CREDIT AGREEMENT among SBA SENIOR FINANCE, INC., as Borrower, The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto, and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent Dated as of April 27, 2006
Exhibit 10.54
$1,100,000,000
among
SBA SENIOR FINANCE, INC.,
as Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of Xxxxx 00, 0000
XXXXXXXX BANK SECURITIES INC. and X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. | DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||
1.1 | Defined Terms | 1 | ||
1.2 | Other Definitional Provisions | 15 | ||
SECTION 2. | AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS | 16 | ||
2.1 | Bridge Commitments | 16 | ||
2.2 | Procedure for Bridge Loan Borrowing | 16 | ||
2.3 | Repayment of Bridge Loans. | 16 | ||
2.4 | Fees, etc. | 16 | ||
2.5 | Optional Prepayments | 16 | ||
2.6 | Mandatory Prepayments | 17 | ||
2.7 | Continuation Options | 17 | ||
2.8 | Interest Rates and Payment Dates | 17 | ||
2.9 | Computation of Interest and Fees | 18 | ||
2.10 | Inability to Determine Interest Rate | 18 | ||
2.11 | Pro Rata Treatment and Payments | 18 | ||
2.12 | Requirements of Law | 19 | ||
2.13 | Taxes | 20 | ||
2.14 | Indemnity | 22 | ||
2.15 | Change of Lending Office | 22 | ||
2.16 | Replacement of Lenders | 22 | ||
SECTION 3. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 23 | ||
3.1 | Financial Condition | 23 | ||
3.2 | No Change | 23 | ||
3.3 | Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law | 23 | ||
3.4 | Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations | 24 | ||
3.5 | No Legal Bar | 24 | ||
3.6 | No Material Litigation | 24 | ||
3.7 | No Default | 24 | ||
3.8 | Ownership of Property; Liens | 24 | ||
3.9 | Intellectual Property | 25 | ||
3.10 | Taxes | 25 | ||
3.11 | Federal Regulations | 25 | ||
3.12 | Labor Matters | 25 | ||
3.13 | ERISA | 25 | ||
3.14 | Investment Company Act; Other Regulations | 26 | ||
3.15 | Subsidiaries | 26 | ||
3.16 | Use of Proceeds | 26 | ||
3.17 | Environmental Matters | 26 | ||
3.18 | Accuracy of Information, etc. | 27 | ||
3.19 | Security Documents | 27 | ||
3.20 | Solvency | 28 | ||
3.21 | Real Property Leases | 28 | ||
3.22 | FCC and FAA Matters; State Regulatory Compliance | 28 | ||
3.23 | Acquisition Documentation | 28 |
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SECTION 4. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 28 | ||
4.1 | Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit | 28 | ||
4.2 | Conditions to Extension of Credit | 30 | ||
SECTION 5. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 31 | ||
5.1 | Financial Statements | 31 | ||
5.2 | Certificates; Other Information | 31 | ||
5.3 | Payment of Obligations | 31 | ||
5.4 | Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc. | 32 | ||
5.5 | Maintenance of Property; Insurance | 32 | ||
5.6 | Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions | 34 | ||
5.7 | Notices | 35 | ||
5.8 | Environmental Laws | 35 | ||
5.9 | Additional Collateral, etc. | 36 | ||
5.10 | Further Assurances | 37 | ||
SECTION 6. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 37 | ||
6.1 | Debt Service Coverage Ratio | 37 | ||
6.2 | Limitation on Indebtedness | 37 | ||
6.3 | Limitation on Liens. | 38 | ||
6.4 | Limitation on Fundamental Changes | 39 | ||
6.5 | Limitation on Disposition of Property | 39 | ||
6.6 | Limitation on Restricted Payments | 40 | ||
6.7 | Limitation on Capital Expenditures | 41 | ||
6.8 | Limitation on Investments | 41 | ||
6.9 | Limitation on Modifications of Certain Documents | 42 | ||
6.10 | Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates | 42 | ||
6.11 | Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks | 42 | ||
6.12 | Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses | 42 | ||
6.13 | Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions | 43 | ||
6.14 | Limitation on Lines of Business | 43 | ||
6.15 | Limitation on Swap Agreements | 43 | ||
6.16 | Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods | 43 | ||
SECTION 7. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 43 | ||
SECTION 8. | ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 46 | ||
8.1 | Appointment | 46 | ||
8.2 | Delegation of Duties | 46 | ||
8.3 | Exculpatory Provisions | 46 | ||
8.4 | Reliance by Administrative Agent | 46 | ||
8.5 | Notice of Default | 47 | ||
8.6 | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders | 47 | ||
8.7 | Indemnification | 47 | ||
8.8 | Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity | 48 | ||
8.9 | Successor Administrative Agent | 48 | ||
SECTION 9. | MISCELLANEOUS | 48 | ||
9.1 | Amendments and Waivers | 48 |
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9.2 | Notices | 49 | ||
9.3 | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 50 | ||
9.4 | Survival of Representations and Warranties | 50 | ||
9.5 | Payment of Expenses and Taxes | 50 | ||
9.6 | Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments | 51 | ||
9.7 | Adjustments; Set-off | 53 | ||
9.8 | Counterparts | 54 | ||
9.9 | Severability | 54 | ||
9.10 | Integration | 54 | ||
9.11 | GOVERNING LAW | 54 | ||
9.12 | Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers | 54 | ||
9.13 | Acknowledgements | 55 | ||
9.14 | Releases of Guarantees and Liens | 55 | ||
9.15 | Confidentiality | 55 | ||
9.16 | WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL | 56 |
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ANNEXES: | ||
A | Acceptable Tenants | |
SCHEDULES: | ||
1.1A | Commitments | |
1.1B | Sources and Uses | |
3.1(a) | Financial Condition | |
3.15 | Subsidiaries | |
6.2(d) | Existing Indebtedness | |
6.2(f) | Senior Subordination Terms | |
6.3(f) | Existing Liens | |
6.8(g) | Existing Investments | |
EXHIBITS: | ||
A | Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement | |
B | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
C | Form of Closing Certificate | |
D | Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
E-1 | Form of Legal Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt | |
E-2 | Form of Legal Opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq. |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 27, 2006, among SBA SENIOR FINANCE, INC., a Florida corporation (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”) and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH (“Deutsche Bank”), as administrative agent.
The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.
“ABR”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Deutsche Bank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by Deutsche Bank in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); “Base CD Rate” shall mean the sum of (a) the product of (i) the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the CD Reserve Percentage and (b) the CD Assessment Rate; and “Three-Month Secondary CD Rate” shall mean, for any day, the secondary market rate for three-month certificates of deposit reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by the Board through the public information telephone line of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (which rate will, under the current practices of the Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) during the week following such day), or, if such rate shall not be so reported on such day or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the secondary market quotations for three month certificates of deposit of major money center banks in New York City received at approximately 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day) by Deutsche Bank from three New York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by it. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“ABR Loans”: Bridge Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
“Acceptable Tenant”: any Person that (a) has a contract with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to locate wireless transmission antennae on a Tower and (b) either (i) is listed on Annex A or (ii) has been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
“Account Collateral”: as defined in the Deposit Account Control Agreement.
“Acquisition”: as defined in Section 4.1.
“Acquisition Agreement”: the Stock Purchase Agreement by and among AAT Holdings, LLC II, the Target, AAT Acquisition LLC and Parent, dated as of March 17, 2006.
“Acquisition Documentation”: collectively, the Acquisition Agreement and all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof or entered into in connection therewith.
“Administrative Agent”: Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors.
“Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Bridge Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Bridge Loans.
“Aggregate Exposure Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“Agreement”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Applicable Margin”: (a) in the case of ABR Loans, 0% per annum and (b) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, 2.00% per annum; provided, that, upon the extension of the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.4(b), the Applicable Margin shall increase by 0.75% in each case (the “Interest Rate Step-up”).
“Approved Fund”: as defined in Section 9.6(b).
“Arrangers”: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
“Asset Sale”: any Disposition of Property or series of related Dispositions of Property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by clauses (b), (c), (d), (h) or (i) of Section 6.5) which yields gross proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $2,000,000.
“Assignee”: as defined in Section 9.6(b).
“Assignment and Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Attributable Debt”: as to any sale and leaseback transaction, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).
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“Benefitted Lender”: as defined in Section 9.7(a).
“Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
“Borrower”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Bridge Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Bridge Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Bridge Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A. The original aggregate amount of the Bridge Commitments is $1,100,000,000.
“Bridge Lender”: each Lender that has a Bridge Commitment or that holds a Bridge Loan.
“Bridge Loan”: as defined in Section 2.1.
“Bridge Percentage”: as to any Bridge Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Bridge Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Bridge Commitments (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Bridge Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Bridge Loans then outstanding).
“Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close, provided, that with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.
“Capital Expenditures”: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, construction costs, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that should be capitalized under GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
“Capital Lease Obligations”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock”: 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 Equivalents”: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and
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surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within six months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s; (f) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition; (g) money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition; or (h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.
“CD Assessment Rate”: for any day as applied to any ABR Loan, the annual assessment rate in effect on such day that is payable by a member of the Bank Insurance Fund maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) classified as well-capitalized and within supervisory subgroup “B” (or a comparable successor assessment risk classification) within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. § 327.4 (or any successor provision) to the FDIC (or any successor) for the FDIC’s (or such successor’s) insuring time deposits at offices of such institution in the United States.
“CD Reserve Percentage”: for any day as applied to any ABR Loan, that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Board, for determining the maximum reserve requirement for a Depositary Institution (as defined in Regulation D of the Board as in effect from time to time) in respect of new non personal time deposits in Dollars having a maturity of 30 days or more.
“Closing Date”: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.1 shall have been satisfied, which date is April 27, 2006.
“Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral”: all Property of the Group Members, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.
“Commonly Controlled Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Communications Act”: the Communications Act of 1934, and any similar or successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the FCC thereunder, all as amended and as may be in effect from time to time.
“Compliance Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
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“Conduit Lender”: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Bridge Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 or 9.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender.
“Contractual Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control Investment Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such Person primarily for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies. 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.
“Debt Service Amount”: on any day, the amount of interest that the Borrower will be required to pay on the principal amount of the Bridge Loans.
“Debt Service Coverage Ratio”: on any day, the ratio of (a) Net Cash Flow on such day to (b) the Debt Service Amount on such day.
“Default”: any of the events specified in Section 7, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Derivatives Counterparty”: as defined in Section 6.6.
“Disposition”: with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.
“Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.
“Environmental Laws”: any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
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“Environmental Permits”: any and all permits, licenses, approvals, registrations, notifications, exemptions and any other authorization pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements”: for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
“Eurodollar Base Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen), the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits at or about 11:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein.
“Eurodollar Loans”: Bridge Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate |
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1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements |
“Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 7, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“Excluded Domestic Subsidiaries”: the collective reference to the Securitization Subsidiaries, SBA Subsidiary Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation, SBA Communications International, Inc., a Florida corporation, SBA Network Management, Inc., a Florida corporation, and CA Towers LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company.
“Excluded Foreign Subsidiary”: any Foreign Subsidiary in respect of which either (a) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (b) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower.
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“Existing Credit Facility”: the Credit Facility evidenced in part by that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2005, by and among SBA Senior Finance II LLC, the Several Lenders from time to time parties thereto and General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent.
“Existing Securitization Arrangements”: the transactions and agreements described in the Offering Memorandum dated November 4, 2005 issued by SBA CMBS Trust in respect of Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-1.
“FAA”: the Federal Aviation Administration, and any successor agency of the United States Government exercising substantially equivalent powers.
“FCC”: the Federal Communications Commission, and any successor agency of the United States Government exercising substantially equivalent powers.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by Deutsche Bank from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Funding Office”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time, except that for purposes of Section 6.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.1(a).
“Governmental Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Group Members”: the collective reference to Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Borrower and each other Group Member, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing Person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the
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guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“Holdings”: SBA Telecommunications Inc., a Florida corporation.
“Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments (other than performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to Property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such Property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such Person, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, (j) for the purposes of Section 7(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Specified Swap Agreements and (k) the liquidation value of any preferred Capital Stock of such Person or its Subsidiaries held by any Person other than such Person and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
“Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Insolvent”: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
“Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
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“Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such ABR Loan is outstanding and the Maturity Date and (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each Interest Period and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period”: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending one month thereafter; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one month thereafter; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iii) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Maturity Date shall end on the Maturity Date.
“Interest Rate Step-up”: as defined in the definition of “Applicable Margin.”
“Investments”: as defined in Section 6.8.
“Lenders”: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.
“Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Omnibus Agreement, the Notes and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.
“Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder; provided that the determination of a Material Adverse Effect shall exclude the effects of the sale or termination of the Services Business.
“Material Environmental Loss”: the collective reference to the following items arising out of any Environmental Law or any liabilities or obligations with respect to any Materials of Environmental Concern that either (i) exceed $1,000,000 individually, or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, or (ii) would have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) any costs to the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries relating to investigative, removal, remedial or other response activities, compliance costs, compensatory damages, natural resource damages, punitive damages, fines, penalties and any associated engineering,
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legal and other professional fees (including without limitation, costs of defending or asserting any claim) in connection with any of the foregoing and (b) any other losses to the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries; provided that any amounts expended for environmental site assessments pursuant to customary due diligence conducted in connection with the acquisition of Towers and/or Tower sites shall be excluded from the calculation of any Material Environmental Loss.
“Materials of Environmental Concern”: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos, molds, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, radiofrequency radiation or any other radiation associated with or allegedly associated with the telecommunications business, and any other substances of any kind, whether or not any such substance is defined as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, that is regulated pursuant to or could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
“Maturity Date”: September 12, 2006, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.3(b).
“Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Cash Flow”: on any day, four times Tower Cash Flow for the trailing three-month period ended as of the most recently ended calendar month.
“Net Cash Proceeds”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and expenses (including commissions, transfer taxes and other customary expenses) actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses (including commissions, transfer taxes and other customary expenses) actually incurred in connection therewith.
“Non-Excluded Taxes”: as defined in Section 2.13(a).
“Non-U.S. Lender”: as defined in Section 2.13(d).
“Notes”: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Bridge Loans.
“Obligations”: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Bridge Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Bridge Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Swap Agreements, any Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Specified Swap Agreement or any
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other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise.
“Omnibus Agreement”: the Omnibus Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2006, among the Borrower, SBA Senior Finance II LLC, the Lenders, the Revolving Lenders and Wachovia Bank, National Association.
“Other Taxes”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Parent”: SBA Communications Corporation, a Florida corporation.
“Participant”: as defined in Section 9.6(c).
“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
“Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan”: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Pledged Stock”: defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Preferred Stock Purchase Rights”: rights issued by Parent to holders of its common stock to purchase its Series E Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, as such rights may be amended from time to time.
“Property”: any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock.
“Qualified Counterparty”: with respect to any Specified Swap Agreement, any counterparty thereto that, at the time such Specified Swap Agreement was entered into, was a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender.
“Qualified Tower”: (i) an existing Tower which has (a) at least one Acceptable Tenant leasing space on such Tower and (b) positive Tower Cash Flow on a pro forma basis for the fiscal quarter immediately following the date of determination (including any executed leases to be in effect on the first day of such fiscal quarter) or (ii) a newly constructed Tower with respect to which (a) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have received an executed tenant lease from an Acceptable Tenant as of the date of completion of such Tower for occupancy to begin on or promptly following such date of completion and (b) on the date the construction of such Tower is completed, such Tower has positive Tower Cash Flow on a pro forma basis (including any executed leases to be in effect on such date of completion).
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“Qualified Tower Portfolio”: with respect to any acquisition, either (i) a Tower or group of Towers which has (a) an average of at least one Acceptable Tenant leasing space on each Tower at the time of such acquisition and (b) on the date of such acquisition, positive Tower Cash Flow on a pro forma basis for the fiscal quarter immediately following such date of acquisition after giving effect to such acquisition (including any executed leases to be in effect on the date of such acquisition) or (ii) a corporation or any other entity engaged primarily in the business of owning, developing, constructing, managing, leasing and/or operating any Tower or group of Towers satisfying the criteria specified in clause (i) above.
“Recovery Event”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any Property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset owned by any Group Member which yields gross proceeds to any Group Member in excess of $2,000,000.
“Register”: as defined in Section 9.6(b).
“Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
“Reinvestment Deferred Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by any Group Member in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Bridge Loans.
“Reinvestment Event”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
“Reinvestment Notice”: a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire or repair assets useful in its business or make capitalized repairs and improvements with respect to such assets.
“Reinvestment Prepayment Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets useful in the Borrower’s business or make capitalized repairs and improvements with respect to such assets.
“Reinvestment Prepayment Date”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire assets useful in the Borrower’s business or make capitalized repairs and improvements with respect to such assets with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
“Reorganization”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. § 4043.
“Required Lenders”: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of (a) until the Closing Date, the Bridge Commitments then in effect and (b) thereafter, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Bridge Loans then outstanding.
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“Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its Property is subject.
“Responsible Officer”: the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or vice president of investor relations and/or capital markets of the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of the Borrower.
“Restricted Payments”: as defined in Section 6.6.
“Restricted Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower (or Parent, as the context requires) that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Revolving Lenders”: General Electric Capital Corporation, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, DB Structured Products Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc.
“SEC”: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto or an analogous Governmental Authority.
“Secured Parties”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Securitization Arrangements”: the collective reference to (i) the Existing Securitization Arrangements; and (ii) the transactions and agreements pursuant to which certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower owning Towers are converted to special purpose entities and released from all of their obligations under the Loan Documents or Towers currently owned or subsequently acquired or built by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are sold or otherwise transferred to special purpose entities, and pursuant to which certificates or evidences of Indebtedness are issued to third party investors backed by the cash flows and asset value of such Towers, and all transactions related thereto, in each case in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers.
“Securitization Subsidiary”: (i) SBA CMBS 1 Depositor LLC, SBA CMBS1 Holdings LLC and each of their Subsidiaries so long as such Persons are subject to the Existing Securitization Arrangements, and (ii) any entity subject to a Securitization Arrangement so long as such entity is prohibited from guaranteeing any of the Obligations or from being pledged to secure any of the Obligations.
“Security Documents”: the collective reference to the Deposit Account Control Agreement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Group Member under any Loan Document.
“Senior Discount Notes”: the 9.75% Senior Discount Notes of Parent and Holdings due 2011.
“Senior Notes”: the 8.5% Senior Notes of Parent due 2012.
“Services Business”: the site acquisition, site development and site construction businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
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“Services Subsidiaries”: SBA Network Management, Inc., a Florida corporation, SBA Network Services, Inc., a Florida corporation, and SBA Broadband Services, Inc., a Florida corporation.
“Single Employer Plan”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“Solvent”: when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the “present fair saleable value” of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise”, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.
“Specified Swap Agreement”: any Swap Agreement entered into by any Group Member and any Qualified Counterparty.
“Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Guarantor”: each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Swap Agreement”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”.
“Table”: the sources and uses table attached as Schedule 1.1B.
“Target”: AAT Communications Corp., a New York corporation.
“Total Tower Revenue”: for any period, the Borrower’s revenue from all Towers for such period minus any non-cash income which was included in revenue for such period as a result of GAAP “straight-lining” pertaining to tenant leases.
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“Tower”: any wireless transmission tower, and related assets that are located on the site of such wireless transmission tower, owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a lease required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under GAAP.
“Tower Cash Flow”: for any period, site leasing revenue less the cost of site leasing revenues of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP, but excluding the non-cash impact of straightlining revenue or ground lease expense as required by FAS 13. Tower Cash Flow will not include revenue or expenses attributable to (i) sites where the Towers are subject to a securitization, except to the extent any of such cash is distributed to any Group Member, or (ii) non-site rental services provided by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or revenues derived from the sale of assets.
“Transferee”: any Assignee or Participant.
“United States”: the United States of America.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary”: any Excluded Domestic Subsidiary, any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, and any other direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent hereafter designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.9(d) hereof.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor”: any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iv) 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, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
(c) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
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(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 Bridge Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (a) each Bridge Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a “Bridge Loan”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed the amount of the Bridge Commitment of such Lender. Except as set forth herein, the Bridge Loans shall be Eurodollar Loans.
2.2 Procedure for Bridge Loan Borrowing. The Bridge Loans shall be made in a single drawing on the Closing Date. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Bridge Lender thereof. Not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Closing Date each Bridge Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Bridge Loan to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account of the Borrower on the books of such office of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Bridge Lenders in immediately available funds.
2.3 Repayment of Bridge Loans. (a) The Bridge Loan of each Bridge Lender shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Maturity Date may be extended by the Borrower until January 27, 2007 upon the Borrower providing written notice to the Administrative Agent not less than 15 days (and no more than 30 days) prior to the Maturity Date; provided that (i) the Interest Rate Step-up shall apply, (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date and (iii) each of the representations and warranties made by any Group Member in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date. Upon receipt of such notice by the Administrative Agent (and subject to the proviso set forth above), the Maturity Date shall be extended to January 27, 2007.
2.4 Fees, etc. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent and to perform any other obligations contained therein.
(b) If any amount owing hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), the Borrower shall pay a late fee in an amount equal to 5% of such overdue amount, which fee shall be immediately due and payable. Payment of the late fee does not relieve the Borrower of the obligation to pay such overdue amount.
2.5 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Bridge Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon notice (which notice may be contingent upon the closing of any transaction intended to refinance all or a portion of the Bridge Loans) delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto, which notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment; provided, that if the Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.14. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein (subject to any contingency specified therein), together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Bridge Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
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2.6 Mandatory Prepayments. (a) If any Capital Stock or Indebtedness shall be issued or incurred by any Group Member (including without limitation, the issuance of any CMBS securities after the Closing Date by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries but excluding the issuance of Capital Stock under Parent’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan or pursuant to the exercise of stock options), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence toward the prepayment of the Bridge Loans, as set forth in Section 2.6(c).
(b) If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale (other than any Asset Sale consummated pursuant to Securitization Arrangements) or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on such date toward the prepayment of the Bridge Loans as set forth in Section 2.6(c); provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales and Recovery Events that may be excluded from the foregoing requirement pursuant to a Reinvestment Notice shall not exceed $50,000,000 and (y) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Bridge Loans as set forth in Section 2.6(c).
(c) Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.6 shall be applied to the prepayment of the Bridge Loans in accordance with Section 2.11(b). Each prepayment of the Bridge Loans under Section 2.6 shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid.
2.7 Continuation Options. Any Eurodollar Loan shall be automatically continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, provided that no Eurodollar Loan shall be automatically continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations, and provided, further, that if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Bridge Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period.
2.8 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Bridge Loan shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), all outstanding Bridge Loans (whether or not overdue) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 5%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Bridge Loan or any fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans plus 5%, in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
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(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.
2.9 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements or the ABR shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.8(a).
2.10 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Bridge Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as such.
2.11 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) The borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder and each payment by the Borrower on account of any fee shall be made pro rata according to the respective Bridge Percentages of the Lenders.
(b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Bridge Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Bridge Loans then held by the Lenders. Amounts prepaid on account of the Bridge Loans may not be reborrowed.
(c) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available
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funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to the Closing Date that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Closing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans, on demand, from the Borrower.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.
2.12 Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by Section 2.13 and changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate; or
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(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.
(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Bridge Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.13 Taxes. (a) All payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the
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amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.
(d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit F and a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.
(e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.
(f) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by
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the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.13 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
(g) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Bridge Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.14 Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless from, any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof (subject to any contingency therein) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (b) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, for the period from the date of such prepayment to the last day of such Interest Period in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Bridge Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Bridge Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.15 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.12 or 2.13(a)with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Bridge Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.13(a).
2.16 Replacement of Lenders. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.13(a)with a replacement financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken no action under Section 2.15 so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.13(a), (iv) the replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Bridge Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Section 2.14 if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (vi) the replacement financial institution shall be
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reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (viii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.13(a), as the case may be, and (ix) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
3.1 Financial Condition. (a) The audited consolidated balance sheets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 and the related statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from Ernst & Young LLP, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Parent as of such dates, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(a), Parent and its Subsidiaries do not have any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, or any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments, including, without limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph. During the period from December 31, 2005 to and including the date hereof there has been no Disposition by the Borrower of any material part of its business or Property.
(b) The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Target as at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 and the related statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from Ernst & Young LLP, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Target as of such dates, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). The Target and its Subsidiaries do not have any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, or any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments, including, without limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph other than that incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. During the period from December 31, 2005 to and including the date hereof there has been no Disposition by the Target of any material part of its business or Property.
3.2 No Change. Since December 31, 2005 there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the corporate or other power and authority, and the legal right, to
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own and operate its Property, to lease the Property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of Property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except to the extent the failure to be so qualified could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Group Member has the corporate or other power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow hereunder. Each Group Member has taken all necessary corporate or other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the borrowings on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the borrowings hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, except the filings referred to in Section 4.1(j). Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Group Member party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Group Member party thereto, enforceable against each such Group Member in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
3.5 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof (a) will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries except as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective Properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents). No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.6 No Material Litigation. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by or against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their respective Properties or revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.7 No Default. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
3.8 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has title in fee simple to, a valid leasehold interest in, or an easement, license or permit to occupy, all its real property, and good title to, a valid leasehold interest in, or an easement, license or permit to occupy, all its other Property, and none of such Property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 6.3.
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3.9 Intellectual Property. The Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted. No material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual Property by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.
3.10 Taxes. Each of the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its Property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its Property by any Governmental Authority and due and payable (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be) except for state and local tax returns relating to taxes in an aggregate amount not exceeding $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding (after applying loss probability factors in accordance with GAAP) and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be; no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.
3.11 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Bridge Loans will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1 referred to in Regulation U.
3.12 Labor Matters. There are no strikes or other labor disputes against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on account of employee health and welfare insurance that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if not paid have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary.
3.13 ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor any material “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period. The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits by a material amount. Neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability under ERISA, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any material liability under
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ERISA if the Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent.
3.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Group Member is an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Group Member is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness.
3.15 Subsidiaries. (a) The Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3.15 constitute all the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the Closing Date. Schedule 3.15 sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Restricted Subsidiary and, as to each such Restricted Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Group Member.
(b) There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees, directors or qualified recipients, and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
3.16 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Bridge Loans shall be used to finance a portion of the Acquisition, to repurchase a portion of the Senior Notes and the Senior Discount Notes, and to pay related fees and expenses.
3.17 Environmental Matters. Other than exceptions to any of the following that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Environmental Loss:
The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries: (i) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) hold all Environmental Permits (each of which is in full force and effect) required for any of their current or intended operations or for any Property owned, leased, or otherwise operated by any of them; (iii) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all of their Environmental Permits; and (iv) reasonably believe that: each of their Environmental Permits will be timely renewed and complied with, without material expense; any additional Environmental Permits that may be required of any of them will be timely obtained and complied with, without material expense; and compliance with any Environmental Law that is or is expected to become applicable to any of them will be timely attained and maintained, without material expense.
(i) Materials of Environmental Concern are not present at, on, under, in, or about any real property now or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or at any other location (including, without limitation, any location to which Materials of Environmental Concern have been sent for re-use or recycling or for treatment, storage, or disposal) which could reasonably be expected to (i) give rise to liability of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental Law or otherwise result in costs to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (ii) interfere with the Borrower’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ continued operations, or (iii) impair the fair saleable value of any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(ii) There is no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding (including any notice of violation or alleged violation) under or relating to any Environmental Law to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is, or to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be, named as a party that is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened; and to the knowledge of the
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Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, there are no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceedings under or relating to any Environmental Law pending or threatened against any Person, other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, that could reasonably be expected to affect the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(iii) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any written request for information, or been notified that it is a potentially responsible party under or relating to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or any similar Environmental Law, or with respect to any Materials of Environmental Concern.
(iv) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has entered into or agreed to any consent decree, order, or settlement or other agreement, or is subject to any judgment, decree, or order or other agreement, in any judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other forum for dispute resolution, relating to compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law.
(v) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has assumed or retained, by contract or operation of law, any liabilities of any kind, fixed or contingent, known or unknown, under any Environmental Law or with respect to any Material of Environmental Concern.
3.18 Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other written document, certificate or statement furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or any of them, by or on behalf of any Group Member for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. There is no fact actually known to any Group Member that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents.
3.19 Security Documents. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock having been delivered to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of the Account Collateral, upon the execution of the Omnibus Agreement by the parties thereto, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement constitutes a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Group Members in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person.
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3.20 Solvency. Each Group Member is, and after giving effect to the incurrence of all Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith will be and will continue to be, Solvent.
3.21 Real Property Leases. The present and contemplated use of the real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for the operation of Towers is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable zoning ordinances and regulations and other laws and regulations where failure so to comply would result, or create reasonable risk of resulting, in a Material Adverse Effect. Each lease pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as lessee, acquired rights in real property upon which any Tower is situated is in full force and effect, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has all rights of the lessee thereunder, there has been no default in the performance of any of its terms or conditions by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary nor (to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge) any other party thereto, and no claims of default have been asserted with respect thereto where such default would result, or create a reasonable risk of resulting, in a Material Adverse Effect.
3.22 FCC and FAA Matters; State Regulatory Compliance. (a) The Borrower (i) has duly and timely filed all material reports, registrations and other material filings, if any, which are required to be filed by it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under the Communications Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority, including the FCC and the FAA, the non-filing of which would not result, or be reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) is in compliance with all such laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, including those promulgated by the FCC and the FAA, to the extent the non-compliance with which would result, or be reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect. All information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Affiliate in any material filing, if any, with the FCC and the FAA relating to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries was, to the knowledge of such Person at the time of filing, complete and correct in all material respects when made, and the FCC and the FAA have been notified of any substantial or significant changes in such information as may be required in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.
(b) The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have all permits, certificates, licenses, tariff approvals and other authorizations from all state and federal Governmental Authorities required to conduct their current business except for such permits, certificates, licenses, tariff approvals and other authorizations as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Borrower has no knowledge of any investigation, notice of apparent liability, violation, forfeiture or other order or complaint issued by or before any state or federal Governmental Authority, or of any other proceedings of or before any state or federal Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.23 Acquisition Documentation. The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a complete and correct copy of the Acquisition Documentation, including any amendments, supplements or modifications with respect to any of the foregoing.
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make the initial extension of credit requested to be made by it is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent:
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(a) Credit Agreement; Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; Omnibus Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Person listed on Schedule 1.1A, (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by each Group Member; (iii) the Omnibus Agreement, executed and delivered by each party thereto and (iv) the First Amendment to the Deposit Account Control Agreement, dated April 27, 2006, executed and delivered by each party thereto.
(b) Acquisition, etc. The following transactions shall have been consummated, in each case on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders:
(i) Parent shall have acquired from AAT Holdings, LLC II, a Delaware limited liability company, all of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Target (the “Acquisition”) pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement; no provision of the Acquisition Documentation shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in any respect materially adverse to the Borrower or the Lenders unless otherwise consented by the Arrangers; and the sources and uses of funding for the Acquisition shall be consistent with the Table; and
(ii) (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that substantially all of the existing Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any existing credit facilities and high-yield notes, but excluding Indebtedness approved by the Arrangers) of the Borrower, the Target and their respective Subsidiaries shall have been paid in full and (ii) satisfactory arrangements shall have been made for the termination or subordination of all Liens, as applicable, granted in connection therewith (it being understood that the Existing Credit Facility shall be permitted to remain outstanding in a manner satisfactory to the Arrangers).
(c) Financial Statements. The Lenders shall have received audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and the Target for the two most recent fiscal years.
(d) Approvals; Litigation. All government and material third party approvals necessary in connection with the Acquisition, the financing thereof and the continuing operations of the Borrower shall have been obtained in accordance with the closing conditions set forth in Article VI of the Acquisition Agreement. There shall not exist any action, investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental authority that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Acquisition or the financing thereof.
(e) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions where assets of the Group Members are located, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Group Members except for liens permitted by Section 6.3 or discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the Closing Date. All such amounts will be paid with proceeds of Bridge Loans made on the Closing Date and will be reflected in the funding instructions given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date.
(g) Closing Certificate; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of each Group Member, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments,
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including the certificate of incorporation of each Group Member that is a corporation certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Group Member, and (ii) a long form good standing certificate for each Group Member from its jurisdiction of organization.
(h) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed legal opinions:
(i) the legal opinion of Akerman Senterfitt, counsel to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1; and
(ii) the legal opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq., general counsel of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2.
Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(i) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the certificates, if any, representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with copies of an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof.
(j) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.3), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.
(k) Solvency Analysis. The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency analysis certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower which shall document the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby.
(l) PATRIOT Act. The Lenders shall have received, sufficiently in advance of closing, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act.
4.2 Conditions to Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date (including its initial extension of credit) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Group Member in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.
(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.
The borrowing by the Borrower shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section 4.2 have been satisfied.
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SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Bridge Commitments remain in effect or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:
5.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall furnish to each Lender) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of Parent (including, without limitation, the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006), (i) the unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such quarter, (ii) the related unaudited consolidated statements of income for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, (iii) the related unaudited consolidating statements of income for the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter and (iv) related unaudited consolidated statements of cash flows for such quarter, setting forth in each case, in comparative form (other than as to the Target) the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).
All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein).
5.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall furnish to each Lender) or, in the case of clause (e), to the relevant Lender:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of each such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Group Member during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition, contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate and (ii) a Compliance Certificate containing all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal quarter, including a detailed report of Investments made pursuant to Section 6.8(f);
(b) no later than two Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof, copies of substantially final drafts of any proposed amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification with to the Acquisition Documentation;
(c) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and reports that Parent and Holdings send to the holders of any class of its debt securities or public equity securities and, within five days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC; and
(d) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
5.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of whatever nature,
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except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be.
5.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc. (a) (i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 6.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all Property and systems useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(b) Carry and maintain, at its own expense, at least the minimum insurance coverage set forth in this Section 5.5(b). The Borrower shall also carry and maintain any other insurance that the Administrative Agent may reasonably require from time to time. All insurance carried pursuant to this Section 5.5(b) shall be placed with such insurers having a minimum A.M. Best rating of A:X, and be in such form, with terms, conditions, limits and deductibles as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(i) All Risk Property Insurance. The Borrower shall maintain all risk property insurance covering against physical loss or damage, including but not limited to fire and extended coverage, collapse, flood and earth movement. Coverage shall be written on a replacement cost basis and shall contain an agreed amount endorsement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent waiving any coinsurance penalty.
(ii) Business Interruption. As an extension of the insurance required under Section 5.5(b)(i), the Borrower shall maintain business interruption insurance, or such other similar coverage, covering extra expenses. Such insurance shall contain an agreed amount endorsement waiving any coinsurance penalty. The deductibles on this policy shall not be greater than 30 days.
(iii) Comprehensive General Liability Insurance. The Borrower shall maintain comprehensive general liability insurance written on an occurrence basis with a limit of not less than $1,000,000. Such coverage shall include, but not be limited to, premises/operations, explosion, collapse, underground hazards, contractual liability, independent contractors, products/completed operations, property damage and personal injury liability. Such insurance shall not contain an exclusion for punitive or exemplary damages where insurable by law.
(iv) Workers’ Compensation/Employer’s Liability. The Borrower shall maintain workers’ compensation insurance in accordance with statutory provisions covering accidental injury, illness or death of an employee of the Borrower while at work or in the scope of his or her employment with the Borrower and employer’s liability in an amount not less than $1,000,000.
(v) Automobile Liability. The Borrower shall maintain automobile liability insurance covering owned, non-owned, leased, hired or borrowed vehicles against bodily injury or property damage. Such coverage shall have a limit of not less than $1,000,000.
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(vi) Excess/Umbrella Liability. The Borrower shall maintain excess or umbrella liability insurance in an amount not less than $15,000,000 written on an occurrence basis providing coverage limits excess of the insurance limits required under Sections 5.5(b)(iii), (iv), (v) (with respect to employer’s liability only), and (vi). Such insurance shall follow form the primary insurances and drop down in case of exhaustion of underlying limits and/or aggregates. Such insurance shall not contain an exclusion for punitive or exemplary damages where insurable by law.
(c) Ensure that each insurance policy carried and maintained in accordance with this Section 5.5(c) is endorsed as follows:
(i) The Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be the named insured and the Administrative Agent shall be additional insured and sole loss payee with respect to policies described in Sections 5.5(b)(i) and (ii). The Borrower or its Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be the named insured and the Administrative Agent shall be additional insured with respect to policies described in Sections 5.5(b)(iii), (iv) (to the extent allowed by law), (v) and (vi). It shall be understood that any obligation imposed upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries including but not limited to the obligation to pay premiums, shall be the sole obligation of the Borrower or such Subsidiary and not that of the Administrative Agent;
(ii) with respect to the property policies described in Sections 5.5(b)(i) and (ii), the interests of the Administrative Agent shall not be invalidated by any action or inaction of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other person, and shall insure the Administrative Agent regardless of any breach or violation by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any other person, of any warranties, declarations or conditions of such policies;
(iii) inasmuch as the liability policies are written to cover more than one insured, all terms conditions, insuring agreements and endorsements, with the exception of the limits of liability, shall operate in the same manner as if there were a separate policy covering each insured;
(iv) the insurers thereunder shall waive all rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent any right of setoff or counterclaim and any other right to deduction, whether by attachment or otherwise;
(v) such insurance shall be primary without right of contribution of any other insurance carried by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent; and
(vi) if such insurance is canceled for any reason whatsoever, including nonpayment of premium, or any changes are initiated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or carrier which affect the interests of the Administrative Agent, such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the Administrative Agent until 30 days, except for non-payment of premium which shall be ten days, after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice sent by registered mail from such insurer.
(d) At each policy renewal, but not less than annually, provide to the Administrative Agent approved certification from each insurer or by an authorized representative of each insurer. Such certification shall identify the underwriters, the type of insurance, the limits, deductibles, and term thereof and shall specifically list the special provisions delineated in Section 5.5(c) above for such insurance required for this Section 5.5(d).
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(e) (i) Pay as they become due all premiums for such insurance, and (ii) not later than 15 days prior to the expiration of each policy to be furnished pursuant to the provisions of this Section, deliver an opinion from the Borrower’s independent insurance broker, acceptable to the Administrative Agent, stating that all premiums then due have been paid and that, in the opinion of such broker, the insurance then maintained by the Borrower is in accordance with this section. Furthermore, upon its first knowledge, such broker shall advise the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of any default in the payment of any premiums or any other act or omission, on the part of any person, which might invalidate or render unenforceable, in whole or in part, any insurance provided by the Borrower hereunder.
(f) Promptly comply with and conform to (i) all provisions of each such insurance policy, and (ii) all requirements of the insurers applicable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to any of their real properties or to the use, manner of use, occupancy, possession, operation, maintenance, alteration or repair of any of their real Properties. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not use or permit the use of their real properties in any manner which would permit any insurer to cancel any insurance policy or void coverage required to be maintained by this Section.
(g) If (x) any of such real properties, or any part thereof, shall be destroyed or damaged and the cost to repair and restore such destruction or damage shall exceed $500,000 in the Borrower’s commercially reasonable judgment or (y) any Tower shall be substantially destroyed, give immediate notice thereof to the Administrative Agent. All insurance proceeds shall be paid to the Administrative Agent to be applied to prepay the Bridge Loans pursuant to Section 2.6(b).
(h) At the option of the Borrower, maintain insurance required under this Section 5.5(h) by means of one or more blanket insurance policies; provided, however, that (A) any such policy shall specify, or the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent a written statement from the insurer so specifying, the maximum amount of the total insurance afforded by such blanket policy that is allocated to such real properties and any sublimits in such blanket policy applicable to such real properties, (B) each such blanket policy shall include an endorsement providing that, in the event of a loss resulting from an insured peril, insurance proceeds shall be allocated to such real properties in an amount equal to the coverages required to be maintained by the Borrower as provided above and (C) the protection afforded under any such blanket policy shall be no less than that which would have been afforded under a separate policy or policies relating only to such real properties.
(i) Make available to the Administrative Agent, upon reasonable advance notice, the insurance policies carried and maintained with respect to the obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under this Section 5.5(i). Upon request, the Borrower shall furnish the Administrative Agent with copies of all insurance policies, binders, and cover notes or other evidence of such insurance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no provision of this Section 5.5(i) or any provision of this Agreement shall impose on the Administrative Agent any duty or obligation to verify the existence or adequacy of the insurance coverage maintained by the Borrower. The Administrative Agent, at its sole option, may obtain such insurance if not provided by the Borrower and in such event, the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for the cost thereof together with interest.
5.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be desired (such visits and inspections to be coordinated by the Lenders to the extent reasonably practicable) and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with officers of the Borrower and its Restricted
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Subsidiaries and with its independent certified public accountants; provided that if no Default or Event of Default has occurred, such visits shall be limited to once per fiscal quarter and such discussions shall be limited to once per week.
5.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of:
(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member beyond any period of grace provided in such Contractual Obligation or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between any Group Member and any Governmental Authority, that in either case, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member in which the amount involved is $10,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance or in which injunctive or similar relief is sought (other than injunctive relief related to a land development approval for a Tower);
(d) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to make any required contribution to a Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan;
(e) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within ten days after the Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) any development, event, or condition that, individually or in the aggregate with other related developments, events or conditions, could reasonably be expected to result in the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries sustaining a Material Environmental Loss; (ii) any notice that any governmental authority may deny any application for a material Environmental Permit sought by, or revoke or refuse to renew any material Environmental Permit held by, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (iii) any Governmental Authority has identified the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a potentially responsible party under any Environmental Law for the cleanup of Materials of Environmental Concern at any location, whether or not owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; and
(f) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.
5.8 Environmental Laws. (a) Comply in all material respects with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance in all material respects by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain any and all Environmental Permits required for any of their current or intended operations or for any property owned, leased or otherwise operated by any of them, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all Environmental Permits required of them by any applicable Environmental Laws.
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(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and the SBA Environmental Analysis Policy and promptly comply with all orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.
(c) Generate, use, treat, store, release, dispose of, and otherwise manage Materials of Environmental Concern in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to materially affect any real property owned or leased by any of them; and take reasonable efforts to prevent any other Person from generating, using, treating, storing, releasing, disposing of, or otherwise managing Materials of Environmental Concern in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to, or materially affect any real property owned or operated by, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.9 Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any personal Property acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member (other than (x) any leasehold, easement or fee interest in real property, (y) any Property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 6.3(g) or (z) the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) as to which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in such Property and (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in such Property, including without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.
(b) With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Closing Date (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary), by any Group Member, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in such Group Member’s interest the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary, (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Group Member, (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary, including, without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, and (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) With respect to any new Excluded Foreign Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Group Member, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected
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first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by such Group Member (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding Capital Stock of any such new Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Group Member, as the case may be, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Lien of the Administrative Agent thereon, and (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result therefrom, the Borrower shall be permitted, subject to the prior written approval of the Arrangers, to redesignate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and shall be permitted, without any prior approval, to designate any newly formed or acquired Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
5.10 Further Assurances. From time to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take all such actions, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of more fully perfecting or renewing the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter acquired by any Group Member which may be deemed to be part of the Collateral) pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Borrower will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may be required to obtain from the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization.
SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Bridge Commitments remain in effect or any Bridge Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
6.1 Debt Service Coverage Ratio. Permit the Debt Service Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than 1.25 to 1.00.
6.2 Limitation on Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Group Member pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Indebtedness of any of the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor to any other Group Member;
(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by Section 6.3(g) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
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(d) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 6.2(d) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase in the principal amount thereof or any shortening of the maturity of any principal amount thereof);
(e) Guarantee Obligations made in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(f) unsecured Indebtedness owing to sellers of Qualified Tower Portfolios and constituting a portion of the consideration for the acquisition of such Qualified Tower Portfolios by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, so long as (x) such Indebtedness (excluding any deferred purchase consideration which is contingent) is subordinated to the Obligations on substantially the terms of Schedule 6.2(f), (y) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness under this Section 6.2(f) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $30,000,000 (excluding any deferred purchase consideration which is contingent) and (z) the aggregate amount of all deferred purchase consideration which is contingent under this Section 6.2(f) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $20,000,000; and
(g) Indebtedness owed to credit card companies which are used to pay operating expenses associated with Towers and the Services Business and letters of credit to secure such Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not exceeding $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
provided, however, that none of the Restricted Subsidiaries owning, leasing, operating or managing Towers may incur any of the Indebtedness permitted under clause (e) above (other than pursuant to reimbursement obligations in respect of bond surety arrangements in the ordinary course of business) or clause (f) above (other than pursuant to any deferred purchase consideration in the form of earn-outs which is contingent).
6.3 Limitation on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:
(a) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, and deposits to secure obligations under contracts to purchase towers or other related assets;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(f) Liens in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 6.3(f), securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2(d), provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional Property after the Closing Date and that the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;
(g) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 6.2(c)to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets, provided that (1) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such fixed or capital assets, (2) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness and (3) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;
(h) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;
(i) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased (including landlord’s Liens on any property placed on the property subject to such lease);
(j) Liens on cash deposits not exceeding an aggregate amount equal to $1,000,000 to secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2(g) and the Indebtedness described on Schedule 6.2(d); and
(k) Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Facility.
6.4 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property or business, except that:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation);
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(c) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be dissolved upon transfer of all of such Subsidiary’s assets to a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Borrower; and
(d) any Subsidiary of the Borrower owning Towers may directly or indirectly Dispose of all of its assets to special purpose entities, or any such Subsidiary may be converted to a special purpose entity, in each case, pursuant to any Securitization Arrangements.
6.5 Limitation on Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its Property (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the Disposition (other than to Parent or Holdings) in the ordinary course of business of obsolete or worn out property, or surplus real property not needed in the Borrower’s business;
(b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, the leasing of space on Towers) and the sale of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business which, in the reasonable discretion of the Borrower, should be sold to a collection agency in connection with the compromise or collection thereof not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower;
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(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 6.4(b) and Dispositions of Cash Equivalents;
(d) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(e) the Disposition (other than to Parent or Holdings) of other assets having a fair market value not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower;
(f) the Disposition (other than to Parent or Holdings) of Towers in exchange for Towers with Total Tower Revenue at least equal in amount to the revenue of such Disposed Towers;
(g) any Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pursuant to Securitization Arrangements, or Recovery Event, provided, (x) in each case, that the requirements of Section 2.6(b) are complied with in connection therewith and (y) in the case of any Asset Sale (other than to an Unrestricted Subsidiary as part of any Securitization Arrangement), at least 90% of the consideration payable for such Asset Sale is paid in cash on the date of such Disposition;
(h) Dispositions of (i) non-Qualified Towers, (ii) work-in-progress related to cancelled sites, (iii) assets related to the Services Business, provided that, in each case, requirements of Section 2.6(b) are complied with; and
(i) the Disposition of Towers or Tower sites by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor.
6.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or Property or in obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or enter into any derivatives or other transaction with any financial institution, commodities or stock exchange or clearinghouse (a “Derivatives Counterparty”) obligating the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in market value of any such Capital Stock (collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists immediately before and after giving effect thereto:
(a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(b) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings, which will pay a dividend to Parent, to enable Parent to pay mandatory cash interest on any Indebtedness all of the Net Cash Proceeds of which were used to repay a portion of the Obligations, in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness;
(c) the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings, (i) to permit Holdings to either to pay corporate overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business or to pay a dividend to Parent to pay such expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,000,000, (ii) in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount of Parent’s and Holdings’ actual cash tax liability and (B) the amount of taxes which
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are attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as part of the consolidated group that includes Parent and Holdings and (iii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to permit Parent to redeem the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights in accordance with their terms and to make payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares of Capital Stock of Parent in connection with the exercise of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights; provided that, in each case, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such dividend or after giving effect to such dividend; and
(d) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any of its direct or indirect parent companies in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date.
6.7 Limitation on Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make any cash Capital Expenditure, except Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business to build or acquire Towers or entities owning Towers, to acquire minority interests in entities which develop, own or operate Towers or to convert ground lease interests to fee simple or easement interests, in an aggregate amount which when combined with the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Sections 6.8(f) and 6.8(h) shall not exceed $75,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; provided, that (i) the aggregate amount of any such Capital Expenditures made to build or acquire Towers or entities owning Towers that are not Qualified Towers or Qualified Tower Portfolios shall not exceed $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, (ii) the aggregate amount of any such Capital Expenditures made to build or acquire Towers or entities owning Towers where such Towers are managed but not owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or are placed on building rooftops shall not exceed $10,000,000 during the term of this Agreement and (iii) the aggregate amount of any such Capital Expenditures made to acquire minority interests in entities that develop, own or operate Towers which when combined with the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 6.8(f) to acquire minority interests in entities that own or operate Towers shall not exceed $20,000,000 during the term of this Agreement.
6.8 Limitation on Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting an ongoing business from, or make any other investment in, any other Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”), except:
(a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) Investments arising in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2(b) and 6.2(e);
(d) loans and advances to employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses and excluding advances made to employees in the form of federal income tax withholding payments paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in an aggregate amount for the Borrower and Subsidiaries of the Borrower not to exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding;
(e) Investments (other than those relating to the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.8(c)) by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Borrower or any Person that, prior to such investment, is a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(f) Investments by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in Qualified Tower Portfolios or to acquire minority interests in entities which develop, own or operate Towers;
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provided that (i) the aggregate consideration for all such Investments during the term of this Agreement (including, without limitation, assumed indebtedness, deferred purchase price and any earn-outs) which when combined with the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made pursuant to Section 6.7 during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $75,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate consideration for all such Investments to acquire minority interests in entities which develop, own or operate Towers during the term of this Agreement (including, without limitation, assumed indebtedness, deferred purchase price and any earn-outs) which when combined with the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made pursuant to Section 6.7 during the term of this Agreement to acquire minority interests in entities which own or operate Towers shall not exceed $20,000,000; provided, further any such entity so acquired becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(g) Investments existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 6.8(g);
(h) Future cash Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount (valued at cost) not to exceed $15,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; provided that there shall be no limit on Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries funded by Parent common stock;
(i) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries formed for the purpose of effecting any Securitization Arrangement; and
(j) the Acquisition.
6.9 Limitation on Modifications of Certain Documents. Amend its certificate of incorporation (other than in anticipation of any Securitization Arrangement) or the Acquisition Documentation in any manner reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be materially adverse to the Lenders.
6.10 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (b) in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and (c) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.
6.11 Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, except (i) to the extent permitted by Section 6.2(c) and (ii) to the extent in respect of no more than ten Towers and the related Tower sites at any one time outstanding and in the case of this clause (ii) which transactions do not require more than nominal lease payments to be made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
6.12 Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations or, in the case of any guarantor, its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, other than (a) this Agreement and the other
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Loan Documents, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby) and (c) the Existing Credit Facility.
6.13 Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (b) make Investments in the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary and (iii) the Existing Credit Facility.
6.14 Limitation on Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or that are reasonably related thereto.
6.15 Limitation on Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement other than Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, and not for speculative purposes, to protect against changes in interest rates or foreign exchange rates.
6.16 Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31.
SECTION 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Bridge Loans when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Bridge Loans or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Group Member herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or
(c) any Group Member shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 5.4(a) (with respect to the Borrower only), Section 5.7(a) or Section 6 of this Agreement or Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; or
(d) any Group Member shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
(e) any Group Member shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Bridge Loans)
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on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable; provided, that a default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $2,000,000; or
(f) (i) any Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Group Member shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
(g) (i) any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could, in the sole judgment of the Required Lenders, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Group Member involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) of $10,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or
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(i) any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, or any Group Member or any Affiliate of any Group Member shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby; or
(j) the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Group Member or any Affiliate of any Group Member shall so assert;
(k) (i) 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 20% of the economic or voting interests of outstanding common stock of Parent; (ii) the Borrower shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of the Target free and clear of all Liens (except Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and pursuant to the Existing Credit Facility); (iii) Parent shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of Holdings free and clear of all Liens (except Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and pursuant to the Existing Credit Facility); or (iv) Holdings shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower free and clear of all Liens (except Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and pursuant to the Existing Credit Facility);
(l) Parent shall (i) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than those incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of Holdings, (ii) incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities or financial obligations, except (w) Indebtedness all of the Net Cash Proceeds of which are used to repay a portion of the Obligations and the Senior Discount Notes, (x) nonconsensual obligations imposed by operation of law, (y) obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (z) obligations with respect to its Capital Stock, or (iii) own, lease, manage or otherwise operate any properties or assets (including cash (other than cash received in connection with dividends made by Holdings in accordance with Section 6.6 pending application in the manner contemplated by said Section) and cash equivalents) other than ownership of shares of Capital Stock of Holdings; or
(m) Holdings shall (i) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than those incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities or financial obligations, except (w) Indebtedness all of Net Cash Proceeds of which are used to repay a portion of the Obligations and the Senior Discount Notes, (x) nonconsensual obligations imposed by operation of law, (y) obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (z) obligations with respect to its Capital Stock, or (iii) own, lease, manage or otherwise operate any properties or assets (including cash (other than cash received in connection with dividends made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 6.6 pending application in the manner contemplated by said Section) and cash equivalents) other than ownership of shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower;
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower, automatically the Bridge Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
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immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Bridge Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable.
SECTION 8. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
8.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
8.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
8.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Group Member or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Group Member a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Group Member.
8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent.
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The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Bridge Loans.
8.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
8.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Group Member or any affiliate of a Group Member, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Group Members and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Bridge Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Group Members and their Affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Group Member or any Affiliate of a Group Member that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
8.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Bridge Commitments shall have terminated and the Bridge Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
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costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Bridge Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Bridge Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Bridge Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
8.8 Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Group Member as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent. With respect to its Bridge Loans made or renewed by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity.
8.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 7(a) or Section 7(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Bridge Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.1. The Required Lenders and each Group Member party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Group Member party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Group Members hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such
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instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder (except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be effective with the consent of the Required Lenders) and (y) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 9.1, reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders; or (iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 8 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Group Members, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Bridge Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Group Members, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
9.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:
Borrower: | SBA Senior Finance, Inc. | |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx XX | ||
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Administrative Agent: | Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch | |
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxx Xx | ||
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 |
provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall not be effective until received.
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Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. 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.
9.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
9.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Bridge Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.
9.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the syndication of the Bridge Loans and the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Lender and of counsel to the Administrative Agent, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender, Arranger and the Administrative Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnitee”) harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Bridge Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any
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Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Group Member under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section 9.5 shall be payable not later than 30 days after written demand therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be submitted to Vice President of Capital Markets (Telephone No. (000) 000-0000) (Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000), at the address of the Borrower set forth in Section 9.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 9.5 shall survive repayment of the Bridge Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
9.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a) 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 (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, the Lenders may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”), collectively up to 49.9% (or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, up to 100%), and any individual Lender up to 24.95% (or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, up to 50%), of the aggregate principal amount of the Bridge Loans and its respective rights and obligations under this Agreement with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Bridge Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Bridge Loans, the amount of the Bridge Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
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(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire.
For the purposes of this Section 9.6, “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning 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 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.6 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 paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Bridge Commitments of, and principal amount of the Bridge Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The 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.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Bridge Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification
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or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 9.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 9.7(a) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.12 or 2.13 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. Any Participant that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.13 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.13(d).
(d) 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, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Bridge Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 9.6(b). The Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.
9.7 Adjustments; Set-off. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender, if any Lender (a “Benefitted Lender”) shall receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 7(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
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(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
9.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
9.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
9.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
9.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
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(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Borrower, as the case may be at its address set forth in Section 9.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
9.13 Acknowledgements. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders, the Borrower and the Lenders.
9.14 Releases of Guarantees and Liens. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 9.1) to, and shall, take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document (including any Securitization Arrangement); (ii) in respect of any newly created or acquired Unrestricted Subsidiary, or in respect of any Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary; (iii) that has been consented to in accordance with Section 9.1; or (iv) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.
(b) At such time as the Bridge Loans and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under or in respect of Swap Agreements) shall have been paid in full and the Bridge Commitments have been terminated, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Group Member under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.
9.15 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Group Member, the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement that is designated by the provider thereof as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender
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from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any Affiliate thereof, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any direct or indirect counterparty to any Swap Agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its Affiliates, (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
9.16 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
SBA SENIOR FINANCE, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Credit Agreement - Signature Page
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Title: |
Director | |
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxx Xxx | |
Title: |
Vice President |
Credit Agreement - Signature Page
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A, as a Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Title: |
Managing Director |
Credit Agreement - Signature Page
DB STRUCTURED PRODUCTS INC., as a Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: |
Director | |
By: |
/s/ Xxxx XxXxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxx XxXxxxxx | |
Title: |
Authorized Signatory |
Credit Agreement - Signature Page