CREDIT AGREEMENT among LENNAR CORPORATION and the Lenders Party Hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. BARCLAYS BANK PLC CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC and WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. as...
EXECUTION
VERSION
among
LENNAR
CORPORATION
and
the
Lenders Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent,
and
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.
BARCLAYS
BANK PLC
CALYON
NEW YORK BRANCH
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
and
WACHOVIA
BANK, N.A.
as
Documentation Agents,
and
LLOYDS
TSB BANK PLC
UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC
BNP
PARIBAS
and
SUNTRUST
BANK
as
Senior Managing Agents,
and
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.
HSCS
BANK USA, N.A.
COMERICA
BANK
GUARANTY
BANK
and
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Managing Agents,
and
WASHINGTON
MUTUAL BANK
BANKUNITED,
FSB
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
SOCIETE
GENERALE
and
SUMITOMO
MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
as
Co-Agents
_____________________________________________________
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES, INC.,
as
Syndication Agent,
and
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
and
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES, INC.,
as
Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
Dated:
July 21, 2006
Table
of Contents
ARTICLE
I CERTAIN DEFINED
TERMS
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1
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SECTION
1.01. Certain Defined Terms
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1
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SECTION
1.02. Computation of Time Periods
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23
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SECTION
1.03. Accounting Terms.
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24
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ARTICLE
II THE
CREDITS
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24
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SECTION
2.01. Commitment.
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24
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SECTION
2.02. Types of Advances
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25
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SECTION
2.03. Principal Payments.
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25
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SECTION
2.04. Facility Fees; Reductions of Commitments.
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26
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SECTION
2.05. Method of Borrowing
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26
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SECTION
2.06. Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for Revolving
Advances.
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26
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SECTION
2.07. Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for Conversion
and
Continuation of Revolving Advances.
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27
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SECTION
2.08. Minimum Amount of Each Revolving Advance
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28
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SECTION
2.09. Competitive Bid Procedure.
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28
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SECTION
2.10. Swing Line Loans.
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31
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SECTION
2.11. Rate after Maturity
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32
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SECTION
2.12. Method of Payment
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32
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SECTION
2.13. Notes; Telephonic Notices.
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33
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SECTION
2.14. Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis
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33
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SECTION
2.15. Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment
Reductions
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34
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SECTION
2.16. Lending Installations
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34
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SECTION
2.17. Increase in Aggregate Commitment.
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34
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SECTION
2.18. Facility Letters of Credit.
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35
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SECTION
2.19. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent
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42
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SECTION
2.20. Withholding Tax Exemption
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43
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SECTION
2.21. Unconditional Obligation to Make Payment
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43
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SECTION
2.22. Compensating Balances
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43
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SECTION
2.23. Extension of Termination Date
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44
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SECTION
2.24. Replacement of Certain Lenders
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44
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ARTICLE
III CHANGE IN
CIRCUMSTANCES
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45
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SECTION
3.01. Yield-Protection
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45
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SECTION
3.02. Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulation
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46
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SECTION
3.03. Availability of Types of Advances
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46
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SECTION
3.04. Funding Indemnification
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47
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SECTION
3.05. Lender Statements Survival of Indemnity
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47
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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47
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SECTION
4.01. Organization, Powers, etc
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47
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SECTION
4.02. Authorization and Validity of this Agreement, etc
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48
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SECTION
4.03. Financial Statements
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48
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SECTION
4.04. No Material Adverse Effect
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48
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SECTION
4.05. Title to Properties
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49
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SECTION
4.06. Litigation
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49
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SECTION
4.07. Payment of Taxes
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49
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SECTION
4.08. Agreements
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50
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i
SECTION
4.09. Foreign Direct Investment Regulations
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50
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SECTION
4.10. Federal Reserve Regulations.
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50
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SECTION
4.11. Consents, etc
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50
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SECTION
4.12. Compliance with Applicable Laws
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51
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SECTION
4.13. Relationship of the Loan Parties
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51
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SECTION
4.14. Subsidiaries; Joint Ventures
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51
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SECTION
4.15. ERISA
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51
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SECTION
4.16. Investment Company Act
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52
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SECTION
4.17. Public Utility Holding Company Act
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52
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SECTION
4.18. Subordinated Debt
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52
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SECTION
4.19. Post-Retirement Benefits
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52
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SECTION
4.20. Insurance
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52
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SECTION
4.21. Environmental Representations
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52
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SECTION
4.22. Minimum Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
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53
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SECTION
4.23. No Misrepresentation
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53
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ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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53
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SECTION
5.01. Conditions of Effectiveness
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53
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SECTION
5.02. Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Facility Letters of
Credit.
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54
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ARTICLE
VI AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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56
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SECTION
6.01. Existence, Properties, etc
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56
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SECTION
6.02. Notice
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56
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SECTION
6.03. Payments of Debts, Taxes, etc
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56
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SECTION
6.04. Accounts and Reports
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57
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SECTION
6.05. Access to Premises and Records
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60
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SECTION
6.06. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance
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60
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SECTION
6.07. Financing; New Investing
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60
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SECTION
6.08. Compliance with Applicable Laws
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61
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SECTION
6.09. Advances to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
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61
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SECTION
6.10. Use of Proceeds
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62
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SECTION
6.11. REIT Subsidiary
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62
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ARTICLE
VII NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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62
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SECTION
7.01. Minimum Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
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62
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SECTION
7.02. Limitation on Indebtedness.
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62
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SECTION
7.03. Guaranties
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63
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SECTION
7.04. Sale of Assets; Acquisitions; Merger.
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63
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SECTION
7.05. Investments
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64
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SECTION
7.06. Disposition; Encumbrance or Issuance of Certain
Stock
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64
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SECTION
7.07. Subordinated Debt
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64
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SECTION
7.08. Housing Units
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64
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SECTION
7.09. Construction in Progress
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65
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SECTION
7.10. No Margin Stock
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65
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SECTION
7.11. Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries’ Capital Ratio
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65
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SECTION
7.12. Transactions with Affiliates
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65
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SECTION
7.13. Restrictions on Advances to Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries
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65
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SECTION
7.14. Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Adjusted Net Worth
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66
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SECTION
7.15. Investments in Land
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66
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SECTION
7.16. Liens and Encumbrances.
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66
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ii
ARTICLE
VIII PLEDGE OF
MORTGAGE BANKING SUBSIDIARIES NOTE
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66
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SECTION
8.01. Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note.
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67
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ARTICLE
IX EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
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68
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SECTION
9.01. Events of Default
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68
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SECTION
9.02. Remedies.
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69
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SECTION
9.03. Application of Payments
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70
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ARTICLE
X THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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71
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SECTION
10.01. Appointment
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71
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SECTION
10.02. Powers
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71
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SECTION
10.03. General Immunity
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71
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SECTION
10.04. No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, Etc
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71
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SECTION
10.05. Employment of Agents and Counsel
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72
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SECTION
10.06. Reliance on Documents; Counsel
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72
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SECTION
10.07. No Waiver of Rights
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72
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SECTION
10.08. Knowledge of Event of Default
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72
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SECTION
10.09. Administrative Agent’s Reimbursement and
Indemnification
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73
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SECTION
10.10. Notices to the Borrower
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73
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SECTION
10.11. Action on Instructions of Lenders
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73
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SECTION
10.12. Lender Credit Decision
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73
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SECTION
10.13. Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note.
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74
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SECTION
10.14. Resignation or Removal of the Administrative Agent
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74
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SECTION
10.15. Benefits of Article X
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75
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ARTICLE
XI SETOFF; RATABLE
PAYMENTS
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75
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SECTION
11.01. Set-off
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75
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SECTION
11.02. Ratable Payments
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75
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ARTICLE
XII BENEFIT OF
AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
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75
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SECTION
12.01. Successors and Assigns
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76
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SECTION
12.02. Assignments.
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76
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SECTION
12.03. Participations.
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77
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SECTION
12.04. Pledge to Federal Reserve Bank
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77
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ARTICLE
XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
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77
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SECTION
13.01. Notice.
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78
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SECTION
13.02. Survival of Representations
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78
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SECTION
13.03. Expenses
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78
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SECTION
13.04. Indemnification of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent
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78
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SECTION
13.05. Maximum Interest Rate
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79
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SECTION
13.06. Modification of Agreement.
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79
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SECTION
13.07. Register
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80
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SECTION
13.08. Preservation of Rights
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81
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SECTION
13.09. Several Obligations of Lenders
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81
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SECTION
13.10. Severability
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81
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SECTION
13.11. Counterparts
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81
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SECTION
13.12. Loss, etc., Notes
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81
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SECTION
13.13. Governmental Regulation
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82
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SECTION
13.14. Taxes
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82
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SECTION
13.15. Headings
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82
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SECTION
13.16. USA PATRIOT ACT
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82
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SECTION
13.17. Entire Agreement
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82
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SECTION
13.18. CHOICE OF LAW
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82
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SECTION
13.19. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
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82
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SECTION
13.20. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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83
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iii
SCHEDULES
Schedule
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Description
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References
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I
|
Commitments
|
Definitions
of Commitment and Lenders
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II
|
Existing
Letters Of
Credit
|
Definitions
of “Existing Letters Of
Credit” and “Issuer”
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|
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III
|
Intentionally
Deleted
|
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IV
|
Permitted
Liens
|
Definition
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V
|
Consents
|
Section
4.11
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VI
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Subsidiaries
and Joint
Ventures
|
Sections
4.14 and 6.04(n)
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VII
|
Guarantors
|
Definition
|
VIII
|
Subordinated
Debt
|
Section
4.18
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
|
Description
|
Reference
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A
|
Requirements
for Entitled Land
|
Definition
of “Entitled Land”
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B
|
Competitive
Loan Note
|
Definition
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C |
Revolving
Loan Note
|
Definition
|
D
|
Swing
Line Note
|
Definition
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E
|
Guaranty
|
Definition
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F
|
Pricing
Grid
|
Definition
|
G
|
Commitment
and Acceptance
|
Section
2.17(a)
|
H
|
Compliance
Report
|
Section
6.04(i)
|
I
|
Assignment
and Assumption
|
Section
12.02(b)(ii)
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This
CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 21, 2006, among LENNAR CORPORATION, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the
“Borrower”), the lenders that are identified on the signature pages hereto
(hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Lenders”), and JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Borrower, certain of the Lenders (and certain other lenders) and
Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as
of
June 17, 2005 (as amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire to replace the Existing Credit Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
ARTICLE
I
CERTAIN
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION
1.01. Certain
Defined Terms.
As used
herein, each of the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to it below,
which meaning shall be applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the
terms defined:
“ABR
Advance”
means
a
Revolving Advance which bears interest at the Alternate Base Rate.
“ABR
Loan”
means
a
Revolving Loan which bears interest at the Alternate Base Rate.
“Acquisition”
means
any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated after the
Closing Date, by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) acquires
any
going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm,
corporation or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger
or
otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as
the
most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in
the
number of votes) of the Securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting
power for the election of directors (other than Securities having such power
only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage
of voting power) of the outstanding equity interests of another
Person.
“Adjusted
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth”
means,
at any date, Consolidated Tangible Net Worth at such date less,
to the
extent not already deducted in the definition of Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth, the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries.
“Adjusted
LIBO Rate”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Advance for any Interest Period, an interest
rate
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to
(a)
the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve
Rate.
“Administrative
Agent”
means
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders pursuant to Article
X,
and not
in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent
appointed pursuant to Article
X.
“Advance”
means
(a) any Revolving Advance, (b) any Competitive Loan and (c) any Swing Line
Loan.
“Affiliate”
of
any
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
by
or under common control with such Person. Solely for purposes of this
definition, a Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the
controlling Person owns 50% or more of any class of voting securities (or other
ownership interests) of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock, by
contract or otherwise.
“AFSI”
means
Ameristar Financial Services, Inc.
“Aggregate
Commitment”
means
$2,700,000,000 as such amount may be increased from time to time pursuant
to
Section
2.17
hereof
or reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“Aggregate
Credit Exposure”
means
at any time the sum of the outstanding principal balance of all Revolving
Advances, the outstanding principal balance of all Competitive Loans, the
outstanding principal balance of all Swing Line Loans and all Facility Letter
of
Credit Obligations.
“Aggregate
Letter of Credit Commitment”
means
$1,000,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to
the
terms hereof.
“Agreement”
means
this Credit Agreement, including the exhibits and schedules hereto, as it may
be
amended, renewed, modified or restated and in effect from time to
time.
“Agreement
Date”
means
July 21, 2006.
“Alternate
Base Rate”
means,
for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in
effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in effect on such day plus 1% and
(c)
the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%. Any change
in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate
or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the
effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Applicable
Facility Fee Rate”
means
a
rate per annum equal to the “Facility Fee” as determined from time to time
pursuant to the Pricing Grid.
2
“Applicable
Margin”
means
a
rate per annum equal to the “Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans” as
determined from time to time pursuant to the Pricing Grid.
“Approved
Fund”
means
any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a)
a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an
entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Article”
means
an article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“Assessment
Rate”
means,
for any day, the annual assessment rate in effect on such day that is payable
by
a member of the Bank Insurance Fund classified as “well-capitalized” and within
supervisory subgroup “B” (or a comparable successor risk classification) within
the meaning of 12 C.F.R. Part 327 (or any successor provision) to the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation for insurance by such Corporation of time deposits
made in dollars at the offices of such member in the United States; provided
that if,
as a result of any change in any law, rule or regulation, it is no longer
possible to determine the Assessment Rate as aforesaid, then the Assessment
Rate
shall be such annual rate as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent
to
be representative of the cost of such insurance to the Lenders.
“Assignment
and Assumption”
is
defined in Section
12.02(b)(ii).
“Authorized
Financial Officer”
means
any of the chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the
Borrower.
“Authorized
Officer”
means
any of an Authorized Financial Officer, chief executive officer, president
or
general counsel of the Borrower, or any duly appointed successors to them or
other Person duly designated by the Borrower, in each case designated by the
Borrower in writing to act as an Authorized Officer hereunder, acting
singly.
“Base
CD Rate”
means
the sum of (a) the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate multiplied by the Statutory
Reserve Rate plus (b) the Assessment Rate.
“Board”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of
America.
“Borrower”
is
defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Borrower
Audited Financial Statements”
is
defined in Section
4.03.
“Borrower
Unaudited Financial Statements”
is
defined in Section
4.03.
3
“Borrowing
Base”
means,
from time to time, the sum of the following amounts, all as reflected from
time
to time in accordance with GAAP consistently applied in the consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower: (a) 100% of the Loan Parties’ unrestricted cash up to a
maximum of $30,000,000 (with any excess cash being excluded from the Borrowing
Base); (b) 100% of the Net Housing Unit Proceeds due to any Loan Party at
closing as a result of the consummation of the sale of any Housing Unit, which
Net Housing Unit Proceeds have been paid to the closing agent handling such
sale
but which have not yet been received by such Loan Party; provided,
however, that
if,
and to the extent that, such Net Housing Unit Proceeds which are reported as
outstanding on the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower are not
received by such Loan Party on or before the tenth (10th) day following the
end
of any such fiscal quarter, such Net Housing Unit Proceeds shall not be included
in the Borrowing Base; (c) 90% of the Net Book Value of all Housing Units Under
Contract; (d) 75% of the Net Book Value of all Housing Units (including, without
limitation, model Housing Units) that are not subject to a contract for sale;
(e) 70% of the Net Book Value of all Finished Lots; (f) 50% of the Net Book
Value of all Land Under Development; and (g) 30% of the Net Book Value of all
Unimproved Entitled Land, provided
that
the
sum of the amounts determined pursuant to clauses
(f)
and
(g)
shall
not exceed 40% of the Borrowing Base (with any excess being excluded from the
Borrowing Base); provided
further, that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, any asset which is
encumbered by a Lien (other than a Lien described in clauses
(b),
(c),
(e)
or
(j)
of the
definition of “Permitted Liens”) shall not be included in the calculation of the
Borrowing Base pursuant to clauses
(a)
through
(g)
above.
“Borrowing
Base Debt”
means
all Consolidated Indebtedness, including without limitation the Obligations
but
excluding (a) any Subordinated Debt of the Borrower and (b) any Non-Recourse
Indebtedness secured solely by Real Estate that is owned by any Loan Party
and
that, if the same did not secure such Indebtedness, would be included in the
determination of the Borrowing Base.
“Borrowing
Base Limitation”
is
defined in Section
7.02.
“Borrowing
Date”
means
a
date on which an Advance is made hereunder.
“Borrowing
Notice”
is
defined in Section
2.06.
“Business
Day”
means
(a) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate selection of Eurodollar
Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
business in Chicago, Illinois and New York, New York and on which dealings
in
United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market, (b) with
respect to Facility Letters of Credit, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday)
on which banks are open for business in Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York,
and the city in which the office of the applicable Issuer is located and (c)
for
all other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
are
open for business in Chicago, Illinois and New York, New York.
“Capitalized
Lease”
of
a
Person means any lease of property by such Person as lessee which would be
capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations”
of
a
Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized
Leases which would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
4
“Capitalized
Mortgage Servicing”
of
the
Mortgaged Banking Subsidiaries means, at any date, the following capitalized
assets of the Mortgaged Banking Subsidiaries net of any amortization or write
downs with respect thereto, all as determined in accordance with GAAP: (a)
purchased mortgage servicing rights, (b) originated mortgage servicing rights
and (c) excess servicing.
“Capital
Stock”
means,
with respect to any corporation, any and all shares, interests, rights to
purchase (other than convertible or exchangeable Indebtedness), warrants,
options, participations or other equivalents of or interests (however
designated) in stock issued by that corporation.
“Change
in Control”
means
the acquisition by any Person, or two or more Persons acting in concert, of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
of
the outstanding shares of voting stock of the Borrower that hold in excess
of
50% of the voting rights held by all stockholders of all classes of common
stock
of the Borrower.
“Change
in Status”
means
an event that results in a Subsidiary that was a Guarantor (a “Status
Capacity”), for legitimate business reasons, without any intent to avoid any
requirements of this Agreement, ceasing to have an obligation under this
Agreement to be a Guarantor, which legitimate business reasons may include
(i) a
former wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower ceasing, for legitimate business
reasons, to be wholly-owned by Borrower, including as a result of (A) a Person
that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower acquiring an ownership
interest in such wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower in a bona fide transaction,
or (B) the dissolution of such wholly-owned Subsidiary, (ii) the entry by such
Subsidiary into a bona fide agreement with an unaffiliated third person for
legitimate business reasons as a result of which a wholly-owned Subsidiary
that
was a Guarantor is required not to be a Guarantor or (iii) a Guarantor ceasing
to be a Material Subsidiary.
“Closing
Date”
means
the date on which the Lenders shall first become obligated to make Advances
after satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions precedent set forth in
Sections
5.01
and
5.02.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“Commitment”
means,
for each of the Lenders, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans
hereunder and to purchase participations in Facility Letters of Credit hereunder
in the aggregate not exceeding the amount set forth on Schedule
1
hereto
as its “Commitment,” as such amount may be decreased from time to time pursuant
to the terms hereof or increased pursuant to Section
2.17
hereof;
provided,
however,
that
the Commitment of a Lender may not be increased without its prior written
approval.
“Commitment
and Acceptance”
is
defined in Section
2.17(a).
“Commitment
Increase”
is
defined in Section
2.17(a).
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“Competitive
Bid”
means
an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan in accordance with Section
2.09.
“Competitive
Bid Rate”
means,
with respect to any Competitive Bid, the fixed rate of interest per annum
offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.
“Competitive
Bid Request”
means
a
request by the Borrower for Competitive Bids in accordance with Section
2.09.
“Competitive
Loan”
means
a
Loan made pursuant to Section
2.09.
“Competitive
Loan Note”
means
a
promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit
B
hereto
payable to the order of a Lender evidencing any Competitive Loan made by such
Lender, including any amendment, modification, renewal, restatement or
replacement of such note.
“Completed
Housing Unit”
means,
at any time, a Housing Unit the construction of which was commenced more than
10
months, in the case of a single family home, more than 12 months, in the case
of
a townhouse, or more than 18 months, in the case of a condominium, before that
time or was completed prior to the expiration of the applicable
period.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means,
for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Loan Parties plus, to the
extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (a)
Consolidated Interest Expense, (b) expense for income taxes paid or accrued,
(c)
depreciation, (d) amortization and (e) extraordinary losses incurred other
than
in the ordinary course of business, minus, to the extent included in
Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary gains realized other than in the ordinary
course of business, all calculated for the Loan Parties (and excluding the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that
is
not a Loan Party) on a consolidated basis.
“Consolidated
Indebtedness”
means
the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
and shall not include (i) Indebtedness of any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary,
(ii)
Indebtedness of a Loan Party to the REIT Subsidiary or (iii) any other
Indebtedness of a Loan Party to another Loan Party.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense”
means,
for any period, the interest charged to cost of sales of the Loan Parties (and
excluding the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries and any other Subsidiary of the
Borrower that is not a Loan Party) calculated on a consolidated basis for such
period.
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“Consolidated
Interest Incurred”
means,
for any period, the aggregate amount (without duplication and determined in
each
case in accordance with GAAP) of (a) interest (excluding interest on
Indebtedness of a Loan Party to another Loan Party) incurred, whether such
interest was expensed or capitalized, paid, accrued, or scheduled to be paid
or
accrued by any of the Loan Parties (and excluding the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party)
during such period, including (i) original issue discount and non-cash interest
payments or accruals, (ii) the interest portion of all deferred payment
obligations, and (iii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
owed with respect to bankers’ acceptances and letter of credit financings and
interest swap and Hedging Obligations, in each case to the extent attributable
to such period plus (b) the amount of dividends accrued or payable by the Loan
Parties (and excluding the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries and any other
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party) in respect of Disqualified
Capital Stock (excluding any amount payable to any Loan Party), which amount
shall be “grossed up” to include applicable taxes on income that would be used
to pay such dividends, provided,
however, that
interest, dividends or other payments or accruals of a consolidated Subsidiary
that is not wholly owned shall be included only to the extent of the interest
of
such Person in such Subsidiary. For purposes of this definition, (x) interest
on
Capitalized Lease Obligations shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate
reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in
such Capitalized Lease Obligations in accordance with GAAP and (y) interest
expense attributable to any Indebtedness represented by the guaranty of an
obligation of another Person shall be deemed to be the interest expense
attributable to the Indebtedness guaranteed.
“Consolidated
Net Income”
means,
with respect to any Person for any period, the net income (or loss) of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP; provided,
that
(a)
the net income (or loss) of any other Person acquired by such specified Person
or a Subsidiary of such Person in a pooling of interests transaction for any
period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded, (b) all gains
and losses which are either extraordinary (as determined in accordance with
GAAP) or are either unusual or nonrecurring (including any gain from the sale
or
other disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business or from
the
issuance or sale of any Capital Stock), shall be excluded, and (c) the net
income, if positive, of any of such Person’s consolidated Subsidiaries (other
than non-guarantor Subsidiaries) to the extent that the declaration or payment
of dividends or similar distributions is not at the time permitted by operation
of the terms of its charter or bylaws or any other agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable
to
such consolidated Subsidiary shall be excluded, provided,
however, in
the
case of exclusions from Consolidated Net Income set forth in clauses (a), (b)
and (c) above, such amounts shall be excluded only to the extent included in
computing such net income (or loss) in accordance with GAAP and without
duplication; provided
further, however, that
for
purposes of determining Consolidated Net Income of the Loan Parties, the net
income of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries and any other Subsidiary of the
Borrower that is not a Loan Party shall be excluded.
“Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth”
means,
at any date, the Net Worth of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries less the
aggregate amount of all goodwill and other assets that are properly classified
as “intangible assets” at such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Contingent
Obligation”
of
a
Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person
assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds
for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the
obligation or liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net
worth
or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or
otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including,
without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement, take-or-pay
contract, “put” agreement or other similar arrangement, but excluding Repurchase
Guaranties. With respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries), Contingent Obligation includes, without
limitation of the foregoing, obligations under reimbursement agreements with
financial institutions (including the Lenders) relating to Letters of Credit
(other than Performance Letters of Credit) issued by such financial institutions
for the account of such Person and does not include reimbursement obligations
to
an issuer of a performance bond.
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“Controlled
Group”
means
all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses
(whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“Conversion/Continuation
Notice”
is
defined in Section
2.07(d).
“Default
Rate”
means,
for any day, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the Alternate Base Rate
for such date plus (b) two percent (2%) per annum.
“Disqualified
Capital Stock”
means
(a) except as set forth in clause (b) below, with respect to any Person, Capital
Stock of such Person that, by its terms or by the terms of any security into
which it is convertible, exercisable or exchangeable, is, or upon the happening
of an event or the passage of time would be, required to be redeemed or
repurchased (including at the option of the holder thereof) by such Person
or
any of its Subsidiaries, in whole or in part, on or prior to the stated maturity
of the securities, and (b) with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person
(including with respect to any Subsidiary of the Borrower), any Capital Stock
other than any common stock with no preference, privileges, or redemption or
repayment provisions.
“Dollars”
and
the
sign “$” each means lawful money of the United States of America.
“Eligible
Assignee”
means
a
commercial bank, financial institution, other “accredited investor” (as defined
in Regulation D of the Securities Act) or a “qualified institutional buyer” as
defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act.
“Entitled
Land”
means
a
parcel of Real Estate owned by a Loan Party which is to be developed primarily
for residential dwelling units and which satisfies the requirements for the
state and county wherein it is located as more particularly described in the
Requirements for Entitled Land attached hereto as Exhibit
A.
“Environmental
Laws”
means
any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial
decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans,
injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements
and
other governmental restrictions relating to (a) the protection of the
environment, (b) the effect of the environment on human health, (c) emissions,
discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, Hazardous Substances or
wastes into surface water, ground water or land, or (d) the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of pollutants, contaminants, Hazardous Substances or wastes or the
clean-up or other remediation thereof.
“Equity
Investment”
means
the ownership of, or participation in the ownership of, an equity interest
in
Real Estate or an equity interest in a Person in the business of owning,
developing, improving, operating or managing Real Estate.
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“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
“Eurodollar
Advance”
means
a
Revolving Advance which bears interest at a Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar
Loan”
means
a
Revolving Loan which bears interest at a Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar
Rate”
means,
with respect to a Eurodollar Advance for the relevant Interest Period, the
sum
of (a) the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to such Interest Period plus (b) the
Applicable Margin.
“Event”
means
an event, circumstance, condition or state of facts.
“Event
of Default”
is
defined in Section
9.01.
“Excluded
Subsidiaries”
means
the following Subsidiaries of Borrower (none of which is required to be a
Guarantor hereunder): (a) the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries; (b) any Joint
Venture Subsidiary with respect to which the terms of the agreement creating
such Joint Venture prohibit the joint venturers therein from being or becoming
liable for any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness of such Joint Venture;
(c)
any Subsidiary that under applicable laws or regulations (such as, by way of
example, laws regulating insurance companies or providers of cable services)
is
prohibited from delivering a Guaranty; and (d) any Subsidiary that is not a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
“Existing
Borrower Public Debt”
means
the Borrower’s 7-5/8% Senior Notes due 2009, 5.95% Senior Notes due 2013, 5.5%
Senior Notes due 2014, 5.6% Senior Notes due 2015, Senior Floating Rate Notes
due 2007, Senior Floating-Rate Note due 2009, 5.125% Senior Notes due 2010,
5.95% Senior Notes due 2016 and 6.50% Senior Notes due 2016.
“Existing
Credit Agreement”
is
defined in the Recitals.
“Existing
Letters of Credit”
means
the outstanding Letters of Credit listed in Schedule
II
hereto
issued for the account of the Borrower prior to the Agreement Date by the
applicable Lender identified in Schedule
II.
“Extension
Request”
is
defined in Section
2.23.
“Facility
Fee”
means
the fee provided for in Section
2.04(a).
“Facility
Letter of Credit”
means
(a) each of the Existing Letters of Credit and (b) a Letter of Credit issued
by
an Issuer pursuant to Section
2.18.
“Facility
Letter of Credit Fee”
is
defined in Section
2.18(f).
“Facility
Letter of Credit Fee Rate”
means
a
rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time during
the term of any Facility Letter of Credit.
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“Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations”
means,
as at the time of determination thereof, without duplication, an amount equal
to
the sum of (a) the aggregate of the amount then available for drawing under
each
of the Facility Letters of Credit, (b) the face amount of all outstanding drafts
on Facility Letters of Credit, which drafts have been honored by the applicable
Issuer, (c) the aggregate amount of all Reimbursement Obligations at such time
and (d) the face amount of all Facility Letters of Credit requested by the
Borrower but not yet issued (unless the request for an unissued Facility Letter
of Credit has been denied or revoked).
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate”
means,
for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published
on
the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or,
if
such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations
for
such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee
Letter”
means
that certain letter dated June 13, 2006 from JPMSI and the Administrative Agent
to the Borrower, and accepted by the Borrower on June 13, 2006.
“Finished
Lot”
means
a
parcel of Entitled Land which satisfies the requirements for Land Under
Development and in which the owner (including any prior owner) thereof has
invested 85% or more of the cost to complete the Improvements thereon, and
which
constitutes a valid, legally subdivided lot within the meanings of the
applicable laws of the states, county and/or municipality within which it is
located, and other requirements governing the subdivision of land and
constitutes a lot reflected on a duly recorded plat, subdivision map or parcel
map in compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws and other
requirements governing the subdivision of land and approved by the appropriate
Governmental Authority.
“Fitch”
means
Fitch, Inc. or any Person succeeding to the securities rating business of such
company.
“GAAP”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved
by
a significant segment of the accounting profession as in effect as of the
Agreement Date, applied on a consistent basis from time to time.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any foreign governmental authority, the United States of America, any state
of
the United States of America and any subdivision of any of the foregoing, and
any agency, department, commission, board, authority or instrumentality, bureau
or court having jurisdiction over the Lender, the Borrower, any Subsidiaries
of
the Borrower or any of their respective properties.
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“Guarantor”
means
each Subsidiary of the Borrower that executes a Guaranty (including, if
applicable, a Supplemental Guaranty) pursuant to
Section 5.01(b)
or
Section
6.07
of this
Agreement. The Guarantors as of the Closing Date are listed in Schedule
VII
hereto.
“Guaranty”
means
each of those certain guaranties executed pursuant to Section
5.01(b)
on the
Closing Date or from time to time after the Closing Date pursuant to
Section
6.07
by
Subsidiaries of the Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit
E
hereto,
in each case in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders, as any such guaranties may be amended, restated, supplemented
(including by delivery of a Supplemental Guaranty) or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Hazardous
Substances”
means
any toxic or hazardous wastes, pollutants or substances, including, without
limitation, asbestos, PCBs, petroleum products and by-products, substances
defined or listed as “hazardous substances” or “toxic substances” or similarly
identified in or pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9061
et seq.,
hazardous materials identified in or pursuant to the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act 49 U.S.C. § 1802 et seq.,
hazardous wastes identified in or pursuant to The Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.,
any
chemical substance or mixture regulated under the Toxic Substance Control Act
of
1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.,
any
“toxic pollutant” under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 466 et seq.,
as
amended, any hazardous air pollutant under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401
et seq.,
and
any hazardous or toxic substance or pollutant regulated under any other
applicable federal, state or local Environmental Laws.
“Hedging
Obligations”
of
a
Person means any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or
contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired
(including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions
therefor), under (a) any and all agreements, devices or arrangements designed
to
protect at least one of the parties thereto from the fluctuations of interest
rates, commodity prices, exchange rates or forward rates applicable to such
party’s assets, liabilities or exchange transactions, including, but not limited
to, dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements,
forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection
agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants,
and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or
assignments of any of the foregoing.
“Housing
Unit”
means
a
residential housing unit owned by a Loan Party that is (or, upon completion
of
construction thereof, will be) available for sale.
“Housing
Unit Closing”
means
a
closing of the sale of a Housing Unit by a Loan Party to a bona fide purchaser
for value that is not an Affiliate of a Loan Party.
“Housing
Unit Under Contract”
means
a
Housing Unit owned by a Loan Party as to which such Loan Party has a bona fide
contract of sale, in a form customarily employed by such Loan Party and
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, entered into not more
than
15 months prior to the date of determination with a Person who is not an
Affiliate of a Loan Party, under which contract no defaults then exist;
provided,
however, that
in
the case of any Housing Unit the purchase of which is to be financed in whole
or
in part by a loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed
by
the Veterans Administration, the minimum down payment shall be the amount (if
any) required under the rules of the relevant agency.
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“Improvements”
means
on and off-site development work, including but not limited to filling to grade,
main water distribution and sewer collection systems and drainage system
installation, paving, and other improvements necessary for the use of
residential dwelling units and as required pursuant to development agreements
which may have been entered into with Governmental Authorities.
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means, without duplication, (a) all liabilities and obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person, (i) in respect of borrowed money
(whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of
such
Person or only to a portion thereof), (ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures
or similar instruments, (iii) representing the balance deferred and unpaid
of
the purchase price of any property or services, except those incurred in the
ordinary course of its business that would constitute ordinarily a trade payable
to trade creditors (but specifically excluding from such exception the deferred
purchase price of Real Estate), (iv) evidenced by bankers’ acceptances, (v)
consisting of obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable
out of the proceeds or production from property now or hereafter owned or
acquired by such Person, (vi) consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations
(including any Capitalized Leases entered into as a part of a sale/leaseback
transaction), (vii) consisting of liabilities and obligations under any
receivable sales transactions, (viii) consisting of a Letter of Credit, other
than a Performance Letter of Credit, or a reimbursement obligation of such
Person with respect to any Letter of Credit, (ix) consisting of Hedging
Obligations, (x) consisting of Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities or (xi) consisting
of Contingent Obligations; and (b) obligations of such Person to purchase
Securities or other property arising out of or in connection with the sale
of
the same or substantially similar securities or property. With respect to the
Borrower, Indebtedness includes, without limitation of the foregoing, (x) the
Loans and (y) the Borrower’s and any Subsidiary’s pro rata shares of the
Indebtedness of any Joint Venture.
“Interest
Coverage Ratio”
on
any
date means the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters
ended on such date to (b) total Consolidated Interest Incurred for such fiscal
quarters.
“Interest
Period”
means
(a) with respect to any Eurodollar Advance, the period commencing on the date
of
such Eurodollar Advance and ending seven days or fourteen days thereafter or
on
the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three
or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect, and (b) with respect to
any
Competitive Loan, the period (which shall not be less than five days or more
than thirty days) commencing on the date of such Competitive Loan and ending
on
the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request; provided,
that
(i) 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
(but only in the case of a Eurodollar Advance for an Interest Period in excess
of fourteen days) 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 (ii) any Interest Period in excess of fourteen days
pertaining to a Eurodollar Advance 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 an Advance initially shall be the date on which such Advance
is made and, in the case of a Revolving Advance, thereafter shall be the
effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such
Advance.
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“Investment”
of
a
Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar
advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business),
extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary
course of business on terms customary in the trade), deposit account or
contribution of capital by such Person to any other Person or any investment
in,
or purchase or other acquisition of, the stock, partnership interests,
membership interests, notes, debentures or other securities of any other Person
made by such Person.
“Investment
Grade Rating”
means
a
senior unsecured public debt rating of BBB- or higher or
Baa3 or
higher.
“Issuance
Date”
is
defined in Section
2.18(c)(i)(B).
“Issuance
Notice”
is
defined in Section
2.18(c)(iii).
“Issuer”
means,
with respect to each Existing Letter of Credit, the Issuer thereof identified
in
Schedule
II,
and
with respect to each Facility Letter of Credit issued on or after the Closing
Date, JPMorgan Chase Bank or such other Lender selected by the Borrower with
the
approval of the Administrative Agent, to issue such Facility Letter of Credit,
provided
such
other Lender consents to act in such capacity. An Issuer may, in its discretion,
arrange for one or more Facility Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates
of
such Issuer, in which case the term “Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate
with respect to Facility Letters of Credit issued by such
Affiliate.
“Joint
Lead Arrangers”
means
JPMSI and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
“Joint
Venture”
means
a
joint venture (whether in the form of a corporation, a partnership, limited
liability company or otherwise) (a) to which the Borrower or a Joint Venture
Subsidiary is or becomes a party (other than tenancies in common), (b) whether
or not Borrower is required to consolidate the joint venture in its financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, and (c) in which the Borrower or any Joint
Venture Subsidiary has or will have a total investment exceeding $25,000 or
which has total assets plus contingent liabilities exceeding $100,000. For
the
purposes of this definition, the Borrower’s or Joint Venture Subsidiary’s
investment in a joint venture shall be deemed to include any Securities of
the
joint venture owned by the Borrower or any Joint Venture Subsidiary, any loans,
advances or accounts payable to the Borrower or any Joint Venture Subsidiary
from the joint venture, any commitment, arrangement or other agreement by the
Borrower or any Joint Venture Subsidiary to provide funds or credit to the
joint
venture and the Borrower’s or Joint Venture Subsidiary’s share of the
undistributed profits of the joint venture.
“Joint
Venture Subsidiary”
means
a
Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a partner, shareholder or other equity
owner
in a Joint Venture which is not a Loan Party.
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“JPMorgan
Chase Bank”
means
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its individual capacity, and its
successors.
“JPMSI”
means
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., one of the Joint Lead Arrangers
hereunder.
“Land
Under Development”
means
Entitled Land upon which construction of Improvements has commenced but not
been
completed and for which: (a) to the extent required, a performance bond, surety
or other security has been issued to and in favor of and unconditionally
accepted by each local agency and all relevant Governmental Authorities,
including any municipal utility district in which the Real Estate is situated
with regard to all work to be performed pursuant to each and all of said
subdivision improvement agreements or other agreements; (b) all necessary plans
have been approved by all relevant Governmental Authorities for the installation
of any and all Improvements required to be installed upon such Real Estate;
(c)
all necessary permits have been issued for the installation of said
Improvements; and (d) utility services necessary for construction of
Improvements and residential dwelling units and the operation thereon for the
purpose intended will be available to such Real Estate upon completion of the
Improvements and there exists a binding obligation on the part of each and
every
utility company to deliver necessary utility services to such Real
Estate.
“Lenders”
means
the Persons listed on Schedule
I
and any
other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to a Commitment
and
Acceptance or an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that
ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless
the
context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swing Line
Lender.
“Lending
Installation”
means,
with respect to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, any office, branch,
subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or the Administrative Agent.
“Letter
of Credit”
of
a
Person means a letter of credit or similar instrument which is issued upon
the
application of such Person or upon which such Person is an account party or
for
which such Person is in any way liable.
“Letter
of Credit Collateral Account”
is
defined in Section
2.18(h).
“Letter
of Credit Commitment”
means,
for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to participate in Facility
Letters of Credit in an amount not exceeding the lesser of (a) its Pro Rata
Share of the Aggregate Letter of Credit Commitment or (b) its Unused
Commitment.
“Letter
of Credit Request”
is
defined in Section
2.18(c)(i).
“Leverage
Ratio”
means
a
fraction (expressed as the percentage equivalent), the numerator of which is
the
sum of (i) all Consolidated Indebtedness, less
(ii) the
lesser of (A) $500,000,000 and (B) unrestricted cash of the Loan Parties in
excess of $15,000,000, and the denominator of which is the sum of (x) all
Consolidated Indebtedness plus (y) Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
plus
(z) the lesser of (A) fifty percent (50%) of Subordinated Debt and (B)
$300,000,000.
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“LIBO
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Advance for any Interest Period, the rate
appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (formerly the Dow Xxxxx Market Service), or
on
any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or
substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations
of
interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market,
at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with
a
maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is
not
available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO
Rate”
with
respect to such Eurodollar Advance for such Interest Period shall be the rate
at
which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
“Lien”
means
any lien (statutory or other), mortgage (including, without limitation, purchase
money mortgages), pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation,
the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease
or
other title retention agreement or any financing lease having substantially
the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing) and, in the case of Securities,
any purchase option, call or similar right of any Person (other than the issuer
of such Securities) with respect to such Securities.
“Loan
Documents”
means
(a) this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties, and (if and when delivered)
the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note Pledge Agreement and (b) any and all other
instruments or documents delivered or to be delivered by the Loan Parties
pursuant hereto or pursuant to any of the other documents described in
clause (a)
above,
as such documents in clause
(a)
or
(b)
may be
amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
“Loan
Parties”
means
the Borrower and the Guarantors (including any Subsidiary that executes and
delivers a Guaranty after the Closing Date); “Loan
Party”
means
any of the Loan Parties.
“Loans”
means
(a) the Revolving Loans, (b) the Competitive Loans and (c) the Swing Line Loans.
“Loan”
means
any of the Loans.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, properties, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, or prospects of (i) the Loan
Parties, taken as a whole, or (ii) if so specified, the Borrower or any
Guarantor, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform any of its obligations
under the Loan Documents, or (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the
Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders thereunder.
“Material
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), now owned
or
hereafter acquired, that has a Net Worth of $10,000,000 or greater, provided
that, in
no event may there exist Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than the Excluded
Subsidiaries) that have, in the aggregate, a Net Worth in excess of $50,000,000
that are not Guarantors.
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“Maturity
Date”
means
the date upon which the outstanding principal amount of all of the Loans, all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and all other Obligations become due and
payable, whether as a result of the occurrence of the stated maturity date
or
the acceleration of maturity pursuant to the terms of any of the Loan
Documents.
“Monthly
Payment Date”
means
the first Business Day of each calendar month, commencing in August,
2006.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any Person succeeding to the securities
rating business of such company.
“Mortgage”
means
any mortgage, deed of trust or other security deed in Real Estate, or in rights
or interests, including leasehold interests, in Real Estate.
“Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Adjusted Net Worth”
means,
at any date, the Net Worth of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP (including in the
assets used to determine Net Worth the amount of the Capitalized Mortgage
Servicing as of such date), less
the
amount of all goodwill and other assets that are properly classified as
“intangible assets” at such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note”
means
a
promissory note executed by the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries as joint makers
payable to the order of the Borrower and each Guarantor that lends funds to
any
of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries evidencing such loans.
“Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note Pledge Agreement”
is
defined in Section
8.01(a)(i),
and
includes any amendment, supplement, restatement or other modification of such
agreement.
“Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary”
means
a
Subsidiary of the Borrower which is engaged or hereafter engages in the mortgage
banking business, including the origination, servicing, packaging and/or selling
of mortgages on residential single- and multi-family dwellings and/or commercial
property, and in any event shall include AFSI, UAMC, UAMC Asset Corp. II,
Universal American Mortgage Corporation of California and Eagle Home Mortgage,
Inc.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means
a
Plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other
arrangement to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group is
a
party to which more than one employer is obligated to make contributions.
“Net
Book Value”
means,
with respect to an asset owned by a Loan Party, the gross investment of such
Loan Party in the asset, less all reserves (including loss reserves and reserves
for depreciation) attributable to that asset, all determined in accordance
with
GAAP consistently applied, including, in the case of Unimproved Entitled Land,
any unamortized land credits.
“Net
Housing Unit Proceeds”
means,
in connection with the sale of any Housing Unit by a Loan Party, the gross
sales
price less (a) all bona fide prorations and adjustments to the sales price
required to be made pursuant to the terms of the sales contract and (b) the
aggregate amount of bona fide closing costs due to any Person, provided
that,
if
such closing costs are due to an Affiliate of a Loan Party, such costs comply
with Section
7.12.
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“Net
Worth”
means,
at any date, with respect to any Person the amount of consolidated stockholders’
equity of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as shown on its balance
sheet as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“New
Lender”
means
either a Lender or an Eligible Assignee, in each case approved by the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent, that agrees to become a Lender or that agrees
to
increase its Commitment, in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.17.
“Non-Consenting
Lender”
is
defined in Section
2.23.
“Non-Recourse
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness of a Loan Party for which its liability is limited to the Real
Estate upon which it grants a Lien to the holder of such Indebtedness as
security for such Indebtedness, but only to the extent that the amount of such
Indebtedness does not exceed such Loan Party’s original cost of purchase of such
Real Estate or the most current appraised value of such Real
Estate.
“Notes”
means
the Revolving Loan Notes, the Competitive Loan Notes and the Swing Line
Note.
“Obligations”
means
all Loans, Facility Letter of Credit Obligations, advances, debts, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties owing by any Loan Party to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender, the Swing Line Bank, the Joint Lead Arrangers, any Affiliate
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Issuer or any Person entitled
to
indemnification by any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, of any kind or nature, present or future, arising under this Agreement
or any other Loan Documents, whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty
or
other instrument, whether or not for the payment of money, whether arising
by
reason of an extension of credit, loan, guaranty, indemnification, or in any
other manner, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising and however acquired. The term includes, without limitation,
all interest, charges, expenses, fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements, reasonable paralegals’ fees and any other sum chargeable to any
Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Off-Balance
Sheet Liabilities”
of
a
Person means (a) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person or any
of
its Subsidiaries with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any liability of such Person or any
of
its Subsidiaries under any financing lease, any synthetic lease (under which
all
or a portion of the rent payments made by the lessee are treated, for tax
purposes, as payments of interest, notwithstanding that the lease may constitute
an operating lease under GAAP) or any other similar lease transaction, or (c)
any obligations of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising with respect
to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the
place of borrowing and which has an actual or implied interest component but
which does not constitute a liability on the consolidated balance sheets of
such
Person and its Subsidiaries.
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“Participants”
is
defined in Section
12.03.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
“Performance
Letter of Credit”
means
a
Letter of Credit issued to a Governmental Authority or a quasi-governmental
agency to insure the completion by a Loan Party of a development of land
improvements or to insure payment by a Loan Party of escrow
accounts.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule
IV
hereto;
(b) Liens imposed by governmental authorities for taxes, assessments or other
charges not yet subject to penalty or which are being contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are
maintained on the books of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP; (c) statutory
liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, landlords, repairmen
or
other like Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business
provided
that (i)
the underlying obligations are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days
or
(ii) such Liens are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
and adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the
Borrower in accordance with GAAP; (d) Liens securing the performance of bids,
trade contracts (other than borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (e) easements,
rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, assessment district or similar Liens in
connection with municipal financing, and similar restrictions, encumbrances
or
title defects which, singly or in the aggregate, do not in any case materially
detract from the value of the Real Estate subject thereto (as such Real Estate
is used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f)
Liens arising by operation of law in connection with judgments, only to the
extent, for an amount and for a period not resulting in a default with respect
thereto; (g) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of
social security legislation; (h) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Person
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is merged with or
into
the Borrower or a Subsidiary or Liens securing Indebtedness incurred in
connection with an acquisition of Real Estate, provided
that
(1)
such Liens were in existence prior to the date of such acquisition, merger
or
consolidation, were not incurred in anticipation thereof, and do not extend
to
any other assets or (2) such Liens are granted to the seller of such Real Estate
to secure the purchase price therefor; (i) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred
to refinance any Indebtedness that was previously so secured and permitted
hereunder (which refinancing Indebtedness may exceed the amount refinanced,
provided
such
refinancing Indebtedness is otherwise permitted under this Agreement) in a
manner no more adverse to the Lenders than the terms of the Liens securing
such
refinanced Indebtedness, provided, however, that, Liens securing refinancing
of
the Indebtedness held by the REIT Subsidiary (as described in clause
(j)
below)
shall not be permitted; (j) mortgages, deeds of trust and other similar
instruments granted by any Loan Party to the REIT Subsidiary and held by the
REIT Subsidiary as security for Indebtedness of such Loan Party to the REIT
Subsidiary, provided that (i) the REIT Subsidiary is a Guarantor, (ii) such
mortgages, deeds of trust and similar instruments are in a form reasonably
approved by Administrative Agent and are not recorded or filed in any real
property records or other public or official records and (iii) the REIT
Subsidiary executes and delivers to Administrative Agent an agreement reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent subordinating to the Obligations, the
REIT
Subsidiary’s rights, liens and claims against the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties, together with certified resolutions, opinions of counsel and other
supporting documentation with respect to such subordination reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (k) a Lien, solely against the
ownership interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a Joint Venture or
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, granted under the limited partnership
agreement, joint venture agreement or limited liability company agreement for
such Joint Venture or Subsidiary, solely to secure the obligation of the
Borrower or the Subsidiary to make capital contributions pursuant to such
agreement; provided,
however,
that
such Lien shall be a Permitted Lien only as long as there are no outstanding
obligations secured thereby.
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“Person”
means
any natural person, corporation, firm, enterprise, trust, association, company,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity or
organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency,
department, or instrumentality thereof.
“Plan”
means
an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or
subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code as to
which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have any
liability.
“Pricing
Grid”
means
the pricing grid attached hereto as Exhibit
F.
“Prime
Rate”
means
the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New
York
City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the
date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Project”
means
a
parcel of Real Estate owned by a Loan Party which is to be developed or sold
as
part of a common scheme.
“Pro
Rata Share”
means,
at any time for any Lender, the ratio that such Lender’s Commitment bears to the
Aggregate Commitment.
“Qualified
Finished Lots”
means,
at any date, the sum of (a) the Net Book Value of Finished Lots that are under
a
bona fide contract for sale by a Loan Party to a Person that is not an Affiliate
of a Loan Party and (b) the lesser of (i) the product of (A) the total number
of
Housing Units with respect to which the Loan Parties entered into such contracts
during the period of six consecutive calendar months most recently ended at
such
date, provided that Housing Units shall include housing units of entities that
were acquired and became Loan Parties during the applicable period, multiplied
by (B) the average Net Book Value of all Finished Lots as of the end of such
six-month period and (ii) an amount equal to 40% of Adjusted Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth at such date.
“Quarterly
Payment Date”
means
the first Business Day of each January, April, July and October, commencing
in
October, 2006.
“Rating
Agency”
means
any one of Fitch, Xxxxx’x or S&P.
“Real
Estate”
means
land, rights in land and interests therein (including, without limitation,
leasehold interests), and equipment, structures, improvements, furnishings,
fixtures and buildings (including a mobile home of the type usually installed
on
a developed site) located on or used in connection with land, rights in land
or
interests therein (including leasehold interests), but shall not include
Mortgages or interests therein.
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“Real
Estate Business”
means
homebuilding, housing construction, home sales, real estate development or
construction, a plant/tree nursery for landscaping of Housing Units, and related
real estate activities, including the provision of mortgage financing, title
insurance and other goods and services to home buyers, home owners and other
occupants of homes, including without limitation, cable TV services, home
security, home design, broadband communications and other communications
services and home office support services.
“Recent
Balance Sheet”
is
defined in Section
4.05.
“Register”
is
defined in Section
13.07.
“Regulation
D”
means
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from
time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official
interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve requirements
applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
“Regulation
U”
means
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from
time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official
interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit
by
banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to
member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
“Reimbursement
Obligations”
means
at any time, the aggregate of the Obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders,
the Issuers and the Administrative Agent in respect of all unreimbursed payments
or disbursements made by the Lenders, the Issuers and the Administrative Agent
under or in respect of the Facility Letters of Credit.
“REIT
Subsidiary”
means
a
corporation or business trust that the Borrower has caused or may hereafter
cause to be organized as an indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower and that elects
to be treated as a “qualified real estate investment trust” in accordance with
Section 856 of the Code, the business purpose of which Subsidiary is to
centralize the internal financing of the Borrower’s real estate development and
construction activities.
“Replacement
Lender”
is
defined in Section
2.24.
“Reply
Date”
is
defined in Section
2.23.
“Reportable
Event”
means
a
reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued
under such section, with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events
as
to which the PBGC by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of
ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event,
provided,
however, that
a
failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and
of
Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance
of
any such waiver of the notice requirement in accordance with either Section
4043(a) of ERISA or Section 412(d) of the Code.
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“Repurchase
Guaranty”
means
a
guaranty by Borrower or any other Loan Party of the obligations of any Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary (i) as seller under an agreement for the sale of mortgage
loans to a special purpose entity in connection with the securitization of
such
mortgage loans and (ii) as servicer of such mortgage loans following such sale,
provided, however, that such obligations shall not include any guaranty of
the
obligations of any obligor under any mortgage loan.
“Required
Lenders”
means,
subject to the provisions of Section
13.06(c),
Lenders
whose Pro Rata Shares, in the aggregate, are greater than 66-2/3%; provided,
however, that if all of the Commitments have been terminated pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, “Required Lenders” means Lenders whose aggregate
ratable shares (stated as a percentage) of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of all Loans and Facility Letter of Credit Obligations are greater
than
66-2/3%.
“Reserve
Requirement”
means,
with respect to a Interest Period, the maximum aggregate reserve requirement
(including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) which is
imposed under Regulation D on Eurocurrency liabilities.
“Revolving
Advance”
means
a
borrowing under Section
2.01
(or the
conversion or continuation of any such borrowing) consisting of the aggregate
amount of the several Revolving Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower of
the
same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Advances, for the same Interest
Period.
“Revolving
Credit Exposure”
means,
with respect to any Lender at any time (without duplication), the sum of the
outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, its Pro Rata
Share of all outstanding Swing Line Loans and its Pro Rata Share of all Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations at such time.
“Revolving
Loan”
means,
with respect to a Lender, a loan made by such Lender pursuant to Section
2.01
and any
conversion or continuation thereof.
“Revolving
Loan Note”
means
a
promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit
C
hereto
executed by the Borrower payable to the order of a Lender in the amount of
its
Commitment, including any amendment, modification, renewal, restatement or
replacement of such note.
“Section”
means
a
numbered section of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“Securities”
of
any
Person means equity securities and debt securities and any other instrument
commonly understood to be a security issued by that Person.
“Securities
Act”
is
defined in Section
6.04(g).
“Single
Employer Plan”
means
a
Plan maintained by the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group for
employees of the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group.
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“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies,
Inc., or any Person succeeding to the securities rating business of such
company.
“Statutory
Reserve Rate”
means
a
fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one
and
the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum
reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental
reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the
Administrative Agent is subject (a) with respect to the Base CD Rate, for new
negotiable nonpersonal time deposits in dollars of over $100,000 with maturities
approximately equal to three months and (b) with respect to the Adjusted LIBO
Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall
include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall
be
deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve
requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets
that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation
D or
any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.
“Subordinated
Debt”
means
any Indebtedness of the Borrower which by its terms is subordinated, in form
and
substance and in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in time
and
right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations, but which
in
any event matures not earlier than twelve months after the Termination
Date.
“Subsidiary”
of
a
Person means (a) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities
having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries
or
by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (b) any partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar business
organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting
power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
“Subsidiary
Unmatured Defaults”
is
defined in Section
2.07(c).
“Supplemental
Guaranty”
means
a
“Supplemental Guaranty” in the form provided for and as defined in the form of
Guaranty attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
“Swing
Line Bank”
means
JPMorgan Chase Bank or any other Lender as a successor Swing Line
Bank.
“Swing
Line Commitment”
means
the obligation of the Swing Line Bank to make Swing Line Loans up to a maximum
of $150,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
“Swing
Line Loan”
means
a
Loan made available to the Borrower by the Swing Line Bank pursuant to
Section
2.10
hereof.
“Swing
Line Note”
means
the promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit
D
hereto
executed by the Borrower payable to the order of the Swing Line Bank in the
amount of the Swing Line Commitment, including any amendment, modification,
renewal, restatement or replacement of such note.
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“Termination
Date”
means
July 20, 2011, or such later date, if any, to which the Termination Date may
be
extended pursuant to Section
2.23,
subject, however, to earlier termination in whole of the Aggregate Commitment
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Three-Month
Secondary CD Rate”
means,
for any day, the secondary market rate for three-month certificates of deposit
reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day is not a Business
Day,
the next preceding Business Day) by the Board through the public information
telephone line of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (which rate will, under
the current practices of the Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical
Release H.15(519) during the week following such day) or, if such rate is not
so
reported on such day or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the
secondary market quotations for three-month certificates of deposit of major
money center banks in New York City received at approximately 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the
next
preceding Business Day) by the Administrative Agent from three negotiable
certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“Type”
means,
with respect to any Revolving Advance, its nature as an ABR Advance or
Eurodollar Advance.
“UAMC”
means
Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC.
“Unfunded
Liabilities”
means
the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested nonforfeitable
benefits under all Single Employer Plans exceeds the fair market value of all
such Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then
most
recent valuation date for such Plans.
“Unimproved
Entitled Land”
means
Entitled Land upon which no Improvements have been commenced.
“Unmatured
Default”
means
an event, act or condition which but for the lapse of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Unused
Commitment”
means,
at any date, with respect to each Lender, the amount by which its Commitment
exceeds the sum of the outstanding balance of its Revolving Loans and its Pro
Rata Share of the aggregate amount then available for drawing under the Facility
Letters of Credit.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
of
a
Person means (i) any Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting securities of
which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
such
Person or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such
Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) any
partnership, association, joint venture or similar business organization 100%
of
the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the
time
be so owned or controlled.
SECTION
1.02. Computation
of Time Periods.
For the
purposes of this Agreement, in the computation of periods of time from a
specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including”, the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding” and the
word “through” means “to and including”.
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SECTION
1.03. Accounting
Terms.
(a) All
accounting terms used and not specifically defined herein shall be construed
in
accordance with GAAP. All references herein to GAAP shall be deemed to refer
to
those principles; provided,
however, that
notwithstanding the requirements imposed by GAAP which require the consolidation
of the operations of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries with the operations
of
the Borrower, for the purposes of the calculations set forth in Article
VII
hereof,
the operations of such Subsidiary shall be so included only as specifically
provided for herein.
(b) In
the
event that the Borrower shall acquire, pursuant to a transaction permitted
under
this Agreement, all of the equity Securities of a corporation (the “Acquired
Company”) which have ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the
Acquired Company and, provided that (i) the Borrower shall have furnished to
the
Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have approved (A)
consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of earnings,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Acquired Company for the most
recently concluded fiscal year of the Acquired Company, prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied and audited and reported upon by a firm of
independent certified public accountants of recognized standing acceptable
to
the Administrative Agent (such audit to be unqualified) and (B) for any quarters
of the next succeeding fiscal year that are concluded as of the date of such
Acquisition, a consolidated balance sheet of the Acquired Company as of the
end
of the most recent quarter, and the related consolidated statement of earnings
and cash flows of the Acquired Company for the period from the beginning of
the
current fiscal year to the end of that quarter, all prepared in accordance
with
GAAP consistently applied, unaudited but certified to be true and accurate,
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments, by the chief financial officer
of
the Acquired Company and (ii) the Acquired Company shall either become or be
merged into a Guarantor hereunder, then, from and after such Acquisition, the
Borrower shall include in the determination of Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated
Interest Expense, Consolidated Interest Incurred and Consolidated Net Income,
for any applicable period for which such amounts are to be determined pursuant
to this Agreement, such Acquired Company as if such Acquired Company had been
a
Loan Party during such period.
ARTICLE
II
THE
CREDITS
SECTION
2.01. Commitment.
(a) Revolving
Credit Advances.
On and
after the Closing Date and prior to the Termination Date, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations
and warranties of the Borrower herein set forth, each Lender severally agrees
to
make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time in amounts not to exceed
in the aggregate at any one time outstanding the amount of its Commitment,
provided
that in
no event may the Aggregate Credit Exposure exceed the Aggregate Commitment.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and
reborrow under this Agreement at any time prior to the Termination Date. The
Commitments to lend hereunder shall expire on the Termination Date.
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(b) Letter
of Credit Commitment.
On and
after the Closing Date and prior to the Termination Date, each Lender severally
agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in reliance
upon the representations and warranties of the Borrower herein set forth, to
participate in the Existing Letters of Credit and in other Facility Letters
of
Credit issued pursuant to Section
2.18
for the
account of the Borrower, provided
that
in
no event may the aggregate amount of all Facility Letter of Credit Obligations
exceed the lesser of (A) the Aggregate Letter of Credit Commitment and (B)
the
amount by which the Aggregate Commitment exceeds the Aggregate Credit
Exposure.
(c) Revolving
Advances and Participations Pro Rata.
Revolving Advances hereunder shall be made ratably by the several Lenders in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. Participations in Facility
Letters of Credit hereunder shall be ratable among the several Lenders in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(d) Maturity.
All
Obligations shall be due and payable by the Borrower on the Termination Date
unless such Obligations shall sooner become due and payable pursuant to
Section
9.02
or as
otherwise provided in this Agreement.
SECTION
2.02. Types
of Advances.
The
Revolving Advances may be ABR Advances, or Eurodollar Advances, or a combination
thereof, selected by the Borrower in accordance with Section
2.06;
provided,
however, that
there shall not be more than five Eurodollar Advances outstanding at any
time.
SECTION
2.03. Principal
Payments.
(a) Optional
Principal Payments.
The
Borrower may from time to time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding
ABR Advances, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding ABR
Advances upon notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
New
York time) on the date of payment, and (ii) the Borrower may, upon three
Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent, (A) pay any Eurodollar
Advance in full on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar
Advance, and (B) prepay any Eurodollar Advance in full prior to the last day
of
the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Advance.
(b) Payments
of Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note.
The
Borrower shall prepay the principal of the Loans in the amount, and promptly
upon its receipt, of any principal payment made with respect to the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note from and after the date the Administrative Agent
is
granted a security interest therein pursuant to Section
8.01.
(c) Funding
Indemnification.
The
provisions of Section
3.04
shall
apply to any payment or prepayment provided for in this Section
2.03.
(d) Application
of Payments.
Unless
this Agreement specifically provides for the application of principal payments
to specified Obligations, the Borrower may, as long as no Event of Default
has
occurred that is continuing, direct the Administrative Agent to apply
prepayments of the principal amount of the Obligations against any Swing Line
Loans, any Competitive Bid Loans or any Revolving Advances.
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SECTION
2.04. Facility
Fees; Reductions of Commitments.
(a) Facility
Fees.
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender a Facility Fee, at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Facility
Fee
Rate on the daily amount of such Lender’s Commitment (whether used or unused)
from the date hereof to and including the date on which such Commitment
terminates; provided
that, if
such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its Commitment
terminates, then such Facility Fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount
of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which
its Commitment terminates to the date on which such Lender ceases to have any
Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued Facility Fees shall be payable in arrears
on
each Quarterly Payment Date and on the date on which the Commitments terminate,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided
that any
Facility Fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall
be payable on demand. The fees payable under this Section
2.04,
once
paid, shall not be refundable for any reason.
(b) Voluntary
Reduction of Commitments.
The
Borrower may permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment in whole, or in part
ratably among the Lenders in the minimum amount of $5,000,000, and, if in excess
thereof, in integral multiples of $1,000,000, upon at least three Business
Days’
written notice to the Administrative Agent, which notice shall specify the
amount of any such reduction, provided,
however, that
the
amount of the Aggregate Commitment may not be reduced below the Aggregate Credit
Exposure.
SECTION
2.05. Method
of Borrowing.
Not
later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on each Borrowing Date, each Lender shall
make available its Revolving Loan, in funds immediately available to the
Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to Section
13.01.
The
Administrative Agent will make the funds so received from the Lenders available
to the Borrower by deposit into an account maintained by the Borrower at
JPMorgan Chase Bank.
SECTION
2.06. Method
of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for Revolving Advances.
(a) Borrowing
Notices.
The
Borrower shall select the Type of each Revolving Advance and, in the case of
each Eurodollar Advance, the Interest Period applicable to each Advance from
time to time. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable
notice (a “Borrowing Notice”) not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the
Borrowing Date for each ABR Advance and prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time)
on
the date which is two Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each
Eurodollar Advance, specifying:
(i) the
Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Revolving
Advance,
(ii) the
aggregate amount of such Revolving Advance,
(iii) the
Type
of Revolving Advance selected, and
(iv) in
the
case of each Eurodollar Advance, the Interest Period applicable
thereto.
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The
Borrower shall be entitled to obtain, on the Closing Date, only one Revolving
Advance and, on any single Business Day after the Closing Date, only one
Revolving Advance, each of which Revolving Advances may (subject to the
provisions of Section
2.02)
be
comprised in whole or in part of any Eurodollar Advance. Changes in the rate
of
interest on that portion of any Revolving Advance maintained as a ABR Advance
will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate.
Each Eurodollar Advance shall bear interest from and including the first day
of
the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day
of
such Interest Period at the interest rate determined as applicable to such
Eurodollar Advance. The Borrower shall select Interest Periods with respect
to
Eurodollar Advances so that it is not necessary to repay a Eurodollar Advance
prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period in order to make any
mandatory payment required to be made pursuant to this Agreement or to repay
all
Loans in full on the Termination Date. In the case of a Eurodollar Advance
made
during the continuance of an Subsidiary Unmatured Default, the Interest Period
for such Advance may not extend beyond the date on which such Subsidiary
Unmatured Default would (if not cured) become an Event of Default.
(b) Borrowing
Notices Irrevocable.
Each
Borrowing Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and, in
respect of the borrowing specified in the Borrowing Notice, the Borrower shall
indemnify each Lender against any loss or expense incurred by that Lender as
a
result of any failure to fulfill the applicable conditions set forth in
Section
5.02
on or
before the proposed Borrowing Date specified in the Borrowing Notice, including,
without limitation, any loss (including loss of profit) or expense incurred
by
reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired
by
any Lender to fund the Loan to be made by that Lender as part of that borrowing
when that Loan, as a result of that failure, is not made on that
date.
SECTION
2.07. Method
of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for Conversion and Continuation of
Revolving Advances.
(a) Right
to Convert.
The
Borrower may elect from time to time, subject to the provisions of Section
2.07(c),
to
convert all or any part of a Revolving Advance of any Type into any other Type
or Types of Revolving Advances; provided
that
any
conversion of any Eurodollar Advance shall be made on, and only on, the last
day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
(b) Automatic
Conversion and Continuation.
ABR
Advances shall continue as ABR Advances unless and until such ABR Advances
are
converted into Eurodollar Advances. Eurodollar Advances of any Type shall
continue as Eurodollar Advances of such Type until the end of the then
applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such Eurodollar Advance
shall
be automatically converted into a ABR Advance unless the Borrower shall have
given the Administrative Agent notice in accordance with Section
2.07(d),
requesting that, at the end of such Interest Period, such Eurodollar Advance
either continue as a Eurodollar Advance of such Type for the same or another
Interest Period or be converted into a Revolving Advance of another
Type.
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(c) No
Conversion in Case of an Event of Default or Unmatured Default.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section
2.07(a)
or
2.07(b),
no
Revolving Advance may be converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Advance
(except with the consent of the Required Lenders) when there has occurred and
is
continuing any Event of Default or Unmatured Default, except for Unmatured
Defaults (other than the failure to pay any Obligation) that with respect to
Subsidiaries of the Borrower whose assets constitute in the aggregate less
than
5% of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries) on a consolidated basis (calculated as at the Borrower’s
then most recent fiscal quarter end) (“Subsidiary Unmatured Defaults”);
provided
the
Borrower certifies (either in the Conversion/Continuation Notice or in a
separate certificate addressed to the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of
the Lenders) that (a) such Subsidiary Unmatured Defaults are not reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) the Borrower reasonably expects
to cure such Subsidiary Unmatured Defaults before the date on which the same
becomes an Event of Default, which certificate shall provide reasonable detail
regarding the Subsidiary Unmatured Defaults and the Borrower’s proposed cure
thereof. The Administrative Agent shall furnish a copy of such certification
to
the Lenders.
(d) Conversion/Continuation
Notice.
The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a
“Conversion/Continuation Notice”) of each conversion of a Revolving Advance or
continuation of a Eurodollar Advance not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time)
on the day of any conversion into an ABR Advance or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New
York time) on the date which is two Business Days prior to the date of the
requested conversion into or continuation of a Eurodollar Advance,
specifying:
(i) the
requested date (which shall be a Business Day) of such conversion or
continuation;
(ii) the
amount and Type of the Revolving Advance to be converted or continued;
and
(iii) the
amount and Type(s) of Revolving Advance(s) into which such Revolving Advance
is
to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion into or
continuation of a Eurodollar Advance, the duration of the Interest Period
applicable thereto.
In
the
case of a conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Advance made during the
continuance of an Subsidiary Unmatured Default, the Interest Period for such
Advance may not extend beyond the date on which such Subsidiary Unmatured
Default would (if not cured) become an Event of Default.
SECTION
2.08. Minimum
Amount of Each Revolving Advance.
Each
Revolving Advance shall be in the minimum amount of $5,000,000 (and in multiples
of $1,000,000 if in excess thereof) provided,
however, that
any
ABR Advance may be in the amount by which the Aggregate Commitment exceeds
the
Aggregate Credit Exposure.
SECTION
2.09. Competitive
Bid Procedure.
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(a) Competitive
Bid Request.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time prior to the
Termination Date, the Borrower may request Competitive Bids and may (but shall
not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive
Loans, provided
that (i)
in no event may the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding Competitive
Loans exceed $300,000,000 and (ii) in no event may the Aggregate Credit Exposure
exceed the Aggregate Commitment. To request Competitive Bids, the Borrower
shall
notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone not later than
11:00 a.m., New York time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed
Competitive Loan; provided
that the
Borrower may submit up to (but not more than) three (3) Competitive Bid Requests
on the same day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within five
Business Days after the date of any previous Competitive Bid Request, unless
any
and all such previous Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or
all
Competitive Bids received in response thereto rejected. Each such telephonic
Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy
to the Administrative Agent of a written Competitive Bid Request in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such
telephonic and written Competitive Bid Request shall specify the following
information:
(i) the
aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Loan;
(ii) the
Borrowing Date of such Competitive Loan, which shall be a Business
Day;
(iii) the
Interest Period to be applicable to such Competitive Loan, which shall be a
period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
and
(iv) the
location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
2.05.
Promptly
following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this Section,
the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details thereof by
telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive Bids.
(b) Competitive
Bid.
Each
Lender may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive
Bids to the Borrower in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive
Bid by a Lender must be in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and
must
be received by the Administrative Agent by telecopy not later than 10:00 a.m.,
New York time on the proposed date of such Competitive Loan. Competitive Bids
that do not conform substantially to the form approved by the Administrative
Agent may be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent
shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as practicable. Each Competitive
Bid shall specify (i) the principal amount (which shall be a minimum of
$5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and which may equal the entire
principal amount of the Competitive Loan requested by the Borrower) of the
Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to make, (ii) the
Competitive Bid Rate or Competitive Bid Rates at which the Lender is prepared
to
make such Competitive Loan or Competitive Loans (expressed as a percentage
rate
per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) and
(iii) the Interest Period applicable to each such Competitive Loan and the
last
day thereof.
(c) Notice
of Competitive Bid.
The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower by telecopy not later than 10:30
a.m., New York time, on the proposed date of the Competitive Loan of the
Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in each Competitive
Bid
and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such Competitive
Bid.
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(d) Acceptance
of Competitive Bid.
Subject
only to the provisions of this paragraph, the Borrower may accept or reject
any
Competitive Bid. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by
telephone, confirmed by telecopy in a form approved by the Administrative Agent,
whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject each Competitive
Bid not later than 11:30 a.m., New York time, on the proposed date of the
Competitive Loan; provided
that (i)
the failure of the Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a
rejection of each Competitive Bid, (ii) the Borrower shall not accept a
Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower
rejects a Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the
aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not
exceed the aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Loan specified in
the
related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with
clause (iii) above, the Borrower may accept Competitive Bids at the same
Competitive Bid Rate in part, which acceptance, in the case of multiple
Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in
accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid, and (v) except pursuant
to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive
Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000
and an integral multiple of $1,000,000; provided further
that if
a Competitive Loan must be in an amount less than $5,000,000 because of the
provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum
of
$1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and in calculating the pro rata
allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple Competitive Bids at a
particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to clause (iv) above the amounts shall
be rounded to integral multiples of $1,000,000 in a manner determined by the
Borrower. A notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph shall be
irrevocable.
(e) Notice
of Acceptance of Competitive Bid.
The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each bidding Lender by telecopy
whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount
and
Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder will thereupon
become bound, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to make and, subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, shall advance on the Borrowing Date set
forth in the applicable Competitive Bid Request the Competitive Loan in respect
of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.
(f) Acceptance
Irrevocable.
The
Borrower’s acceptance of a Competitive Bid shall be irrevocable and binding on
the Borrower and the Borrower shall indemnify the applicable Lender or Lenders
against any loss or expense incurred by such Lender or Lenders as a result
of
any failure to fulfill the applicable conditions set forth in Section
5.02
on or
before the proposed Borrowing Date of such proposed Competitive Loan, including,
without limitation, any loss (including loss of profit) or expense incurred
by
reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired
by
such Lender or Lenders to fund the Competitive Loan to be made by such Lender
or
Lenders when that Competitive Loan, as a result of that failure, is not made
on
that date.
(g) Competitive
Bids by Administrative Agent.
If the
Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity
as
a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the Borrower at
least
one quarter of an hour earlier than the time by which the other Lenders are
required to submit their Competitive Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to paragraph (b) of this Section.
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(h) No
Effect on Commitment.
The
Commitment of a Lender that makes a Competitive Loan shall not be reduced or
otherwise affected by the making of such Competitive Loan.
SECTION
2.10. Swing
Line Loans.
(a) Swing
Line Commitment.
In
addition to the Revolving Advances pursuant to Sections
2.01
and
Competitive Bid Loans pursuant to Section
2.09,
but
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including but not limited
to those limitations set forth in Section
2.01),
the
Swing Line Bank agrees to make the Swing Line Loans to the Borrower in
accordance with this Section
2.10
up to
the amount of the Swing Line Commitment. Swing Line Loans shall not be limited
by the amount of the Swing Line Bank’s Commitment but shall be subject to the
limitations set forth in Section
2.10.
Amounts
borrowed under this Section
2.10
may be
borrowed, repaid and reborrowed to, but not including, the Termination Date.
All
outstanding Swing Line Loans shall bear interest at the Alternate Base
Rate.
(b) Swing
Line Request.
The
Borrower may request a Swing Line Loan from the Swing Line Bank on any Business
Day before the Termination Date by giving the Administrative Agent and the
Swing
Line Bank notice by 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Borrowing Date specifying
the aggregate amount of such Swing Line Loan, which shall be an amount not
less
than $500,000. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of
such request.
(c) Making
of Swing Line Loans.
The
Swing Line Bank shall, no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Borrowing
Date, make the funds for such Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower at
the
Administrative Agent’s address, or at such other place as indicated in written
money transfer instructions from the Borrower, signed by an Authorized
Officer.
(d) Swing
Line Note.
The
Swing Line Loans shall be evidenced by the Swing Line Note and each Swing Line
Loan shall be paid in full by the Borrower on or before the earlier of the
fifth
Business Day after the Borrowing Date for such Swing Line Loan or the
Termination Date.
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(e) Repayment
of Swing Line Loans.
The
Borrower may at any time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Swing
Line Loans, or, in a minimum amount of $500,000, any portion of the outstanding
Swing Line Loans upon notice to the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line
Bank. In addition, the Administrative Agent: (i) may at any time in its sole
discretion or (ii) shall on the fifth Business Day after the Borrowing Date
for
such Swing Line Loan, require the Lenders (including the Swing Line Bank) to
make a Revolving Advance at the Alternate Base Rate in an amount up to the
amount of Swing Line Loans outstanding on such date for the purpose of repaying
Swing Line Loans; provided,
however,
that
the obligation of each Lender to make any such Revolving Advance is subject
to
the condition that the Swing Line Bank believed in good faith that all
conditions under Section
5.02
were
satisfied at the time the Swing Line Loan was made. If the Swing Line Bank
receives notice from any Lender that a condition under Section
5.02
has not
been satisfied, no Swing Line Loan shall be made until (A) such notice is
withdrawn by that Lender or (B) the Required Lenders have waived satisfaction
of
any such condition. The Lenders shall deliver the proceeds of such Revolving
Advance to the Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the
applicable Borrowing Date for application to the Swing Line Bank’s outstanding
Swing Line Loans. Subject to the proviso contained in the second sentence of
this Section
2.10(e),
each
Lender’s obligation to make available its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving
Advance referred to in this Section shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstances, including without limitation, (1)
any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender
may have against the Swing Line Bank, or anyone else, (2) the occurrence or
continuance of an Event of Default or Unmatured Default, (3) any adverse change
in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or (4) any Event
whatsoever. If for any reason a Lender does not make available its Pro Rata
Share of the foregoing Revolving Advance, such Lender shall be deemed to have
unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Swing Line Bank, without
recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in each Swing
Line
Loan then being repaid, equal to its Pro Rata Share of all such Swing Line
Loans
being repaid, so long as such purchase would not cause such Lender to exceed
its
Commitment. If any portion of any amount paid (or deemed paid) to the
Administrative Agent is recovered by or on behalf of the Borrower from the
Administrative Agent in bankruptcy or otherwise, the loss of the amount so
recovered shall be shared ratably among all Lenders in accordance with their
respective Pro Rata Shares.
SECTION
2.11. Rate
after Maturity.
Any
Loan which is not paid at maturity for such Loan, whether by acceleration or
otherwise, shall bear interest until paid in full at a rate per annum equal
to
the Default Rate.
SECTION
2.12. Method
of Payment.
All
payments of principal, interest, and fees hereunder shall be made, without
setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the
Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s address specified pursuant to
Article
XIII,
or at
any other Lending Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing
by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, by 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on
the
date when due and (except in the case of payments in respect of Swing Line
Loans
which shall be paid to the Swing Line Bank and payments in respect of
Competitive Loans which shall be paid to the Lenders holding such Competitive
Loans) shall, upon receipt by the Administrative Agent be paid ratably by the
Administrative Agent among the Lenders with respect to their Loans. Each payment
delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender shall be
delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type
of funds which the Administrative Agent received at its address specified
pursuant to Article
XIII
or at
any Lending Installation specified in a notice received by the Administrative
Agent from such Lender. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to charge
any account of the Borrower maintained with JPMorgan Chase Bank for each payment
of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder. The Administrative
Agent shall endeavor in good faith to provide telephonic notice to Borrower
prior to any such charge, but the Administrative Agent shall not be liable
to
Borrower or any other Person if Administrative Agent fails to provide any such
notice. If and to the extent payment owed to any Lender is not made by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or that Lender, as the case may be, when
due hereunder or under any Loan held by that Lender, the Borrower further
authorizes such Lender to charge from time to time against any or all of the
accounts maintained by the Borrower with the Lender, its subsidiaries,
affiliates or branches any amount so due, subject to the provisions of
Article
XI.
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SECTION
2.13. Notes;
Telephonic Notices.
(a) Any
Lender may request, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, that any
Loans made or to be made by it hereunder each be evidenced by a Note or Notes
payable to such Lender, and, in such event, the Borrower shall execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent a Revolving Loan Note or Competitive Loan
Note (as the case may be) payable to the order of such Lender. Upon the
execution and delivery of (i) a Revolving Loan Note, the Revolving Loans
theretofore or thereafter made by such Lender shall be evidenced by the
applicable Revolving Loan Note payable to such Lender and (ii) a Competitive
Loan Note, the Competitive Loans theretofore or thereafter payable to such
Lender shall be evidenced by such Competitive Loan Note.
(b) The
Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to extend, convert or
continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds
based on telephonic notices made by any person that the Administrative Agent
in
good faith believes to be an Authorized Officer designated herein or otherwise
in writing by the Borrower. All actions taken by the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent upon such telephonic notices are hereby approved by the
Borrower, and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall incur no liability
as a result of any such actions. The Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to
the
Administrative Agent a written confirmation, if such confirmation is requested
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, of each telephonic notice signed
by
an Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation differs in any material
respect from the action taken by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
the
records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest
error.
SECTION
2.14. Interest
Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis.
Interest accrued on each ABR Advance and Swing Line Loan shall be payable on
each Monthly Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after
the date hereof, on any date on which the ABR Advance or Swing Line Loan is
prepaid, whether due to acceleration or otherwise, and on the Termination Date.
Interest accrued on that portion of the outstanding principal amount of any
ABR
Advance converted into a Eurodollar Advance on a day other than a Monthly
Payment Date shall be payable on the date of conversion. Interest accrued on
each Eurodollar Advance and Competitive Loan shall be payable on the last day
of
its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the Eurodollar Advance
or
Competitive Loan is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at
maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance having an Interest Period
longer than three months shall also be payable on the last day of each
three-month interval during such Interest Period. Interest on ABR Loans, Swing
Line Loans and Competitive Loans, Facility Fees and Facility Letter of Credit
Fees shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 365-day
(or,
if applicable, 366-day) year; interest on Eurodollar Advances shall be
calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year. Interest
shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any
payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York
time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest on
an
Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a
principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing
interest in connection with such payment.
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SECTION
2.15. Notification
of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment
Reductions.
Promptly after receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender
of the contents of each notice of reduction of the Aggregate Commitment received
by the Administrative Agent and will notify each Lender of the contents of
each
Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice and repayment notice received
by the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent will notify
each
Lender of the interest rate applicable to each Eurodollar Advance promptly
upon
determination of such interest rate.
SECTION
2.16. Lending
Installations.
Each
Lender may book its Loans at any Lending Installation selected by such Lender
and may change its Lending Installation from time to time. All terms of this
Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Installation and the Notes shall
be
deemed held by each Lender for the benefit of such Lending Installation. Each
Lender may, by written or telex notice to the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower, designate a Lending Installation through which Loans will be made
by
it and for whose account Loan payments are to be made.
SECTION
2.17. Increase
in Aggregate Commitment.
(a) Request
for Increase.
The
Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, request, by notice to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent’s approval of an increase of the
Aggregate Commitment (a “Commitment Increase”) within the limitations hereafter
described, which request shall set forth the amount of each such requested
Commitment Increase. Within twenty (20) days of such request, the Administrative
Agent shall advise the Borrower of its approval or disapproval of such request;
failure to so advise the Borrower shall constitute disapproval. If the
Administrative Agent approves any such Commitment Increase, then the Aggregate
Commitment may be so increased (up to the amount of such approved Commitment
Increase) by having one or more New Lenders increase the amount of their then
existing Commitments or become Lenders. Any Commitment Increase shall be subject
to the following limitations and conditions: (i) any increase (in the aggregate)
in the Aggregate Commitment and the amount (in the aggregate) of any new
Commitment and/or any amount (in the aggregate) of any increase in the
Commitment of any New Lender, shall not be less than $5,000,000 (and shall
be in
integral multiples of $1,000,000 if in excess thereof); (ii) no Commitment
Increase pursuant to this Section
2.17
shall
increase the Aggregate Commitment to an amount in excess of $3,200,000,000;
(iii) the Borrower and each New Lender shall have executed and delivered a
commitment and acceptance (the “Commitment and Acceptance”) substantially in the
form of Exhibit
G
hereto,
and the Administrative Agent shall have accepted and executed the same; (iv)
the
Borrower shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent such
Note
or Notes as any such New Lender shall request to reflect such Commitment
Increase; (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent
opinions of counsel (substantially similar to the forms of opinions provided
for
in Section
5.01
modified
to apply to the Commitment Increase and each Note and Commitment and Acceptance
executed and delivered in connection therewith); (vi) the Guarantors shall
have
consented in writing to the Commitment Increase and shall have agreed that
their
Guaranties continue in full force and effect; and (vii) the Borrower and each
New Lender shall otherwise have executed and delivered such other instruments
and documents as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested in
connection with such Commitment Increase. The form and substance of the
documents required under clauses
(iii)
through
(vii)
above
shall be fully acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
shall provide written notice to all of the Lenders hereunder of any Commitment
Increase.
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(b) Revolving
Loans by New Lenders.
Upon
the effective date of any increase in the Aggregate Commitment pursuant to
the
provisions hereof, which effective date shall be mutually agreed upon by the
Borrower, each New Lender and the Administrative Agent, each New Lender shall
make a payment to the Administrative Agent in an amount sufficient, upon the
application of such payments by all New Lenders to the reduction of the
outstanding Revolving Advances held by the Lenders, to cause the principal
amount outstanding under the Revolving Loans made by each Lender (including
any
New Lender) to be in the amount of its Pro Rata Share (upon the effective date
of such increase) of all outstanding Revolving Advances. The Borrower hereby
irrevocably authorizes each New Lender to fund to the Administrative Agent
the
payment required to be made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence
for
application to the reduction of the outstanding Revolving Loans held by the
other Lenders hereunder. If, as a result of the repayment of the Revolving
Advances provided for in this Section
2.17(b),
any
payment of a Eurodollar Advance occurs on a day which is not the last day of
the
applicable Interest Period, the Borrower will pay to the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of any of the Lenders holding a Eurodollar Loan any loss or
cost
incurred by such Lender resulting therefrom in accordance with Section
3.04.
Upon
the effective date of such increase in the Aggregate Commitment, all Revolving
Loans outstanding hereunder (including any Revolving Loans made by the New
Lenders on such date) shall be ABR Loans, subject to the Borrower’s right to
convert the same to Eurodollar Loans on or after such date in accordance with
the provisions of Section
2.07.
(c) New
Lenders’ Participation in Facility Letters of Credit.
Upon
the effective date of any increase in the Aggregate Commitment and the making
of
the Revolving Loans by the New Lenders in accordance with the provisions of
Section
2.17(b),
each
New Lender shall also be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally
purchased and received, without recourse or warranty, from the Lenders party
to
this Agreement immediately prior to the effective date of such increase, an
undivided interest and participation in any Facility Letter of Credit then
outstanding, ratably, such that each Lender (including each New Lender) holds
a
participation interest in each such Facility Letter of Credit in proportion
to
the ratio that such Lender’s Commitment (upon the effective date of such
increase in the Aggregate Commitment) bears to the Aggregate Commitment as
so
increased.
(d) No
Obligation to Increase Commitment.
Nothing
contained herein shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment
or
agreement on the part of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to give or
grant any Lender the right to increase its Commitment hereunder at any time
or a
commitment or agreement on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment
hereunder at any time, and no Commitment of a Lender shall be increased without
its prior written approval.
SECTION
2.18. Facility
Letters of Credit.
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(a) Obligation
to Issue.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties of the Borrower herein set forth, each Issuer
hereby agrees to issue upon the request of and for the account of the Borrower,
through such of the Issuer’s Lending Installations or Affiliates as the Issuer
and the Borrower may jointly agree, one or more Facility Letters of Credit
in
accordance with this Section
2.18
from
time to time during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on
the
fourteenth day prior to the Termination Date.
(b) Conditions
for Issuance.
In
addition to being subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in
Section
5.02,
the
obligation of an Issuer to issue, and the issuance of, any Facility Letter
of
Credit is subject to the satisfaction in full of the following
conditions:
(i) the
aggregate maximum amount then available for drawing under Facility Letters
of
Credit issued by such Issuer, after giving effect to the Facility Letter of
Credit requested hereunder, shall not exceed any limit imposed by law or
regulation upon such Issuer;
(ii) after
giving effect to the requested issuance of any Facility Letter of Credit, the
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations do not exceed the lesser of (A) the
Aggregate Letter of Credit Commitment, or (B) an amount equal to the amount
by
which the Aggregate Commitment exceeds the sum of all outstanding Revolving
Advances, all outstanding Competitive Loans and all outstanding Swing Line
Loans;
(iii) the
Facility Letter of Credit shall be a standby Letter of Credit and not a trade
Letter of Credit, shall only provide for drawings by sight draft and shall
be
issued in U.S. Dollars;
(iv) the
requested Facility Letter of Credit has an expiration date not later than
fourteen days prior to the Termination Date;
(v) the
Borrower shall have delivered to such Issuer at such times and in such manner
as
such Issuer may reasonably prescribe such documents and materials as may be
required pursuant to the terms of the proposed Facility Letter of Credit, and
the proposed Facility Letter of Credit shall be satisfactory to such Issuer
as
to form and content; and
(vi) as
of the
Issuance Date, no order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or
governmental authority shall purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain such
Issuer from issuing the Facility Letter of Credit and no law, rule or regulation
applicable to such Issuer and no request or directive (whether or not having
the
force of law) from any governmental authority with jurisdiction over the Issuer
shall prohibit or request that such Issuer refrain from the issuance of Letters
of Credit generally or the issuance of that Facility Letter of Credit (and
in
any such case, such Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower of such fact).
(c) Procedure
for Issuance.
(i) The
Borrower shall give an Issuer and the Administrative Agent at least three
Business Days’ prior written notice of any requested issuance of a Facility
Letter of Credit under this Agreement (a “Letter of Credit Request”). The Letter
of Credit Request shall be in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent,
the
Issuer and the Borrower and shall specify:
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(A)
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the
stated amount of the Facility Letter of Credit
requested;
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(B)
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the
effective date (which day shall be a Business Day) of issuance of
such
requested Facility Letter of Credit (the “Issuance
Date”);
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(C)
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the
date on which such requested Facility Letter of Credit is to expire
(which
date shall comply with the provisions of Section
2.18(b)(iv));
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(D)
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the
name of the Issuer chosen by the Borrower to issue the requested
Facility
Letter of Credit;
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(E)
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the
purpose for which such Facility Letter of Credit is to be issued;
and
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(F)
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the
Person for whose benefit the requested Facility Letter of Credit
is to be
issued.
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At
the
time the Letter of Credit Request is made, the Borrower shall also provide
the
Administrative Agent and the Issuer with a copy of the form (if specified by
the
beneficiary) of the Facility Letter of Credit it is requesting be issued. Such
Letter of Credit Request, to be effective, must be received by such Issuer
and
the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the last
Business Day on which a Letter of Credit Request can be given under this
Section
2.18(c)(i).
Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the Issuer shall confirm
with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from
the Borrower and, if not, the Issuer shall promptly provide the Administrative
Agent with a copy thereof.
(ii) Subject
to the terms and conditions of Section
2.18(b)
and
provided that (A) the applicable conditions set forth in Sections
5.01
and
5.02
hereof
have been satisfied and (B) the Issuer shall have received written or telephonic
notice from the Administrative Agent stating that the issuance of such Facility
Letter of Credit would not violate Section
2.18(b),
such
Issuer shall, on the Issuance Date, issue a Facility Letter of Credit on behalf
of the Borrower in accordance with the Issuer’s usual and customary business
practices unless the Issuer has actually received (1) written notice from the
Borrower specifically revoking the Letter of Credit Request with respect to
such
Facility Letter of Credit or (2) written notice from a Lender, which complies
with the provisions of Section
2.18(e)(i).
(iii) Each
Issuer shall promptly give the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written
notice or telex notice, or telephonic notice confirmed promptly thereafter
in
writing, of the issuance, amendment, extension of cancellation of a Facility
Letter of Credit (the “Issuance Notice”), together with (for the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent) a copy of such Facility Letter of Credit (or amendment
or extension thereof). Notices and copies of Facility Letters of Credit (or
amendments or extensions thereof) required to be furnished to the Administrative
Agent under this Section
2.18(c)(iii)
shall
also be delivered to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 2, Mail Code
IL1-0236, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000. Upon receipt of the Issuance Notice, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the issuance, amendment,
extension or cancellation of such Facility Letter of Credit, which notice shall
identify the Issuance Date, the Issuer, the amount and the expiration date
of
such Facility Letter of Credit (as amended or extended, if
applicable).
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(iv) An
Issuer
shall not extend or amend any Facility Letter of Credit or allow a Facility
Letter of Credit to be automatically extended unless the requirements of this
Section
2.18(c)
are met
as though a new Facility Letter of Credit was being requested and
issued.
(d) Payment
of Reimbursement Obligations; Duties of Issuers
(i) Each
Issuer shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which
shall promptly notify the Lenders) of any draw under a Facility Letter of Credit
and the Borrower shall reimburse such Issuer in accordance with Section
2.18(d)(iii).
Any
Reimbursement Obligation with respect to any Facility Letter of Credit shall
bear interest from the date on which the Issuer honors a drawing under such
Facility Letter of Credit until payment in full is received by such Issuer
at
(A) the Alternate Base Rate until the second succeeding Business Day after
such
date and (B) the Default Rate thereafter.
(ii) Any
action taken or omitted to be taken by an Issuer under or in connection with
any
Facility Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of bad faith,
willful misconduct or gross negligence as determined in a final judgment by
a
court of competent jurisdiction, shall not (A) put that Issuer under any
resulting liability to any Lender or (B) assuming that such Issuer has complied
with the procedures specified in Section
2.18(c),
all
conditions to the issuance of a Facility Letter of Credit have been satisfied
and any such Lender has not given a notice contemplated by Section
2.18(e)(i)
that
continues in full force and effect, relieve any such Lender of its obligations
hereunder to that Issuer. In determining whether to pay under any Facility
Letter of Credit, an Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the Lenders
or
to the Borrower other than to confirm that any documents required to be
delivered under such Facility Letter of Credit have been delivered in compliance
and that they comply on their face (including that any draw request has been
purportedly executed by an authorized signatory, if and to the extent such
a
requirement is specified in the related Facility Letter of Credit), with the
requirements of such Facility Letter of Credit.
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(iii) The
Borrower agrees to pay to each Issuer the amount of all Reimbursement
Obligations, interest and other amounts payable to such Issuer under or in
connection with any Facility Letter of Credit immediately when due (and in
any
event shall reimburse an Issuer for drawings under a Facility Letter of Credit
issued by it no later than two (2) Business Days after payment by that Issuer),
irrespective of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary may have at any time against any Issuer or any other Person,
under all circumstances, including without limitation, any of the following
circumstances:
(A)
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any
lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the
other
Loan Documents;
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(B)
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the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the
Borrower
or any Subsidiary may have at any time against a beneficiary named
in a
Facility Letter of Credit or, if such Facility Letter of Credit is
transferable, any transferee of any Facility Letter of Credit (or
any
Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative
Agent, the Issuer, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection
with this Agreement, any Facility Letter of Credit, the transactions
contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any
underlying transactions between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and
the
beneficiary named in any Facility Letter of
Credit);
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(C)
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any
draft, certificate or any other document presented under the Facility
Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect
(except to the extent any such invalidity or insufficiency is found
in a
final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Issuer).
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(D)
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the
surrender or impairment of any guaranty or security for the performance
or
observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents;
or
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(E)
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the
occurrence of any Event of Default or Unmatured
Default.
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(iv) As
among
the Borrower, the Issuers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the
Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the
Facility Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of the Facility
Letters of Credit (except such as are found in a final judgment by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of an Issuer). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing,
the Issuers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not be responsible
(absent gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection therewith, as
determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) for
(A)
the forms, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of
any
document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and
issuance of any Facility Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove
to be
in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged;
(B) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning
or
purporting thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason; (C) failure of the beneficiary of a Facility Letter
of Credit to comply fully with underlying conditions required in order to draw
upon such Facility Letter of Credit, so long a such beneficiary has presented
the omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any
messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise; (E) errors in
interpretation of technical terms; (F) misapplication by the beneficiary of
a
Facility Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Facility
Letter of Credit; or (G) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control
of any Issuer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
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(e) Participation.
(i) Upon
the
Closing Date, each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have irrevocably and
unconditionally purchased and received from the Issuer, without recourse or
warranty, an undivided interest and participation equal to its Pro Rata Share
of
the Existing Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, all rights and
obligations of the Issuer with respect thereto) and any security therefor or
guaranty pertaining thereto. Immediately upon issuance by an Issuer of any
Facility Letter of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section
2.18(c)
each
Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and
received from the Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest
and participation equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Facility Letter of Credit
(including, without limitation, all rights and obligations of the Issuer with
respect thereto) and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto,
provided,
that a
Letter of Credit issued by any Issuer shall not be deemed to be a Facility
Letter of Credit for purposes of this Agreement if the Administrative Agent
and
such Issuer shall have received written notice from any Lender on or before
the
Business Day prior to the date of its issuance of such Letter of Credit that
one
or more of the conditions contained in Sections
5.01
and
5.02
is not
then satisfied, and in the event an Issuer receives such notice, it shall have
no further obligation to issue any Facility Letter of Credit until such notice
is withdrawn by that Lender or the Issuer receives a notice from the
Administrative Agent that such condition has been effectively waived in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(ii) In
the
event that any Issuer makes any payment under any Facility Letter of Credit
and
the Borrower shall not have repaid such amount to such Issuer pursuant to
Section
2.18(d),
such
Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly
notify each Lender, of such failure, and each Lender shall promptly and
unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuer
the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the unreimbursed amount of any
such payment. The failure of any Lender to make available to the Administrative
Agent its Pro Rata Share of the unreimbursed amount of any such payment shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available
to
the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of the unreimbursed amount of any
payment on the date such payment is to be made, but no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make available to the
Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of the unreimbursed amount of any
payment on the date such payment is to be made.
(iii) Whenever
an Issuer receives a payment on account of a Reimbursement Obligation, including
any interest thereon, it shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent and
the
Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Lender which has funded its
participating interest therein, in immediately available funds, an amount equal
to its Pro Rata Share thereof.
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(iv) Upon
the
request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, an Issuer shall furnish
to
such Administrative Agent or Lender copies of any Facility Letter of Credit
to
which that Issuer is party and such other documentation as may reasonably be
requested by the Administrative Agent or Lender.
(v) The
obligations of a Lender to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the
account of an Issuer with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit shall be
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim,
set-off, qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under any
circumstances.
(vi) In
the
event any payment by the Borrower received by an Issuer with respect to a
Facility Letter of Credit and distributed by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders on account of their participations is thereafter set aside, avoided
or
recovered from that Issuer in connection with any such distribution, such Lender
shall, upon demand by that Issuer, contribute such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the amount set aside, avoided or recovered together with interest at the rate
required to be paid by that Issuer upon the amount required to be repaid by
it.
(f) Compensation
for Facility Letters of Credit.
(i) The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders,
a fee (the “Facility Letter of Credit Fee”) with respect to each Facility Letter
of Credit for the period from the Issuance Date thereof (or, in the case of
the
Existing Letters of Credit, the Closing Date) to and including the final
expiration date thereof, in a per annum amount equal to the product, calculated
on a daily basis for each day during such period, of (A) the undrawn amount
of
such Facility Letter of Credit for such day multiplied by (B) the Facility
Letter of Credit Fee Rate for such day, less 0.125% per annum. The Facility
Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears not later
than five (5) Business Days following Administrative Agent’s delivery to
Borrower of the quarterly statement of Facility Letter of Credit Fees and,
to
the extent any such fees are then due and unpaid, on the Termination Date.
The
Administrative Agent shall promptly remit such Facility Letter of Credit Fees,
when received by the Administrative Agent, to the Lenders (including the Issuer)
in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares thereof. The Facility Letter of Credit
Fees, once paid, shall not be refundable for any reason.
(ii) The
Borrower shall also pay to each Issuer, solely for its own account, as an
issuing fee, with respect to each Facility Letter of Credit issued by such
Issuer for the period from the Issuance Date thereof (or, in the case of the
Existing Letters of Credit, the Closing Date) to and including the final
expiration date thereof, in an amount equal to (A) the product, calculated
on a
daily basis for each day during such period, of (x) the undrawn amount of such
Facility Letter of Credit for such day multiplied by (y) 0.125% per annum,
plus
(B) in the case of any Facility Letter of Credit in a stated amount of less
than
$10,000.00, an additional fee in an amount to be agreed upon by the Borrower
and
the Issuer. The foregoing fees payable to the Issuer shall also be due and
payable quarterly in arrears on the date on which Facility Letter of Credit
Fees
are payable and, to the extent any such fees are then due and unpaid, on the
Termination Date. The foregoing fees, once paid, shall not be refundable for
any
reason. Each Issuer shall be entitled to receive its reasonable out-of-pocket
costs of issuing and servicing Facility Letters of Credit.
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(iii) The
Administrative Agent shall, with reasonable promptness following receipt from
all Issuers of the reports provided for in Section
2.18(g)
for the
months of March, June, September and December, respectively, deliver to the
Borrower a quarterly statement of the Letter of Credit Fees then due and
payable.
(g) Issuer
Reporting Requirements.
Each
Issuer shall, no later than the third (3rd)
Business Day following the last day of each month, provide to the Administrative
Agent a schedule of the Facility Letters of Credit issued by it, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, showing the
Issuance Date, account party, original face amount (if any) paid thereunder,
expiration date and the reference number of each Facility Letter of Credit
outstanding at any time during such month (and whether such Facility Letter
of
Credit is a Performance Letter of Credit or financial Letter of Credit) and
the
aggregate amount (if any) payable by the Borrower to such Issuer during the
month pursuant to Section
3.02.
Copies
of such reports shall be provided promptly to each Lender and the Borrower
by
the Administrative Agent. The reporting requirements hereunder are in addition
to those set forth in Section
2.18(c).
(h) Letter
of Credit Collateral Account.
From
and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
the
Borrower hereby agrees that it will, until the later of the Termination Date
or
the date on which all Facility Letters of Credit have expired and all
Obligations have been paid in full, maintain a special collateral account (the
“Letter of Credit Collateral Account”) at the Administrative Agent’s office at
the address specified pursuant to Article
XIII,
in the
name of the Borrower but under the sole dominion and control of the
Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders, as security for repayment of the Obligations, a security
interest in and to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account and any funds that
may hereafter be on deposit in such account pursuant to Section
9.03.
SECTION
2.19. Non-Receipt
of Funds by the Administrative Agent.
Unless
the Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent
prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative
Agent of (a) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (b) in the
case
of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative
Agent for the account of any one or more of the Lenders, that it does not intend
to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment
has
been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make
the
amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon
such
assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in
fact
made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment
shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent
the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each
day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available
by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers
such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender,
the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day or (ii) in the case of payment
by
the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
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SECTION
2.20. Withholding
Tax Exemption.
Each
Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America
or a state thereof (each a “Non-U.S. Lender”) agrees that (if it has not done so
prior to the Closing Date) it will, not more than five (5) Business Days after
the date of this Agreement, (i) deliver to each of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or a successor form) or, in the case of a Lender
claiming exemption from withholding of any United States federal income taxes
under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of
"portfolio interest," a certificate representing that such Lender is not (i)
a
"bank" for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, (ii) a ten-percent
shareholder of the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of
the
Code), or (iii) a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within
the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code), and a Form W-8BEN (or a successor
form), in all cases properly completed and duly executed, certifying in either
case that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement
without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes,
and
(ii) deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a United
States Internal Revenue Form W-8 or W-9, as the case may be, and certify that
it
is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax. Each
Non-U.S. Lender further undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (x) renewals or additional copies of such form (or any
successor form) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes
obsolete, and (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the
most recent forms so delivered by it, such additional forms or amendments
thereto as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent. All forms or amendments described in the preceding sentence shall certify
that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless
an
event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation)
has
occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be
required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such
Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form or amendment with
respect to it and such Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or
withholding of United States federal income tax.
SECTION
2.21. Unconditional
Obligation to Make Payment.
To the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower shall make all payments hereunder,
under the Notes and under all of the other Loan Documents regardless of any
defense or counterclaim, including any defense or counterclaim based on any
law,
rule or policy which is now or hereafter promulgated by any governmental
authority or regulatory body and which may adversely affect the Borrower’s
obligations to make, or the right of the holder of any Note to receive, those
payments.
SECTION
2.22. Compensating
Balances.
JPMorgan Chase Bank shall have the right (but no obligation) to enter into
a
separate agreement with the Borrower which provides for the reduction of the
interest rate payable to JPMorgan Chase Bank hereunder in the event that the
Borrower maintains collected balances in non-interest bearing accounts at
JPMorgan Chase Bank, but in no event shall such agreement affect the amounts
payable under this Agreement to any other Lender. Similarly, each other Lender
shall have the right (but no obligation) to enter into a separate agreement
with
the Borrower which provides for the rebate to Borrower of a portion of the
interest paid to such Lender under this Agreement in the event that the Borrower
maintains collected balances in non-interest bearing accounts at such Lender,
but in no event shall any such agreement affect the amounts payable under this
Agreement to such Lender.
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SECTION
2.23. Extension
of Termination Date.
Not
more than once in any fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower may request
a
one-year extension of the Termination Date by submitting a written request
for
an extension to the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Request”), provided
the
Extension Request shall be delivered not later than one year before the
Termination Date and that the requested Termination Date shall be no more than
five (5) years after the date on which the Extension Request is received.
Promptly following receipt of a Extension Request, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender of the contents thereof, shall request each Lender
to
approve the Extension Request, and shall specify the date (which must be at
least 30 days after the Extension Request is delivered to the Lenders) as of
which the Lenders must respond to the Extension Request (the “Reply Date”). If
Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares equal or exceed in the aggregate 66-2/3% of all
Pro Rata Shares do not consent in writing to such extension on or before the
Reply Date, the Extension Request shall be denied. If such written consent
is
received on or before the Reply Date from Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares equal
or
exceed in the aggregate 66 2/3% of all Pro Rata Shares, the Termination Date
shall be extended by one year as requested in such Extension Request, but such
extension shall only apply to the Lenders that have so consented and shall
not
apply to any Lender that has not so consented (each, a “Non-Consenting Lender”).
Except to the extent that a Non-Consenting Lender is replaced (as provided
in
Section
2.24
hereof)
prior to the Termination Date (as determined prior to such Extension Request),
then on such date (i) the Commitment of each such Non-Consenting Lender shall
terminate, (ii) the Aggregate Commitment shall be reduced by the aggregate
amount of such terminated Commitments and (iii) all Loans and other Obligations
to each such Non-Consenting Lender shall be paid in full by the
Borrower.
If the
Aggregate Credit Exposure following the payment provided for in clause
(iii)
above
exceeds the Aggregate Commitment (as reduced as provided in clause
(ii)
above),
(A) the Borrower shall pay, on the date on which the Commitment of the
Non-Consenting Lender terminates, Loans in the amounts necessary to cause such
Aggregate Credit Exposure to equal but not exceed the Aggregate Commitment
(as
so reduced) and (B) if the outstanding Facility Letter of Credit Obligations
exceed the Aggregate Commitment (as so reduced), the Borrower shall pay to
the
Administrative Agent on such date an amount equal to the amount by which the
outstanding Facility Letter of Credit Obligations exceed the Aggregate
Commitment (as so reduced), which funds shall be held in the Letter of Credit
Collateral Account in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section
2.17(h).
SECTION
2.24. Replacement
of Certain Lenders.
In the
event a Lender (the “Affected Lender”) is a Non-Consenting Lender under
Section
2.23 or
a
non-consenting Lender under Section
13.06(b),
the
Borrower may, upon written notice to such Affected Lender and to the
Administrative Agent, require such Affected Lender to assign, and such Affected
Lender shall assign, within five Business Days after the date of such notice,
to
one or more assignees selected by the Borrower and that are Eligible Assignees
and otherwise comply with the provisions of Section
12.02
(each, a
“Replacement Lender”), all of such Affected Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including without limitation
its Commitments and all Loans owing to it) in accordance with Section
12.02.
With
respect to any such assignment, the Affected Lender shall concurrently with
such
assignment receive payment in full of all amounts due and owing to it hereunder
or under any of the other Loan Documents with respect to the Loans and
Commitments so assigned, including without limitation the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of such Loans owed to such Affected Lender, together with
accrued interest thereon through the date of such assignment, amounts payable
to
such Affected Lender under Article
III
with
respect to such Loans and all fees payable to such Affected Lender hereunder
with respect to such Loans and Commitments so assigned. Any assignment to a
Replacement Lender pursuant to the provisions of this Section
2.24
shall be
in accordance with the provisions of Section
12.02
hereof.
In no event shall any Lender have any obligation to issue a new or increased
Commitment to replace all or any part of any Commitment of any Non-Consenting
Lender or any non-consenting Lender under Section
13.06(b).
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ARTICLE
III
CHANGE
IN CIRCUMSTANCES
SECTION
3.01. Yield-Protection.
If the
adoption, on or after the Agreement Date, of any law or any governmental or
quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether
or
not having the force of law), or any change, on or after the Agreement Date,
in
interpretation thereof, or the compliance of any Lender (which term, for
purposes of this Article
III,
shall
be deemed to include each Issuer in such capacity) therewith,
(i) subjects
any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to any tax, duty, charge
or
withholding on or from payments due from the Borrower (excluding federal
taxation of the overall net income of any Lender or applicable Lending
Installation), or changes the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender in
respect of its Loans or other amounts due it hereunder, or
(ii) imposes
or increases or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge,
special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or
for
the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any applicable Lending
Installation (other than reserves and assessments taken into account in
determining the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Advances),
or
(iii) imposes
any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to any Lender
or
any applicable Lending Installation of making, funding or maintaining loans
(or
letters of credit or participations therein) or reduces any amount receivable
by
any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation in connection with loans
(or
letters of credit or participations therein), or requires any Lender or any
applicable Lending Installation to make any payment calculated by reference
to
the amount of loans (or letters of credit or participations therein) held or
interest received by it, by an amount deemed material by such
Lender,
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then,
within 15 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such Lender
that
portion of such increased expense incurred or reduction in an amount received
which such Lender determines is attributable to making, funding and maintaining
its Loans, its applicable Commitment, the Facility Letters of Credit or any
participations therein.
SECTION
3.02. Changes
in Capital Adequacy Regulation.
If a
Lender reasonably determines the amount of capital required or expected to
be
maintained by such Lender, any Lending Installation of such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender is increased as a result of a Change, and
such increase will have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a
level below that which such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be,
could have achieved but for such Change (taking into account such Lender’s or
such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital
adequacy and any payments made to such Lender pursuant to Section
3.01
which
relate to capital adequacy and assuming that such Lender’s capital was fully
utilized prior to such Change), then within 15 days of demand by such Lender,
the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such
Lender, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for
such reduction. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts
pursuant to this Section
3.02
it shall
promptly notify the Borrower through the Administrative Agent of the event
by
reason of which it has become so entitled, but in any event within 90 days,
after such Lender obtains actual knowledge thereof; provided
that
if
such Lender fails to give such notice within the 90-day period after it obtains
actual knowledge of such an event, such Lender shall, with respect to such
compensation in respect of any costs resulting from such event, only be entitled
to payment for costs incurred from and after the date 90 days prior to the
date
that such Lender does give such notice. A certificate setting forth in
reasonable detail the computation of any additional amount payable pursuant
to
this Section
3.02,
submitted by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent,
shall
be delivered to the Borrower promptly after the initial incurrence of such
additional amounts. “Change” means (i) any change after the Agreement Date in
the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines or (ii) any adoption of or change in any
other
law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline,
interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force of law) after
the
date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital required or expected
to be maintained by any Lender or any Lending Installation or any corporation
controlling any Lender or any Lending Institution. “Risk-Based Capital
Guidelines” means (i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United
States on the date of this Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii)
the
corresponding capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside
the United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee
on
Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices entitled “International Convergence
of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards,” including transition rules, and
any amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this
Agreement.
SECTION
3.03. Availability
of Types of Advances.
If any
Lender determines that maintenance of its Eurodollar Loans at a suitable Lending
Installation would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive,
whether or not having the force of law, or if the Administrative Agent
determines that (i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund
Eurodollar Advances are not available or (ii) the interest rate applicable
to a
Type of Revolving Advance does not accurately reflect the cost of making or
maintaining such Revolving Advance, then the Administrative Agent shall suspend
the availability of the affected Type of Revolving Advance and require any
Eurodollar Advances of the affected Type of Revolving Advance to be repaid
or to
be converted (in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) to any Type of
Revolving Advance which is not affected and is then available under this
Agreement.
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SECTION
3.04. Funding
Indemnification.
If any
payment of a Eurodollar Advance or Competitive Loan occurs on a date which
is
not the last day of the applicable Interest Period, whether because of
acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a Eurodollar Advance or Competitive
Loan is not made on the date specified by the Borrower for any reason other
than
default by the Lenders or applicable Lender, the Borrower will indemnify each
Lender for any loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including,
without limitation, any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits
acquired to fund or maintain the Eurodollar Advance or Competitive
Loan.
SECTION
3.05. Lender
Statements Survival of Indemnity.
To the
extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending
Installation with respect to its Eurodollar Loan to reduce any liability of
the
Borrower to such Lender under Sections
3.01
and
3.02
or to
avoid the unavailability of a Type of Revolving Advance under Section
3.03,
so long
as such designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Lender shall
deliver a written statement of such Lender as to the amount due, if any, under
Sections
3.01,
3.02
or
3.04.
Such
written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon
which such Lender determined such amount and shall be final, conclusive and
binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error. Determination of
amounts payable under such Sections in connection with a Eurodollar Loan or
Competitive Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender or the applicable
Lender or Lenders funded their Eurodollar Loans through the purchase of a
deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a
reference in determining the Eurodollar Rate applicable to such Loan or funded
their Competitive Loans through the purchase of a deposit of a maturity
corresponding to the Interest Period for such Competitive Loan, whether in
fact
that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount specified
in the written statement shall be payable on demand after receipt by the
Borrower of the written statement. The obligations of the Borrower under
Sections
3.01,
3.02
and
3.04
shall
survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
The
Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:
SECTION
4.01. Organization,
Powers, etc.
Each of
the Loan Parties (a) is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability
company (as applicable) duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good
standing under laws of its state of incorporation or formation, (b) has the
power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to
own
or hold under lease and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is duly
qualified or licensed to transact business in every jurisdiction in which such
qualification or licensing is necessary to enable it to enforce all of its
material contracts and other material rights and to avoid any material penalty
or forfeiture.
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SECTION
4.02. Authorization
and Validity of this Agreement, etc.
Each of
the Loan Parties has the power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties and the other Loan Documents to which
it is
a party and to perform all its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The
execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Notes and
by
each of the Loan Parties of the Guaranties and the other Loan Documents to
which
it is a party and its performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder
and any and all actions taken by the Loan Parties (a) have been duly authorized
by all requisite corporate action or other applicable limited partnership or
limited liability company action, (b) will not violate or be in conflict with
(i) any provisions of law (including, without limitation, any applicable usury
or similar law), (ii) any order, rule, regulation, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree or award of any court or other agency of government, or (iii) any
provision of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, certificate of limited
partnership or limited partnership agreement, or articles or certificate of
formation or operating agreement (as applicable), (c) will not violate, be
in
conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without the giving
of notice or the passage of time or both) a default under any material
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Loan Party is a party
or
by which it or any of its properties or assets is or may be bound (including
without limitation any indentures pursuant to which any debt Securities of
the
Borrower), and (d) except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, will
not
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon,
or
any security interest in, any of its properties or assets. Each of this
Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties and the other applicable Loan Documents
has
been duly executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Parties. The Loan
Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the applicable
Loan
Parties enforceable against the applicable Loan Parties in accordance with
their
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally.
SECTION
4.03. Financial
Statements.
The
Borrower heretofore has provided to the Lenders (i) the consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as November 30, 2005, and the related
consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the
12-month period ended on that date, audited and reported upon by Deloitte &
Touche, an independent registered public accounting firm (the “Borrower Audited
Financial Statements”), and (ii) the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower
as of May 31, 2006, and the consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the three-month period ended on that
date, unaudited but certified to be true and accurate (subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments) by the President and an Authorized Financial Officer
of the Borrower (the “Borrower Unaudited Financial Statements”). Those financial
statements and reports (subject, in the case of the Borrower Unaudited Financial
Statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments), and the related notes and
schedules (if any), (a) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, (b) present fairly the
consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of
the
date thereof, (c) show all material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of that date (including, without limitation,
liabilities for taxes and material commitments), and (d) present fairly the
consolidated shareholders’ equity, results of operations and cash flows of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the date and for the period covered
thereby.
SECTION
4.04. No
Material Adverse Effect.
Since
the date of the Borrower Audited Financial Statements, no event has occurred
which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
There are no material unrealized or expected losses in connection with loans,
advances and other commitments of the Loan Parties.
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SECTION
4.05. Title
to Properties.
Each of
the Loan Parties has good and marketable fee title, or title insurable by a
reputable and nationally recognized title insurance company, to the Real Estate
owned by it, and to all the other assets owned by it and either reflected on
the
balance sheet and related notes and schedules most recently delivered by the
Borrower to the Lenders (the “Recent Balance Sheet”) or acquired by it after the
date of that balance sheet and prior to the date hereof, except for those
properties and assets which have been disposed of since the date of the Recent
Balance Sheet or which no longer are used or useful in the conduct of its
business. All such Real Estate and other assets owned by the Loan Parties are
free and clear of all Mortgages, Liens, charges and other encumbrances (other
than Permitted Liens), except (i) in the case of Real Estate, as reflected
on
title insurance policies insuring the interest of the applicable Loan Party
in
the Real Estate or in title insurance binders issued with respect to the Real
Estate (some of which title insurance binders have expired but were valid at
the
time of acquisition of the relevant Real Estate), and (ii) as reflected in
the
Recent Balance Sheet, and none of those Mortgages, Liens, charges or other
encumbrances, individually or in the aggregate, prevents or has a Material
Adverse Effect upon the use by the Loan Parties of any of their respective
properties or assets as currently conducted or as planned for the
future.
SECTION
4.06. Litigation.
There
is no action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, inquiry or investigation (whether
or not purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting
the
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is
in
default with respect to any final judgment, writ, injunction, decree, rule
or
regulation of any court or federal, state, municipal or other governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic
or
foreign, which default would or could have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither
the Borrower nor any of the other Loan Parties has any material contingent
obligations not provided for or disclosed in the Borrower Audited Financial
Statements or Borrower Unaudited Financial Statements or in any financial
statements delivered hereafter in accordance with this Agreement.
SECTION
4.07. Payment
of Taxes.
There
have been filed all federal, state and local tax returns with respect to the
operations of the Loan Parties which are required to be filed, except where
extensions of time to make those filings have been granted by the appropriate
taxing authorities and the extensions have not expired. The Loan Parties have
paid or caused to be paid to the appropriate taxing authorities all taxes as
shown on those returns and on any assessment received by any of them, to the
extent that those taxes have become due, except for taxes the failure to pay
which do not violate the provisions of Section
6.03
hereof.
The Internal Revenue Service has completed an examination of the Borrower’s
federal income tax returns for the years ended 1980 through 2001, and the
Borrower has paid all additional taxes, assessments, interest and penalties
with
respect to such years, provided,
however,
that,
with respect to the years 2000 and 2001, (a) the Borrower has appealed the
adjustments made by the Internal Revenue Service and has fully reserved for
such
adjustments and interest thereon and (b) no penalties have been assessed or
are
anticipated by the Borrower.
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SECTION
4.08. Agreements.
Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a party to any agreement or instrument or
is
subject to any charter or other restriction that could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect on it. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary
is
in material default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of
the
obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any material agreement or
instrument to which it is a party, and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and in the other Loan Documents will not cause any Loan
Party to be in material default thereof.
SECTION
4.09. Foreign
Direct Investment Regulations.
Neither
the making of the Advances nor the repayment thereof nor any other transaction
contemplated hereby will involve or constitute a violation by any Loan Party
of
any provision of the Foreign Direct Investment Regulations of the United States
Department of Commerce or of any license, ruling, order, or direction of the
Secretary of Commerce thereunder.
SECTION
4.10. Federal
Reserve Regulations.
(a) Regulations
U and X.
Neither
the Borrower nor any other Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of
its
important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U
or
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States). Margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) constitutes less
than
25% of those assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are subject
to
any limitation on sale, pledge, or other restriction hereunder.
(b) Use
of
Proceeds.
No part
of the proceeds of any of the Advances will be used to purchase or carry any
such margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing
or
carrying any such margin stock. If requested by the Lenders, the Borrower shall
furnish to the Lenders a statement in conformity with the requirements of
Federal Reserve Form U-1 referred to in Regulation U of said Board of Governors.
No part of the proceeds of the Advances will be used for any purpose that
violates, or which is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation X of
said
Board of Governors.
SECTION
4.11. Consents,
etc.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
V
hereto,
no order, license, consent, approval, authorization of, or registration,
declaration, recording or filing (except for the filing of a Current Report
on
Form 8-K, and a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in each case with the Securities
and Exchange Commission) with, or validation of, or exemption by, any
governmental or public authority (whether federal, state or local, domestic
or
foreign) or any subdivision thereof is required in connection with, or as a
condition precedent to, the due and valid execution, delivery and performance
by
any Loan Party of this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties or the other Loan
Documents, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any
of
the respective terms, provisions or conditions thereof. To the extent that
any
franchises, licenses, certificates, authorizations, approvals or consents from
any federal, state or local (domestic or foreign) government, commission, bureau
or agency are required for the acquisition, ownership, operation or maintenance
by any Loan Party of properties now owned, operated or maintained by any of
them, those franchises, licenses, certificates, authorizations, approvals and
consents have been validly granted, are in full force and effect and constitute
valid and sufficient authorization therefor.
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SECTION
4.12. Compliance
with Applicable Laws.
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with and conform to all
statutes, laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, restrictions and all
other legal requirements of all domestic or foreign governments or any
instrumentality thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective
businesses or the ownership of their respective properties, the violation of
which would have a Material Adverse Effect on it, including, without limitation,
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal
Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, the Florida Land Sales Act or any
comparable statute in any other applicable jurisdiction. Neither the Borrower
nor any Subsidiary has received any notice to the effect that its operations
are
not in material compliance with any of the requirements of applicable
Environmental Laws or any applicable federal, state and local health and safety
statutes and regulations or the subject of any federal or state investigation
evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of
any
Hazardous Substances into the environment, which non-compliance or remedial
action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
4.13. Relationship
of the Loan Parties.
The
Loan Parties are engaged as an integrated group in the business of owning,
developing and selling Real Estate and of providing the required services,
credit and other facilities for those integrated operations. The Loan Parties
require financing on such a basis that funds can be made available from time
to
time to such entities, to the extent required for the continued successful
operation of their integrated operations. The Advances to be made to the
Borrower under this Agreement are for the purpose of financing the integrated
operations of the Loan Parties, and the Loan Parties expect to derive benefit,
directly or indirectly, from the Advances, both individually and as a member
of
the integrated group, since the financial success of the operations of the
Loan
Parties is dependent upon the continued successful performance of the integrated
group as a whole.
SECTION
4.14. Subsidiaries;
Joint Ventures.
Schedule
VI
hereto
contains a complete and accurate list of (a) all Subsidiaries of the Borrower,
including, with respect to each Subsidiary, (i) its state of incorporation,
(ii)
all jurisdictions (if any) in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation,
(iii) the number of shares of its Capital Stock outstanding, and (iv) the number
and percentage of those shares owned by the Borrower and/or by any other
Subsidiary, and (b) each Joint Venture, including, with respect to each such
Joint Venture, (i) its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) all other
jurisdictions in which it is qualified as a foreign entity and (c) all Persons
other than the Borrower that are parties thereto. All the outstanding shares
of
Capital Stock of each Subsidiary of the Borrower are validly issued, fully
paid
and nonassessable, except as otherwise provided by state wage claim laws of
general applicability. All of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each
Subsidiary owned by the Borrower or another Subsidiary as specified in
Schedule
VI
are
owned free and clear of all Liens, security interests, equity or other
beneficial interests, charges and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever, except
for Permitted Liens. Neither
the Borrower nor any other Loan Party owns of record or beneficially any shares
of the Capital Stock or other equity interests of any Person that is not a
Guarantor, except (x) Joint Ventures in which such Loan Party is permitted
to
invest pursuant to this Agreement, (y) Subsidiaries that are not Material
Subsidiaries and (z) Excluded Subsidiaries.
SECTION
4.15. ERISA.
Neither
the Borrower nor any other Loan Party is executing or delivering any of the
Loan
Documents or entering into any of the transactions contemplated hereby, directly
or indirectly, in connection with any arrangement or understanding in any
respect involving any “employee benefit plan” with respect to which the Borrower
or any other Loan Party is a “party in interest” within the meaning of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or a “disqualified person”,
within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code 1986, as amended. No Unfunded
Liabilities exist with respect to any Single Employer Plans. Each Plan complies
in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and
regulations, no Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, neither
the Borrower nor any other Loan Party nor any other members of the Controlled
Group has withdrawn from any Plan or initiated steps to do so, and no steps
have
been taken to reorganize or terminate any Plan.
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SECTION
4.16. Investment
Company Act.
Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower is an “investment company” or a
company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION
4.17. Intentionally
Omitted.
SECTION
4.18. Subordinated
Debt.
The
Obligations constitute senior indebtedness which is entitled to the benefits
of
the subordination provisions of all outstanding Subordinated Debt, which
outstanding Subordinated Debt as of the Closing Date is identified in
Schedule
VIII.
SECTION
4.19. Post-Retirement
Benefits.
The
present value of the expected cost of post-retirement medical and insurance
benefits payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to its employees and
former employees, as estimated by the Borrower in accordance with procedures
and
assumptions deemed reasonable by the Administrative Agent, does not exceed
$5,000,000.
SECTION
4.20. Insurance.
The
certificate signed by an Authorized Financial Officer of the Borrower, that
attests to the existence and adequacy of, and summarizes, the property,
casualty, and liability insurance programs carried by the Loan Parties and
that
has been furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
is complete and accurate. This summary includes the insurer’s or insurers’
name(s), policy number(s), expiration date(s), amount(s) of coverage, type(s)
of
coverage, exclusion(s), and deductibles. This summary also includes similar
information, and describes any reserves, relating to any self-insurance program
that is in effect.
SECTION
4.21. Environmental
Representations.
To the
best of the Borrower’s knowledge and belief, no Hazardous Substances in material
violation of any Environmental Laws are present upon any of the Real Estate
owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Real Estate which is encumbered
by any Mortgage held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and neither the Borrower
nor any Subsidiary has received any notice to the effect that any of the Real
Estate owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
operations are not in compliance with any of the requirements of applicable
Environmental Laws or are the subject of any federal or state investigation
evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of
any
Hazardous Substance into the environment which non-compliance or remedial action
could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION
4.22. Minimum
Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.
On the
Agreement Date, Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth exceeds the amount
required as of the Agreement Date under Section
7.01.
SECTION
4.23. No
Misrepresentation.
No
representation or warranty by any Loan Party contained herein or made hereunder
and no certificate, schedule, exhibit, report or other document provided or
to
be provided by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby (including, without limitation, the negotiation of and
compliance with the Loan Documents) contains or will contain a misstatement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
in
order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which made, not misleading.
ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
SECTION
5.01. Conditions
of Effectiveness.
This
Agreement shall become effective when (i) the Administrative Agent shall have
received counterparts of this Agreement executed by the Borrower and all Lenders
party hereto, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received the fees
provided to be paid pursuant to the Fee Letter and (iii) the Administrative
Agent shall have received each of the following items (with all documents
required below, except as otherwise specified, to be dated the Closing Date,
which date shall be the same for all such documents, and each of such documents
to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be
fully and properly executed by all parties thereto and the conditions specified
below shall have been satisfied:
(a) A
Revolving Loan Note payable to the order of each Lender that shall have
requested a Revolving Loan Note in accordance with this Agreement and the Swing
Line Note payable to the Swing Line Bank.
(b) From
each
Material Subsidiary, including any Subsidiary that has a Net Worth of less
than
$10,000,000 but is required to be a Guarantor hereunder by reason of the proviso
contained in the definition of “Material Subsidiary” (except the Excluded
Subsidiaries), a Guaranty executed and delivered as of the Closing Date.
(c) The
favorable written opinions addressed to the Lenders, and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from (i) Bilzin Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Price
& Xxxxxxx, LLP (counsel to the Borrower), with respect to the Borrower and
(ii) Bilzin Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Price & Xxxxxxx LLP or any other firm reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (as counsel for such other Loan Parties
as the Administrative Agent may require) which opinions shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower hereby instructs such
counsel to prepare their opinions and deliver such opinions to the Lenders
for
the benefit of the Lenders, and such opinions shall contain a statement to
such
effect.
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(d) The
following supporting documents with respect to the Borrower and (to the extent
required by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) each other Loan Party:
(i) a copy of its certificate or articles of incorporation or formation or
certificate of limited partnership (as applicable) certified as of a date
reasonably close to the Closing Date to be a true and accurate copy by the
Secretary of State of its state of incorporation or formation; (ii) a
certificate of that Secretary of State, dated as of a date reasonably close
to
the Closing Date, as to its existence and (if available) good standing; (iii)
a
certificate of the Secretary of State of each jurisdiction, other than its
state
of incorporation, in which it does business, as to its qualification as a
foreign corporation; (iv) a copy of its by-laws, partnership agreement or
operating agreement (as applicable), certified by its secretary or assistant
secretary, general partner, manager or other appropriate Person (as applicable)
to be a true and accurate copy of its by-laws, partnership agreement or
operating agreement (as applicable) in effect on the Closing Date; (v) a
certificate of its secretary or assistant secretary, general partner, manager
or
other appropriate Person (as applicable), as to the incumbency and signatures
of
its officers or other Persons who have executed any documents on behalf of
such
Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(vi) a copy of resolutions of its Board of Directors, certified by its secretary
or assistant secretary to be a true and accurate copy of resolutions duly
adopted by such Board of Directors, or other appropriate resolutions or consents
of, its partners or members certified by its general partner or manager (as
applicable) to be true and correct copies thereof duly adopted, approved or
otherwise delivered by its partners or members (to the extent necessary and
applicable), each of which is certified to be in full force and effect on the
Closing Date, authorizing the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement
and
any Notes, Guaranties and other Loan Documents delivered on the Closing Date
to
which it is a party and the performance by it of all its obligations thereunder;
and (vii) such additional supporting documents and other information with
respect to its operations and affairs as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request.
(e) Certificates
signed by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower stating that: (i) the
representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article
IV
hereof
are correct and accurate on and as of the Closing Date as though made on and
as
of the Closing Date and (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing which
constitutes an Event of Default or Unmatured Default hereunder.
(f) The
certified financial statements provided for in Section
6.04(b)
hereof
for the quarter ending May 31, 2006.
(g) The
certified report provided for in Section
6.04(i)
hereof
for the quarter ending May 31, 2006.
(h) An
Affidavit confirming the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes
outside the State of Florida.
(i) Evidence
of payment in full of all amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit
Agreement.
(j) Such
other documents as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably
request.
SECTION
5.02. Conditions
Precedent to All Advances and Facility Letters of Credit.
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(a) No
Lender
shall be required to make any Advance (but excluding any Revolving Advance
that,
after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof,
does
not increase the aggregate amount of outstanding Revolving Advances) and no
Issuer shall be required to issue any Facility Letter of Credit, unless on
the
applicable Borrowing Date or Issuance Date:
(i) the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice of Borrower’s request for the
Advance as provided in Section
2.06(a)
or
Letter of Credit Request as provided in Section
2.18(a)
and such
other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request;
(ii) the
representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article
IV
hereof
are true and correct as of such Borrowing Date or Issuance Date; provided,
however, that
for
the purposes hereof, (A) from and after the date of delivery by the Borrower
pursuant to Section
6.04(a)
of the
consolidated financial statements for the year ended November 30, 2006, the
references in Section
4.03
to
“Borrower Audited Financial Statements” shall be deemed to be references to the
annual audited financial statements most recently delivered by the Borrower
pursuant to Section
6.04(a)
as of
the date of the request for a Advance or Letter of Credit Request and (B) from
and after that date of delivery by the Borrower pursuant to Section
6.04(b)
of its
consolidated financial statements for the quarter ending August 31, 2006, the
references in Section
4.03
to
“Borrower Unaudited Financial Statements” shall be deemed to be references to
the quarterly unaudited financial statements most recently delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to Section
6.04(b)
as of
the date of that request for an Advance or Letter of Credit Request and
provided,
further,
that
the representation and warranty contained in the first sentence of Section
4.04
shall not be required to be true and correct as of the Borrowing Date for an
Advance of which the proceeds are used solely to repay maturing commercial
paper
issued by the Borrower;
(iii) All
legal
matters incident to the making of such Advance shall be satisfactory to the
Lenders and their counsel;
(iv) There
exists no Event of Default or Unmatured Default, except for Subsidiary Unmatured
Defaults; provided
the
Borrower certifies (either in the Borrowing Notice or in a separate certificate
addressed to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders) that
(a)
such Subsidiary Unmatured Defaults are not reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect and (b) the Borrower reasonably expects to cure such Subsidiary
Unmatured Defaults before the date on which the same become an Event of Default,
which certification shall provide reasonable detail regarding the Subsidiary
Unmatured Defaults and the Borrower’s proposed cure thereof. The Administrative
Agent shall furnish a copy of such certification to the Lenders;
and
(v) The
making of the Advance or issuance of the Facility Letter of Credit will not
result in any Event of Default or Unmatured Default.
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(b) Each
Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Advance and each Letter of Credit
Request shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that
all
of the conditions contained in this Section
5.02
have
been satisfied.
ARTICLE
VI
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that from the date hereof until payment in full
of
all the Obligations, termination of all Facility Letters of Credit and
termination of all Commitments, unless the Required Lenders otherwise shall
consent in writing as provided in Section
13.06
hereof,
the Borrower will, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties (and, where
so
specified, each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries) to:
SECTION
6.01. Existence,
Properties, etc.
Do or
cause to be done all things or proceed with due diligence with any actions
or
courses of action which may be necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and
effect its existence under the laws of their respective states of incorporation
or formation and all qualifications or licenses in jurisdictions in which such
qualification or licensing is required for the conduct of its business or in
which the Lenders shall request such qualification; provided,
however, that
nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit (a) a Loan Party from (i) merging
into or consolidating with any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary of
the
Borrower; provided
(A)
the
Borrower is the surviving entity in the case of a merger involving the Borrower
and (B) the surviving entity in the case of a merger involving a Loan Party
and
a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party is, or upon such merger becomes, a Loan
Party and (ii) declaring and paying dividends in complete liquidation or (b)
a
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party from merging into or consolidating with
any
other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party. The Borrower will, and will cause
each Subsidiary to, carry on and conduct its business in substantially the
same
manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently
conducted and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each
jurisdiction in which its business is conducted. The primary business of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall at all times be the acquisition, development
and sale of real estate assets.
SECTION
6.02. Notice.
Give
prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent of (a) any proceeding
instituted by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any federal
or state court or before any commission or other regulatory body, federal,
state
or local, or any such proceedings threatened against the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in writing by any federal, state or other governmental agency, which,
if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on any Loan Party, and (b) any other Event which could reasonably be
expected to lead to or result in a Material Adverse Effect on any Loan Party,
or
which, with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both,
would constitute an Event of Default or a default (beyond all applicable grace
and cure periods) under any material agreement other than this Agreement to
which any Loan Party is a party or by which any of its properties or assets
is
or may be bound.
SECTION
6.03. Payments
of Debts, Taxes, etc.
Pay all
its debts and perform all its obligations promptly and in accordance with the
respective terms thereof, and pay and discharge or cause to be paid and
discharged promptly all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies
imposed upon any Loan Party or upon any of their respective incomes or receipts
or upon any of their respective properties before the same shall become in
default or past due, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies or otherwise which, if unpaid, might result in the imposition of a
Lien
or charge upon such properties or any part thereof; provided,
however, that
it
shall not constitute a violation of the provisions of this Section
6.03
if any
Loan Party shall fail to perform any such obligation or to pay any such debt
(except for obligations for money borrowed), tax, assessment, governmental
charge or levy or claim for labor, materials or supplies which is being
contested in good faith, by proper proceedings diligently pursued, and as to
which adequate reserves have been provided.
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SECTION
6.04. Accounts
and Reports.
Maintain a standard system of accounting established and administered in
accordance with GAAP, and provide to the Lenders the following:
(a) as
soon
as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year
of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal year ending November 30, 2006),
a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end
of
that fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of earnings,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for that fiscal year, all with accompanying
notes and schedules, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
and
audited and reported upon by Deloitte & Touche or another firm of
independent certified public accountants of similar recognized standing selected
by the Borrower and acceptable to the Administrative Agent (such audit report
shall be unqualified except for qualifications relating to changes in GAAP
and
required or approved by the Borrower’s independent certified public
accountants);
(b) as
soon
as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first
three quarters, and within 120 days after the end of the fourth quarter, of
each
fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the quarter ending August 31,
2006), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
of
the end of that quarter, and the related consolidated statement of earnings
and
cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period from the
beginning of the fiscal year to the end of that quarter, all prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, unaudited but certified to be true
and accurate, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments, by an Authorized
Financial Officer of the Borrower;
(c) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements described in subsection
(a)
above, a
letter signed by that firm of independent certified public accountants to the
effect that, during the course of their examination, nothing came to their
attention which caused them to believe that any Event of Default or Unmatured
Default has occurred, or if such Event of Default or Unmatured Default has
occurred, specifying the facts with respect thereto; and concurrently with
the
delivery of the financial statements described in subsection
(b)
above, a
certificate signed by the President or Executive Vice President and an
Authorized Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that having read
this
Agreement, and based upon an examination which they deemed sufficient to enable
them to make an informed statement, there does not exist any Event of Default
or
Unmatured Default, or if such Event of Default or Unmatured Default has
occurred, specifying the facts with respect thereto;
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(d) within
30
days after the end of each quarter of each fiscal year of Borrower (commencing
with the quarter ending August 31, 2006), a report, in reasonable detail and
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth,
as
of the end of that quarter, with respect to each Project owned by the Loan
Parties, (i) the number of Housing Unit Closings, (ii) the number of Housing
Units either completed or under construction, specifying the number thereof
that
are Completed Housing Units, (iii) the number of Housing Units Under Contract,
provided,
however,
that
the foregoing report shall only be required if, as of the last day of the
applicable quarter or fiscal year, the Borrower does not have an Investment
Grade Rating from at least one of the three Rating Agencies;
(e) Concurrently
with the quarterly financial statements described in subsection
(b)
above,
an updated Schedule
VI
accurately identifying the Subsidiaries and Joint Venturers as of the last
day
of such fiscal quarter.
(f) within
90
days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a projection,
in
reasonable detail and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, on a quarterly basis, of the cash flow and of the earnings of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for that fiscal year and for the immediately
succeeding fiscal year;
(g) promptly
upon becoming available, copies of all financial statements, reports, notices
and proxy statements sent by the Borrower to its stockholders, and of all
regular and periodic reports and other material (including copies of all
registration statements and reports under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
filed by the Borrower with or furnished to any securities exchange or any
governmental authority or commission, except material filed with or furnished
to
governmental authorities or commissions relating to the development of Real
Estate in the ordinary course of the business of the Loan Parties and which
does
not relate to or disclose any Material Adverse Effect; the reports and financial
statements filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
by
the Borrower (and which are available online) shall be deemed to have been
provided by the Borrower under this Section
6.04;
(h) as
soon
as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each of the first
three quarters, and within 120 days after the end of the fourth quarter, of
each
fiscal year of each Joint Venture, a balance sheet of that Joint Venture as
of
the end of that quarter and a statement of earnings of that Joint Venture for
the period from the beginning of the fiscal year to the end of that quarter,
in
the form furnished by the Joint Venture;
(i) within
60
days after the end of each of the first three quarters, and within 90 days
after
the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the quarter ending
August 31, 2006 and fiscal year ending November 30, 2006), a report which
(subject to the last sentence of this subsection
(i))
shall
include the information and calculations provided for in Exhibit
H
attached
hereto and such other condition in reasonable detail and be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with calculations indicating
that the Borrower is in compliance, as of the last day of such quarterly or
annual period, as the case may be, with the provisions of Articles
VI
and
VII
of this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (but subject to
the
last sentence of this subsection
(i))
the
Borrower shall provide to the Lenders (i) a report calculating the Borrowing
Base in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, provided,
however,
that
the Borrower may, and upon request from the Administrative Agent shall, also
deliver such report as of the end of any calendar month, and, (ii) a report
containing the calculations necessary to indicate that the Borrower is in
compliance with the provisions of Sections
6.09
(if
applicable) and 7.14,
including (if applicable) a certification of the outstanding principal amount
of
all loans and advances made by any Loan Party to each of the applicable Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and that all such loans and advances
are duly evidenced by the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note in the possession
of Administrative Agent. The reports furnished pursuant to this subsection
(i)
shall be
certified to be true and correct by an Authorized Financial Officer of the
Borrower and shall also contain a representation and warranty by the Borrower
that it is in full compliance with the provisions of Article
VII
of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base report and the
report evidencing compliance with Section
7.02(a)
shall
only be required if, as of the last day of the applicable quarter or fiscal
year, the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from at least two
of
the three Rating Agencies, and the reports evidencing compliance with
Sections
6.09,
7.08
and
7.15
shall
only be required if, as of the last day of the applicable quarter or fiscal
year, the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from at least one
of
the three Rating Agencies;
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(j) if
requested by Administrative agent, within 270 days after the close of each
fiscal year a statement of the Unfunded Liabilities of each Single Employer
Plan, certified as correct by an actuary enrolled under ERISA, but the foregoing
statement shall be required only if any Single Employer Plan shall
exist;
(k) as
soon
as possible and in any event within 10 days after the Borrower knows that any
Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, a statement, signed
by
an Authorized Financial Officer of the Borrower, describing said Reportable
Event and the action which the Borrower proposes to take with respect
thereto;
(l) as
soon
as possible and in any event within 10 days after receipt thereof by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, a copy of (i) any notice or claim to the
effect that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to
any
Person as a result of the release by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries,
or
any other Person of any Hazardous Substance into the environment, and (ii)
any
notice alleging any violation of any Environmental law or any federal, state
or
local health or safety law or regulation by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(m) promptly
upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, an accurate legal
description with respect to any Real Estate included in the calculation of
the
Borrowing Base;
(n) concurrently
with the quarterly financial statements described in subsection
(b)
above
following the end of any quarter in which there occurred an event described
in
clause
(a),
(b)
or
(c)
of
Section
6.07
hereof
that requires a Subsidiary that is not then a Guarantor to become a Guarantor
under Section
6.07
hereof
(or at any time that the Borrower may elect to cause any other Subsidiary to
be
a Guarantor), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a
Supplemental Guaranty, substantially in the form provided for in the Guaranty,
executed by a duly authorized officer of such Subsidiary; (ii) a copy of the
certificate of incorporation or other organizational document of such
Subsidiary, certified by the secretary of state or other official of the state
or other jurisdiction of its incorporation; (iii) a copy of the bylaws of such
Subsidiary, certified by the secretary or other appropriate officer or partner
of such Subsidiary; and (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an
opinion of the Borrower’s counsel in the form provided for in Section
5.01(d),
modified to apply to the foregoing documents delivered hereunder;
and
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(o) such
supplements to the aforementioned documents and additional information
(including, but not limited to, leasing, occupancy and non-financial
information) and reports as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from
time
to time reasonably require.
SECTION
6.05. Access
to Premises and Records.
At all
reasonable times and as often as any Lender may reasonably request, permit
authorized representatives and agents (including accountants) designated by
that
Lender to (a) have access to the premises of the Borrower and each Subsidiary
and to their respective corporate books and financial records, and all other
records relating to their respective operations and procedures, (b) make copies
of or excerpts from those books and records and (c) upon reasonable notice
to
the Borrower, discuss the respective affairs, finances and operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries with, and to be advised as to the same by, their
respective officers and directors.
SECTION
6.06. Maintenance
of Properties and Insurance.
Maintain all its properties and assets in good working order and condition
and
make all necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereof so that its
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all
times; and maintain or require to be maintained (a) adequate insurance, by
financially sound and reputable insurers, on all properties of the Loan Parties
which are of character usually insured by Persons engaged in the same or a
similar business (including, without limitation, all Real Estate encumbered
by
Mortgages securing mortgage loans made by any Loan Party, to the extent normally
required by prudent mortgagees, and all Real Estate which is subject of an
Equity Investment by any Loan Party, to the extent normally carried by prudent
builder-developers) against loss or damage resulting from fire, defects in
title
or other risks insured against by extended coverage and of the kind customarily
insured against by those Persons, (b) adequate public liability insurance
against tort claims which may be incurred by any Loan Party, and (c) such other
insurance as may be required by law. Upon the request of the Administrative
Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Lenders full information as to the
insurance carried. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
6.06,
the
Borrower shall be permitted to self-insure against all property and casualty
risks associated with its construction of dwelling units up to a maximum
aggregate construction exposure for any Project not to exceed at any time 10%
of
Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.
SECTION
6.07. Financing;
New Investing.
Give
the Administrative Agent written notice of (a) the formation or acquisition
of
any Material Subsidiary, (b) the increase of the Net Worth of any Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) that results in
such
Subsidiary becoming a Material Subsidiary or (c) the increase in the aggregate
Net Worth of all Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) that are not
Guarantors to an amount in excess of $50,000,000, in each case not later than
ninety (90) days after such occurrence. In the case of an event described in
clause
(a)
or
(b)
above,
such Material Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor in accordance
with the provisions of Section
6.04(n)
and, in
the case of an event described in clause
(c)
above,
the applicable Subsidiary or Subsidiaries selected by the Borrower necessary
to
satisfy the requirements of the proviso contained in the definition of “Material
Subsidiary” shall be required to become Guarantors in accordance with
Section
6.04(n),
provided,
however, that
(A)
nothing in this Section
6.07
shall be
deemed to authorize the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to acquire or
otherwise invest in any Subsidiary if the same would violate any of the
limitations set forth in Article
VII
hereof
and (B) the Borrower may elect to cause a Subsidiary that is not required to
be
a Guarantor to become a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of
Section
6.04(n).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at any time
or
from time to time any event results in a Change in Status of a Guarantor, the
Borrower shall deliver notice thereof to the Administrative Agent, including
a
reasonably detailed description of the Change in Status and a statement of
the
effective date of the Change in Status. Such notice shall be delivered no later
than 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter during which such Change in
Status occurs; provided,
however,
that
with respect to any Change in Status occurring during the last quarter of
Borrower’s fiscal year, such notice shall be delivered no later than 120 days
after the end of such final fiscal quarter. Each Change in Status event shall
be
effective as of the effective date of such Change in Status, automatically,
without any further action by any party to this Agreement, and the Subsidiary
that is subject to such Change in Status shall no longer be a Guarantor. In
connection with each Change in Status, the Administrative Agent, on behalf
of
Lenders, shall promptly following receipt of written notice of Change in Status,
execute and deliver to the Borrower a written confirmation of such Change in
Status.
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SECTION
6.08. Compliance
with Applicable Laws.
Promptly and fully, comply with, conform to and obey all present and future
laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions,
decrees, awards and all other legal requirements applicable to the Borrower,
its
Subsidiaries and their respective properties, including, without limitation,
Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the
Federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, ERISA, the Florida Land
Sales
Act or any similar statute in any applicable jurisdiction, the violation of
which would have a Material Adverse Effect on any Loan Party.
SECTION
6.09. Advances
to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries.
At any
time at which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from at
least one of the three Rating Agencies, cause the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
to execute and deliver the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note in order to
evidence all loans and advances that then exist or are thereafter made by any
Loan Party to any of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries, respectively; deposit
the original Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note with Administrative Agent;
and
obtain written acknowledgments from each Mortgage Banking Subsidiary that the
aggregate of all loans and advances thereafter made by any applicable Loan
Party
to such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary shall be evidenced and governed by the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note held by Administrative Agent. At any time
at
which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from at least one
of
the three Rating Agencies, the principal amount of the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note held by Administrative Agent must equal or exceed the
aggregate principal amount of all loans and advances made by any Loan Party
to
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries, and upon the request of Administrative Agent
(but
no more frequently than monthly), the Borrower shall obtain and deliver to
the
Administrative Agent specific written acknowledgments from each of the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries to the effect that loans and advances theretofore made
by
any applicable Loan Party to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries are evidenced
by
the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note. In the event that at any time after
the
initial delivery of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note to the Administrative
Agent any Loan Party organizes or acquires any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary,
such
Mortgage Banking Subsidiary shall, upon such organization or acquisition, join
in and become a maker of a replacement Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note,
such
new Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note shall be deposited with the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
6.09,
and all
references in this Agreement to Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries shall thereafter
be deemed references to all such Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries.
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SECTION
6.10. Use
of
Proceeds.
Use and
cause to be used the proceeds of the Advances for working capital and general
corporate purposes (including repayment of maturing commercial paper of the
Borrower) and to finance Acquisitions consummated with the prior approval of
the
Board of Directors or a majority of the shareholders of the Person to be
acquired.
SECTION
6.11. REIT
Subsidiary.
For as
long as it remains a financing entity, cause the REIT Subsidiary at all times
to
maintain its status as a qualified real estate investment trust in accordance
with Section 856 of the Code.
ARTICLE
VII
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that from the date hereof until payment in full
of
all the Obligations, termination of all Facility Letters of Credit and
termination of the Commitments, unless the Required Lenders otherwise shall
consent in writing as provided in Section
13.06
hereof,
the Borrower will not, nor will it permit any other Loan Party (and, where
specified, any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries) to:
SECTION
7.01. Minimum
Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.
Permit
Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth at any time to be less than the sum
of
(a) $2,903,000,000, plus
(b) an
amount equal to the amount (if any) by which (i) 50% of the cumulative amount
of
positive Consolidated Net Income of the Loan Parties for each fiscal quarter
of
the Borrower ending after November 30, 2004 for which the Loan Parties, taken
as
a whole, had Consolidated Net Income exceeds (ii) the aggregate amount paid
by
the Borrower after November 30, 2004 to purchase or redeem its equity
Securities, plus
(c) an
amount equal to 50% of the aggregate amount of the increase in Adjusted
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth resulting from the issuance of equity Securities
of the Borrower after November 30, 2004. For purposes of this Section
7.01,
the
term “Consolidated Net Income,” when used in respect of any period, shall not
include any loss for such period.
SECTION
7.02. Limitation
on Indebtedness.
(a) Borrowing
Base Limitation.
At any
time at which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from at
least two of the Rating Agencies, permit the aggregate outstanding amount of
the
sum of all Borrowing Base Debt to exceed the Borrowing Base at such time (the
“Borrowing Base Limitation”).
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(b) Maximum
Leverage Ratio.
At any
time, permit the Leverage Ratio to equal or exceed sixty percent
(60%).
(c) Minimum
Interest Coverage Ratio.
At any
time, permit the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 2.00 to
1.00.
SECTION
7.03. Guaranties.
Make or
suffer to exist any guaranty or other Contingent Obligation in respect of the
obligations of any Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries (other than a Repurchase
Guaranty) or any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor if the same would cause
a
violation of Section
7.02.
SECTION
7.04. Sale
of Assets; Acquisitions; Merger.
(a) Do
or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
(i) sell,
assign, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series
of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets (whether now owned
or
hereafter acquired) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (on a consolidated
basis) except for the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of
business;
(ii) merge
into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge
into or consolidate with it;
(iii) dissolve,
liquidate or wind up its business by operation of law or otherwise;
or
(iv) distribute
to the stockholders of the Borrower any Securities of any
Subsidiary;
provided,
however, that
any
Subsidiary or any other Person may merge into or consolidate with or may
dissolve and liquidate into a Loan Party and any Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party may merge into or consolidate with or may dissolve and liquidate into
another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, if (and only if), (1) in the case
of a merger or consolidation involving a Loan Party other than the Borrower,
the
surviving Person is, or upon such merger or consolidation becomes, a Loan Party,
(2) in the case of a merger or consolidation involving the Borrower, the
Borrower is the surviving Person, (3) the character of the business of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not be materially
changed by such occurrence, and (4) such occurrence shall not constitute or
give
rise to (a) an Event of Default or Unmatured Default or (b) a default (beyond
all applicable grace and cure periods) in respect of any of the covenants
contained in any agreement to which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary is
a
party or by which its property may be bound if such default would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Acquire
another Person unless (i) the primary business of such Person is the Real Estate
Business and (ii) the majority of shareholders (or other equity interest
holders), the board of directors or other governing body of such Person approves
such Acquisition.
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Nothing
contained in this Section
7.04,
however, shall restrict any sale of assets among the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries which is in the ordinary course of business or is otherwise in
compliance with all other provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION
7.05. Investments.
Purchase or otherwise acquire, hold or invest in the Securities (whether Capital
Stock or instruments evidencing debt) of, make loans or advances to, enter
into
any arrangements for the purpose of providing funds or credit to, or make any
Equity Investment in, any Person which is not a Loan Party on the Closing Date
or a Subsidiary which becomes a Guarantor upon the making of the investment
(or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing), except for: (i)
(A)
Investments in or loans or advances to (1) Joint Ventures to which the Borrower
or a Subsidiary is a party and (2) Subsidiaries (other than the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries) that are not Guarantors; and (B) Investments in or loans or
advances to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries, provided
that
the
sum of the aggregate of all Investments, loans and advances outstanding at
any
time under clause
(A)
and (at
any time at which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from
at
least one of the three Rating Agencies) the loans and advances (but not equity
Investments) outstanding at any time under clause
(B)
does not
exceed 40% of Adjusted Consolidated Tangible Net Worth; and (ii) (A) purchases
of direct obligations of the government of the United States of America or
any
agency thereof, or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the United States
of America; (B) certificates of deposit of any bank, organized or licensed
to
conduct a banking business under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof having capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$100,000,000; (C) Investments in commercial paper which, at the time of
acquisition by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, is accorded an “A” or equivalent
rating by any of the Rating Agencies or any other nationally recognized credit
rating agency of similar standing; (D) investments in publicly traded, readily
marketable securities traded on a recognized national exchange or
over-the-counter; (E) loans or advances by the Borrower or a Guarantor to,
or
Securities or Indebtedness of, a real estate or homebuilding company to be
acquired by the Borrower for the purpose of obtaining control of specific
homebuilding assets of that homebuilding company, provided,
however, that
to
the extent that such loans, advances or Indebtedness exceed (in the aggregate)
$100,000,000, they are secured by Mortgages on land, homes under construction
and/or homes
inventory of such real estate or homebuilding company; and (F) loans by the
REIT
Subsidiary to other Loan Parties.
SECTION
7.06. Disposition;
Encumbrance or Issuance of Certain Stock.
Sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of, or pledge, grant a security interest, equity
interest or other beneficial interest in or otherwise encumber any of the
outstanding shares of Capital Stock of any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, or
permit any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary to sell, issue or otherwise transfer any
shares of its Capital Stock to any Person other than a Loan Party.
SECTION
7.07. Subordinated
Debt.
Directly or indirectly make any payment of principal or interest with respect
to
any Subordinated Debt prior to the date the same is due, or amend or modify
the
terms of any Subordinated Debt except for extensions of the due date thereof,
or
directly or indirectly redeem, retire, defease, purchase or otherwise acquire
any Subordinated Debt.
SECTION
7.08. Housing
Units.
At any
time at which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from at
least one of the three Rating Agencies, permit the total number of Housing
Units
owned by the Loan Parties, including Housing Units under construction, but
excluding model Housing Units and Housing Units Under Contract, at any time
to
exceed 35% of the total number of Housing Unit Closings during the immediately
preceding 12-month period, provided that Housing Unit Closings shall include
closings of the sale of housing units by entities that were acquired, and became
Loan Parties, during the applicable period.
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SECTION
7.09. Construction
in Progress.
Cause,
suffer or permit to exist any Mortgage, security interest or other encumbrance
(other than Liens described in clause
(j)
of the
definition of “Permitted Liens”) to secure Indebtedness on any Housing Unit or
other building or structure (including, without limitation, any asset reported
as “Construction in Progress” in the financial statements of the Borrower) that
is under construction on any land owned or leased by any Loan Party;
provided,
however, that
the
Borrower may cause, suffer or permit to exist purchase money Mortgages having
an
aggregate outstanding principal balance not exceeding $50,000,000 at any time
on
assets so reported as “Construction in Progress.”
SECTION
7.10. No
Margin Stock.
Use or
permit to be used any of the proceeds of the Advances to purchase or carry
any
“margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U).
SECTION
7.11. Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries’ Capital Ratio.
Permit
the ratio of the combined total Indebtedness of the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Adjusted Net Worth to exceed,
at any time, eight (8) to one (1).
SECTION
7.12. Transactions
with Affiliates.
Enter
into any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase or sale of
any
property or service) with, or make any payment or transfer to, any Affiliate
(or
permit any Subsidiary to do any of the foregoing), except in the ordinary course
of business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Borrower’s or a
Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to
the Borrower or such Subsidiary than the Borrower or such Subsidiary would
obtain in a comparable arms’-length transaction.
SECTION
7.13. Restrictions
on Advances to Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries.
Subject
to Section
7.05,
(a) at
any time at which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from
at
least one of the three Rating Agencies, permit any loan or advance to be made
by
a Loan Party to a Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, except for loans and advances
from a Loan Party to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries which are made under,
and
evidenced by, the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note that is in the possession
of Administrative Agent and for which the Borrower shall have obtained a written
acknowledgment from each Mortgage Banking Subsidiary that the same are evidenced
and governed by the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note; (b) permit the aggregate
amount of all loans and advances made by the Loan Parties to any Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary outstanding at any time to exceed the sum of (i) the net
carrying value of all mortgage loans held by such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary,
less the aggregate principal amount of all promissory notes payable by such
Mortgage Banking Subsidiary to banks or other lenders, and less the aggregate
principal amount of all mortgage loans held for sale by such Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries which are pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered, to the extent
that said aggregate amount exceeds the aggregate principal amount of notes
payable by such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary to banks or other lenders, and
(ii)
1.5% of the principal amount of all mortgages serviced by such Mortgage Banking
Subsidiary, less any loans or other financing to such Mortgage Banking
Subsidiary associated with the servicing portfolio (exclusive of those amounts
deducted in the calculation required under clause
(i)
above)
if, and to the extent that, the servicing rights with respect to such mortgages
are not subject to any Lien; (c) assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or
encumber in any way any indebtedness of any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary to
any
Loan Party (including without limitation the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note), any interest therein or any sums due or to become due thereunder; (d)
at
any time at which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from
at
least one of the three Rating Agencies, modify, amend, extend or in any way
change the terms of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note; (e) make any
principal advances to any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, under the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note or otherwise, at any time after the Administrative
Agent has been granted a security interest in the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note pursuant to Section
8.01
except
to the extent of any principal prepayments under the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note in excess of the mandatory principal payments required
thereunder; or (f) permit a Mortgage Banking Subsidiary to enter into any
agreement or agreements which (i) in any way restrict the payment of dividends
by such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary or (ii) individually, or in the aggregate,
impose any restriction on the repayment of any indebtedness of a Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary to any Person (including, without limitation, the
indebtedness payable under the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note) other than
a
restriction on the payment of the last $5,000,000 of principal indebtedness
of
UAMC (i.e., such permitted restriction shall be applicable only after the
aggregate principal amount of indebtedness owed by UAMC to any Person shall
be
less than or equal to $5,000,000).
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SECTION
7.14. Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Adjusted Net Worth.
Permit
the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Adjusted Net Worth at any time to be less
than
$30,000,000.
SECTION
7.15. Investments
in Land.
At any
time at which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from at
least one of the three Rating Agencies, permit (a) the sum of (i) the Loan
Parties’ investments in unimproved land plus
(ii) the
amount by which the Loan Parties’ investments in improved land exceeds Qualified
Finished Lots to exceed (b) the sum of (i) 100% of Adjusted Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth plus
(ii) the
lesser of (A) $300,000,000 and (B) 50% of Subordinated Debt.
SECTION
7.16. Liens
and Encumbrances.
Do or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
(a) Negative
Pledge.
Grant
or suffer or permit to exist any Liens on any of its rights, properties or
assets other than Permitted Liens.
(b) No
Agreement for Negative Pledge.
Agree
with any third party not to create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien securing
the Obligations on or of any of its property, real or personal, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired.
ARTICLE
VIII
PLEDGE
OF MORTGAGE BANKING SUBSIDIARIES NOTE
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SECTION
8.01. Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note.
(a) Pledge.
At any
time at which the Borrower does not have an Investment Grade Rating from at
least one of the three Rating Agencies, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent (which may not be made without the prior written consent from the Required
Lenders and which shall be made upon the written request of the Required
Lenders), the Borrower shall grant, and shall cause any Guarantor that is a
payee under the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note to grant, the Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders as security for the payment in full of all the
Obligations, a first lien and security interest in any Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this
Agreement, the Borrower agrees that the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note
Pledge Agreement shall require all principal payments payable under the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note to be made directly to the Administrative Agent and
applied to the principal outstanding under the Loans as required under
Section
2.03(b).
(b) Pledge
Documentation.
If and
when the Borrower is required to grant the Administrative Agent a security
interest in the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note pursuant to Section
8.01(a),
the
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent:
(i) a
pledge
and security agreement (the “Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note Pledge
Agreement”), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
duly executed by the Borrower and each Guarantor that is a payee under the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note, granting the Administrative Agent on behalf
of the Lenders, a first lien on, and security interest in, the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note;
(ii) an
endorsement or allonge to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed by the
Borrower and each Guarantor that is a payee under the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note, transferring the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note to the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders; and
(iii) a
written
acknowledgment duly executed by the Borrower and each Guarantor that is a payee
under the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note, that the Administrative Agent
holds the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note as security for the
Obligations.
(c) All
the
foregoing documents shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before
the date that the Borrower is required to grant the Administrative Agent the
security interest in the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note. All of the
documentation and other items required under this Section
8.01
must be
fully satisfactory, both in form and substance, to the Administrative Agent.
In
addition to the foregoing, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower shall, and shall cause each Guarantor that is a payee under the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note to, execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent such assignments, pledges, financing statements and other documents,
and
cause to be done such further acts, all as the Administrative Agent from time
to
time may deem necessary or appropriate to evidence, confirm, perfect or protect
any security interest required to be granted to the Administrative Agent
hereunder.
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ARTICLE
IX
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
SECTION
9.01. Events
of Default.
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following Events shall constitute an “Event
of Default”:
(a) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan
Party
to the Lenders, the Issuer, the Swing Line Bank or the Administrative Agent
under or in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Document shall be false
or misleading in any material respect when made;
(b) any
report, certificate, financial statement or other document or instrument
furnished in connection with this Agreement or the Loans hereunder shall be
false or misleading in any material respect when furnished;
(c) default
shall be made in the payment of (i) the principal of any of the Loans when
and
as due and payable, or (ii) the interest on any of the Loans, any fees or any
other sums due pursuant to Article
II,
which
default continues for five days after the same becomes due and
payable;
(d) default
shall be made with respect to any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations of
any
Loan Party (other than the Loans hereunder, Non-Recourse Indebtedness and
Indebtedness of a Loan Party to another Loan Party), beyond any applicable
period of grace, or default shall be made with respect to the performance of
any
other obligation incurred in connection with any such Indebtedness or Contingent
Obligations beyond any applicable period of grace, or default shall be made
with
respect to any other liability of $10,000,000 or more, if the effect of any
of
the foregoing defaults described in this Section
9.01(d)
is to
accelerate the maturity of such Indebtedness, Contingent Obligation or liability
or to cause any other liability to become due prior to its stated maturity,
or
any such Indebtedness, Contingent Obligation or liability shall not be paid
when
due and such default shall not have been remedied or cured by such Loan Party
or
waived by the obligee;
(e) default
shall be made in the due observance or performance of any of the provisions
of
Article
VI
or
Article
VII
or any
other covenant, agreement or condition on the part of any Loan Party to be
performed under or in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Document,
and
such default shall have continued for a period of thirty (30) days after the
occurrence thereof;
(f) any
Loan
Party shall (i) petition or apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, examiner, custodian, liquidator or similar
official of such Loan Party or any of its properties or assets, (ii) be unable,
or admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as they mature, (iii) make
a
general assignment for the benefit of or a composition with its creditors,
(iv)
have an order for relief entered with respect to it under the Federal bankruptcy
laws as now or hereafter in effect, (v) institute any proceeding seeking an
order for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in
effect, or file a petition or an answer seeking dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or a composition
of its debts or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
readjustment of debts, dissolution or liquidation law or statute or other
statute or law for the relief of debtors, or file any answer admitting the
material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding under
such
law, or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material
allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, or if corporate or other
action shall be taken by such Loan Party for the purpose of effecting any of
the
foregoing, or (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding
described in Section
9.01(g);
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(g) an
order,
judgment, or decree shall be entered without the application, approval, or
consent of any Loan Party by any court of competent jurisdiction appointing
a
receiver, trustee or liquidator of any Loan Party or a proceeding described
in
Section
9.01(f)
shall be
instituted against the any Loan Party, and such appointment shall continue
undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for any period
of 60 days;
(h) final
judgment for the payment of money in excess of an aggregate of $10,000,000
shall
be rendered against the any Loan Party and the same shall remain undischarged
or
not appealed for a period of 30 days during which execution shall not be
effectively stayed;
(i) there
shall occur any Event or Events which, individually or in the aggregate, shall
be deemed by the Required Lenders to have had a Material Adverse
Effect;
(j) any
Loan
Party shall be the subject of any proceeding or investigation pertaining to
the
release by any Loan Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person of any
Hazardous Substance into the environment, or any violation of any Environmental
Law or any federal, state or local health or safety law or regulation, which,
in
either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
or
(k) there
shall occur any Change in Control of the Borrower.
SECTION
9.02. Remedies.
(a) Acceleration.
If any
Event of Default described in Section
9.01(f)
or
(g)
occurs
with respect to the Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans,
the
Swing Line Bank to make Swing Line Loans and the Issuer to issue Facility
Letters of Credit hereunder shall automatically terminate and the Obligations
(including all Facility Letter of Credit Obligations) shall immediately become
due and payable without any election or action on the part of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing,
the
Administrative Agent may, and upon written direction of the Required Lenders
shall, terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans, the
Swing Line Bank to make Swing Line Loans and the Issuer to issue Facility
Letters of Credit hereunder, or declare the Obligations (including all Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations) to be due and payable, or both, whereupon the
Obligations (including all Facility Letter of Credit Obligations) shall become
immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice
of
any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives.
(b) Rescission
of Acceleration.
If,
within 30 days after acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations or
termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder as a
result of any Event of Default (other than any Event of Default as described
in
Section
9.01 (f)
or
(g)
with
respect to the Borrower and before any judgment or decree for the payment of
the
Obligations due shall have been obtained or entered, the Required Lenders (in
their sole discretion) shall so direct, the Administrative Agent shall, by
notice to the Borrower, rescind and annul such acceleration and/or
termination.
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SECTION
9.03. Application
of Payments.
Subject
to the provisions of Section
11.02
and any
provisions of this Agreement specifically providing for payments to be applied
to the Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans or Competitive Loans (as applicable),
the Administrative Agent shall, unless otherwise specified at the direction
of
the Required Lenders which direction shall be consistent with the last sentence
of this Section
9.03,
apply
all payments and prepayments in respect of any Obligations (except as
hereinafter provided) in the following order:
(i)
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first,
to pay interest on and then principal of any portion of the Loans
which
the Administrative Agent may have advanced on behalf of any Lender
for
which the Administrative Agent has not then been reimbursed by such
Lender
or the Borrower;
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(ii)
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second,
to pay Obligations in respect of any fees, expenses, reimbursements
or
indemnities then due to the Administrative
Agent;
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(iii)
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third,
to the ratable payment of Obligations in respect of any fees, expenses,
reimbursements or indemnities then due to the Lenders and the
Issuer(s);
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(iv)
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fourth,
to pay interest due in respect of Swing Line
Loans;
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(v)
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fifth,
to the ratable payment of interest due in respect of Revolving Loans
and
Competitive Loans and Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations;
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(vi)
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sixth,
to the ratable payment or prepayment of principal outstanding on
Swing
Line Loans;
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(vii)
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seventh,
to the ratable payment or prepayment of principal outstanding on
Revolving
Loans and Competitive Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and to
the
Letter of Credit Collateral Account in an amount equal to the outstanding
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations to the extent required under
Section
2.18(h);
and
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(viii)
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eighth,
to the ratable payment of all other Obligations.
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Unless
otherwise designated (which designation shall only be applicable prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default) by the Borrower, all principal payments
in
respect of Revolving Loans shall be applied first, to repay outstanding ABR
Loans and then to repay outstanding Eurodollar Loan, with those that have
earlier expiring Interest Period being repaid prior to those that have later
expiring Interest Periods. The order of priority set forth in this Section
9.03
and the
related provisions of this Agreement are set forth solely to determine the
rights and priorities of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swing Line
Bank and the Issuer(s) as among themselves. The order of priority set forth
in
clauses
(i)
through
(ix)
of this
Section
9.03
may at
any time and from time to time be changed by the Required Lenders without
necessity of notice to or consent of or approval by the Borrower or any other
Person; provided,
that
(A) the order of priority set forth in clauses
(i)
and
(ii)
may be
changed only with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, (B)
the
order of priority of payments in respect of Swing Line Loans may be changed
only
with the prior written consent of the Swing Line Bank, (C) the order of priority
in respect of payments to an Issuer may be changed only with the prior written
consent of the Issuer, and (D) the order of priority of payments in respect
of
any Competitive Bid Loans may be changed only with the prior written consent of
each Lender then holding a Competitive Bid Loan.
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ARTICLE
X
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION
10.01. Appointment.
JPMorgan Chase Bank is hereby appointed Administrative Agent hereunder and
under
each other Loan Document and, subject to the provisions of Section
10.14
below,
each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to act
as
the Administrative Agent of such Lender. The Administrative Agent agrees to
act
as such upon the express conditions contained in this Article
X.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have a fiduciary relationship in respect of
any
Lender by reason of this Agreement. No Lender identified herein as a Syndication
Agent, Documentation Agent, Managing Agent or Co-Agent shall have any right,
power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement in
such capacity.
SECTION
10.02. Powers.
The
Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under the Loan
Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the
terms
of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The Administrative Agent shall have no implied duties to the Lenders, or any
obligation to the Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action
specifically provided by the Loan Documents to be taken by the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION
10.03. General
Immunity.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be liable to the Borrower, the Lenders or any Lender for any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document
or in connection herewith or therewith except for its or their own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION
10.04. No
Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, Etc.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify
(a) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Loan
Document or any borrowing hereunder; (b) the performance or observance of any
of
the covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document; (c) the
satisfaction of any condition specified in Article
V,
except
receipt of items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; or (d)
the validity, effectiveness or genuineness (except its own due execution
thereof) of any Loan Document or any other instrument or
writing furnished in connection therewith. Further, the Administrative Agent
assumes no obligation to any other Lender as to the collectibility of any Loans
made by any Lender to the Borrower. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that
the
Administrative Agent has not made any representations or warranties to it on
or
prior to the date hereof and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter
taken shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the
Administrative Agent to any other Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it
has
taken and will take such action and make such investigation as it deems
necessary to inform itself as to the affairs and creditworthiness of the
Borrower.
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SECTION
10.05. Employment
of Agents and Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties as Administrative Agent
hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through employees, agents,
and
attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, except as to
money
or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the default or
misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with
reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby created and its duties
hereunder and under any other Loan Document.
SECTION
10.06. Reliance
on Documents; Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be under a duty to examine into or pass upon
the
validity, effectiveness, genuineness or value of this Agreement, the Notes,
the
Guaranties and other Loan Documents or any other document furnished pursuant
hereto or thereto or in connection herewith, and the Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to assume that the same are valid, effective and genuine and what
they purport to be. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon
any
Note, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, statement,
paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and, in respect to
legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by the Administrative Agent,
which counsel may be employees of the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by
it
based on or in accordance with any of the foregoing.
SECTION
10.07. No
Waiver of Rights.
With
respect to its Commitments, the Loans (including Swing Line Loans and
Competitive Loans) made by it and the Notes issued to it, the Administrative
Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under any other Loan
Document as any Lender or Issuer and may exercise the same as though it was
not
the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless the
context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual
capacity. The Administrative Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to
and
issue letters of credit for the account of, and generally engage in any kind
of
business with the Borrower or its Affiliates (including, without limitation,
trust, debt, equity and other transactions) in addition to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; it being expressly
understood and agreed that neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Lender
shall be deemed by the execution hereof to have waived any rights under any
loan
or other agreement with the Borrower or any of its Affiliates relating to any
other business or loans to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates which are
not a
part of the Commitments under this Agreement.
SECTION
10.08. Knowledge
of Event of Default.
It is
expressly understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to assume that no Event of Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is
continuing, unless the officers of the Administrative Agent active on the
Borrower’s account have actual knowledge of such occurrence or have been
notified by a Lender that such Lender considers that an Event of Default or
Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing and specifying the nature
thereof.
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SECTION
10.09. Administrative
Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification.
The
Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent ratably in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares (determined at the time
indemnification is sought hereunder) (a) for any amounts not reimbursed by
the
Borrower for which the Administrative Agent is entitled to reimbursement by
the
Borrower under the Loan Documents, (b) for any other expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration and enforcement of the Loan
Documents and (c) for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and
nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against
the
Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents
or any other document delivered in connection therewith or the transactions
contemplated thereby, or the enforcement of any of the terms thereof or of
any
such other documents, provided
that
no
Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION
10.10. Notices
to the Borrower.
In each
instance that a notice is required, pursuant to the terms hereof, to be given
by
one or more of the Lenders to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the Lenders
desiring that such notice be given shall so advise the Administrative Agent
(which advice, if given by telephone, shall be promptly confirmed by telex
or
letter to the Administrative Agent at its address listed in the signature pages
hereto), which shall transmit such notice to the Borrower or such Subsidiary
promptly after its having been so advised by the appropriate number of Lenders;
provided,
however, that
subject to the provisions of Section
10.15
hereof,
if the Administrative Agent shall fail to transmit such notice within a
reasonable period of time after its having been so advised by the appropriate
number of Lenders, the Lenders desiring that such notice be given may transmit
such notice directly to the Borrower or such Subsidiary. In any event notices
to
the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be sent to the address of the Borrower
provided for in this Agreement.
SECTION
10.11. Action
on Instructions of Lenders.
The
Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from acting, hereunder and under any other Loan Document in
accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders, or all
of
the Lenders, as the case may be, and such instructions and any action taken
or
failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders and
on
all holders of Notes. Except where an action or inaction is expressly required
under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in
failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any other Loan
Documents unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, against any and
all
liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing
to take any such action.
SECTION
10.12. Lender
Credit Decision.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements
prepared by the Borrower and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that
it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking
or
not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
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SECTION
10.13. Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note.
(a) Each
Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such
Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that no Lender, other than the Administrative
Agent acting on behalf of all Lenders, shall have the right individually to
seek
to realize upon the security granted by any Loan Document, it being understood
and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, upon the terms of the
Loan
Documents.
(b) In
the
event that the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note is pledged by any Person
as
security for the Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized
to
execute and deliver on behalf of the Lenders any Loan Documents necessary or
appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders.
(c) The
Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its
discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent
upon the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note (i) upon termination of the
Commitments and payment and satisfaction of all of the Obligations or the
transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance
with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved,
authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release
is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by
the
Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the
Administrative Agent’s authority to release any such Lien pursuant to this
Section
10.13(c).
SECTION
10.14. Resignation
or Removal of the Administrative Agent.
If, at
any time, Lenders holding Notes having aggregate outstanding principal balances
equal to at least 75% of the then outstanding amount of the Aggregate Commitment
(excluding from such computation the Administrative Agent and its Notes) shall
deem it advisable, those Lenders may submit to the Administrative Agent
notification by certified mail, return receipt requested of its removal as
Administrative Agent under this Agreement, which removal shall be effective
as
of the date of receipt of such notice by the Administrative Agent. If, at any
time, the Administrative Agent shall deem it advisable, in its sole discretion,
it may submit to each of the Lenders written notification, by certified mail,
return receipt requested, of its resignation as Administrative Agent under
this
Agreement, which resignation shall be effective as of 60 days after the date
of
such notice. In the event of any such removal or resignation, the Required
Lenders may appoint a successor to the Administrative Agent. In the event the
Administrative Agent shall have resigned and/or have been removed and so long
as
no successor shall have been appointed, the Borrower shall make all payments
due
each Lender hereunder directly to that Lender and all powers specifically
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof may be exercised
by
the Required Lenders. Upon the removal or resignation of the Administrative
Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After the removal
or
resignation of the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article
X
shall
continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted
to
be taken while it was acting as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under
the
other Loan Documents.
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SECTION
10.15. Benefits
of Article X.
None of
the provisions of this Article
X
shall
inure to the benefit of the Borrower or of any Person other than Administrative
Agent and each of the Lenders and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Accordingly, neither the Borrower nor any Person other than
Administrative Agent and the Lenders (and their respective successors and
permitted assigns) shall be entitled to rely upon, or to raise as a defense,
the
failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lenders to comply with the provisions
of this Article
X.
ARTICLE
XI
SETOFF;
RATABLE PAYMENTS
SECTION
11.01. Set-off.
In
addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of the Lenders under
applicable law, if any Loan Party becomes insolvent, however evidenced, or
any
Event of Default occurs, any indebtedness from any Lender to any Loan Party
(including all account balances, whether provisional or final and whether or
not
collected or available) may be offset and applied toward the payment of the
Obligations owing to such Lender, whether or not the Obligations, or any part
hereof, shall then be due. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower
after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided,
however, that
the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of any such set-off
and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section
11.01
are in
addition to any other rights and remedies which that Lender may have under
this
Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION
11.02. Ratable
Payments.
If any
Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it upon any of
its
Revolving Loans (other than payments received pursuant to Sections
3.01,
3.02
or
3.04)
in a
greater proportion than that received by any other Lender with respect to the
Revolving Loans, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion
of such Loans held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender
will hold its Pro Rata Share of all Revolving Loans. If any Lender, whether
in
connection with setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise,
receives collateral or other protection for its Obligations or such amounts
which may be subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to
take such action necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such
collateral ratably in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. In
case
any such payment is disturbed by legal process, or otherwise, appropriate
further adjustments shall be made.
ARTICLE
XII
BENEFIT
OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
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SECTION
12.01. Successors
and Assigns.
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
(including any Affiliate of the Issuers that issues any Facility Letter of
Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer
any
of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each
Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such
consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
Article
XII.
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 (including any Affiliate of the Issuer that issues any Facility
Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in Section
12.03)
and, to
the extent contemplated by Section
13.04,
the
officers, directors and employees of each of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
or
by reason of this Agreement.
SECTION
12.02. Assignments.
(a) Subject
to the conditions set forth in Section
12.02(b)(ii),
any
Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment
and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(i) the
Borrower, provided
that no
consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, any other assignee; and
(ii) the
Administrative Agent, provided
that no
consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of
all
or any portion of a Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund.
(b) Assignments
shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(i) each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of
all
the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided
that
this clause shall not be
construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of (A) Commitments or
Revolving Loans or (B) any Competitive Loans;
(ii) the
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Assignment and Assumption (“Assignment and Assumption”) in substantially the
form of Exhibit
I
hereto,
together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
(iii) the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire.
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(c) Upon
its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee's completed Administrative Questionnaire
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and
recordation fee referred to in Section
12.02(b)(ii)
and any
written consent to such assignment required by Section
12.02(a),
the
Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record
the
information contained therein in the Register; provided
that if
either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any
payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.10(e),
2.18(e)(ii),
2.19,
10.09
or
11.02,
the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and
Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until
such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest
thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless
it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
SECTION
12.03. Participations.
(a) Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the
Issuer or the Swing Line Bank, sell participations to one or more banks or
other
entities (a "Participant")
in all
or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);
provided
that
(i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights
and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided
that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section
13.06
that
affects such Participant. Subject to Section
12.03(b),
the
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections
3.01,
3.02
and
3.04
to the
same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to Section
12.02.
To the
extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section
11.01
as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section
11.02
as
though it were a Lender.
(b) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section
3.01,
3.02
and
3.04
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.
SECTION
12.04. Pledge
to Federal Reserve Bank.
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
to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge
or assignment of a security interest; provided
that no
such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from
any
of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for
such
Lender as a party hereto.
ARTICLE
XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION
13.01. Notice.
(a) Except
as
otherwise permitted by Section
2.13(b)
with
respect to borrowing notices, all notices and other communications provided
to
any party hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in
writing or by telex or by facsimile and addressed or delivered to such party
at
its address set forth below its signature hereto in the case of the Borrower
and
the Administrative Agent or in the case of any Lender at the address set forth
in its Administrative Questionnaire (in the case of any party) or at such other
address as may be designated by such party in a notice to the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower (in the case of notice by a Lender) or to all other
parties (in the case of notice given by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent). Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with postage prepaid,
shall
be deemed given when received (or when delivery is refused); any notice, if
transmitted by telex or facsimile, shall be deemed given when transmitted
(answerback confirmed in the case of telexes and facsimile confirmation in
the
case of a facsimile).
(b) The
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any Lender may each change the address
for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties
hereto.
SECTION
13.02. Survival
of Representations.
All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein and in the
certificates delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the making by the Lenders
of any Loans herein contemplated and the execution and delivery to the Lenders
of the Notes evidencing the Commitments, and shall continue in full force and
effect until all of the Obligations have been paid in full, all Facility Letters
of Credit have been terminated and all of the Commitments have been
terminated.
SECTION
13.03. Expenses.
The
Borrower shall pay (a) all expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements
(which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent or any Lender),
incurred by the Administrative Agent and any Lender in connection with the
administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any amendments,
modifications or waivers with respect to any of the provisions thereof and
the
enforcement and protection of the rights of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including all
recording and filing fees, documentary stamp, intangibles and similar taxes,
title insurance premiums, appraisal fees and other costs and disbursements
incurred in connection with the taking of collateral and the perfection and
preservation of the Lenders’ security therein, and (b) the reasonable fees and
the disbursements of Administrative Agent’s attorneys (which attorneys may be
employees of the Administrative Agent) in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, execution, delivery and review of this Agreement, the Notes and
the
other Loan Documents (whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be consummated) and the closing of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
SECTION
13.04. Indemnification
of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
The
Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, and their respective directors, officers and employees against all
losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation
therefor whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party
thereto) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to,
directly or indirectly, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the
transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect application or
proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder; provided,
however, that
in
no event shall the Administrative Agent or a Lender have the right to be
indemnified hereunder for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct nor
shall the Administrative Agent be indemnified against any liabilities which
arise as a result of any claims made or actions, suits or proceedings commenced
or maintained against any Lender (including the Administrative Agent, in its
capacity as such) (i) by that Lender’s shareholders or any governmental
regulatory body or authority asserting that such Lender or any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents violated any banking or securities law or
regulation or any duty to its own shareholders, customers (excluding the
Borrower) or creditors in any manner whatsoever in entering into or performing
any of its obligations contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) by any other
Lender. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
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SECTION
13.05. Maximum
Interest Rate.
It is
the intention of the Lenders and the Borrower that the interest (as defined
under applicable law) on the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes which may
be
charged to, or collected or received from the Borrower shall not exceed the
maximum rate permissible under applicable law. Accordingly, anything herein
or
in any of the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, should any interest (as
so
defined) be charged to, or collected or received from the Borrower by the
Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto in excess of the maximum legal rate, then
the
excess payment shall be applied to the Obligations with respect to which such
excess payment applies, and any portion of the excess payment remaining after
payment in full thereof shall be returned by the Lenders to the
Borrower.
SECTION
13.06. Modification
of Agreement.
(a) Neither
this Agreement nor any Note or Guaranty nor any terms hereof or thereof may
be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated unless such change, waiver, discharge
or termination is in writing signed by the Borrower (or other applicable Loan
Party to such Loan Document) and the Required Lenders, provided
that no
such change, waiver, discharge or termination shall, without the consent of
each
Lender (with Obligations being directly affected in the case of the following
clause
(i)):
(i)
extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan or Note or any portion thereof
or extend the stated maturity of any Facility Letter of Credit beyond the
Termination Date, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest
or fees thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof (except to the extent
repaid in cash), (ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Article
XI
or this
Section
13.06,
(iii)
reduce the percentage specified in the definition of the Required Lenders or
change the definition of Pro Rata Share, (iv) consent to the assignment or
transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement, or (v) other than pursuant to a transaction permitted by the terms
of
this Agreement, release any Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty;
provided,
further,
that no
such change, waiver, discharge or termination shall (A) increase any Commitment
of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that
waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, any Unmatured
Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction to the Aggregate
Commitment or of a mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an increase of
the
Commitment of any Lender, and that an increase in the available portion of
any
Commitment of any Lender shall not constitute an increase in the Commitment
of
such Lender), without the consent of such Lender, provided,
however,
that in
any case the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any such
prepayment, repayment or Commitment reduction, so long as the application of
any
such prepayment, repayment or Commitment reduction which is still required
to be
made is not altered; (B) without the consent of each Issuer affected thereby,
amend, modify or waive any provision of Section
2.18
or alter
its rights or obligations with respect to Facility Letters of Credit; (C)
without the consent of the Swing Line Bank, amend, modify or waive any provision
relating to the rights or obligations of the Swing Line Bank or with respect
to
the Swing Line Loans (including, without limitation, the obligations of the
Lenders to make Advances in repayment of Swing Line Loans); or (D) without
the
consent of the Administrative Agent, amend, modify or waive any provision of
Article
X
or any
other provision relating to the rights or obligations of the Administrative
Agent;
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(b) If,
in
connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or
to
any of the provisions of this Agreement or other Loan Documents as contemplated
in clauses
(i)
through
(v),
inclusive, of the first proviso to Section
13.06(a),
the
consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more
of
such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Borrower
shall have the right, so long as all non-consenting Lenders whose individual
consent is required are treated as described in either clauses
(i)
or
(ii)
below,
either (i) to replace each such non-consenting Lender with one or more
Replacement Lenders pursuant to Section
2.24
so long
as at the time of such replacement, each such Replacement Lender consents to
the
proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination or (ii) to terminate each
such
non-consenting Lender’s Commitments and repay in full its outstanding Loans,
provided
that,
unless the Commitments that are terminated, and Loans that are repaid, pursuant
to the preceding clause
(ii)
are
immediately replaced in full at such time through the addition of new Lenders
or
the increase of the Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of existing Lenders
(who in each case must specifically consent thereto in writing), then in the
case of any action pursuant to preceding clause
(ii)
the
Required Lenders (determined before giving effect to the proposed action) shall
specifically consent thereto and, provided
further,
that in
any event the Borrower shall not have the right to replace a Lender, terminate
its Commitments or repay its Loans solely as a result of the exercise of such
Lender’s rights (and the withholding of any required consent by such Lender)
pursuant to the second proviso to Section
13.06(a).
(c) Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at a time when the
conditions precedent set forth in Article
V
hereof
to any Loan are, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, satisfied, any Lender
(a “Defaulting Lender”) shall fail to fulfill its obligations to make such Loan
and such failure continues for at least two Business Days then, for so long
as
such failure shall continue, such Defaulting Lender shall (unless the Required
Lenders, determined as if such Defaulting Lender were not a “Lender” hereunder,
shall otherwise consent in writing) be deemed for all purposes relating to
changes, waivers, discharges and termination under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, under Section
13.06(a))
to have
no Loans or Commitments, shall not be treated as a “Lender” hereunder when
performing the computation of Required Lenders, and shall have no rights under
the first proviso of Section
13.06(a);
provided
that
any
action taken by the other Lenders with respect to the matters referred to in
clauses
(i)
through
(iv),
inclusive, of the first proviso of Section
13.06(a)
shall
not be effective as against such Defaulting Lender.
SECTION
13.07. Register.
The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall
maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses
of
the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and
Reimbursement Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof
from time to time (the "Register").
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuer and the Lenders may treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof
as a
Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice
to
the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower,
the Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
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SECTION
13.08. Preservation
of Rights.
No
notice to or demand of the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower
to
any other or further notice or demand in the same or similar circumstances.
No
delay or omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any
right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be
a
waiver of any Event of Default or an acquiescence therein, and the making of
a
Loan notwithstanding the existence of an Event of Default or Unmatured Default,
or the inability of the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such
Loan shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial
exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation
of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall
be
valid unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section
13.06,
and
then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies
contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and
all
shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until the
Obligations have been paid in full and all Facility Letters of Credit have
terminated and all Commitments have terminated.
SECTION
13.09. Several
Obligations of Lenders.
The
respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint,
and
no Lender shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent
to
which the Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of
any
Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other
Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be
construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon any Person other than the
parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and
assigns.
SECTION
13.10. Severability.
If any
one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or the Notes is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION
13.11. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which may be
executed by one or more of the parties hereto, but all of which, when taken
together, shall constitute a single agreement binding on all the parties
hereto.
SECTION
13.12. Loss,
etc., Notes.
Upon
receipt by the Borrower of reasonably satisfactory evidence of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of any of the Notes, upon reimbursement to the
Borrower of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto and upon surrender and
cancellation of the relevant Note, if mutilated, the Borrower shall make and
deliver in lieu of that Note (the “Prior Note”) a new Note of like tenor, except
that no reference need be made in the new Note to any installment or
installments of principal, if any, previously due and paid upon the Prior Note.
Any Note made and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Section
shall be dated as of the date to which interest has been paid on the unpaid
principal amount of the Prior Note.
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SECTION
13.13. Governmental
Regulation.
Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender
shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any
limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or
regulation.
SECTION
13.14. Taxes.
Any
taxes (excluding federal, state or local income taxes on the overall net income
of any Lender) or other similar assessments or charges payable or ruled payable
by any governmental authority in respect of the Loan Documents shall be paid
by
the Borrower, together with interest and penalties, if any.
SECTION
13.15. Headings.
Section
headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall
not govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan
Documents.
SECTION
13.16. USA
PATRIOT ACT.
Each
Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III
of
Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) 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 to identify the Borrower in accordance with the
Act.
SECTION
13.17. Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect
to
the subject matter hereof, provided,
however, that
the
fees payable by Borrower are set forth in the Fee Letter.
SECTION
13.18. CHOICE
OF LAW.
THE
LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISION) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL
LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT GIVING EFFECT
TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
SECTION
13.19. CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION.
THE
BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY
UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE
BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION
OR
PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS
OF
ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY
JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE BORROWER AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY
LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR
CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN NEW YORK,
NEW YORK.
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SECTION
13.20. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
THE
BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY
IN
ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER
SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED
TO,
OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
THEREUNDER.
[Signatures
appear on following pages]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower and the Lenders have caused this Agreement to
be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
Borrower: | ||
LENNAR CORPORATION | ||
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|
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
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Chief Operating Officer | ||
Address:
Lennar
Corporation
000
Xxxxxxxxx 000xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
with
copies to:
Lennar
Corporation
000
Xxxxxxxxx 000xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, General Counsel
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
and
Bilzin
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Price & Xxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
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Lenders: | |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., | |
As Lender, Administrative Agent, Issuer | |
and Swing Line Bank |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Its: | Vice President |
Address:
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx - 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
|
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EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF
GUARANTY
THIS
GUARANTY (this
“Guaranty”) is made as of July 21, 2006 by the undersigned parties hereto
(collectively, the “Guarantors”) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement referred to
below.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
Lennar
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and certain other
Lenders from time to time party thereto have entered into a certain Credit
Agreement dated as of July 21, 2006 (as same may be amended or modified from
time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), providing, subject to the terms and
conditions thereof, for extensions of credit to be made by the Lenders to the
Company;
WHEREAS,
it is a
condition precedent to the execution of the Credit Agreement by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders that each of the Guarantors execute and
deliver this Guaranty whereby each of the Guarantors shall guarantee the payment
when due, subject to Section 9 hereof, of all Guaranteed Obligations, as defined
below; and
WHEREAS,
in
consideration of the financial and other support that the Company has provided
(the Company being referred to collectively as the “Principal”), and in
consideration of such financial and other support as the Principal may in the
future provide, to the Guarantors, and in order to induce the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement, and because each
Guarantor has determined that executing this Guaranty is in its interest and
to
its financial benefit, each of the Guarantors is willing to guarantee the
obligations of the Principal under the Credit Agreement, any Note and any other
Loan Documents;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Defined
Terms.
“Guaranteed Obligations” is defined in Section 3 below. Other capitalized terms
used herein but not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the
Credit Agreement.
SECTION
2.1. Representations
and Warranties.
Each of
the Guarantors represents and warrants (which representations and warranties
shall be deemed to have been renewed upon each Borrowing Date and each Issuance
Date under the Credit Agreement) that:
(a) It
is a
corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company (as applicable)
duly and properly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, has the power
and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own
or
hold under lease and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is duly
qualified or licensed to transact business in every jurisdiction in which such
qualification or licensing is necessary to enable it to enforce all of its
material contracts and other material rights and to avoid any material penalty
or forfeiture.
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(b) It
has
the power and authority to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform
its
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty and
the
performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company action
(as
applicable).
(c) Neither
its execution and delivery of this Guaranty nor performance of its obligations
hereunder nor its compliance with the provisions hereof (i) will violate or
be
in conflict with (A) any provisions of law, (B) any order, rule, regulation,
write, judgment, injunction, decree or award of any court or other agency of
government, or (C) any provision of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws,
or certificate of limited partnership or limited partnership agreement, or
certificate or articles of formation or operating agreement (as applicable),
(ii) will violate, be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute
(with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) a default
under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is
a
party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is or may be bound,
and
(iii) except as otherwise contemplated by the Credit Agreement, will result
in
the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon, or any
security interest in, any of its properties or assets.
(d) It
has
duly executed and delivered this Guaranty, and this Guaranty constitutes its
legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with
the terms hereof, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally.
(e) No
order,
license, consent, approval, authorization of, or registration, declaration,
recording or filing with, or validation of, or exemption by, any governmental
or
public authority (whether federal, state or local, domestic or foreign) or
any
subdivision thereof is required in connection with, or as a condition precedent
to, the due and valid execution, delivery and performance by it of this
Guaranty, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any
of
the terms, provisions or conditions hereof.
SECTION
2.2. Covenants.
Each of
the Guarantors covenants that, so long as any Lender has any Commitment
outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any of the Guaranteed Obligations
shall remain unpaid, that it will, and, if necessary, will enable the Principal
to, fully comply with those covenants and agreements set forth in the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION
3. The
Guaranty.
Subject
to Section 9 hereof, each of the Guarantors hereby absolutely and
unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not as surety, the full
and
punctual payment (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or early
termination or otherwise, and at all times thereafter) and performance of the
Obligations, including without limitation any such Obligations incurred or
accrued during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other
similar proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable in such proceeding
(collectively, subject to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, being referred
to
collectively as the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Upon failure by the Principal to
pay punctually any such amount, each of the Guarantors agrees that it shall
forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders, the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in
the
Credit Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document, as the case may be.
This
Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. Each of the Guarantors
waives any right to require the Lender to xxx the Principal, any other
guarantor, or any other Person obligated for all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or otherwise to enforce its payment against any collateral securing
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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SECTION
4. Guaranty
Unconditional.
Subject
to Section 9 hereof, the obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall
be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected
by:
(i)
any
extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of
any
of the Guaranteed Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise, or any
obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or
any
default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance
of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(ii) any
modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any Note
or
any other Loan Document;
(iii) any
release, nonperfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for
any
obligation of the Principal under the Credit Agreement, any Note or any other
Loan Document or any obligations of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any action or failure to act by the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender with respect to any collateral securing
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(iv) any
change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Principal
or
any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any insolvency,
bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Principal,
or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or its assets or any
resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Principal, or any other
guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(v) the
existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the Guarantors may have
at
any time against the Principal, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person, whether
in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions;
(vi) any
invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Principal, or any
other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason related
to
the Credit Agreement, any Note, any other Loan Document or any provision of
applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the
Principal, or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, of the
principal of or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the
Principal under the Credit Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document;
or
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(vii) any
other
act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Principal, any other
guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or
any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for
the
provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of
any
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.
SECTION
5. Discharge
Only Upon Payment In Full: Reinstatement In Certain
Circumstances.
Each of
the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect
until all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full
and
the Commitments under the Credit Agreement shall have terminated or expired.
If
at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Note or any
other
amount payable by the Principal or any other party under the Credit Agreement,
any Note or any other Loan Document is rescinded or must be otherwise restored
or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Principal
or otherwise, each of the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such
payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made
at
such time.
SECTION
6. Waivers.
Each of
the Guarantors irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand,
protest and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided
for
herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by
any
Person against the Principal, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any other Person.
SECTION
7. Subordination;
Subrogation.
Each of
the Guarantors hereby subordinates to the Guaranteed Obligations all
indebtedness or other liabilities of the Principal or any other Guarantor to
such Guarantor. Each of the Guarantors hereby further agrees not to assert
any
right, claim or cause of action, including, without limitation, a claim for
subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or otherwise, against the Principal
arising out of or by reason of this Guaranty or the obligations hereunder,
including, without limitation, the payment or securing or purchasing of any
of
the Guaranteed Obligations by any of the Guarantors unless and until the
Guaranteed Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full and any commitment to
lend
under the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Documents is
terminated.
SECTION
8. Stay
of Acceleration.
If
acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is
stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Principal,
all
such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Credit
Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document shall nonetheless be payable
by
each of the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative
Agent
made at the request of the Required Lenders.
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SECTION
9. Limitation
on Obligations.
(a) The
provisions of this Guaranty are severable, and in any action or proceeding
involving any state corporate law, or any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors
generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty would
otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on
account of the amount of such Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty, then,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, the amount
of such liability shall, without any further action by the Guarantors, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, be automatically limited and reduced to
the
highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or
proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant
Guarantor’s “Maximum Liability”). This Section 9(a) with respect to the Maximum
Liability of the Guarantors is intended solely to preserve the rights of the
Administrative Agent hereunder to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance
under applicable law, and neither the Guarantor nor any other person or entity
shall have any right or claim under this Section 9(a) with respect to the
Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of
the
Guarantors hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable
law.
(b) Each
of
the Guarantors agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time and from
time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Guarantor, and may exceed
the
aggregate Maximum Liability of all other Guarantors, without impairing this
Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent
hereunder. Nothing in this Section 9(b) shall be construed to increase any
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum Liability.
(c) In
the
event any Guarantor (a “Paying Guarantor”) shall make any payment or payments
under this Guaranty or shall suffer any loss as a result of any realization
upon
any collateral granted by it to secure its obligations under this Guaranty,
each
other Guarantor (each a “Non-Paying Guarantor”) shall contribute to such Paying
Guarantor an amount equal to such Non-Paying Guarantor’s “Pro Rata Share” of
such payment or payments made, or losses suffered, by such Paying Guarantor.
For
the purposes hereof, each Non-Paying Guarantor’s “Pro Rata Share” with respect
to any such payment or loss by a Paying Guarantor shall be determined as of
the
date on which such payment or loss was made by reference to the ratio of (i)
such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability as of such date (without giving
effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution
hereunder) or, if such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability has not been
determined, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such Non-Paying
Guarantor from the Principal after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital
infusion or by other means) to (ii) the aggregate Maximum Liability of all
Guarantors hereunder (including such Paying Guarantor) as of such date (without
giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution
hereunder), or to the extent that a Maximum Liability has not been determined
for any Guarantors, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such
Guarantors from the Principal after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital
infusion or by other means). Nothing in this Section 9 (c) shall affect any
Guarantor’s several liability for the entire amount of the Guaranteed
Obligations (up to such Guarantor’s Maximum Liability). Each of the Guarantors
covenants and agrees that its right to receive any contribution under this
Guaranty from a Non-Paying Guarantor shall be subordinate and junior in right
of
payment to all the Guaranteed Obligations. The provisions of this Section 9(c)
are for the benefit of both the Administrative Agent and the Guarantors and
may
be enforced by any one, or more, or all of them in accordance with the terms
hereof.
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SECTION
10. Application
of Payments.
All
payments received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be applied by
the
Administrative Agent to payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in the order
of
priority set forth in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement unless a court of
competent jurisdiction shall otherwise direct.
SECTION
11. Notices.
All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be
given
or made by telecopier or other writing and telecopied, or mailed or delivered
to
the intended recipient at its address or telecopier number set forth on the
signature pages hereof or such other address or telecopy number as such party
may hereafter specify for such purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent
in
accordance with the provisions of Section 13.01 of the Credit Agreement. Except
as otherwise provided in this Guaranty, all such communications shall be deemed
to have been duly given when transmitted by telecopier, or personally delivered
or, in the case of a mailed notice sent by certified mail return-receipt
requested, on the date set forth on the receipt (provided, that any refusal
to
accept any such notice shall be deemed to be notice thereof as of the time
of
any such refusal), in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.
SECTION
12. No
Waivers.
No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lenders in exercising any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall
any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights
and
remedies provided in this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement, any Note and the
other
Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
provided by law.
SECTION
13. No
Duty to Advise.
Each of
the Guarantors assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed
of the Principal’s financial condition and assets, and of all other
circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations
and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that each of the Guarantors
assumes and incurs under this Guaranty, and agrees that neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any duty to advise any of the Guarantors
of information known to it regarding those circumstances or risks.
SECTION
14. Successors
and Assigns.
This
Guaranty is for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
their respective successors and permitted assigns and in the event of an
assignment of any amounts payable under the Credit Agreement, any Note or any
other Loan Documents, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the
indebtedness so assigned, shall be transferred with such indebtedness. This
Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
SECTION
15. Changes
in Writing.
Neither
this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or
terminated orally, but only in writing signed by each of the Guarantors and
the
Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders.
SECTION
16. Costs
of Enforcement.
Each of
the Guarantors agrees to pay all costs and expenses including, without
limitation, all court costs and attorneys’ fees and expenses paid or incurred by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender in
endeavoring to collect all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations from,
or in
prosecuting any action against, the Principal, the Guarantors or any other
guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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SECTION
17. GOVERNING
LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
THIS
GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE GUARANTORS HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, AND ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT,
SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND FOR PURPOSES OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OF
THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE
GUARANTORS IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY
OBJECTION WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE
VENUE
OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
EACH OF THE GUARANTORS, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS ACCEPTING
THIS GUARANTY, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION
18. Taxes,
etc.
All
payments required to be made by any of the Guarantors hereunder shall be made
without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and without deduction
or
withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties or other charges of whatsoever nature imposed by any government or any
political or taxing authority thereof (excluding federal taxation of the overall
income of any Lender), provided, however, that if any of the Guarantors is
required by law to make such deduction or withholding, such Guarantor shall
forthwith (i) pay to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable,
such
additional amount as results in the net amount received by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, as applicable, equaling the full amount which would have
been received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable, had
no
such deduction or withholding been made, (ii) pay the full amount deducted
to
the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law, and (iii) furnish
to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable, certified copies of
official receipts evidencing payment of such withholding taxes within 30 days
after such payment is made.
SECTION
19. Supplemental
Guarantors.
Pursuant to Section 6.07 of the Credit Agreement, additional Subsidiaries shall
become obligated as Guarantors hereunder (each as fully as though an original
signatory hereto) by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a
supplemental guaranty in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (with blanks
appropriately filled in), together with such additional supporting documentation
required pursuant to Section 6.04(n) of the Credit Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Guarantors has caused this Guaranty to be duly
executed, under seal, by its authorized officer as of the day and year first
above written.
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SCHEDULE
I
LENDERS
AND COMMITMENTS
Lender
|
Commitment
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
|
Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas
|
|
Bank
of America, N.A.
|
|
Barclays
Bank PLC
|
|
Calyon
New York Branch
|
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
|
Wachovia
Bank, N.A.
|
|
Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
|
|
UBS
Loan Finance LLC
|
|
BNP
Paribas
|
|
SunTrust
Bank
|
|
Citicorp
North America, Inc.
|
|
HSBC
Bank USA, N.A.
|
|
Comerica
Bank
|
|
Guaranty
Bank
|
|
U.S.
Bank National Association
|
|
Washington
Mutual Bank
|
|
BankUnited,
FSB
|
|
PNC
Bank, National Association
|
|
Societe
Generale
|
|
Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation
|
|
AmSouth
Bank
|
|
City
National Bank
|
|
Commerzbank
AG, New York and Grand Cayman Branches
|
|
Fifth
Third Bank
|
|
The
International Commercial Bank of China, New York Agency
|
|
LaSalle
Bank National Association
|
|
MidFirst
Bank
|
|
Mitzuho
Corporate Bank, Ltd.
|
|
Natexis
Banques Populaires
|
|
Bank
Hapoalim X.X.
|
|
Xxxxx
Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd., New York Branch
|
|
First
Commercial Bank, Los Angeles Branch
|
|
Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Company
|
|
Regions
Bank
|
|
United
Overseas Bank Limited
|
|
Cathay
United Bank, Ltd.
|
|
Xxxxx
Xxxx Bank, Co., Ltd. New York Agency
|
|
Commercebank
N.A. Florida
|
|
Compass
Bank
|
|
Israel
Discount Bank of New York
|
|
Malayan
Banking Berhad, New York Branch
|
|
RBC
Centura Bank
|
|
Bank
of Communications, New York Branch
|
|
The
Norinchukin Bank, New York Branch
|
|
Taiwan
Business Bank
|
|
Total
|
$2,700,000,000
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