CREDIT AGREEMENT Among LECROY CORPORATION, A Delaware Corporation “As Borrower” And MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, A New York Banking Corporation “As Administrative Agent” and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, A National Banking Association...
Exhibit
10.1
Among
XXXXXX
CORPORATION,
A
Delaware Corporation
“As
Borrower”
And
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY,
A
New York Banking Corporation
“As
Administrative Agent”
and
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
A
National Banking Association
“As
Documentation Agent”
and
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY,
AND
VARIOUS OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
NOW
OR HEREAFTER PARTIES HERETO
“As
Lenders”
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.01
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Defined
Terms
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1
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Section
1.02
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Classification
of Loans
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24
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Section
1.03
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Terms
Generally
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24
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Section
1.04
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Accounting
Terms; GAAP; Additional Provisions Respecting Calculation of
Financial
Covenants
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24
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Section
1.05
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Times
of Day
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25
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ARTICLE
2
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THE
CREDITS; AMOUNTS AND TERMS
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25
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Section
2.01
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Revolving
Loans
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25
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Section
2.02
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Swingline
Loan Subfacility
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27
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Section
2.03
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Letter
of Credit Subfacility
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29
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Section
2.04
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Reduction
and Termination of the Revolving Commitments
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32
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Section
2.05
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Evidence
of Loans
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32
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Section
2.06
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Prepayments
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32
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Section
2.07
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Minimum
Borrowing Amounts; Interest Rate Tranches
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34
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Section
2.08
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs
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34
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ARTICLE
3
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INTEREST,
FEES, YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.
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36
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Section
3.01
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Interest
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36
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Section
3.02
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Interest
Elections
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36
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Section
3.03
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Fees
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38
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Section
3.04
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Alternate
Rate of Interest
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38
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Section
3.05
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Increased
Costs; Illegality
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39
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Section
3.06
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Break
Funding Payment
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41
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Section
3.07
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Taxes
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41
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Section
3.08
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Mitigation
Obligations
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42
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ARTICLE
4
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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42
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Section
4.01
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Organization;
Powers
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42
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Section
4.02
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Authorization;
Enforceability
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43
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Section
4.03
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Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
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43
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Section
4.04
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Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change
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43
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Section
4.05
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Properties
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43
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Section
4.06
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Litigation
and Environmental Matters
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44
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Section
4.07
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Compliance
with Laws and Agreements
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44
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Section
4.08
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Investment
and Holding Company Status
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44
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Section
4.09
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Taxes
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44
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Section
4.10
|
ERISA
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44
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Section
4.11
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Disclosure
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45
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Section
4.12
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Subsidiaries
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45
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Section
4.13
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Insurance
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45
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Section
4.14
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Labor
Matters
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45
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Section
4.15
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Solvency
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45
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Section
4.16
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Security
Documents
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46
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Section
4.17
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Federal
Reserve Regulations
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47
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ARTICLE
5
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CONDITIONS
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47
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Section
5.01
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Initial
Extensions of Credit
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47
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Section
5.02
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Each
Extension of Credit
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51
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ARTICLE
6
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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51
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Section
6.01
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Payment
of Obligations
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51
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Section
6.02
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Financial
Statements and Other Information
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51
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Section
6.03
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Notices
of Material Events
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54
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Section
6.04
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Existence;
Conduct of Business
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55
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Section
6.05
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Payment
of Tax Liabilities
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55
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Section
6.06
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Maintenance
of Properties
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55
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Section
6.07
|
Books
and Records; Inspection Rights; Collateral Audits
|
55
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Section
6.08
|
Compliance
with Laws
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55
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Section
6.09
|
Use
of Proceeds
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55
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Section
6.10
|
Information
Regarding Collateral
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56
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Section
6.11
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Insurance
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56
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Section
6.12
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Casualty
and Condemnation
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56
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Section
6.13
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Additional
Subsidiaries
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57
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Section
6.14
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Further
Assurances
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58
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Section
6.15
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Environmental
Compliance
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59
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ARTICLE
7
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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59
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Section
7.01
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Indebtedness
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59
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Section
7.02
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Liens
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60
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Section
7.03
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Fundamental
Change
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61
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Section
7.04
|
Investments,
Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
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62
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Section
7.05
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Asset
Sales
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63
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Section
7.06
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Sale
and Lease-Back Transactions.
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64
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Section
7.07
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Hedging
Agreements
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64
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Section
7.08
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Restricted
Payments
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64
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Section
7.09
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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64
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Section
7.10
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Restrictive
Agreements
|
64
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Section
7.11
|
Amendment
of Material Documents
|
65
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Section
7.12
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Senior
Leverage Ratio
|
65
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Section
7.13
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Minimum
Consolidated Net Worth
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65
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Section
7.14
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Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio
|
65
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Section
7.15
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Capital
Expenditures
|
65
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Section
7.16
|
Amendments
to Convertible Senior Notes, Indenture and Seller Notes; Prepayment
of
Convertible Senior Notes or Seller Notes
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66
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ARTICLE
8
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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66
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Section
8.01
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Events
of Default
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66
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Section
8.02
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Acceleration;
Remedies
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69
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Section
8.03
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Application
of Funds
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69
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ARTICLE
9
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THE
AGENT
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70
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Section
9.01
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Appointment
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70
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Section
9.02
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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70
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Section
9.03
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Reliance
by Agent
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71
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Section
9.04
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Delegation
of Duties
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72
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Section
9.05
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Resignation
of Agent
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72
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Section
9.06
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Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Lenders
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73
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Section
9.07
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Agent
May Hold Collateral For Lenders and Others
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73
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Section
9.08
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No
Independent Actions By Lenders With Respect to Collateral Or Remedies;
Exercise of Control Of Acquisition Of Title
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73
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Section
9.09
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The
Agent In Its Individual Capacity
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73
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Section
9.10
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Documentation
Agent
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74
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ARTICLE
10
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MISCELLANEOUS
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74
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Section
10.01
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Notices
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74
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Section
10.02
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Waivers;
Amendments
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75
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Section
10.03
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Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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76
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Section
10.04
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Successors
and Assigns
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78
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Section
10.05
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Survival
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81
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Section
10.06
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Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution
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81
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Section
10.07
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Severability
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82
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Section
10.08
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Right
of Setoff
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82
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Section
10.09
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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82
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Section
10.10
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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83
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Section
10.11
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Headings
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83
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Section
10.12
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Interest
Rate Limitation
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83
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Section
10.13
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Treatment
of Certain Information; Confidentiality
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84
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Section
10.14
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Acknowledgments
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84
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Section
10.15
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USA
Patriot Act Notice
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85
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 2.01 | Lenders and Commitments | |
Schedule 4.06 | Disclosed Matters | |
Schedule 4.12 | Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 4.13 | Insurance | |
Schedule 7.01 | Existing Indebtedness | |
Schedule 7.02 | Existing Liens | |
Schedule 7.04 | Existing Investments | |
Schedule 7.10 | Existing Restrictions | |
EXHIBITS: | ||
Exhibit A | Form of Assignment And Acceptance | |
Exhibit B | Form of Guaranty Agreement | |
Exhibit C | Form of Revolving Note | |
Exhibit D (1) | Security Agreement-Borrower | |
Exhibit D (2) | Form of Security Agreement [Guarantor] | |
Exhibit E | Form of Swingline Note | |
Exhibit F | Form of Notice of Borrowing | |
Exhibit G | Form of Interest Election Request |
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THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated to be effective as of March 30, 2007 among XXXXXX
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”),
each
of the “Lenders”
(as
such term is defined below); and MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, a
New
York banking corporation, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Agent”).
RECITALS
A. The
Borrower proposes to obtain senior bank credit facilities which will be used
for
the purposes set forth below in this Agreement.
B. In
connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders
make
loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrower as more particularly
described herein; and
C. The
Lenders have agreed to make such loans and other financial accommodations to
the
Borrower on the terms and conditions contained herein.
In
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Defined
Terms. As
used
in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified
below:
“Act”
means
the Uniting
and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
(USA
Patriot Act), Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (codified as amended in
scattered sections of 18 U.S.C.A.).
“Adjusted
Base Rate”
means
that rate of interest equal to the Base Rate plus
the
Applicable Rate.
“Adjusted
LIBOR Rate”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest one hundredth
of
one percent (.01%) determined by the Agent to be equal to the sum of (a) the
quotient obtained by dividing (i) the LIBOR Rate for such Eurodollar Borrowing
for such Interest Period by (ii) 1.00 minus the Reserve Requirement for such
Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period; plus (b) the Applicable
Rate.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under
common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreement”
means
this Credit Agreement, as amended and modified from time to time.
“Applicable
Rate”
means,
the following percentages corresponding to the Senior Leverage Ratio in effect
as of the most recent Calculation Date: (a) with respect to Adjusted Base Rate
Borrowings and Swingline Loans, the percentage set forth below under the heading
“Applicable Rate for Adjusted Base Rate Borrowings,” (b) with respect to
Eurodollar Borrowings, the percentage set forth below under the heading
“Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Borrowings,” (c) with respect to the Commitment
Fee payable under Section 3.03(b), the percentage set forth below under the
heading “Applicable Rate for Commitment Fees” (d) with respect to the LC
Issuance Fees payable under Section 3.03(c), the percentage set forth below
under the heading “Applicable Rate for LC Issuance Fees”:
Tier
Level
|
Senior
Leverage Ratio
|
Applicable
Rate for Adjusted Base Rate Borrowings
|
Applicable
Rate for Eurodollar Borrowings
|
Applicable
Rate for Commitment
Fees
|
Applicable
Rate for LC Issuance Fees
|
1
|
>
2.50
|
1.000%
|
2.500%
|
0.350%
|
2.500%
|
2
|
>
2.00 < 2.50
|
0.750%
|
2.250%
|
0.250%
|
2.250%
|
3
|
>
1.50 < 2.00
|
0.500%
|
2.000%
|
0.250%
|
2.000%
|
4
|
>
1.00 < 1.50
|
0.250%
|
1.750%
|
0.250%
|
1.750%
|
5
|
<
1.00
|
0.00%
|
1.500%
|
0.250%
|
1.500%
|
The
initial Applicable Rates shall be based on Tier Level 5. Beginning with the
Calculation Date immediately following the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending
on March 31, 2007 and quarterly thereafter, the Applicable Rates shall be
determined and adjusted by the then current Senior Leverage Ratio as determined
in accordance with the quarterly Compliance Certificates to be provided by
the
Borrower in accordance with Section 6.02(d) of this Agreement. If the Borrower
fails to timely provide a Compliance Certificate for any fiscal quarter of
the
Borrower as required by and within the time limitations set forth in Section
6.02(d), the Applicable Rates from the applicable date of such failure shall
be
based on Tier Level 1 until five (5) Business Days after a Compliance
Certificate has been provided, whereupon the Tier Level shall be determined
by
the Senior Leverage Ratio set forth in such Compliance Certificate. Except
as
set forth above, each Applicable Rate shall be effective from a Calculation
Date
until the next Calculation Date.
“Approved
Fund”
means
a
Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a
Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or
manages a Lender.
“Asset
Disposition”
means
the disposition of any or all of the assets (including, without limitation,
the
Capital Stock of a Subsidiary or any ownership interest in a joint venture)
of
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary whether by sale, lease, transfer or otherwise;
provided,
however,
the term
“Asset Disposition” shall not include (a) Specified Sales, (b) the sale, lease
or transfer of assets permitted by Section 7.05, or (c) any Equity
Issuance.
“Assignee”
means
an Eligible Assignee who has acquired an assignment of a Lender’s interests in a
Loan in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.04 of this
Agreement.
2
“Assignment
And Acceptance”
means
an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Assignee (with
the
consent of any party whose consent is required by the terms of this Agreement),
and accepted by the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A or any other
form approved by the Agent.
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means
the Bankruptcy Code in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, modified,
succeeded or replaced from time to time.
“Base
Rate”
means,
for any day, the fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the
Prime
Rate for such day and (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day
plus
fifty
(50) Basis Points. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime
Rate
or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the opening of business on
the
day specified in the public announcement of such change in the Prime Rate or
the
Federal Funds Rate.
“Basis
Point”
means
one one-hundredth (.01) of one percent.
“Borrower
Materials”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 6.02 of this Agreement.
“Borrowing
Request”
means
a
request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Sections 2.01 or
2.02.
“Borrowing”
means
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.
“Borrowing
Date”
means,
any Business Day specified in a notice issued by the Borrower in accordance
with
Sections 2.01 or 2.02 of this Agreement as a date on which the Borrower has
requested that the Lenders advance the proceeds of the Revolving Loans or that
the Swingline Lender advance the proceeds of the Swingline Loans, as the case
may be, to or for the account of the Borrower, which shall be a Business
Day.
“Business
Day”
means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions in the State of New York are required to be closed, and if such
day
relates to any Eurodollar Borrowing, any
day
on which dealings in dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in
the
London interbank eurodollar market.
“Calculation
Date”
means
each of the dates upon which the Applicable Rates are to be determined and
adjusted, which adjustment shall be made quarterly on the date occurring five
(5) Business Days after the date on which the Agent receives the quarterly
Compliance Certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.02(d)
of
this Agreement, or otherwise as required by the terms of this
Agreement.
“Capital
Adequacy Requirement”
means
any Law imposing any capital adequacy requirement or any other similar
requirement (including but not limited to the capital adequacy regulations
contained in Parts 3, 208 and 225 of Title 12 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, as amended), any change in such laws or in the interpretation
or
application thereof, and any request,
guideline or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the
force of law) from any central bank or Governmental
Authority.
3
“Capital
Expenditures”
means,
for any specified period, the sum of (without duplication) all expenditures
during such period for fixed or capital assets that are required to be
capitalized under generally accepted accounting principles, excluding: (a)
any
capitalized interest, (b) any assets acquired in connection with normal
replacement and maintenance programs properly charged to current operations;
(c)
any replacement assets acquired with the proceeds of insurance, and (d) any
assets the acquisition of which is permitted by Section 7.04.
“Capital
Lease”
means,
as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal
or
mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is or should
be
accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that
Person.
“Capital
Lease Obligations”
means
indebtedness incurred as a lessee pursuant to a Capital Lease.
“Capital
Stock”
means
(a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock of any class or series, (b)
in
the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general
or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership
interests and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions
of
assets of, the issuing Person.
“Cash
Collateral”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.03(i) of this Agreement.
“Cash
Collateralize”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.03(i) of this Agreement.
“Change
in Control”
means,
with respect to any Person, an event or series of events by which: (i)
any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of
such
person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity
as
trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes
the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right
to acquire (such right, an “option
right”),
whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time), directly or indirectly, of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the
equity securities of such Person entitled to vote for members of the board
of
directors or equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully-diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has
the
right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or (ii)
during
any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of
the
board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person cease
to be
composed of individuals (a) who were members of that board or equivalent
governing body on the first day of such period, (b) whose election or nomination
to that board or equivalent governing body was approved
by individuals referred to in clause (a) above constituting at the time of
such
election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing
body or (c) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case
of
both clause (b) and clause (c), any individual whose initial nomination for,
or
assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body
occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person
or
group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by
or
on behalf of the board of directors). The occurrence of any “Change in Control”
as such term is defined in the Indenture shall also constitute a “Change in
Control” under this Agreement.
4
“Change
in Law”
means
(a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b)
any
change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or administration
thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof after the Closing Date or
(c)
compliance by any Credit Party (or, for purposes of Section 3.05(b), by any
lending office of such Credit Party or by such Credit Party’s holding company,
if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency
made or issued after the Closing Date.
“Closing”
means
the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
“Closing
Date”
means
the above-stated effective date of this Agreement.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and all
Treasury regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures or announcements
thereunder.
“Collateral”
means
any and all “Collateral,” as defined in any applicable Security Document, or any
other assets or properties of any Loan Party that are pledged to any of the
Credit Parties in order to secure the Obligations.
“Compliance
Certificate”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.02(d) of this Agreement.
“Commercial
Account”
means
the commercial checking account to be established and maintained by the Borrower
with the Agent and which may be utilized as the means of advancing funds under
the Loans.
“Commitment
Fee”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.03(b).
“Commitment
Period”
means
(a) with respect to Revolving Loans, the period from and including the Effective
Date to but not including the Maturity Date, and (b) with respect to Swingline
Loans, the period from and including the Effective Date to but not including
the
Swingline Maturity Date.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means,
for any period, determined on a consolidated basis, without duplication, for
the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Net Income for such period plus(to
the
extent deducted in the computation of such Net Income): (a) Consolidated
Interest Expense, (b) Taxes, (c) depreciation, (d) amortization and (e) stock
based compensation to the extent that it is a non-cash expense.
5
“Consolidated
Fixed Charges”
means,
for any period, the sum of the following determined on a consolidated basis,
without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries: (a) scheduled
principal payments paid or payable in cash during such period on Indebtedness
(including imputed principal payments in respect of Capital Leases and synthetic
leases but excluding mandatory prepayments and excluding principal payments
paid
or payable in cash during such period in the approximate amount of Thirty Two
Million Dollars ($32,000,000.00) made upon term loan Indebtedness with the
proceeds of the Convertible Series Notes), (b)Consolidated Interest Expense
and
(c) Restricted Payments paid in cash (excluding the Borrower’s repurchase of
Capital Stock of the Borrower prior to Closing and dividends made by any
Subsidiary to the Borrower).
“Consolidated
Interest Expense”
means,
for
any
period, determined
on a consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries,
the sum,
in cash, paid or payable, of: (a) the amount of accrued interest on or with
respect to, Indebtedness for such period, including, without limitation, imputed
interest on Capital Leases and imputed or accreted interest in respect of deep
discount or zero coupon obligations, plus (b) the net amount payable under
all
Hedging Agreements in respect of such period (or minus the net amount receivable
under all Hedging Agreements in respect of such period) plus (c) annual fees
or
commitment fees payable during such period plus (d) Letter of Credit fees
payable during such period.
“Consolidated
Net Worth”
means,
at any time, the total
assets less the total liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis.
“Consolidated
Senior Indebtedness”
means
at any time all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined
on
a consolidated basis other than: (a) Indebtedness described in clauses (g)
and
(h) of the definition of “Indebtedness” to the extent such Indebtedness
described in clauses (g) and (h) does not, in accordance with GAAP, appear
as a
liability on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, (b) Indebtedness subordinated to the Obligations on terms and
conditions acceptable to the Credit Parties; and (c) Indebtedness evidenced
by
either the Convertible Senior Notes or the Seller Notes.
“Control”
means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability
to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and
“Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be
Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners
or the equivalent.
"Convertible
Senior Notes”
means
the 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 issued by the Borrower under the
Indenture in the present aggregate outstanding principal amount of Seventy
Two
Million Dollars ($72,000,000.00).
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“Credit
Parties”
means
the Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, and the Issuing
Lender.
“Credit
Party Expenses”
means
the following reasonable out-of-pocket expenses or costs incurred by any of
the
applicable Credit Parties: (a)
all
costs and expenses incurred by the Agent and its Affiliates, including the
reasonable fees, charges, and disbursements of counsel for the Agent arising
out
of, pertaining to, or in any way connected with this Agreement, any of the
other
Loan Documents or the Obligations, the syndication of the credit facilities
provided for herein, or otherwise; (b) all costs required to be paid by the
Borrower by the terms of the Loan Documents; (c) taxes and insurance premiums
advanced or otherwise paid by the Agent in connection with the Collateral or
on
behalf of the Borrower; (d) filing and recording costs, title insurance
premiums, environmental and consulting fees, audit fees, search fees, appraisal
fees, and other expenses paid or incurred by the Agent; (e) costs and expenses
incurred by the Agent in the collection of the Accounts (with or without the
institution of legal action), or to enforce any provision of this Agreement
or
any other Loan Document, or in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling,
evaluating, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale and/or
advertising to sell the Collateral or any other property of the Borrower whether
or not a sale is consummated; (f) costs and expenses of litigation incurred
by
any Credit Party or any Participant, including reasonable attorney’s fees of its
counsel, in enforcing or defending this Agreement or any portion hereof or
any
other Loan Document, or in collecting any of the Obligations after the
occurrence of any Event of Default; (g) reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses
incurred by the Agent in obtaining advice or the services of its attorneys
with
respect to the structuring, drafting, negotiating, reviewing, amending,
terminating, waiving, enforcing or defending of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, or any agreement or matter related hereto, whether or not
litigation is instituted; (h) travel expenses of the Agent or its agents related
to any of the foregoing; (i) all costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with
Letters of Credit.
“Debt
Issuance”
means
the issuance of any Indebtedness for borrowed money by any Loan Party or any
of
its Subsidiaries (excluding, for purposes hereof, any Equity Issuance or any
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred
pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof).
“Default”
means
any event, occurrence or omission which, with the giving of notice, the passage
of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting
Lender”
means
any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of its Revolving Commitment,
participations in LC Obligations or participations in Swingline Loans required
to be funded by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date required
to
be funded by it hereunder unless such failure has been cured, (b) has otherwise
failed to pay over to the Agent or any other Lender any other amount required
to
be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date when due, unless
the subject of a good faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured,
or
(c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding.
“Disclosed
Matters”
means
the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed
in
Schedule
4.06.
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“Dollars”
or
“$”
refers
to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic
Lending Office”
means,
initially, the office of each Lender designated as such Lender’s Domestic
Lending Office shown on its signature page to this Agreement; and thereafter,
such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify
to
the Agent and the Borrower as the office of such Lender at which Adjusted Base
Rate Loans of such Lender are to be made.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 5.01 are satisfied (or
waived in accordance with Section 10.02).
“Eligible
Assignee”
means
(a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) any Person (other than a natural
person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing
in
commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its
business that is administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender,
or an entity or an Affiliate that administers or manages a Lender; (d) an
Approved Fund, or (e) any Person approved by the Agent, and by the Borrower
(unless a Default or a Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in
which
case the Borrower’s approval shall not be required), such approvals not to be
unreasonably withheld. The term “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any
natural person nor any Loan Party, Affiliate or Subsidiary of a Loan
Party.
“Environmental
Laws”
means
all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments,
injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by 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”
means
any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages,
costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any
Loan Party directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation
of
any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation,
storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to
any
Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other
consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
respect to any of the foregoing.
.
“Equity
Issuance”
means
any issuance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person which
is
not a Loan Party of shares of its Capital Stock, including shares issued
upon
the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion of any debt
securities to equity other than the issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower
in
connection with any employee benefit plan.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any regulations
thereunder, as amended from time to time, and any successor
statute.
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“ERISA
Affiliate”
means
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b)
or (c) of the Code or, solely for 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”
means
(a) 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); (b) 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; (c) 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; (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title
IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by
the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any
notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint
a
trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal
from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) 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 Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or
the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by
reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
“Event
of Default”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Article 8 of this Agreement.
“Excluded
Taxes”
means,
with respect to any Credit Party or any other recipient of any payment to be
made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan
Document, (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 Credit Party, 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 such Loan Party
is
located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax that is
imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office)
or
is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 3.07(e),
except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment),
to
receive additional amounts from such Loan Party with respect to such withholding
tax pursuant to Section 3.07(a).
.“Extension
of Credit”
means,
as to any Lender, the making of a Loan by such Lender or the issuance of, or
participation in, a Letter of Credit by such Lender.
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“Federal
Funds Rate”
means,
for any day, the rate per annum, (rounded, if necessary, to the next greater
1/100 of 1%) determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding,
absent manifest error) by the Agent to be 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 on such day, as published
by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day; provided that: (i)
if such
day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such
rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published
on
the next succeeding Business Day; and (ii)
if no
such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the Agent (in
its
individual capacity) on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Agent
(which determination shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest
error).
“Fee
Letter”
means
the letter agreement dated as of March 1, 2007, between the Borrower and
M&T.
“Financial
Officer”
means
the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or
controller of the Borrower.
“Fiscal
Year”
means
the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which is the twelve (12)
month accounting period which ends on each Saturday that is the closest to
each
consecutive June 30. For clarity of presentation, the consolidated financial
statement year-end references are stated as June 30.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio”
means,
at any date of determination for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such
date (or, if such date is not the last day of a fiscal quarter, for the
immediately preceding four fiscal quarter period), for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA
minus
Non-Financed Capital Expenditures minus
Taxes
paid in cash for such period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such
period.
“Foreign
Lender”
means
any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that
in
which the applicable Loan Party is located. For purposes of this definition,
the
United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall
be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
United States of America or any State thereof.
“FRB”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Fund”
means
any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
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“Funding
Date”
means
the date designated by the Borrower not greater than five (5) Business Days
after the Effective Date upon which the initial Extensions of Credit are made
hereunder.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board
and
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other
principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as
of
the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
the government of the United States of America, any other nation or government,
any union of nations or governments (including the European Union), any state,
region, province, or other political subdivision of any nation, government
or
union of nations or governments, and any municipality, court or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee”
of
or
by any Person (the “guarantor”)
means
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 of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) 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, (b) 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, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or
any
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor as
to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(d)
as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation, provided
that the
term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. The term “Guaranteed” has a meaning correlative
thereto.
“Guaranty
Agreements”
means
collectively the Guaranty Agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B,
executed for the benefit of the Secured Parties from time to time by the
Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
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.
“Hedging
Agreement”
means
(a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options,
forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond
or
bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price
or forward bond index transactions,
interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions,
floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or
any
other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including
any options to enter into any of the foregoing), 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.
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“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means, without duplication: (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money;
(b)
all obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services
(excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business
less than two hundred seventy (270) days past due); (c) all obligations
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments; (d) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement; (e) all Capital Lease Obligations; (f) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise under acceptance, letter of credit or similar
facilities; (g) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or
otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock; (h) all obligations under Hedging
Agreements; (i) all Guarantees; (j) all obligations secured by any Lien on
the
assets of such Person; (k) all payments required by such Person under
non-compete agreements; (l) all indebtedness of any partnership in which such
Person is a general partner; (m) all obligations of Person entity under
synthetic leases or other obligations that are the functional equivalent of
the
Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (l).
“Indemnified
Taxes”
means
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee”
has
the
meaning provided to such term in Section 10.03 of this Agreement.
“Indenture”
means
the Indenture dated as of October 12, 2006 by and between the Borrower and
U.S.
Bank National Association as Trustee.
“Interest
Election Request”
means
a
request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with
Section 3.02.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means
(a) with respect to any Adjusted Base Rate Loan, the last day of each March,
June, September and December, and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan,
the
last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan
is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period
of
more than three (3) months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such
Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three (3) months’ duration after the
first day of such Interest Period.
“Interest
Period”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date
of
such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month that is one (1), two (2), three (3), or six (6) months thereafter, as
the
Borrower
may elect, provided
that (a)
if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless
such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day,
and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day
in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes
hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such
Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent
conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
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“Investment”
means,
as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such
Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase of other acquisition of capital
stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital
contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other
acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another
Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person
and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guarantees Indebtedness
of
such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction
or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a
business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment
shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent
increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“ISP”
means,
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998”
published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such
later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuing
Lender”
means
M&T in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any
successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Lenders”
means
each of the signatories hereto designated as a “Lender” and each
Assignee.
“LC
Borrowing”
means
an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit
which
has not been reimbursed on the date when made.
“LC
Commitment”
means
the commitment of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit in an aggregate
amount at any time outstanding not to exceed to the Letter of Credit Sublimit
and with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to purchase
participation interests in the Letters of Credit up to such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment Percentage multiplied by the Letter of Credit Sublimit, as such
amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
“LC
Disbursement”
means
a
payment made by the Issuing Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit, including
but
not limited to the amount of any draft paid by the Issuing Lender under any
Letter of Credit, and any taxes, charges, or other costs or expenses incurred
by
the Issuing Lender in connection with any such payment.
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“LC
Documents”
means,
with respect to any Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit, any amendments
thereto, any documents delivered in connection therewith, any application
therefor, and any agreements, instruments, guarantees or other documents
(whether general in application or applicable only to such Letter of Credit)
governing or providing for (a) the rights and obligations of the parties
concerned or (b) any collateral security for such obligations.
“LC
Expiration Date”
means
the day that is thirty (30) days prior to the Maturity Date (or, if such day
is
not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“LC
Fronting Fee”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.03(c) of this Agreement.
“LC
Issuance Fee”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.03(c) of this Agreement.
“LC
Obligations”
means,
at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount which is available to be drawn
under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all
requirements for drawings specified in such Letters of Credit plus (b) the
aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by the Issuing
Lender but not theretofore reimbursed. For
all
purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit
has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason
of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be
drawn.
“Letter
of Credit”
shall
mean any letter of credit issued by the Issuing Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof, as such Letter of Credit may be amended, modified, extended, renewed
or
replaced from time to time.
“Letter
of Credit Application”
means
an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit
in the form from time to time in use by the Issuing Lender.
“Letter
of Credit Sublimit”
means
an amount equal to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00). The Letter of Credit
Sublimit is included in and is part of the Revolving Committed Amount and is
not
in addition to the Revolving Committed Amount.
“LIBOR
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period therefor,
the
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%)
appearing on Dow Xxxxx Markets Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the London
interbank offered rate for deposits in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two (2) 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, the term “LIBOR Rate” shall mean, for any Eurodollar
Borrowing for any Interest Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR
Page
as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in dollars at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such
Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period; provided,
however, if more than one rate is specified on Reuters Screen LIBOR Page, the
applicable
rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such rates (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%).
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“Lien”
means,
with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset,
(b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
Capital Lease or title retention agreement relating to such asset and (c) in
the
case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party
with respect to such securities.
“Loan”
means
a
Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan, as the context may require.
“Loan
Documents”
shall
mean all agreements, instruments and documents and the amendments thereto,
including each document listed as a “Loan Document” on a Closing Index dated the
Closing Date as amended from time to time, together with this Agreement, each
of
the Notes, any Assignment And Acceptance, the Letters of Credit, the LC
Documents, the Guaranty Agreements, the Mortgages, the Security Documents,
subordination agreements, intercreditor agreements, pledges, affidavits, powers
of attorney, consents, assignments, landlord and mortgage waivers, opinions,
collateral assignments, reimbursement agreements, contracts, notices, leases,
financing statements, mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments of rents or
contract proceeds, intellectual property security agreements, pledges, letter
of
credit applications, Hedging Agreements, the Fee Letter, and all other written
matter, whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of the
Borrower, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, or by any other Person in connection
with any of the Obligations.
“Loan
Party”
means
any of the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any account party under a
Letter of Credit.
“M&T”
means
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, a New York banking
corporation.
“Margin
Stock”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Regulation U.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects
or
condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform any of its obligations
under any Loan Document or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document (other than any Assignment And Acceptance) or the
rights of or remedies available any Credit Party under any Loan
Document.
“Material
Foreign Subsidiary”
means
each direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary as to which any of the following
tests are or have at any time been met: (a) the Borrower’s and the other
Subsidiaries’ investments in and advances to such Foreign Subsidiary is greater
than or equal to five percent (5%) of the total assets of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the most recently
completed Fiscal Year of the Borrower, (b) such Foreign Subsidiary’s
proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of
the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis is greater than or equal
to five percent (5%) of the total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
on
a consolidated basis as of the last day of the most recently completed Fiscal
Year of the Borrower, or (c) the income
from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles of such Foreign
Subsidiary is greater than or equal to ten percent (10%) of the Net Income
as of
the last day of the most recently completed Fiscal Year.
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“Material
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents) or obligations
in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000.00). For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness,
the
“principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate
amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, as applicable, would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement
were terminated at such time.
“Maturity
Date”
means
July 15, 2011; provided,
however,
that
the Maturity Date, in the absence of any Default or Events of Default may be
extended at the option of the Borrower until April 1, 2012 if all of the holders
of the Convertible Senior Notes either: (a) waive their rights to require the
Borrower to redeem or repurchase the Convertible Senior Notes on October 15,
2011 (“First Repurchase Date”), or (b) agree with the Borrower to extend the
First Repurchase Date to July 1, 2012 or a later date.
“Mortgages”
means
mortgages in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent securing the entire
stated principal amount of the Revolving Committed Amount granted by the
Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower, as the case may be, encumbering all
real property and improvements thereon in which the Borrower or an Affiliate
of
the Borrower has an interest.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means
a
multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net
Cash Proceeds”
means
the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
respect of any Asset Disposition, Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance; net of
(a)
direct costs (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment
banking fees, and sales commissions) and (b) taxes paid or payable as a result
thereof; it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include any cash
received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration
received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Asset Disposition, Equity
Issuance or Debt Issuance net of (a) direct costs (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales
commissions) and (b) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
“Net
Income”
means
for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis determined in accordance
with GAAP, provided,
the
following items, without duplication, shall be excluded from the calculation
of
Net Income: (a) after-tax gains and losses from asset sales or abandonment
or
reserves relating thereto; (b) items classified as extraordinary, nonrecurring
or unusual gains, losses or charges, and the related tax effects, each
determined in accordance with GAAP (whether or not such items are recurring,
such as, but not limited to, acquisition-related and business-re-alignment
charges); (c) the net income of any Person acquired in a "pooling of interests"
transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower
or
is merged or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(d) the net income (but not loss) of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the
extent that the declaration of dividends, the making of intercompany loans
or
similar payments by that Subsidiary of that income is restricted by a contract,
operation of law or otherwise; (e) the net income of any Person, other than
the
Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower, except to the extent of cash dividends
or distributions paid to the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower by such
Person; (f) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve; (g) income
or
loss attributable to discontinued operations (including operations disposed
of
during such period whether or not such operations were classified as
discontinued); (h) income attributable to insurance proceeds, condemnation
awards or litigation awards or settlements; and (i) any other non-cash gains
and
non-cash losses.
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“Non-Financed
Capital Expenditures”
means
for any period, Capital Expenditures paid out of operating cash flow or with
proceeds of the Revolving Loans, as determined for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Note”
or
“Notes”
means,
the Revolving Notes or the Swingline Note, collectively or separately, as the
context may require.
“Notice
of Borrowing”
shall
mean the written notice of borrowing as referenced and defined in Section
2.01(b)(i) of this Agreement.
“Obligations”
means
collectively, but without duplication, the obligations of the Borrower or any
other Loan Party to pay to the Credit Parties or to perform for the benefit
of
the Credit Parties or any of their Affiliates: (a) sums due any of the Credit
Parties arising out of or in connection with the Loans or otherwise pursuant
to
the terms of the Notes, and the other Loan Documents; (b) indemnification and
reimbursement duties and obligations owed by the Borrower to the Lenders
(including the Issuing Lender), and/or the Agent in accordance with the terms
of
the Loan Documents; (c) all Credit Party Expenses; (d) reimbursement, repayment
or indemnity obligations owed by the Borrower to M&T with respect to
overdrafts, Automatic Clearing House (“ACH”) transactions and transfers of funds
to or from M&T, cash management or related services provided by M&T, and
transactions involving controlled disbursement accounts; (e) all payment and
indemnification obligations owed by the Borrower to the Issuing Lender or to
Agent or the other Lenders which arise out of or relate to any Letters of
Credit, including the LC Obligations; (f) all obligations, duties, or sums
due
pursuant to or arising from any Hedging Agreement to which a Lender or any
Affiliate of a Lender is a party; (g) payments owed to the Agent or to M&T
pursuant to the Fee Letter; and (h) any indebtedness or liability which may
exist or arise as a result of any payment made by or for the benefit of any
of
the Lenders (including the Issuing Lender), or the Agent being avoided or set
aside for any reason including any payment being avoided as a preference under
Sections 547 and 550 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code,
as
amended, or under any state law governing insolvency or creditors’
rights.
“Other
Taxes”
means
any and all current 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,
the Loan Documents.
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“Participant”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10.04(f) of this
Agreement.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and
any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Perfection
Certificate”
means
a
certificate in the form of Annex 1 to the Security Agreements or any other
form
approved by the Agent.
“Permitted
Encumbrances”
means:
(a) Liens
imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in
compliance with Section 6.05;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemens’, mechanics’, materialmens’, repairmens’ and other like Liens
imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested
in
compliance with Section 6.05;
(c) pledges
and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(d) deposits
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;
(e) judgment
liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under
Section 8.01(k); and
(f) easements,
zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property
imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure
any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the
affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Permitted
Investments”
means:
(a) direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent that such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America), in each case measuring within one
year
from the date of acquisition thereof,
(b) investments
in commercial paper maturing within two hundred seventy (270) days from the
date
of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest
credit rating obtainable from the Standard & Poor’s division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto, or from Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc. or any successor thereto;
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(c) investments
in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing
within one hundred eighty (180) days from 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 of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital
and surplus and undivided profits of not less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000,000.00) and
(d) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for
securities described in clause (a) of this definition and entered into with
a
financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) of this
definition.
“Person”
means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, estate,
joint-stock company, joint venture, association, company, partnership,
unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Plan”
means
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, any Subsidiary 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.
“Platform”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 6.02 of this Agreement.
“Prime
Rate”
means
the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the
Agent, in its sole discretion, as its prime lending rate of interest. Such
announced rate bears no inference, implication, representation or warranty
that
such announced rate is charged to any particular customer or customers of Agent.
The Agent’s prime lending rate of interest is but one of several interest rate
bases used by the Agent. Changes in the applicable interest rate shall be made
as of, and immediately upon the occurrence of, changes in the Agent’s prime
rate.
“Public
Lender”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 6.02 of this Agreement.
“Recovery
Event”
means
the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any cash insurance proceeds
or
condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or
damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective property
or assets.
“Register”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10.04(d) of this
Agreement.
“Regulation
T”
means
Regulation T of the FRB as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
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“Regulation
U”
means
Regulation U of the FRB as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation
X”
means
Regulation X of the FRB as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulatory
Change”
means
any change after the Closing Date in the laws of the United States, any state
thereof, or any other Governmental Authority, or the adoption or making after
such date, of any interpretations, changes in convention, directives or requests
applying to a class of depository institutions, including any Credit Party,
of
or under any laws of the United States, any state thereof, or any other
Governmental Authority (whether or not any such interpretation, directive or
request has the force of Law).
“Related
Parties”
means,
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.
“Required
Lenders”
means,
at any time of determination at which time there are three (3) or more Lenders,
any combination of Lenders holding at least fifty-one percent (51%) of
(a) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans plus the
aggregate unused Revolving Commitments at such time (and participation interests
therein) (treating for purposes hereof in the case of Swingline Loans and LC
Obligations, in the case of the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Lender, only
the portion of the Swingline Loans and the LC Obligations of the Swingline
Lender and the Issuing Lender, respectively, which is not subject to the
participation interests of the other Lenders and, in the case of the Lenders
other than the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Lender, the participation
interests of such Lenders in Swingline Loans and LC Obligations hereunder as
direct Obligations of such Lenders) or (b) if the Revolving Commitments have
been terminated, the outstanding Loans and participation interests (including,
in the case of the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Lender, the portion of
the
Swingline Loans and the LC Obligations held by the Swingline Lender and the
Issuing Lender, respectively). At any time that there are less than three (3)
Lenders, the term “Required Lenders” shall mean one hundred percent (100%) of
the Lenders. The Revolving Commitment and the portion of the aggregate
outstanding balance of the Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Lenders.
“Requirement
of Law”
means,
as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other
organizational or governing documents of such Person, and each law, treaty,
rule
or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of
its
property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Reserve
Requirement”
means
for any day during the referenced period the maximum rate at which reserves
(including any marginal, special, supplemental or emergency reserves) are
required to be maintained during such period under Regulation D of the FRB,
from
time
to
time in effect (or any successor or other regulation or legal requirement
relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal
Reserve System) by member banks of the Federal Reserve System against
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” as currently defined in Regulation D (or against any
other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which
the
interest rate on Eurodollar Borrowings or loans is determined or any category
of
extensions of credit or other assets which include loans by a non-United States
office of a bank to United States residents), whether or not a Lender has any
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” subject to such reserve requirements during the
referenced period. Eurodollar Borrowings shall be deemed to constitute
“Eurocurrency Liabilities,” and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve
requirements without benefits or credits for proration, exceptions or offsets
that may be available from time to time to a Lender. The Adjusted LIBOR Rate
shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change
in
the Reserve Requirement.
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“Restricted
Payment”
means
collectively, with respect to the Borrower and each Subsidiary: (a) any dividend
or other payment or distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any equity
interest in such Person now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend or
distribution payable solely in the same class or type of equity interest to
the
holders of that class or type; (b) any redemption, repurchase, conversion,
exchange, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other
acquisition for value, direct or indirect, by such Person of any equity interest
in such Person now or hereafter outstanding; (c) any payment made by such Person
to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options
or
other rights to acquire equity interests in such Person now or hereafter
outstanding; or (d) any payment by such Person of any management, consulting
or
similar fees which are not payments in amounts comparable to sums paid in the
marketplace by entities comparable to the payor for similar services to
unrelated employees for services actually performed.
“Revolving
Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving
Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding equal to such
Lender’s Revolving Committed Amount as specified in Schedule
2.01,
as such
amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof
or in connection with any assignment made in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 10.04(b) or increased in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.01(d).
“Revolving
Commitment Percentage”
means,
for each Lender, the percentage identified as its Revolving Commitment
Percentage on Schedule
2.01,
as such
percentage may be modified in connection with any assignment made in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.04(b) or increased in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.01(d).
“Revolving
Committed Amount”
means,
collectively, the aggregate amount of all Revolving Commitments as referenced
in
Section 2.01(a), as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time
in
accordance with the provisions hereof, and, individually, the amount of each
Lender’s Revolving Commitment as specified on Schedule
2.01,
as such
amount may be modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions
hereof or in connection with any assignment made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 10.04(b).
“Revolving
Loan”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.01 of this Agreement.
“Revolving
Note”
means
a
revolving loan promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of a Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C with appropriate insertions, evidencing
the Revolving Loans made by such Lender to the Borrower, as such revolving
loan
promissory note may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or
replaced from time to time.
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“Secured
Parties”
means
the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Security Agreements.
“Security
Agreements”
means
collectively: (a) the Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit
D(1), between the Borrower and the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties; (b) the Security Agreements substantially in the form of Exhibit D(2)
between each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties; and (c) all other copyright, trademark, patent and other security
agreements or pledges executed and delivered from time to time by any of the
Loan Parties to secure the Obligations.
“Security
Documents”
means
the Security Agreements, the Mortgages, and each other mortgage, patent,
trademark, and copyright assignments and security agreements, and any other
security agreement, instrument or other document executed or delivered pursuant
to Section 6.13 or Section 6.14 to secure any of the Obligations.
“Seller
Notes”
means
the promissory notes in the aggregate stated principal amount of Three Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00), and other agreements, instruments
and documents in connection therewith evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower
to
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx as part of the purchase price for the acquisition of Catalyst
Enterprises, Inc.
“Senior
Leverage Ratio”
means
the ratio measured for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries most recently ended as of the date of determination of:
(a)
the Consolidated Senior Indebtedness to (b) the Consolidated EBITDA of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Specified
Sales”
means
(a) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of inventory and materials
in
the ordinary course of business, (b) the sale, transfer, lease or other
disposition of obsolete or worn-out property or assets in the ordinary course
of
business, and (c) the sale, transfer or other disposition of Permitted
Investments.
“Springing
Mortgages”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.16(c) of this Agreement.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, 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, limited
liability company, partnership, association or other entity 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
by
the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
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“Subsidiary
Guarantor”
means
the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed in Schedule 4.12, and any
other
Domestic Subsidiary that executes and delivers the Security Documents and a
Guaranty Agreement, in each case in accordance with Section 5.01(a)(viii),
Section 5.01(a)(ix), Section 6.13 and Section 6.14.
“Swingline
Commitment”
means
the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the Swingline Loan Dollar
Cap, and with respect to the other Lenders, the commitment of such Lenders
to
purchase participation interests in the Swingline Loans as provided in Section
2.02(c), as such amounts may be reduced from time to time in accordance with
the
provisions hereof.
“Swingline
Lender”
means
M&T, in its capacity as the provider of Swingline Loans.
“Swingline
Loan”
or
“Swingline
Loans”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.02(a) of this Agreement.
“Swingline
Loan Dollar Cap”
means
Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00). The Swingline Loan Dollar Cap is included
in and is part of the Revolving Committed Amount, and is not in addition to
the
Revolving Committed Amount.
“Swingline
Maturity Date”
means
that date which occurs five (5) business days prior to the Maturity
Date.
“Swingline
Note”
means
the swingline loan promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of
the
Swingline Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit E with appropriate
insertions, evidencing the Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender to
the
Borrower, as such swingline loan promissory note may be amended, modified,
supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.
“Taxes”
means
all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings,
assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority,
including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.
“Transactions”
means
(a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan
Document to which it is a party, (b) the borrowing of the Loans, and (c) the
use
of the proceeds of the Loans.
“Type”
when
used in reference to any 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 Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the Adjusted Base Rate.
“Withdrawal
Liability”
means
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
1.02 Classification
of Loans. For
purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by class
(e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by class
and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be
classified and referred to by class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type
(e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowing”).
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Section
1.03 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.” Unless the context requires otherwise,
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or document
herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other
document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications
set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to
include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof”
and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to
this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(d)
all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to,
this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
Section
1.04 Accounting
Terms; GAAP; Additional Provisions Respecting Calculation of Financial
Covenants.
(a) Except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to
time, provided
that, if
the Borrower notifies the Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to
any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the
date
hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision
(or if the Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an
amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether
any
such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application
thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in
effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective
until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in
accordance herewith. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to
a
fiscal period shall refer to the relevant fiscal period of the Borrower.
(b) Calculations
made pursuant to Sections 7.12, 7.13, and 7.14, and any other financial
covenants set forth in Section 7, including for purposes of calculating the
“Applicable Rate,” shall give effect, on a pro forma
basis,
to all Acquisitions and dispositions made during the quarter or year to which
the required compliance relates, as if such Acquisition or disposition had
been
consummated on the first day of the applicable period, provided,
that
items of revenue and expense shall be based on actual amounts and not adjusted
to give effect to potential savings and similar adjustments. Calculation of
such
financial covenants in connection with Acquisitions
and dispositions shall be based on the results of operations and financial
position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth on the most recently
delivered financial statements, adjusted, in the case of an Acquisition, to
give
effect to any additional Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith and
to
include the results of operations and financial position of the target during
the applicable period, and in the case of a disposition, to give effect to
any
repayment of Indebtedness in connection therewith and to exclude the results
of
operations and financial position for the applicable period of the assets so
disposed of.
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Section
1.05 Times
of Day. Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references
to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
ARTICLE
2 THE
CREDITS; AMOUNTS AND TERMS
Section
2.01 Revolving
Loans
(a) Revolving
Commitments.
During
the Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender
with a Revolving Commitment severally agrees to make revolving credit loans
(“Revolving
Loans”)
to the
Borrower from time to time for the purposes hereinafter set forth; provided,
however,
that (i)
with regard to each Lender individually, the sum of such Lender’s share of
outstanding Revolving Loans plus the dollar amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment Percentage of Swingline Loans plus the dollar amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Commitment Percentage multiplied by the aggregate amount of the LC
Obligations shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (ii) with
regard to the Lenders collectively, the sum of the aggregate amount of
outstanding Revolving Loans plus Swingline Loans plus LC Obligations shall
not
exceed Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) (as such aggregate maximum amount
may be reduced from time to time as provided in Section 2.04 or increased from
time to time as provided in Section 2.01(d), the “Revolving
Committed Amount”).
Revolving Loans may consist of Adjusted Base Rate Borrowings or Eurodollar
Borrowings, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request, and may
be
repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(b) Revolving
Loan Borrowings.
(i) Notice
of Borrowing.
The
Borrower shall request a Revolving Loan borrowing by written notice (or
telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing which confirmation may be by
fax)
to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the date
of
the requested borrowing in the case of Adjusted Base Rate Loans, and on the
third Business Day prior to the date of the requested borrowing in the case
of
Eurodollar Loans. Each such notice of borrowing shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit F with appropriate insertions (a “Notice
of Borrowing”),
shall
be irrevocable and shall specify:
(1) that
a
Revolving Loan is requested,
(2) the
Borrowing Date of the requested borrowing,
(3) the
aggregate principal amount to be borrowed,
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(4) whether
the borrowing shall be comprised of Adjusted Base Rate Loans, Eurodollar Loans
or a combination thereof, and if Eurodollar Loans are requested, the Interest
Period(s) therefor. If the Borrower shall fail to specify in any such Notice
of
Borrowing (A) an applicable Interest Period in the case of a Eurodollar Loan,
then such notice shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of
one
month, or (B) the type of Revolving Loan requested, then such notice shall
be
deemed to be a request for an Adjusted Base Rate Loan hereunder. The Agent
shall
give notice to each Lender promptly upon receipt of each Notice of Borrowing,
the contents thereof and each such Lender’s share thereof.
(ii) Advances.
Each
Lender will make its Revolving Commitment Percentage of each Revolving Loan
borrowing available to the Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office
of the Agent specified in Section 10.01, or at such other office as the Agent
may designate in writing, by 1:00 p.m. on the date specified in the applicable
Notice of Borrowing in dollars and in funds immediately available to the Agent.
Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Agent on
such
day by crediting the Commercial Account of the Borrower on the books of such
office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Agent by the
Lenders and in like funds as received by the Agent.
(c) Repayment.
The
principal amount of all Revolving Loans shall be due and payable in full on
the
Maturity Date.
(d) Increase
in Revolving Commitments.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, at any time
during the period commencing as of the Closing Date and ending as of the date
thirty-six (36) months following the Closing Date, upon written notice to the
Agent, cause an increase or series of increases in the Revolving Committed
Amount of up to the aggregate amount of such increases of Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000.00) (to a total aggregate Revolving Committed Amount of not more
than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00); provided that each of such
increases shall be conditioned and effective upon the satisfaction of the
following conditions:
(i)
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the
Borrower shall obtain commitments for the amount of the increase
from
existing Lenders or from other commercial banks or financial institutions
that satisfy the requirements of an Eligible Assignee, which other
commercial banks and financial institutions shall join in this Credit
Agreement as Lenders by a Lender Joinder Agreement in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Agent (it being understood that in no
case
shall any Lender be required to increase its Revolving Commitment
without
its written consent);
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(ii)
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if
any Revolving Loans are outstanding at any time of any such increase,
the
Borrower shall make such payments and adjustments on the Revolving
Loans
(including payment of any break-funding amounts owing under Section
3.06)
as may be necessary to give effect to the revised Revolving Commitment
Percentages and amounts of Revolving Commitments;
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(iii)
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the
Borrower shall pay to M&T for its own account all fees required under
the Fee Letter due in connection with the syndication of the increase
in
the Revolving Committed Amount;
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(iv)
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the
Borrower shall have executed any new or amended and restated Notes
(to the
extent requested by the Lenders) to reflect the revised amounts of
Revolving Commitments;
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(v)
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no
Default or Event of Default shall be existing or shall exist after
giving
effect to any such increase;
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(vi)
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no
event or condition shall have occurred and be continuing that is
likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(vii)
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The
Borrower shall be in compliance with all financial covenants set
forth in
Sections 7.12 through 7.14 of this Agreement prior to incurring any
such
increase and on a proforma basis on the date any such increase is
incurred, after giving full effect to the Revolving Committed Amount
including such increase, plus all of the other outstanding Obligations;
and
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(viii)
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all
other conditions to the making of a Revolving Loan set forth in Section
5.02 of this Agreement shall be
satisfied.
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In
connection with any such increase in the Revolving Commitments, Schedule 2.01
shall be revised to reflect the modified Revolving Commitments and Revolving
Commitment Percentages of the Lenders, and the Borrower shall provide supporting
corporate resolutions, legal opinions, promissory notes and other items as
may
be reasonably requested by the Agent and the Lenders in connection therewith.
In
the event that the existing Lenders provide commitments to fund any increase
in
an aggregate amount of commitments that is greater than the required amount
of
the increase, the Agent shall determine the final allocation of the requested
increase among the existing Lenders.
Section
2.02 Swingline
Loan Subfacility
(a) During
the Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the
Swingline Lender agrees to make certain revolving credit loans (each, a
“Swingline
Loan”
and
collectively, the “Swingline
Loans”)
to the
Borrower in dollars from time to time on any Business Day provided that, (i)
the
aggregate amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed
the
Swingline Loan Dollar Cap and (ii) the sum of the aggregate amount of
outstanding Revolving Loans plus Swingline Loans plus LC Obligations shall
not
exceed the Revolving Committed Amount. Swingline Loans may be repaid and
reborrowed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline
Loan if any Credit Party shall have notified the Swingline Lender and the
Borrower in writing at least one Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date with
respect to such Swingline Loan, that the conditions set forth in Section 5.02
have not been satisfied and such conditions remain unsatisfied as of the
requested time of the making such Swingline Loan. Each Swingline Loan shall
be
due and payable
on the maturity thereof, provided that in
no
event shall such maturity be later than the Swingline Maturity Date.
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(b) To
request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Agent and the Swingline
Lender by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) no later than 1:00 p.m. on the
proposed Borrowing Date. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify
(i) the aggregate principal amount to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing
Date, and (iii) the requested maturity date of the requested Swingline Loan
which shall be not later than fourteen (14) Business Days after the making
of
such Swingline Loan. The Swingline Lender will make the requested amount
available promptly on that same day, to the Agent (for the account of the
Borrower) who, thereupon, will promptly make such amount available to the
Borrower on such day in like funds as provided therein. Each Swingline Loan
shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of Twenty Five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) and not less than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000.00).
(c) The
Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Agent not later than 10:00
a.m. on any Business Day require the Lenders having a Revolving Commitment
to
acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline
Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline
Loans in which the applicable Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt
of
such notice, the Agent will give notice thereof to each applicable Lender,
specifying in such notice such Lender’s pro rata percentage of the unused
Revolving Commitments of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans. Each applicable
Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice
as
provided above, to pay to the Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender,
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of such Swingline Loan or
Swingline Loans. Each applicable Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this
paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default
or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such
payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever. Each applicable Lender shall comply with its obligation under this
Section by wire transfer of immediately available funds, at the same time and
in
the same manner as provided in Section 2.01(b)(ii) with respect to Revolving
Loans made by such applicable Lender, and the Agent shall promptly pay to the
Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Agent
shall
notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired
pursuant to this Section, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline
Loan shall be made to the Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts
received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf
of
the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline
Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly
remitted to the Agent; any such amounts received by the Agent shall be promptly
remitted by the Agent to the applicable Lenders that shall have made their
payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their
interests may appear. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan
pursuant to this Section shall not relieve the Borrower of any default by the
Borrower in the payment thereof.
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Section
2.03 Letter
of Credit Subfacility
(a) General.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the
issuance of, and the Issuing Lender in reliance upon the agreements of the
Lenders set forth in Section 2.03(d) agrees to issue, Letters of Credit for
Borrower’s own account, in a form acceptable to the Agent and the Issuing
Lender, at any time and from time to time on any Business Day from the Closing
Date through, but not including the LC Expiration Date, provided,
however,
that
(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, (ii)
the
aggregate amount of LC Obligations (after giving effect to any requested
issuance) shall not at any time exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (iii)
the
sum of the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans plus Swingline Loans plus LC
Obligations (after giving effect to any requested issuance) shall not at any
time exceed the Revolving Committed Amount, (iv) all Letters of Credit shall
be
denominated in dollars, and not in any other currency, (v) Letters of Credit
shall be issued for lawful corporate purposes and shall be issued as standby
letters of credit, (v) the issuance of any Letter of Credit shall not violate
any policies of the Issuing Lender; (vi) no Letter of Credit shall contain
any
provision for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing
thereunder. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of Letter of Credit
Application or other LC Document submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into
by the Borrower with, the Issuing Lender relating to any Letter of Credit,
the
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b) Request
for Issuance; Amendment; Renewal; Extension; Certain Conditions.
To
request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or
extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver
or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing
so have been approved by the Issuing Lender) to the Issuing Lender and the
Agent
(reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal
or
extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or
identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended together
with a Letter of Credit Application on the Issuing Lender’s then standard form,
and specifying the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
(which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is
to
expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), 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. Upon receipt of the Letter of Credit Application executed
by a
duly authorized officer of the Borrower, the Issuing Lender shall process such
Letter of Credit Application and issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby,
provided
all
fees
and expenses in connection with such Letter of Credit have been paid and all
other conditions precedent to the issuance of Letters of Credit have been
satisfied and, provided
further,
the
Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier
than
three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Issuing Lender of the Letter of
Credit Application and of all of the certificates, documents and other papers
and information required by the Issuing Lender which relate thereto. The Issuing
Lender shall promptly furnish a copy of each Letter of Credit to the Agent,
the
Borrower and to each of the Lenders. A Letter of Credit shall be issued,
amended, renewed or extended only if (and, upon issuance, amendment, renewal
or
extension of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall be deemed to represent
and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal
or
extension the proviso of Section 2.03(a) is satisfied. The Issuing Lender shall
not be obligated to
amend
any Letter of Credit if the Issuing Lender would not be required at such time
to
issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms of this
Agreement.
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(c) Expiration
Date.
Each
Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the
earlier of (i) the date that is 365 days after the date of the issuance of
such
Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, 365
days
after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the LC Expiration Date, provided
that any
Letter of Credit may provide for the renewal thereof for additional 365-day
periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the LC Expiration
Date).
(d) Agreement
of Lenders To Purchase Proportionate Share of Letters of Credit.
In
order to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit for the account
of
the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, each Lender
unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts
and purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter
stated, for such Lender’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage in the Issuing Lender’s
obligations and rights under each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the
amount each LC Disbursement of the Issuing Lender. Each Lender unconditionally
and irrevocably covenants to the Issuing Lender that, if an LC Disbursement
is
made by the Issuing Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit for which the
Issuing Lender is not immediately reimbursed in full by the Borrower, such
Lender shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, upon
the
demand by the Agent, an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment
Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of such LC Disbursement not later than
1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified by the Agent in its demand for payment.
Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing
Lender for any LC Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve
the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(e) Reimbursement
Obligations of the Borrower.
The
Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to reimburse the Issuing Lender
on each date on which either the Issuing Lender or the Agent notifies the
Borrower of an LC Disbursement for the amount of the LC Disbursement, including
but not limited to the amount of any draft so paid and any taxes, charges,
or
other costs or expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such
payment. Interest shall be payable on any and all amounts remaining unpaid
by
the Borrower under this Section from the date such amounts become payable
hereunder until payment in full at the Adjusted Base Rate. Each drawing under
any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to automatically constitute a request
by
the Borrower to the Agent for an Adjusted Base Rate Borrowing of proceeds of
the
Revolving Loans in the amount of such drawing to be made on the date on which
either the Issuing Lender or the Agent notifies the Borrower of the drawing,
and
the proceeds of such Adjusted Base Rate Borrowing shall be advanced directly
by
the Agent to the Issuing Lender for application to the Borrower’s reimbursement
obligations set forth in this Section.
(f) Borrower’s
Reimbursement Obligations Are Absolute.
The
Borrower’s reimbursement obligations hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off,
counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower may have or has had
against the Agent, the Issuing Lender, any of the Lenders, any beneficiary
of a
Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower agrees that none of the
Agent,
the Issuing Lender, or the Lenders shall be responsible for, nor shall the
Borrower’s duties and obligations hereunder under the Loan Documents be affected
by, among other things: (a) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy,
genuineness or legal effect of any documents or of any endorsements thereon
presented in connection with any draft upon a Letter of Credit, even though
such
documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged; (b) any
dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of
Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred;
or
(c) any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter
of Credit or any such transferee. None of the Agent, the Issuing Lender, or
any
of the Lenders shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay
in
transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however
transmitted, in connection with the issuance, administration, or payment of
any
drafts presented against any Letter of Credit. The Borrower agrees that any
action taken or omitted by the Agent, the Issuing Lender, or the Lenders under
or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents
shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of any
of
the Agent, the Issuing Lender, or the Lenders to the Borrower, absent gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
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(g) Applicability
of ISP98 and UCP.
Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower, when a Letter
of Credit is issued: (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter
of Credit; and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber
of
Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to any commercial Letter of
Credit.
(h) Interim
Interest.
If the
Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall
reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is
made,
the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including
the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the
Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable
to Adjusted Base Rate Loans; provided
that, if
the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 3.01(d) shall apply. Interest
accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing
Lender, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any
Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Lender
shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such
payment.
(i) Cash
Collateralization.
Upon
the request of the Agent: (a) if the Issuing Lender has honored any full or
partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted
in an LC Borrowing; or (b) if, as of the LC Expiration Date, any Letter of
Credit for any reason remains outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn,
the
Borrower shall immediately “Cash Collateralize” all then outstanding LC
Obligations (in an amount determined as of the date of such LC Borrowing or
the
LC Expiration Date, as the case may be). As used herein, the term “Cash
Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Agent, for the
benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, as collateral (“Cash Collateral”)
for the LC Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to
documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Issuing
Lender (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). The Borrower
hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and the
Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances
therein and all proceeds
of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest
bearing deposit accounts held by the Agent.
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Section
2.04 Reduction
and Termination of the Revolving Commitments
(a) Voluntary
Reductions.
The
Borrower shall have the right to terminate or permanently reduce the unused
portion of the Revolving Committed Amount at any time or from time to time
upon
not less than five (5) Business Day’s prior notice to the Agent (which shall
notify the Lenders thereof as soon as practicable) of each such termination
or
reduction, which notice shall specify the effective date thereof and the amount
of any such reduction which shall be in a minimum amount of Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000.00) and shall be irrevocable and effective upon receipt by the
Agent; provided,
that no
such reduction or termination shall be permitted if after giving effect thereto,
and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans made on the effective date
thereof, the sum of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Loans plus Swingline Loans plus LC Obligations would exceed the
Revolving Committed Amount.
(b) Termination
Dates.
Each
Revolving Commitment shall automatically terminate on the Maturity Date, the
LC
Commitment shall automatically terminate on the LC Expiration Date, and the
Swingline Commitment shall automatically terminate
on the
Swingline Maturity Date.
Section
2.05 Evidence
of Loans. The
Obligations of the Borrower to repay the Revolving Loans shall be evidenced
by
the Revolving Notes and the Obligations of the Borrower to repay the Swingline
Loan shall be evidenced by the Swingline Note. On the Closing Date, the Borrower
shall execute and deliver (a) to each Lender a Revolving Note in the stated
principal amount equal to each Lender’s respective Revolving Commitment and (b)
to the Swingline Lender, the Swingline Note in the stated principal amount
equal
to the Swingline Loan Dollar Cap.
Section
2.06 Prepayments
(a) Optional
Prepayments.
The
Borrower shall have the right to prepay Loans in whole or in part from time
to
time; provided,
however,
that (i)
each partial prepayment of Loans (other than Swingline Loans) shall be in a
minimum principal amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and
integral multiples of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) in excess thereof
and
(ii) each prepayment of Swingline Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount
of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) and integral multiples of Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in excess thereof. The Borrower shall give
irrevocable written notice (or telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing
which confirmation may be by fax) of any such voluntary prepayment to the Agent
(which shall notify the Lenders thereof as soon as practicable) not later than
1:00 p.m. on the Business Day prior to the date of the requested prepayment
in
the case of Adjusted Base Rate Loans, and on the third Business Day prior to
the
date of the requested prepayment in the case of Eurodollar Loans. Subject to
the
foregoing terms and subject to Section 3.06, amounts prepaid under this Section
2.06(a) shall be applied to Adjusted Base Rate Loans and to Eurodollar Loans
in
such amounts and in such order as the Borrower shall specify. All prepayments
under this Section 2.06(a) shall be subject to Section 3.06,
but
otherwise without premium or penalty. Interest on the principal amount prepaid
shall be payable on the date of such prepayment. Amounts prepaid on the
Swingline Loans and the Revolving Loans may be reborrowed in accordance with
the
terms hereof.
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(b) Mandatory
Prepayments.
(i) Revolving
Committed Amount.
If at
any time after the Funding Date, the sum of the aggregate principal amount
of
outstanding Revolving Loans plus Swingline Loans plus LC Obligations shall
exceed the Revolving Committed Amount, the Borrower immediately shall prepay
the
Revolving Loans and (after all Revolving Loans have been repaid) Cash
Collateralize the LC Obligations, in an amount sufficient to eliminate such
excess (such prepayment to be applied as set forth in clause (v)
below).
(ii) Asset
Dispositions.
Promptly following any Asset Disposition in any Fiscal Year, the Borrower shall
prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds
derived from all such Asset Dispositions (such prepayment to be applied as
set
forth in clause (v) below); provided,
however,
that
such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied to the extent
(A)
the Borrower delivers to the Agent a certificate stating that it intends to
use
such Net Cash Proceeds to acquire fixed or capital assets in replacement of
the
disposed assets, and (B) such acquisition is completed within one hundred eighty
(180) days of receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds, it being expressly agreed that
any Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested shall be applied to repay the Loans
immediately thereafter.
(iii) Issuances.
Immediately upon receipt by any Loan Party of proceeds from (A) any Debt
Issuance which is made with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Borrower
shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Debt Issuance (such prepayment to be
applied as set forth in clause (v) below) or (B) any Equity Issuance, the
Borrower shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount equal to fifty
percent (50%) of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Equity Issuance (such prepayment
to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below).
(iv) Recovery
Event.
To the
extent cash proceeds are received in connection with a Recovery Event and are
not applied to repair, replace or relocate damaged property or to purchase
or
acquire fixed or capital assets in replacement of the assets lost or destroyed
within one hundred eighty (180) days of the receipt of such cash proceeds,
the
Borrower shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds not so applied (such prepayment
to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below).
(v) Application
of Mandatory Prepayments.
All
amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.06(b) shall be applied
as
follows: (A) with respect to all amounts prepaid pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(i),
to the Revolving Loans and then (after all Revolving Loans have been repaid)
to
a Cash Collateral account in respect of LC Obligations, (B) with respect to
all
amounts prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.06(b)(ii) through (iv), (1) to the
Revolving Loans without a corresponding permanent reduction of the Revolving
Commitments and (after all Revolving Loans have been repaid) to a Cash
Collateral account in respect of LC Obligations. Within the parameters of the
applications set forth above, prepayments shall be applied first to Adjusted
Base Rate Loans and then to Eurodollar Loans in direct order of Interest Period
maturities. All prepayments under this Section 2.06(b) shall be subject to
Section 3.06 and be accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount
prepaid to the date of prepayment.
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Section
2.07 Minimum
Borrowing Amounts; Interest Rate Tranches
(a) Each
Adjusted Base Rate Loan (other than Swingline Loans) Borrowing shall be in
a
minimum amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and whole
multiples of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in excess
thereof.
(b) Each
Eurodollar Loan borrowing shall be in a minimum amount of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00) and whole multiples of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00) in excess thereof.
(c) No
more
than ten (10) interest rate tranches may be in effect at any time under the
Revolving Loans.
Section
2.08 Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs
(a) Each
Loan
Party shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under
any
other Loan Document (whether of principal of Loans, interest or fees, or of
amounts payable under Section 3.05, 3.06, 3.07 or 10.03, or otherwise) prior
to
12:00 noon on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff
or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the
discretion of the 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 Agent at its office at 0 X&X Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, or such other office as to which the Agent may notify the other parties
hereto, except that payments pursuant to Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07 and 10.03
shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Agent shall
distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person
to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof together with,
in the case of payments due to any Lender, interest thereon at the Federal
Funds
Rate, with respect to any payment which the Agent receives from any Loan Party
by 12:00 Noon and does not distribute to such Lender on the same Business Day.
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 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 Agent to pay fully
all amounts of principal of Loans, interest, fees and commissions then due
hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest,
fees and commissions then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled
thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest, fees and commissions then
due to such parties and (ii) second, towards payment
of principal of Loans then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled
thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal of Loans then due to such
parties.
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(c) If
any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of, or interest on, any of its Loans
resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion
received by any other applicable Lender, then the applicable Lender receiving
such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations
in the Loans of other applicable Lenders to the extent necessary so that the
benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the applicable Lenders ratably
in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of, and accrued interest
on, their respective 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 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). Each Loan
Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively
do
so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant
to
the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff
and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender
were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such
participation.
(d) Unless
the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to a Borrowing Date
that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender’s share of the
requested Borrowings, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share
available on such date and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not
in
fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Agent, then
the
applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Agent forthwith
on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from
and
including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but
excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment
to
be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate
determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by Borrower, at the
Adjusted Base Rate. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest
to
the Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Agent shall promptly remit
to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such
period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Agent,
then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included
in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to
any
claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make
such
payment to the Agent.
(e) If
any
Credit Party shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant
to Section 2.01(b)(ii), 2.02(c) or 2.03(d), then the Agent may, in its
discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts
thereafter received by the Agent
for
the account of such Credit Party to satisfy such Credit Party’s obligations
under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully
paid.
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ARTICLE
3 INTEREST,
FEES, YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.
Section
3.01 Interest
(a) Adjusted
Base Rate Borrowings and Swingline Loans shall bear interest at the Adjusted
Base Rate.
(b) Eurodollar
Borrowings shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for the Interest
Period in effect for such Borrowing.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then,
so
long as such Event of Default is continuing, all principal of and interest
on
each Loan and each fee and other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder shall
bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal
to
(i) in the case of principal of any Loan, 2% plus
the rate
otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of
this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus
the
Adjusted Base Rate.
(d) Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date
for such Loan and with respect to Revolving Loans, on the Maturity Date, and,
with respect to Swingline Loans, on the Swingline Maturity Date, provided
that (i)
interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable
on
demand, and (ii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior
to
the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan
shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except
that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate at times when the Base
Rate
is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365
days
(or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual
number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
The
applicable Base Rate or LIBOR Rate shall be determined by the Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent clearly demonstrable
error.
(f) Any
payment of principal, interest or fees due upon any of the Loans which is
received by the Agent more than fifteen (15) calendar days after its due date
shall incur a late payment charge equal to five percent (5%) of the amount
of
the payment due. All late payment charges shall be payable upon the demand
of
the Agent. The existence of the right by the Lenders to receive a late payment
charge shall not be deemed to constitute a grace period or provide any right
to
the Borrower to make a payment other than on such payment’s scheduled due
date.
Section
3.02 Interest
Elections
(a) Each
Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing
Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial
Interest Period
as
specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to
convert such Borrowing to 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. 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 applicable Lenders holding the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall
be
considered a separate Borrowing.
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(b) To
make
an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of
such election in writing by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required
under Section 2.01(b)(i) if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the
Type
resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.
Each such Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable, shall be delivered
by
hand or telecopy to the Agent in a form approved by the Agent and shall be
signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each
Interest Election Request shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G
and
shall specify the following information:
(i) the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case
the
information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph
shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
the resulting Borrowing is to be an Adjusted Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Borrowing; and
(iv) if
the
resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If
any
such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not
specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected
an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly
following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Agent shall advise each
applicable Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each
resulting Borrowing.
(e) If
the
Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request prior to the end
of
the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid
as
provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall be
converted to an Adjusted Base Rate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and
without limiting any rights and remedies of the Credit Parties, the right of
the
Borrower to elect any Eurodollar Borrowing, shall terminate and all
the
existing Eurodollar Borrowings shall be converted (on the last day of the
respective Interest Periods) to Adjusted Base Rate Borrowings.
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Section
3.03 Fees
(a) Fee
Letter.
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its own account, and to M&T, for
its own account, all fees and other amounts payable in the amounts and at the
times set forth in the Fee Letter.
(b) Commitment
Fee.
In
consideration of the Revolving Commitments, the Borrower agrees to pay to the
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders holding a Revolving Commitment,
a
fee (the “Commitment
Fee”)
equal
to the Applicable Rate for Commitment Fees per annum on the average daily unused
amount of the Revolving Committed Amount. For purposes of computing the
Commitment Fee hereunder, (i) the LC Obligations shall be considered usage
under
the aggregate Revolving Committed Amount and (ii) Swingline Loans shall not
be
considered usage under the aggregate Revolving Committed Amount. The Commitment
Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each calendar
quarter and upon termination of the Revolving Commitments.
(c) Letter
of Credit Fees.
In
consideration of the Letters of Credit, the Borrower shall pay the following
fees: (i) the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders a per annum fee with respect to each Letter of Credit in an amount
equal
to that sum obtained by multiplying the face amount of each Letter of Credit
by
the Applicable Rate for LC Issuance Fees in effect on the date of the issuance
or renewal of the Letter of Credit (“LC
Issuance Fee”),
provided, however, during any continuing Event of Default, the LC Issuance
Fee
shall be increased to a rate per annum which is two percent (2%) plus the
Applicable Rate for LC Issuance Fees otherwise in effect, which LC Issuance
Fees
shall be payable quarterly in advance on the date of issuance and thereafter
on
the first
day of
each calendar quarter; (ii) the Borrower shall pay directly to the Issuing
Lender for its own account a fronting fee equal to 0.125% multiplied by the
face
amount of each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender (“LC
Fronting Fee”),
which
LC Fronting Fee shall be payable quarterly in advance on the date of issuance
and thereafter on the first
day of
each calendar quarter; (iii) the Borrower shall pay directly to the Issuing
Lender for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment
and
other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the Issuing
Lender relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect, and such
customary fees and standard costs and charges shall be due and payable on demand
and are nonrefundable.
(d) Payment
and Computation of Fees.
All fees
and other amounts payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in
immediately available funds, to the Agent for distribution, in the case of
Commitment Fees and LC Issuance Fees, to the Lenders. Fees and other amounts
paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances. Commitment Fees and the
LC
Issuance Fees shall be computed based upon a three hundred sixty (360) day
year
for the actual number of days elapsed.
Section
3.04 Alternate
Rate of Interest
If
prior
to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Borrowing:
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(a) the
Agent
determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)
that
adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate or the LIBOR Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the
Agent
is advised by any applicable Lender that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the LIBOR
Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining its Loan included
in
such Borrowing for such Interest Period; then the Agent shall give notice
thereof to the Borrower and the applicable Lenders by telephone or telecopy
as
promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Agent notifies the Borrower
and the applicable Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice
no
longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion
of
any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing
shall be ineffective, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an Adjusted Base Rate
Borrowing.
Section
3.05 Increased
Costs; Illegality
(a) If
the
adoption or change of any Law, rule, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank, or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof,
or
compliance by any Credit Party with any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank,
or
comparable agency or any Regulatory Change after the Closing Date: (i)
subjects
such Credit Party to any tax, duty, or other charge with respect to any Loan
or
Note, or changes the basis of taxation of any amounts payable to such Credit
Party under this Agreement or any Note in respect of any Loan or otherwise
with
respect to any Obligations (other than taxes imposed on the overall net income
of such Credit Party by the jurisdiction in which such Credit Party has its
principal office); (ii)
imposes,
modifies, or deems applicable any reserve, special deposit, assessment,
compulsory loan, or similar requirement (other than the Reserve Requirement
utilized in the determination of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate) relating to any
extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other
liabilities or commitments of, such Credit Party, including the applicable
Loans
extended by such Credit Party hereunder or any other Obligations owing to such
Credit Party; or (iii)
imposes
on such Credit Party or the applicable interbank market any other condition
affecting this Agreement or any Note or any Obligation or any of such extensions
of credit or liabilities or commitments or the costs of deposits maintained
by
any Credit Party in obtaining funds to carry any of the Loans or Obligations;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Credit
Party of the making, converting into, continuing, or maintaining or
participating in any Loan or to reduce any yield or sum received or receivable
by such Credit Party under this Agreement or any Note with respect to any Loan
or other Obligation, then the Borrower shall pay to such Credit Party on demand
such amount or amounts as will compensate such Credit Party for such increased
cost or reduction.
(b) If
any
Credit Party determines that the adoption or change of any Capital Adequacy
Requirement or change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority, central bank, or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
Governmental Authority, central bank, or comparable agency
after the Closing Date has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on the capital of such Credit Party or any corporation controlling such
Credit Party as a consequence of such Credit Party’s Obligations hereunder to a
level below that which such Credit Party or such corporation could have achieved
but for such adoption, change, request, or directive (taking into consideration
its policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time upon
demand the Borrower shall pay to such Credit Party such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Credit Party for such reduction.
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(c) A
certificate of a Credit Party setting forth the amount or amounts necessary
to
compensate such Credit Party or its holding company, as applicable, as specified
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower
and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Credit
Party the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after
receipt thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Credit Party to demand compensation pursuant to
this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Credit Party’s right to demand
such compensation; provided
that the
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Credit Party pursuant to this
Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than ninety (90)
days prior to the date that such Credit Party notifies the Borrower of the
adoption or change of any Capital Adequacy Requirement or any other Change
in
Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions as specified in Paragraphs
(a) or (b) of this Section and of such Credit Party’s intention to claim
compensation therefor; provided further
that, if the adoption or change of any Capital Adequacy Requirement or any
other
Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive,
then the 90-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period
of retroactive effect thereof.
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, if, after the date of this Agreement,
any
Change in Law shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any
Eurodollar Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby
with
respect to any Eurodollar Loan, then, by written notice to the Borrower and
to
the Agent:
(i) such
Lender may declare that Eurodollar Loans will not thereafter (for the duration
of such unlawfulness) be made by such Lender hereunder (or be continued for
additional Interest Periods and Adjusted Base Rate Loans will not thereafter
(for such duration) be converted into Eurodollar Loans), whereupon any request
for a Eurodollar Borrowing or to convert an Adjusted Base Rate Borrowing to
a
Eurodollar Borrowing or to continue a Eurodollar Borrowing, as applicable,
for
an additional Interest Period shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed a request
for an Adjusted Base Rate Loan (or a request to continue an Adjusted Base Rate
Loan as such for an additional Interest Period or to convert a Eurodollar Loan
into an Adjusted Base Rate Loan, as applicable), unless such declaration shall
be subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) such
Lender may require that all outstanding Eurodollar Loans made by it be converted
to Adjusted Base Rate Loans, in which event all such Eurodollar Loans shall
be
automatically converted to Adjusted Base Rate Loans, as of the effective date
of
such notice as provided in the last sentence of this paragraph.
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In
the
event any Lender shall exercise its rights under (i) or (ii) of this paragraph,
all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise have been applied
to repay the Eurodollar Loans that would have been made by such Lender or the
converted Eurodollar Loans of such Lender shall instead be applied to repay
the
Adjusted Base Rate Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from
the
conversion of, such Eurodollar Loans, as applicable. For purposes of this
paragraph, a notice to the Borrower by any Lender shall be effective as to
each
Eurodollar Loan made by such Lender, if lawful, on the last day of the Interest
Period currently applicable to such Eurodollar Loan; in all other cases such
notice shall be effective on the date of receipt by the Borrower.
Section
3.06 Break
Funding Payment
In
the
event of (a) the payment or prepayment (whether voluntary or as a result of
the
acceleration of the Loan or otherwise) of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan
other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including
as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or (c)
the
failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date
specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such
notice may be revoked under the terms of this Agreement and is revoked in
accordance therewith), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate
each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the
case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be
deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if
any,
of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount
of
such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate that would
have been applicable to such 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 Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would
accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that such
Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar
deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar
market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that
such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered
to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower
shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within
ten
(10) days after receipt thereof.
Section
3.07 Taxes
(a) Any
and
all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder
and
under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided
that, if
such Loan Party 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), the applicable Credit Party
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii)
such Loan Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
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(b) In
addition, the Loan Parties shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Each
Loan
Party shall indemnify each Credit Party, within ten days after written demand
therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid
by
such Credit Party on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any
obligation of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents (including Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable
under this Section) 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 Credit Party, or by the Agent on its
own behalf or on behalf of a Credit Party, shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(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 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
Agent.
(e) Any
Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding
tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the relevant Loan Party is
located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect
to
payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy
to
the Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate.
Section
3.08 Mitigation
Obligations
If
any
Lender requests compensation under Section 3.05, 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 3.07, then such Lender shall use
reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or
booking its Loans (or any participation therein) hereunder or to assign its
rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation
or
assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section
3.05 or 3.07, as applicable, 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 reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
ARTICLE
4 REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
The
Borrower represents and warrants to the Credit Parties that:
Section
4.01 Organization;
Powers. Each
of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization,
has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified
to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.
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Section
4.02 Authorization;
Enforceability. The
Transactions are within the corporate, partnership or other analogous powers
of
each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to the extent it is a party thereto
and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or other
analogous and, if required, equityholder action. Each Loan Document has been
duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to
the
extent it is a party thereto and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally.
Section
4.03 Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts. The
Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or
filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such
as
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not
violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other
organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any
order
of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default
under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower
or
any of the Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to
require any payment to be made by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries,
and
(d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset
of
the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Liens permitted by Section
7.02).
Section
4.04 Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change
(a) The
Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Agent its consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets and statements of income, stockholders equity
and
cash flows of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of and for the Fiscal Years
ended June 30, 2004, June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2006, reported on by KPMG,
LLP,
and its quarterly consolidated financing statement for the fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2006. The consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results
of
operations and cash flows of the Borrower and consolidated Subsidiaries as
of
such dates and for the indicated periods in accordance with GAAP and are
consistent with the books and records of the Borrower (which books and records
are correct and complete).
(b) Since
December 31, 2006, there has been no material adverse change in the business,
assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Section
4.05 Properties
(a) Each
of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business,
except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to
conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for
their intended purposes.
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(b) Each
of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries owns, or is entitled to use, all trademarks,
tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to
its
business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries does not
infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements
that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.06 Litigation
and Environmental Matters
(a) Except
for the matters disclosed on Schedule 4.06 attached hereto (collectively,
“Disclosed Matters”), there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before
any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge
of
the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries (i) that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other
than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve any Loan Document or the
Transactions.
(b) Except
for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in
a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
(i)
have 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, (ii) have become subject to any Environmental Liability,
(iii) have received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental
Liability or (iv) know of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.
Section
4.07 Compliance
with Laws and Agreements. Each
of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all laws,
regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its
property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon
it or
its property. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
Section
4.08 Investment
and Holding Company Status. Neither
the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries are (a) an “investment company” as
defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940
or (b) a “holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935; nor are any of them subject to
any
other statute or regulation which prohibits or restricts the incurrence of
Indebtedness under the Loan Documents or otherwise.
Section
4.09 Taxes.
Each
of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all
tax
returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be
paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are
being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves
in
accordance with GAAP and satisfactory to the Agent, or (b) to the extent that
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
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 Accounting 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 Accounting
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.
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Section
4.11 Disclosure.
None
of
the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished
by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Credit Party in
connection with the negotiation of the Loan Documents or delivered thereunder
(as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any
material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary
to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they
were made, not misleading, provided
that,
with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only
that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
to be reasonable at the time.
Section
4.12 Subsidiaries. Schedule
4.12
sets
forth the name of, and the ownership interest of the Borrower in, each
Subsidiary and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, in
each case as of the Effective Date.
Section
4.13 Insurance. Schedule
4.13
sets
forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, all
premiums in respect of such insurance that are due and payable have been
paid.
Section
4.14 Labor
Matters. As
of the
Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Borrower
or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.
The
hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or
any
other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters,
except where any such violations, individually and in the aggregate, would
not
be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All material
payments due from the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may
be
made against the Borrower or any Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee
health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued
as a
liability on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary. The consummation
of
the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of
renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement
to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is bound.
Section
4.15 Solvency.
Immediately
following the consummation of the Transactions and thereafter following the
making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds
of such Loan (a) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed their debts
and
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair
saleable value of the property of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken
as a
whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or
otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured;
(c)
each of the Borrower and the Subsidiary
Guarantors will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and
matured; and (d) each of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not
have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which
it
is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted
following such date.
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Section
4.16 Security
Documents
(a) The
Security Agreements are effective to create in favor of the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security
interest in the Collateral described therein and, when (i) the property
constituting such Collateral (for which possession is required for perfection)
is delivered to the Agent, (ii) the financing statements in appropriate form
are
filed in the offices specified on Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate
and
(iii) all other applicable filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or
otherwise that are required under the Loan Documents are made, the Security
Agreements shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest
in,
all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such Collateral
(other than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreements)),
in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with
respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.02.
(b) When
the
applicable Security Agreements are filed in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, such Security
Agreements shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests
in,
all right, title and interest of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors
in
the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreements) in which
a
security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a
security agreement, financing statement or analogous document in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as
applicable, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other
than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.02 (it being
understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a
Lien
on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by
the
Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors after the date hereof).
(c) The
Mortgages are effective to create in favor of the Agent for the ratable benefit
of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the real property
an improvements thereon more particularly described in each such Mortgage and
when filed in the land records of the appropriate jurisdiction where such real
property is located shall constitute a fully perfected first mortgage lien
upon
such real property and improvements, subject only to permitted liens described
therein. The stated secured principal amount of the Mortgages granted by the
Borrower on the real property of the Borrower located in the State of New York
which are to be recorded upon Closing shall be limited to a stated principal
amount not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00); provided however,
the Agent shall hold in its possession additional Mortgages upon the real
property of the Borrower located in the State of New York securing the remaining
stated principal amount of Revolving Committed Amount, which Mortgages
(“Springing
Mortgages”)
shall
not be recorded unless the Required Lenders elect, after the occurrence of
a
Default or an Event of Default, to record such Springing Mortgages. The Borrower
agrees to pay all costs of recordation of the Mortgages (including the Springing
Mortgages),
including without limitation, all recording taxes and costs, documentary taxes,
transfer taxes and the like.
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Section
4.17 Federal
Reserve Regulations
(a) Neither
the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries are engaged principally, or as one
of
their important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose
of buying or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) No
part
of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and
whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase, acquire or carry
any Margin Stock or for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is
inconsistent with, the provisions of the regulations of the FRB, including
Regulation T, U or X.
ARTICLE
5 CONDITIONS
Section
5.01 Initial
Extensions of Credit. The
Revolving Commitments and the obligations of the Lenders to make Extensions
of
Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date, which may not be
later than March 30, 2007, on which each of the following conditions is
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02):
(a) Document
Deliveries.
The
Agent shall have received each of the following (with a copy for each
Lender):
(i) Either
(A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of each party hereto or
(B)
written evidence satisfactory to the Agent (which may include telecopy
transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each party
has
signed a counterpart of this Agreement, and Notes executed by the Borrower
in
favor of each Lender requesting a Note.
(ii) A
favorable written opinion (addressed to the Credit Parties and dated the
Effective Date) of counsel to the Borrower, in form and substance and covering
such other matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the
Transactions as the Agent shall reasonably request.
(iii) A
certificate, dated the Effective Date, of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor:
(1) attaching
resolutions of its Board of Directors, and, if necessary, its shareholders
then
in full force and effect authorizing the execution, delivery and performance
of
this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty Agreements, the Security Documents,
the
Mortgages, the other Loan Documents, and the related transactions contemplated
in connection herewith and therewith,
(2) attaching
the by-laws of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor,
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(3) certifying
that no amendment or modification of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary
Guarantor’s certificate of incorporation has occurred since the date of the
certification thereof by the Secretary of State required by clause (iv) below;
and
(4) certifying
as to the incumbency and signatures of those of its officers authorized to
act
with respect to this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty Agreements, the Security
Documents, the Mortgages, and each other Loan Document, upon which certificate
the Agent may conclusively rely until it shall have received a further
certificate of the Secretary of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor
canceling or amending such prior certificate.
(iv) A
copy of
the Borrower’s and each Subsidiary Guarantor’s certificate of incorporation,
certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its
incorporation.
(v) A
certificate of good standing with respect to the Borrower and each Subsidiary
Guarantor as of a recent date issued by the Secretary of State of the state
of
its incorporation.
(vi) Certificates
as of a recent date and issued by the appropriate Governmental Authority as
to
the qualification of the Borrower to do business (and its good standing, where
available) as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the Borrower
is qualified as a foreign corporation.
(vii) A
certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice
President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, to the effect that the
statements set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 5.02 are true and
correct as of such date.
(viii) Counterparts
of the Security Agreements signed on behalf of the Borrower, and each Subsidiary
Guarantor, together with the following:
(1) stock
certificates representing one hundred percent (100%) of the shares of capital
stock of all Domestic Subsidiaries and sixty-five percent (65%) of the shares
of
capital stock of all Material Foreign Subsidiaries, in each case, owned by
or on
behalf of any Loan Party as of the Effective Date;
(2) any
promissory notes and other instruments evidencing all loans, advances and other
debt owed or owing to any Loan Party as of the Effective Date;
(3) stock
powers and instruments of transfer, endorsed in blank, with respect to such
stock certificates, promissory notes and other instruments;
(4) all
instruments and other documents, including Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements, assignments of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other
intellectual property, required by law or reasonably requested
by the Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create or perfect the Liens
intended to be created under the Security Agreements;
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(5) a
completed Perfection Certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the
President or a Vice President of the Borrower or a Financial Officer, together
with all attachments contemplated thereby, including the results of a search
of
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the
Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate
and
copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such
search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that the Liens
indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are permitted
by
Section 7.02 or have been released;
(6) all
uniform commercial code, patent and trademark search reports, copyright search
reports, title insurance commitments, and other record search reports
satisfactory to the Agent shall have been received and reviewed.
(ix) Counterparts
of the Guaranty Agreements signed on behalf of each Subsidiary Guarantor that
exists on the Effective Date.
(x) Execution
and delivery of the each of the Mortgages signed on behalf of the Affiliate
of
the Borrower which is the record owner of real property encumbered thereby
and a
written negative pledge agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent which is recordable among the land records in which any real property
of
the Borrower or any of its Affiliates is located.
(xi) Receipt
and review by the Agent and its counsel of an appraisal on real estate owned
by
the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, performed by a third party acceptable
to
the Agent; completion and satisfactory review of environmental reviews,
insurance, and other information and due diligence; title insurance, surveys
and
other documentation as may be required by the Agent with respect to the Mortgage
and all real estate owned by the Borrower or its Affiliates.
(xii) Certificates
of insurance or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that the
insurance required by Section 6.11 has been obtained and is in
effect.
(xiii) Copies
of
the financial statements of the Borrower described in Section 4.04(a) and,
the
unaudited financial statements of the Borrower as and for the quarter ending
December 31, 2006.
(xiv) A
certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of
the
Borrower, (1) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating
compliance with Sections 7.12 - 7.15 on a pro forma basis immediately after
giving effect to the initial Loans and (2) attaching a pro-forma balance sheet
showing in reasonable detail, with appropriate explanatory notes, the
calculation of Consolidated Net Worth.
(b) The
capital structure of the Borrower shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.
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(c) The
Agent
shall be reasonably satisfied that there is no other material litigation
against, or material liabilities (which are not disclosed in the Borrower’s
financial statements) of, the Borrower, except for Disclosed
Matters.
(d) The
performance by each Loan Party of its obligations under each Loan Document
shall
not (i) violate any applicable law, statute, rule or regulation or (ii) conflict
with, or result in a default or event of default under, any material agreement
of any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary, and the Agent shall have received
one
or more officer’s certificates to such effect, reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.
(e) The
Agent
shall be reasonably satisfied as to the amount and nature of any environmental
and employee health and safety exposures to which the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries may be subject, and with the plans of the Borrower with respect
thereto.
(f) The
Agent
shall be reasonably satisfied (i) that there is no litigation or administrative
proceeding, or regulatory development, that would reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) with the current status of, and the terms
of
any settlement or other resolution of, any litigation or other proceedings
brought against the Borrower or any Subsidiary by or on behalf of its
subscribers or by any Governmental Authority relating to its
business.
(g) After
giving effect to the Transactions, none of the Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries shall have outstanding any shares of preferred equity securities
or
any Indebtedness, other than (i) Indebtedness incurred under the Loan Documents,
(ii) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule
7.01
or
permitted under Section 7.01 and (iii) preferred equity securities set
forth on Schedule
4.12.
(h) The
Agent
shall be reasonably satisfied in all respects with the tax position and the
contingent tax and other liabilities of, and with any tax sharing agreements
among, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, and with the plans of the Borrower
with respect thereto.
(i) The
Agent
shall have received a certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower
certifying that:
(i) since
December 31, 2006, there has been no material adverse change or material adverse
condition in the business, assets, operations, properties, condition (financial
or otherwise), liabilities (including contingent liabilities), prospects or
material agreements of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(ii) there
are
no liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, fixed or contingent, which
are
material but not reflected in the financial statements of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries as of and for the year ended June 30, 2006 or the notes thereto,
other than liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business since June
30,
2006.
(j) The
Agent
shall have completed its “due diligence” review of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries including, without limitation, (i) the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Years
ending June 30, 2004, June 30,
2005
and June 30, 2006, and the consolidated financial statement of the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2006,
(ii) financial projections for five (5) years for the Borrower, and (iii)
any other information the Agent may reasonably require.
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(k) The
Agent
shall have received confirmation reasonably satisfactory to it that all existing
credit facilities have been terminated and that all amounts due thereunder,
including accrued interest and fees, have been repaid in full.
(l) The
Borrower shall have paid in full all fees and other amounts due and payable
and
all Credit Party Expenses to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing
Date, plus such additional amounts of Credit Party Expenses as shall constitute
Agent’s reasonable estimate of Credit Party Expenses incurred or to be incurred
by it through the Closing Date (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter
preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Credit
Parties).
Section
5.02 Each
Extension of Credit. The
obligation of each Lender to make any Extension of Credit is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The
representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in each Loan
Document shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Extension
of
Credit in all material respects except for changes occurring in the ordinary
course of business and as otherwise permitted by this Agreement.
(b) At
the
time of and immediately after giving effect to such Extension of Credit, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and no
occurrence, condition or event which results in, causes, or is reasonably likely
to result in or cause a Material Adverse Effect shall have
occurred.
Each
Borrowing Request shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty
by
the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs
(a)
and (b) of this Section.
ARTICLE
6 AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that, so long as this Agreement
is in effect and until the Revolving Commitments have terminated, no Note
remains outstanding and unpaid and the Obligations, together with interest,
Commitment Fees and all other amounts owing to the Agent or any Lender
hereunder, are paid in full:
Section
6.01 Payment
of Obligations.
The
Borrower will pay the Obligations in full when and as due at such times as
required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Without limitation
to
the foregoing, the Revolving Loan shall be paid in full on or before the
Maturity Date and the Swingline Loan shall be paid in full on or before the
Swingline Maturity Date.
Section
6.02 Financial
Statements and Other Information. The
Borrower will furnish to the Agent and each Lender:
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(a) within
ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, its audited consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all reported on
by
KPMG LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing
(without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any
qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that
such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects
the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied;
(b) within
ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) its consolidating
balance sheets and related statements of income and stockholders’ equity as of
the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the
figures for the previous Fiscal Year and (ii) unaudited financial information
for each of the Borrower’s business lines, all certified by one of its Financial
Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition
and results of operations of the Borrower on a consolidating basis in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments
and
the absence of footnotes;
(c) within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters
of
each Fiscal Year, (i) its consolidated balance sheet and related statements
of
income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal
quarter and the then elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods
of
(or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous Fiscal
Year and (ii) unaudited financial information for each of the Borrower’s
business lines, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Borrower and the consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(d) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a), (b), and (c) above,
a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (each a “Compliance
Certificate”) (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a
Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or
proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth (A) reasonably
detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 7.12, 7.13, 7.14,
and 7.15 and (B) the Subsidiary Guarantors as of the date of such certificate,
and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof
has
occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in
Section 4.04(a) and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect
of
such change on the financial statements accompanying such
certificate.
(e) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate
of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating
whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such
financial statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the
extent required by accounting rules or guidelines), together with copies of
any
“management letter” or similar letter received by the Borrower or its Board of
Directors (or any committee thereof) from such accounting firm.
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(f) Within
forty-five (45) days of the end of each Fiscal Year, the annual operating budget
(including a balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows and
assumptions relating to the budget) for the Borrower’s consolidated
operations.
(g) promptly
after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or
with
any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its
shareholders generally, as the case may be.
(h) promptly
following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
or
compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Agent or any Lender
may
reasonably request.
(i) contemporaneously
with the receipt or issuance thereof, copies of all notices or requests received
or issued by the Borrower in connection with the Indenture or the Convertible
Senior Notes.
(j) notice
of
any default or “Event of Default” occurring under the Indenture, concurrently
with the occurrence thereof.
(k) immediate
notice of any acceleration of payment of the Convertible Senior Notes, including
without limitation any notice received by the Borrower pursuant to Section
4.02
of the Indenture.
(l) immediate
notice of any amendment of the Indenture.
(m) contemporaneously
with the issuance thereof, a copy of all notices to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 10.01 or Section 11.01 of the Indenture and copies of all Notices issued
to the holders of the Convertible Senior Notes pursuant to Section 10.03 or
Section 11.01.
(n) contemporaneously
with the occurrence thereof, notice of the occurrence of a “Designated Event”,
as such term is defined in the Indenture.
(o) contemporaneously
with the receipt by the Borrower thereof, copies of each “Designated Event
Repurchase Notice”, as such term is defined in the Indenture.
(p) contemporaneously
with the issuance by the Borrower, copies of each “Designated Event Company
Notice”, as such term is defined in the Indenture; and
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(q) contemporaneously
with the issuance thereof, copies of each “Conversion Notice”, as such term is
defined in the Indenture.
The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Agent will make available to the
Lenders and the LC Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf
of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the
Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the
“Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e.,
Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect
to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower
hereby agrees that so long as the Borrower is the issuer of any outstanding
debt
or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private
offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities (w) all
Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be
clearly and conspicuously marked “Public” which, at a minimum, shall mean that
the word “Public” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by
marking Borrower Materials “Public”, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
authorized the Agent, the LC Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower
Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect
to
the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state
securities laws (provided,
however,
that to
the extent such Borrower Materials constitutes Information, they shall be
treated as set forth in Section 10.13 of this Agreement; (y) all Borrower
Materials marked “Public” are permitted to be made available through a portion
of the Platform designed “Public Investor;”; and (z) the Agent shall be entitled
to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “Public” as being suitable
only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designed “Public
Investor.”
Section
6.03 Notices
of Material Events. The
Borrower will furnish to the Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of
the
following:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default;
(b) the
filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any
Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could in the good faith opinion
of the Borrower reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
(c) 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 the Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00); and
(d) any
other
development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in,
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each
notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a
Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth
the
details of the event or development
requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect
thereto.
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Section
6.04 Existence;
Conduct of Business. The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect
its (a) legal existence, (b) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and
franchises material to the conduct of its business, provided
that the
foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or
dissolution permitted under Section 7.03, and (c) continue their business lines
as in effect as of Closing.
Section
6.05 Payment
of Tax Liabilities. The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to pay its liabilities
for Taxes, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where
(i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, (ii) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside
on
its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, (iii)
the Collateral is not subject to sale, forfeiture or loss during such
proceedings, and (iv) the failure to make payment pending such contest could
not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
6.06 Maintenance
of Properties. The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain
all
property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
Section
6.07 Books
and Records; Inspection Rights; Collateral Audits. The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep proper books
of
record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all
dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, permit any
representatives designated by the Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior
notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from
its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with
its officers and independent accountants, and to conduct audits of the
Collateral (all at the Borrower’s expense, which shall be reasonable and
customary for such inspections and audits) all at such reasonable times and
as
often as reasonably requested (and with respect to audits of the Collateral,
so
long as no Event of Default exists, not more frequently than once every
year).
Section
6.08 Compliance
with Laws. The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, be in compliance
with
all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority materially
applicable to it or its assets and properties.
Section
6.09 Use
of Proceeds. The
proceeds of the Loans will be used only (a) to refinance existing debt under
the
Borrower’s existing credit facility, (b) to fund short-term and long term
permanent working capital, (b) for issuance of Letters of Credit; and (c) for
general corporate purposes (including permitted acquisitions and permitted
stock
repurchases) not inconsistent with the terms hereof. No part of the proceeds
of
any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately,
incidentally or ultimately, to purchase, acquire or carry any Margin Stock
or
for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the regulations of the FRB,
including Regulations T, U and X.
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Section
6.10 Information
Regarding Collateral
(a) The
Borrower will furnish to the Agent prompt written notice of any change in (i)
the legal name of any Loan Party or in any trade name used to identify it in
the
conduct of its business or in the ownership of its properties, (ii) the location
of the chief executive office of any Loan Party, its principal place of
business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to
Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf or any office or facility at
which Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf with an aggregate book
value in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) is located (including
the
establishment of any such new office or facility), (iii) the identity or
organizational structure of any Loan Party such that a filed financing statement
becomes misleading or (iv) the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of any
Loan Party. The Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred
to
in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform
Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to
continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected
security interest in all the Collateral. The Borrower also agrees promptly
to
notify the Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or
destroyed.
(b) Each
year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to
the
preceding Fiscal Year pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 6.02, the
Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer (i)
setting forth the information required pursuant to the Perfection Certificate
or
confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date
of
the Perfection Certificate or the date of the most recent certificate delivered
pursuant to this Section, and (ii) certifying that the Loan Parties are in
compliance with all of the terms of the Security Agreements.
Section
6.11 Insurance.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies, (a) adequate insurance
for
its insurable properties, all to such extent and against such risks, including
fire, casualty, business interruption and other risks insured against by
extended coverage, as is customary with companies in the same or similar
businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (i) with respect
to insurance covering the Collateral, such insurance shall contain a standard
loss payable clause and shall name the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties as sole loss payee thereto, and (ii) with respect to liability
insurance, such insurance shall be endorsed to provide that the Agent, in its
capacity as such, shall be an additional insured; and (iii) with respect to
all
such insurance, provide that thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of any
cancellation thereof shall be given to the Agent, and (b) such other insurance
as may be required pursuant to the terms of any Security Document.
Section
6.12 Casualty
and Condemnation.
(a) The
Borrower will furnish to the Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of
any
casualty or other insured damage to any portion of any Collateral or the
commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any Collateral or
any
part thereof or interest therein under power of eminent domain or by
condemnation or similar proceeding.
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(b) If
any
event described in paragraph (a) of this Section 6.12 results in insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards or other similar proceeds, the Agent is authorized
to collect such proceeds and, if received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
such proceeds shall be paid over to the Agent, provided
that (i)
to the extent that the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries intends to use any
such proceeds to repair, restore, reinvest or replace assets of the Borrower
or
any of the Subsidiaries, the Agent shall, to the extent expressly required
by
the terms of the Security Agreements and the Mortgages, deliver such proceeds
to
the Borrower, (ii) otherwise, the Agent shall, and the Borrower hereby
authorizes the Agent to, apply such proceeds to pay the Obligations in such
order of application as determined by the Required Lenders, and (iii) all
proceeds of business interruption insurance shall be paid over to the Borrower
unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(c) If
such
proceeds retained by or paid over to the Agent as provided in paragraphs (a)
and
(b) of this Section continue to be held by the Agent on the date that is one
hundred eighty (180) days after the receipt of such proceeds, then such proceeds
shall be applied to pay the Obligations.
Section
6.13 Additional
Subsidiaries.
(a) If
any
Domestic Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Effective Date, the Borrower
will notify the Agent and the Lenders in writing thereof within ten (10)
Business Days after the date on which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired
and
(a) the Borrower will cause such Domestic Subsidiary to (i) execute and deliver
a Guaranty Agreement and execute and deliver, or become a party to, each
applicable Security Agreement and other Security Documents in the manner
provided therein, in each case within ten (10) Business Days after the date
on
which such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, and (ii) promptly take such actions
to create and perfect Liens on such Domestic Subsidiary’s assets to secure the
Obligations as the Agent or the Required Lenders shall reasonably request and
(b) if any Capital Stock issued by any such Domestic Subsidiary are owned or
held by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any loans,
advances or other debt is owed or owing by any such Domestic Subsidiary to
the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrower will cause all of such
Capital Stock of any Domestic Subsidiary and all promissory notes and other
instruments evidencing such loans, advances and other debt to be pledged
pursuant to the Security Agreements within five (5) Business Days after the
date
on which such Domestic Subsidiary is formed or acquired;
(b) If
any
Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Effective Date, the Borrower
will notify the Agent and the Lenders in writing thereof within ten (10)
Business Days after the date on which such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or
acquired, and if any loans, advances or other debt is owed or owing by any
such
Foreign Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrower
will cause all promissory notes and other instruments evidencing and all
promissory notes and other instruments evidencing such loans, advances and
other
debt (excluding intercompany accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course
of
business) to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreements within five (5)
Business Days after the date on which such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or
acquired; and
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(c) If
any
Subsidiary which is formed or acquired after the Effective Date constitutes
a
Material Foreign Subsidiary or if at any time any Subsidiary becomes a Material
Foreign Subsidiary, within (60) days thereafter, the Borrower will pledge to
the
Agent or cause to be pledged to the Agent sixty-five percent (65%) of the
outstanding Capital Stock of such Material Foreign Subsidiary by delivery to
the
Agent of (i) a complete copy of the organizational documents of such Subsidiary,
together with a certificate of status or good standing if such certificates
are
issued by the jurisdiction of formation, (ii) a duly executed Security Agreement
and other such agreements, instruments, and documents, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, as may be required under the applicable laws
(including but not limited to the laws of the jurisdiction of formation) to
effectuate a fully enforceable pledge of such Capital Stock to the Agent for
the
benefit of the Secured Parties, (iii) the original certificates for such Capital
Stock, together with undated stock powers for such certificates, executed in
blank, or if any shares of capital stock are uncertificated, confirmation and
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that the security interest in
such
uncertificated securities has been granted to and perfected by the Agent for
the
benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with the applicable sections
under
Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC or other similar or local or foreign law that may
be
applicable, and (iv) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Agent opining
as
to matters in connection with such Subsidiary and the pledge of Capital Stock
described in this subsection (c) as may be reasonably requested by the
Agent.
Section
6.14 Further
Assurances
(a) The
Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to, execute any and
all
further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take
all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing
statements and other documents), that may be required under any applicable
law,
or which the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate
the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to grant, preserve,
protect or perfect the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security
Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense
of
the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
(b) If
any
material assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor after
the Effective Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the Security
Agreements that become subject to the Lien of the Security Agreements upon
acquisition thereof), the Borrower will notify the Agent and the Lenders
thereof, and, if requested by the Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrower
will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and
will take, and cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to take, such actions as shall
be
necessary or reasonably requested by the Agent to grant and perfect such Liens,
including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense
of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
(c) All
advances (excluding intercompany accounts receivable incurred in the ordinary
course of business) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to a Foreign
Subsidiary shall be evidenced by promissory notes which shall be duly assigned
and endorsed to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and, if requested
by
the Agent or the Required Lenders, the original thereof delivered to the
Agent.
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Section
6.15 Environmental
Compliance. The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, use and operate
all
of its facilities and property in compliance with all Environmental Laws, keep
all necessary permits, approvals, certificates, licenses and other
authorizations relating to environmental matters in effect and remain in
compliance therewith, and handle all Hazardous Materials in compliance with
all
applicable Environmental Laws, except where noncompliance with any of the
foregoing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
ARTICLE
7 NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that, so long as this Agreement
is in effect and until the Revolving Commitments have terminated, no Note
remains outstanding and unpaid and the Obligations, together with interest,
Commitment Fees and all other amounts owing to the Agent or any Lender
hereunder, are paid in full:
Section
7.01 Indebtedness
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Indebtedness
existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule
7.01;
(iii) 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, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such
Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof,
provided
that (A)
such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition
or the completion of such construction or improvement and (B) the aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (iii) shall not exceed
Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) at any time outstanding;
(iv) Indebtedness
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof, provided
that (A)
such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is
not
created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a
Subsidiary and (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted
by
this clause (iv) shall not exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) at any
time outstanding;
(v) Indebtedness
of the Borrower to any Subsidiary Guarantor and of any Subsidiary Guarantor
to
the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor;
(vi) Guarantees
by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor and by any
Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor; and
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(vii) other
unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors in an
aggregate principal amount not exceeding Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00)
at
any time outstanding.
(viii) unsecured
Indebtedness of XxXxxx Japan Corporation (i) to Mizuho Bank in amounts not
to
exceed 100,000,000 Yen and (ii) Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank not to exceed Fifty
Million (50,000,000.00) Yen.
(ix) unsecured
Indebtedness of XxXxxx XX under an overdraft facility in amounts not to exceed
One Million (1,000,000.00) Swiss Francs.
(x) unsecured
Indebtedness of XxXxxx XX under a term loan provided that (1) the amount of
such
term loan does not exceed Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00), (2) the
proceeds of such term loan are immediately distributed to the Borrower as a
dividend and used by the Borrower for general working capital purposes and
(3)
in the event that such term loan is guaranteed by the Borrower, the Borrower’s
obligations under such guarantee are subordinated to the obligations of the
Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders on terms and conditions, and pursuant
to a
written agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(xi) Unsecured
Indebtedness under the Convertible Senior Notes not to exceed Seventy Two
Million Dollars ($72,000,000.00) in principal amount.
(xii) Subordinated
unsecured indebtedness under the Seller Notes not to exceed Three Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) in principal amount.
(b) The
Borrower will not, and it will not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) issue any
preferred equity securities unless the issuance of such preferred equity
securities is on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Agent,
or
(ii) be or become liable in respect of any obligation (contingent or otherwise)
to purchase, redeem, retire, acquire or make any other payment in respect of
any
shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant
or other right to acquire any such shares of Capital Stock other than Capital
Stock of the Borrower pursuant to any employee benefit plan, except as permitted
under Section 7.08.
Section
7.02 Liens. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts
receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens
created under the Loan Documents;
(b) Permitted
Encumbrances;
(c) any
Lien
on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the
date
hereof and set forth in Schedule
7.02,
provided
that (i)
such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary; (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures
on the date hereof
and any extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase
the
outstanding principal amount thereof; and (iii) such lien secured Indebtedness
that is authorized by Section 7.01(a)(iv) of this Agreement,
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(d) any
Lien
existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary, provided
that (i)
such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such
acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as applicable, (ii) such
Lien
shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it
secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a
Subsidiary, as applicable, and any extensions, renewals and replacements thereof
that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof,
(e) Liens
on
fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary, provided
that (i)
such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (iii) of Section
7.01(a), (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby
are
incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after such acquisition or the
completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such
fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to
any
other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Section
7.03 Fundamental
Change
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or
consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into
or
consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its
assets, or all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of any of the
Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or
liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately
after
giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing:
(i) any
Subsidiary may: (x) merge with any Person in an acquisition transaction that
is
expressly permitted by Section 7.04(d) of this Agreement providing that the
surviving entity becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor and pledges its assets to secure
its liabilities under its Guaranty Agreement and the Capital Stock thereof
is
pledged to secure the Obligations to the extent contemplated by Section
7.04(d)(iv), (y) merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower
is the surviving entity, and (z) any Subsidiary may merge into any Subsidiary
Guarantor in a transaction in which such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving
entity;
(ii) any
Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to
the
Borrower or to any Subsidiary Guarantor; and
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(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, engage to
any
material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted
by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement
and
businesses directly related thereto;
(c) The
Borrower or any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
its
assets in a transaction that is expressly permitted by Section 7.05 of this
Agreement;
(d) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, liquidate or
dissolve.
Section
7.04 Investments,
Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to make any
Investments except:
(a) Permitted
Investments;
(b) Investments
existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule
7.04;
(c) Investments
made by the Borrower in the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary Guarantor and
investments made by any Subsidiary Guarantor in the Capital Stock of any other
Subsidiary Guarantor, provided
that any
such Capital Stock owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall
be
pledged pursuant to the Security Agreements;
(d) Acquisitions
(whether by purchase of stock or assets, merger or consolidation) by the
Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted by this Section,
provided
that:
(i) such acquisition shall be within the same industry and line of business
as
that conducted by, or contemplated to be conducted by, the Borrower and/or
the
Subsidiaries on the Effective Date; (ii) the aggregate consideration of all
acquisitions entered into by the Borrower and/or the Subsidiaries in any Fiscal
Year shall not exceed Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00); (iii) the
Borrower shall furnish the Agent with written notice of such acquisition not
less than thirty (30) days prior to the closing of such acquisition together
with copies of all definitive documentation and financial information of the
person being acquired as such documentation and financial information is
available; (iv) in the event any acquisition is of Capital Stock, the Borrower
shall, pursuant the Security Agreements, grant to the Agent a first security
interest in all of the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary if such new
Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, and sixty-six percent (66%) of the Capital
Stock of such new Subsidiary if such new Subsidiary is a Material Foreign
Subsidiary, and each new Subsidiary shall, at the time it becomes a new
Subsidiary, execute such certifications, opinions, resolutions and documents
as
the Agent may reasonably require (consistent with the requirements of this
Agreement) to cause such new Subsidiary (if a Domestic Subsidiary) to execute
and deliver a Guaranty Agreement and to cause such new Subsidiary to execute
and
delivery, or become a party to, the Security Agreements in order for such new
Subsidiary to grant to the Agent a first security interest in the assets of
such
new Subsidiary, subject to the
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Permitted
Encumbrances; (v) the board of directors of the Person being acquired shall
have
approved the acquisition; and (vi) the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower demonstrating that,
on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to such acquisition, (1) the
Borrower would be in compliance with Sections 7.12, 7.13, 7.14 and 7.15 (such
covenants to be determined as if such acquisition had been consummated on the
first day of the period for which such covenants are being calculated) and
(2) no Default or Event of Default shall or would exist;
(e) Loans
or
advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary Guarantor and loans or advances
made by any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor, provided
that any
such loans and advances made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory
note which shall be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreements;
and
(f) Acquisitions
made by the Borrower from any Subsidiary Guarantor and made by any Subsidiary
Guarantor from the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section
7.05 Asset
Sales.The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, sell,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose (including pursuant to a merger) of any
asset, including any equity securities (provided that it is hereby acknowledged
that this provision shall not prohibit the issuance by the Borrower of any
of
its own Capital Stock including pursuant to any employee benefits plan or
otherwise permitted to be issued under this Agreement, including under Section
7.01(b)), nor will the Borrower permit any of the Subsidiaries to issue any
additional shares of its Capital Stock, except:
(a) sales,
transfers, leases and other dispositions of inventory, used or surplus equipment
and Permitted Investments, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) sales,
transfers, leases and other dispositions made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary
Guarantor and sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions made by any
Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(c) sales
of
marketable securities to the extent set forth on Schedule
7.04;
and
(d) the
issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower in connection with an employee benefit
plan.
(e) other
sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of assets, provided
that (i)
the aggregate fair market value of all assets, sold, transferred, leased or
otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this clause (e) shall not exceed One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in the aggregate, and (ii) all sales, transfers,
leases and other dispositions permitted by this clause (e) shall be made for
fair value and not less than 75% of the consideration therefor shall consist
of
cash; and (iii) no Continuing Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would
exist, after giving effect to any such transaction, after
calculating the covenants set forth in Section 7.12 through 7.15 on both an
accrual and pro forma basis.
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Section
7.06 Sale
and Lease-Back Transactions.The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, enter into
any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby it shall sell
or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such
property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same
purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred, except that
the
Borrower and/or the Subsidiaries in the absence of any continuing Defaults
or
Events of Default may enter in sale and lease-back transactions relating to
“demonstration equipment” provided
that
after giving effect to each such transaction the aggregate amount of all
obligations incurred with respect to all such transactions would not exceed
Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) and no Defaults or Events of Default would
then
exist.
Section
7.07 Hedging
Agreements.The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, enter into
any Hedging Agreement, other than Hedging Agreements 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.
Section
7.08 Restricted
Payments.The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, declare
or
make, or agree to pay for or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted
Payment, except that (a) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect
to its Capital Stock payable solely in additional shares of its Capital Stock;
(b) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Capital
Stock to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; and (c) so long as no Default
or Event of Default exists and is continuing, such payments to the extent that
the Borrower is in full compliance with all of its financial covenants prior
to
making such payments and upon giving effect to such payments and provides
evidence satisfactory to the Agent prior to payment.
Section
7.09 Transactions
with Affiliates.The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, sell,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose (including pursuant to a merger) any
property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (including
pursuant to a merger) any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any
other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except 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 arms-length basis
from
unrelated third parties, provided
that
this Section shall not apply to any transaction that is permitted under Section
7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05 or 7.08, between or among the Loan Parties and not
involving any other Affiliate.
Section
7.10 Restrictive
Agreements.The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly
or
indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other
arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the
ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist
any Lien upon any of its property or assets or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary
to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its
Capital Stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any
other
Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary,
provided
that
(i)
the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law
or
by this Agreement, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and
conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule
7.10
(but
shall apply to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such
restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary
restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of
a
Subsidiary pending such sale, provided
that
such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be
sold
and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of this Section shall
not
apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured
Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions
apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause
(a) of this Section shall not apply to customary provisions in leases
restricting the assignment thereof.
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Section
7.11 Amendment
of Material Documents. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or
waive
any of its rights under its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other
organizational documents, other than immaterial amendments, modifications or
waivers that would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Agent
or
any Lender.
Section
7.12 Senior
Leverage Ratio. As
of the
last day of any fiscal quarter, during any period set forth below, the Borrower
will not permit the Senior Leverage Ratio for the four fiscal quarters
immediately ending prior to the date of determination to be greater than
2.75:1.00.
Section
7.13 Minimum
Consolidated Net Worth. The
Borrower will not cause, permit or allow Consolidated Net Worth as at the last
day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than the sum of (i) 85%
of
the Borrower’s Consolidated Net Worth as of the Closing Date, plus (ii) 75% of
the Borrower’s Net Income after Taxes, if positive, plus (iii) 75% of the net
cash proceeds of the issuance of Indebtedness for borrowed money or the net
consideration received for all Capital Stock issued by the Borrower after the
Closing Date.
Section
7.14 Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio.
The
Borrower will not permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of each
fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such day to be
less
than the following amounts during the following periods of time:
Period
|
Ratio
|
Closing
Date through 06/30/07
|
1.10:1.00
|
07/01/07
through 12/31/08
|
1.50:1.00
|
01/01/09
through 12/31/09
|
1.75:1.00
|
01/01/10
through 06/30/10
|
2.00:1.00
|
07/01/10
and thereafter
|
2.25:1.00
|
Section
7.15 Capital
Expenditures.The
Borrower will not permit Capital Expenditures made or obligated to be made
by
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in respect of any period set forth below
to be
greater than the amount set forth below with respect to such
period:
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Period
|
Amount
|
Borrower’s
2007 Fiscal Year
|
$8,500,000
|
Borrower’s
2008 Fiscal Year
|
$8,500,000
|
Each
Fiscal Year of the Borrower thereafter
|
$9,000,000
|
Section
7.16 Amendments
to Convertible Senior Notes, Indenture and Seller Notes; Prepayment of
Convertible Senior Notes or Seller Notes. The
Borrower will not agree to any amendments to the Indenture, the Convertible
Senior Notes or the Seller Notes. The Borrower will not redeem or repurchase
any
Convertible Senior Notes prior to October 20, 2011 or prepay any principal,
premium or interest upon the Convertible Senior Notes or the Seller Notes prior
to any stated payment or maturity date.
ARTICLE
8 EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
Section
8.01 Events
of Default. If
any of
the following events or conditions (each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur and
be continuing:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed
for
prepayment thereof or otherwise; or
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee, commission
or
any other amount or Obligation (other than an amount referred to in clause
(a)
of this Section) payable under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall
become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of five Business Days; or
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan
Party
or any other Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or any
amendment or modification hereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report,
certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or
in
connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or
waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material
respect when made or deemed made; or
(d) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section 6.03, 6.04(a), 6.09 or 6.13 or in Article 7, or any Loan
Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in any other Loan Document; or
(e) any
Loan
Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in any Loan Document to which it is a party (other than those
specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall
continue unremedied
for a period of thirty (30) days after such Loan Party shall have obtained
knowledge thereof, or
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(f) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal
or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness,
when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any
applicable grace period); or
(g) any
event
or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due
prior
to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving
of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or Agent on its or their behalf to cause any
Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase,
redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity (in each
case
after giving effect to any applicable grace period), provided
that
this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due solely
as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing
such Indebtedness; or
(h) 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 of a substantial part of its assets,
under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or 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 continue undismissed for sixty
(60)
days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall
be
entered; or
(i) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution
of,
or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or
petition described in clause (h) of this Section, (iii) apply for or consent
to
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator
or
similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor 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
(j) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall become unable, admit in writing
its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or
(k) one
or
more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) shall be rendered against the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary Guarantor or any combination thereof and the same shall remain
undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution
shall
not
be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment
creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor to enforce any such judgment; or
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(l) an
ERISA
Event shall have occurred that, in the reasonable opinion of the Required
Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred,
could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding (i) Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) in any year or (ii) One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for all
periods; or
(m) any
provision of any Loan Document (except for any Assignment And Acceptance) shall
cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect and such cessation shall
have a Material Adverse Effect, or any Loan Party shall so assert in writing
or
shall disavow any of its obligations thereunder; or
(n) any
Lien
purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall
be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any
Collateral, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document,
except as a result of an act or omission by the Agent or as a result of the
sale
or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted
under the Loan Documents; or
(o) a
Change
in Control shall occur;
(p) any
failure of the common stock of the Borrower to be listed for trading on a U.S.
national securities exchange;
(q) failure
to make any payment when due or within any applicable grace period (whether
by
scheduled maturity, required payment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) in
respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder
and
Material Indebtedness) having an aggregate principal amount of more than One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00);
(r) any
“Default,” “Event of Default,” or “Designated Event,” as such terms are defined
in the Indenture shall occur, any Notice of Default under Section 5.05 of the
Indenture shall be issued, or any of any of the following notices shall be
issued by or to the Borrower under or with respect to the Indenture or the
Senior Convertible Notes: (i) “Notice of Default” under Sections 4.02 or 9.08 of
the Indenture; (ii) “Notice of Redemption” pursuant to Sections 10.01 or 10.03
of the Indenture; (iii) “Repurchase Notice” as defined in Section 11.01 of the
Indenture; (iv) “Designated Event Repurchase Notice,” as defined in Section
12.01 of the Indenture; (v) “Designated Event Company Notice,” as defined in
Section 12.02 of the Indenture; or “Conversion Notice” as defined in Section
13.02 of the Indenture;
(s) the
occurrence of any default by the Borrower of its obligations under the Seller
Notes; and
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(t) the
occurrence of any event or condition which has a Material Adverse
Effect;
then,
and
in any such event, the Agent shall have, and may exercise, any or all of the
remedies described in Section 8.02.
Section
8.02 Acceleration;
Remedies.
Upon
the
occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, then, and in any such event,
(a) if such event is an Event of Default specified in Section 8.01(h) or Section
8.01(i) above, automatically the Revolving Commitments shall immediately
terminate and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon), and all other amounts
under the Loan Documents (including without limitation the maximum amount of
all
contingent liabilities under Letters of Credit) shall immediately become due
and
payable, the Agent shall have the right to enforce any and all other rights
and
interests created and existing under the Loan Documents, including, without
limitation, all rights and remedies existing under the Security Documents,
all
rights and remedies against a Guarantor and all rights of set-off, and the
Agent
shall have the right to enforce any and all other rights and remedies of a
creditor under applicable law, and (b) if such event is any other Event of
Default, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Agent may, or
upon the written request of the Required Lenders, the Agent shall, take any
or
all of the following actions: (i) declare the Revolving Commitments to be
terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments shall immediately
terminate; (ii) declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other
amounts owing under this Agreement and the Notes to be due and payable forthwith
and direct the Borrower to pay to the Agent Cash Collateral as security for
the
LC Obligations for subsequent drawings under then outstanding Letters of Credit
in an amount equal to the maximum amount of which may be drawn under Letters
of
Credit then outstanding, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and
payable; (iii) enforce any and all other rights and interests created and
existing under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all rights
and
remedies existing under the Security Documents, all rights and remedies against
a Guarantor and all rights of set-off; and (iv) enforce any and all rights
and
remedies of a creditor under applicable law. Except as expressly provided above
in this Section 8.02, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of
any
kind are hereby expressly waived.
Section
8.03 Application
of Funds
After
any
exercise of remedies in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.02 of this
Agreement (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and
payable and the LC Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash
Collateralized as required by Section 8.02(b)(ii)), any amounts received on
account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Agent in the following
order:
First,
to
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities,
expenses and other amounts (including attorney costs and amounts payable under
Section 3.07 of this Agreement) payable to the Agent in its capacity as such
and
to that portion of the Obligations payable to M&T and described in clause
(d) of the definition herein of Obligations;
Second,
to
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
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indemnities
and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders
(including attorney costs and amounts payable under Section 3.07 of this
Agreement), ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the amounts described
in
this clause Second payable to them;
Third,
to
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
interest on the Loans and LC Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders in proportion
to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth,
to (a)
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of
the
Loans and LC Borrowings and (b) the Agent for the account of the LC Issuer,
to
provide Cash Collateral for that portion of the LC Obligations comprised of
the
aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among such parties in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by
them;
Fifth,
to
payment of that portion of the Obligations arising out or pertaining to any
Hedging Agreements to which a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender is a
party;
Sixth,
to
payment of all other Obligations not specifically enumerated above;
and
Last,
the
balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in
full, to the Borrowers or as otherwise required by Law.
Amounts
used to provide Cash Collateral for the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters
of
Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings
under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit
as
Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or
expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if
any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE
9 THE
AGENT
Section
9.01 Appointment
Each
of
the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints
M&T as agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and each such Lender authorizes M&T as agent for such Lender to
take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as
are
expressly delegated to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement and such other
Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Credit
Parties and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary
of
any of such provisions.
Section
9.02 Exculpatory
Provisions
The
Agent
shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein
and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Agent:
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(a) Shall
not
be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether
a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) Shall
not
have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby
or
by the other Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise as directed
in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan
Documents), provided
that the
Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the
opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent to liability or that is contrary
to
any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(c) Shall
not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents,
have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any
information relating to any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates that is
communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Agent or any of its
Affiliates in any capacity.
The
Agent
shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent
or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage
of
the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith
shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 8.02 and
10.02 or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of
Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default
is
given to the Agent by a Credit Party or Loan Party.
The
Agent
shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into
(i)
any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate,
report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection
herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein
or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity,
enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction
of any condition set forth in Article 5 or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Agent.
Section
9.03 Reliance
by Agent
The
Agent
shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying
upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document
or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website
posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Agent also
may
rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it
to
have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for
relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to
the
making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms
must
be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, the Agent
may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing
Lender unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from
such
Lender or the Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance
of
such Letter of Credit. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be
counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected
by
it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in
accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or
experts.
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Section
9.04 Delegation
of Duties
The
Agent
may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers
hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more
sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform
any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through
their
respective related parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall
apply to any such sub-agent and to the related parties of the Agent and any
such
sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with
the
syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities
as Agent.
Section
9.05 Resignation
of Agent
The
Agent
may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Credit Parties and the
Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor,
which shall be a bank with an office in the state of New York, or an Affiliate
of any such bank with an office in the State of New York. If no such successor
shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted
such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice
of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and
the
Issuing Lender, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth
above provided that if the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders
and
Issuing Lender that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then
such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such
notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the
case of any collateral security held by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders
or
the Issuing Lender under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Agent shall
continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Agent
is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided
to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead by made by or to each
Lender and the Issuing Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders
appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the
acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall
succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable
by
the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its
predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.
After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section shall continue in effect
for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective
related parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any
of
them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent.
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Section
9.06 Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Lenders
Each
Lender and the Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and
without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender or any of their related
parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each Lender and the issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender or any
of
their related parties and based on such documents and information as it shall
from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking
or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document
or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or
thereunder.
Section
9.07 Agent
May Hold Collateral For Lenders and Others
The
Lenders and the Borrower acknowledge that any financing statements, guaranties,
stock pledge agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, or security documents
relating to the Loans, the Obligations, or the Collateral, including all of
such
documents filed in the public records in order to evidence or perfect the Liens
and security interests granted in the Loan Documents, may name only the Agent,
as agent for the Lenders (including, but not limited to, the Swingline Lender
and the Issuing Lender) as the secured party, mortgagee, beneficiary, or as
lienholder. The Lenders (including, but not limited to, the Swingline Lender
and
the Issuing Lender) and the Borrower authorize the Agent to hold any or all
of
the above-described security interests and Liens in and to the Collateral as
the
agent for the Lenders.
Section
9.08 No
Independent Actions By Lenders With Respect to Collateral Or Remedies; Exercise
of Control Of Acquisition Of Title
Each
Lender and the Issuing Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to take such actions
in the name of the Agent or in the name of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender
as
may be required to enforce the terms and conditions of any of the Loan
Documents, including but not limited to the exercise of any remedies or
enforcement rights. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender agrees that it shall
not
have any right individually to seek to realize upon any Collateral or other
security granted by any of the Loan Documents or to individually exercise any
of
the remedies or rights of enforcement provided by the Loan Documents or as
otherwise available under applicable Laws, it being agreed that such rights
and
remedies shall be exercised only by the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders
and
the Issuing Lender in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
Section
9.09 The
Agent In Its Individual Capacity
The
Person serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers
in
its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though
it were not the Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise
expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, including the
Person serving as the Agent hereunder in its individual
capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money
to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and
generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary
or
other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Agent hereunder and
without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
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Section
9.10 Documentation
Agent.
No
Lender
identified on the facing page to this Agreement or otherwise in this Agreement
as a “documentation agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of such
Lender, those applicable to Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing,
none of the Lenders or Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have
any
fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has
not
relied, and will not rely, on any of the other Lenders or any Person so
identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking
action hereunder.
ARTICLE
10 MISCELLANEOUS
Section
10.01 Notices
Except
in
the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given
by
telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be
in
writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed
by
certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(a)
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if
to the Borrower:
XxXxxx
Corporation
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx X’Xxxxxx
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
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with
a courtesy copy to:
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Fish
& Xxxxxxxxxx, P.C.
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esquire
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
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(b)
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if
to the Agent (with a copy to each of the Lenders):
Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Company
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx, CFA, CPA
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
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And
to:
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Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Company
00
X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
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(c) if
to any
other Credit Party, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth on
the
signature pages of this Agreement or in any Assignment And
Acceptance.
Any
party
hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices
and
other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of
receipt.
The
failure of any Credit Party to send the above-noted courtesy copy shall not
impair the effectiveness of any notice given to the Borrower in the manner
provided herein.
Section
10.02 Waivers;
Amendments
(a) No
failure or delay by any party hereto in exercising any right or power under
any
Loan Document 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 a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies
of
the Credit Parties under the Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive
of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any
provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted
by
paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.
No
waiver or indulgence by any of the Credit Parties shall constitute a future
waiver of performance or exact performance by the Borrower. No amendment or
waiver shall be effective unless in writing. Without limiting the generality
of
the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any
Default or an Event of Default, regardless of whether any Credit Party may
have
had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time.
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(b) Except
as
expressly set forth below in this Section, any term, covenant, agreement
or
condition of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents may be
amended or waived by the Required Lenders on behalf of the Lenders,
and
any consent may be given by the Required Lenders on behalf of the Lenders;
provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall (i)
without
the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (A) increase
or decrease the principal amount of the Revolving Committed Amount (except
as
contemplated by Section 2.01(d)), (B) extend the Maturity Date, the Swingline
Maturity Date, the LC Expiration Date, or the expiration date of the Revolving
Commitments, (C) change the Revolving Commitment Percentage or Revolving
Commitment of any such Lender (except as specifically permitted to reflect
an
assignment pursuant to the assignment provisions of Section 10.04 of this
Agreement), (D) postpone the originally scheduled time or times of payment
of
the principal of any of the Loans, the time or times of payment of interest
or
fees on account of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit, or the time or
times
of payment of any of the reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters
of
Credit or of any other LC Obligations, (E) reduce the rate of interest or
fees
payable on any of the Loans or reduce any fees relating to Letters of Credit;
or
(ii)
without
the prior written consent of all of the Lenders, (A) release all or
substantially all of the Collateral (other than as specifically authorized
by
the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents), (B) release
any
Subsidiary Guarantor; (C) amend the definition of Required Lenders or modify
in
any other manner the number or percentage of Lenders required to make any
determinations; or (D) amend the provisions of this Section 10.02(a);
and
provided,
further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the
rights or duties of the Agent, the Swingline Lender, or the Issuing Lender
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent, Swingline Lender,
and
Issuing Lender, respectively. Except as expressly provided to the contrary
in
this Agreement and with the exception of amendments to any provision of
Article 9 of this Agreement, this Agreement may not be amended without the
prior written consent of the Borrower. The Agent and all of the Lenders may
amend or modify any provision of Article 9 of this Agreement without the
need for any consent or approval from the Borrower.
Section
10.03 Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
(a) The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for the Agent) in connection with the syndication
of
the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation,
execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof
or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
shall
be consummated) and the recordation of any Loan Documents (including all
recording costs and taxes, transfer taxes, documentary stamps, and the like),
(ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in
connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter
of
Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender (including the fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Agent, any Lender or the
Issuing Lender in connection with the endorsement or protection of its rights
(A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including
its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or
Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses
incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such
Loans or Letters of Credit.
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(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender
and
the Issuing Lender and each related party of any of the foregoing Persons (each
such Person being called an Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee
harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related
expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any
counsel for any Indemnitee) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against
any
Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising
out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery
of
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their
respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit
or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal
by
the Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if
the
documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged 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 or
prospective 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 any Indemnitee
or
(y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against
any 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.
(c) To
the
extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount
required under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the
Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Lender or any related party of
any
of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or any
sub-agent), the Issuing Lender or such related party, as the case may be, such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount,
provided
that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent
(or
any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Lender in its capacity as such, or against
any related party of any of the foregoing acting for the Agent (or any such
sub-agent) or Issuing Lender in connection with such capacity.
(d) To
the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert,
and
hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability,
for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter
of
Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in
paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by
unintended
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recipients
of any information or other materials distributed by it through
telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in
connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) All
amounts due under this Section 10.03 shall be payable not later than three
(3)
Business Days after demand therefor.
Section
10.04 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 neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Agent and each other Credit Party and no Lender may
assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except
(i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
(b)
of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph (f) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of
a
security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (h) 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 (f) of this Section) any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Each
Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or any portion of such
Lender’s interests, rights and obligations set forth in this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of the Revolving Loans at
the
time owing to such Lender and the Notes held by such Lender) provided that:
(i)
an
administrative fee in the amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($3,500.00) is paid to the Agent by either the assigning Lender or the Assignee
in connection with the assignment; (ii)
if less
than all of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Commitment is to be assigned, the
Revolving Commitment so assigned shall be for an aggregate principal amount
of
not less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00); (iii)
the
parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver an Assignment And
Acceptance to the Agent (with copies to be sent contemporaneously to each
Lender), for its acceptance; and (iv)
such
Assignment And Acceptance does not require the filing of a registration
statement with the Securities And Exchange Commission or require the Loans
or
the Notes to be qualified in conformance with the requirements imposed by any
blue sky laws or other laws of any state. Upon such execution, delivery,
acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment And Acceptance, which effective date is at least five (5) Business
Days after the execution thereof, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment And Acceptance, have
the
rights, duties, and obligations of a Lender hereunder, and (ii) the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment And
Acceptance, be released from its duties and obligations under this Agreement
but
shall continue to be entitled to the protections, indemnifications and benefits
of Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, and 10.3 and all other indemnification and
reimbursement rights provided to the Lenders by the Borrower pursuant to any
of
the Loan Documents with respect to facts, events, and circumstances occurring
prior to the effective date of such assignment.
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(c) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption, the assigning Lender
thereunder and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other
and
the other parties to this Agreement as set forth in such Assignment and
Assumption. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations
under the Loan Documents that does not comply with this paragraph shall be
treated for purposes of the Loan Documents as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (f)
of
this Section.
(d) The
Agent
shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and
a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and
the
amount of the Loans with respect to each Lender from time to time (the
“Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of
manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection
by
the Borrower or the Lenders at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon
the
Agent’s receipt of an Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender
and an Eligible Assignee together with any Note or Notes subject to such
Assignment and Assumption and the written consent to such Assignment and
Assumption, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and Assumption has been
completed and is substantially in the form of Exhibit A: (i)
accept
such Assignment and Assumption; (ii)
record
the information contained therein in the Register; (iii)
give
prompt notice thereof to the Borrower; and (iv)
promptly
deliver a copy of such Assignment and Assumption to the Borrower. Within three
(3) Business Days after receipt of notice, the Borrower shall execute and
deliver to the Agent, in exchange for the surrendered Note or Notes, a new
Note
or Notes to the order of such Eligible Assignee in amounts equal to the
Revolving Commitment (and Revolving Commitment Percentage) assumed by it
pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption and a new Note or Notes to the order
of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Revolving Commitment (and
Revolving Commitment Percentage) retained by the assigning Lender. Such new
Note
or Notes shall be in an aggregate stated principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of such surrendered Note or Notes, shall be dated the effective
date of such Assignment and Assumption and shall otherwise be in substantially
the form of the assigned Notes delivered to the assigning Lender. Each
surrendered Note or Notes shall be canceled and returned to the Borrower. The
Borrower expressly acknowledges that the cancellation of any Note or Notes
and
the replacement of any Note or Notes in accordance with this provision shall
not
constitute or be deemed to be a refinancing or a novation of any of the
Obligations.
(f) Any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower
or
the Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than to a natural person
or
the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
“Participant”)
in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its 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 Agent, the Lenders,
the Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender shall continue to deal
solely and directly such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement.
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(g) 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 wavier 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
that
affects such Participant which (i) increases or decreases the principal amount
of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender, (ii) extends the Maturity Date,
Swingline Maturity Date or LC Expiration Date or the expiration date of the
Revolving Commitment, (iii) postpones the time of payment of principal, interest
or fees on account of the Loans, (iv) reduces the rates of interest payable
on
the Loans or reduces any fees payable under the Loan Documents, or (v) releases
substantially all of the collateral that affects such Participant. Subject
to
paragraph (h) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall
be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.05 or 3.06 to the same extent as
if it
were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph
(b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also
shall
be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender,
provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.08(c) as though
it
were a Lender.
(h) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections
3.05 or 3.07 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 3.07 unless the Borrower is notified
of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees,
for
the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 3.07(e) as though it were
a
Lender.
(i) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank; provided
that no
such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from an of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
(j) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time M&T assigns all of
its Revolving Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, M&T
may, (i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign
as Issuing Lender and/or (ii) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Borrower,
resign as Swingline Lender. In the event of any such resignation as Issuing
Lender or Swingline Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from
among
the Lenders a successor Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender hereunder;
provided,
however,
that no
failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the
resignation of M&T as Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender, as the case may
be. If M&T resigns, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the Issuing Lender hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit
outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender and
all LC Obligations with respect thereto. If M&T resigns as Swingline Lender,
it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder
with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective
date of such resignation.
Upon the appointment of a successor Issuing Lender and/or Swingline Lender,
(a)
such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Lender or Swingline
Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor Issuing Lender shall issue
letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding
at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to
M&T to effectively assume the obligations of M&T with respect to such
Letters of Credit.
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Section
10.05 Survival
All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower
herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall
survive the execution and delivery of any Loan Document and the making of any
Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its
behalf and notwithstanding that any Credit Party 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 the Loan Documents is outstanding and unpaid and
so
long as the Revolving Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions
of Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07 and 10.03 and Article 9 shall survive and remain
in
full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans and the termination of the
Revolving Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision
hereof.
Section
10.06 Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness;
Electronic Execution
(a) This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute single contract. This Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to
fees payable to the Agent or to M&T, constitute the entire contract among
the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all
previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject
matter hereof. Except as provided in Article 5, this Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by the Agent and when the Agent
shall
have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures
of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of
a
signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery
of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The
words
“execution”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment
and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping
of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect,
validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as
provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures
and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act.
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Section
10.07 Severability
In
the
event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should
be
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in
any
way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity
of
a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself
affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties
shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions.
Section
10.08 Right
of Setoff
If
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each of the Lenders
and
their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to
time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to setoff and apply
any
and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
at
any time held and other obligations at any time owing by it to or for the credit
or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the
Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by it, irrespective
of whether or not it shall have made any demand under this Agreement and
although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each the Lenders
and
their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights
and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that it may have.
Section
10.09 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
(a) This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of
the State of New York.
(b) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or
Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and
any
appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of
or
relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition
or
enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
all
claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined
in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, in such
Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Agent or any other
Credit Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating
to
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Borrower, or any of
its
property, in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(c) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent
it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of
or
relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court referred
to
in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 10.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect
the
right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law.
Section
10.10 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. 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 BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section
10.11 Headings
Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
Section
10.12 Interest
Rate Limitation
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid
or
agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate
of
non-usurious interest permitted by applicable law (the “Maximum
Rate”).
If
the Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the
Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the
Loans
or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In
determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the
Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal
as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and
spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the
contemplated term of the Obligation hereunder.
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Section
10.13 Treatment
of Certain Information;
Confidentiality.
Each
Credit Party agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates
and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the
Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential
nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (b) to the extent requested by an regulatory authority purporting
to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such
as
the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required
by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process,
(d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any
remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of
rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing
provisions substantially the same as those in this Section, to any assignee
of
or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of
its
rights or obligations under this Agreement or (g) to the extent such Information
(x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this
Section or (y) becomes available to any of the Credit Parties or any of their
respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the
Borrower.
For
purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any
Loan Party relating to the Loan Parties or any of their respective businesses,
other than any such information that is available to the Credit Parties on
a
nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties, provided
that, in
the case of information received from the Loan Parties after the date hereof,
such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided
in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to
do
so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.
Each
of
the Credit Parties acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material
non-public information concerning the Loan Parties, (b) it has developed
compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information
and
(c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with
all
applicable Laws, including Federal and state securities Laws.
Section
10.14 Acknowledgments.
The
Borrower and the other Loan Parties each hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it
has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of each
Loan
Document;
(b) no
Credit
Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrower or any other
Loan Party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and the
relationship between the Credit Parties, on one hand, and the Borrower and
the
other Loan Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith is solely that
of
creditor and debtor; and
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(c) no
joint
venture exists among the Credit Parties or among the Borrower or the other
Loan
Parties and the Credit Parties.
Section
10.15 USA
Patriot Act Notice.
Each
Lender that is subject to the Act and the Agent
(for
itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that
pursuant to the requirements of the Act it is required to obtain, verify and
record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes
the
name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such
Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance
with
the Act.
[Signature
Pages to Follow]
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Signature
Page To Credit Agreement:
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the CREDIT PARTIES and the BORROWER have duly executed
this AGREEMENT under seal to be effective as of the date first above
written.
WITNESS/ATTEST: |
BORROWER:
|
XXXXXX
CORPORATION,
A
Delaware Corporation
|
|
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
By: /s/ Xxxx X. X'Xxxxxx (SEAL)
Name:
Xxxx X. X'Xxxxxx
Title:
|
AGENT:
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY,
A
New York Banking Corporation,
In
Its Capacity As Agent For The Lenders
|
|
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Notary
|
By: /s/ C. Tesla (SEAL)
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
|
Signature
Page To Credit Agreement:
WITNESS/ATTEST: | LENDER: |
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
A
National Banking Association,
In
Its Capacity As A Lender
|
|
/s/
Xxxx Xxx
Xxxx Xxx
LaSalle
Bank
|
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
(SEAL)
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
S.V.P.
|
Notice
Address:
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
000
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
Signature
Page To Credit Agreement:
WITNESS/ATTEST:
LENDER: | |
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY,
A
New York Banking Corporation,
In
Its Capacity As A Lender
|
|
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Notary
|
By: /s/ C. Tesla (SEAL)
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
|
Notice
Address:
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx, CFA, CPA
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
00
X.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
Signature
Page To Credit Agreement:
WITNESS/ATTEST: | SWINGLINE LENDER: |
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY,
A
New York Banking Corporation,
In
Its Capacity As Swingline Lender
|
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Notary
|
By: /s/ C. Tesla (SEAL)
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
|
Notice
Address:
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx, CFA, CPA
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
00
X.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
Signature
Page To Credit Agreement:
ISSUING LENDER: | |
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY,
A
New York Banking Corporation,
In
Its Capacity As Issuing Lender
|
|
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Notary
|
By: /s/ C. Tesla (SEAL)
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
|
Notice
Address:
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx, CFA, CPA
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
00
X.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
Schedule
2.01
Lenders
and Commitments
Lender
|
Amount
of Revolving Commitment
|
Revolving
Commitment Percentage
|
Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Company
|
$25,000,000.00
|
62.50%
|
LaSalle
Bank National Association
|
$15,000,000.00
|
37.50%
|
Total
Revolving Committed Amount
|
$40,000,000.00
|
100.00%
|