REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of March 28, 2008 among ROLLINS, INC., as Borrower, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY,...
EXHIBIT
99.1
dated
as of March 28, 2008
among
XXXXXXX,
INC.,
as
Borrower,
THE
LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
SUNTRUST
BANK,
as
Administrative Agent
and
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Syndication Agent
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SUNTRUST
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, INC.,
as Joint
Lead Arranger and Book Manager
and
BANC
OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint
Lead Arranger
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION
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1
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Section
1.1.
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.2.
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Classifications
of Loans and Borrowings
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19
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Section
1.3.
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Accounting
Terms and Determination
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19
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Section
1.4.
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Terms
Generally
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19
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ARTICLE
II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE REVOLVING
COMMITMENTS
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20
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Section
2.1.
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General
Description of Facilities
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20
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Section
2.2.
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Revolving
Loans
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20
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Section
2.3.
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Procedure
for Revolving Borrowings
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20
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Section
2.4.
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Swingline
Commitment
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21
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Section
2.5.
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Funding
of Borrowings
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22
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Section
2.6.
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Interest
Elections
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23
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Section
2.7.
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Optional
Reduction and Termination of Revolving Commitments
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24
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Section
2.8.
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Repayment
of Loans
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24
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Section
2.9.
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Evidence
of Indebtedness
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25
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Section
2.10.
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Optional
Prepayments
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25
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Section
2.11.
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Interest
on Loans
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26
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Section
2.12.
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Fees
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26
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Section
2.13.
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Computation
of Interest and Fees
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27
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Section
2.14.
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Inability
to Determine Interest Rates
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27
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Section
2.15.
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Illegality
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28
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Section
2.16.
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Increased
Costs
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28
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Section
2.17.
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Funding
Indemnity
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30
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Section
2.18.
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Taxes
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30
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Section
2.19.
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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32
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Section
2.20.
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Letters
of Credit
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33
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Section
2.21.
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Increase
of Revolving Commitments; Additional Lenders
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37
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Section
2.22.
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Mitigation
of Obligations
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38
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Section
2.23.
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Replacement
of Lenders
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39
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ARTICLE
III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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39
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Section
3.1.
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Conditions
To Effectiveness
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39
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Section
3.2.
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Each
Credit Event
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41
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Section
3.3.
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Delivery
of Documents
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42
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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42
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Section
4.1.
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Existence;
Power
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42
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Section
4.2.
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Organizational
Power; Authorization
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42
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Section
4.3.
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Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
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43
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Section
4.4.
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Financial
Statements
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43
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Section
4.5.
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Litigation
and Environmental Matters
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43
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Section
4.6.
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Compliance
with Laws and Agreements
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43
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Section
4.7.
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Investment
Company Act, Etc.
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44
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Section
4.8.
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Taxes
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44
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Section
4.9.
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Margin
Regulations
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44
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Section
4.10.
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ERISA
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44
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Section
4.11.
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Ownership
of Property
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44
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Section
4.12.
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Disclosure
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45
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Section
4.13.
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Labor
Relations
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45
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Section
4.14.
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Subsidiaries
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45
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Section
4.15.
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Insolvency
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46
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Section
4.16.
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OFAC
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46
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Section
4.17.
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Patriot
Act
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46
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ARTICLE
V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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46
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Section
5.1.
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Financial
Statements and Other Information
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46
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Section
5.2.
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Notices
of Material Events
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48
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Section
5.3.
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Existence;
Conduct of Business
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48
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Section
5.4.
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Compliance
with Laws, Etc.
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49
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Section
5.5.
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Payment
of Obligations
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49
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Section
5.6.
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Books
and Records
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49
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Section
5.7.
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Visitation,
Inspection, Etc.
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49
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Section
5.8.
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Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance
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49
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Section
5.9.
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Use
of Proceeds and Letters of Credit
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49
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Section
5.10.
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Additional
Subsidiaries
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50
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Section
5.11.
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Further
Assurances
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50
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ARTICLE
VI FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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51
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Section
6.1.
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Leverage
Ratio
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51
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ARTICLE
VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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51
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Section
7.1.
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Indebtedness
and Preferred Equity.
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51
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Section
7.2.
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Negative
Pledge
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52
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Section
7.3.
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Fundamental
Changes
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53
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Section
7.4.
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Investments,
Loans, Etc.
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53
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Section
7.5.
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Restricted
Payments
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55
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Section
7.6.
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Sale
of Assets
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55
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Section
7.7.
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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56
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Section
7.8.
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Restrictive
Agreements
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56
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Section
7.9.
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Sale
and Leaseback Transactions
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56
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Section
7.10.
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Hedging
Transactions
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57
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Section
7.11.
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Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness
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57
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Section
7.12.
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Accounting
Changes
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57
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Section
7.13.
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Lease
Obligations
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57
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ARTICLE
VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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58
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Section
8.1.
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Events
of Default
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58
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ii
ARTICLE
IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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60
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Section
9.1.
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Appointment
of Administrative Agent
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60
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Section
9.2.
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Nature
of Duties of Administrative Agent
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61
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Section
9.3.
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Lack
of Reliance on the Administrative Agent
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62
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Section
9.4.
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Certain
Rights of the Administrative Agent
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62
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Section
9.5.
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Reliance
by Administrative Agent
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62
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Section
9.6.
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The
Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity
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62
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Section
9.7.
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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63
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Section
9.8.
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Authorization
to Execute other Loan Documents
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63
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Section
9.9.
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Syndication
Agent.
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63
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ARTICLE
X MISCELLANEOUS
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64
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Section
10.1.
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Notices
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64
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Section
10.2.
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Waiver;
Amendments
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65
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Section
10.3.
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Expenses;
Indemnification
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67
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Section
10.4.
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Successors
and Assigns
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68
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Section
10.5.
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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72
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Section
10.6.
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Waiver
Of Jury Trial
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73
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Section
10.7.
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Right
of Setoff
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73
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Section
10.8.
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Counterparts;
Integration
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73
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Section
10.9.
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Survival
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73
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Section
10.10.
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Severability
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74
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Section
10.11.
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Confidentiality
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74
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Section
10.12.
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Interest
Rate Limitation
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74
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Section
10.13.
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Waiver
of Effect of Corporate Seal
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75
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Section
10.14.
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Patriot
Act
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75
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iii
Schedules
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Schedule
I
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Applicable
Margin and Applicable Percentage
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Schedule
II
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Revolving
Commitment Amounts
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Schedule
2.20
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Existing
Letters of Credit
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Schedule
4.5
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Environmental
Matters
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Schedule
4.14
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Subsidiaries
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Schedule
7.1
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Outstanding
Indebtedness
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Schedule
7.2
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Existing
Liens
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Schedule
7.4
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Existing
Investments
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Revolving Credit Note
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Swingline Note
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement
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Exhibit
2.3
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Form
of Notice of Revolving Borrowing
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Exhibit
2.4
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-
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Form
of Notice of Swingline Borrowing
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Exhibit
2.6
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Form
of Notice of Continuation/Conversion
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Exhibit
3.1(b)(v)
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Form
of Secretary’s Certificate
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Exhibit
3.1(b)(viii)
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Form
of Officer’s Certificate
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Exhibit
5.1(c)
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Form
of Compliance Certificate
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iv
THIS REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”) is made and entered into
as of March 28, 2008, by and among Xxxxxxx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”),
the several banks and other financial institutions and lenders from time to time
party hereto (the “Lenders”), and
SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (the
“Administrative
Agent”), as issuing bank (the “Issuing Bank”) and as
swingline lender (the “Swingline
Lender”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has
requested that the Lenders establish a $175,000,000 revolving credit
facility in favor of the Borrower;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the
Swingline Lender to the extent of their respective Revolving Commitments as
defined herein, are willing severally to establish the requested revolving
credit facility, letter of credit subfacility and the swingline subfacility in
favor of the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the
Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Swingline Lender agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS;
CONSTRUCTION
Section
1.1. Definitions. In
addition to the other terms defined herein, the following terms used herein
shall have the meanings herein specified (to be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“Additional Lender”
shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section
2.21.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate”
shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) LIBOR for such Interest Period by
(ii) a percentage equal to 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, an administrative
questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to
the Administrative Agent duly completed by such Lender.
“Affiliate” shall
mean, as to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common
Control with, such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“Control” shall mean the power, directly or indirectly, either to (i) vote 10%
or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors (or persons performing similar functions) of a Person or (ii) direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by control or
otherwise. The terms “Controlling”, “Controlled by”, and “under
common Control with” have the meanings correlative thereto.
“Aggregate Revolving
Commitment Amount” shall mean the aggregate principal amount of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments from time to time. On the Closing
Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount equals
$175,000,000.
“Aggregate Revolving
Commitments” shall mean, collectively, all Revolving Commitments of all
Lenders at any time outstanding.
“Aggregate Subsidiary
Threshold” shall mean an amount equal to ninety percent (90%) of the
total consolidated revenue and ninety (90%) of the total consolidated assets, in
each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding Foreign Subsidiaries)
for the most recent Fiscal Quarter as shown on the financial statements most
recently delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or (b), as the case may
be.
“Applicable Lending
Office” shall mean, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the
“Lending Office” of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for
such Type of Loan in the Administrative Questionnaire submitted by such Lender
or such other office of such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) as such
Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower as the office by which its Loans of such Type are to be made and
maintained.
“Applicable Margin”
shall mean, as of any date, with respect to interest on all Revolving Loans
outstanding on any date or the letter of credit fee, as the case may be, a
percentage per annum determined by reference to the applicable Leverage Ratio
from time to time in effect as set forth on Schedule I; provided, that a
change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio
shall be effective on the second Business Day after which the Borrower delivers
the financial statements required by Section 5.1(a) or
(b) and the
Compliance Certificate required by Section 5.1(c); provided further,
that if at any time the Borrower shall have failed to deliver such financial
statements and such Compliance Certificate when so required, the Applicable
Margin shall be at Level I as set forth on Schedule I until such
time as such financial statements and Compliance Certificate are delivered, at
which time the Applicable Margin shall be determined as provided
above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Margin from the
Closing Date until the financial statements and Compliance Certificate for the
Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2008 are required to be delivered shall be at
Level III as set forth on Schedule
I.
“Applicable
Percentage” shall mean, as of any date, with respect to the commitment
fee as of any date, the percentage per annum determined by reference to the
applicable Leverage Ratio in effect on such date as set forth on Schedule I; provided, that a
change in the Applicable Percentage resulting from a change in the Leverage
Ratio shall be effective on the second Business Day after which the Borrower
delivers the financial statements required by Section 5.1(a) or (b) and the Compliance
Certificate required by Section 5.1(c); provided further, that if at
any time the Borrower shall have failed to deliver such financial statements and
such Compliance Certificate, the Applicable Percentage shall be at Level I as
set forth on Schedule
I until such time as such financial statements and Compliance Certificate
are delivered, at which time the Applicable Percentage shall be determined as
provided above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable
Percentage for the commitment fee from the Closing Date until the financial
statements and Compliance Certificate for the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31,
2008 are required to be delivered shall be at Level III as set forth on Schedule
I.
2
“Approved Fund” shall
mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is
administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii)
an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
“Assignment and
Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required
by Section
10.4(b)) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit C attached
hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Availability
Period” shall
mean the period from the Closing Date to the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date.
“Base Rate” shall mean
the higher of (i) the per annum rate which the Administrative Agent
publicly announces from time to time to be its prime lending rate, as in effect
from time to time, and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate, as in effect from time
to time, plus one-half
of one percent (0.50%). The Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate
is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate
charged to customers. The Administrative Agent may make commercial
loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Administrative
Agent’s prime lending rate. Each change in the Administrative Agent’s
prime lending rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is
publicly announced as being effective.
“Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing
consisting of (i) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued
on the same date and in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single
Interest Period is in effect, or (ii) a Swingline Loan.
“Business Day” shall
mean (i) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in Atlanta, Georgia are authorized or required by law to close and (ii) if
such day relates to a Borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of principal or
interest on, a conversion of or into, or an Interest Period for, a Eurodollar
Loan or a notice with respect to any of the foregoing, any day on which dealings
in Dollars are carried on in the London interbank market.
“Capital Lease
Obligations” of any Person shall mean all obligations of such Person to
pay rent or other amounts under any lease (or other arrangement conveying the
right to use) of real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on
a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations
shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
3
“Capital Stock” shall
mean any non-redeemable capital stock (or in the case of a partnership or
limited liability company, the partners’ or members’ equivalent equity interest)
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (to the extent issued to a Person
other than the Borrower), whether common or preferred.
“Change in Control”
shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i) any sale,
lease, exchange or other transfer (in a single transaction or a series of
related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower
to any Person or “group” (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in
effect on the date hereof), (ii) the acquisition of ownership, directly or
indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or “group” (within the
meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) of 30% or
more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the Borrower, or (iii)
occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of
directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (a) nominated by the
current board of directors nor (b) appointed by directors so
nominated.
“Change in Law” shall
mean (i) the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation after the date
of this Agreement, (ii) any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or
any change in the interpretation or application thereof, by any Governmental
Authority after the date of this Agreement, or (iii) compliance by any Lender
(or its Applicable Lending Office) or the Issuing Bank (or for purposes of Section 2.16(b), by
such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent corporation, if applicable)
with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this
Agreement.
“Charter Documents”
shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party, the articles or certificate of
incorporation, bylaws, partnership certificate and agreement, or limited
liability company certificate of organization and agreement, as the case may be,
and other organizational and governing documents of such Person.
“Class,” when used in reference
to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
“Closing Date” shall
mean the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 have been
satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.2, which
date is March 28, 2008.
“Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to
time.
“Compliance
Certificate” shall mean a certificate from the chief executive officer
and the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower in the form of, and
containing the certifications set forth in, the certificate attached hereto as
Exhibit
5.1(c).
“Consolidated EBITDA”
shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, an amount
equal to the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (ii) to the extent
deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, (A)
Consolidated Interest Expense, (B) income tax expense determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (C) depreciation and amortization
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and (D) all
other non-cash charges acceptable to the Administrative Agent, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, in each case for such
period.
4
“Consolidated Interest
Expense” shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (i) total
interest expense, including without limitation the interest component of any
payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations capitalized or expensed during
such period (whether or not actually
paid during such period) plus (ii) the net amount
payable (or minus the
net amount receivable) under Hedging Agreements during such period (whether or
not actually paid or received during such period).
“Consolidated Net
Income” shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period,
the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding
therefrom (to the extent otherwise included therein) (i) any extraordinary
gains or losses, (ii) any gains attributable to write-ups of assets,
(iii) any equity interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower
in the unremitted earnings of any Person that is not a Subsidiary and (iv) any
income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary
or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary on the
date that such Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided, however, that to the extent that the term “Consolidated Net Income” is
used in calculating Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Net Income shall (x)
include, on a pro forma basis, any income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior
to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the
Borrower or any Subsidiary on the date that such Person’s assets are acquired by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, subject to the approval thereof by the
Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld and (y)
exclude, on a pro forma basis, any income (or loss) of any Subsidiary accrued
prior to the date such Subsidiary was sold, otherwise disposed of or ceased for
any reason to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower and any income derived from income
producing assets or a division or line of business of any Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries accrued prior to the date such assets were sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of.
“Consolidated Total
Debt” shall mean, as of any date, all Indebtedness of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries measured on a consolidated basis as of such date, but excluding
Indebtedness of the type described in subsection (xi) of the definition
thereto.
“Contractual
Obligation” of any Person shall mean any provision of any security issued
by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking under which such
Person is obligated or by which it or any of the property in which it has an
interest is bound.
“Default” shall mean
any condition or event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Interest”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.11(c).
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“Dollar(s)” and the
sign “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Environmental Laws”
shall mean all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees,
judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or
entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the
environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management,
Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety
matters.
“Environmental
Liability” shall mean any liability, contingent or otherwise (including
any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation and remediation,
costs of administrative oversight, fines, natural resource damages, penalties or
indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting
from or based upon (i) any actual violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any
Hazardous Materials, (iii) any actual exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (iv)
the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (v) any contract, agreement or other
consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
respect to any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and any successor statute.
“ERISA Affiliate”
shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated), which, together
with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c)
of the Code or, solely for the purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412
of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“ERISA Event” shall mean (i) any
“reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations
issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the
30-day notice period is waived); (ii) the existence with respect to any Plan of
an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (iii) the filing pursuant to
Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (iv) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (v) the receipt
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator
appointed by the PBGC of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any
Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (vi) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with
respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; or (vii) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or
in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“Eurodollar” when used
in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or
the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
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“Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage” shall mean the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages
(including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental, special or other
marginal reserves) expressed as a decimal (rounded upwards to the next
1/100th of 1%)
in effect on any day to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect
to the Adjusted LIBO Rate pursuant to regulations issued by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions) with respect to eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” under Regulation
D). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency
funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or
credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to
time to any Lender under Regulation D. The Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of
any change in any reserve percentage.
“Event of Default”
shall have the meaning provided in Article VIII;
provided, that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time or
both, has been satisfied.
“Excluded Taxes” shall
mean with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or
any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation
of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured
by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under
the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office
is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office
is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America
or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which any Lender is
located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax that (i) is
imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, (ii) is imposed on amounts payable to
such Foreign Lender at any time that such Foreign Lender designates a new
lending office, other than taxes that have accrued prior to the designation of
such lending office that are otherwise not Excluded Taxes, and (iii) is
attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.18(e).
“Existing Lenders”
shall mean SunTrust Bank and Wachovia Bank, N.A.
“Existing Letters of
Credit” means the letters of credit issued and outstanding under the
Existing Credit Agreement as set forth on Schedule
2.20.
“Federal Funds Rate”
shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the next 1/100th of 1%)
equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next
succeeding Business Day or if such rate is not so published for any Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1% of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative
Agent.
“Fee Letters” shall mean,
collectively, those certain fee letters, each dated as of March 11, 2008,
executed by: (i) SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. and SunTrust Bank and accepted
by Borrower; and (ii) Banc of America Securities LLC and Bank of America, N.A
and accepted by the Borrower.
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“Fiscal Quarter” shall
mean any fiscal quarter of the Borrower.
“Fiscal Year” shall
mean any fiscal year of the Borrower.
“Foreign Lender” shall
mean any Lender that is not a United States person under Section 7701(a)(3) of
the Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary”
shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than one of the fifty states of the United States or the District of
Columbia.
“GAAP” shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis and subject to the terms of Section
1.3.
“Governmental
Authority” shall mean the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and
any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee” of or by
any Person (the “guarantor”) shall
mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or
having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in
any manner, whether directly or indirectly and including any obligation, direct
or indirect, of the guarantor (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to
purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for
the payment thereof, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation
of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv)
as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued in support of such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the
term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposits in
the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be
deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which Guarantee is made or, if not so stated or
determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof
(assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such
Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.
“Hazardous Materials”
shall mean all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous
or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or
petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other
substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
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“Hedging Obligations”
of any Person shall mean any and all obligations of such Person, whether
absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced
or acquired under (i) any and all Hedging Transactions, (ii) any and all
cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging
Transactions and (iii) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any
Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions for any Hedging
Transactions.
“Hedging Transaction”
of any Person shall mean (a) any transaction (including an agreement with
respect to any such transaction) now existing or hereafter entered into by such
Person that is a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate
transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap or
option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap
transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction,
cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, spot transaction, credit
protection transaction, credit swap, credit default swap, credit default option,
total return swap, credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction,
reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending
transaction, or any other similar transaction (including any option
with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether
or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement
and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations,
which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any
other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related
schedules, a “Master
Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any
Master Agreement.
“Indebtedness” of any
Person shall mean, without duplication (i) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of
such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided, that for
purposes of Section
8.1(g),
trade payables overdue by more than 120 days shall be included in this
definition except to the extent that any of such trade payables are being
disputed in good faith and by appropriate measures), (iv) all obligations of
such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement(s)
relating to property acquired by such Person, (v) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person, (vi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person in respect of letters of credit, acceptances or similar extensions
of credit, (vii) all Guarantees of such Person of the type of Indebtedness
described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, (viii) all Indebtedness of a third
party secured by any Lien on property owned by such Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, (ix) all obligations of such
Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise
acquire for value any common stock of such Person, (x) Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities and (xi) for purposes of Sections 7.1 and 8.1(g) only all
Hedging Obligations. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a
general partner or a joint venturer, to the extent such Person is liable
therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest or other relationship
with such entity, except to the extent that the terms of such Indebtedness
provide that such Person is not liable therefor. For the avoidance of
doubt, “Indebtedness” shall not include the unearned revenue of such
Person occurring in the ordinary course of business.
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“Indemnified Taxes”
shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Interest Period” shall
mean with respect to (i) any Swingline Borrowing, such period as the Swingline
Lender and the Borrower shall mutually agree and (ii) any Eurodollar Borrowing,
a period of one, two, three, six or twelve months; provided,
that:
(i) the
initial Interest Period for such Borrowing shall commence on the date of such
Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of another
Type), and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such
Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period
expires;
(ii) if any
Interest Period would otherwise end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day,
unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period would end on the next preceding Business Day;
(iii) any
Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of
such calendar month; and
(iv) no
Interest Period may extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date.
“Investments” shall
have the meaning as set forth in Section
7.4.
“Issuing Bank” shall
mean SunTrust Bank or any other Lender, each in its capacity as an issuer of
Letters of Credit pursuant to Section
2.20.
“LC
Commitment” shall mean that portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
Amount that may be used by the Borrower for the issuance of Letters of Credit in
an aggregate face amount not to exceed $75,000,000.
“LC
Disbursement” shall mean a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a
Letter of Credit.
“LC
Documents” shall mean all applications, agreements and instruments
relating to the Letters of Credit (but excluding the Letters of
Credit).
“LC
Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate
undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not been
reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC
Exposure of any Lender shall be its Pro Rata Share of the total LC Exposure at
such time.
“Lenders”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the opening paragraph of this
Agreement and shall include, where appropriate, the Swingline Lender and each
Additional Lender that joins this Agreement pursuant to Section
2.21.
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“Letter of Credit”
shall mean any stand-by letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.20 by
the Issuing Bank for the account of the Borrower pursuant to the LC
Commitment and the Existing Letters of Credit.
“Leverage Ratio” shall
mean, as of any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date
to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on
or immediately prior to such date.
“LIBOR” shall mean,
for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate
for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to
such Interest Period. If for any reason such rate is not available, LIBOR shall
be, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum reasonably determined by the
Agent as the rate of interest at which Dollar deposits in the approximate amount
of the Eurodollar Loan comprising part of such borrowing would be offered by the
Agent to major banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market at their request
at or about 10:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) two Business Days prior to the
first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest
Period.
“Lien” shall mean any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge,
encumbrance, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, or other
arrangement having the practical effect of the foregoing or any preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any
kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement and any capital lease having the same economic effect as any
of the foregoing).
“Loan Documents” shall
mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes (if any), the LC Documents,
the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, all Notices of Borrowing, all Notices of
Conversion/Continuation, all Compliance Certificates and any and all other
instruments, agreements, documents and writings executed by and among any Loan
Party and Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Swingline Lender or the
Issuing Bank in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Loan Parties” shall
mean the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
“Loans” shall mean all
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans in the aggregate or any of them, as the
context shall require.
“Material Adverse
Effect” shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or
occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any
litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether
singularly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts,
condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences whether or not related, a
material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on, (i) the
business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets,
operations, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), properties or prospects of
the Borrower or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(ii) the ability of the Loan Parties to pay any of their respective
obligations under the Loan Documents or perform any of their respective material
obligations under the Loan Documents, (iii) the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, Swingline Lender, and the Lenders under
any of the Loan Documents or (iv) the legality, validity or enforceability of
any of the Loan Documents.
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“Material
Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters
of Credit) and Hedging Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
individually or in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$10,000,000. For purposes of determining the amount of attributed
Indebtedness from Hedging Obligations, the “principal amount” of any Hedging
Obligations at any time shall be the Net Xxxx-to-Market Exposure of such Hedging
Obligations.
“Material Subsidiary”
shall mean at any time any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower having:
(a) assets in an amount equal to at least 10% of the total assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis as of the last
day of the most recent Fiscal Quarter at such time; or (b) revenues or net
income in an amount equal to at least 10% of the total revenues or net income of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the 12-month
period ending on the last day of the most recent Fiscal Quarter at such
time.
“Moody’s” shall mean
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“Net Xxxx-to-Market
Exposure” of any Person shall mean, as of any date of determination with
respect to any Hedging Obligation, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses
over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from such Hedging
Obligation. “Unrealized losses” shall mean the fair market value of
the cost to such Person of replacing the Hedging Transaction giving rise to such
Hedging Obligation as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedging
Transaction were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits”
means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedging
Transaction as of the date of determination (assuming such Hedging Transaction
were to be terminated as of that date).
“Notes” shall mean,
collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swingline Note.
“Notices of Borrowing”
shall mean, collectively, the Notices of Revolving Borrowing, and the Notices of
Swingline Borrowing.
“Notice of
Conversion/Continuation” shall mean the notice given by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent in respect of the conversion or continuation of an
outstanding Borrowing as provided in Section
2.6(b).
“Notice of
Revolving Borrowing” shall have the meaning as set forth in Section
2.3.
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“Notice of Swingline
Borrowing” shall
have the meaning as set forth in Section
2.4.
“Obligations” shall
mean (a) all amounts owing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise with
respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, including without limitation, all
principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or
like proceeding relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing
or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), all reimbursement
obligations, fees, expenses, indemnification and reimbursement payments, costs
and expenses (including all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and any Lender (including the Swingline
Lender) actually incurred pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, (b) all
Hedging Obligations owed by any Loan Party to any Lender or Affiliate of any
Lender, and (c) all Treasury Management Obligations, together with all
renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings of any of the
foregoing.
“Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities” of any Person shall mean (i) any repurchase obligation or
liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by
such Person, (ii) any liability of such Person under any sale and leaseback
transactions that do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person,
(iii) any Synthetic Lease Obligation or (iv) any obligation arising with respect
to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the
place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance
sheet of such Person.
“OSHA” shall mean the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended from time to time, and
any successor statute.
“Other Taxes” shall
mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment
made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise
with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Participant” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
10.4(d).
“Payment Office” shall
mean the office of the Administrative Agent located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
X.X., Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, or such other location as to which the
Administrative Agent shall have given written notice to the Borrower and the
other Lenders.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA, and any
successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted
Encumbrances” shall mean:
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(i) Liens
imposed by law for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being
maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) statutory
Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and similar
Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business for amounts
that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens in
connection with the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(iv) Liens to
secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(v) judgment
and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default or Liens created by
or existing from any litigation or legal proceeding that are currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP;
(vi) easements,
zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property
imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that, in the
aggregate, are not substantial in amount, do not secure any monetary obligations
and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(vii) Liens
securing the Obligations;
(viii) any
interest or title of a lessor or licensor under any lease or license entered
into by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business
and covering only the assets so leased or licensed;
(ix) the
filing of UCC financing statements solely as a precautionary measure in
connection with operating leases and consignment arrangements;
(x) Liens
of sellers of goods to Borrower and the Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of
the UCC or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of
business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase
price for such goods and related expenses;
(xi) any
Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary or existing on any asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary
after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the
case may be, provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or
in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (ii)
such Lien does not apply to any other asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
and (iii) such Lien secures only those obligations which it secures on the date
of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case
may be, other than the proceeds and products thereof an accessions thereto;
and
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(xii) Liens
not otherwise permitted by this definition so long as the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed (as to the
Borrower and all Subsidiaries) $5,000,000 at any one time;
provided, that,
except as expressly permitted in clauses (x), (xi) and (xii) of this definition,
the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness (other than the Obligations); provided, further,
that the Indebtedness secured thereby is expressly permitted in Section 7.1
hereof.
“Permitted
Investments” shall mean:
(i) direct obligations of, or
obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally
guaranteed by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States), in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(ii) commercial paper having the
highest rating, at the time of acquisition thereof, of S&P or Moody’s and in
either case maturing within six months from the date of
acquisition thereof;
(iii) certificates of deposit,
bankers’ acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of
acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market
deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial
bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which
has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$500,000,000;
(iv) fully collateralized
repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities
described in clause (i) above and entered into with a financial institution
satisfying the criteria described in clause (iii) above;
(v) mutual funds investing solely
in any one or more of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i) through
(iv) above; and
(vi) Capital
Stock, obligations, securities or other property received by Borrower or any
Subsidiary in settlement of accounts receivable created in the ordinary course
of business from bankrupt obligors.
“Permitted Subordinated
Debt” shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i)
that is expressly subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, (ii)
that matures by its terms no earlier than six months after the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date with no scheduled principal payments permitted prior
to such maturity, and (iii) that is evidenced by an indenture or other similar
agreement that is in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders.
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“Person” shall mean
any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, joint venture,
limited liability company, trust or other entity, or any Governmental
Authority.
“Plan” shall mean any
employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the
provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if
such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Pro Rata Share” shall
mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, a percentage, the numerator of
which shall be the sum of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment (or if such
Revolving Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have been
declared to be due and payable, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure) and the
denominator of which shall be the sum of all Lenders’ Revolving Commitments (or
if such Revolving Commitments have been terminated or expired or the Loans have
been declared to be due and payable, all Revolving Credit Exposure of all
Lenders funded under such Revolving Commitments).
“Regulation D”
shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as the same may be in effect from time to time, and any successor
regulations.
“Related Parties”
shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and
the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” shall mean
any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit,
disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the environment
(including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata) or within any building, structure, facility or fixture.
“Required Lenders”
shall mean, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate
outstanding Revolving Commitments at such time or if the Lenders have no
Revolving Commitments outstanding, then Lenders holding more than 50% of the
Revolving Credit Exposure; provided, that if
only two (2) Lenders exist hereunder, Required Lenders shall mean both such
Lenders.
“Requirement of Law”
for any Person shall mean any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination
of a Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such
Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is
subject.
“Responsible Officer”
shall mean any of the president, the chief executive officer, the chief
operating officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or a vice
president of the Borrower or such other representative of the Borrower as may be
designated in writing by any one of the foregoing with the consent of the
Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed); and, with respect to the financial covenants only, the
chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower.
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“Restricted Payment”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.5.
“Revolving
Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the obligation of
such Lender to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower and to participate in
Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount not
exceeding the amount set forth with respect to such Lender on Schedule II, as such
schedule may be amended pursuant to Section
2.21, or in the case of a
Person becoming a Lender after the Closing Date through an assignment of an
existing Revolving Commitment, the amount of the assigned “Revolving Commitment”
as provided in the Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Person as an
assignee, as the same may be increased or deceased pursuant to terms
hereof.
“Revolving
Commitment Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of (i)
Xxxxx 00, 0000, (xx) the date on which the Revolving Commitments are
terminated pursuant to Section
2.7 and (iii) the date on
which all amounts outstanding under this Agreement have been declared or have
automatically become due and payable (whether by acceleration or
otherwise).
“Revolving Credit
Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of
the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, LC Exposure
and Swingline Exposure.
“Revolving Credit
Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order
of a requesting Lender in the principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment, in substantially the form of Exhibit A.
“Revolving Loan” shall
mean a loan made by a Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) to the Borrower
under its Revolving Commitment, which may either be a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Loan.
“S&P” shall mean
Standard & Poor’s, a Division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies.
“Subordinated Debt
Documents” shall mean any indenture, agreement or similar instrument
governing any Permitted Subordinated Debt.
“Subsidiary” shall
mean, with respect to any Person (the “parent”), any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association
or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial
statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any
other corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
association or other entity (i) of which securities or other ownership interests
representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting
power, or in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership
interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (ii) that is, as
of such date, otherwise controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of
the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the
parent. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “Subsidiary”
hereunder shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
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“Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement” shall mean the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit D, made
by certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower in favor of the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders.
“Subsidiary Guaranty
Supplement” shall mean each supplement substantially in the form of Schedule II to the
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement executed and delivered by a Subsidiary of the
Borrower pursuant to Section
5.10.
“Subsidiary Loan
Party” shall mean any Subsidiary that executes or becomes a party to the
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.
“Swingline Commitment”
shall mean the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000.
“Swingline Exposure”
shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the principal amount of the Swingline
Loans in which such Lender is legally obligated either to make a Base Rate Loan
or to purchase a participation in accordance with Section 2.4, which
shall equal such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all outstanding Swingline
Loans.
“Swingline Lender”
shall mean SunTrust Bank.
“Swingline Loan” shall
mean a loan made to the Borrower by the Swingline Lender under the Swingline
Commitment.
“Swingline Note” shall
mean the promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of the Swingline
Lender in the principal amount of the Swingline Commitment, substantially the
form of Exhibit
B.
“Swingline Rate” shall
mean, for any Interest Period, the rate as offered by the Swingline Lender and
accepted by the Borrower. The Borrower is under no obligation to
accept this rate, and the Swingline Lender is under no obligation to provide
it.
“Synthetic Lease”
shall mean a lease transaction under which the parties intend that (i) the lease
will be treated as an “operating lease” by the lessee pursuant to Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended and (ii) the lessee will be
entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily available to owners (as
opposed to lessees) of like property.
“Synthetic Lease
Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the sum of (i) all
remaining rental obligations of such Person as lessee under Synthetic Leases
which are attributable to principal and, without duplication, (ii) all rental
and purchase price payment obligations of such Person under such Synthetic
Leases assuming such Person exercises the option to purchase the lease property
at the end of the lease term.
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“Taxes” shall mean any
and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or
withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Treasury Management
Obligations” shall mean, collectively, all obligations and other
liabilities of any Loan Parties pursuant to any agreements governing the
provision to such Loan Parties of treasury or cash management services,
including deposit accounts, funds transfer, automated clearing house, zero
balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement,
lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance
services.
“Type,” when used in
reference to a Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such
Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to
the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Base Rate.
“Withdrawal Liability”
shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or
partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in
Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Section
1.2. Classifications
of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans
may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. a “Revolving Loan” or a
“Swingline Loan”) or by Type (e.g. a “Eurodollar Loan” or a “Base Rate Loan”) or
by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving Eurodollar Loan”). Borrowings also
may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. “Revolving Borrowing”) or by
Type (e.g. “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving
Eurodollar Borrowing”).
Section
1.3. Accounting
Terms and Determination. Unless otherwise defined or specified
herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting
determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to
be delivered hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP as in effect
from time to time, applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited
consolidated financial statement of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a); provided, that if the
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any
covenant in Article
VI to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation of such
covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required
Lenders wish to amend Article VI for such
purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined
on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP
became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is
amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required
Lenders.
Section
1.4. Terms
Generally. The definitions of terms
herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include
the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. In the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but
excluding”. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition
of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as it was
originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and
permitted assigns, (iii) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words
of similar import shall be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement and (v) all references
to a specific time shall be construed to refer to the time in the city and state
of the Administrative Agent’s principal office, unless otherwise
indicated. To the extent that any of the representations and
warranties contained in Article IV under this
Agreement is qualified by “Material Adverse Effect”, “material”, “all material
respects” or words of similar import, then the qualifier “in any material
respect” contained in Section 8.1 shall not
apply.
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ARTICLE
II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE
REVOLVING COMMITMENTS
Section
2.1. General
Description of Facilities. Subject to and upon the terms and
conditions herein set forth, (i) the Lenders hereby establish in favor of
the Borrower a revolving credit facility pursuant to which each Lender severally
agrees (to the extent of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment) to make Revolving
Loans to the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.2, (ii) the
Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.20, (iii) the
Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.4, and (iv)
each Lender agrees to purchase a participation interest in the Letters of Credit
and the Swingline Loans pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof; provided, that in no
event shall the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans,
Swingline Loans and outstanding LC Exposure exceed at any time the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment Amount from time to time in effect.
Section
2.2. Revolving
Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans, ratably in proportion to
its Pro Rata Share, to the Borrower, from time to time during the Availability Period, in
an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time that will not result in
(a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment or (b) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures of all
Lenders exceeding the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount. During
the Availability Period, the Borrower shall be entitled to borrow, prepay and
reborrow Revolving Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; provided, that the
Borrower may not borrow or reborrow should there exist a Default or Event of
Default.
Section
2.3. Procedure
for Revolving Borrowings. The Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) of each Revolving Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.3 (a “Notice of Revolving
Borrowing”) (x) prior to 11:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) one (1)
Business Day prior to the requested date of each Base Rate Borrowing and (y)
prior to 11:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) three (3) Business Days prior to the
requested date of each Eurodollar Borrowing. Each Notice of Revolving
Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall
specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing, (ii)
the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the Type of
such Revolving Loan comprising such Borrowing and (iv) in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, the duration of the initial Interest Period applicable
thereto (subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest
Period). Each Revolving Borrowing shall consist entirely of Base Rate
Loans or Eurodollar Loans, as the Borrower may request. The aggregate
principal amount of each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be not less than $1,000,000
or a larger multiple of $500,000 (or the remaining amount of the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment Amount, if less), and the aggregate principal amount of
each Base Rate Borrowing shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a larger multiple
of $500,000 (or the remaining amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
Amount, if less); provided, that Base
Rate Loans made pursuant to Section 2.4 or Section 2.20 (d) may
be made in lesser amounts as provided therein. At no time shall the
total number of Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding at any time exceed
six. Promptly following the receipt of a Notice of Revolving
Borrowing in accordance herewith, the Administrative Agent shall advise each
Lender of the details thereof and the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan to
be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing.
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Section
2.4. Swingline
Commitment.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender shall make
Swingline Loans to the Borrower, from time to time during the Availability
Period, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed
the lesser of (i) the Swingline Commitment and (ii) the difference between the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount and aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures
of all Lenders; provided, that the
Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an
outstanding Swingline Loan. The Borrower shall be entitled to borrow,
repay and reborrow Swingline Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.
(b) The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic
notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Swingline Borrowing substantially
in the form of Exhibit
2.4 attached hereto (“Notice of Swingline
Borrowing”) prior to 10:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the requested
date of each Swingline Borrowing. Each Notice of Swingline Borrowing
shall be irrevocable and shall specify: (i) the principal amount of such
Swingline Loan, (ii) the date of such Swingline Loan (which shall be a Business
Day) and (iii) the account of the Borrower to which the proceeds of such
Swingline Loan should be credited. The Administrative Agent will
promptly advise the Swingline Lender of each Notice of Swingline
Borrowing. Each Swingline Loan shall accrue interest at the Swingline
Rate and shall have an Interest Period (subject to the definition thereof) as
agreed between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender. The aggregate
principal amount of each Swingline Loan shall be not less than $100,000 or a larger
multiple of $50,000, or such other minimum amounts agreed to by the Swingline
Lender and the Borrower. The Swingline Lender will make the proceeds
of each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower in Dollars in immediately
available funds at the account specified by the Borrower in the applicable
Notice of Swingline Borrowing not later than 1:00 p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time)
on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The
Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion, may,
on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the
Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), give a Notice of Revolving Borrowing to
the Administrative Agent requesting the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender)
to make Base Rate Loans in an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of any
Swingline Loan. Each Lender will make the proceeds of its Base Rate
Loan included in such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swingline Lender in accordance with Section 2.5, which
will be used solely for the repayment of such Swingline Loan.
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(d) If for
any reason a Base Rate Borrowing may not be (as determined in the sole
discretion of the Administrative Agent), or is not, made in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, then each Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) shall
purchase an undivided participating interest in such Swingline Loan in an amount
equal to its Pro Rata Share thereof on the date that such Base Rate Borrowing
should have occurred. On the date of such required purchase, each
Lender shall promptly transfer, in immediately available funds, the amount of
its participating interest to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Swingline Lender. If such Swingline Loan bears interest at a rate
other than the Base Rate, such Swingline Loan shall automatically become a Base
Rate Loan on the effective date of any such participation and interest shall
become payable on demand.
(e) Each
Lender’s obligation to make a Base Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.4(c) or to
purchase the participating interests pursuant to Section 2.4(d) shall
be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including without limitation (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense
or other right that such Lender or any other Person may have or claim against
the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever, (ii) the existence of a Default or an Event of Default or the
termination of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (iii) the existence (or
alleged existence) of any event or condition which has had or could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) any breach of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any
Lender or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing. If such amount is not in fact
made available to the Swingline Lender by any Lender, the Swingline Lender shall
be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender, together with
accrued interest thereon for each day from the date of demand thereof (i) at the
Federal Funds Rate until the second Business Day after such demand and (ii) at
the Base Rate at all times thereafter. Until such time as such Lender
makes its required payment, the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to continue to
have outstanding Swingline Loans in the amount of the unpaid participation for
all purposes of the Loan Documents. In addition, such Lender shall be
deemed to have assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on
its Loans and any other amounts due to it hereunder, to the Swingline Lender to
fund the amount of such Lender’s participation interest in such Swingline Loans
that such Lender failed to fund pursuant to this Section 2.4, until
such amount has been purchased in full.
Section
2.5. Funding
of Borrowings.
(a) Each
Lender will make available each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed
date thereof by wire transfer in immediately available funds by 11:00 a.m.
(Atlanta, Georgia time) to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office; provided, that the
Swingline Loans will be made as set forth in Section
2.4. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available
to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts that it receives, in like
funds by the close of business on such proposed date, to an account maintained
by the Borrower with the Administrative Agent or at the Borrower’s option, by
effecting a wire transfer of such amounts to an account designated by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
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(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to 5:00
p.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of a
Borrowing in which such Lender is to participate that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available
to the Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent, in
reliance on such assumption, may make available to the Borrower on such date a
corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact
made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on the date of such
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such
corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest at the
Federal Funds Rate until the second Business Day after such demand and
thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such
corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower
shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent
together with interest at the rate specified for such
Borrowing. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to relieve any
Lender from its obligation to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing hereunder
or to prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a
result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
(c) All
Revolving Borrowings shall be made by the Lenders on the basis of their
respective Pro Rata Shares. No Lender shall be responsible for any
default by any other Lender in its obligations hereunder, and each Lender shall
be obligated to make its Loans provided to be made by it hereunder,
regardless of the failure of any other Lender to make its Loans
hereunder.
Section
2.6. Interest
Elections.
(a) Each
Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Notice of
Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial
Interest Period as specified in such Notice of Borrowing. Thereafter,
the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing into a different Type or to
continue such Borrowing, and in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect
Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section
2.6. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to
different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion
shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding Loans comprising such
Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a
separate Borrowing. This Section shall NOT apply to Swingline
Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make
an election pursuant to this Section 2.6, the
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior written notice (or telephonic
notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each Borrowing substantially in the
form of Exhibit
2.6 attached hereto (a “Notice of
Conversion/Continuation”) that is to be converted or continued, as the
case may be, (x) prior to 10:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) one (1) Business
Day prior to the requested date of a conversion into a Base Rate Borrowing and
(y) prior to 11:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) three (3) Business Days prior to
a continuation of or conversion into a Eurodollar Borrowing. Each
such Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable and shall specify
(i) the Borrowing to which such Notice of Conversion/Continuation applies and if
different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof,
the portions thereof that are to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in
which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv)
shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing); (ii) the effective date of the
election made pursuant to such Notice of Conversion/Continuation, which shall be
a Business Day, (iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate
Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to
be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period applicable thereto after giving
effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition
of “Interest Period”. If any such Notice of Conversion/Continuation
requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month. The principal amount of any resulting Borrowing shall satisfy
the minimum borrowing amount for Eurodollar Borrowings and Base Rate Borrowings
set forth in Section
2.3.
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(c) If, on
the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of any Eurodollar Borrowing,
the Borrower shall have failed to deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation,
then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have elected to convert such Borrowing to a Base Rate
Borrowing. No Borrowing may be converted into, or continued as, a
Eurodollar Borrowing if a Default or an Event of Default exists, unless the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall have otherwise consented in
writing. No conversion of any Eurodollar Loans shall be
permitted except on the last day of the Interest Period in respect thereof.
(d) Upon
receipt of any Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion
of each resulting Borrowing.
Section
2.7. Optional Reduction and
Termination of Revolving Commitments.
(a) Unless
previously terminated, all Revolving Commitments, Swingline Commitments and LC
Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date.
(b) Upon at
least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice
promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent (which notice shall
be irrevocable), the Borrower may reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in
part or terminate the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in whole; provided, that (i)
any partial reduction shall apply to reduce proportionately and permanently the
Revolving Commitment of each Lender, (ii) any partial reduction pursuant to this
Section 2.7
shall be in an amount of at least $5,000,000 and any larger multiple of
$1,000,000, and (iii) no such reduction shall be permitted which would reduce
the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount to an amount less than the outstanding
Revolving Credit Exposures of all Lenders. Any such reduction in the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount below the sum of the principal amount of
the Swingline Commitment and the LC Commitment shall result in a proportionate
reduction (rounded to the next lowest integral multiple of $100,000) in the
Swingline Commitment and the LC Commitment.
Section
2.8. Repayment of
Loans.
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(a) The
outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans shall be due and payable
(together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date.
(b) The
principal amount of each Swingline Borrowing shall be due and payable (together
with accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the earlier of (i) the last day of
the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing and (ii) the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date.
Section
2.9. Evidence
of Indebtedness. (a) Each Lender shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice appropriate records evidencing the
Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by
such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest
payable thereon and paid to such Lender from time to time under this
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall maintain appropriate records in which shall be
recorded (i) the Revolving Commitment of each Lender, (ii) the amount of each
Loan made hereunder by each Lender, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest
Period applicable thereto, (iii) the date of each continuation thereof pursuant
to Section 2.6,
(iv) the date of each conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type
pursuant to Section
2.6, (v) the date and amount of any principal or interest due and payable
or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder in
respect of such Loans and (vi) both the date and amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower in respect of the Loans and
each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. Absent manifest error, the
entries made in such records shall be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, that the
failure or delay of any Lender or the Administrative Agent in maintaining or
making entries into any such record or any error therein shall not in any manner
affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans (both principal and
unpaid accrued interest) of such Lender in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(b) At the
request of any Lender (including the Swingline Lender) at any time, the Borrower
agrees that it will execute and deliver to such Lender a Revolving Credit Note
and, in the case of the Swingline Lender only, a Swingline Note, payable to the
order of such Lender.
Section
2.10. Optional
Prepayments. The Borrower
shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing,
in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, by giving irrevocable written
notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the
Administrative Agent no later than (i) in the case of prepayment of any
Eurodollar Borrowing, 11:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) not less than three (3)
Business Days prior to any such prepayment, (ii) in the case of any prepayment
of any Base Rate Borrowing, not less than one Business Day prior to the date of
such prepayment, and (iii) in the case of Swingline Borrowings, prior to 11:00
a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date of such prepayment. Each
such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the proposed date of such
prepayment and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be
prepaid. Upon receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each affected Lender of the contents thereof and of such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any such prepayment. If such notice is
given, the aggregate amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on
the date designated in such notice, together with accrued interest to such date
on the amount so prepaid in accordance with Section 2.11(e);
provided, that
if a Eurodollar Borrowing is prepaid on a date other than the last day of an
Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay all amounts
required pursuant to Section 2.17. Each
partial prepayment of any Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be in an
amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving
Borrowing of the same Type pursuant to Section 2.2 or in the
case of a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section
2.4. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably
to the Loans comprising such Borrowing.
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Section
2.11. Interest on
Loans.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay interest on each Base Rate Loan at the Base Rate in effect
from time to time and on each Eurodollar Loan at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the
applicable Interest Period in effect for such Loan, plus, in each case, the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.
(b) The
Borrower shall pay interest on each Swingline Loan at the Swingline Rate in
effect from time to time.
(c) While an
Event of Default exists or after acceleration, at the option of the Required
Lenders, the Borrower shall pay interest (“Default Interest”)
with respect to all Eurodollar Loans at the rate otherwise applicable for the
then-current Interest Period plus an additional 2% per
annum until the last day of such Interest Period, and thereafter, and with
respect to all Base Rate Loans (including all Swingline Loans) and all other
Obligations hereunder (other than Loans), at an all-in rate in effect for Base
Rate Loans, plus an
additional 2% per annum.
(d) Interest
on the principal amount of all Loans shall accrue from and including the date
such Loans are made to but excluding the date of any repayment
thereof. Interest on all outstanding Base Rate Loans shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December
and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date. Interest on all
outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be payable on the last day of each Interest
Period applicable thereto, and, in the case of any Eurodollar Loans having an
Interest Period in excess of three months or 90 days, respectively, on each day
which occurs every three months or 90 days, as the case may be, after the
initial date of such Interest Period, and on the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date. Interest on each Swingline Loan shall be payable on
the maturity date of such Loan, which shall be the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date. Interest on any Loan which is converted into a Loan of another
Type or which is repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such
conversion or on the date of any such repayment or prepayment (on the amount
repaid or prepaid) thereof. All Default Interest shall be payable on
demand.
(e) The
Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans
hereunder and shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of such rate in
writing (or by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing). Any such
determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
Section
2.12. Fees.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account fees in the
amounts and at the times previously agreed upon in writing by the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent.
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(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Percentage per
annum (determined daily in accordance with Schedule I) on the
daily amount of the unused Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the
Availability Period. For purposes of computing commitment fees with
respect to the Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Commitment of each Lender
shall be deemed used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC
Exposure, but not Swingline Exposure, of such Lender.
(c) The
Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each
Lender, a letter of credit fee with respect to its participation in each Letter
of Credit, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin
for Eurodollar Loans then in effect on the average daily amount of such Lender’s
LC Exposure attributable to such Letter of Credit during the period from and
including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the
date on which such Letter of Credit expires or is drawn in full (including
without limitation any LC Exposure that remains outstanding after the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date) and (ii) to the Issuing Bank for its own account a
fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.10% per annum on the average
daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the Availability Period (or until the date
that such Letter of Credit is irrevocably cancelled, whichever is later), as
well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings
thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Required Lenders
elect to increase the interest rate on the Loans to the Default Interest
pursuant to Section
2.11(d), the rate per annum used to calculate the letter of credit fee
pursuant to clause (i) above shall automatically be increased by an additional
2% per annum.
(d) The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of each
Lender, the upfront fee previously agreed upon by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, which shall be due and payable on the Closing
Date.
(e) Accrued
fees under paragraphs (b) and (c) above shall be payable quarterly in arrears on
the last day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on June 30,
2008 and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (and if later, the date
the Loans and LC Exposure shall be repaid in their entirety); provided further, that any
such fees accruing after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date shall be
payable on demand.
Section
2.13. Computation of Interest and
Fees.
All
computations of interest and fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year
of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first day but
excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees
are payable (to the extent computed on the basis of days
elapsed). Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an
interest amount or fee hereunder shall be made in good faith and, except for
manifest error, shall be final, conclusive and binding for all
purposes.
Section
2.14. Inability
to Determine Interest Rates. If prior to the commencement of
any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing,
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(i) the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances
affecting the relevant interbank market, adequate means do not exist for
ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or
(ii) the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that
the Adjusted LIBO Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their Eurodollar Loans for such
Interest Period,
the
Administrative Agent shall give prompt written notice thereafter (or telephonic
notice, promptly confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the
Lenders. In the case of Eurodollar Loans, until the Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving
rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make
Eurodollar Revolving Loans or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or
into Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended and (ii) all such affected Loans shall
be converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest
Period applicable thereto unless the Borrower prepays such Loans in accordance
with this Agreement. Unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative
Agent at least one Business Day before the date of any Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing for which a Notice of Revolving Borrowing has previously been given
that it elects not to borrow on such date, then such Revolving Borrowing shall
be made as a Base Rate Borrowing.
Section
2.15. Illegality. If any Change in
Law shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make, maintain or
fund any Eurodollar Loan and such Lender shall so notify the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the
Borrower and the other Lenders, whereupon until such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Lender to make Eurodollar
Revolving Loans, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into
Eurodollar Loans, shall be suspended. In the case of the making of a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Lender’s Revolving Loan shall be made as a
Base Rate Loan as part of the same Revolving Borrowing for the same Interest
Period and if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, such Loan shall
be converted to a Base Rate Loan either (i) on the last day of the then current
Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan if such Lender may lawfully
continue to maintain such Loan to such date or (ii) immediately if such Lender
shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar
Loan to such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the affected Lender
shall, prior to giving such notice to the Administrative Agent, designate a
different Applicable Lending Office if such designation would avoid the need for
giving such notice and if such designation would not otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to such Lender in the good faith exercise of its
discretion.
Section
2.16. Increased
Costs.
(a) If any
Change in Law shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBO Rate
hereunder against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the
Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank; or
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(ii) impose on
any Lender or on the Issuing Bank or the eurodollar interbank market any other
condition affecting this Agreement or any Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender
or any Letter of Credit or any participation therein;
and the
result of either of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of
making, converting into, continuing or maintaining a Eurodollar Loan or to
increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in or
issuing any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount received or receivable by
such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any
other amount), then the Borrower shall promptly pay, upon written notice from
and demand by such Lender on the Borrower (with a copy of such notice and demand
to the Administrative Agent), to the Administrative Agent for the account of
such Lender, within five Business Days after the date of such notice and demand,
additional amount or amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or the Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.
(b) If any
Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have determined that on or after the date of
this Agreement any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing
Bank’s capital (or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent
corporation) as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in
respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or the
Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent corporation could
have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies or the policies of such Lender’s or the
Issuing Bank’s parent corporation with respect to capital adequacy) then, from
time to time, within fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of
written demand by such Lender (with a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent),
the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate
such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s parent
corporation for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A
certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the
Issuing Bank’s parent corporation, as the case may be, specified in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section 2.19 shall be
delivered to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) and shall be
conclusive, absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay any such
Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such amount or amounts within 15
days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall
not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand
such compensation; provided, that the Borrower shall not
be required to compensate Lenders or Issuing Bank under this Section for any
increased costs or reductions incurred more than nine (9) months prior to the
date that the any Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent notifies
Borrower of such increased costs or reductions and of the intention to claim
compensation therefor; provided, further, that if the Change in Law
giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then such
nine-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive
effect.
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Section
2.17. Funding
Indemnity. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of
a Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion or
continuation of a Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, or (c) the failure by the Borrower to borrow, prepay,
convert or continue any Eurodollar Loan (for a reason other than the failure of
a Lender to make a Loan) on the date specified in any applicable notice
(regardless of whether such notice is withdrawn or revoked), then, in any such
event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender, within fifteen (15) Business
Days after written demand from such Lender, for any loss, cost or expense
attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such
loss, cost or expense shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such
Lender to be the excess, if any, of (A) the amount of interest that would have
accrued on the principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan if such event had not
occurred at the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Loan for the
period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest
Period therefor (or in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for
the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan)
over (B) the amount of interest that would accrue on the principal amount of
such Eurodollar Loan for the same period if the Adjusted LIBO Rate were set on
the date such Eurodollar Loan was prepaid or converted or the date on which the
Borrower failed to borrow, convert or continue such Eurodollar
Loan. A certificate as to any additional amount payable under this
Section 2.17
submitted to the Borrower by any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
Section
2.18. Taxes.
(a) Except as
provided in this Section 2.18, any and
all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower to any Lender or
the Issuing Bank hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction
for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, that if the
Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from
such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 2.18) the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank (as the case may be) shall
receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions
been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower
shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(b) In
addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing
Bank, within fifteen (15) Business Days after written demand therefor, for the
full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect
to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder
(including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.18) and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the
Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its
own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
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(d) As soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any
Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding
tax under the Code or any treaty to which the United States is a party, with
respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable
law or, promptly, if reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such
payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Foreign Lender agrees that it
will deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or in the case of a
Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been
purchased), as appropriate, two (2) duly completed copies of (i) Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8 ECI, or any successor form thereto, certifying that the
payments received from the Borrower hereunder are effectively connected with
such Foreign Lender’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States; or
(ii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN, or any successor form thereto,
certifying that such Foreign Lender is entitled to benefits under an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party which reduces the rate of
withholding tax on payments of interest; or (iii) Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8 BEN, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service,
together with a certificate (A) establishing that the payment to the Foreign
Lender qualifies as “portfolio interest” exempt from U.S. withholding tax under
Code section 871(h) or 881(c), and (B) stating that (1) the Foreign Lender is
not a bank for purposes of Code section 881(c)(3)(A), or the obligation of
the Borrower hereunder is not, with respect to such Foreign Lender, a loan
agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within
the meaning of that section; (2) the Foreign Lender is not a 10% shareholder of
the Borrower within the meaning of Code section 871(h)(3) or 881(c)(3)(B); and
(3) the Foreign Lender is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related
to the Borrower within the meaning of Code section 881(c)(3)(C); or (iv) such
other Internal Revenue Service forms as may be applicable to the Foreign Lender,
including Forms W-8 IMY or W-8 EXP. Each such Foreign Lender shall
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such forms on or before the
date that it becomes a party to this Agreement (or in the case of a Participant,
on or before the date such Participant purchases the related
participation). In addition, each such Foreign Lender shall deliver
such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously
delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each such Foreign Lender shall
promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time that it
determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously
delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification
adopted by the Internal Revenue Service for such purpose).
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Section
2.19. Payments Generally; Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of
principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts
payable under Sections
2.16, 2.17 or 2.18, or otherwise)
prior to 12:00 noon (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date when due, in immediately
available funds, free and clear of any defenses, rights of set-off,
counterclaim, or withholding or deduction of taxes. Any amounts
received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such
payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office, except
payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as
expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.16, 2.17 and 2.18 and 10.3 shall be made
directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent
shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other
Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt
thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest
thereon shall be made payable for the period of such extension. All
payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
(b) If at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first,
towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees
then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and
unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC
Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its
Revolving Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans that
would result in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements
and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by
any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall
purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the
extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and
accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided, that (i) if
any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment
giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any
payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express
terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for
the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans to any assignee or
participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof
(as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The
Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively
do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant
to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of
set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such
Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
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(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to
the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make
such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made
such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
the amount or amounts due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in
fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to
it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the
greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
(e) If any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.4(b),
2.5(b), 2.19(d), 2.20(d) or (e) or 10.3(d), then the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully
paid.
Section
2.20. Letters of
Credit.
(a) During
the Availability Period, the Issuing Bank, in reliance upon the agreements of
the other Lenders pursuant to Section 2.20(d),
agrees to issue, at the request of the Borrower, Letters of Credit for the
account of the Borrower on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; provided, that (i)
each Letter of Credit shall expire on the earlier of (A) the date one year after
the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (or in the case of any renewal or
extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (B) the date
that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date; (ii) each Letter of Credit shall be in a stated amount of at least
$50,000; and (iii) the Borrower may not request any Letter of Credit, if, after
giving effect to such issuance (A) the aggregate LC Exposure would exceed the LC
Commitment or (B) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders would
exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount. Each Lender shall be
deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from
the Issuing Bank without recourse a participation in each Letter of Credit equal
to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount available to be drawn
under such Letter of Credit (i) on the Closing Date with respect to all Existing
Letters of Credit and (ii) on the date of issuance
with respect to all other Letters of Credit. Each issuance of a
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to utilize the Revolving Commitment of each
Lender by an amount equal to the amount of such participation.
(b) To
request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or any amendment, renewal or
extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall give the
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent irrevocable written notice at least
three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of such issuance specifying
the date (which shall be a Business Day) such Letter of Credit is to be issued
(or amended, extended or renewed, as the case may be), the expiration date of
such Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address
of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to
prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. In addition to
the satisfaction of the conditions in Article III, the
issuance of such Letter of Credit (or any amendment which increases the amount
of such Letter of Credit) will be subject to the further conditions that such
Letter of Credit shall be in such form and contain such terms as the Issuing
Bank shall approve and that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered any
additional applications, agreements and instruments relating to such Letter of
Credit as the Issuing Bank shall reasonably require; provided, that in the
event of any conflict between such applications, agreements or instruments and
this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
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(c) At least
two Business Days prior to the issuance of any Letter of Credit, the Issuing
Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing)
that the Administrative Agent has received such notice and if not, the Issuing
Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy
thereof. Unless the Issuing Bank has received notice from the
Administrative Agent on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the
date the Issuing Bank is to issue the requested Letter of Credit (1) directing
the Issuing Bank not to issue the Letter of Credit because such issuance is not
then permitted hereunder because of the limitations set forth in Section 2.20(a) or
that one or more conditions specified in Article III are not
then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing
Bank shall, on the requested date, issue such Letter of Credit in accordance
with the Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices.
(d) The
Issuing Bank shall examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for
payment under a Letter of Credit promptly following its receipt
thereof. The Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has
made or will make a LC Disbursement thereunder; provided, that any
failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of
its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to
such LC Disbursement. The Borrower shall be irrevocably and
unconditionally obligated to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursements
paid by the Issuing Bank in respect of such drawing, without presentment, demand
or other formalities of any kind. Unless the Borrower shall have
notified the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m.
(Atlanta, Georgia time) on the Business Day immediately prior to the date on
which such drawing is honored that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Issuing
Bank for the amount of such drawing in funds other than from the proceeds of
Revolving Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of
Revolving Borrowing to the Administrative Agent requesting the Lenders to make a
Base Rate Borrowing on the date on which
such drawing is honored in an exact amount due to the Issuing Bank; provided, that for
purposes solely of such Borrowing, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 hereof
shall not be applicable. The Administrative Agent shall notify the
Lenders of such Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.3, and each
Lender shall make the proceeds of its Base Rate Loan included in such Borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank in
accordance with Section
2.5. The proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied directly
by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for such LC
Disbursement.
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(e) If for
any reason a Base Rate Borrowing may not be (as determined in the sole
discretion of the Administrative Agent), or is not, made in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, then each Lender (other than the Issuing Bank) shall be
obligated to fund the participation that such Lender purchased pursuant to
subsection (a) in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such LC Disbursement
on and as of the date which such Base Rate Borrowing should have occurred. Each Lender’s obligation
to fund its participation shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance, including without limitation (i) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender or any other
Person may have against the Issuing Bank or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever, (ii) the existence of a Default or an Event of Default or the
termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (iii) any adverse change in
the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the Borrower or any other
Lender, (v) any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or (vi)
any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing. On the date that such participation is required
to be funded, each Lender shall promptly transfer, in immediately available
funds, the amount of its participation to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Issuing Bank. Whenever, at any time after the Issuing
Bank has received from any such Lender the funds for its participation in a LC
Disbursement, the Issuing Bank (or the Administrative Agent on its behalf)
receives any payment on account thereof, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of
such payment; provided, that if
such payment is required to be returned for any reason to the Borrower or to a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or similar official in any bankruptcy
proceeding, such Lender will return to the Administrative Agent or the Issuing
Bank any portion thereof previously distributed by the Administrative Agent or
the Issuing Bank to it.
(f) To the
extent that any Lender shall fail to pay any amount required to be paid pursuant
to paragraphs (d) or (e) below on the due date therefor, such Lender shall pay
interest to the Issuing Bank (through the Administrative Agent) on such amount
from such due date to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to
the Federal Funds Rate; provided, that if
such Lender shall fail to make such payment to the Issuing Bank within three (3)
Business Days of such due date, then, retroactively to the due date, such Lender
shall be obligated to pay interest on such amount at the rate set forth in Section
2.11(d).
(g) If any
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the
Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the
Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name
of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any
accrued and unpaid fees thereon; provided, that the
obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately,
and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or
notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to
the Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of Section
8.1. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as
collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower
under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive
dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such
account. Borrower agrees to execute any documents and/or certificates
to effectuate the intent of this paragraph. Other than any interest
earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at
the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s
risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest and
profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such
account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for
which it had not been reimbursed and to the extent so applied, shall be held for
the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC
Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated,
with the consent of the Required Lenders, be applied to satisfy other
obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash
collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence and continuance of an Event
of Default, such amount (to the extent not so applied as aforesaid) shall be
returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default
have been cured or waived.
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(h) Promptly
following the end of each calendar quarter, the Issuing Bank shall deliver
(through the Administrative Agent) to each Lender and the Borrower a report
describing the aggregate Letters of Credit outstanding at the end of such Fiscal
Quarter. Upon the request of any Lender from time to time, the
Issuing Bank shall deliver to such Lender any other information reasonably
requested by such Lender with respect to each Letter of Credit then
outstanding.
(i) The
Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements hereunder shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective
of any of the following circumstances:
(i) Any lack
of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement;
(ii) The
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Borrower or
any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower may have at any time against a
beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or
entities for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), any Lender
(including the Issuing Bank) or any other Person, whether in connection with
this Agreement or the Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto
or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) Any draft
or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) Payment
by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or
other document to the Issuing Bank that does not comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit;
(v) Any other
event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.20,
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff
against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder; or
(vi) The
existence of a Default or an Event of Default.
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Neither
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Lenders nor any Related Party of
any of the foregoing shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or
in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any
payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to above), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or
delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication
under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to
make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or
any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank;
provided, that
the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability
to the Borrower to the extent of any actual direct damages (as opposed to
special, indirect (including claims for lost profits or other consequential
damages), or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by
the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower
that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise due care when
determining whether drafts or other documents presented under a Letter of Credit
comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree,
that in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the
Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the
Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised due care in each such
determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting
the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents
presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the
terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion,
either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are
not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(j) Each
Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs and Practices for
Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce
Publication No. 500, as the same may be amended from time to time, and, to the
extent not inconsistent therewith, the governing law of this Agreement set forth
in Section
10.5.
Section
2.21. Increase of Revolving
Commitments; Additional Lenders.
(a) So long
as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, from time to
time after the Closing Date, Borrower may, upon at least 30 days’ written notice
to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to
each Lender), propose to increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitments
by an amount not to exceed $75,000,000 (the amount of any such increase, the
“Additional Revolving
Commitment Amount”. Each Lender shall have the right for a
period of 15 days following receipt of such notice, to elect by written notice
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to increase its Revolving
Commitment by a principal amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Additional
Revolving Commitment Amount. No Lender (or any successor thereto)
shall have any obligation to increase its Revolving Commitment or its other
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any decision
by a Lender to increase its Revolving Commitment shall be made in its sole
discretion independently from any other Lender.
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(b) If any
Lender shall not elect to increase its Revolving Commitment pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 2.21, the Borrower may designate another bank or other
financial institution (which may be, but need not be, one or more of the
existing Lenders) which at the time agrees to, in the case of any such Person
that is an existing Lender, increase its Revolving Commitment and in the case of
any other such Person (an “Additional
Lender”), become a party to this Agreement; provided,
however,
that any new bank or financial institution must be acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, which acceptance will not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. The sum of the increases in the Revolving Commitments of the
existing Lenders pursuant to this subsection (b) plus the Revolving Commitments
of the Additional Lenders shall not in the aggregate exceed the unsubscribed
amount of the Additional Revolving Commitment Amount.
(c) An
increase in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.21 shall become effective upon the receipt by the
Administrative Agent of an supplement or joinder in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent executed by the Borrower and by each
Additional Lender and by each other Lender whose Revolving Commitment is to be
increased, setting forth the new Revolving Commitments of such Lenders and
setting forth the agreement of each Additional Lender to become a party to this
Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and provisions hereof, together with
Notes evidencing such increase in the Revolving Commitments, and such evidence
of appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower with respect
to the increase in the Revolving Commitments and such opinions of counsel for
the Borrower with respect to the increase in the Revolving Commitments as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(d) Upon
the acceptance of any such agreement by the Administrative Agent, the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment Amount shall automatically be increased by the amount of
the Revolving Commitments added through such agreement and Schedule
II shall automatically be deemed amended to reflect the Revolving
Commitments of all Lenders after giving effect to the addition of such Revolving
Commitments.
(e) Upon any increase in the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.21 that is not pro rata among all Lenders, (x) within
five Business Days, in the case of any Base Rate Loans then outstanding, and at
the end of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, in the case of
any Eurodollar Loans then outstanding, the Borrower shall prepay such Loans in
their entirety and, to the extent the Borrower elects to do so and subject to
the conditions specified in Article
III, the Borrower shall reborrow Loans from the Lenders in proportion to
their respective Revolving Commitments after giving effect to such increase,
until such time as all outstanding Loans are held by the Lenders in proportion
to their respective Revolving Commitments after giving effect to such increase
and (y) effective upon such increase, the amount of the participations
held by each Lender in each Letter of Credit then outstanding shall be adjusted
automatically such that, after giving effect to such adjustments, the Lenders
shall hold participations in each such Letter of Credit in proportion to their
respective Revolving Commitments.
Section
2.22. Mitigation
of Obligations. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 2.16, or if
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18, then
such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office
for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in
the sole judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would
eliminate or reduce amounts payable under Section 2.16 or Section 2.18, as the
case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses
incurred by any Lender in connection with such designation or
assignment.
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Section
2.23. Replacement
of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.16, or if
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority of the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18, or if
any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the Borrower
may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 10.4(b) all
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that
shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender); provided, that (i)
the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (ii) such Lender shall
have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of
all Loans owed to it, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (in the case of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest) and from the Borrower (in the case
of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of a claim for compensation under
Section 2.16 or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.18, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or
payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment
and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment
and delegation cease to apply.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
Section
3.1. Conditions
To Effectiveness. The obligations of the Lenders (including the Swingline
Lender) to make Loans and the obligation of the Issuing Bank to issue any Letter
of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of
the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
10.2).
(a) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including reimbursement or payment of
all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements
of counsel to the Administrative Agent actually incurred) required to be
reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder, under any other Loan Document and
under any agreement with the Administrative Agent or SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers.
(b) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the
following:
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(i) a
counterpart of this Agreement signed by or on behalf of each party hereto or
written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include
telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such
party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;
(ii) duly
executed Revolving Credit Notes payable to such Lender and the Swingline Note
payable to the Swingline Lender;
(iii) the
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement duly executed by each Material Subsidiary that is
not a Foreign Subsidiary;
(iv) copies of
duly executed payoff letters, in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, executed by each of the Existing Lenders (other than
Wachovia Bank, N.A.) or the agent thereof, together with all releases,
terminations or other documents reasonably required by the Administrative Agent
to evidence the payoff of Indebtedness owed to the Existing
Lenders;
(v) a
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party in
the form of Exhibit
3.1(b)(v), attaching and certifying copies of its Charter Documents and
of the resolutions of its boards of directors and authorizations, authorizing
the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party and certifying the name, title and true signature of each officer of such
Loan Party executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(vi) certified
copies of the Charter Documents, together with certificates of good standing or
existence, as may be available from the Secretary of State of the
jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party;
(vii) a
favorable written opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan
Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders, and
covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents and the
transactions contemplated therein as the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders shall reasonably request;
(viii) a
certificate in the form of Exhibit 3.1(b)(viii),
dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer, certifying that (x)
no Default or Event of Default exists, (y) all representations and warranties of
each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct and (z)
since the date of the financial statements of the Borrower described in Section 4.4, there
shall have been no change which has had or could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect;
(ix) a duly
executed Notice of Revolving Borrowing;
(x) a duly
executed funds disbursement agreement, together with a report setting forth the
sources and uses of the proceeds hereof;
(xi) certified
copies of all consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations and filings and
orders required to be made or obtained under any Requirement of Law, or any
Charter Document or by any material Contractual Obligation of each Loan Party,
in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity and
enforceability of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated
thereby, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings
and orders shall be in full force and effect and all applicable waiting periods
shall have expired, and no investigation or inquiry by any Governmental
Authority regarding this Agreement or any transaction being financed with the
proceeds hereof shall be ongoing;
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(xii) copies of
the audited consolidated financial statements for Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for the Fiscal Years ending 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 including balance sheets,
statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows, all in reasonable
detail and reported on by independent public accountants of nationally
recognized standing and in accordance with GAAP;
(xiii) a duly
completed and executed certificate of the type described in Section 5.1(c)
including calculations of the financial covenants set forth in Article VI hereof as
of December 31, 2007;
(xiv) certified
copies of all agreements, indentures or notes governing the terms of any
Material Indebtedness (and for purposes of this clause (xiv) only, Material
Indebtedness shall be determined on an individual and not an aggregate basis)
and all other material agreements, documents and instruments to which any Loan
Party or any of its assets are bound;
(xv) certificates
of insurance issued on behalf of insurers of the Borrower and all Guarantors,
describing in reasonable detail the types and amounts of insurance (property and
liability) maintained by the Borrower and all Guarantors; and
(xvi) the
absence of any litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any
arbitrators or Governmental Authorities pending against or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have, either individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.2. Each
Credit Event. The obligation of
each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing and of the Issuing
Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) at the
time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no
Default or Event of Default shall exist;
(b) at the
time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, all
representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan
Documents shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing or
the date of issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit,
in each case before and after giving effect thereto (except for those which
expressly relate to an earlier date which shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date);
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(c) since the
date of the financial statements of the Borrower described in Section 4.4, there
shall have been no change which has had or could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the
Borrower shall have delivered the required Notice of Borrowing; and
(e) the
Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, certificates or
information as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably
request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders.
Each
Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of any Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (b)
and (c) of this Section
3.2.
Section
3.3. Delivery
of Documents. All of the Loan
Documents, certificates, legal opinions and other documents and papers referred
to in this Article
III, unless otherwise specified, shall be delivered to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each of the Lenders and, except for the Notes, in
sufficient counterparts or copies for each of the Lenders and shall be in form
and substance satisfactory in all respects to the Administrative
Agent.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
The
Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as
follows:
Section
4.1. Existence;
Power. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation,
partnership or limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on
its business as now conducted, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business,
and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where such qualification is
required, except where a failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.2. Organizational
Power; Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance
by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party are within such
Loan Party’s organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all
necessary organizational, and if required, shareholder, partner or member,
action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower,
and constitutes,
and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party, when executed
and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, valid and binding obligations
of the Borrower or such Loan Party (as the case may be), enforceable
against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by
general principles of equity.
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Section
4.3. Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, and by each Loan Party of the
other Loan Documents to which it is a party (a) do not require any consent or
approval of, registration or filing with, or any action by, any Governmental
Authority, except those as have been obtained or made and are in full force and
effect, (b) will not violate any Charter Document, (c) except as could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, will not violate any
Requirements of Law applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any
judgment, order or ruling of any Governmental Authority, (d) will not violate or
result in a default under any material indenture, material agreement or other
material instrument binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
its assets or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (e) will not result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, except Liens (if any) created under the Loan
Documents.
Section
4.4. Financial
Statements. The Borrower has furnished to each Lender the
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
of December 31, 2007 and the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended audited by
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP. Such financial statements fairly present, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of such dates and the consolidated results of operations
for such period in conformity with GAAP consistently applied. Since December 31,
2007 there have been no changes with respect to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries which have had or could reasonably be expected
to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.5. Litigation
and Environmental Matters.
(a) Except
for the matters set forth on Schedule 4.5(a), no
litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrators or
Governmental Authorities is pending against or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to
which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination that could
reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) which in any manner draws into question the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
(b) Except
for the matters set forth on Schedule 4.5(b),
neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with
any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license
or other approval required under any Environmental Law except as could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) has become
subject to any material Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written
notice of any claim with respect to any material Environmental Liability or (iv)
has actual knowledge of any basis for any material Environmental
Liability.
Section
4.6. Compliance
with Laws and Agreements. The Borrower and each Subsidiary is
in compliance with (a) all Charter Documents, Requirements of Law and all
judgments, decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority and (b) all
indentures, agreements or other instruments binding upon it or its properties,
except where non-compliance, either singly or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section
4.7. Investment
Company Act, Etc. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is (a) an “investment company” or is “controlled” by an “investment
company”, as such terms are defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (b) a “holding company” as defined
in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended or (c) otherwise subject to any other regulatory scheme
limiting its ability to incur debt or requiring any approval or consent from or
registration or filing with, any Governmental Authority in connection
therewith.
Section
4.8. Taxes. The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have timely filed or caused to be filed all
Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns that are
required to be filed by them, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and
payable on such returns or on any assessments made against it or its property
and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property
by any Governmental Authority, except where the same are currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, has set aside on its books
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The charges, accruals and
reserves on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of such
taxes are adequate, and no tax liabilities that could be materially in excess of
the amount so provided are anticipated.
Section
4.9. Margin
Regulations. None of the proceeds of any of the Loans or
Letters of Credit will be used, directly or indirectly, for “purchasing” or
“carrying” any “margin stock” with the respective meanings of each of such terms
under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as
now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates
the provisions of the Regulation U. Neither the Borrower nor its
Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in
the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
“margin stock.”
Section
4.10. ERISA. No
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken
together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations
under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of
Financial Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets
of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of
all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement
of Financial Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent
financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of
the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
Section
4.11. Ownership
of Property.
(a) Each of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all of its real and personal property material to the operation of
its business, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower referred to in Section 4.4 or
purported to have been acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary after said
date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of
business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this
Agreement. All leases that individually or in the aggregate are
material to the business or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are
valid and subsisting and are in full force.
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(b) Each of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed, or otherwise has the
right, to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights
and other intellectual property owned or used by them, and the use thereof by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any other
Person, except for those the failure to own or have such legal right could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The
properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially
sound and reputable insurance companies which are not Affiliates of the
Borrower, in such amounts with such deductibles and covering such risks as are
customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning
similar properties in localities where the Borrower or any applicable Subsidiary
operates.
Section
4.12. Disclosure. The
Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments, and corporate
or other restrictions to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject, and all other matters known to any of them, that, individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the reports (including without limitation all reports
that the Borrower is required to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission), financial statements, certificates or other information furnished
by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the negotiation or syndication of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented
by any other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of
fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, taken as a whole, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. All projections delivered prior to, at, or
after the Closing Date are based upon estimates and assumptions, all of which
Borrower believes to be in good faith in light of conditions and facts known to
Borrower as of the date of delivery of such projections and, as of the Closing
Date, reflect Borrower's good faith estimates of the future financial
performance of Borrower and of the other information projected therein for the
period set forth therein. The projections are not a guaranty of
future performance. Actual results may differ substantially from
those projected.
Section
4.13. Labor
Relations. There are no strikes, lockouts or other material
labor disputes or grievances against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, and no significant unfair labor practice, charges or
grievances are pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or to
the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against any of them before any Governmental
Authority. All payments due from the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement
have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or any
such Subsidiary, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.14. Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.14 sets
forth the name of, the ownership interest of the Borrower in, the jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization of, and the type of, each Subsidiary and
identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of
the Closing Date.
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Section
4.15. Insolvency. After
giving effect to the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the making of
the Loans under this Agreement, and the repayment of the refinanced
Indebtedness, neither the Borrower nor its Subsidiaries will be “insolvent,”
within the meaning of such term as defined in § 101 of Title 11 of the United
States Code, as amended from time to time, or be unable to pay its debts
generally as such debts become due, or have an unreasonably small capital to
engage in any business or transaction, whether current or
contemplated.
Section
4.16. OFAC. No
Loan Party (i) is a person whose property or interest in property is blocked or
subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September
23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit,
Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)), (ii)
engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of such
executive order, or is otherwise associated with any such person in any manner
violative of Section 2, or (iii) is a person on the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject to the limitations or prohibitions
under any other U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
regulation or executive order.
Section
4.17. Patriot
Act. Each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material
respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of
the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department
(31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation
or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the Uniting And Strengthening
America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept And Obstruct
Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001). No part of the proceeds of the
Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental
official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate
for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to
obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation
of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended.
ARTICLE
V
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Revolving
Commitment hereunder or any Obligation remains unpaid or outstanding (other than
obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross-up or yield
protection as to which no claim has been made):
Section
5.1. Financial
Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will deliver to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) as soon
as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year
of Borrower, a copy of the annual audited report for such Fiscal Year for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, containing a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows (together
with all footnotes thereto) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal
Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and reported on by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
LLP or other independent public accountants of regionally recognized standing
(without a “going concern” or like qualification, exception or explanation and
without any qualification or exception as to scope of such audit) to the effect
that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the
financial condition and the results of operations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such
consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards;
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(b) as soon
as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the
first three Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower, an unaudited consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter
and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and the then
elapsed portion of such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the corresponding quarter and the corresponding portion of
Borrower’s previous Fiscal Year;
(c) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
above, a Compliance Certificate signed by the principal executive officer and
the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower;
(d) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in clause (a)
above, a certificate (whether contained in the annual audit or otherwise) of the accounting firm that
reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained any
knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of
any Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by
accounting rules or guidelines);
provided, however,
that such accountants shall not be liable by reason of any failure to
obtain knowledge of any such Event of Default that would not be disclosed during
the course of their audit examination;
(e) promptly
after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all
functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or
distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;
and
(f) promptly
following any request therefor, such other information regarding the results of
operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably
request.
In the
event that any financial statement delivered pursuant
to Section
5.1(a) or (b) or any Compliance Certificate is shown to be
inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or any Revolving Commitment is
in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if
corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for
any period (an “Applicable
Period”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period,
then (i) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a
correct Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable
Margin shall be determined as if Level I of Schedule I was applicable for such
Applicable Period, and (iii) the Borrower shall immediately pay to the
Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such
increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be
promptly applied by the Administrative Agent to the Obligations. This
Section
5.1 shall not limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect to Section 2.11(c) and ARTICLE VIII; provided, however, that
the obligations of the Borrower under this paragraph shall cease to be
effective after the date that is one year following the termination of this
Agreement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower prior to the end
of such one year period that the Borrower is obligated to pay additional amounts
under clause (iii) immediately above.
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Section
5.2. Notices
of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the
following:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) the
filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary which, if adversely
determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
(c) the
occurrence of any event or any other development by which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries (i) fails to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain,
maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law, (ii) becomes subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)
receives notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, or
(iv) becomes aware of any basis for any Environmental Liability and in each of
the preceding clauses, which individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the
occurrence of any ERISA Event that alone, or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
$5,000,000;
(e) the
occurrence of any default (after any cure period, if any, has lapsed) or event
of default, or the receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any written
notice of an alleged default (after any cure period, if any, has lapsed) or
event of default, respect of any Material Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries; and
(f) any other
development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each
notice delivered under this Section 5.2 shall be
accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
Section
5.3. Existence;
Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of
its Material Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and
its respective rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents,
copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business
and will continue to engage in the same business as presently conducted or such
other businesses that are reasonably related thereto; provided, that
nothing in this Section 5.3 shall
prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under
Section
7.3.
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Section
5.4. Compliance
with Laws, Etc. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and requirements of
any Governmental Authority applicable to its business and properties, including
without limitation, all Environmental Laws, ERISA and OSHA, except where the
failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.5. Payment
of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge at or before maturity, all of its obligations
and liabilities (including without limitation all tax liabilities and claims
that could result in a statutory Lien) before the same shall become delinquent
or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such
Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in
accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
5.6. Books and
Records. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
keep proper books
of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of
all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities to the
extent necessary to prepare the consolidated financial statements of Borrower in
conformity with GAAP.
Section
5.7. Visitation,
Inspection, Etc. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, permit any representative of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine its books and records
and to make copies and take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts with any of its officers and with its independent
certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as
the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request after
reasonable prior written notice to the Borrower; provided, however, if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no prior notice shall be
required.
Section
5.8. Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance. The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) except with
respect to property no longer used or no longer useful in the business of
Borrower or its Subsidiaries keep and maintain all property material to the
conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, insurance with respect to its properties and business, and the
properties and business of its Subsidiaries, against loss or damage of the kinds
customarily insured against by companies in the same or similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations.
Section
5.9. Use of
Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The Borrower will use the
proceeds of all Loans to refinance existing Indebtedness and pay related closing
costs on the Closing Date, and thereafter to finance working capital needs and
Capital Expenditures and for other general corporate purposes of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, specifically including, but not limited to, the financing
of the acquisition of inventory to be sold or leased by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their business. No part of the
proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any
purpose that would violate any rule or regulation of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U or X. All
Letters of Credit will be used for general corporate purposes.
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Section
5.10. Additional
Subsidiaries.
(a) If any
Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) becomes a Material Subsidiary after
the Closing Date, or any Material Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary)
is acquired or formed after the Closing Date, the Borrower will promptly notify
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within thirty (30)
Business Days after any such Subsidiary becomes a Material Subsidiary, or such
Material Subsidiary is acquired or formed, will cause such Material Subsidiary
to become a Subsidiary Loan Party.
(b) If, at
any time, the aggregate revenue or assets (on a non-consolidated basis) of the
Borrower and those Subsidiaries that are then Subsidiary Loan Parties are less
than the Aggregate Subsidiary Threshold, then the Borrower shall cause one or
more other Subsidiaries (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) to become additional
Subsidiary Loan Parties, as provided in clause (d) below, within thirty (30)
Business Days after such revenues or assets become less than the Aggregate
Subsidiary Threshold so that after including the revenue and assets of any such
additional Subsidiary Loan Parties, the aggregate revenue and assets (on a
non-consolidated basis) of the Borrower and all such Subsidiary Loan Parties
would equal or exceed the Aggregate Subsidiary Threshold.
(c) The
Borrower may elect at any time to have any Subsidiary become an additional
Subsidiary Loan Party as provided in clause (d) below. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, if the Required
Lenders so direct, the Borrower shall (i) cause all of its Subsidiaries to
become additional Subsidiary Loan Parties, as provided in clause (d) below,
within thirty (30) Business Days after the Borrower’s receipt of written
confirmation of such direction from the Administrative Agent.
(d) A
Subsidiary shall become an additional Subsidiary Loan Party by executing and
delivering to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty Supplement,
accompanied by (i) all other Loan Documents related thereto,
(ii) certified copies of Charter Documents, appropriate authorizing
resolutions of the board of directors of such Subsidiaries, and opinions of
counsel comparable to those delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(b), and
(iii) such other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request. No Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party shall
thereafter cease to be a Subsidiary Loan Party or be entitled to be released or
discharged from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement unless
otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of the Loan
Documents.
Section
5.11. Further
Assurances.. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary
to, execute any and all further documents, agreements and instruments, and take
all such further actions which may be required under any applicable law, or
which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request, to
effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
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ARTICLE
VI
FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Revolving
Commitment hereunder or any Obligation remains unpaid or
outstanding:
Section
6.1. Leverage
Ratio. The Borrower will maintain at all times a Leverage Ratio of not greater
than 2.50 to 1.00.
ARTICLE
VII
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any Lender has a Revolving
Commitment hereunder or any Obligation remains outstanding (other than
obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross-up or yield
protection as to which no claim has been made):
Section
7.1. Indebtedness
and Preferred Equity. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness
created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and set forth
on Schedule 7.1
and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not
increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (immediately prior to giving
effect to such extension, renewal or replacement) or shorten the maturity or the
weighted average life thereof;
(c) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital
Lease Obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the
acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to
the acquisition thereof; provided, that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to
or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction
or improvements or extensions, renewals, and replacements of any such
Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof
(immediately prior to giving effect to such extension, renewal or replacement)
or shorten the maturity or the weighted average life thereof; provided further,
that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed
$20,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(d) Indebtedness
of the Borrower owing to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary owing to the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that any
such Indebtedness that is owed to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan
Party shall be subject to Section
7.4;
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(e) Guarantees
by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that
Guarantees by any Loan Party of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section
7.4;
(f) Indebtedness
of any Person which becomes a Subsidiary after the date of this Agreement; provided, that such
Indebtedness exists at the time that such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not
created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a
Subsidiary and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness
permitted hereunder shall not exceed $20,000,000 outstanding at any
time;
(g) Permitted
Subordinated Debt;
(h) Indebtedness
in respect of Hedging Obligations permitted by Section 7.10;
and
(i) other
unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided, that the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of all Subsidiaries permitted by this
clause (i) shall not exceed $20,000,000.
Borrower
will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, issue any preferred stock or
other preferred equity interests that (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is or may become
redeemable or repurchaseable by Borrower or such Subsidiary at the option of the
holder thereof, in whole or in part or (iii) is convertible or exchangeable at
the option of the holder thereof for Indebtedness or preferred stock or any
other preferred equity interests described in this paragraph, on or prior to, in
the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii), the first anniversary of the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date.
Section
7.2. Negative
Pledge. The Borrower will
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien on any of its assets or property now owned or hereafter
acquired or, except:
(a) Permitted
Encumbrances;
(b) any Liens
on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the
Closing Date set forth on Schedule 7.2; provided, that such
Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary;
(c) purchase
money Liens upon or in any fixed or capital assets to secure the purchase price
or the cost of construction or improvement of such fixed or capital assets or to
secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the
acquisition, construction or improvement of such fixed or capital assets
(including Liens securing any Capital Lease
Obligations); provided, that (i)
such Lien secures Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.1(c), (ii)
such Lien attaches to such asset concurrently or within 90 days after the
acquisition, improvement or completion of the construction thereof; (iii) such
Lien does not extend to any other asset; and (iv) the Indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such
fixed or capital assets;
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(d) any Lien
(i) existing on any asset of any Person at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) existing on any asset of any Person at the time
such Person is merged with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower or (iii) existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, that any
such Lien was not created in the contemplation of any of the foregoing and any
such Lien secures only those obligations which it secures on the date that such
Person becomes a Subsidiary or the date of such merger or the date of such
acquisition; and
(e) extensions,
renewals, or replacements of any Lien referred to in paragraphs (a) through (d)
of this Section
7.2; provided, that the
principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased and that
any such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the assets originally
encumbered thereby.
Section
7.3. Fundamental
Changes.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or
consolidate into any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or
consolidate with it, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of (in a
single transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its
assets (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or all or
substantially all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired) or liquidate or
dissolve; provided, that if at the time thereof
and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing (i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may
merge with a Person if the Borrower (or such Subsidiary if the Borrower is not a
party to such merger) is the surviving Person, (ii) any Subsidiary may merge
into another Subsidiary; provided, that if any
party to such merger is a Subsidiary Loan Party, the Subsidiary Loan Party shall
be the surviving Person, (iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or
to a Subsidiary Loan Party and (iv) any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Loan
Party) may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that
such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is
not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided, that any
such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary immediately
prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 7.4.
(b) Except
for ancillary or complementary lines of business, or other lines of business
added through growth or development of Borrower’s current line of business, the
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any
business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses reasonably related
thereto.
Section
7.4. Investments,
Loans, Etc.. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger
with any Person that was not a wholly-owned Subsidiary prior to such merger),
any common stock, evidence of indebtedness or other securities (including any
option, warrant, or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or
permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make
or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or
purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
any assets of any other Person that constitute a business unit, or create or
form any Subsidiary (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Investments”),
except:
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(a) Investments
(other than Permitted Investments) existing on the date hereof and set forth on
Schedule 7.4
(including Investments in Subsidiaries);
(b) Permitted
Investments;
(c) Guarantees
constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.1; provided, that the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not
Subsidiary Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party shall be subject to
the limitation set forth in clause (d) hereof;
(d) Investments
made by the Borrower in or to any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary to the
Borrower or in or to another Subsidiary; provided, that the
aggregate amount of Investments by Loan Parties in or to, and Guarantees by Loan
Parties of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party
(including all such Investments and Guarantees existing on the Closing Date)
shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) loans or
advances to employees, officers or directors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses;
provided, however, that
the aggregate amount of all such loans and advances does not exceed $10,000,000
at any time;
(f) Hedging
Transactions permitted by Section
7.10;
(g) the
acquisition of the pest control business operations, commonly known as HomeTeam
Pest Defense, of HomeTeam Pest Defense, LLC, HomeTeam Pest Defense, Inc. and
their respective subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of that certain Asset
Purchase Agreement by and between Xxxxxxx XX, Inc., Centex Home Services, LLC,
HomeTeam Pest Defense Inc. and HomeTeam Pest Defense, LLC, dated on or about
March 28, 2008;
(h) Other
Investments which in the aggregate do not exceed $30,000,000 in any Fiscal
Year;
(i) to the
extent permitted by Section 7.5, the
Borrower’s redemption or purchase of the Borrower’s common stock pursuant to any
open-market stock repurchase program implemented by the Borrower from
time-to-time;
(j) to the
extent permitted by Section 7.5, the
Borrower’s redemption or purchase of the Borrower’s common stock from employees
in connection with any equity compensation plan implemented by the Borrower from
time-to-time;
(k) Investments
made in or to any Person to finance the purchase by such Person of a franchise
from the Borrower or any Subsidiary which in the aggregate do not exceed
$10,000,000 in any Fiscal Year;
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(l) Investments
made in or to any customer of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to finance any such
customer’s purchase of termite or similar bonds which in the aggregate do not
exceed $25,000,000 in any Fiscal Year;
(m) the
purchase of customer contracts; provided, that such purchases
are limited solely to customer contracts and the aggregate purchase price paid
for such customer contracts does not to exceed $15,000,000 in any Fiscal Year;
and
(n) Investments
comprised of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay deferred
employment compensation, provided, that any such
obligations are, at all times, fully funded.
Section
7.5. Restricted
Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit its
Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or
agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any dividend on any class of its
stock, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or
other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of, any shares of common stock or Indebtedness subordinated to
the Obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantee thereof or any options,
warrants, or other rights to purchase such common stock or such Indebtedness,
whether now or hereafter outstanding (each, a “Restricted Payment”),
except for:
(a) dividends
payable by the Borrower solely in shares of any class of its common
stock;
(b) Restricted
Payments made by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary, on at
least a pro rata basis with any other shareholders if such Subsidiary is not
wholly owned by the Borrower and other wholly owned Subsidiaries;
(c) Restricted
Payments made without limitation as to amount so long as (i) no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Restricted Payment is
made and (ii) the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most
recently ended for which a Compliance Certificate under Section 5.1(c) was
delivered prior to the proposed making of such Restricted Payment is less than
1.50 to 1.00; provided,
however, that for
purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio under this clause (c), the
Consolidated Total Debt shall equal the amount thereof outstanding at the time
of (and after giving effect to) the making of such Restricted Payment;
and
(d) if and to
the extent the Borrower shall not be permitted to make a Restricted Payment
under clause (c) immediately above, the Borrower may nonetheless make Restricted
Payments so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time such Restricted Payment is made and (ii) the aggregate
amount of all such Restricted Payments made or to be made under this clause (d),
together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to clause (c) immediately
above, in each case, made by the Borrower in any Fiscal Year does not exceed 50%
of Net Income (if greater than $0) earned during the immediately preceding
Fiscal Year.
Section
7.6. Sale of
Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of,
any of its assets, business or property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such
Subsidiary’s common stock to any Person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary
Loan Party (or to qualify directors if required by applicable law),
except:
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(a) the sale
or other disposition for fair market value of obsolete or worn out property or
other property no longer used or useful in the conduct of its
business;
(b) the sale
of inventory and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) the sale
or other disposition of such assets in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$40,000,000 in any Fiscal Year; and
(d) any loss
of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public
use of, any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section
7.7. Transactions
with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or
assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from,
or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates,
except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and
conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be
obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions
between or among the Borrower and any Subsidiary Loan Party not involving any
other Affiliates and (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 7.5.
Section
7.8. Restrictive
Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any
agreement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the
ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit any Lien
upon any of its assets or properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other
distributions with respect to its common stock, to make or repay loans or
advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, to Guarantee Indebtedness of
the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to transfer any of its property or
assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, that (i)
the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by law or
by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall
not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements
relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such
restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is sold and such
sale is permitted hereunder, (iii) clause (a) shall not apply to restrictions or
conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted
by this Agreement if such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property
or assets securing such Indebtedness and (iv) clause (a) shall not apply to
customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment
thereof.
Section
7.9. Sale and
Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any of the Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or
indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal,
used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter 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 sold or
transferred (each,
a “Sale/Leaseback
Transaction”), unless at the time such Sale/Leaseback Transaction is
entered into (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
(b) after giving pro forma effect to such Sale/ Leaseback Transaction, the
Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article VI and (c)
the Borrower has delivered a certificate to the Lenders certifying the
conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) and setting forth in reasonable
detail calculations demonstrating pro forma compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in Article
VI.
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Section
7.10. Hedging
Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
of the Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Transaction, other than Hedging
Transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or
mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct
of its business or the management of its liabilities. Solely for the
avoidance of doubt, the Borrower acknowledges that a Hedging Transaction entered
into for speculative purposes or of a speculative nature (which shall be deemed
to include any Hedging Transaction under which the Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries is or may become obliged to make any payment (i) in connection with
the purchase by any third party of any common stock or any Indebtedness or (ii)
as a result of changes in the market value of any common stock or any
Indebtedness) is not a Hedging Transaction entered into in the ordinary course
of business to hedge or mitigate risks.
Section
7.11. Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to (i) prepay,
redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire for value any Permitted Subordinated
Debt, or (ii) make any principal, interest or other payments on any Permitted
Subordinated Debt that is not expressly permitted by the subordination
provisions of the Subordinated Debt Documents.
(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree to or
permit any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of any
Subordinated Debt Document if the effect of such amendment, modification or
waiver is to (i) increase the interest rate on such Permitted Subordinated Debt
or change (to earlier dates) the dates upon which principal and interest are due
thereon; (ii) alter the redemption, prepayment or subordination provisions
thereof; (iii) alter the covenants and events of default in a manner that would
make such provisions more onerous or restrictive to the Borrower or any such
Subsidiary; or (iv) otherwise increase the obligations of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in respect of such Permitted Subordinated Debt or confer additional
rights upon the holders thereof which individually or in the aggregate would be
adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or to the Agent
or the Lenders.
Section
7.12. Accounting
Changes. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, make any significant change in accounting treatment or
reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or change the fiscal year of
the Borrower or of any of its Subsidiaries, except to change the fiscal year of
a Subsidiary to conform its fiscal year to that of the Borrower.
Section
7.13. Lease
Obligations. The Borrower will
not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create or suffer to exist any
obligations for the payment under operating leases or agreements to lease (but
excluding any Capital Lease Obligations) which would cause the present value of
the direct or contingent liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under
such leases or agreements to lease, on a consolidated basis, to exceed
$90,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year.
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ARTICLE
VIII
EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
Section
8.1. Events of
Default. If any of the
following events (each an “Event of Default”)
shall occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or of any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for
prepayment or otherwise; or
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other
amount (other than an amount payable under clause (a) of this Section 8.1)
payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the
same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied
for a period of three (3) Business Days; or
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (including the Schedules attached thereto) and any amendments or
modifications hereof or waivers hereunder, or in any certificate, report,
financial statement or other document submitted to the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders by any Loan Party or any representative of any Loan Party
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall prove to be incorrect in any material
respect when made
or deemed made or submitted; or
(d) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in
Sections
5.1, 5.2, or 5.3 (with respect to
the Borrower’s existence) or Articles VI or VII; or
(e) any Loan
Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in
this Agreement (other than those referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (d) above)
or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall remain unremedied for
30 days after the earlier of (i) any Responsible Officer of the
Borrower becomes aware of such failure, or (ii) notice thereof shall have been
given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(f) [intentionally
omitted]; or
(g) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether as primary obligor or as guarantor or other
surety) shall fail to pay any principal of, or premium or interest on, any
Material Indebtedness that is outstanding, when and as the same shall become due
and payable (whether at scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace
period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument evidencing or governing
such Material Indebtedness; or any other event shall occur or condition shall
exist under any agreement or instrument relating to such Material Indebtedness
and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such
agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to
accelerate, or permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Material
Indebtedness; or any such Material Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and
payable, or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly
scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or any
offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Material Indebtedness shall be
required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof;
or
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(h) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) commence a voluntary case or other
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a
custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to
contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described
in clause (i) of this Section 8.1, (iii)
apply for or consent to the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver,
liquidator or other similar official for the Borrower or any such Subsidiary or
for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material
allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vi) take any action for the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(i) an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or any substantial part of its assets,
under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a custodian, trustee,
receiver, liquidator or other similar official for the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and in any such case, such
proceeding or petition shall remain undismissed for a period of 60 days or an
order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
or
(j) the
Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable to pay, shall admit in
writing its inability to pay, or shall fail to pay, its debts as they become
due; or
(k) an ERISA
Event shall have occurred that, in the reasonable opinion of the Required
Lenders, when taken together with other ERISA Events that have occurred, could
reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000; or
(l) any judgment or order for
the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000, individually, or $50,000,000, in
the aggregate over the term of this Agreement (except to the extent covered by
insurance with a financially sound insurance carrier rated at least A- by A.M.
Best, that has acknowledged coverage of the relevant claim), shall be rendered
against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and either (i) enforcement proceedings
shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii)
there shall be a period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or
otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(m) any non-monetary judgment or order shall
be rendered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be a period of 30
consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order,
by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect;
or
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(n) a Change
in Control shall occur or exist; or
(o) any
provision of any Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement shall for any reason cease to be
valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any Subsidiary Loan Party, or any
Subsidiary Loan Party shall so state in writing, or any Subsidiary Loan Party
shall seek to terminate its Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement; or
(p) (i)
any Loan Party shall be enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by the
order of any Governmental Authority from conducting any material part of the
business of such Loan Party and such order shall continue in effect for more
than thirty (30) days or (ii) any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo,
condemnation, act of God or public enemy or terrorism, or other casualty, which
in any such case causes, for more than fifteen (15) consecutive days, the
cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities of a Loan
Party if such event or circumstance is not covered by business interruption
insurance and would have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(q) the
loss, suspension or revocation of, or failure to renew, any license, permit or
authorization now held or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, or any other
action shall be taken by any Governmental Authority in response to any alleged
failure by any Loan Party to be in compliance with applicable law if such loss,
suspension, revocation or failure to renew or other action, individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
then, and
in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described
in clause (g) or (h) of this Section 8.1) and at
any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative
Agent may, and upon the written request of the Required Lenders shall, by
written notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions,
at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Revolving Commitments,
whereupon the Revolving Commitment of each Lender shall terminate immediately,
(ii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest on the Loans, and
all other Obligations owing hereunder, to be, whereupon the same shall become,
due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, (iii)
exercise all remedies contained in any other Loan Document, and (iv) exercise
any other remedies available at law or in equity; and that, if an Event of
Default specified in either clause (g) or (h) shall occur, the Revolving
Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then
outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon, and all fees, and all other
Obligations shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by
the Borrower.
ARTICLE
IX
THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
Section
9.1. Appointment
of Administrative Agent.
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(a) Each
Lender irrevocably appoints SunTrust Bank as the Administrative Agent and
authorizes it to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as
are delegated to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, together with all such actions and powers that are reasonably
incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent may perform any of its
duties hereunder or under the other Loan Documents by or through any one or more
sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent or
attorney-in-fact may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights
and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory
provisions set forth in this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent or
attorney-in-fact and the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent, any such
sub-agent and any such attorney-in-fact and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
(b) The
Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of
Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith until such time and
except for so long as the Administrative Agent may agree at the request of the
Required Lenders to act for the Issuing Bank with respect thereto; provided,
that the Issuing Bank shall have all the benefits and immunities (i) provided to
the Administrative Agent in this Article with respect to any acts taken or
omissions suffered by the Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit
issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the application and agreements
for letters of credit pertaining to the Letters of Credit as fully as if the
term “Administrative Agent” as used in this Article included the Issuing Bank
with respect to such acts or omissions and (ii) as additionally provided in this
Agreement with respect to the Issuing Bank.
Section
9.2. Nature of
Duties of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall
not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject
to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except those discretionary rights and powers expressly
contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to
exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage
of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in
Section 10.2),
and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative
Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the
failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by 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, its sub-agents or
attorneys-in-fact with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or
such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the
circumstances as provided in Section 10.2) or in
the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it
with reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written
notice thereof (which notice shall include an express reference to such event
being a “Default” or “Event of Default” hereunder) is given to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower or any Lender, and the Administrative Agent
shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)
any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan
Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii)
the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements, or other
terms and conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other
agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set
forth in Article
III or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of
items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel
(including counsel for the Borrower) concerning all matters pertaining to such
duties.
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Section
9.3. Lack of
Reliance on the Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders, the
Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently
and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based
on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each of
the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking of any
action under or based on this Agreement, any related agreement or any document
furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Section
9.4. Certain
Rights of the Administrative Agent. If the Administrative
Agent shall request instructions from the Required Lenders with respect to
any action or actions (including the failure to act) in connection with
this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such
act or taking such act, unless and until it shall have received instructions
from such Lenders; and the Administrative Agent shall not incur liability
to any Person by reason of so refraining. Without limiting the
foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the
Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting or
refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the instructions of the
Required Lenders where required by the terms of this Agreement.
Section
9.5. Reliance
by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any
notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other
writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by
the proper Person. The Administrative Agent may also rely upon any
statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the
proper Person and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel
(including counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and
other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not
taken by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or
experts.
Section
9.6. The
Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. The bank
serving as the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under
this Agreement and any other Loan Document in its capacity as a Lender as any
other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though it
were not the Administrative Agent; and the terms “Lenders”, “Required Lenders”,
“holders of Notes”, or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly
otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual
capacity. The bank acting as the Administrative Agent and its
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in
any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the
Borrower as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
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Section
9.7. Successor
Administrative Agent.
(a) The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the
Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor
Administrative Agent, subject to the approval by the Borrower provided that no
Default or Event of Default shall exist at such time. If no
successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed, and shall have
accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative
Agent gives notice of resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint
a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or a bank
which maintains an office in the United States, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $500,000,000.
(b) Upon the
acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a
successor, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents. If within 45 days after written notice is given of
the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation under this Section 9.7 no
successor Administrative Agent shall have been appointed and shall have accepted
such appointment, then on such 45th day (i)
the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective, (ii) the
retiring Administrative Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and
obligations under the Loan Documents and (iii) the Required Lenders shall
thereafter perform all duties of the retiring Administrative Agent under the
Loan Documents until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
Administrative Agent as provided above. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this
Article shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative
Agent and its representatives and agents in respect of any actions taken or
not taken by any of them while it was serving as the Administrative
Agent.
Section
9.8. Authorization
to Execute other Loan Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes
the Administrative Agent to execute on behalf of all Lenders all Loan Documents
other than this Agreement.
Section
9.9. Syndication
Agent. Each Lender hereby designates Bank of America, N.A. as
Syndication Agent and agrees that the Syndication Agent shall have no duties or
obligations under any Loan Documents to any Lender or any Loan
Party.
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ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
10.1. Notices.
(a) Except in
the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by
telephone, all notices and other communications to any party herein to be
effective shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as
follows:
To
the Borrower:
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Xxxxxxx,
Inc.
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0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, X.X.
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Chief
Financial Officer
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Telecopy
Number: (000) 000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP
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00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
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Telecopy
Number: 000-000-0000
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To
the Administrative Agent
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or
Swingline Lender:
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SunTrust
Bank
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X. X.
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: X.X.
Xxxxx
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Telecopy
Number: (000) 000-0000
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Telephone
Number: (000) 000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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SunTrust
Bank
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Agency
Services
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X. E./ 25th
Floor
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Atlanta,
Georgia 30308
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Attention:
Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Telecopy
Number: (000) 000-0000
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Telephone
Number: (000) 000-0000
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To
the Issuing Bank:
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SunTrust
Bank
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Xxxx Xxxxx, X. E./Mail Code 3706
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Xxxx
Xxx
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Telecopy
Number: (000) 000-0000
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Telephone
Number: (000) 000-0000
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To
the Swingline Lender:
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SunTrust
Bank
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Agency
Services
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000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X./00xx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
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Attention:
Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Telecopy
Number: (000) 000-0000
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Telephone
Number: (000) 000-0000
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To
any other Lender:
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the
address set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire or the Assignment
and Acceptance Agreement executed by such
Lender
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Any
party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and
other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties
hereto. All such notices and other communications shall, when
transmitted by overnight delivery, or faxed, be effective when delivered
for overnight (next-day) delivery, or transmitted in legible form by
facsimile machine, respectively, or if mailed, upon the third Business Day
after the date deposited into the mail or if delivered, upon delivery;
provided, that notices delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or the Swingline Bank shall not be effective until actually received
by such Person at its address specified in this Section
10.1.
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(b) Any
agreement of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders herein to receive certain
notices by telephone or facsimile is solely for the convenience and at the
request of the Borrower. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall be entitled to rely on the authority of any Person purporting to be a
Person authorized by the Borrower to give such notice and the Administrative
Agent and Lenders shall not have any liability to the Borrower or other Person
on account of any action taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders in reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile notice. The
obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans and all other Obligations
hereunder shall not be affected in any way or to any extent by any failure of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to receive written confirmation of any
telephonic or facsimile notice or the receipt by the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders of a confirmation which is at variance with the terms understood by
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to be contained in any such telephonic
or facsimile notice.
Section
10.2. Waiver;
Amendments.
(a) No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in
exercising any right or power hereunder or any other Loan Document, and no
course of dealing between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such right or power or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce
such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or power hereunder or
thereunder. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by
law. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this
Section 10.2,
and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit
shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default,
regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank
may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the
time.
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(b) No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Borrower and the Required Lenders or the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
with the consent of the Required Lenders and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which given; provided, that no
amendment or waiver shall: (i) increase the Revolving Commitment of any Lender
without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal
amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or
reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender
affected thereby, (iii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of any
principal of, or interest on, any Loan or LC Disbursement or interest
thereon or any fees hereunder or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such
payment, or postpone the scheduled date for the termination or reduction of any
Revolving Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected
thereby, (iv) change Section 2.19(b) or
(c) in a manner
that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby , without the
written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section 10.2 or the
definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the
number or percentage of Lenders which are required to waive, amend or
modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent
hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; or (vi) release any
guarantor or limit the liability of any such guarantor under any guaranty
agreement, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further,
that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights,
duties or obligations of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Bank or the
Issuing Bank without the prior written consent of such
Person. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender
(but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon
giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be
a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Revolving
Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated (but such Lender shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 10.3), such Lender
shall no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid
in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its
account under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein or
otherwise to the contrary, any Event of Default occurring hereunder shall
continue to exist (and shall be deemed to be continuing) until such time as such
Event of Default is waived in writing in accordance with the terms of this
Section notwithstanding (i) any attempted cure or other action taken by the
Borrower or any other Person subsequent to the occurrence of such Event of
Default or (ii) any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender prior to or subsequent to the occurrence of such Event of
Default (other than the granting of a waiver in writing in accordance with the
terms of this Section).
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Section
10.3. Expenses;
Indemnification.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable, out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel actually incurred without regard to
statutory presumption for the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, in
connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein,
the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents and any amendments,
modifications or waivers thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be consummated), (ii) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection
with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or
any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of outside counsel) actually incurred without regard to
statutory presumption by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any
Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in
connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section 10.3, or in
connection with the Loans made or any Letters of Credit issued hereunder,
including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred without
regard to statutory presumption during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof),
each Lender and the Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing
Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against,
and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements
of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each
Indemnitee from all reasonable fees and time charges and disbursements for
attorneys actually incurred without regard to statutory presumption who may be
employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any
Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising
out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their
respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit
or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by
the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the
documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual presence or Release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the
Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a
party thereto, provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or
(y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against
an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder
or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has
obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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(c) The
Borrower shall pay, and hold the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders
harmless from and against, any and all present and future stamp, documentary,
and other similar taxes with respect to this Agreement and any other Loan
Documents, any collateral described therein, or any payments due thereunder, and
save the Administrative Agent and each Lender harmless from and against any and
all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission to pay
such taxes.
(d) To the
extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under clauses
(a), (b) or (c) hereof, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may
be, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount;
provided, that
the unreimbursed expense or indemnified payment, claim, damage, liability or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity
as such.
(e) NO
INDEMNITEE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER PERSON
FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY BE ALLEGED AS A
RESULT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, ANY LOAN OR ANY
LETTER OF CREDIT OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF. THE BORROWER
SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY INDEMNITEE OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY
PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF
THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, ANY LOAN OR ANY
LETTER OF CREDIT OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF; PROVIDED, THAT, THE
FOREGOING SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY LIMIT THE BORROWER’S OR THE GUARANTORS’
OBLIGATIONS TO PAY (X) ALL PRINCIPAL AND/OR INTEREST AS PROVIDED IN THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS AND (Y) ALL INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS AS PROVIDED HEREUNDER AND
UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS TO THE EXTENT SUCH INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS DO
NOT CONSTITUTE PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
(f) Except as
is otherwise expressly set forth in this Section 10.3, all
amounts due under this Section 10.3 shall be
payable promptly after written demand therefor.
Section
10.4. Successors and
Assigns.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights
or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent and each Lender, and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section or (iii) by way
of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of
paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by
any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the
extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
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(b) Any
Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Revolving Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any
such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum
Amounts.
(A) in
the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Revolving 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
(B) in
any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans and
Revolving Credit Exposure outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable
Revolving Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of
the Loans and Revolving Credit Exposure of the assigning Lender subject to each
such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with
respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if
“Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Acceptance, as of the Trade
Date) shall not be less than $1,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent
and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower
otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).
(ii) Proportionate
Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans, Revolving Credit
Exposure or the Revolving Commitment assigned.
(iii) Required
Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in
addition:
(A) the
consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender,
an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
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(B) the
consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments to a Person that is not a
Lender with a Revolving Commitment; and
(C) the
consent of the Issuing Bank (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 the consent of the Swingline Lender (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any
assignment in respect of the Revolving Commitments.
(iv) Assignment and
Acceptance. The parties to each assignment shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent (A) a duly executed Assignment and Acceptance, (B) a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500, (C) an Administrative
Questionnaire unless the assignee is already a Lender and (D) the documents
required under Section
10.4 if such assignee is a Foreign Lender.
(v) No Assignment to
Borrower. No such assignment shall be made to the Borrower or
any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi) No Assignment to Natural
Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural
person.
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
paragraph (c) of this Section 10.4, from
and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the
assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender
thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and
Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a
party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 10.3 with respect to
facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall
be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of
this Section
10.4. If the consent of the Borrower to an assignment is
required hereunder (including a consent to an assignment which does not meet the
minimum assignment thresholds specified above), the Borrower shall be deemed to
have given its consent five Business Days after the date notice thereof has
actually been delivered by the assigning Lender (through the Administrative
Agent) to the Borrower, unless such consent is expressly refused by the Borrower
prior to such fifth Business Day.
(c) The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Atlanta, Georgia a copy of
each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Revolving
Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and Revolving Credit Exposure
owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
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(d) Any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Swingline Bank or the Issuing Bank sell participations
to any Person (other than a natural person, the Borrower or any of the
Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment and/or the Loans owing
to it); provided that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
(e) Any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation
shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver with
respect to the following to the extent affecting such
Participant: (i) increase the Revolving Commitment of any Lender
without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of
any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce
any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected
thereby, (iii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of any principal of, or
interest on, any Loan or LC Disbursement or interest thereon or any fees
hereunder or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone
the scheduled date for the termination or reduction of any Revolving Commitment,
without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.19 (b) or
(c) in a manner
that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the
written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section 10.4 or the
definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the
number or percentage of Lenders which are required to waive, amend or modify any
rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder,
without the consent of each Lender; (vi) release any guarantor or limit the
liability of any such guarantor under any guaranty agreement without the written
consent of each Lender except to the extent such release is expressly provided
under the terms of the Guaranty Agreement; or (vii) release all or substantially
all collateral (if any) securing any of the Obligations. Subject to
paragraph (e) of this Section 10.4, the
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.16,
2.17, and 2.18 to the same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section
10.4. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also
shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.7 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16 as
though it were a Lender.
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(f) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.16 and
Section 2.18
than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to
the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation
to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a
Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.18 unless the Borrower is
notified in writing of the participation sold to such Participant and such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.18(e) as
though it were a Lender.
(g) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such
pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
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10.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed in accordance with and
be governed by the law (without giving effect to the conflict of law principles
thereof) of the State of Georgia.
(b) Each of
the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself
and its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court of the Northern District of Georgia and of any state court of the
State of Georgia located in Xxxxxx County
and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or for recognition or enforcement
of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in such Georgia state court or, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, such Federal court. Each of the
parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Borrower,
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring
any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
against the other parties (including the Borrower or its properties) in the
courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) The
Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection which it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action
or proceeding described in paragraph (b) of this Section 10.5 and
brought in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section
10.5. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum
to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to the service of process in the
manner provided for notices in Section
10.1. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document
will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law.
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10.6. WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO 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 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 PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE
MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section
10.7. Right of
Setoff. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted
under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each
Lender and the Issuing Bank shall have the right, at any time or from time to
time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by
the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply
against all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
of the Borrower at any time held or other obligations at any time owing by such
Lender and the Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower
against any and all Obligations held by such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, irrespective of whether such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall have
made demand hereunder and although such Obligations may be
unmatured. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank agree promptly to notify
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower after any such set-off and any
application made by such Lender and the Issuing Bank, as the case may be; provided, that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank agrees to apply all
amounts collected from any such set-off to the Obligations before applying such
amounts to any other Indebtedness or other obligations owed by the Borrower and
any of its Subsidiaries to such Lender or Issuing Bank.
Section
10.8. Counterparts;
Integration. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of
the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including
by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement, the Fee
Letter, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreement(s) relating
to any fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire agreement
among the parties hereto and thereto regarding the subject matters hereof and
thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written,
regarding such subject matters.
Section
10.9. Survival. All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower
herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with
or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by
the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit,
regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf
and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any
Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and
shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any
accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this
Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and
so long as the Revolving Commitments have not expired or
terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, and 10.3 and Article IX shall
survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration
or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Revolving Commitments or the
termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. All
representations and warranties made herein, in the certificates,
reports, notices, and other documents delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of
Credit.
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10.10. Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability
without affecting the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof or thereof; and the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability
of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section
10.11. Confidentiality. Each
of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender agrees to take
normal and reasonable precautions to maintain the confidentiality of any
information designated in writing as confidential and provided to it by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, except that such information may be disclosed (i) to
any Related Party of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any such
Lender, including without limitation accountants, legal counsel and other
advisors, (ii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (iii) to the extent requested by any
regulatory agency or authority, (iv) to the extent that such information becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.11, or
which becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any
Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing on a non-confidential basis
from a source other than the Borrower, (v) in connection with the exercise of
any remedy hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, and (vi) subject to provisions
substantially similar to this Section 10.11, to any
actual or prospective assignee or Participant, or (vii) with the consent of the
Borrower. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of any
information as provided for in this Section 10.11 shall
be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
information as such Person would accord its own confidential
information.
Section
10.12. Interest
Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with
all fees, charges and other amounts which may be treated as interest on such
Loan under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), shall
exceed the maximum lawful rate of interest (the “Maximum Rate”) which
may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by a Lender holding
such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in
respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect
thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the
interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but
were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section 10.12 shall
be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of
other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate
therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the
Federal Funds Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such
Lender.
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10.13. Waiver of
Effect of Corporate Seal. The
Borrower represents and warrants that neither it nor any other Loan Party is
required to affix its corporate seal to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document pursuant to any Charter Document, Requirement of Law or regulation,
agrees that this Agreement is delivered by Borrower under seal and waives any
shortening of the statute of limitations that may result from not affixing the
corporate seal to this Agreement or such other Loan Documents.
Section
10.14. Patriot
Act. The
Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby notifies the Loan Parties that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which
information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other
information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot
Act. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to, provide to the extent commercially reasonable, such information and take
such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender in order to assist the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in
maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed under seal in the
case of the Borrower by their respective authorized officers as of the day and
year first above written.
XXXXXXX,
INC.
By________________________________
Name:
Title:
[SEAL]
SUNTRUST
BANK
as
Administrative Agent, as Issuing Bank, as Swingline Lender and as a
Lender
By________________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.
By________________________________
Name:
Title: