as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender as determined by a
final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
2.9.9 Liability for Acts and Omissions. As between any Loan Party and the
Issuing Lender, or the Issuing Lender's Affiliates, such Loan Party assumes all risks of the acts
and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such
Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall
not be responsible for any of the following, including any losses or damages to any Loan Party or
other Person or property relating therefrom: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy,
genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the
application for an issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in
any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if the Issuing
Lender or its Affiliates shall have been notified thereof); (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such 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; (iii) the failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of
Credit, or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to comply fully with
any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit or any other claim of any
Loan Party against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee, or any
dispute between or among any Loan Party and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any
such transferee; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any
messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher;
(v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or
otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit
or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit
of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising
from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates, as applicable, including
any act or omission of any Official Body, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent
the vesting of, any of the Issuing Lender's or its Affiliates rights or powers hereunder. Nothing
in the preceding sentence shall relieve the Issuing Lender from liability for the Issuing Lender's
gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with actions or omissions described in such
clauses (i) through (viii) of such sentence. In no event shall the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates
be liable to any Loan Party for any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, exemplary or
special damages or expenses, or for any damages resulting from any change in the value of any
property relating to a Letter of Credit.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender and each of
its Affiliates (i) may rely on any oral or other communication believed in good faith by the
Issuing Lender or such Affiliate to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the applicant
for a Letter of Credit, (ii) may honor any presentation if the documents presented appear on their
face substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit; (iii)
may honor a previously dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor
was pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or
otherwise, and shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had
initially been honored, together with any interest paid by the Issuing Lender or its Affiliate; (iv)
may honor any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement advising negotiation or
payment, upon receipt of such statement (even if such statement indicates that a draft or other
document is being delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any failure of any such draft
or other document to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant Letter of Credit; (v) may
pay any paying or negotiating bank claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or practices
of the place where such bank is located; and (vi) may settle or adjust any claim or demand made
on the Issuing Lender or its Affiliate in any way related to any order issued at the applicant's
request to an air carrier, a letter of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar
document (each an "Order") and honor any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that
is the subject of such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other documents presented in
connection with such Letter of Credit fail to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit.
In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions set
forth above, any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under or in
connection with the Letters of Credit issued by it or any documents and certificates delivered
thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates
under any resulting liability to the Borrower or any Lender.
2.9.10 Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements. Each Issuing Lender shall, on
the first Business Day of each month, provide to Administrative Agent and Borrower a schedule
of the Letters of Credit issued by it, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent,
showing the date of issuance of each Letter of Credit, the account party, the original face amount
(if any), and the expiration date of any Letter of Credit outstanding at any time during the
preceding month, and any other information relating to such Letter of Credit that the
Administrative Agent may request.
2.10 Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply
for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(i) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the
Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.3 [Commitment Fees];
(ii) the Commitment and outstanding Loans of such Defaulting
Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may
take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other
modification pursuant to Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers]); provided, that
this clause (ii) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment,
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waiver or other modification specifically requiring the consent of such Lender or requiring the
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(iii) if any Swing Loans are outstanding or any Letter of Credit
Obligations exist at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then:
(a) all or any part of the outstanding Swing Loans and Letter
of Credit Obligations of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting
Lenders in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares but only to the extent that (x) the
Revolving Facility Usage does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders' Revolving
Credit Commitments, and (y) no Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at such time;
(b) if the reallocation described in clause (a) above cannot,
or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days following
notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such outstanding Swing Loans, and
(y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender the Borrower's obligations
corresponding to such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Obligations (after giving effect to any
partial reallocation pursuant to clause (a) above) in a deposit account held at the Administrative
Agent for so long as such Letter of Credit Obligations are outstanding;
(c) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such
Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to clause (b) above, the Borrower shall
not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.9.2 [Letter of
Credit Fees] with respect to such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Obligations during the
period such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Obligations are cash collateralized;
(d) if the Letter of Credit Obligations of the non-Defaulting
Lenders are reallocated pursuant to clause (a) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.9.2 [Letter of Credit Fees] shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-
Defaulting Lenders' Ratable Share; and
(e) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender's Letter of
Credit Obligations are neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (a) or
(b) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any other
Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit Fees payable under Section 2.9.2 [Letter of Credit Fees]
with respect to such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Obligations shall be payable to the
Issuing Lender (and not to such Defaulting Lender) until and to the extent that such Letter of
Credit Obligations are reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and
(iv) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, PNC shall not be
required to fund any Swing Loans and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or
increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Issuing Lender is satisfied that the related exposure and
the Defaulting Lender's then outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations will be 100% covered by
the Revolving Credit Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be
provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.10(iii), and participating interests in any
newly made Swing Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated
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among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.10(iii)(a) (and such
Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a parent company of any Lender shall occur following
the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue, or (ii) PNC or the Issuing Lender has
a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more
other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, PNC shall not be required to
fund any Swing Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase
any Letter of Credit, unless PNC or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, shall have entered
into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to PNC or the Issuing Lender,
as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, PNC and the Issuing Lender agree in
writing that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to
be a Defaulting Lender, then the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, and the
Ratable Share of the Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations of the Lenders shall be
readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender's Commitment, and on such date such Lender
shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swing Loans) as the
Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such
Loans in accordance with its Ratable Share.
2.11 Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) Increasing Lenders and New Lenders. The Borrower
may request that (i) the current Lenders increase their Revolving Credit Commitments (any
current Lender which elects to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment shall be referred to as
an "Increasing Lender") or (ii) one or more new lenders (each a "New Lender") join this
Agreement and provide a Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder, subject to the following
terms and conditions:
(i) No Obligation to Increase. No current Lender shall be obligated to
increase its Revolving Credit Commitment and any increase in the Revolving Credit
Commitment by any current Lender shall be in the sole discretion of such current Lender.
(ii) Defaults. There shall exist no Events of Default or Potential
Default prior to giving effect to such increase or on the effective date of such increase after
giving effect to such increase.
(iii) Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. The aggregate amount
of all increases under this Section 2.11 [Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments] shall not
exceed $75,000,000 and after giving effect to such increase, the total Revolving Credit
Commitments shall not exceed $175,000,000.
(iv) Minimum Revolving Credit Commitments. The aggregate amount
of the increases in the Revolving Credit Commitments at any time provided by a New Lender
and/or an Increasing Lender shall be at least $10,000,000.
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(v) Maximum Increases. The aggregate number of increases of the
Revolving Credit Commitments shall not exceed three (3) such increases during the term of this
Agreement.
(vi) Resolutions; Opinion. The Loan Parties shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent on or before the effective date of such increase the following documents in
a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent: (1) certifications of their corporate
secretaries with attached resolutions certifying that the increase in the Revolving Credit
Commitment has been approved by such Loan Parties, and (2) an opinion of counsel addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders addressing the authorization and execution of the
Loan Documents entered into in connection therewith by, and enforceability of such Loan
Documents against, the Loan Parties.
(vii) Notes. To the extent requested thereby, the Borrower shall execute
and deliver (1) to each Increasing Lender a replacement revolving credit Note reflecting the new
amount of such Increasing Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment after giving effect to the
increase (and the prior Note issued to such Increasing Lender shall be deemed to be
automatically terminated and cancelled) and (2) to each New Lender a revolving credit Note
reflecting the amount of such New Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment.
(viii) Approval of New Lenders. Any New Lender shall be subject to
the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
(ix) Increasing Lenders. Each Increasing Lender shall confirm its
agreement to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to an acknowledgement in a
form acceptable to the Administrative Agent, signed by it and the Borrower and delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least five (5) days before the effective date of such increase.
(x) New Lender Joinder. Each New Lender shall execute a lender
joinder pursuant to which such New Lender shall join and become a party to this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents with a Revolving Credit Commitment in the amount set forth in such
lender joinder.
(xi) Fees. Borrower shall pay any Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit
Fees, Administrative Agentβs Fee or other fees or amounts due from the Borrower under this
Agreement or the Administrative Agentβs Letter in connection with such increase.
(b) Treatment of Outstanding Loans and Letters of Credit.
(i) Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans. On
the effective date of such increase, the Borrower shall repay all Loans then outstanding, subject
to the Borrower's indemnity obligations under Section 5.10 [Indemnity]; provided, that the
Administrative Agent will use its reasonable efforts to assist the Borrower in attempting to
minimize such indemnity obligations under Section 5.10 [Indemnity]; provided, further, that it
may borrow new Loans with a Borrowing Date on such date. Each of the Lenders shall
participate in any new Loans made on or after such date in accordance with their respective
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Ratable Shares after giving effect to the increase in Revolving Credit Commitments
contemplated by this Section 2.11(b).
(ii) Outstanding Letters of Credit. Repayment of Outstanding Loans;
Borrowing of New Loans. On the effective date of such increase, each Increasing Lender and
each New Lender: (1) will be deemed to have purchased a participation in each then outstanding
Letter of Credit equal to its Ratable Share of such Letter of Credit and the participation of each
other Lender in such Letter of Credit shall be adjusted accordingly and (2) will acquire, (and will
pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, in immediately available funds,
an amount equal to) its Ratable Share of all outstanding Participation Advances.
(iii) Adjustment of Sublimits. Upon any increase of the Revolving
Credit Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.11, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
on behalf of the Required Lenders, will negotiate in good faith to consider increases, if
appropriate and agreed to by the Borrower and the Required Lenders, of the sublimits under the
Revolving Credit Commitments, and thresholds and baskets set forth in this Agreement,
including without limitation Article 8 hereof, to reflect the increase of the Revolving Credit
Commitments and the financial condition and business operations of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries at such time. Nothing in this Section 2.11(b)(ii) shall obligate the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders to agree to any revisions to the sublimits, thresholds and/or
baskets referenced herein.
2.12 Utilization of Commitments in Optional Currencies.
2.12.1 Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit
Loans that are Optional Currency Loans and Letters of Credit Outstanding; Repayment in Same
Currency. For purposes of determining utilization of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the
Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar Equivalent amount of (i) the outstanding and
proposed Revolving Credit Loans that are Optional Currency Loans and Letters of Credit to be
denominated in an Optional Currency as of the requested Borrowing Date or date of issuance, as
the case may be, (ii) the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations denominated in an Optional
Currency as of the last Business Day of each month, and (iii) the outstanding Revolving Credit
Loans denominated in an Optional Currency as of the end of each Interest Period (each such date
under clauses (i) through (iii), and any other date on which the Administrative Agent determines
it is necessary or advisable to make such computation, in its sole discretion, is referred to as a
"Computation Date"). Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or agreed to by the
Administrative Agent and the Company, each Loan and Reimbursement Obligation shall be
repaid or prepaid in the same currency in which the Loan or Reimbursement Obligation was
made unless repayment in such currency is not possible, in which case repayment shall be made
in an alternative form of payment approved by the Required Lenders.
2.13 European Monetary Union.
(i) Payments In Euros Under Certain Circumstances. If (i) any
Optional Currency ceases to be lawful currency of the nation issuing the same and is replaced by
the Euro or (ii) any Optional Currency and the Euro are at the same time recognized by any
governmental authority of the nation issuing such currency as lawful currency of such nation and
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the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request in a notice delivered to the
Borrower, then any amount payable hereunder by any party hereto in such Optional Currency
shall instead be payable in Euros and the amount so payable shall be determined by translating
the amount payable in such Optional Currency to the Euro at the exchange rate established by
that nation for the purpose of implementing the replacement of the relevant Optional Currency
by the Euro (and the provisions governing payments in Optional Currencies in this Agreement
shall apply to such payment in Euros as if such payment in Euros were a payment in an Optional
Currency). Prior to the occurrence of the event or events described in clause (i) or (ii) of the
preceding sentence, each amount payable hereunder in any Optional Currency will, except as
otherwise provided herein, continue to be payable only in that currency.
(ii) Additional Compensation Under Certain Circumstances. The
Borrower agrees, at the request of any Lender, to compensate such Lender for any loss, cost,
expense or reduction in return that such Lender shall reasonably determine shall be incurred or
sustained by such Lender as a result of the replacement of any Optional Currency by the Euro
and that would not have been incurred or sustained but for the transactions provided for herein.
A certificate of any Lender setting forth such Lender's determination of the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive
absent manifest error so long as such determination is made on a reasonable basis. The
Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10)
days after receipt thereof.
(iii) Requests for Additional Optional Currencies. The Borrower
may deliver to the Administrative Agent a written request that Revolving Credit Loans hereunder
also be permitted to be made in any other lawful currency (other than Dollars), in addition to the
currencies specified in the definition of "Optional Currency" herein, provided that such currency
must be freely traded in the offshore interbank foreign exchange markets, freely transferable,
freely convertible into Dollars and available to the Lenders in the Relevant Interbank Market.
The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of any such request promptly after the
Administrative Agent receives such request. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the
Borrower of the acceptance or rejection by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders of
the Borrower's request. The requested currency shall be approved as an Optional Currency
hereunder only if the Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders approve of the Borrower's
request.
3. INTENTIONALLY DELETED
4. INTEREST RATES
4.1 Interest Rate Options. The Borrower shall pay interest in respect of the
outstanding unpaid principal amount of the Loans as selected by it from the Base Rate Option or
Euro Rate Option set forth below applicable to the Loans, it being understood that, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may select different Interest Rate Options and
different Interest Periods to apply simultaneously to the Loans comprising different Borrowing
Tranches and may convert to or renew one or more Interest Rate Options with respect to all or
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any portion of the Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche; provided that there shall not be at
any one time outstanding more than six (6) Borrowing Tranches in the aggregate among all of
the Loans and provided further that if an Event of Default or Potential Default exists and is
continuing, the Borrower may not request, convert to, or renew the Euro Rate Option for any
Loans and the Required Lenders may demand that all existing Borrowing Tranches bearing
interest under the Euro Rate Option shall be converted immediately to the Base Rate Option,
subject to the obligation of the Borrower to pay any indemnity under Section 5.10 [Indemnity] in
connection with such conversion. If at any time the designated rate applicable to any Loan made
by any Lender exceeds such Lender's highest lawful rate, the rate of interest on such Lender's
Loan shall be limited to such Lender's highest lawful rate. Interest on the principal amount of
each Optional Currency Loan shall be paid by the Borrower in such Optional Currency (unless
not possible in which case the Required Lenders may permit an alternative form of payment).
4.1.1 Revolving Credit Interest Rate Options; Swing Line Interest Rate. The
Borrower shall have the right to select from the following Interest Rate Options applicable to the
Revolving Credit Loans:
(i) Revolving Credit Base Rate Option: A fluctuating rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, such interest rate to change
automatically from time to time effective as of the effective date of each change in the Base
Rate; or
(ii) Revolving Credit Euro Rate Option: A rate per annum equal to
the Euro Rate as determined for each applicable Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.
Subject to Section 4.3 [Interest After Default], only the Base Rate Option applicable to
Revolving Credit Loans shall apply to the Swing Loans.
4.1.2 Interest Act (Canada). For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada): (i)
whenever any interest or fee under this Agreement is calculated on the basis of a period of time
other than a calendar year, such rate used in such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate,
is equivalent to (x) such rate, multiplied by (y) the actual number of days in the calendar year in
which the period for which such interest or fee is calculated ends, and divided by (z) the number
of days in such period of time, (ii) the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not
apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement, and (iii) the rates of interest stipulated in
this Agreement are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.
4.1.3 Rate Calculations; Rate Quotations. All computations of interest for
Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Daily LIBOR 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 or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Optional
Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such
market practice. The Borrower may call the Administrative Agent on or before the date on
which a Loan Request is to be delivered to receive an indication of the rates then in effect, but it
is acknowledged that such projection shall not be binding on the Administrative Agent or the
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Lenders nor affect the rate of interest which thereafter is actually in effect when the election is
made.
4.2 Interest Periods. At any time when the Borrower shall select, convert to or renew
Loans under the Euro Rate Option, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof
by delivering a Loan Request to the Administrative Agent (i) at least three (3) Business Days
prior to the effective date of such Loans under the Euro Rate Option with respect to a Loan
denominated in Dollars, and (ii) at least four (4) Business Days prior to the effective date of such
Loans under the Euro Rate Option with respect to an Optional Currency Loan. The notice shall
specify an Interest Period during which such Interest Rate Option shall apply.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the following provisions shall apply to any selection of,
renewal of, or conversion to a Euro Rate Option:
4.2.1 Amount of Borrowing Tranche. Each Borrowing Tranche of Loans
under the Euro Rate Option shall be in integral multiples of, and not less than, the respective
amounts set forth in Section 2.5.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests]; and
4.2.2 Renewals. In the case of the renewal of a Euro Rate Option at the end
of an Interest Period, the first day of the new Interest Period shall be the last day of the preceding
Interest Period, without duplication in payment of interest for such day.
4.2.3 No Conversion of Optional Currency Loans. No Optional Currency
Loan may be converted into a Loan with a different Interest Rate Option, or a Loan denominated
in a different Optional Currency.
4.3 Interest After Default. To the extent permitted by Law, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default and until such time such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived, at
the discretion of the Administrative Agent or upon written demand by the Required Lenders to
the Administrative Agent:
4.3.1 Letter of Credit Fees, Interest Rate. The Letter of Credit Fees and the
rate of interest for each Loan otherwise applicable pursuant to Section 2.9.2 [Letter of Credit
Fees] or Section 4.1 [Interest Rate Options], respectively, shall be increased by 2.00% per
annum;
4.3.2 Other Obligations. Each other Obligation hereunder if not paid when
due shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the rate of interest applicable to
Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option plus an additional 2.00% per annum from
the time such Obligation becomes due and payable and until it is Paid In Full; and
4.3.3 Acknowledgment. The Borrower acknowledges that the increase in
rates referred to in this Section 4.3 reflects, among other things, the fact that such Loans or other
amounts have become a substantially greater risk given their default status and that the Lenders
are entitled to additional compensation for such risk, and all such interest shall be payable by
Borrower upon demand by Administrative Agent.
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4.4 Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available;
Optional Currency Not Available.
4.4.1 Unascertainable. If on any date on which a Euro Rate would otherwise
be determined, the Administrative Agent shall have determined that:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such
Euro Rate, or
(ii) a contingency has occurred which materially and adversely
affects the Relevant Interbank Market relating to the Euro Rate,
then the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.4 [Administrative
Agentβs and Lenderβs Rights].
4.4.2 Illegality; Increased Costs. If at any time any Lender shall have
determined in good faith that:
(i) the making, maintenance or funding of any Loan to which a Euro
Rate Option applies has been made impracticable or unlawful by compliance by such Lender in
good faith with any Law or any interpretation or application thereof by any Official Body or with
any request or directive of any such Official Body (whether or not having the force of Law), or
(ii) such Euro Rate Option will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Lender of the establishment or maintenance of any such Loan,
then the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.4 [Administrative
Agentβs and Lenderβs Rights].
4.4.3 Optional Currency Not Available. If at any time the Administrative
Agent shall have determined that a fundamental change has occurred in the foreign exchange or
interbank markets with respect to any Optional Currency (including, without limitation, changes
in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates
or exchange controls), then (i) the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any such
determination, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.4
[Administrative Agent's and Lender's Rights].
4.4.4 Administrative Agent's and Lender's Rights. In the case of any event
specified in Section 4.4.1 [Unascertainable] above and in the case of an event specified in
Section 4.4.3 [Optional Currency Not Available] above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
so notify the Lenders and the Borrower thereof, and in the case of an event specified in
Section 4.4.2 [Illegality; Increased Costs], such Lender shall promptly so notify the
Administrative Agent and endorse a certificate to such notice as to the specific circumstances of
such notice, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly send copies of such notice and
certificate to the other Lenders and the Borrower. Upon such date as shall be specified in such
notice (which shall not be earlier than the date such notice is given), the obligation of (A) the
Lenders, in the case of such notice given by the Administrative Agent, or (B) such Lender, in the
case of such notice given by such Lender, to allow the Borrower to select, convert to or renew a
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Euro Rate Option or select an Optional Currency, as applicable, shall be suspended until the
Administrative Agent shall have later notified the Borrower, or such Lender shall have later
notified the Administrative Agent, of the Administrative Agent's or such Lender's, as the case
may be, determination that the circumstances giving rise to such previous determination no
longer exist. If at any time the Administrative Agent makes a determination under Section 4.4.1
[Unascertainable] and the Borrower has previously notified the Administrative Agent of its
selection of, conversion to or renewal of a Euro Rate Option and such Interest Rate Option has
not yet gone into effect, such notification shall be deemed to provide for selection of, conversion
to or renewal of the Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such Loans. If any
Lender notifies the Administrative Agent of a determination under Section 4.4.2 [Illegality;
Increased Costs], the Borrower shall, subject to the Borrower's indemnification Obligations
under Section 5.10 [Indemnity], as to any Loan of the Lender to which a Euro Rate Option
applies, on the date specified in such notice either (i) as applicable, convert such Loan to the
Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such Loan or select a different Optional
Currency or Dollars, or (ii) prepay such Loan in accordance with Section 5.6 [Voluntary
Prepayments]. Absent due notice from the Borrower of conversion or prepayment, such Loan
shall automatically be converted to the Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such
Loan upon such specified date. If the Administrative Agent makes a determination under
Section 4.4.3 [Optional Currency Not Available] then, until the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, (i) the
availability of Loans in the affected Optional Currency shall be suspended, (ii) the outstanding
Loans in such affected Optional Currency shall be converted into Dollar Loans (in an amount
equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such outstanding Optional Currency Loans) (x) on the last day
of the then current Interest Period if the Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain Loans in
such Optional Currency to such day, or (y) immediately if the Lenders may not lawfully continue
to maintain Loans in such Optional Currency, and interest thereon shall thereafter accrue at the
Base Rate Option.
4.5 Selection of Interest Rate Options. If the Borrower fails to select a new Interest
Period to apply to any Borrowing Tranche of Loans under the Euro Rate Option at the expiration
of an existing Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing Tranche in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.2 [Interest Periods], the Borrower shall be deemed to have converted
such Borrowing Tranche to the Base Rate Option, as applicable to Revolving Credit Loans,
commencing upon the last day of the existing Interest Period, and such currency conversion to
U.S. Dollars shall be determined by the Administrative Agent at the time of conversion.
5. PAYMENTS
5.1 Payments. All payments and prepayments to be made in respect of principal,
interest, Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees, Administrative Agent's Fee or other fees or
amounts due from the Borrower hereunder shall be payable prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date when
due without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower, and without set-off, counterclaim or other deduction of any
nature, and an action therefor shall immediately accrue. Such payments shall be made to the
Administrative Agent at the Principal Office for the account of PNC with respect to the Swing
Loans and for the ratable accounts of the Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans in
U.S. Dollars and in immediately available funds, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly
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distribute such amounts to the Lenders in immediately available funds; provided that in the event
payments are received by 11:00 a.m. by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Loans and
such payments are not distributed to the Lenders on the same day received by the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent shall pay the Lenders interest at the Federal Funds Effective
Rate in the case of Loans or other amounts due in Dollars, or the Overnight Rate in the case of
Loans or other amounts due in an Optional Currency, with respect to the amount of such
payments for each day held by the Administrative Agent and not distributed to the Lenders and
the Borrower shall have no obligation to reimburse such additional interest or any portion
thereof. The Administrative Agent's and each Lender's statement of account, ledger or other
relevant record shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as the statement of the
amount of principal of and interest on the Loans and other amounts owing under this Agreement
(including the Equivalent Amounts of the applicable currencies where such computations are
required) and shall be deemed an "account stated". All payments of principal and interest made
in respect of the Loans must be repaid in the same currency (whether Dollars or the applicable
Optional Currency) in which such Loan was made and all Unpaid Drawings with respect to each
Letter of Credit shall be made in the same currency (whether Dollars or the applicable Optional
Currency) in which such Letter of Credit was issued; provided however that if repayment in an
Optional Currency is not reasonably possible, the Borrower may repay such Loans in another
currency or pursuant to an alternative form of payment approved by the Required Lenders. The
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) debit the amount of any such payment
which is not made by such time to any ordinary deposit account of the applicable Borrower with
the Administrative Agent.
5.2 Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders. Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall
be allocated to each Lender according to its Ratable Share, and each selection of, conversion to
or renewal of any Interest Rate Option and each payment or prepayment by the Borrower with
respect to principal, interest, Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit Fees (but excluding the
Administrative Agent's Fee and the Issuing Lender's fronting fee) shall (except as otherwise may
be provided with respect to a Defaulting Lender and except as provided in Sections 4.4.4
[Administrative Agent's and Lender's Rights] in the case of an event specified in Section 4.4
[Rate Unascertainable; Etc.], 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender] or 5.8 [Increased Costs]) be
payable ratably among the Lenders entitled to such payment in accordance with the amount of
principal, interest, Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit Fees, as set forth in this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, each borrowing or payment or prepayment by the
Borrower of principal, interest, fees or other amounts from the Borrower with respect to Swing
Loans shall be made by or to PNC according to Section 2.6.5 [Borrowings to Repay Swing
Loans].
5.3 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of
setoff, counterclaim or banker's lien, by receipt of voluntary payment, by realization upon
security, or by any other non-pro rata source, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender's receiving
payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or
other such obligations greater than the pro-rata share of the amount such Lender is entitled
thereto, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative
Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such
other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so
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that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with
the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other
amounts owing them, provided that:
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of
the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, together with interest or other amounts, if
any, required by Law (including court order) to be paid by the Lender or the holder making such
purchase; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by
Lenders] shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Loan Parties pursuant
to and in accordance with the express terms of the Loan Documents or (y) any payment obtained
by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
Participation Advances to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by
Lenders] shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against each Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with
respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Loan Party
in the amount of such participation.
5.4 Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower
has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount due.
In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the
Issuing Lender, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, with
interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds
Effective Rate (or, for payments in an Optional Currency, the Overnight Rate) and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
5.5 Interest Payment Dates. Interest on Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies
shall be due and payable in arrears on each Payment Date. Interest on Loans to which the Euro
Rate Option applies shall be due and payable on the last day of each Interest Period for those
Loans and, if such Interest Period is longer than three (3) Months, also on the 90th day of such
Interest Period. Interest on mandatory prepayments of principal under Section 5.7 [Mandatory
Prepayments] shall be due on the date such mandatory prepayment is due. Interest on the
principal amount of each Loan or other monetary Obligation shall be due and payable on demand
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after such principal amount or other monetary Obligation becomes due and payable (whether on
the stated Expiration Date, upon acceleration or otherwise).
5.6 Voluntary Prepayments.
5.6.1 Right to Prepay. The Borrower shall have the right at its option from
time to time to prepay the Loans in whole or part without premium or penalty (except as
provided in Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender] below, in Section 5.8[Increased Costs] and
Section 5.10 [Indemnity]). Whenever the Borrower desires to prepay any part of the Loans, it
shall provide a prepayment notice to the Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. at least one (1)
Business Day prior to the date of prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans denominated in
Dollars, and at least four (4) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment of any Optional
Currency Loans, or no later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment of Swing Loans, setting
forth the following information:
(w) the date, which shall be a Business Day, on which the proposed
prepayment is to be made;
(x) a statement indicating the application of the prepayment between
the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans;
(y) a statement indicating the application of the prepayment between
Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies and Loans and Optional Currencies to
which the Euro Rate Option applies; and
(z) the total principal amount of such prepayment, which shall not be
less than the lesser of (i) the Revolving Facility Usage or (ii) $100,000 for any Swing
Loan or $100,000 for any Revolving Credit Loan.
All prepayment notices shall be irrevocable. The principal amount of the Loans
for which a prepayment notice is given, together with interest on such principal amount, shall be
due and payable on the date specified in such prepayment notice as the date on which the
proposed prepayment is to be made. Except as provided in Section 4.4.4 [Administrative Agent's
and Lender's Rights], if the Borrower prepays a Loan but fails to specify the applicable
Borrowing Tranche which the Borrower is prepaying, the prepayment shall be applied (i) first to
Revolving Credit Loans; and (ii) after giving effect to the allocations in clause (i) above and in
the preceding sentence, first to the Revolving Credit Loans to which the Base Rate Option
applies, then to Revolving Credit Loans which are not Optional Currency Loans to which the
Euro Rate Option applies, then to Optional Currency Loans, then to Swing Loans to which the
Base Rate Option applies. Any prepayment hereunder shall be subject to the Borrower's
Obligation to indemnify the Lenders under Section 5.10 [Indemnity]. Prepayments shall be
made in the currency in which such Loan was made unless otherwise directed by the
Administrative Agent or agreed to by the Required Lenders.
5.6.2 Replacement of a Lender. In the event any Lender (i) gives notice under
Section 4.4.2 [Illegality; Increased Costs], (ii) requests compensation under Section 5.8
[Increased Costs], or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount
to any Lender or any Official Body for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.9
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[Taxes], (iii) is a Defaulting Lender, (iv) becomes subject to the control of an Official Body
(other than normal and customary supervision), or (v) is a Non-Consenting Lender referred to in
Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers], then in any such event the Borrower
may, at its sole option and expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent,
require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to
the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.8 [Successors and Assigns]),
all of its interests, rights (other than existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 5.8
[Increased Costs] or 5.9 [Taxes]) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan
Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the
assignment fee specified in Section 11.8.2(iv);
(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to
the outstanding principal of its Loans and Participation Advances, accrued interest thereon,
accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
(including any amounts under Section 5.10 [Indemnity]) from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other
amounts);
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 5.8.1 [Increased Costs Generally] or payments required to be made
pursuant to Section 5.9 [Taxes], such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation
or payments the Borrower will be liable for thereafter; and
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a
result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to
require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
5.6.3 Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 5.8 [Increased Costs], or the Borrower is or will be required to pay
any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Official Body for the account
of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.9 [Taxes], then such Lender shall (at the request of the
Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its
Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices,
branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or
assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.8 [Increased
Costs] or Section 5.9 [Taxes], as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such
Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment
5.7 Mandatory Prepayments.
5.7.1 Intentionally Deleted.
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5.7.2 Currency Fluctuations. If on any Computation Date the Revolving
Facility Usage is equal to or greater than the Revolving Credit Commitments as a result of a
change in exchange rates between one (1) or more Optional Currencies and Dollars, then the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of the same. The Borrower shall pay or prepay
(subject to Borrower's indemnity obligations under Sections 5.8 [Increased Costs] and 5.10
[Indemnity]) within one (1) Business Day after receiving such notice such that the Revolving
Facility Usage shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments after giving effect
to such payments or prepayments
5.7.3 Application Among Interest Rate Options. All prepayments required
pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall first be applied among the Interest Rate Options to the principal
amount of the Loans subject to the Base Rate Option, then to Loans denominated in Dollars and
subject to a Euro Rate Option, then to the Optional Currency Loans. In accordance with
Section 5.10 [Indemnity], the Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders for any loss or expense
incurred with respect to any such prepayments applied against Loans subject to a Euro Rate
Option on any day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period.
5.8 Increased Costs.
5.8.1 Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve
requirement which is addressed separately in this Section 5.8) or the Issuing Lender;
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified
Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (ii) through (iv) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and
(C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or
other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender, the Issuing Lender or the Relevant
Interbank Market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this
Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other
Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Lender or
such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of
maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the
amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, the Issuing Lender or other Recipient
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender,
the Issuing Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, the Issuing Lender
or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or
reduction suffered.
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5.8.2 Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the Issuing Lender determines
in good faith that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Issuing Lender or any lending
office of such Lender or such Lender's or the Issuing Lender's holding company, if any,
regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on such Lender's or the Issuing Lender's capital or on the capital of such Lender's or the
Issuing Lender's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the
Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or
Swing Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender, to a
level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender's or the Issuing
Lender's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender's or the Issuing Lender's policies and the policies of such Lender's or
the Issuing Lender's holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time
the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender's or the
Issuing Lender's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
5.8.3 Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans;
Borrowing of New Loans. A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Lender setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or its holding
company, as the case may be, as specified in Sections 5.8.1 [Increased Costs Generally] or 5.8.2
[Capital Requirements] and delivered to the Borrower shall include in reasonable detail the basis
therefor and the calculation thereof and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower
shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on
any such certificate within twenty (20) days after receipt thereof.
5.8.4 Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the
Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of
such Lender's or the Issuing Lender's right to demand such compensation, provided that the
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to this
Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to
the date that such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the
Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's or the
Issuing Lender's intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law
giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six (6) month period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
5.8.5 Additional Reserve Requirements. The Borrower shall pay to each
Lender (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities
or assets consisting of or including eurocurrency funds or deposits, additional interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each Loan under the Euro Rate Option equal to the actual costs of
such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good
faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), and (ii) as long as such
Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement under Regulation D or
under any similar, successor or analogous requirement of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor) or any other central banking or financial regulatory authority
imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Loans under the
Euro Rate Option, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded
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upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to
such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), which in each case shall be due and
payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided that in each case the
Borrower shall have received at least ten (10) daysβ prior notice (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or costs from such Lender. If a Lender fails to
give notice ten days prior to the relevant Payment Date, such additional interest or costs shall be
due and payable ten days from receipt of such notice.
5.9 Taxes.
5.9.1 Issuing Lender. For purposes of this Section 5.9, the term "Lender"
includes the Issuing Lender and the term "applicable Law" includes FATCA.
5.9.2 Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be without deduction or
withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as
determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the
deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the
applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall
timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Official Body in accordance with
applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable
Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been
made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section 5.9 [Taxes]) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
5.9.3 Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall
timely pay to the relevant Official Body in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of
the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
5.9.4 Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and
severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor, for the
full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.9 [Taxes]) payable or paid by such
Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified
Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Official Body. A certificate
as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a
Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
5.9.5 Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify
the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified
Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already
indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the
obligation of any of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender's failure
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to comply with the provisions of Section 11.8.4 [Participations] relating to the maintenance of a
Participant Register, and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that
are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and
any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes
were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Official Body. A certificate as to
the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative
Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan
Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other
source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 5.9.5
[Indemnification by the Lenders].
5.9.6 Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of
Taxes by any Loan Party to an Official Body pursuant to this Section 5.9 [Taxes], such Loan
Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued
by such Official Body evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or
other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
5.9.7 Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of
withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments
to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other
documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine
whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting
requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the
completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set
forth in Section 5.9.7(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender's
reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to
any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial
position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that
the Borrower is a U.S. Borrower,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a
Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that
such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
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(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled
to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall
be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a
Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the
benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with
respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of
IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal
withholding Tax pursuant to the "interest" article of such tax treaty and (y) with
respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form
W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal
withholding Tax pursuant to the "business profits" or "other income" article of
such tax treaty;
(ii) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the
benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code,
(x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.9.7(A) to the effect that such
Foreign Lender is not (A) a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of
the Code, (B) a "10 percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a "controlled foreign corporation"
described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a "U.S. Tax Compliance
Certificate") and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or
(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial
owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-
8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit 5.9.7(B) or Exhibit 5.9.7(C), IRS Form W-9, and/or other
certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that
if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners
of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such
Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit 5.9.7(D) on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled
to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall
be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a
Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by
applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding
Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by
applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding
or deduction required to be made; and
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(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document
would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail
to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in
Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time
or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation
prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code)
and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their
obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender's
obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such
payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), "FATCA" shall include any amendments made
to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or
becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or
promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do
so.
5.9.8 Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines in good faith
that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this
Section 5.9 [Taxes] (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.9
[Taxes]), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the
extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 5.9 [Taxes] with respect to the Taxes
giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such
indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Official Body
with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified
party incurred in connection with obtaining such refund, shall repay to such indemnified party
the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 5.9.8 [Treatment of Certain Refunds] (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Official Body) in the event that such
indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Official Body. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 5.9.8 [Treatment of Certain Refunds]), in no event will
the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this
Section 5.9.8 [Treatment of Certain Refunds] the payment of which would place the indemnified
party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if
the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted,
withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with
respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any
indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its
Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
5.9.9 Survival. Each party's obligations under this Section 5.9 [Taxes] shall
survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the
replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or
discharge of all Obligations.
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5.10 Indemnity. In addition to the compensation or payments required by Section 5.8
[Increased Costs]or Section 5.9 [Taxes], the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against all
liabilities, losses or expenses (including any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense
arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from
fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the
performance of any foreign exchange contract) which such Lender sustains or incurs as a
consequence of any:
(i) payment, prepayment, conversion or renewal of any Loan to
which a Euro Rate Option applies on a day other than the last day of the corresponding Interest
Period (whether or not such payment or prepayment is mandatory, voluntary or automatic and
whether or not such payment or prepayment is then due), or any voluntary prepayment without
the required notice, or
(ii) attempt by the Borrower to revoke (expressly, by later
inconsistent notices or otherwise) in whole or part any Loan Requests under Section 2.5
[Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests] or Section 4.2 [Interest Periods] or
notice relating to prepayments under Section 5.6 [Voluntary Prepayments].
If any Lender sustains or incurs any such loss or expense, it shall from time to
time notify the Borrower of the amount determined in good faith by such Lender (which
determination may include such assumptions, allocations of costs and expenses and averaging or
attribution methods as such Lender shall in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable) to be necessary to
indemnify such Lender for such loss or expense. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail
the basis for such determination. Such amount shall be due and payable by the Borrower to such
Lender ten (10) Business Days after such notice is given.
5.11 Settlement Date Procedures. In order to minimize the transfer of funds between
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Swing
Loans and PNC may make Swing Loans as provided in Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan
Commitments] hereof during the period between Settlement Dates. The Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender of its Ratable Share of the total of the Revolving Credit Loans and the
Swing Loans (each a "Required Share"). On such Settlement Date, each Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent the amount equal to the difference between its Required Share and its
Revolving Credit Loans, and the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender its Ratable
Share of all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with respect to the
Revolving Credit Loans. The Administrative Agent shall also effect settlement in accordance
with the foregoing sentence on the proposed Borrowing Dates for Revolving Credit Loans and
on any mandatory prepayment date as provided for herein and may at its option effect settlement
on any other Business Day. These settlement procedures are established solely as a matter of
administrative convenience, and nothing contained in this Section 5.11 shall relieve the Lenders
of their obligations to fund Revolving Credit Loans on dates other than a Settlement Date
pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan Commitment]. The Administrative Agent may at any
time at its option for any reason whatsoever require each Lender to pay immediately to the
Administrative Agent such Lender's Ratable Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans
and each Lender may at any time require the Administrative Agent to pay immediately to such
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Lender its Ratable Share of all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with
respect to the Revolving Credit Loans.
5.12 Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments. If for the purposes of obtaining
judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in any currency (the
"Original Currency") into another currency (the "Other Currency"), the parties hereby agree,
to the fullest extent permitted by Law, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with normal lending procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the
Original Currency with the Other Currency after any premium and costs of exchange on the
Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
5.13 Indemnity in Certain Events. The obligation of Borrower in respect of any sum
due from Borrower to any Lender hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in an Other
Currency, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, be discharged only to the extent that, on
the Business Day following receipt by any Lender of any sum adjudged to be so due in such
Other Currency, such Lender may in accordance with normal lending procedures purchase the
Original Currency with such Other Currency. If the amount of the Original Currency so
purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender in the Original Currency, the
Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment or payment, to
indemnify such Lender against such loss.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
6.1 Representations and Warranties. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders as follows:
6.1.1 Organization and Qualification; Power and Authority; Compliance With
Laws; Title to Properties; Event of Default. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of each Loan
Party (i) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has the lawful
power to own or lease its properties and to engage in the business it presently conducts or
proposes to conduct, (iii) is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction
listed on Schedule 6.1.1 and in all other jurisdictions where the property owned or leased by it or
the nature of the business transacted by it or both makes such licensing or qualification
necessary, (iv) has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which it is a party, to incur the Indebtedness contemplated by the Loan
Documents and to perform its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and
all such actions have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on its part, (v) is in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws (other than Environmental Laws
which are specifically addressed in Section 6.1.14 [Environmental Matters]) in all jurisdictions in
which any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party is presently doing business except where
the failure to do so would not constitute a Material Adverse Change, and (vi) has good and
marketable title to or valid leasehold interest in all properties, assets and other rights which it
purports to own or lease or which are reflected as owned or leased on its books and records, free
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and clear of all Liens and encumbrances except Permitted Liens. No Event of Default or
Potential Default exists or is continuing.
6.1.2 Subsidiaries; Investment Companies. Schedule 6.1.2 states the name of
each of the Borrower's Subsidiaries, its jurisdiction of organization and the amount, percentage
and type of equity interests in such Subsidiary (the "Subsidiary Equity Interests"). The
Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower has good and marketable title to all of the
Subsidiary Equity Interests it purports to own, free and clear in each case of any Lien and all
such Subsidiary Equity Interests have been validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. None of
the Loan Parties or Subsidiaries of any Loan Party is an "investment company" registered or
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under the "control" of an
"investment company" as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
shall not become such an "investment company" or under such "control."
6.1.3 Validity and Binding Effect. This Agreement and each of the other
Loan Documents (i) has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Loan Party, and
(ii) constitutes, or will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party which
is or will be a party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.
6.1.4 No Conflict; Material Agreements; Consents. Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by any Loan Party nor the
consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or compliance with the terms
and provisions hereof or thereof by any of them will conflict with, constitute a default under or
result in any breach of (i) the terms and conditions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability
company agreement or other organizational documents of any Loan Party or (ii) any Law or any
material agreement or instrument or order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which any
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries is bound
or to which it is subject, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or
encumbrance whatsoever upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of any Loan Party or
any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liens granted under the Loan Documents). There is no default
under such material agreement (referred to above) and none of the Loan Parties or their
Subsidiaries is bound by any contractual obligation, or subject to any restriction in any
organization document, or any requirement of Law which could result in a Material Adverse
Change. No consent, approval, exemption, order or authorization of, or a registration or filing
with, any Official Body or any other Person is required by any Law or any agreement in
connection with the execution, delivery and carrying out of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
6.1.5 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against such Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of such Loan Party at law or in equity before any Official Body which individually or
in the aggregate may result in any Material Adverse Change. None of the Loan Parties or any
Subsidiaries of any Loan Party is in violation of any order, writ, injunction or any decree of any
Official Body which may result in any Material Adverse Change.
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6.1.6 Financial Statements.
(i) Historical Statements. The Borrower has delivered to the
Administrative Agent copies of its audited consolidated year-end financial statements for and as
of the end of the fiscal year ended January 2, 2016. In addition, the Borrower has delivered to
the Administrative Agent copies of its unaudited consolidated interim financial statements for the
fiscal year to date and as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2016 (all such annual and
interim statements being collectively referred to as the "Statements"). The Statements were
compiled from the books and records maintained by the Borrower's management, are correct and
complete and fairly represent the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations for the fiscal periods
then ended and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject (in
the case of the interim statements) to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(ii) Accuracy of Financial Statements. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary of the Borrower has any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, or forward or long-term
commitments that are not disclosed in the Statements or in the notes thereto, and except as
disclosed therein there are no unrealized or anticipated losses from any commitments of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which may cause a Material Adverse Change.
Since January 2, 2016, no Material Adverse Change has occurred.
6.1.7 Margin Stock. None of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiaries of any
Loan Party engages or intends to engage principally, or as one of its important activities, in the
business of extending credit for the purpose, immediately, incidentally or ultimately, of
purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U, T or X as
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds
of any Loan has been or will be used, immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or
carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
margin stock or which is inconsistent with the provisions of the regulations of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. None of the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of any
Loan Party holds or intends to hold margin stock in such amounts that more than 25% of the
reasonable value of the assets of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party are or will be
represented by margin stock.
6.1.8 Full Disclosure. Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document,
nor any certificate, statement, agreement or other documents furnished to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in connection herewith or therewith, contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
herein and therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
There is no fact known to any Loan Party which materially adversely affects the business,
property, assets, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of any Loan Party or
Subsidiary of any Loan Party which has not been set forth in this Agreement or in the
certificates, statements, agreements or other documents furnished in writing to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to or at the date hereof in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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6.1.9 Taxes. All federal, state, local and other tax returns required to have
been filed with respect to each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of each Loan Party have been
filed, and payment or adequate provision has been made for the payment of all taxes, fees,
assessments and other governmental charges which have or may become due pursuant to said
returns or to assessments received, except to the extent that such taxes, fees, assessments and
other charges are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted
and for which such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by
GAAP shall have been made.
6.1.10 Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Etc. Each Loan Party and
each Subsidiary of each Loan Party owns or possesses all the material patents, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, registrations, franchises, permits and rights
necessary to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted
and planned to be conducted by such Loan Party or Subsidiary, without known possible, alleged
or actual conflict with the rights of others.
6.1.11 Liens in the Collateral. The Liens in the Collateral granted to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the Pledge Agreement
(collectively, the "Collateral Documents") constitute and will continue to constitute Prior
Security Interests. All filing fees and other expenses in connection with the perfection of such
Liens have been or will be paid by the Borrower.
6.1.12 Insurance. The properties of each Loan Party and each of its
Subsidiaries are insured pursuant to policies and other bonds which are valid and in full force
and effect and which provide adequate coverage from reputable and financially sound insurers in
amounts sufficient to insure the assets and risks of each such Loan Party and Subsidiary in
accordance with prudent business practice in the industry of such Loan Parties and Subsidiaries.
6.1.13 ERISA Compliance.
(i) Each Pension Plan is in compliance in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws. Each Pension
Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received from the IRS a
favorable determination or opinion letter, which has not by its terms expired, that such Pension
Plan is so qualified, or such Pension Plan is entitled to rely on an IRS advisory or opinion letter
with respect to an IRS-approved master and prototype or volume submitter plan, or a timely
application for such a determination or opinion letter is currently being processed by the IRS
with respect thereto; and, to the best knowledge of Borrower, nothing has occurred which would
prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Borrower and each member of the ERISA
Group have made all required contributions to each Pension Plan subject to Sections 412 or 430
of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period
pursuant to Sections 412 or 430 of the Code has been made with respect to any Pension Plan.
(ii) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur; (a) no Pension Plan has any unfunded pension liability (i.e., excess of benefit liabilities
over the current value of that Pension Plan's assets, determined pursuant to the assumptions used
for funding the Pension Plan for the applicable plan year in accordance with Section 430 of the
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Code); (b) neither Borrower nor any member of the ERISA Group 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); (c) neither Borrower nor
any member of the ERISA Group 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 of ERISA, with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; (d)
neither Borrower nor any member of the ERISA Group has received notice pursuant to Section
4242(a)(1)(B) of ERISA that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization and that additional
contributions are due to the Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4243 of ERISA; and (e)
neither Borrower nor any member of the ERISA Group has engaged in a transaction that could
be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
6.1.14 Environmental Matters. Each Loan Party is and, to the knowledge of
each respective Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance with
applicable Environmental Laws except as disclosed on Schedule 6.1.14; provided that such
matters so disclosed could not in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Change.
6.1.15 Solvency. On the Closing Date and after giving effect to the initial
Loans hereunder, each of the Loan Parties is Solvent.
6.1.16 Anti-Terrorism Laws. (i) No Covered Entity is a Sanctioned Person,
and (ii) no Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, (a) has any of its
assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in
violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (b) does business in or with, or derives any of its income
from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in
violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; or (c) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by
any Anti-Terrorism Law.
6.1.17 EEA Financial Institution. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial
Institution.
6.1.18 Material Contracts; Burdensome Restrictions. The material contracts
relating to the business operations of each Loan Party and, to the Loan Parties' knowledge, each
Subsidiary of any Loan Party which is not itself a Loan Party, including all employee benefit
plans and Multiemployer Plans are valid, binding and enforceable upon such Loan Party or
Subsidiary and each of the other parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms, and
there is no default by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary thereunder, or, to the Loan Parties'
knowledge, parties other than such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as applicable. None of the
Loan Parties or their respective Subsidiaries is bound by any contractual obligation, or subject to
any restriction in any organization document, or any requirement of Law which would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
6.1.19 Employment Matters. As of the Effective Date, there are no strikes,
lockouts or slowdowns against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party pending or,
to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened. The hours worked by and payments made to
employees of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor
Standards Act or any other applicable federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such
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matters. All payments due from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, or for
which any claim may be made against any Loan Party or any such Subsidiary, on account of
wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued
as a liability on the books of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary.
6.2 Updates to Schedules. Should any of the information or disclosures provided on
any of the Schedules attached hereto become outdated or incorrect in any material respect, the
Borrower shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent in writing with such revisions or
updates to such Schedule as may be necessary or appropriate to update or correct same. No
Schedule shall be deemed to have been amended, modified or superseded by any such correction
or update, nor shall any breach of warranty or representation resulting from the inaccuracy or
incompleteness of any such Schedule be deemed to have been cured thereby, unless and until the
Required Lenders, in their sole and absolute discretion, shall have accepted in writing such
revisions or updates to such Schedule.
7. CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
The obligation of each Lender to make Loans and of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters
of Credit hereunder is subject to the performance by each of the Loan Parties of its Obligations
to be performed hereunder at or prior to the making of any such Loans or issuance of such
Letters of Credit and to the satisfaction of the following further conditions:
7.1 First Loans and Letters of Credit.
7.1.1 Deliveries. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have
received each of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) A certificate of each of the Loan Parties signed by an Authorized
Officer, dated the Closing Date stating that (v) all representations and warranties of the Loan
Parties set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, except for
representations and warranties which (A) specifically refer to an earlier date which shall have
been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date referred to therein, and (B)
are qualified by materiality which will be true and correct in all respects, (w) the Loan Parties are
in compliance with each of the covenants and conditions hereunder, (x) no Event of Default or
Potential Default exists, (y) the Loan Parties are in compliance with ERISA and applicable labor
laws, and (z) no Material Adverse Change has occurred since the date of the last audited
financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) A certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of each of the Loan Parties, certifying as appropriate as to: (a) all action
taken by each Loan Party in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (b)
the names of the Authorized Officers authorized to sign the Loan Documents and their true
signatures; and (c) copies of its organizational documents as in effect on the Closing Date
certified by the appropriate state official where such documents are filed in a state office together
with certificates from the appropriate state officials as to the continued existence and good
standing of each Loan Party in each state where organized or qualified to do business;
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(iii) This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents signed
by an Authorized Officer and all appropriate financing statements and appropriate stock powers
and certificates evidencing the pledged Collateral;
(iv) A written opinion of counsel for the Loan Parties, dated the
Closing Date in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent and its counsel;
(v) Evidence that adequate insurance, including flood insurance, if
applicable, required to be maintained under this Agreement is in full force and effect;
(vi) A duly completed Compliance Certificate as of the last day of
the fiscal quarter of Borrower most recently ended prior to the Closing Date, signed by an
Authorized Officer of Borrower;
(vii) All material consents, regulatory approvals and licenses required
to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(viii) Absence of any legal or regulatory prohibitions or restrictions in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;
(ix) Absence of any Material Adverse Change from the information
previously delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby;
(x) A Lien search in acceptable scope and with acceptable results;
(xi) Receipt of the Loan Partiesβ most recent audited financial
statements, prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(xii) Evidence that any existing credit agreements, and the obligations
thereunder have been paid in full and, if applicable, all liens and security interests related thereto
shall have been released;
(xiii) Such other documents in connection with such transactions as
the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request.
7.1.2 Payment of Fees. The Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses
payable on or before the Closing Date as required by this Agreement, the Administrative Agent's
Letter or any other Loan Document.
7.2 Each Loan or Letter of Credit. At the time of making any Loans or issuing,
extending or increasing any Letters of Credit and after giving effect to the proposed extensions
of credit: (i) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties shall then be true and correct
in all material respects, except for representations and warranties which (A) specifically refer to
an earlier date which shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date referred to therein, and (B) are qualified by materiality which will be true and correct in all
respects, (ii) no Event of Default or Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii)
the making of the Loans or issuance, extension or increase of such Letter of Credit shall not
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contravene any Law applicable to any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party or any of the
Lenders, (iv) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a duly executed and
completed Loan Request or to the Issuing Lender an application for a Letter of Credit, as the case
may be, and (v) in the case of any Loan or Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Optional
Currency, there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political
or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable
opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders (in the case of any Loans to be
denominated in an Optional Currency) or the Issuing Lender (in the case of any Letter of Credit
to be denominated in an Optional Currency) would make it impracticable for such Loan or Letter
of Credit to be denominated in the relevant Optional Currency.
8. COVENANTS
The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that until Payment In Full, the
Loan Parties shall comply at all times with the following covenants:
8.1 Affirmative Covenants.
8.1.1 Preservation of Existence, Etc. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain its legal existence as a corporation, limited partnership or
limited liability company and its license or qualification and good standing in each jurisdiction in
which its ownership or lease of property or the nature of its business makes such license or
qualification necessary, except as otherwise expressly permitted in Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations,
Mergers, Etc.].
8.1.2 Payment of Liabilities, Including Taxes, Etc. Each Loan Party shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, duly pay and discharge all liabilities to which it is
subject or which are asserted against it, promptly as and when the same shall become due and
payable, including all taxes, assessments and governmental charges upon it or any of its
properties, assets, income or profits, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except to
the extent that such liabilities, including taxes, assessments or charges, are being contested in
good faith and by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted and for which such
reserve or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
made.
8.1.3 Maintenance of Insurance. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, insure its properties and assets against loss or damage by fire and such
other insurable hazards as such assets are commonly insured (including fire, extended coverage,
property damage, workers' compensation, public liability and business interruption insurance)
and against other risks (including errors and omissions) in such amounts as similar properties and
assets are insured by prudent companies in similar circumstances carrying on similar businesses,
and with reputable and financially sound insurers, including self-insurance to the extent
customary.
8.1.4 Maintenance of Properties and Leases. Each Loan Party shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary
wear and tear excepted) in accordance with the general practice of other businesses of similar
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character and size, all of those properties useful or necessary to its business, and from time to
time, such Loan Party will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals or
replacements thereof.
8.1.5 Visitation Rights. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, permit any of the officers or authorized employees or representatives of the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders to visit and inspect any of its properties and to
examine and make excerpts from its books and records and discuss its business affairs, finances
and accounts with its officers, all in such detail and at such times and as often as any of the
Lenders may reasonably request, provided that each Lender shall provide the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with reasonable notice prior to any visit or inspection. In the event any
Lender desires to conduct an audit of any Loan Party, such Lender shall make a reasonable effort
to conduct such audit contemporaneously with any audit to be performed by the Administrative
Agent.
8.1.6 Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Borrower shall, and
shall cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower to, maintain and keep proper books of record and
account which enable the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to issue financial statements in
accordance with GAAP and as otherwise required by applicable Laws of any Official Body
having jurisdiction over the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, and in which full, true
and correct entries shall be made in all material respects of all its dealings and business and
financial affairs.
8.1.7 Compliance with Laws; Use of Proceeds. Each Loan Party shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable Laws, including all
Environmental Laws, in all respects; provided that it shall not be deemed to be a violation of this
Section 8.1.7 if any failure to comply with any Law would not result in fines, penalties,
remediation costs, other similar liabilities or injunctive relief which in the aggregate would
constitute a Material Adverse Change. The Loan Parties will use the Letters of Credit and the
proceeds of the Loans only in accordance with Section 2.8 [Use of Proceeds] and as permitted by
applicable Law.
8.1.8 Further Assurances. Each Loan Party shall, from time to time, at its
expense, faithfully preserve and protect the Administrative Agent's Lien on and Prior Security
Interest in the Collateral and all other real and personal property of the Loan Parties whether now
owned or hereafter acquired as a continuing first priority perfected Lien, subject only to
Permitted Liens, and shall do such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion may deem necessary or advisable from time to time in order to preserve, perfect and
protect the Liens granted under the Loan Documents and to exercise and enforce its rights and
remedies thereunder with respect to the Collateral.
8.1.9 Anti-Terrorism Laws; International Trade Law Compliance. (a) No
Covered Entity will become a Sanctioned Person, (b) no Covered Entity, either in its own right
or through any third party, will (A) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the
possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(B) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with,
any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (C)
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engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law or (D) use the
Loans to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments
to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (c) the
funds used to repay the Obligations will not be derived from any unlawful activity, (d) each
Covered Entity shall comply with all Anti-Terrorism Laws, and (e) the Borrower shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance
Event.
8.1.10 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Loan Party jointly and severally
(together with each other Qualified ECP Loan Party) hereby absolutely unconditionally and
irrevocably (a) guarantees the prompt payment and performance of all Swap Obligations owing
by each Non-Qualifying Party (it being understood and agreed that this guarantee is a guaranty
of payment and not of collection), and (b) undertakes to provide such funds or other support as
may be needed from time to time by any Non-Qualifying Party to honor all of such
Non-Qualifying Partyβs obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in respect
of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Loan Party shall only be liable
under this Section 8.1.10 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred
without rendering its obligations under this Section 8.1.10, or otherwise under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, voidable under applicable law, including applicable law relating to
fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations
of each Qualified ECP Loan Party under this Section 8.1.10 shall remain in full force and effect
until payment in full of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Each Qualified ECP Loan Party intends that this Section 8.1.10 constitute, and this
Section 8.1.10 shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a βkeepwell,
support, or other agreementβ for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section
1a(18(A)(v)(II) of the CEA.
8.2 Negative Covenants.
8.2.1 Indebtedness. Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness,
except:
(i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary
course of business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of
indebtedness and which are not the subject of a genuine dispute or are not more than ninety (90)
days past due or, if more than ninety (90) days past due, for which adequate reserves in
conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of the applicable Loan Parties;
(iii) Indebtedness of a Loan Party to another Loan Party which is
subordinated pursuant to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(iv) Indebtedness incurred with respect to Purchase Money Security
Interests and capitalized leases as permitted hereunder;
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(v) Existing Indebtedness as set forth on Schedule 8.2.1 (including
any extensions or renewals thereof; provided there is no increase in the amount thereof or other
significant change in the terms thereof unless otherwise specified on Schedule 8.2.1);
(vi) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted
Acquisition in compliance with Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations,
Acquisitions], which Indebtedness is included in the purchase price of such Permitted
Acquisition, has a maturity date of not earlier than the Expiration Date, and is subordinated to the
Indebtedness under the Loan Documents on terms and conditions and pursuant to a
subordination agreement acceptable to Administrative Agent (but extensions and renewals
thereof shall not be permitted); provided, however, Borrower shall have ninety (90) days to
provide the subordination of such Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is otherwise not refinanced
in a manner permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise approved by Administrative Agent
within such ninety (90) day period;
(vii) Other Indebtedness, including, without limitation, Indebtedness
denominated in Chinese Yuan (RMB/CNY) entered into by any Loan Party to finance
transactions denominated therein, in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time
outstanding; and
(viii) Any (i) Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (ii) other Interest
Rate Hedge approved by the Administrative Agent, or (iii) other hedging instrument entered into
to hedge foreign exchange risk associated with transactions denominated in Chinese Yuan
(RMB/CNY) entered into by any Loan Party, whether funded with cash on hand, with the
proceeds of any Loan, or with the proceeds of any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
hereunder, or (iv) Indebtedness under any Other Lender Provided Financial Services Product;
provided however, the Loan Parties shall enter into an Interest Rate Hedge only for hedging
(rather than speculative) purposes.
8.2.2 Liens; Lien Covenants. Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on
any of its property or assets, tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired, or agree or
become liable to do so, except Permitted Liens.
8.2.3 Guaranties. Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, at any time, directly or indirectly, become or be liable in respect of any
Guaranty, or assume, guarantee, become surety for, endorse or otherwise agree, become or
remain directly or contingently liable upon or with respect to any obligation or liability of any
other Person, except for Guaranties of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties permitted hereunder.
8.2.4 Loans and Investments. Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time make or suffer to remain outstanding any loan or
advance to, or purchase, acquire or own any stock, bonds, notes or securities of, or any
partnership interest (whether general or limited) or limited liability company interest in, or any
other investment or interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person, or agree,
become or remain liable to do any of the foregoing, except:
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(i) trade credit extended on usual and customary terms in the
ordinary course of business;
(ii) advances to employees to meet expenses incurred by such
employees in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) Permitted Investments;
(iv) Permitted Acquisitions in compliance with Section 8.2.6
[Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions] and investments permitted pursuant to
Section 8.2.9 [Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures]; and
(v) loans, advances and investments in other Loan Parties.
8.2.5 Dividends and Related Distributions. Each of the Loan Parties shall not,
and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or pay, or agree to become or remain liable
to make or pay, any dividend or other distribution of any nature (whether in cash, property,
securities or otherwise) on account of or in respect of its shares of Capital Stock, on account of
the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of its shares of Capital Stock (or warrants,
options or rights therefor), except dividends or other distributions payable to holders of its
Capital Stock so long as, in each case, (a) no Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or exists after giving effect thereto, and (b) in the event such dividends or other
distributions are (I) more than five percent (5%) greater than the amount of the dividends or
distributions made in the prior fiscal year or, (II) in any fiscal year more than $20,000,000, the
Loan Parties demonstrate, to the Administrative Agentβs reasonable satisfaction, that they are in
pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Article 8 [Covenants] herein.
8.2.6 Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions. Each of the Loan
Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, dissolve, liquidate or wind-up its
affairs, or become a party to any merger or consolidation, or acquire by purchase, lease or
otherwise all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of any other Person; provided that:
(i) any Loan Party other than the Borrower may consolidate or
merge into another Loan Party which is wholly-owned by one or more of the other Loan Parties;
(ii) the Borrower may acquire, whether by purchase or by merger,
(A) all of the ownership interests of another Person, or (B) substantially all of the assets of
another Person or of a business or division of another Person (each, a βPermitted Acquisitionβ),
provided that each of the following requirements are met:
(a) if the Borrower is acquiring the ownership interests in
such Person which is domiciled in the United States, such Person shall execute a Guarantor
Joinder and join this Agreement as a Guarantor on or before the date of such Permitted
Acquisition and the Borrower shall execute a Pledge Agreement in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in the form of Exhibit 1.1(P)(2) of one hundred percent
(100%) of the Equity Interest of such Person, on or before the date of the Permitted Acquisition;
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(b) if the Borrower is acquiring the ownership interests in
such Person which is domiciled outside of the United States, the Borrower shall execute a Pledge
Agreement in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in the form of Exhibit
1.1(P)(2) of sixty-five percent (65%) of the Equity Interest of such Person, on or before the date
of such Permitted Acquisition;
(c) the business acquired, or the business conducted by the
Person whose ownership interests are being acquired, as applicable, shall comply with Section
8.2.10 [Continuation of or Change in Business];
(d) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist
immediately prior to or after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition;
(e) each such Permitted Acquisition shall be in proforma
compliance with the covenants contained in Article 8 [Covenants];
(f) such Permitted Acquisition is not a Hostile Acquisition;
(g) if the aggregate Consideration paid for any such
Permitted Acquisitions exceeds $15,000,000 (each, a βMaterial Permitted Acquisitionβ), the
Borrower shall demonstrate to the Administrative Agentβs satisfaction that it shall be in pro
forma compliance with the covenants contained in Article 8 [Covenants] hereof after giving
effect to such Permitted Acquisition (including in such computation Indebtedness or other
liabilities assumed or incurred in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and income earned
or expenses incurred by the Person, business or assets to be acquired prior to the date of such
Permitted Acquisition as more fully set forth in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA by
completed and delivering at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Permitted Acquisition, a
certificate in the form of Exhibit 8.2.6 evidencing such compliance); and
(h) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
(1) at least twenty (20) days before such Permitted Acquisition, all financial statements received
with respect to the Persons or assets proposed to be acquired, (2) at least ten (10) days before
such Permitted Acquisition, drafts of any agreements proposed to be entered into by such
Borrower in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, and (3) prior to the time of such
Permitted Acquisition, executed copies of such agreements entered into by Borrower in
connection with such Permitted Acquisition, and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent such
other information about such Person or its assets as any Lender may reasonably require.
8.2.7 Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries. Each of the Loan Parties shall
not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, convey, assign, lease, abandon or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily, any of its properties or assets,
tangible or intangible (including sale, assignment, discount or other disposition of accounts,
contract rights, chattel paper, equipment or general intangibles with or without recourse or of
Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of such Loan Party), except:
(i) transactions involving the sale of inventory in the ordinary
course of business;
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(ii) any sale, transfer or lease of assets in the ordinary course of
business which are no longer necessary or required in the conduct of such Loan Party's or such
Subsidiary's business; or
(iii) any sale, transfer or lease of assets by any wholly owned
Subsidiary of such Loan Party to another Loan Party.
8.2.8 Affiliate Transactions. Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into or carry out any transaction with any Affiliate of any
Loan Party (including purchasing property or services from or selling property or services to any
Affiliate of any Loan Party or other Person) unless such transaction is not otherwise prohibited
by this Agreement, is entered into in the ordinary course of business upon fair and reasonable
arm's-length terms and conditions which are fully disclosed to the Administrative Agent and is in
accordance with all applicable Law.
8.2.9 Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures. Each of the Loan Parties
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to own or create directly or indirectly any
Subsidiaries other than (i) any Subsidiary which has joined this Agreement as Guarantor on the
Closing Date; and (ii) any Subsidiary formed after the Closing Date which joins this Agreement
as a Guarantor by delivering to the Administrative Agent (A) a signed Guarantor Joinder or a
signed Pledge Agreement, as applicable; (B) documents in the forms described in Section 7.1
[First Loans and Letters of Credit] modified as appropriate; and (C) documents necessary to
grant and perfect Prior Security Interests to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders in the equity interests of such Subsidiary (provided that such equity interests will be
limited to 65% if such Subsidiary is a Foreign Direct Subsidiary; provided further that this clause
shall not apply to any new Subsidiary that is neither a Foreign Direct Subsidiary nor a Person
that is not organized under the laws of the United States). Each of the Loan Parties shall not
become or agree to become a party to a Joint Venture other than a Permitted Joint Venture.
8.2.10 Continuation of or Change in Business. Each of the Loan Parties shall
not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than the business
as conducted and operated by such Loan Party or Subsidiary during the present fiscal year and
other related businesses in the hydraulic cartridge valve, manifold and electronic control systems
industries, and related fluid power technology sectors, and adjacent, ancillary or reasonably
related capital goods businesses, including, without limitation, businesses that are related
vertically in the same product or service distribution channels.
8.2.11 Fiscal Year. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary of the Borrower to, change its fiscal year without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed.
8.2.12 Issuance of Stock. Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue any additional shares of its Capital Stock or any options,
warrants or other rights in respect thereof; provided, however, that Borrower may issue
additional shares of its Capital Stock or any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof (i)
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pursuant to any employee or management incentive plans, or (ii) other issuances so long as such
issuances do not result in a Change of Control.
8.2.13 Changes in Organizational Documents. Each of the Loan Parties shall
not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend in any respect its certificate of
incorporation (including any provisions or resolutions relating to Capital Stock), by-laws,
certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability
company agreement or other organizational documents without providing at least fifteen (15
calendar days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and, in the event such change
would reasonably be expected to be adverse to the Lenders as determined by the Administrative
Agent in its reasonable discretion, obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.
8.2.14 Intentionally Deleted.
8.2.15 Intentionally Deleted.
8.2.16 Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Loan Parties shall not at any time
permit the Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.50 to 1.00 as of any determination date. This covenant
shall be calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four (4) fiscal quarters then ended.
As to any calculation in connection with a Material Permitted Acquisition, the maximum
permitted Leverage Ratio permitted hereby shall be temporarily increased to 3.75 to 1.00 at the
closing of such Material Permitted Acquisition and for the twelve (12) months following the
closing of such Material Permitted Acquisition.
8.2.17 Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. The Loan Parties shall not permit
the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 3.00 to 1.00 for any determination date. This
covenant shall be calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four (4) fiscal quarters
then ended.
8.2.18 Intentionally Deleted.
8.2.19 Limitation on Negative Pledges. Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and
shall not permit any Subsidiary, to enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement
that prohibits or limits the ability of such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations, other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents (b) with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been
entered into in connection with a disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement of all or
substantially all of the equity interests or assets of such Subsidiary, (c) any agreements governing
any purchase money Liens or capital lease obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which
case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (d)
customary provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement (in which a Loan Party
or its Subsidiaries are the licensee) with respect to a contract entered into by a Loan Party or its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (e) customary provisions restricting
subletting, sublicensing or assignment of any intellectual property license or any lease governing
any leasehold interests of a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries.
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8.3 Reporting Requirements. The Loan Parties will furnish or cause to be furnished
to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
8.3.1 Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event
within forty-five (45) calendar days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters in
each fiscal year, financial statements of the Borrower, consisting of a consolidated and
consolidating balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter and related consolidated and
consolidating statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter
then ended and the fiscal year through that date, all in reasonable detail and certified (subject to
normal year-end audit adjustments) by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial
Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied,
and setting forth in comparative form the respective financial statements for the corresponding
date and period in the previous fiscal year.
8.3.2 Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event
within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, audited
financial statements of the Borrower consisting of a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet
as of the end of such fiscal year, and related consolidated and consolidating statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable
detail and setting forth in comparative form the financial statements as of the end of and for the
preceding fiscal year, and certified by independent certified public accountants of nationally
recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The certificate or
report of accountants shall be free of any βgoing concernβ or similar qualifications (other than
any consistency qualification that may result from a change in the method used to prepare the
financial statements as to which such accountants concur) and shall not indicate the occurrence
or existence of any event, condition or contingency which would materially impair the prospect
of payment or performance of any covenant, agreement or duty of any Loan Party under any of
the Loan Documents.
8.3.3 Certificate of the Borrower. Concurrently with the financial statements
of the Borrower furnished to the Administrative Agent and to the Lenders pursuant to
Sections 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] and 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements], a
certificate (each a "Compliance Certificate") of the Borrower signed by the Chief Executive
Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, in the form of Exhibit 8.3.3.
8.3.4 Notices.
8.3.4.1 Default. Promptly after any officer of any Loan
Party has learned of the occurrence of an Event of Default or Potential Default, a certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer setting forth the details of such Event of Default or
Potential Default and the action which such Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto.
8.3.4.2 Litigation. Promptly after the commencement
thereof, notice of all actions, suits, proceedings or investigations before or by any Official
Body or any other Person against any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party which
relate to the Collateral, involve a claim or series of claims in excess of $1,000,000, or which
if adversely determined would constitute a Material Adverse Change.
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8.3.4.3 Organizational Documents. Within the time limits
set forth in Section 8.2.13 [Changes in Organizational Documents], any amendment to the
organizational documents of any Loan Party.
8.3.4.4 Erroneous Financial Information. Immediately in
the event that the Borrower or its accountants conclude or advise that any previously issued
financial statement, audit report or interim review should no longer be relied upon or that
disclosure should be made or action should be taken to prevent future reliance, notice in
writing setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Borrower proposes to take
with respect thereto.
8.3.4.5 ERISA Event. Immediately upon the occurrence of
any ERISA Event, notice in writing setting forth the details thereof and the action which the
Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.
8.3.4.6 Other Reports. Promptly upon their becoming
available to the Borrower:
(i) Annual Budget. The annual forecasts or projections of the
Borrower, to be supplied not later than sixty (60) days after the commencement of the fiscal year
to which any of the foregoing may be applicable,
(ii) Management Letters. Any reports including management letters
submitted to the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or
special audit,
(iii) SEC Reports; Shareholder Communications. Reports, including
Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, registration statements and prospectuses and other shareholder
communications, filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(iv) Other Information. Such other reports and information as any of
the Lenders may from time to time reasonably request.
9. DEFAULT
9.1 Events of Default. An Event of Default shall mean the occurrence or existence of
any one or more of the following events or conditions (whatever the reason therefor and whether
voluntary, involuntary or effected by operation of Law):
9.1.1 Payments Under Loan Documents. The Borrower shall fail to pay any
principal of any Loan (including scheduled installments, mandatory prepayments or the payment
due at maturity), Reimbursement Obligation or Letter of Credit or Obligation or any interest on
any Loan, Reimbursement Obligation or Letter of Credit Obligation or any other amount owing
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents on the date on which such principal, interest or
other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof;
9.1.2 Breach of Warranty. Any representation or warranty made at any time
by any of the Loan Parties herein or by any of the Loan Parties in any other Loan Document, or
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in any certificate, other instrument or statement furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof or
thereof, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time it was
made or furnished (or shall prove to have been false or misleading in any respect as of the time it
was made or furnished if such representation or warranty was already qualified by materiality);
9.1.3 Anti-Terrorism Laws. Any representation or warranty contained in
Section 6.1.16 [Anti-Terrorism Laws] is or becomes false or misleading at any time;
9.1.4 Breach of Negative Covenants, Visitation Rights or Anti-Terrorism
Laws. Any of the Loan Parties shall default in the observance or performance of any covenant
contained in Section 8.1.5 [Visitation Rights], Section 8.1.9 [Anti-Terrorism Laws; International
Trade Law Compliance] or Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants];
9.1.5 Breach of Other Covenants. Any of the Loan Parties shall default in the
observance or performance of any other covenant, condition or provision hereof or of any other
Loan Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business
Days;
9.1.6 Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness. A default or event of
default shall occur at any time under the terms of any other agreement involving borrowed
money or the extension of credit or any other Indebtedness under which any Loan Party or
Subsidiary of any Loan Party may be obligated as a borrower or guarantor in excess of
$2,000,000 in the aggregate, and such breach, default or event of default consists of the failure to
pay (beyond any period of grace permitted with respect thereto, whether waived or not) any
Indebtedness when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) or if such
breach or default permits or causes the acceleration of any Indebtedness (whether or not such
right shall have been waived) or the termination of any commitment to lend;
9.1.7 Final Judgments or Orders. Any final judgments or orders for the
payment of money in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate shall be entered against any Loan
Party by a court having jurisdiction in the premises, which judgment is not discharged, vacated,
bonded or stayed pending appeal within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of entry;
9.1.8 Loan Document Unenforceable. Any of the Loan Documents shall
cease to be legal, valid and binding agreements enforceable against the party executing the same
or such party's successors and assigns (as permitted under the Loan Documents) in accordance
with the respective terms thereof or shall in any way be terminated (except in accordance with its
terms) or become or be declared ineffective or inoperative or shall in any way be challenged or
contested or cease to give or provide the respective Liens, security interests, rights, titles,
interests, remedies, powers or privileges intended to be created thereby;
9.1.9 Proceedings Against Assets. Any of the Loan Parties' or any of their
Subsidiaries' assets are attached, seized, levied upon or subjected to a writ or distress warrant; or
such come within the possession of any receiver, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit of
creditors and the same is not cured within thirty (30) days thereafter;
9.1.10 Events Relating to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans. An ERISA
Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected
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to result in liability of Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group under Title IV of ERISA to
the Pension Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,000,000, or Borrower or
any member of the ERISA Group fails 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, where the aggregate amount of unamortized withdrawal
liability is in excess of $2,000,000;
9.1.11 Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur.
9.1.12 Relief Proceedings. A Relief Proceeding shall have been instituted
against any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party and such Relief Proceeding shall remain
undismissed or unstayed and in effect for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days or such court
shall enter a decree or order granting any of the relief sought in such Relief Proceeding, (ii) any
Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party institutes, or takes any action in furtherance of, a Relief
Proceeding, or (iii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party ceases to be Solvent or
admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature.
9.2 Consequences of Event of Default.
9.2.1 Events of Default Other Than Bankruptcy, Insolvency or
Reorganization Proceedings. If an Event of Default specified under Sections 9.1.1 through
9.1.11shall occur and be continuing, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be under no
further obligation to make Loans and the Issuing Lender shall be under no obligation to issue
Letters of Credit and the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required
Lenders, shall (i) by written notice to the Borrower, declare the unpaid principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding and all interest accrued thereon, any unpaid fees and all other
Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder and thereunder to be forthwith due and
payable, and the same shall thereupon become and be immediately due and payable to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Lender without presentment, demand, protest or any
other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and (ii) require the Borrower
to, and the Borrower shall thereupon, deposit in a non-interest-bearing account with the
Administrative Agent, as cash collateral for its Obligations under the Loan Documents, an
amount equal to the maximum amount currently or at any time thereafter available to be drawn
on all outstanding Letters of Credit, and the Borrower hereby pledges to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, and grants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a security
interest in, all such cash as security for such Obligations; and
9.2.2 Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings. If an Event of
Default specified under Section 9.1.12 [Relief Proceedings] shall occur, the Lenders shall be
under no further obligations to make Loans hereunder and the Issuing Lender shall be under no
obligation to issue Letters of Credit and the unpaid principal amount of the Loans then
outstanding and all interest accrued thereon, any unpaid fees and all other Indebtedness of the
Borrower to the Lenders hereunder and thereunder shall be immediately due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived; and
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9.2.3 Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
each Lender, the Issuing Lender, and each of their respective Affiliates and any participant of
such Lender or Affiliate which has agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of Section 5.3
[Sharing of Payments by Lenders] is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other
obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the Issuing Lender or any
such Affiliate or participant to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any and
all of the Obligations of such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document to such Lender, the Issuing Lender, Affiliate or participant, irrespective of
whether or not such Lender, Issuing Lender, Affiliate or participant shall have made any demand
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations of the
Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office
of such Lender or the Issuing Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or
obligated on such Indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, the Issuing Lender and their
respective Affiliates and participants under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Issuing Lender or their
respective Affiliates and participants may have. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender agrees to
notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and
application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such
setoff and application; and
9.2.4 Enforcement of Rights and Remedies. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and
remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them
shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such
enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in
accordance with this Section 9.2 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Lender;
provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its
own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as
Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the Issuing Lender or
the Swing Loan Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in
its capacity as the Issuing Lender or Swing Loan Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with
Section 9.2.3 (subject to the terms of Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders]), or (d) any
Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the
pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Insolvency Proceeding; and
provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights
otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.2.4, and (ii) in addition
to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to
Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders]), any Lender may, with the consent of the
Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the
Required Lenders; and
9.2.5 Application of Proceeds. From and after the date on which the
Administrative Agent has taken any action pursuant to this Section 9.2 and until Payment in Full,
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any and all proceeds received by the Administrative Agent from any sale or other disposition of
the Collateral, or any part thereof, or the exercise of any other remedy by the Administrative
Agent, shall be applied as follows:
(i) First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting
fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts, including attorney fees, payable to the
Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, the Issuing Lender in its capacity as such and the
Swing Loan Lender in its capacity as such, ratably among the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Lender and Swing Loan Lender in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause
First payable to them;
(ii) Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations
constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the
Lenders under the Loan Documents, including attorney fees, ratably among the Lenders in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
(iii) Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting
accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, ratably among the
Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
(iv) Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting
unpaid principal of the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and payment obligations then owing
under Lender Provided Interest Rate Xxxxxx, and Other Lender Provided Financial Service
Products, ratably among the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, and the Lenders or Affiliates of
Lenders which provide Lender Provided Interest Rate Xxxxxx and Other Lender Provided
Financial Service Products, in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause
Fourth held by them;
(v) Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender, to cash collateralize any undrawn amounts under outstanding Letters of Credit; and
(vi) Last, the balance, if any, to the Loan Parties or as required by
Law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.2.5, no Swap Obligations of any Non-
Qualifying Party shall be paid with amounts received from such Non-Qualifying Party under its
Guaranty Agreement (including sums received as a result of the exercise of remedies with
respect to such Guaranty Agreement) or from the proceeds of such Non-Qualifying Partyβs
Collateral if such Swap Obligations would constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities; provided,
however, that to the extent possible appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to
payments and/or the proceeds of Collateral from other Loan Parties that are Eligible Contract
Participants with respect to such Swap Obligations to preserve the allocation to Obligations
otherwise set forth above in this Section 9.2.5.
10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.1 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby
irrevocably appoints PNC to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under
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the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its
behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The provisions of this Section 10 are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have
rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
10.2 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder
shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,
include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.
Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial
advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the
Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
10.3 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied
duties, regardless of whether a Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action
or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly
contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required
to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of
the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided
that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the
opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any
Loan Document or applicable Law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the
other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to
disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to
or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any
capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by
it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in
good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.1
[Modifications, Amendments or Waivers] and 9.2 [Consequences of Event of Default]) or (ii) in
the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall
be deemed not to have knowledge of any Potential Default or Event of Default unless and until
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notice describing such Potential Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent
by the Borrower, a Lender or the Issuing Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to
ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or
other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith,
(iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or
conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Potential Default or Event of
Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of
any condition set forth in Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] or
elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate,
consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message,
Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent
also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have
been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In
determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance
of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the
Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such
Lender or the Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the
contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the
issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel
(who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by
it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of
any such counsel, accountants or experts.
10.5 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or
through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and
powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this
Section 10 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with
the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative
Agent.
10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time
give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Upon receipt
of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with approval from
the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a
successor, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If no such successor shall
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have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then
the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such
resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (i) the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender under any of the Loan
Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until
such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) all payments,
communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative
Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Lender directly, until such time
as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this
Section 10.6. Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the
same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such
successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11.3 [Expenses; Indemnity;
Damage Waiver] shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative
Agent.
If PNC resigns as Administrative Agent under this Section 10.6, PNC shall also resign as
an Issuing Lender. Upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent hereunder, such
successor shall (i) succeed to all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of PNC as the
retiring Issuing Lender and Administrative Agent and PNC shall be discharged from all of its
respective duties and obligations as Issuing Lender and Administrative Agent under the Loan
Documents, and (ii) issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit issued by PNC,
if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangement satisfactory to PNC
to effectively assume the obligations of PNC with respect to such Letters of Credit.
10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and the
Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender also acknowledges
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall
from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking
action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement
or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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10.8 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of
the Lenders (or any Affiliate thereof) listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers,
duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its
capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder.
10.9 Administrative Agent's Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent
a nonrefundable fee (the "Administrative Agent's Fee") under the terms of that certain letter
dated June 7, 2016 (the "Administrative Agent's Letter") between the Borrower and
Administrative Agent and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as amended from time to time.
10.10 Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors. The Lenders and Issuing
Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent to release (i) any Collateral consisting of assets or
equity interests sold or otherwise disposed of in a sale or other disposition or transfer permitted
under Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries] or Section 8.2.6 [Liquidations,
Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions], and (ii) any Guarantor from its obligations under the
Guaranty Agreement if the ownership interests in such Guarantor are sold or otherwise disposed
of or transferred to persons other than Loan Parties or Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties in a
transaction permitted under Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries] or Section
8.2.6 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].
10.11 No Reliance on Administrative Agent's Customer Identification Program. Each
Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants
or assignees, may rely on the Administrative Agent to carry out such Lender's, Affiliate's,
participant's or assignee's customer identification program, or other obligations required or
imposed under or pursuant to the USA Patriot Act or the regulations thereunder, including the
regulations contained in 31 CFR 103.121 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the "CIP
Regulations"), or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the
following items relating to or in connection with any of the Loan Parties, their Affiliates or their
agents, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (i) any
identity verification procedures, (ii) any recordkeeping, (iii) comparisons with government lists,
(iv) customer notices or (v) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other
Laws.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Modifications, Amendments or Waivers. With the written consent of the
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of all the Lenders, and the
Borrower, on behalf of the Loan Parties, may from time to time enter into written agreements
amending or changing any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
rights of the Lenders or the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder, or may grant written waivers
or consents hereunder or thereunder. Any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such
written consent shall be effective to bind all the Lenders and the Loan Parties; provided, that no
such agreement, waiver or consent may be made which will:
11.1.1 Increase of Commitment. Increase the amount of the Revolving Credit
Commitment of any Lender hereunder without the consent of such Lender;
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11.1.2 Extension of Payment; Reduction of Principal, Interest or Fees;
Modification of Terms of Payment. Whether or not any Loans are outstanding, extend the
Expiration Date or the time for payment of principal or interest of any Loan (excluding the due
date of any mandatory prepayment of a Loan), the Commitment Fee or any other fee payable to
any Lender, or reduce the principal amount of or the rate of interest borne by any Loan (other
than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) or
reduce the Commitment Fee or any other fee payable to any Lender, without the consent of each
Lender directly affected thereby;
11.1.3 Release of Collateral or Guarantor. Except for sales of assets permitted
by Section 8.2.7 [Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries], release all or substantially all of the
Collateral or any Guarantor from its Obligations under the Guaranty Agreement without the
consent of all Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders); or
11.1.4 Miscellaneous. Amend Section 5.2 [Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders],
Section 10.3 [Exculpatory Provisions] or Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] or this
Section 11.1, alter any provision regarding the pro rata treatment of the Lenders or requiring all
Lenders to authorize the taking of any action or reduce any percentage specified in the definition
of Required Lenders, in each case without the consent of all of the Lenders;
provided that no agreement, waiver or consent which would modify the interests, rights or
obligations of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, or the Swing Loan Lender may be
made without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swing
Loan Lender, as applicable, and provided, further that, if in connection with any proposed
waiver, amendment or modification referred to in Sections 11.1.1 through 11.1.4 above, the
consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other
Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (each a "Non-Consenting Lender"), then the
Borrower shall have the right to replace any such Non-Consenting Lender with one or more
replacement Lenders pursuant to Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender]. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or
consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be
effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that
(x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the
consent of such Lender, and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of
all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender
disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such
Defaulting Lender.
11.2 No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No course of dealing and no delay
or failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power, remedy or
privilege under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any other or future
exercise thereof or operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof
preclude any further exercise thereof or of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. The
enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in
this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or
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remedies, all of which shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy
given hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist at law or
in equity or by suit or otherwise. No reasonable delay or failure to take action on the part of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default.
11.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
11.3.1 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by PNC Capital Markets, LLC, the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates
(including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative
Agent), and shall pay all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be
employees of the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities
provided for herein, the due diligence, preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and
administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by the Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender (including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender),
in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in
connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such
out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of
such Loans or Letters of Credit, and (iv) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent's regular employees and agents engaged periodically to perform audits of
the Loan Parties' books, records and business properties.
11.3.2 Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Co-Syndication
Agents, each Lender and the Issuing Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing
Persons (each such Person being called an "Indemnitee") against, and hold each Indemnitee
harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for any Indemnitee) incurred by any Indemnitee or
asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or
thereby, the performance or nonperformance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations
hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom
(including any refusal by the Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of
Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) breach of representations, warranties or covenants of the
Borrower under the Loan Documents, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation,
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investigation or proceeding or preparation of a defense relating to any of the foregoing, including
any such items or losses relating to or arising under Environmental Laws or pertaining to
environmental matters, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a
third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any
Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be
available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a
claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad
faith of such Indemnitee's obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the
Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on
such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 11.3.2
[Indemnification by the Borrower] shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes
that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
11.3.3 Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any
reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under Sections 11.3.1 [Costs and Expenses]
or 11.3.2 [Indemnification by the Borrower] to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any
sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender
severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender
or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender's Ratable Share (determined as of the
time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative
Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Lender in its capacity as such, or against any
Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-
agent) or Issuing Lender in connection with such capacity.
11.3.4 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable Law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any
Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as
opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the
proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in Section 11.3.2 [Indemnification by Borrower]
shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information
or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
11.3.5 Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later
than ten (10) days after demand therefor.
11.4 Holidays. Whenever payment of a Loan to be made or taken hereunder shall be
due on a day which is not a Business Day such payment shall be due on the next Business Day
(except as provided in Section 4.2 [Interest Periods]) and such extension of time shall be
included in computing interest and fees, except that the Loans shall be due on the Business Day
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preceding the Expiration Date if the Expiration Date is not a Business Day. Whenever any
payment or action to be made or taken hereunder (other than payment of the Loans) shall be
stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment or action shall be made or
taken on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall not be included in
computing interest or fees, if any, in connection with such payment or action.
11.5 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
11.5.1 Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section
11.5.2 [Electronic Communications]), all notices and other communications provided for herein
shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by
certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier (i) if to a Lender, to it at its address set forth in
its administrative questionnaire, or (ii) if to any other Person, to it at its address set forth on
Schedule 1.1(B).
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or
registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier
shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business
hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next
Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the
extent provided in Section 11.5.2 [Electronic Communications], shall be effective as provided in
such Section.
11.5.2 Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the
Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic
communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to
any Lender or the Issuing Lender if such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified
the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to
accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant
to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to
particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes,
(i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon
the sender's receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the "return
receipt requested" function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement);
provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours
of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening
of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted
to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the
intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that
such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
11.5.3 Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address,
e-mail address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to
the other parties hereto.
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11.6 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If
any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any
jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability
thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
11.7 Duration; Survival. All representations and warranties of the Loan Parties
contained herein or made in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the completion of the transactions hereunder and Payment In Full. All covenants
and agreements of the Borrower contained herein relating to the payment of principal, interest,
premiums, additional compensation or expenses and indemnification, including those set forth in
the Notes, Section 5 [Payments] and Section 11.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver], shall
survive Payment In Full. All other covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties shall continue
in full force and effect from and after the date hereof and until Payment In Full.
11.8 Successors and Assigns.
11.8.1 Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan
Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in
accordance with the provisions of Section 11.8.2 [Assignments by Lenders], (ii) by way of
participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.8.4 [Participations], or (iii) by way
of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 11.8.5 [Certain
Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally] (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by
any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall
be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors
and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 11.8.4
[Participations] and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
by reason of this Agreement.
11.8.2 Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or
more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all
or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such
assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount
of the assigning Lender's Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an
assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount
need be assigned; and
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(B) in any case not described in clause (i)(A) of this Section
11.8.2, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans
outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal
outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment
(determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to such
assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if "Trade Date" is specified in the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than
$5,000,000.00, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Commitment of
the assigning Lender, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made
as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned.
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any
assignment except for the consent of the Administrative Agent (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) and:
(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have
consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the
Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; and
(B) the consent of the Issuing Lender (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the
obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether
or not then outstanding).
(iv) Assignment and Assumption Agreement. The parties to each
assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500.00, and the
assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative
questionnaire provided by the Administrative Agent.
(v) No Assignment to Borrower. No such assignment shall be made
to the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be
made to a natural person.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
11.8.3 [Register], from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, have the rights and
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obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, be released from
its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption
Agreement covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement,
such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 4.4 [Rate Unascertainable; Etc.], 5.8 [Increased Costs], and 11.3 [Expenses, Indemnity;
Damage Waiver] with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of
such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this
Agreement that does not comply with this Section 11.8.2 shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in
accordance with Section 11.8.4 [Participations].
11.8.3 Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an
agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a record of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and
the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the
terms hereof from time to time. Such register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is in such register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary. Such register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
11.8.4 Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or
notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than
a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
"Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and/or obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that
(i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender
shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations
and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Issuing Lender shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement
and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree (other than as is already provided for herein) to any amendment,
modification or waiver with respect to Sections 11.1.1 [Increase of Commitment], 11.1.2
[Extension of Payment, Etc.], or 11.1.3 [Release of Collateral or Guarantor]) that affects such
Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 4.4 [Rate Unascertainable, Etc.], 5.8 [Increased Costs], 5.10 [Indemnity] and 5.9
[Taxes] (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under
Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders] (it being understood that the documentation required under
Section 5.9.7 [Status of Lenders] shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section
11.8.2 [Assignments by Lenders]; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the
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provisions of Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender] and Section 5.6.3 [Designation of a
Different Lending Office] as if it were an assignee under Section 11.8.2 [Assignments by
Lenders]; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 5.8
[Increased Costs] or 5.9 [Taxes], with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender
would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater
payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable
participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower's request and
expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of
Section 5.6.2 [Replacement of a Lender] and Section 5.6.3 [Designation of Different Lending
Office] with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also
shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.2.3 [Set-off] as though it were a Lender; provided
that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] as
though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this
purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address
of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant's interest in
the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the "Participant Register"); provided
that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register
(including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant's interest in
any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to
any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such
commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-
1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be
conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this
Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for
maintaining a Participant Register.
11.8.5 Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally. 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.
11.9 Confidentiality.
11.9.1 General. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing
Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be
disclosed (i) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates' respective partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (it being understood that the Persons to
whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information
and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any
regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory
authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (iii) to the extent
required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to
any other party hereto, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under
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any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an
agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (A) any
assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors)
to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the
consent of the Borrower or (viii) to the extent such Information (Y) becomes publicly available
other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (Z) becomes available to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential
basis from a source other than the Borrower or the other Loan Parties. Any Person required to
maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to
have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care
to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.
11.9.2 Sharing Information With Affiliates of the Lenders. Each Loan Party
acknowledges that from time to time financial advisory, investment banking and other services
may be offered or provided to the Borrower or one or more of its Affiliates (in connection with
this Agreement or otherwise) by any Lender or by one or more Subsidiaries or Affiliates of such
Lender and each of the Loan Parties hereby authorizes each Lender to share any information
delivered to such Lender by such Loan Party and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement to
any such Subsidiary or Affiliate subject to the provisions of Section 11.9.1 [General].
11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
11.10.1 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements
with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof including any prior
confidentiality agreements and commitments. Except as provided in Section 7 [Conditions Of
Lending And Issuance Of Letters Of Credit], this Agreement shall become effective when it shall
have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have
received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other
parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
telecopy or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.
11.11 CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE;
SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
11.11.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract
under the Laws of the State of Florida without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Each
standby Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement shall be subject either to the rules of the
Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the
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International Chamber of Commerce (the "ICC") at the time of issuance ("UCP") or the rules of
the International Standby Practices (ICC Publication Number 590) ("ISP98"), as determined by
the Issuing Lender, and each trade Letter of Credit shall be subject to UCP, and in each case to
the extent not inconsistent therewith, the Laws of the State of Florida without regard to its
conflict of laws principles.
11.11.2 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH
OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR
ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA SITTING IN PINELLAS COUNTY AND OF THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, AND
ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE
HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH FLORIDA STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ANY LENDER OR THE ISSUING LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS
PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
11.11.3 WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER
LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW
OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION 11.11.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT AND AGREES NOT ASSERT ANY SUCH
DEFENSE.
11.11.4 SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY
CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN
SECTION 11.5 [NOTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION].
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO
TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
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11.11.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT
OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER
PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER
PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND
THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
11.12 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and
the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Loan
Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and
address of Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative
Agent, as applicable, to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
11.13 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, each party hereto
acknowledges that any liability of any Loan Party that is an EEA Financial Institution arising
under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-
down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and
acknowledges and agrees to be bound by (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion
Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be
payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any
Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable, (i) a reduction in full or in part or
cancellation of any such liability; (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares
or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a
bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or
other instrument of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such
liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or (iii) the variation of the terms of
such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any
EEA Resolution Authority.
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Exhibit 99.1
Exhibit 5.9.7(D) 1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized,
have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST:
BORROWER:
SUN HYDRAULICS CORORATION, a
Florida corporation
____________________________
Name: ______________________
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
____________________________
Name: ______________________
GUARANTOR:
HIGH COUNTRY TEK, INC., a Florida
corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
____________________________
Name: ______________________
____________________________
Name: ______________________
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually and as Administrative Agent
By:/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx XX, Vice President
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