SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
thirty
(30) days with another asset performing the same or a similar function and (b)
the sale or lease of inventory in the ordinary course of
business.
Agent’s
office (as set forth on Annex B) is located and, if such day relates to any
LIBOR Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are
conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar
market.
measured
at the fair market value of such property securing such indebtedness at the time
of determination, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, with respect to
the face amount of all letters of credit (whether or not drawn), bankers’
acceptances and similar obligations issued for the account of such Person
(including the Letters of Credit), (g) all Hedging Obligations of such Person,
(h) all Contingent Liabilities of such Person, (i) all Debt of any partnership
of which such Person is a general partner and (j) any Capital Securities or
other equity instrument, whether or not mandatorily redeemable, that under GAAP
is characterized as debt, whether pursuant to financial accounting standards
board issuance No. 150 or otherwise.
or
business units that are the subject of such Asset Disposition shall be excluded
to the extent relating to any period prior to the date thereof and (ii) Debt
paid or retired in connection with such Asset Disposition shall be deemed to
have been paid and retired as of the first day of the applicable period; (b) in
the case of any Acquisition, merger or consolidation, (i) income statement
items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property, entities or
business units that are the subject thereof shall be included to the extent
relating to any period prior to the date thereof and (ii) Debt incurred in
connection with such Acquisition, merger or consolidation, shall be deemed to have
been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period (and interest expense
shall be imputed for the applicable period assuming prevailing interest rates
hereunder) ; and (c) in the case of incurrence of Debt under Section 11.1(i), the
Debt shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable
period (and interest expense shall be imputed for the applicable period assuming
prevailing interest rates in respect thereof).
rights to
future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment (the “Securitization
Receivables”) to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate (a “Securitization
Subsidiary”) or any other Person.
good
faith. For purposes hereof, except to the extent required to be
recorded as a liability under GAAP, the term “Support Obligations” shall not
include earn-out obligations relating to any Acquisition.
not be construed against the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders merely because of the Administrative Agent’s
or Lenders’ involvement in their preparation.
By: _______________________
ANNEX A
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SIXTH
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as
of July 8, 2008, to the Credit Agreement referenced below, is by and among
HURON CONSULTING GROUP INC., as Company, the Guarantors identified on the
signature pages hereto, the Lenders and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).
W I T N E
S S E T H
WHEREAS,
a $240 million revolving credit facility has been made available to the Company
pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2006 (as amended
and modified, including by the First Amendment dated as of December 29, 2006,
the Second Amendment dated as of February 23, 2007, the Third Amendment dated as
of May 25, 2007, the Fourth Amendment dated as of July 27, 2007, and the Fifth
Amendment dated as of April 1, 2008, the “Credit Agreement”)
among the Company, the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders identified
therein and the Administrative Agent;
WHEREAS,
the Company has requested certain modifications to the Credit Agreement, and the
Lenders are willing to consent to the requested modifications on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
1. Defined
Terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement
(as amended pursuant to this Amendment).
2. Consent. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Credit Agreement, consent is hereby given to the
Xxxxxxxx Acquisition.
3. Amendments to Credit
Agreement. The Credit Agreement (including the schedules and
exhibits attached thereto) is amended to read as shown in Exhibit A attached
hereto.
4. Joinder of Lenders Providing
the Term Loan A; Representations.
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(h) Fees and
Expenses. Payment of all reasonable costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and Lenders in connection with this
Amendment that are due and payable on the date hereof (including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of Xxxxx & Xxx Xxxxx, PLLC,
counsel to the Administrative Agent and Arrangers).
6. Representations and
Warranties. The Loan Parties hereby affirm the
following:
(a) all
action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment has been taken;
(b) after
giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties set forth in
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all
material respects as of the date hereof (except those which expressly relate to
an earlier period); and
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[REMAINDER
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this
Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.
BORROWER:
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a
Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
GUARANTORS:
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HURON
CONSULTING GROUP HOLDINGS LLC,
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a
Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
HURON
CONSULTING SERVICES LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
WELLSPRING
MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC,
formerly
known as XXXXXX & XXXX LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
HURON
(UK) LIMITED,
a UK
limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
AAXIS
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
a
Virginia corporation
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
FAB
ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC,
an
Illinois limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
GLASS
& ASSOCIATES, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
GLASS
EUROPE LIMITED,
a United
Kingdom Private Company
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
WELLSPRING
PARTNERS, LTD.,
a
Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
WELLSPRING
VALUATION, LTD.,
a
Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
KABUSHIKI
KAISHA HURON CONSULTING GROUP,
a Japan
business corporation
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
HURON
DEMAND LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
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ADMINISTRATIVE
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AGENT:
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BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
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as
Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
LENDERS:
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BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Issuer, Swingline Lender and
Lender
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By: /s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: VP
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
FIFTH
THIRD BANK
By:
Name:
Title:
HSBC BANK
USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
Name:
Title:
NATIONAL
CITY BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
THE
PRIVATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing
Director
RBS
CITIZENS, N.A.
By: /s/ M. Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Name: M.
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice
President
SUNTRUST
BANK
By: /s/ J. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: J.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
TD BANK,
N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Director
THE
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice
President
Exhibit
A
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
(See
attached)
EXHIBIT
A
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as
of June 7, 2006
among
as the
Company
THE VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
PARTY HERETO,
as
Lenders,
and
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and Issuing Lender
BANC
OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
and
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES
INC.,
as
Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Syndication Agent
and
THE PRIVATEBANK AND TRUST
COMPANY,
as
Documentation Agent
Table
of Contents
Page
SECTION 1
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1
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Definitions
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1
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1.2
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Other Interpretive
Provisions
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18
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1.3
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Retroactive Adjustments to Applicable
Margin.
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19
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1.4
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Accounting Terms and
Provisions.
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19
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SECTION 2
|
COMMITMENTS OF THE LENDERS; BORROWING, CONVERSION
AND LETTER OF CREDIT PROCEDURES.
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20
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2.1
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Commitments
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20
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2.1.1
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Revolving
Commitments
|
20
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2.1.2
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Letter of
Credit Commitment
|
20
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2.1.3
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Term Loan
A
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20
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2.1.4
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Increase in
Revolving Commitments
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20
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2.2
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Loan Procedures
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21
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2.2.1
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Various Types
of Loans
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21
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2.2.2
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Borrowing
Procedures
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21
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2.2.3
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Conversion and
Continuation Procedures
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22
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2.2.4
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Swing Line
Facility
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23
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2.3
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Letter of Credit Procedures
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24
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2.3.1
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L/C
Applications
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24
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2.3.2
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Participations
in Letters of Credit
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25
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2.3.3
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Reimbursement
Obligations
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25
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2.3.4
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Funding by
Lenders to Issuing Lender
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26
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2.4
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Commitments Several.
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26
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2.5
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Certain Conditions
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26
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SECTION 3
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EVIDENCING OF LOANS
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26
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3.1
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Notes
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26
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3.2
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Recordkeeping
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26
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SECTION 4
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INTEREST
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27
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4.1
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Interest Rates
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27
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4.2
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Interest Payment Dates
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27
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4.3
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Setting and Notice of LIBOR
Rates
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27
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SECTION 5
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FEES
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27
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5.1
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Non-Use Fee
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27
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5.2
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Letter of Credit Fees
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28
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5.3
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Administrative Agent’s Fees
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28
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SECTION 6
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REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF THE REVOLVING
COMMITMENT; PREPAYMENTS
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28
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6.1
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Reduction or Termination of the Revolving
Commitment
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28
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6.1.1
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Voluntary
Reduction or Termination of the Revolving
Commitment
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28
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6.1.2
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All Reductions
of the Revolving Commitment
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28
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6.2
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Prepayments
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28
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6.2.1
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Voluntary
Prepayments
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29
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6.2.2
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Mandatory
Prepayments
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29
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6.3
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Repayments
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30
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6.3.1
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Revolving
Loans
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30
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6.3.2
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Term Loan
A
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30
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SECTION 7
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MAKING AND PRORATION OF PAYMENTS; SETOFF;
TAXES
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30
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7.1
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Making of Payments
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30
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7.2
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Application of Certain
Payments
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30
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7.3
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Due Date Extension
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31
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7.4
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Setoff
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31
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7.5
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Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s
Clawback
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31
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7.6
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Proration of Payments
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33
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7.7
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Taxes
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33
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SECTION 8
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INCREASED COSTS; SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LIBOR
LOANS
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35
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8.2
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Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or
Unfair
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36
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8.3
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Changes in Law Rendering LIBOR Loans
Unlawful
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36
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8.4
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Funding Losses
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36
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8.5
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Right of Lenders to Fund through Other
Offices
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37
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8.6
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Discretion of Lenders as to Manner of
Funding
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37
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8.7
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Mitigation of Circumstances; Replacement of
Lenders
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37
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8.8
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Conclusiveness of Statements; Survival of
Provisions
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37
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SECTION 9
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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38
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9.1
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Organization
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38
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9.2
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Authorization; No Conflict
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38
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9.3
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Validity and Binding Nature
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38
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9.4
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Financial Condition
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38
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9.5
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No Material Adverse Change
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38
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9.6
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Litigation and Contingent
Liabilities
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38
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9.7
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Ownership of Properties;
Liens
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39
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9.8
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Equity Ownership;
Subsidiaries
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39
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9.9
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Pension Plans
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39
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9.10
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Investment Company Act
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40
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9.11
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[Intentionally Omitted]
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40
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9.12
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Regulation U
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40
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9.13
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Taxes
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40
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9.14
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Solvency, etc
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40
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9.15
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Environmental Matters
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40
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9.16
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Insurance
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41
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9.17
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Real Property
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41
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9.18
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Information
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41
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9.19
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Intellectual Property
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41
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9.20
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Burdensome Obligations
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41
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9.21
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Labor Matters
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41
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9.22
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No Default
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41
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9.23
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Pledge Agreement
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41
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SECTION 10
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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42
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10.1
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Reports, Certificates and Other
Information
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42
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10.1.1
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Annual
Report
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42
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10.1.2
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Interim
Reports
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42
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10.1.3
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Compliance
Certificates
|
43
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10.1.4
|
Reports to the
SEC and to Shareholders
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43
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10.1.5
|
Notice of
Default, Litigation and ERISA Matters
|
43
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10.1.6
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Management
Reports
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44
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10.1.7
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Projections
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44
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10.1.8
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Other
Information
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44
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10.2
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Books, Records and
Inspections
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44
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10.3
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Maintenance of Property;
Insurance
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45
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10.4
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Compliance with Laws; Payment of Taxes and
Liabilities
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45
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10.5
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Maintenance of Existence,
etc
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46
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10.6
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Use of Proceeds
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46
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10.7
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Employee Benefit Plans
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46
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10.8
|
Environmental Matters
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46
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10.9
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Further Assurances
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47
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10.10
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Pledge of Capital
Securities.
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47
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10.11
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Subsidiary Guarantors.
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47
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SECTION 11.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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47
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11.1
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Debt
|
47
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11.2
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Liens
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48
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11.3
|
Restricted Payments
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49
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11.4
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Mergers, Consolidations,
Sales
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50
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11.5
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Modification of Organizational
Documents
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51
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11.6
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Transactions with
Affiliates
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51
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11.7
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Unconditional Purchase
Obligations
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51
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11.8
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Inconsistent Agreements
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51
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11.9
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Business Activities; Issuance of
Equity
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52
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11.10
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Investments
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52
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11.11
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Fiscal Year
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53
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11.12
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Financial Covenants
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53
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11.12.1
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Consolidated
Fixed Coverage Ratio
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53
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11.12.2
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Consolidated
Leverage Ratio
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53
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SECTION 12.
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EFFECTIVENESS; CONDITIONS OF LENDING,
ETC
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53
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12.1
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Initial Credit Extension
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54
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12.1.1
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Notes
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54
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12.1.2
|
Authorization
Documents
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54
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12.1.3
|
Consents,
etc
|
54
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12.1.4
|
Letter of
Direction
|
54
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12.1.5
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Guaranty
Agreement
|
54
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12.1.6
|
Opinions of
Counsel
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54
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12.1.7
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Insurance
|
54
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12.1.8
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Payment of
Fees
|
54
|
12.1.9
|
Search Results;
Lien Terminations
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55
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12.1.10
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Closing
Certificate, Consents and Permits
|
55
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12.1.11
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Other
|
55
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12.2
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Conditions
|
55
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12.2.1
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Compliance with
Warranties, No Default, etc
|
55
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12.2.2
|
Confirmatory
Certificate
|
55
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SECTION 13
|
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND THEIR
EFFECT
|
55
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13.1
|
Events of Default
|
55
|
13.1.1
|
Non-Payment of
the Loans, etc
|
55
|
13.1.2
|
Default under
Other Agreements
|
56
|
13.1.3
|
Bankruptcy,
Insolvency, etc
|
56
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13.1.4
|
Non-Compliance
with Loan Documents
|
56
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13.1.5
|
Representations;
Warranties
|
56
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13.1.6
|
Invalidity of
Guaranty Documents, etc
|
56
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13.1.7
|
Change of
Control
|
56
|
13.1.8
|
Judgments
|
56
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13.2
|
Effect of Event of Default
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57
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SECTION 14
|
THE AGENT
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57
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14.1
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Appointment and Authority
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57
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14.2
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Rights as a Lender
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57
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14.3
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Exculpatory Provisions
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57
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14.4
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Reliance by Administrative
Agent
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58
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14.5
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Delegation of Duties
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58
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14.6
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Resignation of Administrative
Agent
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59
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14.7
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
Lenders
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59
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14.8
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No Other Duties, Etc
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60
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14.9
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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60
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14.10
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Collateral and Guaranty
Matters.
|
60
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14.11
|
Intercreditor Agreement.
|
61
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SECTION 15
|
GENERAL
|
61
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15.1
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Waiver; Amendments
|
61
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15.2
|
Confirmations
|
62
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15.3
|
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic
Communication
|
62
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15.3.1
|
Notices
Generally
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62
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15.3.2
|
Electronic
Communications
|
62
|
15.3.3
|
The
Platform
|
62
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15.3.4
|
Change of
Address, Etc
|
63
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15.3.5
|
Reliance by
Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Lenders
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63
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15.4
|
Computations
|
63
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15.5
|
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage
Waiver
|
64
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15.5.1
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Costs and
Expenses
|
64
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15.5.2
|
Indemnification
by the Company
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64
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15.5.3
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Reimbursement
by Lenders
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65
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15.5.4
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Waiver of
Consequential Damages, Etc
|
65
|
15.5.5
|
Payments
|
65
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15.5.6
|
Survival
|
65
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15.6
|
Assignments; Participations
|
65
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15.7
|
GOVERNING LAW
|
69
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15.8
|
Confidentiality
|
69
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15.09
|
Survival of Representations and
Warranties
|
70
|
15.10
|
Severability
|
70
|
15.11
|
Nature of Remedies
|
70
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15.12
|
Entire Agreement
|
70
|
15.13
|
Counterparts
|
70
|
15.14
|
Successors and Assigns
|
70
|
15.15
|
Captions
|
71
|
15.16
|
Customer Identification - USA Patriot
Act Notice
|
71
|
15.17
|
No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility
|
71
|
15.18
|
FORUM SELECTION AND CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION
|
71
|
15.19
|
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
|
72
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ANNEXES
ANNEX
A Lenders
and Pro Rata Shares
ANNEX
B Addresses
for Notices
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9.6 Litigation
and Contingent Liabilities
SCHEDULE 9.8 Subsidiaries
SCHEDULE 9.16 Insurance
SCHEDULE 9.17 Real
Property
SCHEDULE 9.21 Labor
Matters
SCHEDULE 11.1 Existing
Debt
SCHEDULE 11.2 Existing
Liens
SCHEDULE 11.11 Investments
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form
of Note (Section 3.1)
EXHIBIT B Form
of Compliance Certificate (Section 10.1.3)
EXHIBIT C Form
of Assignment and Assumption (Section 15.6)
EXHIBIT D
Form of Notice of Borrowing (Section 2.2.2)
EXHIBIT E Form
of Notice of Conversion/Continuation (Section 2.2.3)
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CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 7, 2006 (this “Agreement”) is
entered into among HURON CONSULTING GROUP INC. (the “Company”), the
financial institutions that are or may from time to time become parties hereto
(together with their respective successors and assigns, the “Lenders”) and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. (successor to LaSalle Bank National Association), as
administrative agent for the Lenders (together with its successors and assigns
in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).
The
Lenders have agreed to make available to the Company a senior secured revolving
credit and term loan facilities upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
In
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION
1 DEFINITIONS.
1.1 Definitions. When
used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Account Debtor is
defined in the Guaranty Agreement.
Acquired Debt means
mortgage Debt or Debt with respect to Capital Leases of a Person existing at the
time such Person became a Subsidiary or assumed by the Company or a Subsidiary
of the Company pursuant to an Acquisition permitted hereunder (and not created
or incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such Acquisition) which is
otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
Acquisition means any
transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting,
directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of
the assets of a Person, or of all or substantially all of any business or
division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of
the Capital Securities of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become
a Subsidiary, or (c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with
another Person (other than a Person that is already a Subsidiary).
Administrative Agent
-- see the Preamble.
Affected Loan – see
Section 8.3.
Affiliate of any
Person means (a) any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person, (b) any officer or
director of such Person and (c) with respect to any Lender, any entity
administered or managed by such Lender or an Affiliate or investment advisor
thereof and which is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in commercial loans. A Person shall be deemed to be
“controlled by” any other Person if such Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, power to vote twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the securities
(on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or managers or power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person whether by contract or
otherwise. Unless expressly stated otherwise herein, neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be deemed an Affiliate of any Loan
Party.
Agent Fee Letter
means the Fee letter dated as of May 21, 2008 among the Company, the BAS and the
Administrative Agent.
Agreement -- see the
Preamble.
Amendment No. 6
Effectiveness Date means July 8, 2008.
Applicable Margin
means, for any day, the rate per annum set forth below opposite the level (the
“Level”) then
in effect, it being understood that the Applicable Margin for (i) LIBOR Loans
shall be the percentage set forth under the column “LIBOR Margin”,
(ii) Base Rate Loans shall be the percentage set forth under the column
“Base Rate Margin”, (iii) the Non- Use Fee Rate shall be the percentage set
forth under the column “Non-Use Fee Rate” and (iv) the L/C Fee shall be the
percentage set forth under the column “L/C Fee Rate”:
Level
|
Consolidated Leverage Ratio
|
LIBOR
Margin
|
Base
Rate Margin
|
Non-Use
Fee Rate
|
L/C
Fee
Rate
|
I
|
Greater
than 2.50:1
|
250.0
bps
|
150.0
bps
|
50.0
bps
|
250.0
bps
|
II
|
Greater
than 2.00:1 but less than or equal to 2.50:1
|
225.0
bps
|
125.0
bps
|
45.0
bps
|
225.0
bps
|
III
|
Greater
than 1.50:1 but less than or equal to 2.00:1
|
200.0
bps
|
100.0
bps
|
40.0
bps
|
200.0
bps
|
IV
|
Greater
than 1.00:1 but less than or equal to 1.50:1
|
175.0
bps
|
75.0
bps
|
35.0
bps
|
175.0
bps
|
V
|
Less
than or equal to 1.00:1
|
150.0
bps
|
50.0
bps
|
30.0
bps
|
150.0
bps
|
Any
increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective not later than the date five
(5) Business Days immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is
delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.3; provided, however,
that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance
therewith, then, upon the request of the Required Lenders, Pricing Level I shall
apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance
Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until
the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered. The
Applicable Margin in effect from the Amendment No. 6 Effectiveness Date through
the date for delivery of the annual Compliance Certificate for the fiscal
quarter and year ending December 31, 2008 shall be determined based upon Pricing
Level I. Determinations by the Administrative Agent of the
appropriate Pricing Level shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be
subject to the provisions of Section
1.3(b).
Approved Fund means
any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender.
Arrangers means Banc
of America Securities LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., in each case together
with its successors and assigns.
Asset Disposition
means the sale, lease, assignment or other transfer for value by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to any Person (other than a Loan Party) of any practice
group, asset or right of the Company or such Subsidiary (including, the loss,
destruction or damage of any thereof or any actual or threatened (in writing to
any Loan Party) condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure or taking
thereof) other than (a) the disposition of any asset which is to be replaced,
and is in fact replaced, within
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Assignment and
Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender
and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section
15.6(b)) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the
form of Exhibit
C or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Attorney Costs means,
with respect to any Person, all reasonable fees and charges of any counsel to
such Person, the reasonable allocable cost of internal legal services of such
Person, all reasonable disbursements of such internal counsel and all court
costs and similar legal expenses.
Attributable Principal
Amount means (a) in the case of capital leases, the amount of capital
lease obligations determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) in the case of
Synthetic Leases, an amount determined by capitalization of the remaining lease
payments thereunder as if it were a capital lease determined in accordance with
GAAP, (c) in the case of Securitization Transactions, the outstanding principal
amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve amounts and making
appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable judgment and (d) in the case of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, the
present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in
the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments
during the term of such lease).
Bank of America means
Bank of America, N.A., together with its successors and assigns.
Bank Products means
any service or facility extended to any Loan Party by any Lender or its
Affiliates in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions
contemplated thereby including: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card
processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions,
(f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or services, or
(g) Hedging Agreements.
BAS means Banc of
America Securities LLC, together with its successors and assigns.
Base Rate means for
any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal
Funds Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.5%) and (b) the rate of interest in
effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America
as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of
America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired
return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a
reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below
such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of
America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the
public announcement of such change.
Base Rate Loan means
any Loan which bears interest at or by reference to the Base Rate.
Base Rate Margin -
see the definition of Applicable Margin.
Borrower Materials –
see Section
10.1.8.
BSA - see Section 10.4.
Business Day means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are
authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where
the Administrative
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Capital Lease means,
with respect to any Person, any lease of (or other agreement conveying the right
to use) any real or personal property by such Person that, in conformity with
GAAP, is accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such
Person.
Capital Securities
means, with respect to any Person, all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s capital, whether now outstanding or issued or acquired after the
Closing Date, including common shares, preferred shares, membership interests in
a limited liability company, limited or general partnership interests in a
partnership, interests in a trust, interests in other unincorporated
organizations or any other equivalent of such ownership interest.
Cash Collateralize
means to deliver cash collateral to the Administrative Agent, to be held as cash
collateral for outstanding Letters of Credit, pursuant to documentation
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Derivatives of such term
have corresponding meanings.
Cash Equivalent
Investment means, at any time, (a) any evidence of Debt, maturing not
more than one year after such time, issued or guaranteed by the United States
Government or any agency thereof, (b) commercial paper, maturing not more than
one year from the date of issue, or corporate demand notes, in each case (unless
issued by a Lender or its holding company) rated at least A-l by Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc. or P-l by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (c) any certificate
of deposit, time deposit or banker’s acceptance, maturing not more than one year
after such time, or any overnight Federal Funds transaction that is issued or
sold by any Lender or its holding company (or by a commercial banking
institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined
capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000.00), (d)
any repurchase agreement entered into with any Lender (or commercial banking
institution of the nature referred to in clause (c))
which (i) is secured by a fully perfected security interest in any obligation of
the type described in any of clauses (a)
through (c)
above and (ii) has a market value at the time such repurchase agreement is
entered into of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the repurchase
obligation of such Lender (or other commercial banking institution) thereunder
and (e) money market accounts or mutual funds which invest exclusively in assets
satisfying the foregoing requirements, and (f) other short term liquid
investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
Change of Control
means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) Any Person or group of
Persons (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the “Act”), shall acquire
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
such Act) of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding securities
(on a fully diluted basis and taking into account any securities or contract
rights exercisable, exchangeable or convertible into equity securities) of the
Company having voting rights in the election of directors under normal
circumstances; (b) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company shall cease to be Continuing Members; or (c) the Company shall cease to,
directly or indirectly, own and control sixty-six percent (66%) of each class of
the outstanding Capital Securities of any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary. For purposes of the foregoing, “Continuing Member”
means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company who either (i) was a
member of the Company’s Board of Directors on the day before the Closing Date
and has been such continuously thereafter or (ii) became a member of such Board
of Directors after the day before the Closing Date and whose election or
nomination for election was approved by a vote of the majority of the Continuing
Members then members of the Company’s Board of Directors.
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Closing Date - see
Section 12.1.
Code means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Commitment means, as
to any Lender, such Lender’s commitment to make Loans, and to issue or
participate in Letters of Credit, under this Agreement. The initial
amount of each Lender’s commitment to make Loans is set forth on Annex A.
Company - see the
Preamble.
Compliance
Certificate means a Compliance Certificate in substantially the form of
Exhibit B.
Computation Period
means each period of four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on the last day
of a Fiscal Quarter.
Consolidated EBITDA
means, for any period for the Company and its Subsidiaries, the sum of (a)
Consolidated Net Income, plus, (b) to the
extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated
Interest Expense, plus (ii) taxes,
plus (iii)
depreciation and amortization, plus (iv) non-cash
stock compensation expense (including FAS123R impact), in each case determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (c) for the
periods ending prior to June 30, 2009, the Xxxxxxxx Accounting
Adjustments. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable
period shall be the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date
of determination.
Consolidated EBITDAR
means, for any period for the Company and its Subsidiaries, the sum of (a)
Consolidated EBITDA, plus (b) rent and
lease expense, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable
period shall be the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date
of determination.
Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio means, for the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the last
day of each fiscal quarter for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal
quarters ending on such day, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDAR to (b)
Consolidated Fixed Charges, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Fixed
Charges means, for any period for the Company and its Subsidiaries, the
sum of (a) the cash portion of Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (b) scheduled
principal payments made on Consolidated Funded Debt (and including, for purposes
hereof, all payments under earnout obligations whether or not constituting Debt
hereunder), plus (c) rent and
lease expense, plus (d) the
aggregate amount of Restricted Payments actually paid in cash during the period
to Persons other than the Company or any domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, in
each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with
GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the applicable period
shall be the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of
determination.
Consolidated Funded
Debt means Funded Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest
Expense means, for any period for the Company and its Subsidiaries, all
interest expense on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, but
including, in any event, the interest component under capital leases and the
implied interest component under securitization transactions. Except
as expressly provided otherwise, the applicable period shall be the four (4)
consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of determination.
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Consolidated Leverage
Ratio means, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i)
Consolidated Funded Debt on such date, to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the
period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of such
day.
Consolidated Net
Income means, for any period for the Company and its Subsidiaries, net
income (or loss) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but
excluding for purposes of determining the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, any extraordinary gains or losses and
related tax effects thereon. Except as otherwise expressly provided,
the applicable period shall be the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending
as of the date of determination.
Contingent Liability
means, with respect to any Person, each obligation and liability of such Person
and all such obligations and liabilities of such Person incurred pursuant to any
agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person: (a)
guarantees, endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by
direct or indirect agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for
payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise
to assure a creditor against loss) the indebtedness, dividend, obligation or
other liability of any other Person in any manner (other than by endorsement of
instruments in the course of collection), including any indebtedness, dividend
or other obligation which may be issued or incurred at some future time; (b)
guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the Capital
Securities of any other Person; (c) undertakes or agrees (whether contingently
or otherwise): (i) to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any
indebtedness, obligation or liability of any other Person or any property or
assets constituting security therefor, (ii) to advance or provide funds for the
payment or discharge of any indebtedness, obligation or liability of any other
Person (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital
contributions or otherwise), or to maintain solvency, assets, level of income,
working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or (iii) to
make payment to any other Person other than for value received; (d) agrees to
lease property or to purchase securities, property or services from such other
Person with the purpose or intent of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or
obligation of the ability of such other Person to make payment of the
indebtedness or obligation; (e) to induce the issuance of, or in connection with
the issuance of, any letter of credit for the benefit of such other Person; or
(f) undertakes or agrees otherwise to assure a creditor against
loss. The amount of any Contingent Liability shall (subject to any
limitation set forth herein) be deemed to be the outstanding principal amount
(or maximum permitted principal amount, if larger) of the indebtedness,
obligation or other liability guaranteed or supported thereby. The
term “Contingent
Liability” shall exclude (x) endorsements of instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business and product and services
warranties extended in the ordinary course of business, (y) except to the extent
required to be recorded as a liability under GAAP, earn-out obligations relating
to any Acquisition and (z) liabilities attributable to the Company’s
contributions of Capital Securities into the escrow account established in
connection with the Xxxxxxxx Acquisition.
Controlled Group
means all members of a controlled group of corporations, all members of a
controlled group of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control and all members of an affiliated service group which, together
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
Debt of any Person
means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person, (b) all
borrowed money of such Person, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person as lessee under
Capital Leases which have been or should be recorded as liabilities on a balance
sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (d) all obligations of such Person
to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) all indebtedness
secured by a Lien on the property of such Person, whether or not such
indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person; provided that if such
Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for such indebtedness, such
indebtedness shall be
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Defaulting Lender –
see Section 2.4.
Dollar and the sign
$ mean lawful
money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any State of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
Eligible Assignee
means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 15.6(b)(iii),
(v) and (vi) (subject to such
consents, if any, as may be required under Section
15.6(b)(iii)).
Environmental Claims
means all claims, however asserted, by any governmental, regulatory or judicial
authority or other Person alleging potential liability or responsibility for
violation of any Environmental Law, or for release or injury to the
environment.
Environmental Laws
means all present or future federal, state or local laws, statutes, common law
duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes, together with all
administrative or judicial orders, consent agreements, directed duties,
requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
governmental authority, in each case relating to any matter arising out of or
relating to public health and safety, or pollution or protection of the
environment or workplace, including any of the foregoing relating to the
presence, use, production, generation, handling, transport, treatment, storage,
disposal, distribution, discharge, emission, release, threatened release,
control or cleanup of any Hazardous Substance.
Equity Transaction
means, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, any issuance or sale of
its Capital Securities, other than an issuance or sale (i) of a Subsidiary to
the Company or another Subsidiary, (ii) in connection with a conversion of debt
securities to equity, (iii) in connection with the exercise by a present or
former employee, officer or director under a stock incentive plan, stock option
plan or other equity-based compensation plan or arrangement, and (iv) in
connection with an Acquisition otherwise permitted hereunder.
ERISA means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Event of Default
means any of the events described in Section 13.1.
Excluded Taxes means
taxes based upon, or measured by, the Lender’s or Administrative Agent’s (or a
branch of the Lender’s or Administrative Agent’s) overall net income, overall
net receipts, or overall net profits (including franchise taxes imposed in lieu
of such taxes), but only to the extent such taxes are imposed by a taxing
authority (a) in a jurisdiction in which such Lender or Administrative Agent is
organized, (b) in a jurisdiction which the Lender’s or Administrative Agent’s
principal office is located, or (c) in a jurisdiction in which such Lender’s or
Administrative Agent’s lending office (or branch) in respect of which payments
under this Agreement are made is located.
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Federal Funds Rate
means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day; provided
that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so
published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple
of one one-hundredth of one percent (0.01) charged to Bank of America on such
day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
First-Tier Foreign
Subsidiary means any Foreign Subsidiary that is owned directly by the
Company or a Domestic Subsidiary.
Fiscal Quarter means
a fiscal quarter of a Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year means the
fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which period shall be the
12-month period ending on December 31 of each year. References
to a Fiscal Year with a number corresponding to any calendar year (e.g., “Fiscal
Year 2006”) refer to the Fiscal Year ending on December 31 of such calendar
year.
Foreign Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
FRB means the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any successor
thereto.
Fund means any Person
(other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
Funded Debt means, as
to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following,
whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with
GAAP:
(a) all
obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the
Obligations hereunder), and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all
purchase money indebtedness (including indebtedness and obligations in respect
of conditional sales and title retention arrangements, except for customary
conditional sales and title retention arrangements with suppliers that are
entered into in the ordinary course of business) and all indebtedness and
obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than (i) trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of
business and payable on customary trade terms and (ii) except to the extent
required to be recorded as a liability under GAAP, earn-out obligations relating
to Acquisitions);
(c) all
direct obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial),
bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties, surety
bonds, comfort letters, keep-well agreements and capital maintenance
agreements);
(d) the
Attributable Principal Amount of capital leases and Synthetic
Leases;
(e) the
Attributable Principal Amount of Securitization Transactions;
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(f) all
preferred stock and comparable equity interests providing for mandatory
redemption, sinking fund or other like payments;
(g) Support
Obligations in respect of Funded Debt of another Person; and
(h) Funded
Debt of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such
Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal
liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such
Person for payment thereof.
For
purposes hereof, the amount of Funded Debt shall be determined (i) based on the
outstanding principal amount in the case of borrowed money indebtedness under
clause (a) and
purchase money indebtedness and the deferred purchase obligations under clause
(b), (ii) based
on the maximum amount available to be drawn in the case of letter of credit
obligations and the other obligations under clause (c), and (iii) based
on the amount of Funded Debt that is the subject of the Support Obligations in
the case of Support Obligations under clause (g). For
purposes of determining the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, Funded Debt shall not
include liabilities attributable to the Company’s contributions of Capital
Securities into the escrow account established in connection with the Xxxxxxxx
Acquisition.
GAAP means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable
stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession) and the Securities
and Exchange Commission, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the
date of determination.
Group - see Section 2.2.1.
Guaranty Agreement
means the Guaranty Agreement dated as of the date hereof executed and delivered
by the Guarantors, together with any joinders thereto and any other Guaranty
Agreement executed by a Guarantor, in each case in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Guarantor means each
Material Domestic Subsidiary, together with its respective successors and
assigns.
Hazardous Substances
means (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials,
asbestos in any form that is or could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam
insulation, dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls,
radon gas and mold; (b) any chemicals, materials, pollutant or substances
defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous
waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous substances”, “restricted
hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”,
“pollutants” or words of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law;
and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, the exposure to, or
release of which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any governmental
authority or for which any duty or standard of care is imposed pursuant to, any
Environmental Law.
Hedging Agreement
means any interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, cap agreement or
collar agreement, and any other agreement or arrangement designed to protect a
Person against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or
commodity prices.
Hedging Obligation
means, with respect to any Person, any liability of such Person under any
Hedging Agreement.
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Indemnitee – see
Section
15.5.2.
Interest Period
means, as to any LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan is
borrowed or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan and ending on the date
one, two, three or six months thereafter as selected by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.2.2 or
2.2.3, as the
case may be; provided that:
(a) if
any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the following 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 preceding
Business Day;
(b) any
Interest Period that begins on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period shall
end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period;
(c) the
Company may not select any Interest Period for a Revolving Loan which
would extend beyond the scheduled Termination Date; and
(d) no
Interest Period with respect to the Term Loan A shall extend beyond any
principal amortization payment date, except to the extent that the portion of
such Loan comprised of LIBOR Loans that is expiring prior to the applicable
principal amortization payment date plus the portion
comprised of Base Rate Loans equals or exceeds the principal amortization
payment then due.
Investment means,
with respect to any Person, any investment in another Person, whether by
acquisition of any debt or Capital Security, by making any loan or advance, by
becoming obligated with respect to a Contingent Liability in respect of
obligations of such other Person (other than travel and similar advances to
employees in the ordinary course of business) or by making an
Acquisition.
Issuing Lender means
Bank of America, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder,
or any Affiliate of Bank of America that may from time to time issue Letters of
Credit, and their successors and assigns in such capacity.
L/C Application
means, with respect to any request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, a
letter of credit application in the form being used by the Issuing Lender at the
time of such request for the type of letter of credit requested.
L/C Fee Rate - see
the definition of Applicable Margin.
Letter of Credit -
see Section 2.1.2.
Letter of Credit
Sublimit – see Section
2.1.2.
LIBOR Loan means any
Loan which bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR
Rate.
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LIBOR Margin - see
the definition of Applicable Margin.
LIBOR Office means
with respect to any Lender the office or offices of such Lender which shall be
making or maintaining the LIBOR Loans of such Lender hereunder. A
LIBOR Office of any Lender may be, at the option of such Lender, either a
domestic or foreign office.
LIBOR Rate means, for
any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum equal to
the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as
published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to
time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason,
then the “LIBOR Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in
Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds
in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Loan being made, continued or converted
by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be
offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
Lien means, with
respect to any Person, any interest granted by such Person in any real or
personal property, asset or other right owned or being purchased or acquired by
such Person (including an interest in respect of a Capital Lease) which secures
payment or performance of any obligation and shall include any mortgage, lien,
encumbrance, title retention lien, charge or other security interest of any
kind, whether arising by contract, as a matter of law, by judicial process or
otherwise.
Loan Documents means
this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Master Letter of Credit
Agreement, the L/C Applications, the Agent Fee Letter, the Guaranty Agreement,
the Pledge Agreement and all documents, instruments and agreements delivered in
connection with the foregoing.
Loan Party means the
Company and each Guarantor.
Loan or Loans means,
as the context may require, Revolving Loans, the Term Loan A and/or Swing Line
Loans.
Margin Stock means
any “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U.
Master Letter of Credit
Agreement means, at any time, with respect to the issuance of Letters of
Credit, a master letter of credit agreement or reimbursement agreement in the
form, if any, being used by the Issuing Lender at such time.
Material Adverse
Effect means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse
effect upon, the financial condition, operations, assets, business or properties
of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability
of any Loan Party to perform any of the Obligations under any Loan Document or
(c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document.
Material Domestic
Subsidiary – means, (a) Huron Consulting Group Holdings LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, (b) Huron Consulting Services LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, (c) Wellspring Management Services LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, (d) Huron Demand LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and (e) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that, for any
Material First-Tier Foreign
Subsidiary means (a) Huron (UK) Limited, a UK limited liability company,
(b) Kabushiki Huron Consulting Group (doing business as Huron Consulting Group,
Ltd.), a Japan business corporation and (c) each other first-tier Foreign
Subsidiary of the Company; provided, however, that no Foreign Subsidiary of the
Company shall be required to become a Guarantor to the extent that, and so long
as, the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company has
determined in good faith that: (i) doing so would result in material adverse tax
consequences upon any Loan Party; and (ii) the failure of such Foreign
Subsidiary to become a Guarantor shall not, and is not reasonably anticipated
to, have a material adverse affect on the financial condition, business
operations or creditworthiness of any Loan Party. If it is determined
pursuant to the foregoing sentence that a Foreign Subsidiary is required to
become a Guarantor, it shall become a Guarantor within sixty (60) days
after its formation or acquisition by a Loan Party. If it is
determined that a Foreign Subsidiary is not required to be a Guarantor and
thereafter that either of the conditions in (i) or (ii) of this paragraph ceases
to be applicable (due to a change in the tax laws or a financial restructuring
of the Foreign Subsidiary or any other reason), then the Foreign Subsidiary
shall become a Guarantor within sixty (60) days after such determination is
made.
Multiemployer Pension
Plan means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA, to which the Company or any other member of the Controlled Group may have
any liability.
Net Cash Proceeds
means:
(a) with
respect to any Asset Disposition, the aggregate cash proceeds (including cash
proceeds received pursuant to policies of insurance or by way of deferred
payment of principal pursuant to a note, installment receivable or otherwise,
but only as and when received) received by any Loan Party pursuant to such Asset
Disposition net of (i) the direct costs relating to such sale, transfer or other
disposition (including sales commissions and legal, accounting and investment
banking fees), (ii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated by the Company to be
payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits
or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and (iii) amounts required to be
applied to the repayment of any Debt secured by a Lien on the asset subject to
such Asset Disposition (other than the Loans);
(b) with
respect to any issuance of Capital Securities, the aggregate cash proceeds
received by any Loan Party pursuant to such issuance, net of the direct costs
relating to such issuance (including sales and underwriters’ commissions);
and
(c) with
respect to any issuance of Debt, the aggregate cash proceeds received by any
Loan Party pursuant to such issuance, net of the direct costs of such issuance
(including up-front, underwriters’ and placement fees).
Non-U.S. Participant
- see Section 7.7(d).
Non-Use Fee Rate -
see the definition of Applicable Margin.
Note means a
promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Notice of Borrowing -
see Section 2.2.2.
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Notice of
Conversion/Continuation - see Section 2.2.3(b).
Obligations means all
obligations (monetary (including post-petition interest, allowed or not) or
otherwise) of any Loan Party under this Agreement and any other Loan Document
including Attorney Costs and any reimbursement obligations of each Loan Party in
respect of Letters of Credit and surety bonds, all Hedging Obligations permitted
hereunder which are owed to any Lender or its Affiliate or Administrative Agent,
and all Bank Products Obligations, all in each case howsoever created, arising
or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or
hereafter existing, or due or to become due.
OFAC - see Section 10.4.
Operating Lease means
any lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) any real or
personal property by any Loan Party, as lessee, other than any Capital
Lease.
Participant - see
Section 15.6(d).
Patriot Act – see
Section
15.16.
Pension Plan means a
“pension plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, which is
subject to Title IV of ERISA or the minimum funding standards of ERISA
(other than a Multiemployer Pension Plan), and as to which the Company or any
member of the Controlled Group may have any liability, including any liability
by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of
Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by
reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of
ERISA.
Permitted Lien means
a Lien expressly permitted hereunder pursuant to Section 11.2.
Person means any
natural person, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company,
association, governmental authority or unit, or any other entity, whether acting
in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
Platform has the
meaning specified in Section 10.1.8.
Pledge Agreement
means the pledge agreement dated as of the Amendment No. 6 Effectiveness Date
given by the Loan Parties, as pledgors, to the Administrative Agent to secure
the Obligations, and any other pledge agreements that may be given by any Person
pursuant to the terms hereof, in each case as the same may be amended and
modified from time to time.
Pro Forma Basis
means, with respect to any transaction, for purposes of determining (i) the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio both for purposes of financial covenant compliance
in Section
11.12.2 and for purposes of determining the appropriate Pricing Level in
the definition of “Applicable Margin”, (ii) incurrence of Debt under Section 11.1(i), and
(iii) the permissibility of Acquisitions under Section 11.4, that
such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the
period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which annual or quarterly financial statements shall
have been delivered in accordance with the provisions
hereof. Further, for purposes of making calculations on a Pro Forma
Basis hereunder, (a) in the case of any Asset Disposition, (i) income statement
items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property,
entities
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Pro Rata Share
means:
(i) Revolving
Commitments. With respect to each Lender’s obligation to make
Revolving Loans, participate in Letters of Credit, reimburse the Issuing Lender,
and receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with
respect thereto, (x) prior to the Revolving Commitments being terminated or
reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment, by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all of the Revolving
Lenders, and (y) from and after the time the Revolving Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Outstandings (after
settlement and repayment of all Swing Line Loans by the Lenders) by (ii) the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Outstandings;
(ii) Term Loan A
Commitments. With respect to each Lender’s obligation to make
its pro rata share of the Term Loan A, and receive payments of principal,
interest, fees, costs and expenses with respect thereto, the percentage obtained
by dividing (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loan
A by (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan A;
and
(iii) Total
Commitments. For purposes of determinations under “Required
Lenders” and otherwise with respect to costs and expenses hereunder, with
respect to each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the
amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or Revolving Outstandings, as
appropriate, plus the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Term
Loan A, by (ii) the sum of the aggregate amount of all the Revolving Commitments
or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Outstandings, as
appropriate, plus the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan
A.
Refunded Swing Line
Loan - see Section 2.2.4(c).
Register – see Section
15.6(c).
Regulation D
means Regulation D of the FRB.
Regulation U
means Regulation U of the FRB.
Related Parties
means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners,
directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and
of such Person’s Affiliates.
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Replacement Lender –
see Section
8.7(b).
Reportable Event
means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued thereunder as to which the PBGC has not waived the
notification requirement of Section 4043(a), or the failure of a Pension
Plan to meet the minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the Code
(without regard to whether the Pension Plan is a plan described in
Section 4021(a)(2) of ERISA) or under Section 302 of
ERISA.
Restricted Payments –
see Section
11.3.
Revolving Commitment
means, with respect to each Lender with a Revolving Commitment, such Lender’s
commitment to make Revolving Loans, participate in Letters of Credit and
reimburse the Issuing Lender, and with respect to all of the Lenders with
Revolving Commitments, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments, or TWO
HUNDRED FORTY MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($240,000,000.00), as increased or
reduced, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1.4
or Section 6.1, as appropriate. The Revolving Commitments, as of the
Amendment No. 6 Effectiveness Date, are set out in Annex A.
Revolving Commitment
Amount means, with respect to each Lender with a Revolving Commitment,
the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and with respect to all of the
Lenders with Revolving Commitments, the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Commitments. The Revolving Commitment Amounts, as of the Amendment
No. 6 Effectiveness Date, are set out in Annex A.
Revolving Loan - see
Section 2.1.1.
Revolving Loan
Availability means the Revolving Commitments.
Revolving Obligations
means the Revolving Loans, the aggregate Stated Amount of Letters of credit, and
the Swing Line Loans.
Revolving
Outstandings means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, plus (b) the Stated Amount of all
Letters of Credit.
Sale and Leaseback
Transaction means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person (other than a Loan Party)
whereby the Company or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real
or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it
intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property
being sold or transferred.
SEC means the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental authority
succeeding to any of the principal functions thereof.
Securitization
Transaction means any financing or factoring or similar transaction (or
series of such transactions) entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to which such Person may sell, convey or otherwise
transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments,
receivables,
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Senior Officer means,
with respect to any Loan Party, any of the chief executive officer, the chief
financial officer, the chief operating officer or the treasurer of such Loan
Party.
Stated Amount means,
with respect to any Letter of Credit at any date of determination, (a) the
maximum aggregate amount available for drawing thereunder under any and all
circumstances plus (b) the aggregate amount of all unreimbursed payments and
disbursements under such Letter of Credit.
Xxxxxxxx means
Xxxxxxxx & Associates, Inc., an Oregon corporation.
Xxxxxxxx Accounting
Adjustments means adjustments (positive or negative) to Consolidated
EBITDA giving effect to the Xxxxxxxx Acquisition and the transition from “cash
basis” accounting to “accrual” accounting in connection therewith, on the
recommendation of an independent third-party accounting firm or financial
services firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and which
adjustments shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
Xxxxxxxx Acquisition
means the acquisition of substantially all of the assets, business and
operations by the Company pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx Acquisition Agreement and all
other documents and instruments executed in connection therewith.
Xxxxxxxx Acquisition
Agreement means that certain asset purchase agreement, dated as of July
8, 2008, by and among Xxxxxxxx, the shareholders of
Xxxxxxxx and the Company.
Subsidiary means,
with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity of which such Person owns, directly or indirectly, such
number of outstanding Capital Securities as have more than fifty percent (50%)
of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other managers of
such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to
Subsidiaries herein shall be a reference to Subsidiaries of the
Company.
Support Obligations
means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Funded Debt or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including
any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay
(or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Funded Debt or
other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Funded Debt
or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Funded Debt or other
obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of
the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Funded Debt
or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in
any other manner the obligee in respect of such Funded Debt or other obligation
of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in
respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of
such Person securing any Funded Debt or other obligation of any other Person,
whether or not such Funded Debt or other obligation is assumed by such Person
(or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Funded Debt to
obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Support Obligations shall be
deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related
primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Support
Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing
Person in
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Swing Line
Availability means the lesser of (a) the Swing Line Commitment Amount and
(b) Revolving Loan Availability (less Revolving Outstandings at such
time).
Swing Line Commitment
Amount means $15,000,000.00, as reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 6.1, which commitment constitutes a subfacility of the Commitment
of the Swing Line Lender.
Swing Line Lender
means Bank of America.
Swing Line Loan - see
Section 2.2.4.
Synthetic Lease means
any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or
similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement that is considered borrowed
money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease
under GAAP.
Taxes means any and
all present and future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments,
charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities (including interest and
penalties and other additions to taxes) with respect to the foregoing, but
excluding Excluded Taxes.
Termination Date
means the earlier to occur of (a) February 23, 2012 or (b) such other date on
which the Commitments terminate pursuant to Section 6 or
13.
Termination Event
means, with respect to a Pension Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA,
(a) a Reportable Event, (b) the withdrawal of Company or any other member of the
Controlled Group from such Pension Plan during a plan year in which Company or
any other member of the Controlled Group was a “substantial employer” as defined
in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or was deemed such under
Section 4068(f) of ERISA, (c) the termination of such Pension Plan, the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate the Pension Plan or the treatment of
an amendment of such Pension Plan as a termination under Section 4041 of
ERISA, (d) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate such Pension
Plan or (e) any event or condition that might constitute grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or appointment of a trustee
to administer, such Pension Plan.
Term Loan A shall
have the meaning provided in Section
2.1.3.
Term Loan A
Commitment means, with respect to each Lender with Term Loan A
Commitments, such Lender’s commitment to make its pro rata share of the Term
Loan A, and with respect to all the Lenders with Term Loan A Commitments, the
aggregate amount of the Term Loan A Commitments, or Two Hundred Twenty Million
and 00/100 Dollars ($220,000,000.00). The Term Loan A Commitments, as
of the Amendment No. 6 Effectiveness Date, are set out in Annex A.
Term Loan A Commitment
Amount means, with respect to each Lender with Term Loan A Commitments,
the amount of such Lender’s Term Loan A Commitment, and with respect to all of
the Lenders with Term Loan A Commitments, the aggregate amount of the Term Loan
A Commitments. The Term Loan A Commitment Amounts, as of the
Amendment No. 6 Effectiveness Date, are set out in Annex A.
Total Commitments
means the Revolving Commitments and the Term Loan A Commitments.
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Total Commitment
Amount means the Revolving Commitment Amounts and the Term Loan A
Commitment Amounts.
Total Plan Liability
means, at any time, the present value of all vested and unvested accrued
benefits under all Pension Plans, determined as of the then most recent
valuation date for each Pension Plan, using PBGC actuarial assumptions for
single employer plan terminations.
Type - see Section 2.2.1.
Unfunded Liability
means the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested and unvested
accrued benefits under all Pension Plans exceeds the fair market value of all
assets allocable to those benefits, all determined as of the then most recent
valuation date for each Pension Plan, using PBGC actuarial assumptions for
single employer plan terminations.
Unmatured Event of
Default means any event that, if it continues uncured, will, with lapse
of time or notice or both, constitute an Event of Default.
Withholding
Certificate - see Section 7.7(d).
Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary means, as to any Person, a Subsidiary all of the Capital
Securities of which (except directors’ qualifying Capital Securities) are at the
time directly or indirectly owned by such Person and/or another Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of such Person.
1.2 Other Interpretive
Provisions. The meanings of defined terms are equally
applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(a) Section, Annex,
Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(b) The
term “including” is not limiting and means “including without
limitation.”
(c) In
the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until”
each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and
including.”
(d) Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to agreements
(including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) and other contractual
instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements,
supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent such
amendments, restatements, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited
by the terms of any Loan Document, and (ii) references to any statute or
regulation shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory
provisions amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such statute or
regulation.
(e) This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents may use several different limitations,
tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All
such limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and each shall be
performed in accordance with its terms.
(f) This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiations among and
have been reviewed by counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Company, the
Lenders and the other parties thereto and are the products of all
parties. Accordingly, they shall
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1.3 Retroactive Adjustments to
Applicable Margin.
(a) All
computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by
Bank of America’s prime rate shall be made on the basis of a year of three
hundred sixty-five (365) or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as the case may
be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and
interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360)-day year and
actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable,
being paid than if computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty-five (365)-day
year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the
Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the
day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any
Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 7.5(a),
bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative
Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If,
as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial
statements of the Company or for any other reason, the Company or the Lenders
determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the
Company as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper
calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher
pricing for such period, the Company shall immediately and retroactively be
obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable
Lenders and/or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, promptly on demand by the
Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of
an order for relief with respect to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code of
the United States, automatically and without further action by the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender), an amount equal to the
excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such
period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such
period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the any Issuing Lender, as the case may be,
under Section
2.3 or Section 13.2. The
Company’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the
Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
1.4 Accounting Terms and
Provisions.
(a) All
accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be
construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent
basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that
used in preparing the audited financial statements of the Company for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2007, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, determinations of (i) the applicable
pricing level under the definition of “Applicable Margin” and (ii) compliance
with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio in Section 11.12.2
shall, in each case, be made on a Pro Forma Basis.
(c) The
Company will provide a written summary of material changes in GAAP or in the
consistent application thereof with each annual and quarterly Compliance
Certificate delivered in accordance with Section
10.1.3. If at any time any change in GAAP or in the consistent
application thereof would affect the computation of any financial ratio or
requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Company or the
Required Lenders shall object in writing to determining compliance based on such
change, then such computations shall continue to be made on a basis consistent
with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.1 or
10.1.2 as to
which no such objection has been made.
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SECTION
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COMMITMENTS
OF THE LENDERS; BORROWING, CONVERSION
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LETTER
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2.1 Commitments. On
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the Lenders,
severally and for itself alone, agrees to make loans to, and to issue or
participate in letters of credit for the account of, the Company as
follows:
2.1.1 Revolving
Commitments. Each Lender agrees to make loans on a revolving
basis (“Revolving
Loans”) from time to time until the Termination Date in such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of such aggregate amounts as the Company may request from all
Lenders; provided that the
Revolving Outstandings will not at any time exceed the Revolving Loan
Availability (less the amount of any Swing Line Loans outstanding at such
time).
2.1.2 Letter of Credit
Commitment. Subject to Section 2.3.1,
the Issuing Lender agrees to issue letters of credit, in each case containing
such terms and conditions as are permitted by this Agreement and are reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuing Lender (each, a “Letter of Credit”),
at the request of and for the account of the Company from time to time before
the scheduled Termination Date and, as more fully set forth in Section 2.3.2,
each Lender agrees to purchase a participation in each such Letter of Credit;
provided that
(a) the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit shall not at any time
exceed $20,000,000.00 (the “Letter of Credit
Sublimit”), and (b) the Revolving Outstandings shall not at any time
exceed the Revolving Loan Availability (less the amount of any Swing Line Loans
outstanding at such time).
2.1.3 Term Loan
A. On the Amendment No. 6 Effectiveness Date, the Lenders with
Term Loan A Commitments will make a term loan (the “Term Loan A”) to the
Company in an original aggregate principal amount of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION
DOLLARS ($220,000,000.00). The Term Loan A may be advanced net of any
original issue discount as may be agreed and may consist of Base Rate Loans,
LIBOR Rate Loans, or a combination, as the Company may
request. Amounts repaid on the Term Loan A may not be
reborrowed.
2.1.4 Increase in Revolving
Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Company may, at any time, upon written notice to the Administrative
Agent, increase the Revolving Commitments by up to SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS
($60,000,000.00) to not more than THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
($300,000,000.00); provided
that:
(a) the
Company shall obtain commitments for the amount of the increase from existing
Lenders or other commercial banks and financial institutions reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which other commercial banks and
financial institutions shall join in this Agreement as Lenders by joinder
agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent; provided that no existing Lender shall be required to increase its Pro
Rata Share of the Revolving Commitment, and none of the Administrative Agent and
the Arrangers shall have any responsibility for arranging such additional
Revolving Commitments without their prior written consent and subject to such
conditions, including fee arrangements, as they may require in connection
therewith;
(b) any
such increase shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000.00
and integral multiples of $1,000,000.00 in excess thereof (or the remaining
amount, if less);
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(c) if
any Revolving Loans are outstanding at the time of any such increase, the
Company will make such payments and adjustments on the Revolving Loans
(including payment of any break-funding amounts owing under Section 8.4) as may
be necessary to give effect to the revised commitment percentages and commitment
amounts;
(d) upfront
fees, if any, in respect of the new commitments so established, shall be
paid;
(e) the
conditions to the making of a Revolving Loan set forth in Section 12.2 shall be
satisfied.
In
connection with any such increase in the Revolving Commitments, Annex A will be
revised to reflect the modified commitments and commitment percentages of the
Lenders, and the Company will provide supporting resolutions, legal opinions,
promissory notes and other items as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection therewith. In the
event of any nonratable increase in the Revolving Commitments under this
subsection, the Company shall prepay any Revolving Loans outstanding on the date
that the increase in the Revolving Commitments becomes effective (and pay any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 8.4) to the
extent necessary to make the outstanding Revolving Loans reflect each Lender’s
Pro Rata Share. This subsection shall supersede any provisions in
this Agreement to the contrary (including without limitation Section
15.1).
2.2 Loan
Procedures.
2.2.1 Various Types of
Loans. Each Revolving Loan and the Term Loan A shall be
divided into tranches which are either Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans (each a
“type” of
Loan), as the Company shall specify in the related notice of borrowing or
conversion pursuant to Section 2.2.2
or 2.2.3. LIBOR
Loans comprising the Revolving Loans or the Term Loan A, as applicable, and
having the same Interest Period which expire on the same day are sometimes
called a “Group” or
collectively “Groups”. Base
Rate Loans and LIBOR Loans may be outstanding at the same time, provided that with
respect to the Revolving Loans, not more than ten (10) different Groups of LIBOR
Loans shall be outstanding at any one time, and with respect to the Term Loan A,
not more than six (6) different Groups of LIBOR Loans shall be outstanding at
any one time. All borrowings, conversions and repayments of Revolving
Loans or Loans comprising the Term Loan A shall be effected so that each Lender
will have a ratable share (according to its Pro Rata Share) of all types and
Groups of Loans.
2.2.2 Borrowing
Procedures. The Company shall give written notice (each such
written notice, a “Notice of Borrowing”)
substantially in the form of Exhibit D or
telephonic notice (followed immediately by a Notice of Borrowing) to the
Administrative Agent of each proposed borrowing not later than (a) in the
case of a Base Rate borrowing, 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the proposed
date of such borrowing, and (b) in the case of a LIBOR Rate
borrowing,11:00 a.m., Chicago time, at least three (3) Business Days prior
to the proposed date of such borrowing. Each such notice shall be
effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent, shall be irrevocable, and
shall specify whether the borrowing is to be a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan A
advance, the date, amount and type of borrowing and, in the case of a LIBOR
borrowing, the initial Interest Period therefor. Promptly upon
receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender
thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the date of
a proposed borrowing, each Lender shall provide the Administrative Agent at the
office specified by the Administrative Agent with immediately available funds
covering such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such borrowing and, so long as the
Administrative Agent has not received written notice that the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 12.2.2
with respect to such borrowing have not been satisfied, the Administrative Agent
shall pay over the funds received by the Administrative Agent to the Company on
the requested borrowing date. Each borrowing shall be on a Business
Day. Each Base Rate borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of at
least $150,000.00 and an integral multiple of $100,000.00 and each LIBOR
borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $250,000.00 and an
integral multiple of at least $250,000.00.
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2.2.3 Conversion and Continuation
Procedures.
(a) Subject
to Section 2.2.1,
the Company may, upon irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with clause (b)
below:
(A) elect,
as of any Business Day, to convert any Loans (or any part thereof in an
aggregate amount not less than $250,000.00 a higher integral multiple of
$250,000.00) into Loans of the other type; or
(B) elect,
as of the last day of the applicable Interest Period, to continue any LIBOR
Loans having Interest Periods expiring on such day (or any part thereof in an
aggregate amount not less than $250,000.00 or a higher integral multiple of
$250,000.00) for a new Interest Period;
provided that after
giving effect to any prepayment, conversion or continuation, the aggregate
principal amount of each Group of LIBOR Loans shall be at least $250,000.00 and
an integral multiple of $250,000.00.
(b) The
Company shall give written notice (each such written notice, a “Notice of
Conversion/Continuation”) substantially in the form of Exhibit E or
telephonic notice (followed immediately by a Notice of Conversion/Continuation)
to the Administrative Agent of each proposed conversion or continuation not
later than (i) in the case of conversion into Base Rate Loans, 11:00 a.m.,
Chicago time, on the proposed date of such conversion and (ii) in the case of
conversion into or continuation of LIBOR Loans, 11:00 a.m., Chicago time,
at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed date of such conversion
or continuation, specifying in each case:
(A) the
proposed date of conversion or continuation;
(B) the
aggregate amount of Loans to be converted or continued;
(C) the
type of Loans resulting from the proposed conversion or continuation;
and
(D) in
the case of conversion into, or continuation of, LIBOR Loans, the duration of
the requested Interest Period therefor.
(c) If
upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to LIBOR Loans, the
Company has failed to select timely a new Interest Period to be applicable to
such LIBOR Loans, the Company shall be deemed to have elected to convert such
LIBOR Loans into Base Rate Loans effective on the last day of such Interest
Period.
(d) The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of a Notice
of Conversion/Continuation pursuant to this Section 2.2.3
or, if no timely notice is provided by the Company, of the details of any
automatic conversion.
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(e) Any
conversion of a LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period therefor shall be subject to Section 8.4.
2.2.4 Swing Line
Facility.
(a) The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Swing Line Lender upon the Administrative
Agent’s receipt of any Notice of Borrowing. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the
agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.2.4, the
Swing Line Lender may, in its sole discretion, make available from time to time
until the Termination Date advances (each, a “Swing Line Loan”) in
accordance with any such notice, notwithstanding that after making a requested
Swing Line Loan, the sum of the Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Revolving Outstanding and all outstanding Swing Line Loans, may exceed the Swing
Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Commitment. The
provisions of this Section 2.2.4
shall not relieve Lenders of their obligations to make Revolving Loans under
Section 2.1.1;
provided that
if the Swing Line Lender makes a Swing Line Loan pursuant to any such notice,
such Swing Line Loan shall be in lieu of any Revolving Loan that otherwise may
be made by the Lenders pursuant to such notice. The aggregate amount
of Swing Line Loans outstanding shall not exceed at any time the Swing Line
Availability. Until the Termination Date, the Company may from time
to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 2.2.4. Each
Swing Line Loan shall be made pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing delivered by the
Company to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.2.2. Any
such notice must be given no later than 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the
Business Day of the proposed Swing Line Loan. Unless the Swing Line
Lender has received at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice from
the Required Lenders instructing it not to make a Swing Line Loan, the Swing
Line Lender shall, notwithstanding the failure of any condition precedent set
forth in Section 12.2, be
entitled to fund that Swing Line Loan, and to have such Lender make Revolving
Loans in accordance with Section 2.2.4(c)
or purchase participating interests in accordance with Section 2.2.4(d). Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, each Swing
Line Loan shall constitute a Base Rate Loan. The Company shall repay
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of each Swing Line Loan upon demand
therefor by the Administrative Agent.
(b) The
entire unpaid balance of each Swing Line Loan and all other noncontingent
Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately
available funds on the Termination Date if not sooner paid in full.
(c) The
Swing Line Lender, at any time and in its sole and absolute discretion, shall on
behalf of the Company (and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing
Line Lender to so act on its behalf) request each Lender with a Commitment
(including the Swing Line Lender) to make a Revolving Loan to the Company (which
shall be a Base Rate Loan) in an amount equal to that Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the principal amount of all Swing Line Loans (the “Refunded Swing Line
Loan”) outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless
any of the events described in Section 13.1.3
has occurred (in which event the procedures of Section 2.2.4(d)
shall apply) and regardless of whether the conditions precedent set forth in
this Agreement to the making of a Revolving Loan are then satisfied, each Lender
shall disburse directly to the Administrative Agent, its Pro Rata Share on
behalf of the Swing Line Lender, prior to 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, in
immediately available funds on the date that notice is given (provided that such
notice is given by 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on such date). The
proceeds of those Revolving Loans shall be immediately paid to the Swing Line
Lender and applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loan.
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(d) If,
prior to refunding a Swing Line Loan with a Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.2.4(c),
one of the events described in Section 13.1.3
has occurred, then, subject to the provisions of Section 2.2.4(e)
below, each Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Loan was to have been made
for the benefit of the Company, purchase from the Swing Line Lender an undivided
participation interest in the Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to its Pro Rata
Share of such Swing Line Loan. Upon request, each Lender shall
promptly transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the
amount of its participation interest.
(e) Each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.2.4(c)
and to purchase participation interests in accordance with Section 2.2.4(d)
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right that such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Company
or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or
continuance of any Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default; (iii) any
inability of the Company to satisfy the conditions precedent to borrowing set
forth in this Agreement at any time or (iv) any other circumstance, happening or
event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If
and to the extent any Lender shall not have made such amount available to the
Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, by 2:00 p.m.,
Chicago time, the amount required pursuant to Section 2.2.4(c)
or 2.2.4(d), as
the case may be, on the Business Day on which such Lender receives notice from
the Administrative Agent of such payment or disbursement (it being understood
that any such notice received after noon, Chicago time, on any Business Day
shall be deemed to have been received on the next following Business Day), such
Lender agrees to pay interest on such amount to the Administrative Agent for the
Swing Line Lender’s account forthwith on demand, for each day from the date such
amount was to have been delivered to the Administrative Agent to the date such
amount is paid, at a rate per annum equal to (a) for the first three (3) days
after demand, the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and (b)
thereafter, the Base Rate from time to time in effect.
2.3 Letter of Credit
Procedures.
2.3.1 L/C
Applications. The Company shall execute and deliver to the
Issuing Lender the Master Letter of Credit Agreement from time to time in
effect. The Company shall give notice to the Administrative Agent and
the Issuing Lender of the proposed issuance of each Letter of Credit on a
Business Day which is at least three (3) Business Days (or such lesser number of
days as the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall agree in any
particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed date of
issuance of such Letter of Credit. Each such notice shall be
accompanied by an L/C Application, duly executed by the Company and in all
respects satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender,
together with such other documentation as the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Lender may request in support thereof, it being understood that each L/C
Application shall specify, among other things, the date on which the proposed
Letter of Credit is to be issued, the expiration date of such Letter of Credit
(which shall not be later than the scheduled Termination Date (unless such
Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized)) and whether such Letter of Credit is
to be transferable in whole or in part. Any Letter of Credit
outstanding after the scheduled Termination Date which is Cash Collateralized
for the benefit of the Issuing Lender shall be the sole responsibility of the
Issuing Lender. So long as the Issuing Lender has not received
written notice that the conditions precedent set forth in Section 12 with
respect to the issuance of such Letter of Credit have not been satisfied, the
Issuing Lender shall issue such Letter of Credit on the requested issuance
date. The Issuing Lender shall promptly advise the Administrative
Agent of the issuance of each Letter of Credit and of any amendment thereto,
extension thereof or event or circumstance changing the amount available for
drawing thereunder. In the event of any inconsistency between the
terms of the Master Letter of Credit Agreement, any L/C Application and the
terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
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2.3.2 Participations in Letters of
Credit. Concurrently with the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each
Lender with a Commitment, and each such Lender shall be deemed irrevocably and
unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Issuing Lender, without
recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation, to the extent of
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share, in such Letter of Credit and the Company’s
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto. If the Company does
not pay any reimbursement obligation when due, the Company shall be deemed to
have immediately requested that the Lenders make a Revolving Loan which is a
Base Rate Loan in a principal amount equal to such reimbursement
obligations. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify such
Lenders of such deemed request and, without the necessity of compliance with the
requirements of Section 2.2.2,
Section 12.2 or
otherwise, such Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent its Pro
Rata Share of such Loan. The proceeds of such Loan shall be paid over
by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Lender for the account of the Company
in satisfaction of such reimbursement obligations. For the purposes
of this Agreement, the unparticipated portion of each Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be the Issuing Lender’s “participation” therein. The
Issuing Lender hereby agrees, upon request of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, to deliver to the Administrative Agent or such Lender a list of all
outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender, together with such
information related thereto as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may
reasonably request.
2.3.3 Reimbursement
Obligations.
(a) The
Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to reimburse the Issuing
Lender for each payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Lender under any
Letter of Credit honoring any demand for payment made by the beneficiary
thereunder, in each case on the date that such payment or disbursement is
made. Any amount not reimbursed on the date of such payment or
disbursement shall bear interest from the date of such payment or disbursement
to the date that the Issuing Lender is reimbursed by the Company therefor,
payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate from time to time
in effect plus the Base Rate Margin from time to time in effect plus, beginning on
the third Business Day after receipt of notice from the Issuing Lender of such
payment or disbursement, two percent (2%). The Issuing Lender shall
notify the Company and the Administrative Agent whenever any demand for payment
is made under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereunder; provided that
the failure of the Issuing Lender to so notify the Company or the Administrative
Agent shall not affect the rights of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders in any
manner whatsoever.
(b) The
Company’s reimbursement obligations hereunder shall be irrevocable and
unconditional under all circumstances, including (a) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, (b) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which
any Loan Party may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of
Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such
transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, any
Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with any Letter of Credit,
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the transactions contemplated herein or
any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between any
Loan Party and the beneficiary named in any Letter of Credit), (c) the validity,
sufficiency or genuineness of any document which the Issuing Lender has
determined in good faith complies on its face with the terms of the applicable
Letter of Credit, even if such document should later prove to have been forged,
fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein
shall have been untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or (d) the surrender or
impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms
hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, no action or omission
whatsoever by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (excluding any Lender in
its capacity as the Issuing Lender) under or in connection with any Letter of
Credit or any related matters shall result in any liability of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Company, or relieve the Company of any
of its obligations hereunder to any such Person.
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2.3.4 Funding by Lenders to
Issuing Lender. If the Issuing Lender makes any payment or
disbursement under any Letter of Credit and (a) the Company has not reimbursed
the Issuing Lender in full for such payment or disbursement by 11:00 a.m.,
Chicago time, on the date of such payment or disbursement, (b) a Revolving Loan
cannot be made in accordance with Section 2.3.2 or
(c) any reimbursement received by the Issuing Lender from the Company is or must
be returned or rescinded upon or during any bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Company or otherwise, each other Lender with a Commitment shall be obligated to
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender, in full
or partial payment of the purchase price of its participation in such Letter of
Credit, its Pro Rata Share of such payment or disbursement (but no such payment
shall diminish the obligations of the Company under Section 2.3.3),
and, upon notice from the Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each other Lender thereof. Each other Lender
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to so pay to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds for the Issuing Lender’s account the amount of such
other Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment or disbursement. If and
to the extent any Lender shall not have made such amount available to the
Administrative Agent by 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the Business Day on
which such Lender receives notice from the Administrative Agent of such payment
or disbursement (it being understood that any such notice received after noon,
Chicago time, on any Business Day shall be deemed to have been received on the
next following Business Day), such Lender agrees to pay interest on such amount
to the Administrative Agent for the Issuing Lender’s account forthwith on
demand, for each day from the date such amount was to have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent to the date such amount is paid, at a rate per annum equal
to (a) for the first three (3) days after demand, the Federal Funds Rate from
time to time in effect and (b) thereafter, the Base Rate from time to time in
effect. Any Lender’s failure to make available to the Administrative
Agent its Pro Rata Share of any such payment or disbursement shall not relieve
any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the
Administrative Agent such other Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment, but no
Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make
available to the Administrative Agent such other Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any
such payment or disbursement.
2.4 Commitments
Several. The
failure of any Lender to make a requested Loan on any date in breach of the
provisions of this Agreement (any such Lender, a “Defaulting Lender”)
shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation (if any) to make a Loan on
such date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to make any Loan to be made by such other Lender.
2.5 Certain
Conditions. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2.4
and 2.3.4 of
this Agreement, no Lender shall have an obligation to make any Loan, or to
permit the continuation of or any conversion into any LIBOR Loan, and the
Issuing Lender shall not have any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit, if
an Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists.
SECTION
3 EVIDENCING
OF LOANS.
3.1 Notes. The
Loans of each Lender shall be evidenced by a Note, with appropriate insertions,
payable to the order of such Lender.
3.2 Recordkeeping. The
Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender, shall record in its records, the
date and amount of each Loan made by each Lender, each repayment or conversion
thereof and, in the case of each LIBOR Loan, the dates on which each Interest
Period for such Loan shall begin and end. The aggregate unpaid
principal amount so recorded shall be rebuttably presumptive evidence of the
principal amount of the Loans owing and unpaid. The failure to so
record any such amount or any error in so recording any such amount shall not,
however, limit or otherwise affect the Obligations of the Company hereunder or
under any Note to repay the principal amount of the Loans hereunder, together
with all interest accruing thereon.
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SECTION
4 INTEREST.
4.1 Interest
Rates. The Company promises to pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Loan for the period commencing on the date of such Loan
until such Loan is paid in full as follows:
(a) at
all times while such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the
sum of the Base Rate from time to time in effect plus the Base Rate Margin from
time to time in effect; and
(b) at
all times while such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the sum
of the LIBOR Rate applicable to each Interest Period for such Loan plus the
LIBOR Margin from time to time in effect;
provided that at any
time an Event of Default exists, unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent,
the interest rate applicable to each Loan shall be increased by two percent (2%)
(and, in the case of Obligations not bearing interest, such Obligations shall
bear interest at the Base Rate applicable to Revolving Loans plus two percent
(2%)), provided
further that
such increase may thereafter be rescinded by the Required Lenders,
notwithstanding Section 15.1. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 13.1.3,
such increase shall occur automatically.
4.2 Interest Payment
Dates. Accrued interest on each Base Rate Loan shall be
payable in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter, on the Termination
Date and on the date of the final principal amortization payment on the Term
Loan A. Accrued interest on each LIBOR Loan shall be payable on the
last day of each Interest Period relating to such Loan (and, in the case of a
LIBOR Loan with an Interest Period in excess of three months, on the three-month
anniversary of the first day of such Interest Period), upon a prepayment of such
Loan, on the Termination Date and on the date of the final principal
amortization payment on the Term Loan A. After maturity, and at any
time an Event of Default exists, accrued interest on all Loans shall be payable
on demand. If an interest payment date falls on a date that is not a
Business Day, such interest payment date shall be deemed to be the immediately
succeeding Business Day.
4.3 Setting and Notice of LIBOR
Rates. The applicable LIBOR Rate for each Interest Period
shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and notice thereof shall be
given by the Administrative Agent promptly to the Company and each
Lender. Each determination of the applicable LIBOR Rate by the
Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto, in
the absence of demonstrable error. The Administrative Agent shall,
upon written request of the Company or any Lender, deliver to the Company or
such Lender a statement showing the computations used by the Administrative
Agent in determining any applicable LIBOR Rate hereunder.
SECTION
5 FEES.
5.1 Non-Use
Fee. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender a non-use fee, for the period from the Closing Date
to the Termination Date, at the Non-Use Fee Rate in effect from time to time of
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (as adjusted from time to time) of the unused
amount of the Revolving Commitments. For purposes of calculating
usage under this Section, the Revolving Commitments shall be deemed used to the
extent of Revolving Outstandings. Such non-use fee shall be payable
in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter and on the Termination Date
for any period then ending for which such non-use fee shall not have previously
been paid.
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5.2 Letter of Credit
Fees. The following Letter of Credit fees shall be payable by
the Company:
(a) The
Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender
a letter of credit fee for each Letter of Credit at the L/C Fee Rate in effect
from time to time of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (as adjusted from time to
time) of the undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit; provided that, unless the
Required Lenders otherwise consent, the rate applicable to each Letter of Credit
shall be increased by two percent (2%) at any time that an Event of Default
exists. Such letter of credit fee shall be payable in arrears on the
last day of each calendar quarter and on the Termination Date (or such later
date on which such Letter of Credit expires or is terminated) for the period
from the date of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (or the last day on which
the letter of credit fee was paid with respect thereto) to the date such payment
is due or, if earlier, the date on which such Letter of Credit expired or was
terminated.
(b) In
addition, with respect to each Letter of Credit, the Company agrees to pay to
the Issuing Lender, for its own account, (i) such reasonable fees and expenses
as the Issuing Lender customarily requires in connection with the issuance,
negotiation, processing and/or administration of letters of credit in similar
situations, and (ii) a letter of credit fronting fee in the amount and at the
times agreed to by the Company and the Issuing Lender.
5.3 Administrative Agent’s
Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
such agent’s fees as are mutually agreed to from time to time by the Company and
the Administrative Agent including the fees set forth in the Agent Fee
Letter.
SECTION
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REDUCTION
OR TERMINATION OF THE REVOLVING COMMITMENT;
PREPAYMENTS.
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6.1 Reduction or Termination of
the Revolving Commitment.
6.1.1 Voluntary Reduction or
Termination of the Revolving Commitment. The Company may from
time to time on at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice received
by the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly advise each Lender thereof)
permanently reduce the Revolving Commitments to an amount not less than the
Revolving Outstandings plus the outstanding
amount of all Swing Line Loans. Any such reduction shall be in an
amount not less than $10,000,000.00 or a higher integral multiple of
$5,000,000.00. Concurrently with any reduction of the Revolving
Commitments to zero, the Company shall pay all interest on the Revolving Loans,
all non-use fees and all letter of credit fees and shall Cash Collateralize in
full all obligations arising with respect to the Letters of Credit.
6.1.2 All Reductions of the
Revolving Commitment. All reductions of the Revolving
Commitments shall reduce the Commitments ratably among the Lenders according to
their respective Pro Rata Shares.
6.2 Prepayments.
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6.2.1 Voluntary
Prepayments. The Loans may be repaid in whole or in part
without premium or penalty (except, in the case of Loans other than Base Rate
Loans, amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.4);
provided
that:
(a) in
the case of Loans other than Swing Line Loans, (A) notice thereof must be
received by 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, by the Administrative Agent at least three
(3) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment, in the case of LIBOR Loans,
and one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment, in the case of Base
Rate Loans, (B) any such prepayment shall be a minimum principal amount of
$5,000,000.00 and integral multiples of $1,000,000.00 in excess thereof, in the
case of LIBOR Loans and $500,000.00 and integral multiples of $100,000.00 in
excess thereof, in the case of Base Rate Loans, or, in each case, the entire
remaining principal amount thereof, if less; and
(b) in
the case of Swing Line Loans, (A) notice thereof must be received by the Swing
Line Lender by 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the date of prepayment (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent), and (B) any such prepayment shall be in the same
minimum principal amounts as for advances thereof (or any lesser amount that may
be acceptable to the Swing Line Lender).
6.2.2 Mandatory
Prepayments.
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(ii) Mandatory
Prepayments. Mandatory prepayments on the Loans will be paid
by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective interests therein; provided
that:
(A) Mandatory
prepayments in respect of the Revolving Commitments under subsection (a)
above shall be applied to the respective Revolving Obligations as
appropriate.
(iii) Prepayments on the Revolving
Obligations. There will not be any permanent reduction in the
Revolving Commitments on account of voluntary and mandatory prepayments on the
Revolving Obligations hereunder.
6.3 Repayments.
6.3.1 Revolving
Loans. The Revolving Loans of each Lender shall be paid in
full and the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Termination
Date.
6.3.2 Term Loan
A. The principal amount of the Term Loan A shall be repaid in
fifteen (15) installments. The first fourteen (14) installments will
be in the amount of $5,500,000.00 each and will be payable on the last day of
each calendar quarter, beginning on September 30, 2008, and continuing through
December 31, 2011. The fifteenth (15th) and
final installment in the amount of the remaining outstanding principal balance
of the Term Loan A will be due and payable on February 23, 2012.
SECTION
7 MAKING
AND PRORATION OF PAYMENTS; SETOFF; TAXES.
7.1 Making of
Payments. All payments of principal or interest on the Notes,
and of all fees, shall be made by the Company to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds at the office specified by the Administrative Agent
not later than noon, Chicago time (2:00 p.m., Chicago time, in the case of Swing
Line Loans), on the date due; and funds received after that hour shall be deemed
to have been received by the Administrative Agent on the following Business
Day. The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to each Lender its
share of all such payments received in collected funds by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender. All payments under this Section 7.1
shall be made by the Company directly to the Lender entitled thereto without
setoff, counterclaim or other defense.
7.2 Application of Certain
Payments. So long as no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, (a) payments matching specific scheduled
payments then due
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shall be
applied to those scheduled payments and (b) voluntary and mandatory prepayments
shall be applied as set forth in Sections 6.2 and
6.3. After
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Unmatured Event of Default or
Event of Default, all amounts collected or received by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender as proceeds from the sale of, or other realization upon, all or
any part of the Collateral shall be applied in accordance with the following
priority:
(a) First,
to pay attorneys’ fees to attorneys retained by the Administrative Agent, and
all costs and expenses of collection incurred by Administrative Agent to the
extent not previously paid;
(b) Then,
to accrued interest on the Loans (the application of such funds to be to the
Lenders and Participants allocated to Lenders and Participants in proportion to
their respective Pro Rata Shares from time to time); and
(c) Then,
to unpaid principal of the Loans, allocated to Lenders and Participants in
proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares from time to time.
Concurrently
with each remittance to any Lender or Participant of its share of any such
payment, the Administrative Agent shall advise such Lender or Participant as to
the application of such payment.
7.3 Due Date
Extension. If any payment of principal or interest with
respect to any of the Loans, or of any fees, falls due on a day which is not a
Business Day, then such due date shall be extended to the immediately following
Business Day (unless, in the case of a LIBOR Loan, such immediately following
Business Day is the first Business Day of a calendar month, in which case such
due date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) and, in the case of
principal, additional interest shall accrue and be payable for the period of any
such extension.
7.4 Setoff. The
Company, for itself and each other Loan Party, agrees that the Administrative
Agent and each Lender have all rights of set-off and bankers’ lien provided by
applicable law, and in addition thereto, the Company, for itself and each other
Loan Party, agrees that at any time any Event of Default exists, the
Administrative Agent and each Lender may apply to the payment of any Obligations
of the Company and each other Loan Party hereunder, whether or not then due, any
and all balances, credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of the Company and each
other Loan Party then or thereafter with the Administrative Agent or such
Lender. Such rights shall also extend to any
Participants.
7.5 Payments Generally;
Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
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(ii) Payments by Company;
Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Company prior to the
date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders or the Issuing Lender hereunder that the Company will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Company has made such
payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be,
the amount due. In such event, if the Company has not in fact made
such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may
be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand
the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, in immediately
available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date
such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules
on interbank compensation.
A notice
of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Company with respect to any
amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy
Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the
Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in
this Agreement, and such funds are not made available to the Company by the
Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable credit extensions
hereunder set forth in Section 12.2 are not
satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative
Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to
such Lender, without interest.
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(d) Obligations of Lenders
Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make
Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to
make payments pursuant to Section 15.5.3 are
several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to
fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 15.5.3 on any
date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding
obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation
or to make its payment under Section
15.5.3.
(e) Funding
Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender
to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to
constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
7.6 Proration of
Payments. If any Lender shall obtain any payment or other
recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by application of offset or otherwise,
on account of (a) principal of or interest on any Loan, but excluding (i) any
payment pursuant to Section 8.7 or
15.6 and (ii)
payments of interest on any Affected Loan) or (b) its participation in any
Letter of Credit) in excess of its applicable Pro Rata Share of payments and
other recoveries obtained by all Lenders on account of principal of and interest
on the Loans (or such participation) then held by them, then such Lender shall
purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans (or
sub-participations in Letters of Credit) held by them as shall be necessary to
cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment or other recovery
ratably with each of them; provided that if all
or any portion of the excess payment or other recovery is thereafter recovered
from such purchasing Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase
price restored to the extent of such recovery.
7.7 Taxes.
(a) All
payments made by the Company hereunder or under any Loan Documents shall be made
without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, all payments hereunder or under the Loan Documents
(including any payment of principal, interest, or fees) to, or for the benefit,
of any person shall be made by the Company free and clear of and without
deduction or withholding for, or account of, any Taxes now or hereinafter
imposed by any taxing authority.
(b) If
the Company makes any payment hereunder or under any Loan Document in respect of
which it is required by applicable law to deduct or withhold any Taxes, the
Company shall increase the payment hereunder or under any such Loan Document
such that after the reduction for the amount of Taxes withheld (and any taxes
withheld or imposed with respect to the additional payments required under this
Section 7.6(b)),
the amount paid to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent equals the amount
that was payable hereunder or under any such Loan Document without regard to
this Section 7.6(b). To
the extent the Company withholds any Taxes on payments hereunder or under any
Loan Document, the Company shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
taxing authority within the time allowed for payment under applicable law and
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days after it has
made payment to such authority a receipt issued by such authority (or other
evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) evidencing the payment of all
amounts so required to be deducted or withheld from such payment.
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(c) If
any Lender or the Administrative Agent is required by law to make any payments
of any Taxes on or in relation to any amounts received or receivable hereunder
or under any other Loan Document, or any Tax is assessed against a Lender or the
Administrative Agent with respect to amounts received or receivable hereunder or
under any other Loan Document, the Company will indemnify such person against
(i) such Tax (and any reasonable counsel fees and expenses associated with such
Tax) and (ii) any taxes imposed as a result of the receipt of the payment under
this Section 7.6(c). A
certificate prepared in good faith as to the amount of such payment by such
Lender or the Administrative Agent shall, absent manifest error, be final,
conclusive, and binding on all parties.
(d)(i) To the
extent permitted by applicable law, each Lender that is not a United States
person within the meaning of Code Section 7701(a)(30) (a “Non-U.S.
Participant”) shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent
on or prior to the Closing Date (or in the case of a Lender that is an Assignee,
on the date of such assignment to such Lender) two accurate and complete
original signed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI, or W-8IMY (or any
successor or other applicable form prescribed by the IRS) certifying to such
Lender’s entitlement to a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate in, United
States withholding tax on interest payments to be made hereunder or any
Loan. If a Lender that is a Non-U.S. Participant is claiming a
complete exemption from withholding on interest pursuant to Code
Sections 871(h) or 881(c), the Lender shall deliver (along with two
accurate and complete original signed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN) a
certificate in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent
(any such certificate, a “Withholding
Certificate”). In addition, each Lender that is a Non-U.S.
Participant agrees that from time to time after the Closing Date, (or in the
case of a Lender that is an Assignee, after the date of the assignment to such
Lender), when a lapse in time (or change in circumstances occurs) renders the
prior certificates hereunder obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect,
such Lender shall, to the extent permitted under applicable law, deliver to the
Company and the Administrative Agent two new and accurate and complete original
signed copies of an IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI, or W-8IMY (or any successor or
other applicable forms prescribed by the IRS), and if applicable, a new
Withholding Certificate, to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender
or the Administrative Agent to an exemption from, or reduction in, United States
withholding tax on interest payments to be made hereunder or any
Loan.
(ii) Each
Lender that is not a Non-U.S. Participant (other than any such Lender which is
taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) shall
provide two properly completed and duly executed copies of IRS Form W-9 (or
any successor or other applicable form) to the Company and the Administrative
Agent certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States backup
withholding tax. To the extent that a form provided pursuant to this
Section 7.6(d)(ii)
is rendered obsolete or inaccurate in any material respects as result of change
in circumstances with respect to the status of a Lender, such Lender shall, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, deliver to the Company and the
Administrative Agent revised forms necessary to confirm or establish the
entitlement to such Lender’s or Agent’s exemption from United States backup
withholding tax.
(iii) The
Company shall not be required to pay additional amounts to a Lender, or
indemnify any Lender, under this Section 7.6 to
the extent that such obligations would not have arisen but for the failure of
such Lender to comply with Section 7.6(d).
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(iv) Each
Lender agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and hold the Administrative
Agent harmless for the full amount of any and all present or future Taxes and
related liabilities (including penalties, interest, additions to tax and
expenses, and any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent under this Section 7.6)
which are imposed on or with respect to principal, interest or fees payable to
such Lender hereunder and which are not paid by the Company pursuant to this
Section 7.6,
whether or not such Taxes or related liabilities were correctly or legally
asserted. This indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days
from the date the Administrative Agent makes written demand
therefor.
SECTION
8 INCREASED
COSTS; SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LIBOR LOANS.
8.1 Increased
Costs.
(a) If,
after the date hereof, the adoption of, or any change in, any applicable law,
rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration of any
applicable law, rule or regulation by any governmental authority, central bank
or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof,
or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency: (i) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve
(including any reserve imposed by the FRB, but excluding any reserve included in
the determination of the LIBOR Rate pursuant to Section 4),
special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
the account of, or credit extended by any Lender; or (ii) shall impose on any
Lender any other condition affecting its LIBOR Loans, its Note or its obligation
to make LIBOR Loans; and the result of anything described in clauses (i)
and (ii) above is to increase the cost to (or to impose a cost on) such Lender
(or any LIBOR Office of such Lender) of making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan, or
to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (or its
LIBOR Office) under this Agreement or under its Note with respect thereto, then
upon demand by such Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement
setting forth the basis for such demand and a calculation of the amount thereof
in reasonable detail, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Administrative
Agent), the Company shall pay directly to such Lender such additional amount as
will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or such reduction, so long
as such amounts have accrued on or after the day which is one hundred eighty
(180) days prior to the date on which such Lender first made demand
therefor.
(b) If
any Lender shall reasonably determine that any change in, or the adoption or
phase-in of, any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy,
or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or the compliance by any Lender or any
Person controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central
bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of
such Lender’s obligations hereunder or under any Letter of Credit to a level
below that which such Lender or such controlling Person could have achieved but
for such change, adoption, phase-in or compliance (taking into consideration
such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital
adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender or such controlling Person to be
material, then from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (which demand shall
be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such demand and a
calculation of the amount thereof in reasonable detail, a copy of which shall be
furnished to the Administrative Agent), the Company shall pay to such Lender
such additional amount as will compensate such Lender or such controlling Person
for such reduction so long as such amounts have accrued on or after the day
which is one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date on which such Lender
first made demand therefor.
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8.2 Basis for Determining
Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair. If:
(a) the
Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be binding
and conclusive on the Company) that by reason of circumstances affecting the
interbank LIBOR market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the applicable LIBOR Rate; or
(b) the
Required Lenders advise the Administrative Agent that the LIBOR Rate as
determined by the Administrative Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to such Lenders of maintaining or funding LIBOR Loans for such Interest
Period (taking into account any amount to which such Lenders may be entitled
under Section 8.1) or
that the making or funding of LIBOR Loans has become impracticable as a result
of an event occurring after the date of this Agreement which in the opinion of
such Lenders materially affects such Loans;
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8.7 Mitigation of Circumstances;
Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Each
Lender shall promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of any
event of which it has knowledge which will result in, and will use reasonable
commercial efforts available to it (and not, in such Lender’s sole judgment,
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender) to mitigate or avoid, (i) any
obligation by the Company to pay any amount pursuant to Section 7.6 or
8.1, or (ii)
the occurrence of any circumstances described in Section 8.2 or
8.3 (and, if
any Lender has given notice of any such event described in clause (i) or
(ii) above and thereafter such event ceases to exist, such Lender shall promptly
so notify the Company and the Administrative Agent). Without limiting
the foregoing, each Lender will designate a different funding office if such
designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Company of) any event
described in clause (i) or (ii) above and such designation will not, in
such Lender’s sole judgment, be otherwise disadvantageous to such
Lender.
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SECTION
9 REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES.
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9.9 Pension
Plans.
(a) The
Unfunded Liability of all Pension Plans does not in the aggregate exceed twenty
percent of the Total Plan Liability for all such Pension Plans. Each
Pension Plan complies in all material respects with all applicable requirements
of law and regulations. No contribution failure under
Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any
Pension Plan has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan, sufficient to give
rise to a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA, or otherwise to have a
Material Adverse Effect. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of
Company, threatened, claims, actions, investigations or lawsuits against any
Pension Plan, any fiduciary of any Pension Plan, or Company or other any member
of the Controlled Group with respect to a Pension Plan or a Multiemployer
Pension Plan which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any other member of the Controlled
Group has engaged in any prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 4975
of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) in connection with any Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Pension Plan which would subject that Person to any material
liability. Within the past five years, neither the Company nor any
other member of the Controlled Group has engaged in a transaction which resulted
in a Pension Plan with an Unfunded Liability being transferred out of the
Controlled Group, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected
to occur with respect to any Pension Plan, which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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9.11 [Intentionally
Omitted]
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9.23 Pledge
Agreement.
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SECTION
10 AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS.
10.1 Reports, Certificates and
Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender:
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10.1.5 Notice of Default,
Litigation and ERISA Matters. Promptly upon becoming aware of
any of the following, written notice describing the same and the steps being
taken by the Company or the Subsidiary affected thereby with respect
thereto:
(a) the
occurrence of an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default;
(b) any
litigation, arbitration or governmental investigation or proceeding not
previously disclosed by the Company to the Lenders which has been instituted or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened against any Loan Party or to
which any of the properties of any thereof is subject which might reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the
institution of any steps by any member of the Controlled Group or any other
Person to terminate any Pension Plan, or the failure of any member of the
Controlled Group to make a required contribution to any Pension Plan (if such
failure is sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA)
or to any Multiemployer Pension Plan, or the taking of any action with respect
to a Pension Plan which could result in the requirement that the Company furnish
a bond or other security to the PBGC or such Pension Plan, or the occurrence of
any event with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Pension Plan which
could result in the incurrence by any member of the Controlled Group of any
material liability, fine or penalty (including any claim or demand for
withdrawal liability or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Pension Plan),
or any material increase in the contingent liability of the Company with respect
to any post-retirement welfare benefit plan or other employee benefit plan of
the Company or another member of the Controlled Group, or any notice that any
Multiemployer Pension Plan is in reorganization, that increased contributions
may be required to avoid a reduction in plan benefits or the imposition of an
excise tax, that any such plan is or has been funded at a rate less than that
required under Section 412 of the Code, that any such plan is or may be
terminated, or that any such plan is or may become insolvent;
(d) any
cancellation or material change in any insurance maintained by any Loan Party;
or
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10.1.8 Other
Information. Promptly from time to time, such other
information concerning the Loan Parties as any Lender or the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request.
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10.7 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Maintain,
and cause each other member of the Controlled Group to maintain, each Pension
Plan in substantial compliance with all applicable requirements of law and
regulations.
(b) Make,
and cause each other member of the Controlled Group to make, on a timely basis,
all required contributions to any Multiemployer Pension Plan.
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SECTION
11. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS.
11.1 Debt. Not,
and not permit any other Loan Party to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any Debt, except:
(a) Obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) Debt
secured by Liens permitted by Section 11.2(d),
and extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof; provided that the aggregate
amount of all such Debt at any time outstanding shall not exceed Five Million
Dollars ($5,000,000.00);
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(c) Debt
of the Company to any domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Debt of any domestic
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to the Company or another domestic Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary; provided that such Debt shall be evidenced by a demand note in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and the
obligations under such demand note shall be subordinated to the Obligations of
the Company hereunder in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent;
(d) Hedging
Obligations incurred in favor of a Lender or an Affiliate thereof for bona fide
hedging purposes and not for speculation;
(e) Debt
described on Schedule 11.1
and any extension, renewal or refinancing thereof so long as the principal
amount thereof is not increased;
(f) the
Debt to be Repaid (so long as such Debt is repaid on the Closing Date with the
proceeds of the initial Loans hereunder);
(g) Contingent
Liabilities arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in
favor of sellers in connection with Acquisitions permitted under Section 11.4 and
purchasers in connection with Asset Disposition permitted under Section 11.4;
(h) Debt
assumed or issued in connection with Acquisitions permitted under Section 11.4, so
long as such Debt would not cause a violation of the maximum aggregate debt
covenant set forth in Section 11.4(c)(iii)(C);
and
11.2 Liens. Not,
and not permit any other Loan Party to, create or permit to exist any Lien on
any of its real or personal properties, assets or rights of whatsoever nature
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired), except:
(a) Liens
for taxes or other governmental charges not at the time delinquent or thereafter
payable without penalty or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and, in each case, for which it maintains adequate
reserves;
(b) Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business (such as (i) Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen and other similar Liens imposed by law
and (ii) Liens in the form of deposits or pledges incurred in connection with
worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation and other types of social
security (excluding Liens arising under ERISA) or in connection with surety
bonds, bids, performance bonds and similar obligations) for sums not overdue or
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and not involving any
advances or borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or
services and, in each case, for which it maintains adequate
reserves;
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(c) Liens
described on Schedule 11.2 as
of the Closing Date;
(d) subject
to the limitation set forth in Section 11.1(b),
(i) Liens arising in connection with Capital Leases (and attaching only to the
property being leased), (ii) Liens existing on property at the time of the
acquisition thereof by any Loan Party (and not created in contemplation of such
acquisition) and (iii) Liens that constitute purchase money security interests
on any property securing debt incurred for the purpose of financing all or any
part of the cost of acquiring such property, provided that any such Lien
attaches to such property within twenty (20) days of the acquisition thereof and
attaches solely to the property so acquired;
(e) attachments,
appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens arising in connection with court
proceedings, provided the
execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and the
claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings;
(f) easements,
rights of way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other
similar Liens not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct
of the business of any Loan Party;
(g) any
Liens arising under the Loan Documents;
(h) Liens
securing Debt permitted by Section 11.1(i),
subject to the limitations set forth in the intercreditor agreement or similar
document executed in connection with the incurrence of such Debt; provided that (i)
such Liens are on the same collateral that secures the Loans and other
Obligations under this Agreement and (ii) the Liens securing such Debt shall not
be senior to the Liens securing and the Loans and Obligations under this
Agreement, but will either be pari passu with, or
subordinate to, the Liens securing the Loans and Obligations under this
Agreement; and
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11.4 Mergers, Consolidations,
Sales. Not, and not permit any other Loan Party to, (a) be a
party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or
substantially all of the assets or any Capital Securities of any class of, or
any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, (b) sell,
transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets or Capital
Securities (including the sale of Capital Securities of any Subsidiary) except
for sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, or (c) sell or assign
with or without recourse any receivables, except for (i) any such merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment of or by any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary into the Company or into any other domestic Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary; (ii) any such purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any
domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the assets or Capital Securities of any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; and (iii) the Xxxxxxxx Acquisition and any other
Acquisition by the Company or any domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
where:
(A) the
business or division acquired is in the consulting or professional service
business;
(B) immediately
before and after giving effect to such Acquisition, no Event of Default or
Unmatured Event of Default shall exist;
(C) the
aggregate cost (including assumed Debt) of such Acquisition (or
series of related Acquisitions) shall not exceed an amount equal to fifty
percent (50%) of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of twelve consecutive months
most recently ended;
(D) immediately
after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Company is compliance on a Pro
Forma Basis with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and restrictions set forth in
Section 11.12;
(E) with
respect to any Acquisition or related series of Acquisitions with aggregate
consideration in excess of $10,000,000.00, after giving effect to such
Acquisition or related series of Acquisitions on a Pro Forma Basis, the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio is at least 0.25:1.0 lower than (or, one-quarter
turn inside) the maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio permitted under Section 11.12.2 for
the current period;
(F) in
the case of the Acquisition of any Person, the board of directors or similar
governing body of such Person has approved such Acquisition;
(G) reasonably
prior to such Acquisition, the Administrative Agent shall have received complete
executed or conformed copies of each material document, instrument and agreement
to be executed in connection with such Acquisition together with all lien search
reports and lien release letters and other documents as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably require to evidence the termination of Liens on the assets or
business to be acquired;
(H) not
less than ten (10) Business Days prior to such Acquisition, the Administrative
Agent shall have received an acquisition summary with respect to the Person
and/or business or division to be acquired, such summary to include a reasonably
detailed description thereof (including financial information) and operating
results (including financial statements for the most recent 12 month period for
which they are available and as otherwise available), the terms and conditions,
including economic terms, of the proposed Acquisition, and the Company’s
calculation of EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis relating thereto;
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(I) the
Administrative Agent shall have approved the Company’s computation of
Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed;
(J) simultaneously
with the closing of such Acquisition, the target company (if such Acquisition is
structured as a purchase of equity) or the Loan Party (if such Acquisition is
structured as a purchase of assets or a merger and a Loan Party is the surviving
entity) executes and delivers to Administrative Agent an unlimited Guaranty of
the Obligations, or at the option of Administrative Agent in Administrative
Agent’s absolute discretion, a joinder agreement satisfactory to Administrative
Agent in which such target company or surviving company, and their respective
Subsidiaries becomes a borrower under this Agreement and assumes primary, joint
and several liability for the Obligations; and
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11.10 Investments. Not,
and not permit any other Loan Party to, make or permit to exist any Investment
in any other Person, except the following:
(a) contributions
by the Company to the capital of any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, or by any
Subsidiary to the capital of any other domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, so long
as the recipient of any such capital contribution has guaranteed the
Obligations;
(b) Investments
constituting Debt permitted by Section 11.1;
(c) Contingent
Liabilities constituting Debt permitted by Section 11.1 or
Liens permitted by Section 11.2;
(d) Cash
Equivalent Investments;
(e) bank
deposits in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Investments
in securities of Account Debtors received pursuant to any plan of reorganization
or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such account
debtors;
(g) Investments
to consummate Acquisitions permitted by Section 11.4;
(h) Investments
listed on Schedule 11.11
as of the Closing Date; and
(i) AAA-Rated
money market mutual funds:
(i) Obligations
issued by the U.S. Treasury such as Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes
and/or Treasury Bond;
(ii) Obligations
issued by a U.S. Government Agency or Government Sponsored Entity
(GSE) (i.e., Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Farm Credit Bank, Xxxxxx Xxx,
etc.);
(iii) Obligations
of major corporations and bank holding companies and limited to:
1. Commercial
paper with an A1, P1 rating or better
2. Corporate
Notes with an A2 by Xxxxx’x, A by S&P or better
3. Corporate
Bonds with an A2 by Xxxxx’x, A by S&P or better
4. Medium-Term-Notes
with an A2 by Xxxxx’x, A by S&P or better;
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(iv) Negotiable
Certificates of Deposit, Time Deposits, Bankers Acceptance of banks with a
network in excess of $500,000.00 and a rating from at least two nationally
recognized rating agencies of at least a single A on the S&P
scale;
(v) Taxable
and/or tax exempt municipal securities, which also includes variable rate demand
notes (VRDNs) and auction rate securities, taxable and tax-free with a AAA
(long-term) rating by Xxxxx’x, S&P and/or Fitch, or short-term rating of
MIG1/VMIG1 by Xxxxx’x and SP1 by S&P;
(vi) Repurchase
agreements fully collateralized by U.S. government and/or Federal
Agency securities with a maximum maturity of seven (7) days. The
market value of the collateral securities, when marked to market daily, must be
equal to or greater than one hundred two percent (102%) of the face value of the
agreement; and
(vii) Reasonable
loans and advances by the Company to its current and prospective employees in
the ordinary course of its business, including, without limitation, payments to
current and prospective employees in connection with travel, business
entertainment and releases from existing non-compete agreements, provided that
such loans and advances shall not exceed an aggregate of FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
($5,000,000.00) outstanding at any time.
11.12.2 Consolidated Leverage
Ratio. Not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the
last day of any Fiscal Quarter to be greater than the ratio set forth
below:
Four
Fiscal Quarters Ending
|
Consolidated
Leverage Ratio
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September
30, 2008, December 31, 2008 and March 30, 2009
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3.25:1.0
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3.00:1.0
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SECTION
12. EFFECTIVENESS;
CONDITIONS OF LENDING, ETC.
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12.1 Initial Credit
Extension. The obligation of the Lenders to make the initial
Loans and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue its initial Letter of
Credit (whichever first occurs) is, in addition to the conditions precedent
specified in Section 12.2,
subject to the conditions precedent that (a) all Debt to be Repaid has been (or
concurrently with the initial borrowing will be) paid in full, and that all
agreements and instruments governing the Debt to be Repaid and that all Liens
securing such Debt to be Repaid have been (or concurrently with the initial
borrowing will be) terminated and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have
received all of the following, each duly executed and dated the Closing Date (or
such earlier date as shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and the date on which
all such conditions precedent have been satisfied or waived in writing by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders is called the “Closing
Date”):
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12.2.1 Compliance with Warranties,
No Default, etc. Both before and after giving effect to any
borrowing and the issuance of any Letter of Credit, the following statements
shall be true and correct:
(a) the
representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects
with the same effect as if then made (except to the extent stated to relate to a
specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct as of such earlier date); and
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SECTION
14 THE
AGENT.
14.3 Exculpatory
Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties
or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent:
(a) shall
not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a
Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall
not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or
by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to
exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the
other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be
required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel,
may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan
Document or applicable law; and
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(c) shall
not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any
information relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that is
communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or
any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
(i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the
Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the
circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative
Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until
notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the
Company, a Lender or the Issuing Lender.
14.4 Reliance by Administrative
Agent.
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14.6 Resignation of
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time
give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the
Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required
Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a
successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an
Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no
such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring
Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender,
appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth
above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and
the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such
resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice
and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that
in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender under any of the Loan Documents, the
retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security
until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and
(2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by,
to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each
Lender and the Issuing Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders
appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this
Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become
vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or
retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other
Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
Section). The fees payable by the Company to a successor
Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After
the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 15.5
shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent,
its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative
Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
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14.9 Administrative Agent May
File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any other federal
or state debtor relief law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan
Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any
Loan or obligations under any Letter of Credit shall then be due and payable as
herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Company) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise
(a) to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans, obligations under Letters of Credit and all
other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the
Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders,
the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and
counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the
Administrative Agent under Section 2.3 and 15.5.3) allowed in
such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender and the Issuing Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent
and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, to pay to the
Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.3 and
15.5.3.
14.10 Collateral and Guaranty
Matters. The
Lenders and the Issuing Lender irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent,
at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to
release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent
under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Commitments and payment in
full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and
the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of
Credit as to which other arrangements
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satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall have been made), (ii)
that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) subject to Section 15.1, if
approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders;
and
(b) to
release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person
ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted
hereunder.
SECTION
15 GENERAL.
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15.3.1 Notices
Generally. Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as
provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as
follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder
to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as
follows:
(i) if
to the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swing Line
Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone
number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02;
and
(ii) if
to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address
or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
15.3.2 Electronic
Communications. Notices and other communications to the
Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites)
pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the Issuing Lender
pursuant to Section
2.2 if such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the
Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such
Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the
Company may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications
to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by
it, provided
that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
15.3.3 The
Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS
AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE
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(i) Minimum
Amounts.
(A) in
the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an
assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum
amount need be assigned; and
(iii) Required
Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B)
of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the
consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(B) the
consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (1) any
Term Loan A Commitment or Revolving Commitment if such assignment is to a Person
that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with
respect to such Lender or (2) any Term Loan A to a Person that is not a Lender,
an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
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(C) the
consent of the Issuing Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of
the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit
(whether or not then outstanding); and
(vi) No Assignment to Natural
Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural
person.
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(d) Participations. Any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Company or the
Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural
person or the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each,
a “Participant”) in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Credit
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans
(including such Lender’s participations in Letter of Credit obligations and/or
Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Credit Agreement shall remain
unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the
Company, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement.
(g) Resignation as Issuing
Lender or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America
assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above,
Bank of America may, (i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Company and the
Lenders, resign as Issuing Lender and/or (ii) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to
the Company, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such
resignation as Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender, the Company shall be
entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Issuing Lender or Swing
Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no
failure by the Company to appoint any such successor shall affect the
resignation of Bank of America as Issuing Lender or Swing Line
15.8 Confidentiality. Each
of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender agrees to
maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its
Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents,
trustees, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to
whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the
extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction
over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by
applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d)
to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights
hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or
Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective
counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to
the Company and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Company or (h) to
the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a
result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any of their respective
Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the
Company.
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15.18 FORUM SELECTION AND CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION. ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT
OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT,
SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
ILLINOIS; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING
IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION. THE COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO
THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND OF THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH
LITIGATION AS
15.19 WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE,
AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE
THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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The
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by
their duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth
above.
By: _______________________
Title:______________________
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
By: _______________________
Title:______________________
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as
Issuing Lender, Swing Line Lender and as a Lender
By: _______________________
Title:______________________
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as a
Lender
By: _______________________
Title:______________________
FIFTH THIRD BANK
(CHICAGO),
as a
Lender
By: _______________________
Title:______________________
LENDERS
AND PRO RATA SHARES
Pro
Rata Share of Revolving
Commitments
Immediately Prior to Effectiveness of Sixth Amendment
|
Percentage
of Pro Rata
Share
of
Revolving
Commitments
Immediately Prior to Effectiveness of Sixth Amendment
|
Term
Loan A
Commitment
Amount
|
Pro
Rata
Share
of
Term
Loan A
Commitments
|
||||
Lenders
|
Assignment
of Revolving Commitments1
|
Pro
Rata Share of Revolving Commitments Immediately After Effectiveness of
Sixth Amendment
|
Percentage
of Pro Rate Share of Revolving Commitments Immediately after Effectiveness
of Sixth Amendment
|
||||
Bank
of America, N.A.
|
$112,500,000.00
|
46.875000000%
|
($62,608,695.66)
|
$49,891,304.34
|
20.788043475%
|
$62,608,695.66
|
28.458498027%
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association
|
$50,000,000.00
|
20.833333333%
|
($5,000,000.00)
|
$45,000,000.00
|
18.750000000%
|
$55,000,000.00
|
25.000000000%
|
Fifth
Third Bank
|
$40,000,000.00
|
16.666666667%
|
$40,000,000.00
|
16.666666667%
|
|||
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association
|
$20,000,000.00
|
8.333333333%
|
$20,000,000.00
|
8.333333333%
|
|||
National
City Bank
|
$17,500,000.00
|
7.291666667%
|
$17,500,000.00
|
7.291666667%
|
|||
The
PrivateBank and Trust Company
|
$26,086,956.52
|
$26,086,956.52
|
10.869565217%
|
$23,913,043.48
|
10.869565218%
|
||
RBS
Citizens, N.A.
|
$18,260,869.57
|
$18,260,869.57
|
7.608695654%
|
$16,739,130.43
|
7.608695650%
|
||
SunTrust
Bank
|
$35,000,000.00
|
15.909090909%
|
|||||
TD
Bank, N.A.
|
$18,260,869.57
|
$18,260,869.57
|
7.608695654%
|
$16,739,130.43
|
7.608695650%
|
||
The
Northern Trust Company
|
$5,000,000.00
|
$5,000,000.00
|
2.083333333%
|
$10,000,000.00
|
4.545454545%
|
||
Total:
|
$240,000,000.00
|
100.000000000%
|
$240,000,000.00
|
100.000000000%
|
$220,000,000.00
|
100.000000000%
|
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ANNEX B
ADDRESSES FOR
NOTICES
HURON CONSULTING GROUP
INC.
000
Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx
Attention:
Xx. Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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||
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender, a
Lender, and an Arranger
|
||
Notices of Borrowing,
Conversion and Continuation
|
||
Bank
of America Plaza
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000-0000
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||
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
Telephone:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Email:
|
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
|
|
Wiring
Instructions:
|
ABA
No. 000-000-000
Account
No. 0000-000-000
(Credit
Services)
Reference:
Huron Consulting
|
|
Letters of
Credit
|
||
Trade
Operations – Los Angeles
0000
X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
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||
Attention:
|
Tai
Xxx Xx
|
|
Mail
Code:
|
CA9-705-07-05
|
|
Telephone:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Email:
|
xxx_xxx.xx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
|
|
All Other
Notices
|
||
000
Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
|
||
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Agency Officer
|
|
Mail
Code:
|
IL1-231-10-41
|
|
Telephone:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Email:
|
Xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
|
With
a copy to:
|
||
000
Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
|
||
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
|
(000)
000-0000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
000
X. XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
||
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
|
Account
Manager
|
||
Telephone:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
FIFTH THIRD BANK
(CHICAGO)
000
X. Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
||
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Vice
President
|
|
Telephone:
|
000-000-0000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
000-000-0000
|
[Schedule and Exhibits Intentionally Omitted]