AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.5
Dated as of June 6, 2008
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT by and among Xxxxx
Apparel Group USA, Inc. (formerly known as Xxxxxx, Ltd.), a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”), the other Additional Obligors referred to therein, the banks, financial
institutions and other institutional lenders parties to the 2005 Credit Agreement referred to below
(collectively, the “Lenders”) and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent (the
“Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
(1) The Borrower’s predecessor in interest Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation (“Old Xxxxx USA”), the Additional Obligors, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and
other parties thereto had entered into an Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as
of May 16, 2005, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of July 27, 2007 (as amended, the “2005
Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the same
meanings as specified in the 2005 Credit Agreement.
(2) Old Xxxxx USA merged into the Borrower as of January 1, 2007.
(3) The Borrower has requested changes and modifications to the 2005 Credit Agreement as
hereinafter set forth; the Required Lenders are, on the terms and conditions stated below, willing
to grant the request of the Borrower; and the Borrower and the Required Lenders have agreed to
further amend the 2005 Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 1. Amendments to 2005 Credit Agreement. The 2005 Credit Agreement is,
effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 2, hereby amended in its entirety to read in full as set forth in Annex A
hereto.
SECTION 2. Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment is subject to the provisions of
Section 14.11 of the 2005 Credit Agreement. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date
first above written (the “Amendment Effective Date”) when and only when, on or before the Amendment
Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received:
(a) Counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower, the
Additional Obligors and the Required Lenders.
(b) A certificate from a Responsible Officer, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the effect that all
representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the 2005 Credit Agreement, as
amended hereby, are true, correct and complete in all material respects with the same
effect as if made on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of such earlier date); that the Borrower is not in violation of any
of the covenants contained in the 2005 Credit Agreement, as amended hereby; that, after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing; and that each of the conditions to the
effectiveness of this Amendment has been satisfied or waived (assuming satisfaction of the
Administrative Agent where not advised otherwise).
(c) A certificate of the secretary, assistant secretary or general counsel
of the Borrower certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature
of each officer of the Borrower executing this Amendment and certifying that attached
thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower authorizing the borrowings contemplated under the 2005 Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment.
(d) Favorable opinions of Xxx X. Xxxxxx, General Counsel to the Borrower,
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Borrower, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Xxxxx LLP, Pennsylvania counsel to the Borrower, and Drinker Xxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, New Jersey
counsel to the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect
to the Borrower, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Lenders shall reasonably
request.
SECTION 3. Reference to and Effect on the 2005 Credit Agreement and the Notes. (a) On
and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the 2005 Credit Agreement to “this
Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the 2005 Credit Agreement,
and each reference in (i) the Notes and (ii) each of the other Loan Documents, to “the Credit
Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the 2005 Credit Agreement,
shall mean and be a reference to the 2005 Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
(b) The 2005 Credit Agreement, the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents, as
specifically amended by this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and
are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c) Changes in the Applicable Margin effected by this Amendment shall be effective
for all periods (or portions thereof) on and after the Amendment Effective Date. Any interest, fees
or other amounts accruing on the basis of the Applicable Margin during periods (or portions
thereof) prior to the Amendment Effective Date will accrue on the basis of the Applicable Margin in
effect for such periods prior to the Amendment Effective Date.
(d) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as
expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent under the 2005 Credit Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of
the 2005 Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4. Costs, Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs
and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration, modification and amendment of this Amendment and the other
instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative
Agent and the Arrangers) in accordance with the terms of Section 14.2 of the 2005 Credit Agreement.
SECTION 5. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
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executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one
and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment
by telecopier or other electronic medium shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION 6. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized,
as of the date first above written.
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC., as Borrower |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Treasurer | |||
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC., as Additional Obligor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Treasurer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Taxation and Risk Management | |||
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., as Additional Obligor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Treasurer | |||
XXXXX RETAIL CORPORATION, as Additional Obligor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President & Treasurer | |||
NINE WEST FOOTWEAR CORPORATION, as Additional Obligor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Treasurer |
Agreed as of the date first above written: WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Issuing Lender and Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
CITIBANK, N.A., as Issuing Lender and Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Lender and Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | SVP | |||
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Manager |
SUNTRUST BANK as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, NEW YORK BRANCH as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | AVP/Credit Documentation Credit Risk Control Standard Chartered Bank N.Y. |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, USA, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Deputy General Manager | |||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
Union Bank of California, N.A. as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
The Norinchukin Bank, | ||||
as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | General Manager | |||
FORTIS, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Bank of China, New York Branch, | ||||
as Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Lending Officer and DGM | |||
XXXXX XXX COMMERICAL BANK, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxx X.X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx X.X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | VP & General Manager | |||
E.Sun Commercial Bank, Ltd., Los Angeles Branch as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxx | |||
Title: | EVP & General Manager |
National Bank of Egypt - New York Branch, | ||||
as Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | General Manager | |||
BEAR XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING INC., as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
The Governor and Company of the Bank
of Ireland, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorised Signatory | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorised Signatory | |||
BANK
OF TAIWAN, NEW YORK AGENCY, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X.X. Xx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X.X. Xx | |||
Title: | VP & General Manager | |||
Land Bank of Taiwan Los Angeles Branch, | ||||
as Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X.X. Leu | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X.X. Leu | |||
Title: | V. P. & General Manager |
FIFTH THIRD BANK, | , | |||
as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
BANK LEUMI USA, | ||||
as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Xxx Xxx Commercial Bank, Ltd. New York Agency, as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Vice President | |||
Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank New York Agency as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | FVP & General Manager |
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ANNEX A
$750,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of May 16, 2005,
AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JUNE 6, 2008
by and among
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC.,
the Additional Obligors referred to herein,
the Lenders referred to herein,
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
and Joint Bookrunners,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
and Joint Bookrunners,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
as Administrative Agent,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agents,
as Syndication Agents,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BARCLAYS BANK PLC and SUNTRUST BANK
as Documentation Agents
as Documentation Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
1 | |||
SECTION 1.1. Definitions |
1 | |||
SECTION 1.2. General |
15 | |||
SECTION 1.3. Other Definitions and Provisions |
16 | |||
ARTICLE II REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY |
16 | |||
SECTION 2.1. Revolving Credit Loans |
16 | |||
SECTION 2.2. Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans |
16 | |||
SECTION 2.3. Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans |
17 | |||
SECTION 2.4. Evidence of Debt |
18 | |||
SECTION 2.5. Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment |
18 | |||
SECTION 2.6. Termination of Revolving Credit Facility |
19 | |||
SECTION 2.7. Increase in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments |
19 | |||
ARTICLE III LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY |
20 | |||
SECTION 3.1. L/C Commitment |
20 | |||
SECTION 3.2. Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit |
21 | |||
SECTION 3.3. Fees and Other Charges |
21 | |||
SECTION 3.4. L/C Participations |
22 | |||
SECTION 3.5. Reimbursement |
23 | |||
SECTION 3.6. Obligations Absolute |
23 | |||
SECTION 3.7 Effect of Application |
24 | |||
ARTICLE IV [RESERVED] |
24 | |||
ARTICLE V GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS |
24 | |||
SECTION 5.1. Interest |
24 |
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SECTION 5.2. Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Revolving Credit
Loans |
26 | |||
SECTION 5.3. Fees |
26 | |||
SECTION 5.4. Manner of Payment |
26 | |||
SECTION 5.5. Crediting of Payments and Proceeds |
27 | |||
SECTION 5.6. Adjustments |
27 | |||
SECTION 5.7. Nature of Obligations of Lenders Regarding Extensions of Credit;
Assumption by the Administrative Agent |
27 | |||
SECTION 5.8. Joint and Several Liability of the Credit Parties |
28 | |||
SECTION 5.9. Changed Circumstances |
29 | |||
SECTION 5.10. Indemnity |
32 | |||
SECTION 5.11. Capital Requirements |
32 | |||
SECTION 5.12. Taxes |
33 | |||
ARTICLE VI CLOSING; CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING |
35 | |||
SECTION 6.1. Closing |
35 | |||
SECTION 6.2. Conditions to Closing and Initial Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of
Credit |
35 | |||
SECTION 6.3. Conditions to Extensions of Credit |
37 | |||
ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES |
37 | |||
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties |
37 | |||
SECTION 7.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. |
42 | |||
ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES |
42 | |||
SECTION 8.1. Financial Statements and Projections |
43 | |||
SECTION 8.2. Officer’s Compliance Certificate |
43 | |||
SECTION 8.3. Accountants’ Certificate |
43 | |||
SECTION 8.4. Other Reports |
44 | |||
SECTION 8.5. Notice of Litigation and Other Matters |
44 | |||
SECTION 8.6. Accuracy of Information |
45 |
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ARTICLE IX AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
45 | |||
SECTION 9.1. Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters |
46 | |||
SECTION 9.2. Maintenance of Property |
46 | |||
SECTION 9.3. Insurance |
46 | |||
SECTION 9.4. Accounting Methods and Financial Records |
46 | |||
SECTION 9.5. Payment and Performance of Obligations |
46 | |||
SECTION 9.6. Compliance With Laws and Approvals |
46 | |||
SECTION 9.7. Environmental Laws |
46 | |||
SECTION 9.8. Compliance with ERISA |
47 | |||
SECTION 9.9. Conduct of Business |
47 | |||
SECTION 9.10. Visits and Inspections |
47 | |||
SECTION 9.11. Use of Proceeds |
47 | |||
ARTICLE X FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
47 | |||
SECTION 10.1. Interest Coverage Ratio |
48 | |||
SECTION 10.2. Covenant Debt to EBITDA Ratio |
48 | |||
SECTION 10.3. Asset Coverage Ratio |
48 | |||
ARTICLE XI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
48 | |||
SECTION 11.1. Limitations on Debt and Guaranty Obligations |
48 | |||
SECTION 11.2. [Reserved] |
49 | |||
SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Liens |
50 | |||
SECTION 11.4. Limitations on Loans, Advances, Investments and Acquisitions |
51 | |||
SECTION 11.5. Limitations on Mergers and Liquidation |
52 | |||
SECTION 11.6. Limitations on Sale or Transfer of Assets |
53 | |||
SECTION 11.7. Limitations on Dividends and Distributions |
53 | |||
SECTION 11.8. Transactions with Affiliates |
54 | |||
SECTION 11.9. Changes in Fiscal Year End |
54 |
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SECTION 11.10. Amendments; Payments and Prepayments of Material Debt and
Subordinated Debt |
54 | |||
ARTICLE XII DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
54 | |||
SECTION 12.1. Events of Default |
54 | |||
SECTION 12.2. Remedies |
56 | |||
SECTION 12.3. Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; Etc. |
58 | |||
ARTICLE XIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
58 | |||
SECTION 13.1. Appointment |
58 | |||
SECTION 13.2. Delegation of Duties |
58 | |||
SECTION 13.3. Exculpatory Provisions |
58 | |||
SECTION 13.4. Reliance by the Administrative Agent |
59 | |||
SECTION 13.5. Notice of Default |
59 | |||
SECTION 13.6. Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
59 | |||
SECTION 13.7. Indemnification |
60 | |||
SECTION 13.8. The Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity |
60 | |||
SECTION 13.9. Resignation of the Administrative Agent; Successor Administrative Agent |
60 | |||
SECTION 13.10. Syndication and Documentation Agents |
61 | |||
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS |
61 | |||
SECTION 14.1. Notices |
61 | |||
SECTION 14.2. Expenses; Indemnity |
62 | |||
SECTION 14.3. Set-off |
63 | |||
SECTION 14.4. Governing Law |
63 | |||
SECTION 14.5. Consent to Jurisdiction |
63 | |||
SECTION 14.6. Waiver of Jury Trial |
63 | |||
SECTION 14.7. Reversal of Payments |
63 | |||
SECTION 14.8. Injunctive Relief; Punitive Damages |
64 | |||
SECTION 14.9. Accounting Matters |
64 |
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SECTION 14.10. Successors and Assigns; Participations |
64 | |||
SECTION 14.11. Amendments, Waivers and Consents |
68 | |||
SECTION 14.12. Performance of Duties |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.13. All Powers Coupled with Interest |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.14. Survival of Indemnities |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.15. Titles and Captions |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.16. Severability of Provisions |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.17. Counterparts |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.18. Term of Agreement |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.19. Inconsistencies with Other Documents; Independent Effect of Covenants |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.20. Patriot Act |
70 | |||
SECTION 14.21. Ratings of Loans |
71 | |||
SECTION 14.22. Consent Under 2004 Credit Agreement |
71 |
Exhibits |
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Exhibit A -
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Form of Revolving Credit Note | |
Exhibit B -
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Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing | |
Exhibit C -
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Form of Notice of Account Designation | |
Exhibit D -
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Form of Notice of Prepayment | |
Exhibit E -
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Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation | |
Exhibit F -
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Form of Officer’s Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit G -
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
Schedules |
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Schedule 1.1(a) - Lenders and Revolving Credit Commitments | ||
Schedule 1.1(b) - Outstanding Letters of Credit | ||
Schedule 7.1(b) - Subsidiaries and Capitalization | ||
Schedule 7.1(p) - Debt and Guaranty Obligations |
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Schedule 7.1(q) -
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Litigation | |
Schedule 11.3 -
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Existing Liens | |
Schedule 11.4 -
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Existing Loans, Advances and Investments |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 16, 2005
AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JUNE 6, 2008
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. (formerly known as Xxxxxx, Ltd.), a Delaware corporation, the
Additional Obligors (as defined below), the Lenders who are or may become a party to this
Agreement, X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as Joint Lead Arrangers
and Joint Bookrunners, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., BARCLAYS BANK PLC and SUNTRUST BANK, as Documentation Agents, agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. The Borrower’s predecessor in interest Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation (“Old Xxxxx USA”), the Borrower, the Additional Obligors, the lenders
parties thereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association (as successor in interest to First Union
National Bank), as administrative agent, were parties to an Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit
Agreement dated as of May 16, 2005 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”). Old Xxxxx USA merged into
the Borrower as of January 1, 2007. The Borrower, the Additional Obligors, the parties hereto and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, desire to amend the Existing Credit
Agreement as herein set forth and to restate it in its entirety giving effect to such amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree that, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2
of Amendment No. 2 to the Existing Credit Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2008, the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the
meanings assigned to them below:
“Additional Debt Securities” means Debt incurred after the Amendment Date, arising
under or in connection with public or privately placed notes, debentures, bonds, or debt
securities or related indentures or other agreements (including in connection with the
issuance of exchange securities in connection with any exchange offer registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, following a private placement of Additional Debt
Securities).
“Additional Obligors” means the collective reference to Xxxxx Apparel Group, Xxxxx
Apparel Group Holdings, Nine West Footwear and Xxxxx Retail in their capacities as
co-obligors under this Agreement.
“Administrative Agent” means Wachovia in its capacity as Administrative Agent
hereunder, and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to Section 13.9.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the office of the Administrative Agent
specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.1(c).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (other than a
Subsidiary) which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person or any of its
Subsidiaries. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” means this Five-Year Credit Agreement, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Alternative Currency” means (a) Pounds Sterling, (b) the euro or (c) any
other
lawful currency (other than Dollars) acceptable to the Issuing Lenders which, in the case
of this clause (c), is freely transferable and convertible into Dollars in the United
States currency market and is freely available to all Issuing Lenders in the London
interbank deposit market.
“Alternative Currency L/C Commitment” means the lesser of (a) One Hundred Million
Dollars ($100,000,000) and (b) the L/C Commitment.
“Amendment Date” means June 6, 2008, the date upon which Amendment No. 2 to this
Agreement became effective in accordance with its terms.
“Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes,
ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and
orders of courts or Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and
arbitrators.
“Applicable Margin” means, for purposes of calculating (a) the Base Rate and LIBOR
Rate for purposes of Section 5.1(a), (b) the L/C Fee for purposes of Section 3.3(a) or
(c) the Commitment Fee for purposes of Section 5.3(a), the corresponding rate set forth
below for the applicable rating of the senior, unsecured, long-term debt of the Credit
Parties, on a collective basis (the “Debt Rating”) publicly announced by Standard &
Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies (“S&P”), and Xxxxx’x Investors Service,
Inc. (“Moody’s”) as follows:
Applicable Margin Per Annum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | S&P Rating | Moody’s | LIBOR | Base Rate | Trade | Standby | Commitment | |||||||||||||||||||||
Rating | Rate | L/C Fee | L/C Fee | Fee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
I |
>=BBB | >=Baa2 | 1.750 | % | 0.7500 | % | 0.855 | % | 1.750 | % | 0.150 | % | ||||||||||||||||
II |
>=BBB- | >=Baa3 | 2.000 | % | 1.000 | % | 1.000 | % | 2.000 | % | 0.250 | % | ||||||||||||||||
III |
>=BB+ | >=Ba1 | 2.250 | % | 1.250 | % | 1.125 | % | 2.250 | % | 0.375 | % | ||||||||||||||||
IV |
>=BB | >=Ba2 | 2.500 | % | 1.500 | % | 1.250 | % | 2.500 | % | 0.500 | % | ||||||||||||||||
V |
<=BB- | <=Ba3 | 2.750 | % | 1.750 | % | 1.375 | % | 2.750 | % | 0.625 | % |
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provided, that if both Moody’s and S&P shall not have in effect a Debt Rating (other
than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition),
then such Debt Rating shall be deemed to be Level V. In the event that the corresponding
Debt Ratings publicly announced by S&P and Moody’s listed above differ by (a) one pricing
level, the Applicable Margin shall be based on the higher of the two ratings, and (b) two
or more pricing levels, the Applicable Margin shall be based on the rating one rating
below the higher of the two ratings. Any change in the Applicable Margin shall be
effective as of the Business Day on which the applicable rating is announced or is
publicly available. If the rating system of S&P and Moody’s shall change, or if both of
such rating agencies shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt
obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this
definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from
such rating agencies and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable
Margin shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to
such change or cessation.
“Application” means an application, in the form specified by any Issuing
Lender from time to time, requesting such Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.
“Asset Coverage Ratio” means the ratio of (a) the sum of gross inventory
plus gross accounts receivable (as of the date of determination) to (b) the sum of (i)
the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding and (ii) the aggregate principal
amount of Loans outstanding under the 2004 Credit Agreement, in each case as of such date
of determination.
“Assignment and Acceptance” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
14.10(b)(ii).
“Assuming Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(d).
“Assumption Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(d)(ii).
“Base Rate” means, at any time, the higher of (a) the Prime Rate and (b) the
sum of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus (ii) 1/2 of 1%; each change in the Base Rate shall
take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate or
the Federal Funds Rate.
“Base Rate Loan” means any Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest at a
rate based upon the Base Rate as provided in Section 5.1(a).
“Borrower” means Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc.
“Business Day” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday on which banks in Charlotte, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New
York, New York, are not authorized or required by law to remain closed for the conduct of
their commercial banking business, (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in
connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, any LIBOR Rate Loan, the term
“Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for trading
in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market and (c) with respect to all notices and
determinations in connection with, and payment of principal and interest on, any L/C
Obligation denominated in an Alternative Currency, the term “Business Day” shall
also
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exclude any day on which banks in London do not provide quotations for deposits
denominated in such Alternative Currency.
“Capital Lease” means, with respect to the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries, any lease of any property that should, in accordance with GAAP, be
classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a Consolidated balance sheet of the
Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries.
“Change in Control” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 12.1(h).
“Closing Date” means May 16, 2005.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Commitment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(b).
“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.3(a).
“Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(a).
“Consolidated” means, when used with reference to financial statements or
financial statement items of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, such statements
or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of
consolidation under GAAP.
“Correspondent” means any financial institution designated by an Issuing
Lender to act as such Issuing Lender’s correspondent hereunder with respect to the
distribution and payment of Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Covenant Debt” means, for any date of calculation, Debt with respect to the
Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries that would appear on a Consolidated balance sheet of
the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Covenant Debt to EBITDA Ratio” means, for any date of calculation, Covenant
Debt as of such date divided by EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal
quarters ending on such date; provided that there shall be excluded from the calculation
of Covenant Debt to EBITDA Ratio for the period ended on July 5, 0000, XXXXXX (whether
positive or negative) attributable to any discontinued operations.
“Credit Facility” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit
Facility and the L/C Facility.
“Credit Parties” means each of the Additional Obligors and the Borrower.
“Debt” means, with respect to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries at any
date and without duplication, the sum of the following calculated in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness, in each case for borrowed money
including but not limited to obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments of any such Person, (b) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase
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price of property or services of any such Person, except trade liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business, (c) all obligations of any such Person as lessee under Capital
Leases, (d) all Debt of any other Person secured by a Lien on any asset of any such Person,
(e) all Guaranty Obligations of any such Person, (f) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of any such Person relative to the amount of drawn letters of credit not
reimbursed as required by the terms thereof, including without limitation any Reimbursement
Obligation not reimbursed as required by the terms hereof, and banker’s acceptances issued
for the account of any such Person, and (g) all net obligations incurred by any such Person
pursuant to Hedging Agreements in respect of interest rate xxxxxx.
“Default” means any of the events specified in Section 12.1 which with the
passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of
Default.
“Dispute” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 14.6.
“Dollar Amount” shall mean (a) with regard to any Obligation denominated in
Dollars, the amount thereof and (b) with regard to any Obligation denominated in an
Alternative Currency, the amount of Dollars which is equivalent to the sum of (i) the
amount so expressed in an Alternative Currency at the applicable-quoted spot rate on the
appropriate page of the Xxxxxx’x Screen as determined by the Administrative Agent at the
relevant time; plus (ii) any amounts owed by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.5(b).
“Dollars” or “$” means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in
lawful currency of the United States.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on
a Consolidated basis for any period, the sum of (a) Net Income for such period, plus (b)
the sum of the following to the extent deducted in the determination of Net Income: (i)
income and franchise taxes, (ii) Interest Expense and (iii) amortization, depreciation,
extraordinary non-cash losses and any other non-cash charges (including amortization or
write-off of goodwill, transaction expenses, covenants not to compete and other intangible
assets, and non-cash charges resulting from purchase accounting related to any acquisition
otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) less (c) the sum of (i) any
items of extraordinary gain which were included in determining Net Income and (ii) items
of cash gains from the sale of assets to the extent such gains exceed $50,000,000 during
such period.
“EBITDAR” means, with respect to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on
a Consolidated basis for any period, the sum of (a) Net Income for such period, plus (b)
the sum of the following to the extent deducted in the determination of Net Income: (i)
income and franchise taxes, (ii) Interest Expense, (iii) amortization, depreciation,
extraordinary non-cash losses and any other non-cash charges (including amortization or
write-off of goodwill, transaction expenses, covenants not to compete and other intangible
assets, and non-cash charges resulting from purchase accounting related to any acquisition
otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) and (iv) Rental Expense
(exclusive of any amounts reflected in Interest Expense) less (c) the sum of (i) any items
of extraordinary gain which were included in determining Net Income and (ii) items of cash
gains from the sale of assets to the extent such gains exceed $50,000,000 during such
period.
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“Eligible Assignee” means, with respect to any assignment of the rights,
interest and obligations of a Lender hereunder, a Person that is at the time of such
assignment (a) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof, having combined capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (b) a
commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country that is a member of the
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any
such country, having combined capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (c) a finance
company, insurance company or other financial institution which in the ordinary course of
business extends credit of the type extended hereunder and that has total assets in excess
of $1,000,000,000, (d) already a Lender hereunder (whether as an original party to this
Agreement or as the assignee of another Lender) or an Affiliate of a Lender hereunder, (e)
the successor (whether by transfer of assets, merger or otherwise) to all or substantially
all of the commercial lending business of the assigning Lender, (f) any SPC solely to the
extent permitted by Section 14.10(h), or (g) any other Person that has been approved in
writing as an Eligible Assignee by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA which (a) is maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate or (b) has at any time within the preceding six (6) years been maintained for
the employees of the Borrower or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.
“EMU” mean economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on
European Union.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state and local laws,
statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, binding
interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the
protection of human health or the environment, including, but not limited to,
requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting,
investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the
rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any Person who together with the Borrower is treated
as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or
Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
“euro” means the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the
Treaty on European Union and as referred to in the legislative measures of the European
Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of the euro in one or more
member states.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day, the percentage (expressed
as a decimal and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) which is
in effect for such day as prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board (or any successor) for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including without limitation any basic,
supplemental or emergency reserves) in respect of eurocurrency liabilities or any similar
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category of liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York
City.
“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 12.1,
provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other
condition, has been satisfied.
“Existing Debt Securities” means the 4.250% Senior Notes due 2009, the 5.125%
Senior Notes due 2014, and the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2034 of Xxxxx Apparel Group.
“Existing Loans” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.2(f).
“Extensions of Credit” means, as to any Lender at any time, (a) an amount
equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made
by such Lender then outstanding, and (ii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of the Dollar Amount of the L/C Obligations then outstanding, or (b) the
making of any Loan or participation in any Letter of Credit by such Lender, as the
context requires.
“FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) representing the daily effective federal
funds rate as quoted by the Administrative Agent and confirmed in Federal Reserve Board
Statistical Release H.15 (519) or any successor or substitute publication selected by the
Administrative Agent. If, for any reason, such rate is not available,
then “Federal Funds Rate” shall mean a daily rate which is determined, in the opinion of the Administrative
Agent, to be the rate at which federal funds are being offered for sale in the national
federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. (Charlotte time). Rates for weekends or holidays shall
be the same as the rate for the most immediate preceding Business Day.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries ending on December 31.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this
definition, the United States of America, each state thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, as recognized by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, consistently applied and maintained on a consistent basis for the Credit Parties
and their Subsidiaries throughout the period indicated.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents,
approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports
to, all Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation, province, state or political
subdivision thereof, and any government or any Person exercising executive, legislative,
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regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any
corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or
otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
“Granting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 14.10(h).
“Guaranty Obligation” means, with respect to the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any such
Person pursuant to which such Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed any Debt or
other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person (a) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or
other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to
keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to
maintain financial statement condition or otherwise) or (b) entered into for the purpose of
assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided, that the term Guaranty Obligation shall not include (i) endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) a contractual commitment
by one Person to invest in another Person for so long as such investment is expected to
constitute a permitted investment under Section 11.4.
“Hazardous Materials” means any substances or materials (a) which are or
become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants,
chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any Environmental Law, (b) which
are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic,
mutagenic or otherwise harmful to human health or the environment and are or become
regulated by any Governmental Authority, (c) the presence of which require investigation or
remediation under any Environmental Law, (d) the discharge or emission or release of which
requires a permit or license under any Applicable Law or other Governmental Approval, or
(e) which contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or
waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
“Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to an interest rate or
currency swap, collar, cap, floor or forward rate agreement or other agreement regarding
the hedging of interest rate or currency risk exposure executed in connection with hedging
the interest rate or currency exposure of any Credit Party, and any confirming letter
executed pursuant to such hedging agreement, all as amended, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Increase Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(a).
“Increasing Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.7(b).
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter,
EBITDAR for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date divided by
the sum of (a) Interest Expense less the amortization of non-cash items included in
“Interest Expense” (including, but not limited to, amortization of debt issuance costs)
and (b) Rental Expense (exclusive of any amounts reflected in Interest Expense), both for
the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date;
provided that there
shall
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be excluded from the calculation of Interest Coverage Ratio for the period ended on July
5, 0000, XXXXXXX (whether positive or negative) and any items of Interest Expense or
Rental Expense attributable to any discontinued operations.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest expense
(including, without limitation, interest expense attributable to Capital Leases)
determined on a consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Credit Parties and
their Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest Period” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.1(b).
“ISP 98” means the International Standby Practices (1998 Revision,
effective January 1, 1999), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.
“Issuing Lender” means Wachovia, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
and Bank of America, N.A., each in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit, and any
other Lender mutually acceptable and on terms satisfactory to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and such Lender; and Issuing Lenders means all such Lenders.
“Xxxxx Apparel Group” means Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation.
“Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings” means Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
“Xxxxx Retail” means Xxxxx Retail Corporation, a New Jersey corporation.
“L/C Commitment” means Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000).
“L/C Facility” means the letter of credit facility established pursuant to
Article III hereof.
“L/C Fee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.3(a).
“L/C Obligations” means at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b)
the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been
reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.
“L/C Participants” means the collective reference to all the Lenders
having a Revolving Credit Commitment other than the applicable Issuing Lender.
“Lender” means each Person executing this Agreement as a Lender set forth on
the signature pages hereto, each Assuming Lender that shall become a party hereto pursuant
to Section 2.7 and each Person that hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement as a
Lender pursuant to Section 14.10 other than any party hereto that ceases to be a party
hereto pursuant to any Assignment and Acceptance.
“Lending Group Members” means the collective reference to (a) the Lenders
party to this Agreement and (b) the lenders party to the 2004 Credit Agreement.
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“Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, for Revolving Credit
Loans, the office of such Lender maintaining such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans.
“Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.1.
“LIBOR” means the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the
rate for deposits in Dollars or an Alternative Currency (other than euro) in minimum
amounts of at least $5,000,000 or the approximate Dollar Amount thereof, in the case of an
Alternative Currency, for a period equal to the applicable Interest Period which appears on
the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates (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 deposits in such currency in the
London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days
prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period (rounded upward, if necessary, to
the nearest one hundredth of one percent (1/100%)). If, for any reason, such rate does not
appear on British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement
Rates, then “LIBOR” shall be
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic average (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent (1/100%)) of the rate per annum at
which deposits in Dollars or an Alternative Currency would be offered by the Reference
Group in the London interbank market to the Administrative Agent as of approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest
Period for a period equal to such Interest Period and in an amount substantially equal to
the amount of the applicable Revolving Credit Loan.
“LIBOR Rate” means a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next higher 1/100th of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the
following formula:
LIBOR RATE | = | LIBOR | ||||
1.00 — Eurodollar Reserve Percentage |
“LIBOR Rate Loan” means any Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest at a rate
based upon the LIBOR Rate as provided in Section 5.1(a).
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset. For the purposes of
this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has
acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, Capital Lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Applications
and each other document, instrument and agreement executed and delivered by any Credit
Party, its Subsidiaries or their counsel in connection with this Agreement, all as may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
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“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Credit Parties or
any of their Subsidiaries, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations or
financial condition of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the
ability of any such Person to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, in each
case to which it is a party.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making (or
has made), or is accruing (or has accrued) an obligation to make, contributions either
presently or within the preceding six years.
“Net Income” means, with respect to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries
for any period, the Consolidated net income (or loss) of the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that there
shall be excluded from net income (or loss) of a Person (the “computing Person”), the
income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the computing Person) in which
the computing Person has an ownership interest unless received by the computing Person in
a cash distribution.
“Net Worth” means, with respect to the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries, as of any date, the total shareholders’ equity that would appear on a
Consolidated balance sheet of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries prepared as of
such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Nine West Footwear” means Nine West Footwear Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
“Note” means a Revolving Credit Note.
“Notice of Account Designation” shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in Section 2.2(b).
“Notice of Conversion/Continuation” shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in Section 5.2.
“Notice of Prepayment” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.3(c).
“Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing” shall have the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 2.2(a).
“Obligations” means, in each case, whether now in existence or hereafter
arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the filing
of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Loans, (b) the L/C Obligations, (c) all payment
and other obligations owing by the Credit Parties to any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or
the Administrative Agent under any Hedging Agreement with any Lender or Affiliate of a
Lender (which such Hedging Agreement is permitted hereunder), and (d) all other fees and
commissions (including attorney’s fees), charges, indebtedness, loans, liabilities,
financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Credit Parties to
the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, of every kind, nature and description, direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious,
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liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note, in each case under
or in respect of this Agreement, any Note, any Letter of Credit or any of the other Loan
Documents.
“Officer’s Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 8.2.
“Operating Lease” shall mean, as to any Person, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, any lease of property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such
Person as lessee which is not a Capital Lease.
“Other Taxes” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.12(b).
“Outstanding Letters of Credit” means each letter of credit described on
Schedule 1.1(b) and outstanding as of the Closing Date.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined
in ERISA or any successor agency.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer
Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.
“Permitted Investment Policy” of the Credit Parties means the investment policy of
the Credit Parties as in effect on the Amendment Date which has been approved by the Board
of Directors of Xxxxx Apparel Group, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Permitted Lines of Business” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 9.9.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association, trust, business trust, joint venture, joint stock company,
pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, Governmental
Authority or any other form of entity or group thereof.
“Pounds Sterling” means, unless otherwise qualified, pounds sterling in
lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Prime Rate” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by Wachovia as its prime rate in effect at its principal
office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as
of the opening of business on the day such change in the Prime Rate occurs. The parties
hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by Wachovia as its Prime Rate is an
index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its
customers or other banks.
“Prior Credit Agreement” means the Three-Year Credit Agreement dated as of
June 10, 2003 among Old Xxxxx USA, the Borrower, the Additional Obligors (other than
Xxxxx Retail), the lenders parties thereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association (as
successor in interest to First Union Bank), as administrative agent.
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“Prior Lenders” means, collectively, the lenders party to the Prior
Credit Agreement.
“Reference Group” shall mean the Lenders party to this Agreement on
the Closing Date.
“Register” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.4(a).
“Reimbursement Obligation” means the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse
each Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
“Rental Expense” means, for any period, total rental expense (net of
sublease income) determined on a consolidated basis, without duplication, for the
Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Required Agreement Lenders” means, at any date, any combination of Lenders
whose Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage equals at least fifty-one percent (51%) of
the Revolving Credit Commitment or if the Revolving Credit Commitment has been
terminated, any combination of Lenders who collectively hold at least fifty-one percent
(51%) of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Extensions of Credit.
“Required Lenders” means, at any date, any combination of Lending Group Members
whose Total Committed Percentage equals at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the Total
Committed Amount.
“Responsible Officer” means any of the following: the chairman, president,
chief executive officer, chief financial officer or treasurer or vice president and
corporate controller of the Borrower or Xxxxx Apparel Group or any other officer of the
Borrower or Xxxxx Apparel Group reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means (a) as to any Lender, the obligation of
such Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower and to participate in Letters
of Credit hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto as such
amount may be increased, reduced or modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to
the terms hereof and (b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of
all Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, as such amount may be increased or reduced at
any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The Revolving Credit
Commitment of all Lenders on the Amendment Date shall be Seven Hundred Fifty Million
Dollars ($750,000,000).
“Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender at any
time, the ratio of (a) the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender to
(b) the Revolving Credit Commitment of all of the Lenders.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility
established pursuant to Article II hereof.
“Revolving Credit Loans” means any revolving loan made to the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.1, and all such revolving loans collectively as the context
requires.
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“Revolving Credit Notes” means the collective reference to the Revolving
Credit Notes made by the Borrower under this Agreement payable to the order of any such
Lender requesting such note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the
obligation owed to such Lender under the Revolving Credit Facility, and any amendments and
modifications thereto, any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements,
renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part; “Revolving Credit Note” means
any of such Revolving Credit Notes.
“Revolving Credit Termination Date” means the earliest of the dates
referred to in Section 2.6.
“SPC” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 14.10(h).
“Subordinated Debt” means the collective reference to Debt on Schedule 7.1(p)
hereof designated as Subordinated Debt and any other Debt of the Credit Parties or any
Subsidiary thereof subordinated in right and time of payment to the Obligations and
otherwise permitted hereunder.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any
date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
the accounts of which would be Consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s
Consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance
with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership
interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity or more than fifty
percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than
fifty percent (50%) of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned,
controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise controlled, by the parent
or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise qualified references to
“Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” herein shall refer to those of the
Borrower.
“Syndication Agents” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citibank, N.A.,
each in their capacity as syndication agent hereunder, and any successor thereto.
“Taxes” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.12(a).
“Termination Event” means: (a) a “Reportable Event” described in
Section 4043 of ERISA, or (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined
in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a
notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment
as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or (d) the institution of proceedings to
terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC,
or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension
Plan, or (f) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from
a Multiemployer Plan, or (g) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 412 of the Code
or Section 302 of ERISA, or (h) any event or condition which results in the reorganization
or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Sections 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or (i) any
event or condition which results in the termination of a Multiemployer
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Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to
terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA.
“Total Committed Amount” means (a) as to any Lending Group Member, the sum of
(i) the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lending Group Member (or, if such Revolving
Credit Commitment has been terminated, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
outstanding Extensions of Credit of such Lending Group Member) plus (ii) the Revolving
Credit Commitment (as defined in the 2004 Credit Agreement) of such Lending Group Member
(or, if such Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all outstanding Extensions of Credit (as defined in the 2004 Credit
Agreement) of such Lending Group Member) and (b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate Total
Committed Amount of all Lending Group Members.
“Total Committed Percentage” means, as to any Lending Group Member at any
time, the ratio of (a) the amount of the Total Committed Amount of such Lending Group
Member to (b) the aggregate Total Committed Amount of all Lending Group Members.
“Treaty on European Union” means the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957, as
amended by the Single Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and the Maastricht Treaty (signed February 7,
1992), as amended from time to time.
“2004 Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 2004 by and among the Borrower, the Additional Obligors
thereunder, the Administrative Agent thereunder and the financial institutions party
thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“2004 Credit Agreement Obligations” means the obligations of the Borrower and
the Additional Obligors thereunder under the 2004 Credit Agreement.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Uniform Customs” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary
Credits (1994 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500.
“United States” means the United States of America.
“Wachovia” means Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, and its successors.
“Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the shares
of capital stock or other ownership interests of such Subsidiary (other than directors’
qualifying shares) are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by any Credit Party
and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
SECTION 1.2. General. Unless otherwise specified, a reference in this Agreement to a
particular section, subsection, Schedule or Exhibit is a reference to that section, subsection,
Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement. Terms defined in this Agreement and the 2004 Credit
Agreement shall be construed consistently and no term defined herein shall be limited or restricted
by any similar definition in the 2004 Credit Agreement nor shall any such term herein limit or
restrict
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any similar definition in the 2004 Credit Agreement. Wherever from the context it appears
appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and
plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the
masculine, feminine and neuter. Any reference herein to “Charlotte time” shall refer to the
applicable time of day in Charlotte, North Carolina.
SECTION 1.3. Other Definitions and Provisions. (a) Use of Capitalized Terms. Unless
otherwise defined therein, all capitalized terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any certificate, report or
other document made or delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Miscellaneous. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
(c) Any reference or usage of the word “amount” herein as it pertains to any
Obligation denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be deemed to be a reference or usage of
the term “Dollar Amount.”
ARTICLE II REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
SECTION 2.1. Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars to the Borrower
from time to time from the Closing Date through the Revolving Credit Termination Date as requested
by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.2; provided, that (a) the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (after giving effect to any
amount requested) shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment less all outstanding L/C
Obligations and (b) the principal amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from any Lender to
the Borrower shall not at any time exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment less such
Lender’s participations in outstanding L/C Obligations. Each Revolving Credit Loan by a Lender
shall be in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans requested on such occasion. Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans
hereunder until the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
SECTION 2.2. Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans. (a) Requests for
Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (a “Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing”) not later
than 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte time) (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and (ii) at
least three (3) Business Days before each LIBOR Rate Loan, of its intention to borrow, specifying
(A) the date of such borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (B) the amount of such borrowing,
which shall be in an amount equal to the unused amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment, or if
less, (x) with respect to Base Rate Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof and (y) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans in an aggregate
principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (C) whether
such Revolving Credit Loan is to be a LIBOR Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan, and (D) in the case of a
LIBOR Rate Loan, the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto. Notices received after
11:00 a.m. (Charlotte time) shall be deemed received on the next Business Day.
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The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of each Notice of Revolving Credit
Borrowing.
(b) Disbursement of Revolving Credit Loans. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (Charlotte time)
on the proposed borrowing date, each Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent in funds immediately
available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the
Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such borrowing date. The Borrower hereby irrevocably
authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested pursuant
to this Section 2.2 in immediately available funds by crediting or wiring such proceeds to the
deposit account of the Borrower identified in the most recent notice of account designation,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (a “Notice of Account Designation”),
delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or as may be otherwise agreed upon by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time. Subject to Section 5.7 hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to disburse the portion of the proceeds of any
Revolving Credit Loan requested pursuant to this Section 2.2 for which any Lender is responsible to
the extent that such Lender has not made available to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loan.
SECTION 2.3. Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans. (a) Repayment on Termination
Date. The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans
in full on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon.
(b) Mandatory Repayment of Excess Extensions of Credit. (i) If at any time the
outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans plus the Dollar Amount of all
outstanding L/C Obligations exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment, the Borrower shall repay
immediately upon notice from the Administrative Agent, by payment to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Lenders, Revolving Credit Loans and/or furnish cash collateral reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or repay the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to such
excess. Such cash collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 12.2(b).
(ii) Excess Alternative Currency Letters of Credit. If the Administrative Agent shall
determine that the outstanding principal Dollar Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency exceeds one hundred and five percent (105%) of the lesser of
(A) the L/C Commitment less the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all L/C Obligations
denominated in Dollars and (B) the Alternative Currency L/C Commitment, in each case as of the last
Business Day of any calendar month during the term hereof, then not later than three (3) Business
Days after notice of the amount of such excess from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the
Borrower shall deposit an amount in Dollars equal to such excess with the Administrative Agent to
be held as cash collateral in accordance with Section 12.2(b).
(c) Optional Repayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time repay the
Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans and one (1) Business Day’s
irrevocable notice with respect to Base Rate Loans, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (a
“Notice of Prepayment”) specifying the date and amount of repayment and whether the repayment is
of LIBOR Rate Loans, Base Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, and, if of a combination thereof,
the amount allocable to each. Upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender. If any such notice is given, the amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date set forth in such notice. Partial
repayments shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in
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excess thereof with respect to Base Rate Loans and $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans.
(d) Limitation on Repayment of LIBOR Rate Loans. The Borrower may not repay any
LIBOR Rate Loan on any day other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto
unless such repayment is accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 5.10
hereof.
SECTION 2.4. Evidence of Debt. (a) The Administrative Agent shall maintain a register and
a subaccount therein for each Lender (the “Register”), in which shall be recorded (i) the
amount of each Revolving Credit Loan made hereunder, including each Revolving Credit Loan
evidenced by a Revolving Credit Note, and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount
of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to
each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.
(b) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to
Section 2.4(a) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrowers therein recorded, absent manifest error;
provided, however, that the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any
such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower
to repay (with applicable interest) the Revolving Credit Loans made to the Borrower in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any
Lender, the Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a Revolving Credit Note of such
Borrower evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
SECTION 2.5. Permanent Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment (a) Voluntary
Reduction. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon at least
five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, to permanently reduce,
without premium or penalty, (i) the entire Revolving Credit Commitment at any time or (ii)
portions of the Revolving Credit Commitment, from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount
not less than $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Each permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment made pursuant to this Section
2.5 shall be accompanied, if necessary, by a payment of principal sufficient to reduce the
aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations, as applicable, after such
reduction to the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced and if the Revolving Credit Commitment
as so reduced is less than the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the Borrower
shall be required to deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an
amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such
Letters of Credit exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced. Any reduction of the
Revolving Credit Commitment to zero (including upon termination of the Revolving Credit Facility
on the Revolving Credit Termination Date) shall be accompanied
by payment of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (and furnishing of cash collateral
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for all L/C Obligations) and shall result in the
termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment and the Revolving Credit Facility. Such cash
collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 12.2(b). If the reduction of the Revolving
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Credit Commitment requires the repayment of any LIBOR Rate Loan, such repayment shall be
accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 5.10 hereof.
SECTION 2.6. Termination of Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility
shall terminate on the earliest of (a) May 16, 2010, (b) the date of termination of the entire
Revolving Credit Commitment by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.5(a), and (c) the date of
termination by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to Section 12.2(a).
SECTION 2.7. Increase in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) The Borrower may, at any time but in any event not more than once in any calendar year
prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent, request
that the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments be increased by an amount of
$25,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof (each a “Commitment Increase”) to be effective
as of a date that is at least 90 days prior to the scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date
(the “Increase Date”) as specified in the related notice to the Administrative Agent;
provided, however that (i) in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitments at any time exceed $850,000,000 and (ii) on the date of any request by the
Borrower for a Commitment Increase and on the related Increase Date, (x) the representations and
warranties in Section 7.1 shall be true and correct and (y) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of a request by the Borrower
for a Commitment Increase, which notice shall include (i) the proposed amount of such requested
Commitment Increase, (ii) the proposed Increase Date and (iii) the date by which Lenders wishing to
participate in the Commitment Increase must commit to an increase in the amount of their respective
Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Commitment Date”). Each Lender that is willing to
participate in such requested Commitment Increase (each an “Increasing Lender”) shall, in
its sole discretion, give written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Commitment
Date of the amount by which it is willing to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment. If the
Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that they are willing to increase the amount of their
respective Revolving Credit Commitments by an aggregate amount that exceeds the amount of the
requested Commitment Increase, the requested Commitment Increase shall be allocated among the
Lenders willing to participate therein in such amounts as are agreed between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
(c) Promptly following each Commitment Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrower as to the amount, if any, by which the Lenders are willing to participate in the requested
Commitment Increase. If the aggregate amount by which the Lenders are willing to participate in any
requested Commitment Increase on any such Commitment Date is less than the requested Commitment
Increase, then the Borrower may extend offers to one or more Eligible Assignees to participate in
any portion of the requested Commitment Increase that has not been committed to by the Lenders as
of the applicable Commitment Date; provided, however, that the Revolving Credit
Commitment of each such Eligible Assignee shall be in an amount of $5,000,000 or more.
(d) On each Increase Date, each Eligible Assignee that accepts an offer to participate in a
requested Commitment Increase in accordance with Section 2.7(b) (each such Eligible Assignee, an
“Assuming Lender”) shall become a Lender party to this Agreement as of such Increase Date
and the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Increasing Lender for such requested Commitment
Increase shall be so increased by such amount (or by the amount allocated
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to such Lender pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.7(b)) as of such Increase Date; provided,
however, that the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before such Increase Date the
following, each dated such date:
(i) (A) certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower
approving the Commitment Increase, (B) a consent from each Additional Obligor approving
such Commitment Increase and (C) an opinion of counsel for the Borrower (which may be
in-house counsel), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent;
(ii) an assumption agreement from each Assuming Lender, if any, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (each an
“Assumption Agreement”), duly executed by such Assuming Lender, the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower; and
(iii) confirmation from each Increasing Lender of the increase in the amount of its
Revolving Credit Commitment in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
On each Increase Date, upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth in the immediately preceding
sentence of this Section 2.7(d), the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders (including,
without limitation, each Assuming Lender) and the Borrower, on or before 1:00 P.M. (Charlotte
time), by telecopier, of the occurrence of the Commitment Increase to be effected on such
Increase Date and shall record in the Register the relevant information with respect to each
Increasing Lender and each Assuming Lender on such date.
(e) On the Increase Date, if any Revolving Credit Loans are then outstanding, the Borrower
shall borrow from all or certain of the Lenders and/or (subject to compliance by the Borrower with
Section 2.3) prepay Revolving Credit Loans of all or certain of the Lenders such that, after
giving effect thereto, the Revolving Credit Loans (including, without limitation, the Interest
Periods thereof) shall be held by the Lenders (including for such purposes the Increasing Lenders
and the Assuming Lenders) ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit
Commitments. On and after each Increase Date, the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of each
Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit and Revolving Credit Loans from draws under Letters of
Credit shall be calculated after giving effect to each such Commitment Increase.
ARTICLE III LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY
SECTION 3.1. L/C Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing
Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to
issue trade and standby letters of credit (“Letters of Credit”) for the account of the
Borrower and its specified Subsidiaries on any Business Day from the Closing Date to but not
including the Revolving Credit Termination Date in such form as may be approved from time to time
by such Issuing Lender; provided, however, that no Issuing Lender shall have any
obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (a) the L/C
Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or (b) the L/C Obligations on account of Letters of
Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency would exceed the Alternative Currency L/C Commitment
or (c) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, plus the aggregate
principal amount of L/C Obligations would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment. Each Letter of
Credit shall (i) be denominated in (A) Dollars, if such Letter of Credit is a standby Letter of
Credit, or (B) Dollars or an Alternative Currency, if such Letter of Credit is a trade Letter of
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Credit, (ii) be a trade or standby letter of credit issued to support obligations of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, contingent or otherwise, incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) expire on a date no later than ten Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination
Date, and (iv) be subject to the Uniform Customs and/or ISP 98, as set forth in the Application or
as determined by the applicable Issuing Lender and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the
laws of the State of New York. No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any
Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender or
any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any Applicable Law. References herein to
“issue” and derivations thereof with respect to Letters of Credit shall also include
extensions or modifications of any existing Letters of Credit, unless the context otherwise
requires. Each Outstanding Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued under this
Agreement.
SECTION 3.2. Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower may from time to
time request that any Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit (or amend, extend or renew an
outstanding Letter of Credit) by delivering to such Issuing Lender at any Issuing Lender’s office
at any address mutually acceptable to the Borrower and such Issuing Lender an Application therefor,
including, if applicable, the office of such Issuing Lender’s Correspondent, completed to the
satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and
information as such Issuing Lender may reasonably request. Upon receipt of any
Application, such Issuing Lender shall process such Application and the certificates, documents and
other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its
customary procedures and shall, subject to Section 3.1 and Article VI hereof, promptly issue the
Letter of Credit (or amend, extend or renew the outstanding Letter of Credit) requested thereby
(but in no event shall any Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit (or amend,
extend or renew an outstanding Letter of Credit) earlier than three (3) Business Days after its
receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and
information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary
thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Within fifteen (15)
Business Days after the end of each month, the Administrative Agent shall report to each Lender the
average daily outstandings for each day in such month for all Letters of Credit during the previous
month.
SECTION 3.3. Fees and Other Charges. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of each Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants, a letter of credit fee
(the “L/C Fee”) (i) with respect to each trade Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to the
Applicable Margin for trade Letters of Credit times the average daily undrawn amount of such
issued Letter of Credit as reported by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.2 and (ii)
with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to the Applicable Margin for
standby Letters of Credit times the face amount of such Letter of Credit. Such fee shall be
payable quarterly in arrears (x) for trade Letters of Credit, within fifteen (15) Business Days
after the end of each calendar quarter and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date and (y) for
standby Letters of Credit, within fifteen (15) Business Days after the end of each calendar
quarter and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
(b) In addition to the foregoing commission, the Borrower shall pay the Issuing Lenders an
issuance fee of one tenth percent (1/10%) per annum on the face amount of each standby Letter of
Credit, payable quarterly in arrears within fifteen (15) Business Days after the end of each
calendar quarter of each calendar quarter and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
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(c) The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, distribute to
each Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants all fees received by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.
SECTION 3.4. L/C Participations. (a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and
hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts
and purchases from such Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such
L/C Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in such Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under each
Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender
thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with each Issuing Lender
that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed
in full by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall
pay to such Issuing Lender upon demand at such Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified
herein an amount in Dollars equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage
of the Dollar Amount of such draft, or any part thereof, which is not so reimbursed, such payment
to be made by the making of a Base Rate Loan in Dollars pursuant to Section 3.5(c) below.
(b) Upon becoming aware of any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to any
Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment
made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall notify each
L/C Participant of the amount and due date of such required payment and such L/C Participant shall
pay to such Issuing Lender the amount specified on the applicable due date. If any such amount is
paid to such Issuing Lender after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to
such Issuing Lender on demand, in addition to such amount, the product of (i) such amount, times
(ii) the daily average Federal Funds Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent during the
period from and including the date such payment is due to the date on which such payment is
immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of
any Issuing Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 3.4(b) shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error. With respect to payment to any Issuing Lender of the unreimbursed
amounts described in this Section 3.4(b), if the L/C Participants receive notice that any such
payment is due (A) prior to 1:00 p.m. (Charlotte time) on any Business Day, such payment shall be
due that Business Day, and (B) after 1:00 p.m. (Charlotte time) on any Business Day, such payment
shall be due on the following Business Day.
(c) Whenever, at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit
and has received from any L/C Participant its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such
payment in accordance with this Section 3.4, such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to
such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, or any payment of interest
on account thereof), such Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C
Participant its pro rata share thereof in accordance with such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentage; provided, that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing
Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return
to such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.
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SECTION 3.5. Reimbursement. (a) Reimbursement by the Borrower. The Borrower agrees
to reimburse each Issuing Lender on each date the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower of the
date and amount of a draft paid under any Letter of Credit for the amount of (i) such draft so paid
and (ii) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred by any Issuing Lender in
connection with such payment (other than those payable pursuant to Section 3.5(b) below). Each such
payment shall be made to any Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein (i) in
Dollars if such Letter of Credit was denominated in Dollars or (ii) in Dollars or the applicable
Alternative Currency, at the option of the Borrower, if such Letter of Credit was denominated in an
Alternative Currency, and in each case, in immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable
on any and all amounts remaining unpaid by the Borrower under this Article III from the day
immediately following the date such amounts become payable (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) until payment in full at the rate which would be payable on any
outstanding Base Rate Loans which were then overdue.
(b) Exchange Indemnification and Increased Costs. The Borrower shall, upon demand from
any Issuing Lender or L/C Participant, pay to such Issuing Lender or L/C Participant, the amount of
(i) any loss or cost or increased cost incurred by such Issuing Lender or L/C Participant, (ii) any
reduction in any amount payable to or in the effective return on the capital to such Issuing Lender
or L/C Participant, (iii) any currency exchange loss, in each case with respect to clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii), that such Issuing Lender or L/C Participant sustains as a result of the Borrower’s
repayment in Dollars of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency or (iv) any
interest or any other return, including principal, foregone by such Issuing Lender as a result of
the introduction of, change over to or operation of the euro in any member state participating in
the euro. A certificate of such Issuing Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for
determining such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Issuing Lender shall be
conclusively presumed to be correct save for manifest error.
(c) Reimbursement by the Lenders. If the Borrower fails to timely reimburse such
Issuing Lender on the date the Borrower receives the notice referred to in this Section 3.5, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.2 hereunder to the Administrative Agent requesting the Lenders to make a Base Rate Loan
on such date in an amount in Dollars equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of funding of such
Base Rate Loan by each Lender) of such draft paid, together with any taxes, fees, charges or other
costs or expenses incurred by any Issuing Lender and to be reimbursed pursuant to this Section 3.5
and, regardless of whether or not the conditions precedent specified in Article VI have been
satisfied, the Lenders shall make Base Rate Loans in such amount, the proceeds of which shall be
applied to reimburse such Issuing Lender for the amount of the related drawing and costs and
expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 3.5 shall obligate the Lenders to
make such Base Rate Loans if the making of such Base Rate Loans would violate the automatic stay
under federal bankruptcy laws.
SECTION 3.6. Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under this Article III
(including without limitation the Reimbursement Obligation) shall be absolute and unconditional
under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment
which the Borrower may have or have had against any Issuing Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter
of Credit. The Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender that no Issuing Lender shall be
responsible for, and the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligation under Section 3.5 shall not be
affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements
thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any
dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of
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Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims
whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such
transferee. No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in
transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection
with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions caused by such Issuing Lender’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any
Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or
documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with
the standards of care specified in the Uniform Customs and/or ISP 98, as set forth in the
Application or as determined by the Issuing Lender and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith,
the laws of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any
liability of any Issuing Lender to the Borrower. The responsibility of each Issuing Lender to the
Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in
addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to
determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in
connection with such presentment are in conformity with such Letter of Credit.
SECTION 3.7 Effect of Application. To the extent that any provision of any Application
related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Article III, the
provisions of this Article III shall apply.
ARTICLE IV [RESERVED]
ARTICLE V GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS
SECTION 5.1. Interest. (a) Interest Rate Options. Subject to the provisions of
this Section 5.1, at the election of the Borrower, the aggregate principal balance of any
Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest at (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (ii)
the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin; provided that LIBOR Rate Loans shall not be available
until three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date unless the Borrower executes and delivers an
indemnity in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in form and substance satisfactory
to them. The Borrower shall select the rate of interest and Interest Period, if any, applicable to
any Revolving Credit Loan at the time a Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing is given pursuant to
Section 2.2 or at the time a Notice of Conversion/Continuation is given pursuant to Section 5.2.
Each Revolving Credit Loan or portion thereof bearing interest based on the Base Rate shall be a
“Base Rate Loan”, and each Revolving Credit Loan or portion thereof bearing interest based
on the LIBOR Rate shall be a “LIBOR Rate Loan.” Any Revolving Credit Loan or any portion
thereof as to which the Borrower has not duly specified an interest rate as provided herein shall
be deemed a Base Rate Loan.
(b) Interest Periods. In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, the Borrower, by
giving notice at the times described in Section 5.1(a), shall elect an interest period (each, an
“Interest Period”) to be applicable to such Loan, which Interest Period shall be a period
of one (1), two (2), three (3), or six (6) months (or nine (9) or twelve (12) months or any other
period if available from all Lenders) with respect to each LIBOR Rate; provided that:
(i) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to
any LIBOR Rate Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each
successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the next preceding
Interest Period expires;
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(ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business
Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided,
that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day
but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month,
such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day;
(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(iv) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date;
and
(v) there shall be no more than six (6) Interest Periods for Revolving Credit Loans
in effect at any time.
(c) Default Rate. Subject to Section 12.3, at the discretion of the Administrative
Agent and Required Lenders, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) the Borrower shall no longer have the option to request LIBOR Rate Loans, (ii) all outstanding
LIBOR Rate Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum two percent (2%) in excess of the rate
then applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans, as applicable, until the end of the applicable Interest
Period and thereafter at a rate equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate then applicable to
Base Rate Loans, and (iii) all outstanding Base Rate Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum
equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans. Interest shall
continue to accrue on the amount of Revolving Credit Loans outstanding after the filing by or
against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any act or law
pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief, whether state, federal or foreign.
(d) Interest Payment and Computation. Interest on each Base Rate Loan shall be payable
in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter commencing June 30, 2005; and interest
on each LIBOR Rate Loan shall be payable on the last day of each Interest Period applicable
thereto, and if such Interest Period exceeds three (3) months, at the end of each three (3) month
interval during such Interest Period. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans and all fees payable hereunder
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and assessed for the actual number of days elapsed
and interest on Base Rate Loans shall be computed on the basis of a 365/66-day year and assessed
for the actual number of days elapsed.
(e) Maximum Rate. In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all
amounts deemed interest hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents charged or collected pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement or pursuant to any other Loan Document exceed the highest rate
permissible under any Applicable Law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final
determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such a court determines that the Lenders
have charged or received interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, the rate in
effect hereunder shall automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law
and the Lenders shall at the Administrative Agent’s option (i) promptly refund to the Borrower any
interest received by Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful rate or (ii) shall apply such excess
to the principal balance of the Obligations. It is the intent hereof that the Borrower not pay or
contract to pay, and that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender receive or contract to
receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be
paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.
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SECTION 5.2. Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Revolving Credit Loans.
Provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrower shall have the
option (a) to convert all or any portion of its outstanding Base Rate Loans in a principal amount
equal to $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof into one or more LIBOR
Rate Loans and (b), (i) to convert all or any part of its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans in a
principal amount equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof into Base
Rate Loans or (ii) to continue such LIBOR Rate Loans as LIBOR Rate Loans for an additional
Interest Period; provided that if any conversion or continuation is made prior to the expiration
of any Interest Period, the Borrower shall pay any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section
5.10 hereof. Whenever the Borrower desires to convert or continue
Revolving Credit Loans as provided above, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
irrevocable prior written notice in the form attached as Exhibit E (a “Notice of
Conversion/Continuation”) not later than 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte time) three (3) Business Days
before the day on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such Revolving Credit Loan is to
be effective (except in the case of a conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan in which
case same day notice by the Borrower shall be sufficient) specifying (A) the Revolving Credit Loans
to be converted or continued, and, in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loan to be converted or continued,
the last day of the Interest Period therefor, (B) the effective date of such conversion or
continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the principal amount of such Revolving Credit
Loans to be converted or continued, and (D) the Interest Period to be applicable to such converted
or continued LIBOR Rate Loan. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of such
Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
SECTION 5.3. Fees. (a) Commitment Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, a non-refundable commitment fee (the
“Commitment Fee”) at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin on the unused amount
of the Revolving Credit Commitment. The Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on the last
Business Day of each calendar quarter for the period commencing on the Amendment Date and ending on
the Revolving Credit Termination Date. The Commitment Fee shall be distributed by the
Administrative Agent to the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Lenders’ respective
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages.
(b) Administrative Agent’s and Other Fees. In order to compensate the
Administrative Agent for its obligations hereunder, the Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for its account, the fees set forth in the separate fee letter
agreement executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent dated April 26, 2005.
SECTION 5.4. Manner of Payment. Each payment by the Borrower on account of the principal of
or interest on the Revolving Credit Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts (including the
Reimbursement Obligation) payable to the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. (Charlotte time) on the date specified for payment under
this Agreement to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the account of
the Lenders (other than as set forth below) pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving
Credit Commitment Percentages (except as specified below), in Dollars, in immediately available
funds and shall be made without any set-off, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Any payment
received after such time but before 2:00 p.m. (Charlotte time) on such day shall be deemed a
payment on such date for the purposes of Section 12.1, but for all other purposes shall be deemed
to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m.
(Charlotte time) shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all
purposes. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of each such payment, the Administrative Agent
shall distribute to each Lender at its address for
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notices set forth herein its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage (except as specified below), and shall wire advice of the
amount of such credit to each Lender. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of the L/C
Participants’ commissions shall be made in like manner, but for the account of the L/C
Participants. Each payment to the Administrative Agent of Administrative Agent’s fees or expenses
shall be made for the account of the Administrative Agent and any amount payable to any Lender
under Article IV or Section 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12 or 14.2 shall be paid to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the applicable Lender. Subject to Section 5.1(b)(ii), if any payment
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be specified to be made upon a day which is
not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any interest if payable along with
such payment.
SECTION 5.5. Crediting of Payments and Proceeds. In the event that the Borrower shall fail
to pay any of the Obligations when due and the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to
Section 12.2, all payments received by the Lenders upon the Obligations and all net proceeds from
the enforcement of the Obligations shall be applied first to all expenses then due and payable by
the Borrower hereunder, then to all indemnity obligations then due and payable by the Borrower
hereunder, then to all Administrative Agent’s fees then due and payable, then to all commitment and
other fees and commissions then due and payable, then to accrued and unpaid interest hereunder or
under any other Loan Document, and Reimbursement Obligation (pro rata in accordance with all such
amounts due), then to the principal amount hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
Reimbursement Obligation and any termination payments due in respect of a Hedging Agreement with
any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender (which Hedging Agreement is permitted hereunder) (pro rata in
accordance with all such amounts due) and then to the cash collateral account described in Section
12.2(b) hereof to the extent of any L/C Obligations then outstanding, in that order.
SECTION 5.6. Adjustments. If any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time
receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or interest thereon, or if any
Lender shall at any time receive any collateral in respect to the Obligations owing to it (whether
voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such
payment to and collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing
to such other Lender, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the
other Lenders such portion of each such other Lender’s Extensions of Credit Obligations, or shall
provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as
shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such
collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, that if all or any portion of
such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase
shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned to the extent of such recovery,
but without interest. The Borrower agrees that each Lender so purchasing a portion of another
Lender’s Extensions of Credit may exercise all rights of payment (including, without limitation,
rights of set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder
of such portion.
SECTION 5.7. Nature of Obligations of Lenders Regarding Extensions of Credit; Assumption by the
Administrative Agent. The obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement to make the Revolving
Credit Loans and issue or participate in Letters of Credit are several and are not joint or joint
and several. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to a
proposed borrowing date that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lender’s ratable portion of the amount to be borrowed on such date (which notice
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shall not release such Lender of its obligations hereunder), the Administrative Agent may assume
that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the proposed
borrowing date in accordance with Sections 2.2(b), and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If such
amount is made available to the Administrative Agent on a date after such borrowing date, such
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount, until paid, equal to the product
of (a) the amount not made available by such Lender in accordance with the terms hereof, times (b)
the daily average Federal Funds Rate during such period as determined by the Administrative Agent,
times (c) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including
such borrowing date to the date on which such amount not made available by such Lender in
accordance with the terms hereof shall have become immediately available to the Administrative
Agent and the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of the Administrative Agent with respect
to any amounts owing under this Section 5.7 shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such borrowing is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender within three (3) Business Days of such borrowing date, the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount made available by the Administrative
Agent with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to such borrowing, on demand, from the
Borrower. The failure of any Lender to make available its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of
any Revolving Credit Loan requested by the Borrower shall not relieve it or any other Lender of its
obligation hereunder to make its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit
Loan available on the borrowing date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to make its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loan
available on the borrowing date.
SECTION 5.8. Joint and Several Liability of the Credit Parties. (a) Each of the Credit
Parties is jointly and severally liable not merely as a surety but as a co-debtor for each and
every Obligation. Each of the Credit Parties is accepting joint and several liability hereunder in
consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Lenders under this Agreement,
for the mutual benefit, directly or indirectly, of each of the Credit Parties and in consideration
of the undertakings of each of the Credit Parties to accept joint and several liability for the
Obligations.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Credit Party hereby waives promptness,
diligence, presentment, demand, protest, notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability,
notice of any and all advances of the Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit made under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, notice of occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, or
of any demand for any payment under this Agreement and notice of any action at any time taken or
omitted by the Administrative Agent or any Lender under or in respect of any of the Obligations
hereunder. Each Credit Party hereby waives all defenses which may be available by virtue of any
valuation, stay, moratorium law or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, any right to
require the marshaling of assets of any of the Credit Parties and any other entity or person
primarily or secondarily liable with respect to any of the Obligations, and all suretyship defenses
generally. Each Credit Party hereby assents to, and waives notice of, any extension or postponement
of the time for the payment, or place or manner for payment, compromise, refinancing, consolidation
or renewals of any of the Obligations hereunder, the acceptance of any partial payment thereon, any
waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by the Administrative Agent or any Lender at any
time or times in respect of any default by any Credit Party in the performance or satisfaction of
any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any and
all other indulgences whatsoever by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect of any of the
Obligations, and the taking, addition,
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substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or times, of any security for any of such
Obligations or the addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, of any Credit Party or
any other entity or person primarily or secondarily liable for any Obligation. If for any reason
any of the Credit Parties has no legal existence or is under no legal obligation to discharge any
of the Obligations, or if any of the Obligations have become irrecoverable from any of the Credit
Parties by reason of such Credit Party’s insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization or by other
operation of law or for any reason, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall nevertheless
be binding on each of the other Credit Parties to the same extent as if such Credit Party at all
times had been the sole obligor on such Obligations. The Obligations of each Credit Party under
this Section 5.8 shall not be diminished or rendered unenforceable by any winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, liquidation, reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any
reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent or
any Lender.
(c) If at any time, any payment, or any part thereof, made in respect of any of the
Obligations, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any of the Credit Parties, or
otherwise, the provisions of this Section 5.8 will forthwith be reinstated in effect as though such
payment had not been made.
(d) Until the payment and performance in full of all the Obligations, none of the Credit
Parties shall exercise and each hereby waives any rights against the other Credit Parties as a
result of payment by such Credit Party hereunder, by way of subrogation, reimbursement,
restitution, contribution or otherwise, and none of the Credit Parties will prove any claim in
competition with the Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect of any payment hereunder in
bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization proceedings of any nature; none of the Credit Parties
will claim any set-off, recoupment or counterclaim against any of the other Credit Parties in
respect of any liability of one Credit Party to another Credit Party. Each of the Credit Parties
hereby agrees that the payment of any amounts due with respect to any indebtedness owing by any of
the Credit Party to any other Credit Party is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full in
cash of the Obligations. Each Credit Party agrees that, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Default or Event of Default hereunder, none of the Credit Parties will demand,
xxx for or otherwise attempt to collect any indebtedness of any other Credit Party to such Credit
Party until all of the Obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder shall have been paid in full in
cash. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, any Credit Party shall collect, enforce or
receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness in violation of the foregoing sentence while
any Obligations of the Credit Parties are still outstanding, such amounts shall be collected,
enforced and received by such Credit Party as trustee for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and be paid over to the Administrative Agent on account of the Obligations without affecting in any
manner the liability of such Credit Party under the other provisions hereof.
SECTION 5.9. Changed Circumstances. (a) Circumstances Affecting LIBOR Rate
Availability. If with respect to any Interest Period: (i) the Administrative Agent or any
Lender (after consultation with Administrative Agent) shall determine that, by reason of
circumstances affecting the foreign exchange and interbank markets generally, deposits in the
applicable currency, in the applicable amounts are not being quoted via British Bankers’
Association Interest Settlement Rates (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 deposits of the
applicable currency in the London interbank market) or offered to the Administrative Agent or such
Lender for such Interest Period; or (ii) the Required Lenders reasonably determine (which
determination shall be
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conclusive) and notify the Administrative Agent that the LIBOR Rate will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to the Required Lenders of funding LIBOR Rate Loans for such Interest
Period; then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrower.
Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no
longer exist, the obligation of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans and the right of the
Borrower to convert any Revolving Credit Loan to or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall
be suspended, and the Borrower shall repay in full (or cause to be repaid in full) the then
outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan together with accrued interest thereon,
on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such Loan or convert the then
outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan as of the last day of such Interest
Period.
(b) Laws Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability. If, after the Closing Date, the
introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or any of their
respective Lending Offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
issued after the Closing Date of any such Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make
it unlawful or impossible for any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) to
honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan, such Lender shall promptly
give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give
notice to the Borrower and the other Lenders. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies
the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make
LIBOR Rate Loans and the right of the Borrower to convert any Revolving Credit Loan or continue any
Revolving Credit Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be suspended and thereafter the Borrower may
select only Base Rate Loans hereunder, and (ii) if any of the Lenders may not lawfully continue to
maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan to the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto , the
applicable Loan shall immediately be converted to a Base Rate Loan or a Loan that bears interest at
the Base Rate for the remainder of such Interest Period.
(c) Increased Costs. If, after the Closing Date, the introduction of, or any change
in, any Applicable Law, or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) issued after the Closing Date of such
Authority, central bank or comparable agency:
(i) shall subject any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending Offices) to
any tax, duty or other charge with respect to any Revolving Credit Loan, Letter of Credit
or Application or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any of the Lenders (or
any of their respective Lending Offices) of the principal of or interest on any Revolving
Credit Loan, Letter of Credit or Application or any other amounts due under this Agreement
in respect thereof (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of any
of the Lenders or any of their respective Lending Offices imposed by the jurisdiction in
which such Lender is organized or is or should be qualified to do business or such Lending
Office is located); or
(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without
limitation, any imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), special
deposit, insurance or capital or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with
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or for the account of, or credit extended by any of the Lenders (or any of their respective
Lending Offices) or shall impose on any of the Lenders (or any of their respective Lending
Offices) or the foreign exchange and interbank markets any other condition affecting any
Revolving Credit Loan; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the costs to
any of the Lenders of maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loan or issuing or participating in
Letters of Credit or to reduce the yield or amount of any sum received or receivable by any
of the Lenders under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document in respect of a LIBOR
Rate Loan or Letter of Credit or Application, then such Lender may promptly notify the
Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of
such fact and demand compensation therefor and, within fifteen (15) days after such notice
by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Lenders for such increased cost or reduction.
The Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender will promptly notify the Borrower of any
event of which it has knowledge which will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to
this Section 5.9(c); provided, that the Administrative Agent shall incur no liability
whatsoever to the Lenders or the Borrower in the event it fails to do so. The amount of
such compensation shall be determined, in the applicable Lender’s reasonable discretion,
based upon the assumption that such Lender funded its Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of the LIBOR Rate Loans in the London interbank market and using any reasonable
attribution or averaging methods which such Lender deems appropriate and practical;
provided that no compensation shall be payable pursuant to the above if the applicable
Lender fails to demand compensation for such increased costs within one-hundred eighty
(180) days following the date on which such Lender has actual knowledge of the event
resulting in such increase. A certificate of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail
the basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall
be forwarded to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively
presumed to be correct save for manifest error.
(d) Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(i) If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 5.9, or if the Borrower is required
to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any
Lender pursuant to Section 5.12, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a
different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of
such Lender, such designation or assignment (A) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant
to this Section 5.9 or Section 5.12, as the case may be, in the future and (B) would not subject
such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender
in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(ii) If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 5.9, or if the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account
of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.12, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans
hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and
the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 14.10), all its interests,
rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided
that (A) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative
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Agent (and, if a participation in a Letter of Credit is being assigned, the Issuing Lender that
issued such Letter of Credit), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (B) such Lender
shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Revolving Credit
Loans and participations in Letters of Credit, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (C) in the case
of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under this Section 5.9, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be
required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by
such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and
delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 5.10. Indemnity. The Borrower hereby indemnifies each of the Lenders against any
loss or expense which may arise or be attributable to each Lender’s obtaining, liquidating or
employing deposits or other funds acquired to effect, fund or maintain any Loan (a) as a
consequence of any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder
in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan, (b) due to any failure of the Borrower to borrow on a date
specified therefor in a Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing or Notice of Continuation/Conversion
or (c) due to any payment, prepayment or conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan on a date other than the
last day of the Interest Period therefor. The amount of such loss, cost or expense to any Lender
shall be deemed to equal an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not
occurred, at the LIBOR Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the
date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of
a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period
for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for
such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid, were it to bid, at the commencement
of such period, for deposits in the applicable currency of a comparable amount and period from
other banks in the London interbank market; provided that no compensation shall be payable pursuant
to the above if the applicable Lender fails to demand compensation for such increased costs within
one-hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which such Lender has actual knowledge of the
event resulting in such increase. A certificate of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail
the basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall be
forwarded to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively presumed to be
correct save for manifest error.
SECTION 5.11. Capital Requirements. If either (a) the introduction of, or any change in, or
in the interpretation of, any Applicable Law or (b) compliance with any guideline or request issued
after the Closing Date from any central bank or comparable agency or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law), has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on the capital of, or has affected or would affect the amount of capital required to be
maintained by, any Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with
reference to any Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and other commitments of this type, below the
rate which the Lender or such other corporation could have achieved but for such introduction,
change or compliance, then within five (5) Business Days after written demand by any such Lender,
the Borrower shall pay to such Lender from time to time as specified by such Lender additional
amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or other corporation for such reduction; provided that
no compensation shall be payable pursuant to the above if the applicable Lender fails to demand
compensation for such increased costs within one-hundred eighty (180) days following the date on
which such lender has actual knowledge of the event resulting in such
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increase. A certificate of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for
determining such amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall be forwarded to the Borrower
through the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for
manifest error.
SECTION 5.12. Taxes. (a) Payments Free and Clear. Any and all payments by the
Borrower hereunder or under the Notes or the Letters of Credit shall be made free and clear of and
without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholding, and all liabilities with respect thereto excluding, (i) in the case of each Lender and
the Administrative Agent, income and franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by
the United States of America or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized or its principal office is located or is or
should be qualified to do business or any political subdivision thereof, or in the case of any
Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located (provided, however, that no Lender shall
be deemed to be located in any jurisdiction solely as a result of taking any action related to this
Agreement or the Notes or Letters of Credit) and (ii) any branch profits tax imposed by the United
States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (i)
above (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the Borrower shall be required by law to
deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note or Letter of
Credit to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, (A) the sum payable shall be increased as may be
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 5.12) such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the
case may be) receives an amount equal to the amount such party would have received had no such
deductions been made, (B) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (C) the Borrower shall pay the
full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with
applicable law, and (D) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such
payment to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in the manner provided in Section
5.12(d). The Borrower shall not, however, be required to pay any amounts pursuant to clause (A) of
the preceding sentence to any Foreign Lender or the Administrative Agent not organized under the
laws of the United States of America or a state thereof (or the District of Columbia) if such
Foreign Lender or the Administrative Agent fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph (e)
of this Section 5.12 or Section 5.9(d), as the case may be.
(b) Stamp and Other Taxes. In addition, the Borrower shall pay any present or future
stamp, registration, recordation or documentary taxes or any other similar fees or charges or
excise or property taxes, levies of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof
or any applicable foreign jurisdiction which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, the Loans,
the Letters of Credit, the other Loan Documents (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(c) Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent
for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes and Other
Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 5.12) paid by such Lender
or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest
and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or
Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability prepared by a Lender or the Administrative Agent, absent manifest error, shall be
conclusive, provided that if the Borrower reasonably believes that such Taxes or Other Taxes were
not correctly or legally asserted, such
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Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate
with the Borrower, at the Borrower’s expense, to obtain a refund of such Taxes or Other Taxes. Such
indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days from the date such Lender or the
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor. If a Lender or the
Administrative Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to receive a refund in respect of Taxes
or Other Taxes, it promptly shall notify the Borrower of the availability of such refund and shall,
within sixty (60) days after receipt of a request by the Borrower pursue or timely claim such
refund at the Borrower’s expense. If any Lender or the Administrative Agent receives a refund in
respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes for which such Lender or the Administrative Agent has received
payment from the Borrower hereunder, it promptly shall repay such refund (plus interest received,
if any) to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts
paid, by the Borrower under this Section 5.12 with respect to Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to
such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, agrees to return such refund (plus any penalties, interest or other charges required to be
paid) to such Lender or the Administrative Agent in the event such Lender or the Administrative
Agent is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority.
(d) Evidence of Payment. Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of
Taxes or Other Taxes, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address
referred to in Section 14.1, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment
thereof or other evidence of payment satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Delivery of Tax Forms. Each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower, with a
copy to the Administrative Agent, on the Closing Date or concurrently with the delivery of the
relevant Assumption Agreement or Assignment and Acceptance, as applicable, (i) two United States
Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI or Forms W-8BEN, as applicable (or successor forms), properly
completed and certifying in each case that such Foreign Lender is entitled to a complete exemption
from withholding or deduction for or on account of any United States federal income taxes, and (ii)
an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9 or successor applicable form, as the case may be, to
establish an exemption from United States backup withholding taxes. Each Foreign Lender further
agrees to deliver to the Borrower, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI
and Form W-8 or W-9, or successor applicable forms or manner of certification, as the case may be,
on or before the date that any such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any
event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower,
certifying in the case of a Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI that such Foreign Lender is entitled to receive
payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes (unless in any such case 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 such forms inapplicable or the exemption to which such forms relate unavailable and
such Foreign Lender notifies the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not entitled to
receive payments without deduction or withholding of United States federal income taxes) and, in
the case of a Form W-8 or W-9, establishing an exemption from United States backup withholding tax.
(f) Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the
Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section
5.12 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the Revolving
Credit Commitment.
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ARTICLE VI CLOSING; CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING
SECTION 6.1. Closing. The closing shall take place at the offices of Shearman & Sterling
LLP at 10:00 a.m. on May 16, 2005 or at such other location, on such other date and at such other
time as the parties hereto shall mutually agree.
SECTION 6.2. Conditions to Closing and Initial Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of
Credit. The obligation of the Lenders to close this Agreement and to make the initial
Revolving Credit Loans or issue the initial Letters of Credit is subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of each of the following conditions:
(a) Executed Loan Documents. This Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes
(to the extent requested as provided herein) shall have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered to the Administrative Agent by the parties thereto, shall be in full force and
effect and no default shall exist thereunder, and the Borrower shall have delivered
original counterparts thereof to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Closing Certificates; Etc.
(i) Officers’ Certificate of the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall
have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the effect that all representations and
warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are
true, correct and complete in all material respects; that the Borrower is not in violation
of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; that,
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and that each of the closing conditions
has been satisfied or waived (assuming satisfaction of the Administrative Agent where not
advised otherwise).
(ii) General Certificate of each Credit Party. The Administrative Agent shall
have received a certificate of the secretary, assistant secretary or general counsel of
each Credit Party certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each
officer of such Credit Party executing Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying
that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by
the Board of Directors of such Credit Party authorizing, in the case of the Borrower, the
borrowings contemplated hereunder and, in the case of each Credit Party, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party.
(iii) Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received
favorable opinions of Xxx X. Xxxxxx, General Counsel to the Borrower, Cravath, Swaine &
Xxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Borrower, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxx LLP,
Pennsylvania counsel to the Borrower, and Drinker Xxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, New Jersey counsel
to the Borrower, each addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect
to the Credit Parties, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Lenders shall
reasonably request.
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(c) Consents; Defaults.
(i) Governmental and Third Party Approvals. The Borrower shall have obtained
all material approvals, authorizations and consents of any Person and of all Governmental
Authorities and courts having jurisdiction with respect to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(ii) No Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing.
(d) Financial Matters.
(i) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
audited Consolidated financial statements of Xxxxx Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries for
the Fiscal Year ended on December 31, 2004 and the unaudited financial statements of Xxxxx
Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended on April 2, 2005.
(ii) Financial Condition Certificate. The Borrower shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, and certified by a Responsible Officer, that the financial
projections previously delivered to the Administrative Agent were prepared in good faith
based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
(iii) Payment at Closing; Fee Letters. The Borrower shall have paid the fees
set forth or referenced in Section 5.3(c) and any other accrued and unpaid fees or
commissions due hereunder (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and
expenses) to the Administrative Agent and Lenders, and to any other Person such amount as
may be due thereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including all
taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the execution, delivery, recording,
filing and registration of any of the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have
received duly authorized and executed copies of the fee letter agreement referred to in
Section 5.3(c).
(e) Miscellaneous.
(i) Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall
have received a Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing from the Borrower in accordance with
Section 2.2(a), and a Notice of Account Designation specifying the account or accounts to
which the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loans made after the Closing Date are to be
disbursed.
(ii) Proceedings and Documents. All opinions, certificates and other
instruments and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Lenders.
(iii) Investment Policy. The Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of the investment policy referenced in
Section 11.4(b) in form and content reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(f) Refinancing. On the Closing Date hereunder, (i) all outstanding loans
under the Prior Credit Agreement (“Existing Loans”) shall be replaced by Revolving
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Credit Loans hereunder and the Administrative Agent shall make such transfers of funds as
are necessary in order that the outstanding balance of such Revolving Credit Loans,
together with any Revolving Credit Loans funded on the Closing Date, reflect the Revolving
Credit Commitment of the Lenders hereunder, (ii) all outstanding letters of credit issued
pursuant to the Prior Credit Agreement shall be deemed Letters of Credit hereunder and
each Lender shall purchase a participation therein pursuant to Section 3.4 in accordance
with its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, (iii) there shall have been paid in cash
in full all accrued but unpaid interest due on the Existing Loans up to but excluding the
Closing Date, (iv) there shall have been paid in cash in full all accrued but unpaid fees
due under the Prior Credit Agreement up to but excluding the Closing Date and all other
amounts, costs and expenses then owing to any of the Prior Lenders and/or any Agent, as
agent under the Prior Credit Agreement, in each case to the satisfaction of such Agent or
Prior Lender, as the case may be, regardless of whether or not such amounts would
otherwise be due and payable at such time pursuant to the terms of the Prior Credit
Agreement, (v) all outstanding promissory notes issued by the Borrower to the Prior
Lenders under the Prior Credit Agreement shall be deemed canceled and the originally
executed copies thereof shall be canceled and promptly returned to the Administrative
Agent who shall promptly forward such notes to the Borrower and (vi) the commitments and,
except as expressly set forth in the Prior Credit Agreement, other obligations and rights
of the Borrower and the Prior Lenders shall be terminated without any further action
hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 6.3. Conditions to Extensions of Credit. The obligations of the Lenders to make
any Extensions of Credit are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on
the relevant borrowing or issue date, as applicable:
(a) Continuation of Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties contained in Article VII shall be true and correct on and as of such borrowing
or issuance date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date; except for any
representation and warranty made as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty
shall remain true and correct as of such earlier date.
(b) No Existing Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing hereunder (i) on the borrowing date with respect to such Revolving Credit
Loan or after giving effect to the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such date or (ii)
on the issue, extension or renewal date with respect to such Letter of Credit or after
giving effect to such Letter of Credit on such date.
ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Administrative Agent and
Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Extensions of Credit, the
Credit Parties hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and Lenders that:
(a) Organization; Power; Qualification. Each of the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the power and authority to own its
properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted
and is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the
character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such
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qualification and authorization, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Ownership. Each Subsidiary of each of the Credit Parties as of the
Amendment Date is listed on Schedule 7.1(b). As of the Amendment Date, the capitalization
of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries consists of the number of shares, authorized,
issued and outstanding, of such classes and series, with or without par value, described on
Schedule 7.1(b). As of the Amendment Date, all outstanding shares have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The shareholders of the
Subsidiaries of the Credit Parties and the number of shares owned by each as of the
Amendment Date are described on Schedule 7.1(b). As of the Amendment Date, there are no
outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions, options, securities, instruments or
other rights of any type or nature whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for
or otherwise provide for or permit the issuance of capital stock of the Credit Parties or
their Subsidiaries, except as described on Schedule 7.1(b).
(c) Authorization of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing. Each of the
Credit Parties and, if applicable, their Subsidiaries has the right, power and authority
and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery
and performance of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with
their respective terms. Each of the Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by
the duly authorized officers of the Credit Parties and each of their Subsidiaries party
thereto, as applicable, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Credit Parties and, if applicable, each of their Subsidiaries party
thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal
debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’
rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
(d) Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries of the
Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party, in accordance with their respective
terms, the borrowings hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will
not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (i) require any of the
Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to obtain any Governmental Approval not
otherwise already obtained or violate any Applicable Law relating to the Credit Parties or
any of their Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a
default under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of
the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or any indenture or other material
agreement or instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of its properties
may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to such Person except as could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in or require
the creation or imposition of any material Lien upon or with respect to any property now
owned or hereafter acquired by such Person.
(e) Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals. Other than with respect to
environmental matters, which are treated exclusively in Section 7.1(h) hereof, each of the
Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (i) has all Governmental Approvals required by any
Applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect,
is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to
the best of its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, and (ii)
is in
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compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all
other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties; in each case,
except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(f) Tax Returns and Payments. Each of the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be timely filed all federal and state, local and
other tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made adequate
provision for the payment of, all federal and state, local and other taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and assets which
are due and payable, except (a) taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which such Credit Party or Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on
its books adequate reserves to the extent required by GAAP or (b) to the extent the failure
to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
Governmental Authority has asserted any material Lien or other claim against the Credit
Parties or any Subsidiary thereof with respect to unpaid taxes (except for taxes not yet
due) which has not been discharged or resolved.
(g) Intellectual Property Matters. Each of the Credit Parties and its
Subsidiaries owns or possesses rights to use all franchises, licenses, copyrights,
copyright applications, patents, patent rights or licenses, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade name rights, copyrights and rights with
respect to the foregoing which are required to conduct its business except where the
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
event has occurred which, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, permits, or after notice
or lapse of time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such rights,
and, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, neither the Credit Parties nor any Subsidiary
thereof is liable to any Person for infringement under Applicable Law with respect to any
such rights as a result of its business operations, except as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Environmental Matters. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) The properties of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not
contain, and to their knowledge have not previously contained, any Hazardous
Materials in amounts or concentrations which (A) constitute or constituted a
violation of applicable Environmental Laws or (B) could give rise to liability
under applicable Environmental Laws;
(ii) The properties of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries and all
operations conducted in connection therewith are in compliance, and have been in
compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there are no Hazardous
Materials at, under or about such properties or such operations in amounts or
concentrations which could reasonably be expected to interfere with the continued
operation of such properties;
(iii) Neither any of the Credit Parties nor any Subsidiary thereof has
received any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or
potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with
Environmental Laws, nor does any of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof
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have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is
being threatened;
(iv) To the knowledge of the Credit Parties, Hazardous Materials have not
been transported or disposed of from the properties of the Credit Parties or any
of their Subsidiaries in violation of, or in a manner or to a location which could
reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws, nor,
to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, have any Hazardous Materials been
generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of such properties
in violation of, or in a manner which could reasonably be expected to give rise to
liability under, any Environmental Laws;
(v) No judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative action is
pending, or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened, under any
Environmental Law to which any of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof will
be named as a party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent
orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial
requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the properties
or operations of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries; and
(vi) To the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there has been no release, or to
the best of the Credit Parties’ knowledge, the threat of release, of Hazardous
Materials at or from the properties of the Credit Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could reasonably
be expected to give rise to liability under Environmental Laws.
(i) ERISA.
(i) Each of the Credit Parties and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with all
applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans except where any such non-compliance
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except for any failure
that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Employee
Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been
determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be so qualified, and each trust related to
such plan has been determined to be exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code. No liability
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect has been incurred
by the Credit Parties or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or
penalties with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan;
(ii) No accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 412 of the Code) has
been incurred (without regard to any waiver granted under Section 412 of the Code), nor
has any funding waiver from the Internal Revenue Service been received or requested with
respect to any Pension Plan;
(iii) Neither the Credit Parties nor any ERISA Affiliate has: (A) engaged in a
nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, (B) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the
payment of premiums and there are no premium payments which are due and unpaid, (C) failed
to make a required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan, or (D)
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failed to make a required installment or other required payment under Section 412 of the
Code except where any of the foregoing individually or in the aggregate could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) No Termination Event that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and
(v) No proceeding, claim, lawsuit and/or investigation is existing or, to the
knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened concerning or involving any Employee Benefit
Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Margin Stock. Neither the Credit Parties nor any Subsidiary thereof is
engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending credit for
the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (as each such term is defined
or used in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part
of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit will be used for purchasing or
carrying margin stock, unless the Credit Parties shall have given the Administrative Agent
and Lenders prior notice of such event and such other information as is reasonably
necessary to permit the Administrative Agent and Lenders to comply, in a timely fashion,
with all reporting obligations required by Applicable Law, or for any purpose which
violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of
such Board of Governors.
(k) Government Regulation. Neither the Credit Parties nor any Subsidiary
thereof is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”
(as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).
(l) Burdensome Provisions. Neither the Credit Parties nor any Subsidiary
thereof is a party to any indenture, agreement, lease or other instrument, or subject to
any corporate or partnership restriction, Governmental Approval or Applicable Law which is
so unusual or burdensome as in the foreseeable future could be reasonably expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries do not presently
anticipate that future expenditures needed to meet the provisions of any statutes, orders,
rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority will be so burdensome as to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Financial Statements. The (i) Consolidated balance sheets of Xxxxx
Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, and the related statements of
income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Years then ended and (ii)
unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of Xxxxx Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries as of
April 5, 2008, and related unaudited interim statements of income, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, are complete in all material respects and fairly present in all material respects
the assets, liabilities and financial position of Xxxxx Apparel Group and its
Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial
position for the periods then ended, subject to normal year end adjustments. All such
financial statements, including the related notes thereto, have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
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(n) No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2007, there has been no
Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Liens. None of the properties and assets of the Credit Parties or any
Subsidiary thereof is subject to any Lien, except Liens permitted pursuant to Section
11.3.
(p) Debt and Guaranty Obligations. Schedule 7.1(p) is a complete and correct
listing of all Debt and Guaranty Obligations of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries
as of the Amendment Date in excess of $5,000,000.
(q) Litigation. Except for matters existing on the Amendment Date and set
forth on Schedule 7.1(q), there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to the
knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened against or affecting the Credit Parties or any
Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties in any court or before any
arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority, which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which relate to the enforceability of any
Loan Documents.
(r) Absence of Defaults. To the knowledge of the Credit Parties, no event
has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
(s) Accuracy and Completeness of Information. The Credit Parties have
disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to
which they or any of their Subsidiaries are subject, and all other matters known to them,
that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The written information, taken as a whole, furnished by or on behalf of the
Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation
of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information
so furnished) does not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected
financial information, the Credit Parties represent only that such information was prepared
in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
SECTION 7.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. All representations and
warranties set forth in this Article VII and all representations and warranties contained in any
certificate delivered in connection with this Agreement, or any of the Loan Documents (including
but not limited to any such representation or warranty made in or in connection with any amendment
thereto) shall constitute representations and warranties made under this Agreement. All
representations and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at and
as of the Closing Date, shall survive the Closing Date and shall not be waived by the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders or any borrowing
hereunder.
ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES
Until all the Obligations (other than Obligations under Hedging Agreements) have been paid and
satisfied in full and the Revolving Credit Commitment and L/C Commitment have terminated, unless
consent has been obtained in the manner set forth in Section 14.11 hereof, the Credit Parties will
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent (which the
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Administrative Agent will promptly furnish to the Lenders at their respective addresses as set
forth on Schedule 1.1(a), or such other office as may be designated to the Administrative Agent
from time to time):
SECTION 8.1. Financial Statements and Projections. (a) Quarterly Financial
Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end
of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year, an unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of
Xxxxx Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited
Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then
ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in
reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the
corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the
preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by Xxxxx Apparel Group in accordance with GAAP and, if
applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations
of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and
certified by a Responsible Officer to present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition of Xxxxx Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and the results
of operations of Xxxxx Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended,
subject to normal year end adjustments.
(b) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within ninety
(90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an audited Consolidated balance sheet of Xxxxx Apparel
Group and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements
of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes
thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for
the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by a nationally recognized independent certified public
accounting firm in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on
the financial position or results of operation of any change in the application of accounting
principles and practices during the year, and accompanied by a report thereon by such certified
public accountants that is not qualified with respect to scope limitations imposed by Xxxxx Apparel
Group or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to accounting principles followed by Xxxxx Apparel
Group or any of its Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 8.2. Officer’s Compliance Certificate. At each time financial statements are
delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or (b) a certificate of a Responsible Officer in the form of
Exhibit F attached hereto (an “Officer’s Compliance Certificate”).
SECTION 8.3. Accountants’ Certificate. At each time financial statements are delivered
pursuant to Section 8.1(b), a certificate of the independent public accountants certifying
such financial statements addressed to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders:
(a) stating that in making the examination necessary for the certification of such
financial statements, they obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or, if
such is not the case, specifying such Default or Event of Default and its nature and period
of existence; and
(b) including the calculations prepared by such accountants required to establish
whether or not the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Article X hereof as at the end of each respective period.
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SECTION 8.4. Other Reports. (a) Promptly but in any event within ten (10) Business Days
after the filing thereof, a copy of (i) each report or other filing made by the Credit Parties or
any or their Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission and required by the
Securities and Exchange Commission to be delivered to the shareholders of the Credit Parties or any
or their Subsidiaries, (ii) each report made by the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to
the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K and (iii) each final registration statement of
the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
except in connection with pension plans and other employee benefit plans; and
(b) Such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial
condition of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may reasonably request.
SECTION 8.5. Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Prompt (but in no event later than
ten (10) Business Days after a principal officer of the Credit Parties obtains knowledge
thereof) telephonic (confirmed in writing) or written notice of:
(a) the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any
Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings in any court or before any
arbitrator against or involving the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof or any of
their respective properties, assets or businesses which in the reasonable judgment of the
Credit Parties could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any notice of any violation received by the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary
thereof from any Governmental Authority including, without limitation, any notice of
violation of Environmental Laws, which in the reasonable judgment of the Credit Parties in
any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any Default or Event of Default; and
(d) (i) any unfavorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
regarding the qualification of an Employee Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code
(along with a copy thereof) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) all notices received by the Credit Parties or any ERISA Affiliate of the
PBGC’s intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer
any Pension Plan, (iii) all notices received by the Credit Parties or any ERISA Affiliate
from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal
liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA which could reasonably have a Material Adverse
Effect and (iv) the Credit Parties obtaining knowledge or reason to know that the Credit
Parties or any ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of intent to terminate
any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the meaning of Section 4041(c) of
ERISA.
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SECTION 8.6. Accuracy of Information. All written information, reports, statements and
other papers and data furnished by or on behalf of the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (other than financial forecasts) whether pursuant to this Article VIII or any other
provision of this Agreement, shall be, at the time the same is so furnished, true and complete in
all material respects.
ARTICLE IX AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations (other than any Obligations under any Hedging Agreement) have
been paid and satisfied in full and the Revolving Credit Commitment and L/C Commitment have
terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner provided for in Section 14.11, the
Credit Parties will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to:
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SECTION 9.1. Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters. Except as permitted
by Section 11.5, preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence and all rights, franchises,
licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified
as a foreign corporation and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature and
scope of its activities require it to so qualify under Applicable Law in which the failure to so
qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 9.2. Maintenance of Property. Protect and preserve all properties useful in and
material to its business, including copyrights, patents, trade names and trademarks; maintain in
good working order and condition all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and personal
property material to the conduct of its business, ordinary wear and tear excepted; and from time
to time make or cause to be made all renewals, replacements and additions to such property
necessary for the conduct of its business, so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times.
SECTION 9.3. Insurance. Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable
insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as are customarily maintained by
similar businesses and as may be required by Applicable Law including, without limitation,
hazard and business interruption coverage.
SECTION 9.4. Accounting Methods and Financial Records. Maintain a system of accounting,
and keep such books, records and accounts (which shall be true and complete in all material
respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to permit the preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties.
SECTION 9.5. Payment and Performance of Obligations. Pay and perform all Obligations under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and pay (a) all material taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges that may be levied or assessed upon it or any of its property, and (b) subject
to the thresholds and other limitations set forth in Section 12.1(f) or Section 12.1(g), all other
material indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in accordance with customary trade practices;
provided, that the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary may contest any item described in clause (a)
or (b) of this Section 9.5 in good faith so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect
thereto to the extent required by GAAP. It is expected that all payments in respect of the
Obligations, the Existing Debt Securities and the Additional Debt Securities will be made by the
Borrower.
SECTION 9.6. Compliance With Laws and Approvals. Observe and remain in compliance with all
Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case
applicable to the conduct of its business except where the failure to observe or comply could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 9.7. Environmental Laws. In addition to and without limiting the generality of
Section 9.6, (a) comply with, and use best efforts to ensure such compliance by all tenants and
subtenants, with all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and maintain, and
use its best efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and
maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by
applicable Environmental Laws except where the failure to comply could not reasonably have a
Material Adverse Effect, (b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and
testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, and
promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of any Governmental Authority regarding
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Environmental Laws except (i) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) to the extent the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries are
contesting, in good faith, any such requirement, order or directive before the appropriate
Governmental Authority so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto to the
extent required by GAAP, and (c) defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, and their respective parents, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, employees, agents, officers
and directors, from and against any claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements,
damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature known or unknown, contingent or otherwise,
arising out of, or in any way relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under
any Environmental Laws applicable to the operations of the Credit Parties or such Subsidiaries, or
any orders, requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities related thereto, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorney’s and consultant’s fees, investigation and laboratory fees,
response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, except to the extent that any of the foregoing
directly result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking
indemnification therefor.
SECTION 9.8. Compliance with ERISA. In addition to and without limiting the generality of
Section 9.6, (a) comply with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations
and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans, except where
the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) not
take any action or fail to take action the result of which would result in a liability to the PBGC
or to a Multiemployer Plan in an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (c) furnish to the Administrative Agent upon the Administrative Agent’s request
such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan concerning compliance with this
covenant as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.9. Conduct of Business. Engage only in businesses in substantially the same
fields as the businesses conducted on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the
apparel, footwear, handbags, accessories, jewelry, denim and cosmetics or other women’s
accoutrements industries generally) and in lines of business reasonably related thereto
(collectively, “Permitted Lines of Business”), or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.10. Visits and Inspections. Permit representatives of the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, from time to time upon reasonable prior notice to visit and inspect its
properties; inspect and make extracts from its books, records and files, including, but not
limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and discuss with its
principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial
condition, results of operations and business prospects.
SECTION 9.11. Use of Proceeds. The Credit Parties shall use the proceeds of the Loans and
the Letters of Credit to (a) refinance certain existing Debt, (b) for working capital and general
corporate purposes of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, including acquisitions and stock
repurchases, and (c) the payment of certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
ARTICLE X FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations (other than any Obligations under any Hedging Agreement) have
been paid and satisfied in full and the Revolving Credit Commitment and L/C Commitment have
terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth in Section 14.11 hereof, the
Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis will not:
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SECTION 10.1. Interest Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter listed
below, permit the Interest Coverage Ratio for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters
ending on such date, to be less than the ratio set forth opposite such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended | Ratio | |
July 5, 2008 |
1.80 to 1.00 | |
October 4, 2008 |
1.85 to 1.00 | |
December 31, 2008 |
2.00 to 1.00 | |
April 4, 2009 |
2.15 to 1.00 | |
July 4, 2009 |
2.25 to 1.00 | |
October 3, 2009 |
2.25 to 1.00 | |
December 31, 2009 |
2.25 to 1.00 | |
April 3, 2010 |
2.50 to 1.00 |
SECTION 10.2. Covenant Debt to EBITDA Ratio. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter
listed below, permit the Covenant Debt to EBITDA Ratio to be more than the ratio set forth opposite
such date:
Fiscal Quarter Ended | Ratio | |
July 5, 2008 |
4.15 to 1.00 | |
October 4, 2008 |
4.00 to 1.00 | |
December 31, 2008 |
3.50 to 1.00 | |
April 4, 2009 |
3.25 to 1.00 | |
July 4, 2009 and thereafter |
3.00 to 1.00 |
SECTION 10.3. Asset Coverage Ratio. As of the end of each fiscal quarter, permit the
Asset Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.75.
ARTICLE XI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations (other than any Obligations under any Hedging Agreement) have
been paid and satisfied in full and the Revolving Credit Commitment has expired or been
terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth in Section 14.11 hereof,
the Credit Parties will not and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 11.1. Limitations on Debt and Guaranty Obligations. Create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Debt, including Guaranty Obligations, except:
(a) the Obligations of the Credit Parties;
(b) the 2004 Credit Agreement Obligations;
(c) Debt existing on the Amendment Date (other than the 2004 Credit
Agreement Obligations), including the Debt as set forth on Schedule 7.1(p);
(d) Debt of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, not otherwise permitted under
this Section 11.1, incurred in connection with (i) Capitalized Leases, (ii) purchase money
Debt and (iii) Debt of a Subsidiary incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on
which such Subsidiary was acquired by any Credit Party or otherwise became a Subsidiary of
such Credit Party, or Debt assumed by a Credit Party or a Subsidiary
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thereof in connection with an asset acquisition which Debt was outstanding prior to the
date of such asset acquisition (in each case, other than Debt incurred as consideration
in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to
consummate, the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary
became a Subsidiary of such Credit Party or was otherwise acquired by such Credit Party or
pursuant to which such assets were acquired);
(e) additional Debt of the Credit Parties, not otherwise permitted under this Section
11.1, in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $250,000,000 (or the equivalent
Dollar Amount for borrowings denominated in currencies other than Dollars) on any date of
determination so long as no Default or Event of Default exists on the date any such
additional Debt is created or arises as a result of any borrowing thereunder;
(f) additional Debt of Subsidiaries of the Credit Parties (that are not themselves
Credit Parties) not otherwise permitted under this Section 11.1, in an aggregate
outstanding amount not to exceed $50,000,000 (or the equivalent Dollar Amount for
borrowings denominated in currencies other than Dollars) on any date of determination;
(g) Debt of the Credit Parties to any Subsidiary or any other Credit Party and of
any Subsidiary to the Credit Parties or any other Subsidiary; and
(h) Debt incurred in respect of the extension, renewal, refinancing (including
defeasance), replacement or refunding (collectively, the “refinancing”) of Debt
incurred pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c) or (e); provided, that (i) such Debt is an
aggregate principal amount (or if incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue
price) not in excess of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount (or if incurred with
original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Debt being
refinanced and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and
defeasance costs, related to such refinancing, (ii) the average life of such Debt is equal
to or greater than the average life of the Debt being refinanced, (iii) the stated maturity
of such Debt is no earlier than the stated maturity of the Debt being refinanced; and (iv)
the new Debt shall not be senior in right of payment to the Debt that is being refinanced;
provided, that none of the Debt permitted to be incurred by this Section shall
expressly restrict, limit or otherwise encumber (unless such restriction, limitation or
other encumbrance is a Permitted Encumbrance (as defined below)), the ability of any
Subsidiary of the Credit Parties to make any payment to the Credit Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries (in the form of dividends, intercompany advances or otherwise) for the purpose
of enabling the Credit Parties to pay the Obligations. For purposes of this Section 11.1,
with regard to any Debt, a “Permitted Encumbrance” shall mean any restriction,
limitation or other encumbrance that applies solely if a default or event of default (other
than a default resulting solely from the breach of a representation or warranty) occurs and
is continuing under such Debt; provided further that, with respect to any
default or event of default (other than a payment default, including as a result of
acceleration, or a bankruptcy event with respect to the obligor of such Debt), such
encumbrance or restriction may not prohibit dividends to the Credit Parties or any
Subsidiary thereof to pay the Obligations for more than one hundred eighty (180) days in
any consecutive three hundred sixty (360) day period.
SECTION 11.2. [Reserved].
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SECTION 11.3. Limitations on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on
or with respect to any of its assets or properties (including without limitation shares of capital
stock or other ownership interests), real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies
(excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or
Environmental Laws) not yet due or as to which the period of grace, if any, related
thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;
(b) the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or
landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of
business, (i) which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or (ii)
which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(c) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance or similar legislation or obligations under
customer service contracts;
(d) Liens constituting encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements
and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which do not, in any
case, materially detract from the value of such property or materially impair the use
thereof in the ordinary conduct of business;
(e) Liens of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders;
(f) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $25,000,000 in
the aggregate outstanding in addition to Liens existing on the Amendment Date;
(g) Liens existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the
Credit Parties or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that
becomes a Subsidiary or is merged with or into the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary after
the Amendment Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is so merged;
(h) Liens in existence on the Amendment Date and described on Schedule 11.3;
(i) Liens securing Debt incurred in connection with Capitalized Leases and purchase
money Debt permitted under Section 11.1(e); provided that (i) such Liens shall be created
substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of the related asset, (ii) such Liens do
not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Debt, (iii)
the amount of Debt secured thereby is not increased and (iv) the principal amount of Debt
secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the
original purchase price of such property at the time it was acquired;
(j) Liens incurred to secure appeal bonds and judgment and attachment Liens in
respect of judgments or orders that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section
12.1(m);
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(k) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating
to banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies, in each case as to
deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;
(l) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(m) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure monetary
obligations;
(n) Liens arising by the terms of letters of credit entered into in the ordinary
course of business to secure reimbursement obligations thereunder;
(o) Liens securing Debt or other obligations between the Credit Parties and a
Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries or Credit Parties;
(p) Liens granted to any bank or other institution securing the payments to be made
to such bank or other institution by the Credit Parties or a Subsidiary of the Credit
Parties pursuant to any Hedging Agreement; provided that, such agreements are entered
into in, or are incidental to, the ordinary course of business; and
(q) The refinancing of any Lien referred to in clause (g), (h), (i) or (p) provided,
that the principal amount of Debt (or, if incurred with original issue discount, an
aggregate issue price) secured thereby and not otherwise authorized by clause (g), (h),
(i) or (p) shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt (or if incurred without original
issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) plus any fees and expenses, including
premiums and defeasance costs, payable in connection with any such extension, renewal,
replacement or refunding, so secured at the time of such extension, renewal, replacement
or refunding.
SECTION 11.4. Limitations on Loans, Advances, Investments and Acquisitions. Purchase, own,
invest in or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any capital stock (other than capital stock
of the Credit Parties), interests in any partnership, limited liability company or joint venture
(including without limitation the creation or capitalization of any Subsidiary), evidence of Debt
or other obligation or security, substantially all or a portion of the business or assets of any
other Person or any other investment or interest whatsoever in any other Person, or make or permit
to exist, directly or indirectly, any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any investment
in cash or by delivery of property in, any Person, or enter into, directly or indirectly, any
commitment or option in respect of the foregoing (collectively, “Investments”) except:
(a) Investments in Subsidiaries existing on the Amendment Date and the other
existing loans, advances and Investments described on Schedule 11.4;
(b) Investments made in accordance with the Permitted Investment Policy;
(c) Investments by the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary, including Investments in the
form of acquisitions, including acquisitions of all or substantially all of the business or
a line of business (whether by the acquisition of capital stock, assets or any combination
thereof) of any other Person, so long as (i) a Responsible Officer certifies to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders that no Default or Event of Default
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has occurred and is continuing or would result from the closing of such acquisition or the
consummation of such Investment, such certification to include, for any acquisition
involving a purchase price in excess of $50,000,000, either individually or in a series of
related transactions, a financial condition certificate to which is attached a pro forma
balance sheet of Xxxxx Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries setting forth on a pro forma
basis the financial condition of Xxxxx Apparel Group and its Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated basis as of the most recently ended Fiscal Year, reflecting on a pro forma
basis the effect of the transactions contemplated by such acquisition, including all fees
and expenses in connection therewith, and evidencing compliance on a pro forma basis with
the covenants contained in Article X hereof, and (ii) the price for such Investment,
together with all other Investments made in accordance with this clause (c) after the
Amendment Date, does not exceed $75,000,000 in the aggregate;
(d) Investments set forth on Schedule 11.4 (other than Investments in
Subsidiaries) in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000;
(e) loans and advances to third party contractors in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice not to exceed in an aggregate outstanding
amount $6,000,000 (excluding such loans and advances consisting of prepayments or
advances for inventory or services); and loans and advances to employees of the Credit
Parties and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed
$4,000,000; and
(f) intercompany loans and advances among the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries so long as permitted under the terms of Sections 11.1 and 11.3.
SECTION 11.5. Limitations on Mergers and Liquidation. Merge, consolidate or enter into
any similar combination with any other Person or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer
any liquidation or dissolution) except so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, or would result therefrom:
(a) any Credit Party may merge or consolidate with or into any Person; provided that
(i) such Credit Party shall be the survivor of such merger or consolidation or (ii) the
survivor assumes and succeeds to the Obligations of such Credit Party pursuant to an
assumption agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders;
(b) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Credit Parties may merge or consolidate
with or into any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Credit Parties;
(c) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into the Person
such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary was formed to acquire in connection with an acquisition
permitted by Section 11.4(b), (c) or (d);
(d) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Credit Parties may merge or consolidate with
or into any Credit Party; provided that, such Credit Party is the survivor of such merger
or consolidation; and
(e) any Credit Party may merge or consolidate with or into any other Credit
Party.
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SECTION 11.6. Limitations on Sale or Transfer of Assets. Convey, sell, lease, assign,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired (collectively, “sale”), except for the following:
(a) the sale of inventory or the factoring of accounts receivable in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) the sale of obsolete assets no longer used or usable in the business of the
Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries;
(c) the sale or discount without recourse of accounts receivable arising in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;
(d) the sale of assets between the Credit Parties and any Subsidiary or between
Subsidiaries or Credit Parties;
(e) the sale of any other assets of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries outside
the ordinary course of business so long as the total fair market value for all such sales
on and after the Amendment Date on an aggregate basis does not at any time exceed ten
percent (10%) of Consolidated Net Worth determined as of April 5, 2008; and
(f) the sale of assets purchased in accordance with the Permitted Investment
Policy as in effect on the Amendment Date.
SECTION 11.7. Limitations on Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay any dividends upon
any of its capital stock; purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly,
any shares of its capital stock, or make any distribution of cash, property or assets among the
holders of shares of its capital stock, or make any change in its capital structure that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that: (a) the Credit Parties may
pay dividends solely in shares of their own capital stock or other ownership interest (including
dividends consisting of rights to purchase such capital stock or other ownership interest), (b) any
Subsidiary may pay dividends or make distributions to the Credit Parties or any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Credit Parties, (c) any Credit Party may pay dividends or make distributions to
any other Credit Party and (d) as long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would be created thereby (i) the Credit Parties may declare and pay dividends on
shares of their capital stock or other ownership interests consistent with past practice
established prior to the Amendment Date, (ii) the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary may redeem
shares of their capital stock or other ownership interest pursuant to a plan approved by the Board
of Directors of the Credit Parties or such Subsidiary, as applicable (A) to the extent required by
contracts entered into prior to the Amendment Date, (B) that reduce dilution of share ownership,
(C) additional share repurchases in an amount not to exceed $75,000,000 after the Amendment Date,
and (iii) the Credit Parties may pay dividends or make additional share repurchases in an amount
not to exceed 25% of cumulative Net Income after December 31, 2007.
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SECTION 11.8. Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into, or be a
party to, any transaction with any of its Affiliates, except (i) on terms that are no less
favorable to it than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not
its Affiliate, (ii) without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, in connection with any
acquisition otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or (iii) for transactions
between Credit Parties or between Credit Parties and Subsidiaries of Credit Parties.
SECTION 11.9. Changes in Fiscal Year End. Change its Fiscal Year.
SECTION 11.10. Amendments; Payments and Prepayments of Material Debt and Subordinated
Debt. Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Default or an Event of Default, amend or
modify (or permit the modification or amendment of) in any manner materially adverse to the
Lenders any of the terms or provisions of any Debt in excess of $25,000,000, including without
limitation the Additional Debt Securities, if any, or any Subordinated Debt, or cancel or forgive, make any voluntary or
optional payment or prepayment on, or redeem or acquire for value (including, without limitation,
by way of depositing with any trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due for the
purpose of paying when due) any Subordinated Debt.
ARTICLE XII DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 12.1. Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of
Default, whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment or order of any court or any order, rule
or regulation of any Governmental Authority or otherwise:
(a) Default in Payment of Principal of Loans and Reimbursement Obligations.
The Borrower shall default in any payment of principal of any Loan or Reimbursement
Obligation when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise).
(b) Other Payment Default. The Borrower shall default in the payment when and
as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) of interest on any
Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or the payment of any other Obligation (other than any
Obligation under any Hedging Agreement), and such default shall continue unremedied for
three (3) Business Days.
(c) Misrepresentation. Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be
made by the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, if applicable, under this
Agreement, any Loan Document or any amendment hereto or thereto, shall at any time prove
to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made.
(d) Default in Performance of Certain Covenants. Any of the Credit Parties
shall default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in
Article X or XI of this Agreement.
(e) Default in Performance of Other Covenants and Conditions. Any of the
Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof, if applicable, shall default in the performance
or observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement
(other than as specifically provided for otherwise in this Section 12.1) or any other Loan
Document and such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after written
notice thereof has been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent.
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(f) Hedging Agreement. Any termination payments in an amount greater than
$50,000,000 shall be due by any Credit Party under any Hedging Agreement and such amount
is not paid within thirty (30) Business Days of the due date thereof.
(g) Debt Cross-Default. Any of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries
shall (i) default in the payment of principal or interest on any Debt (other than the Loans
or any Reimbursement Obligation) the aggregate outstanding amount of which Debt is in
excess of $50,000,000, including, without limitation, the obligations under the 2004 Credit
Agreement, beyond the period of grace if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under
which such Debt was created, or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other
agreement or condition relating to any Debt (other than the Loans or any Reimbursement
Obligation), including, without limitation, the obligations under the 2004 Credit Agreement
and any other documents executed in connection therewith, the aggregate outstanding amount
of which Debt is in excess of $50,000,000 or contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall occur or condition exist,
the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the
holder or holders of such Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders)
to cause, with the giving of notice if required, any such Debt to become due prior to its
stated maturity (any applicable grace period having expired).
(h) Change in Control. Any person or group of persons (within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a Credit
Party or any Subsidiary thereof, shall obtain ownership or control in one or more series of
transactions of more than thirty-three and one-third percent (33.33%) of the common stock
or thirty-three and one-third percent (33.33%) of the voting power of any Credit Party
entitled to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Credit Party
or there shall have occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing any debt in
excess of $50,000,000 any “change in control” (as defined in such indenture or
other evidence of debt) obligating the Borrower to repurchase, redeem or repay all or any
part of the debt or capital stock provided for therein (any such event, a “Change in
Control”). Further, except as set forth in Section 11.5, Xxxxx Apparel Group shall at
all times own 100% of the capital stock of Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings and Xxxxx Apparel
Group Holdings shall at all times own 100% of the capital stock of the Borrower.
(i) Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary
thereof shall (i) commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or
hereafter in effect), (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other laws,
domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or
composition for adjustment of debts, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely and
appropriate manner any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under such
bankruptcy laws or other laws, (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a
timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a
receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its
property, domestic or foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they
become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) take any
corporate action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.
(j) Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. A case or other proceeding shall be
commenced against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in any court of competent
jurisdiction seeking (i) relief under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in
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effect) or under any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, winding up or adjustment of debts, or (ii) the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof
or for all or any substantial part of their respective assets, domestic or foreign, and
such case or proceeding shall continue without dismissal or stay for a period of sixty (60)
consecutive days, or an order granting the relief requested in such case or proceeding
(including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such federal bankruptcy laws)
shall be entered.
(k) [Reserved]
(l) Termination Event. The occurrence of any of the following events: (i) the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to make full payment to an Employee Benefit Plan when
due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period) of contributions in excess of
$2,000,000, (ii) an accumulated funding deficiency in excess of $2,000,000 occurs or
exists, whether or not waived, with respect to any Pension Plan or (iii) a Termination
Event that could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $5,000,000 to
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
(m) Judgment. A judgment or order for the payment of money which causes the
aggregate amount of all such judgments to exceed $50,000,000 in any Fiscal Year shall be
entered against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof by any court and such judgment
or order shall continue without discharge or stay for a period of thirty (30) days.
SECTION 12.2. Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, with the consent of
the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders,
the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Credit Parties:
(a) Acceleration; Termination of Facilities. Declare the principal of and
interest on the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations at the time outstanding, and all other
amounts owed to the Lenders and to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents (other than any Hedging Agreement) (including, without limitation,
all L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of
Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) and all other Obligations
(other than Obligations owing under any Hedging Agreement), to be forthwith due and
payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived, anything in
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and terminate
the Credit Facility and any right of the Borrower to request borrowings or Letters of
Credit thereunder; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in
Section 12.1(i) or (j) with respect to the Credit Parties, the Credit Facility shall be
automatically terminated and all Obligations (other than obligations owing under any
Hedging Agreement) shall automatically become due and payable.
(b) Letters of Credit. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to
which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant
to the preceding paragraph, require the Borrower at such time to deposit or cause to be
deposited in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal
to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such
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Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the
unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully
drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay the other Obligations. After all such
Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, the Reimbursement
Obligation shall have been satisfied and all other Obligations shall have been paid in
full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be promptly returned to
the Borrower.
(c) Rights of Collection. Exercise on behalf of the Lenders all of its other
rights and remedies under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and Applicable Law, in
order to satisfy all of the Obligations.
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SECTION 12.3. Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; Etc. The enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in this Agreement is
not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any
other right or remedy given hereunder or under the Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist in law or in equity or
by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right,
power or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or
shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default. No course of dealing between the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or their respective agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge
any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.
ARTICLE XIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 13.1. Appointment. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably
designates and appoints Wachovia as Administrative Agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents for the term
hereof and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes Wachovia as Administrative Agent for such Lender, to take such action on its behalf
under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and such other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or such other Loan Documents, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and therein, or any fiduciary
relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Any reference
to the Administrative Agent in this Article XIII shall be deemed to refer to the Administrative Agent solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent and not in its capacity as a Lender.
SECTION 13.2. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its respective duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by the
Administrative Agent with
reasonable care.
SECTION 13.3. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall be
(a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (except for actions occasioned solely by its or such Person’s own gross negligence
or willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or for the value,
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or for any failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The
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Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to
inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 13.4. Reliance by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution,
notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype
message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and
statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may
deem and treat the holder of any Revolving Credit Loan as the owner thereof for all purposes unless
such Revolving Credit Loan shall have been transferred in accordance with Section 14.10 hereof.
The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or
concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, when expressly required hereby or by the relevant other
Loan Document, the Required Agreement Lenders or all the Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it
shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and
expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action
except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall in all
cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, when expressly
required hereby, the Required Agreement Lenders or all the Lenders), and such request and any
action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all
future holders of the Loans.
SECTION 13.5. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless it has
received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default
or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event
that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall promptly give notice thereof to the
Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided that unless and until the
Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall
not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders, except
to the extent that other provisions of this Agreement expressly require that any such action be
taken or not be taken only with the consent and authorization or the request of the Lenders, the
Required Agreement Lenders or Required Lenders, as applicable.
SECTION 13.6. Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender
expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made any
representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereinafter taken,
including any review of the affairs of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to
constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender
represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations,
property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower
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and its Subsidiaries and made its own decision to make its Loans and issue or participate in
Letters of Credit hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Except for notices, reports and other
documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder
or by the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility
to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations,
property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
SECTION 13.7. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in
its capacity as such and (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the
obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to the respective amounts of their
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind
whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation, at any time following the payment
of the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or
in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of
any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent they result from the Administrative Agent’s
bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 13.7 shall
survive the payment of the Loans, any Reimbursement Obligation and all other amounts payable
hereunder and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 13.8. The Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent
and its respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and
generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower as though the Administrative Agent were
not an Administrative Agent hereunder. With respect to any Loans made or renewed by it and with
respect to any Letter of Credit issued by it or participated in by it, the Administrative Agent
shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any
Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Administrative Agent, and the terms
“Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual
capacity.
SECTION 13.9. Resignation of the Administrative Agent; Successor Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor as provided below, the Administrative
Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Lenders and the Credit Parties. Upon
any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the approval of the
Credit Parties (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to
appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which successor shall have minimum capital and surplus of
at least $500,000,000. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders, been approved (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing) by the Credit Parties or have accepted such appointment within thirty
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(30) days after the Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the Administrative
Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent reasonably acceptable
to the Credit Parties (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing),
which successor shall have minimum capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative
Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any
retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of
this Section 13.9 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
SECTION 13.10. Syndication and Documentation Agents. Each Syndication Agent in its capacity
as Syndication Agent and each documentation agent in its capacity as documentation agent shall have
no duties or responsibilities and no liabilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
but shall be entitled, in such capacity, to the same protections afforded to the Administrative
Agent under this Article XIII.
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1. Notices. (a) Method of Communication. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, all notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing, or by telephone
subsequently confirmed in writing. Any notice shall be effective if delivered by hand delivery or
sent via telecopy, recognized overnight courier service or certified mail, return receipt
requested, and shall be presumed to be received by a party hereto (i) on the date of delivery if
delivered by hand or sent by telecopy, (ii) on the next Business Day if sent by recognized
overnight courier service and (iii) on the third (3rd) Business Day following the date
sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. A telephonic notice to the Administrative Agent
as understood by the Administrative Agent will be deemed to be the controlling and proper notice in
the event of a discrepancy with or failure to receive a confirming written notice.
(b) Addresses for Notices. Notices to any party shall be sent to it at the following
addresses, or any other address as to which all the other parties are notified in writing.
If to the Credit Parties:
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
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If to Wachovia:
Wachovia Bank, National Association
Administrative Agent:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Telephone No: 000-000-0000
Telecopy No: 000-000-0000
Administrative Agent:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Telephone No: 000-000-0000
Telecopy No: 000-000-0000
With copies to:
Wachovia Bank, National Association
Administrative Agent:
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone No: 000-000-0000
Telecopy No: 000-000-0000
Administrative Agent:
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX0000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone No: 000-000-0000
Telecopy No: 000-000-0000
If to any Lender:
To the Address set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto
(c) Administrative Agent’s Office. The Administrative Agent hereby designates its office
located at the address set forth above, or any subsequent office which shall have been specified
for such purpose by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, as the Administrative Agent’s
Office referred to herein, to which payments due are to be made and at which Loans will be
disbursed.
SECTION 14.2. Expenses; Indemnity. The Borrower will (a) pay all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with (i) the preparation, execution and delivery
of this Agreement and each other Loan Document, whenever the same shall be executed and delivered,
including without limitation the reasonable out-of-pocket syndication and due diligence expenses
and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and (ii) the
preparation, execution and delivery of any waiver, amendment or consent by the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including without limitation
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, (b) pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent actually incurred in connection with the
administration of the Credit Facility, (c) pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender actually incurred in connection with the enforcement of any
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Facility,
including to the extent reasonable under the circumstances consulting with accountants, attorneys
and other Persons concerning the nature, scope or value of any right or remedy of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any factual
matters in connection therewith, which expenses shall include without limitation the reasonable
fees and disbursements of such Persons, and (d) defend, indemnify and hold harmless the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and their respective parents, Subsidiaries, Affiliates,
employees, Administrative Agents, officers and directors, from and against any losses, penalties,
fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses, suffered by any such Person in
connection with any claim, investigation, litigation or other proceeding
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(whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party thereto) and the prosecution and
defense thereof, arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or the Loans, including without limitation reasonable attorney’s and consultant’s fees,
except to the extent that any of the foregoing result from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of any indemnified party.
SECTION 14.3. Set-off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under Applicable
Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon and after the occurrence of any Event of
Default and during the continuance thereof, the Lenders and any assignee or participant of a Lender
in accordance with Section 14.10 are hereby authorized by the Credit Parties at any time or from
time to time, without notice to the Credit Parties or to any other Person, any such notice being
hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates
of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by
the Lenders, or any such assignee or participant to or for the credit or the account of the
Borrower against and on account of the Obligations irrespective of whether or not
(a) the Lenders shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
or (b) the Administrative Agent shall have declared any or all of the Obligations to be due and
payable as permitted by Section 12.2 and although such Obligations shall be contingent or
unmatured.
SECTION 14.4. Governing Law. This Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents,
unless otherwise expressly set forth therein, shall be governed by, construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 14.5. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
consents to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in New York County,
New York, in any action, claim or other proceeding arising out of any dispute in connection with
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder, or
the performance of such rights and obligations. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
consents to the service of a summons and complaint and other process in any action, claim or
proceeding brought by any other party hereto in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, any rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder, or the performance of such rights and
obligations, on behalf of itself or its property, in the manner specified in Section 14.1. Nothing
in this Section 14.5 shall affect the right of any of the parties hereto to serve legal process in
any other manner permitted by Applicable Law or affect the right of any of the parties hereto to
bring any action or proceeding against any other party hereto or its properties in the courts of
any other jurisdictions.
SECTION 14.6. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, EACH LENDER AND EACH CREDIT
PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THEY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL WITH
RESPECT TO ANY ACTION, CLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, ANY
DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH OR RELATING TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS
(“Dispute”) IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY
RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER, OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
SECTION 14.7. Reversal of Payments. To the extent any Credit Party makes a payment or
payments to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders or the Administrative
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Agent receives any payment or proceeds of the collateral which payments or proceeds or any part
thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or
required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or
federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid,
the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full
force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 14.8. Injunctive Relief; Punitive Damages. (a) Each of the parties to this
Agreement recognizes that, in the event such party fails to perform, observe or discharge any of
its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate
relief to the other parties hereto. Therefore, each of the parties hereto agrees that the other
parties hereto, at such other party’s option, shall be entitled to pursue temporary and permanent
injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.
(b) The Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Credit Parties (on behalf of themselves and their
Subsidiaries) hereby agree that no such Person shall have a remedy of punitive or exemplary damages
against any other party to a Loan Document and each such Person hereby waives any right or claim to
punitive or exemplary damages that they may now have or may arise in the future in connection with
any Dispute, whether such Dispute is resolved through arbitration or judicially.
SECTION 14.9. Accounting Matters. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms
of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from
time to time, provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after
the Amendment Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if
the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to
any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted
on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become
effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance
therewith.
SECTION 14.10. Successors and Assigns; Participations. (a) Benefit of Agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Credit Parties, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, all future holders of the Notes, and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, except that the Borrower shall not assign or transfer any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender other
than pursuant to Section 11.5.
(b) Assignment by Lenders. Each Lender may, with the consent of the Borrower (so long as no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) and the consent of the Administrative
Agent, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, assign to one or more Eligible
Assignees all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all or a portion of the Extensions of Credit at the time owing to
it and the Revolving Credit Notes held by it); provided that:
(i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all the assigning
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and all other rights and obligations under this Agreement;
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(ii) if less than all of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit
Loans is to be assigned, the Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loans so assigned
shall not be less than $5,000,000;
(iii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent,
for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance in the form of
Exhibit G attached hereto (an “Assignment and Acceptance”), together with any Revolving
Credit Note or Revolving Credit Notes subject to such assignment;
(iv) such assignment shall not, without the consent of the Borrower, on behalf of itself and the
other Credit Parties, require the Borrower, or any other Credit Party, to file a registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or apply to or qualify the Revolving Credit
Loans or the Revolving Credit Notes under the blue sky laws of any state;
(v) the assigning Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent an assignment fee of $3,000 upon the
execution by such Lender of the Assignment and Acceptance; provided that no such fee shall be
payable upon any assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate thereof; and
(vi) no consents will be required for assignments where the Eligible Assignee is an Affiliate of
the assigning Lender.
Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be at least ten (10)
Business Days after the execution thereof, (A) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and,
to the extent of the interest assigned in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender hereby and (B) the Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest
assigned in such assignment, be released from its obligations under this Agreement.
(c) Rights and Duties upon Assignment. By executing and delivering an Assignment and
Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with
each other and the other parties hereto as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance.
(d) Register. The Administrative Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assumption Agreement
and each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and record the names and addresses of the
Lenders and the amount of the Extensions of Credit with respect to each Lender from time to time in
the Register.
No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the
Register as provided in this paragraph. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the
absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat
each person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Issuance of New Revolving Credit Notes. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and
Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Eligible Assignee together with any Revolving
Credit Note or Revolving Credit Notes if any have been issued pursuant to this
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Agreement, subject to such assignment and the written consent to such assignment, the
Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is
substantially in the form of Exhibit G:
(i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance;
(ii) record the information contained therein in the Register;
(iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and the other
Credit Parties; and
(iv) promptly deliver a copy of such Assignment and Acceptance to the Borrower.
Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of notice, if requested by the Eligible Assignee the
Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, in exchange for the surrendered
Revolving Credit Note or Revolving Credit Notes, a new Revolving Credit Note or Revolving Credit
Notes to the order of such Eligible Assignee in amounts equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment
assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and a new Revolving Credit Note or
Revolving Credit Notes to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Revolving
Credit Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Revolving Credit Note or Revolving Credit
Notes shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such
surrendered Revolving Credit Note or Revolving Credit Notes, shall be dated the effective date of
such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of the assigned
Revolving Credit Notes delivered to the assigning Lender. Each surrendered Revolving Credit Note or
Revolving Credit Notes shall be canceled and returned to the Borrower.
(f) Participations. Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other
entities in all or a portion of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all or a portion of its Extensions of Credit and the Notes held by it);
provided that:
(i) each such participation shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000;
(ii) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Revolving
Credit Commitment) shall remain unchanged;
(iii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance
of such obligations;
(iv) the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement;
(v) such Lender shall not permit such participant the right to approve any waivers, amendments or
other modifications to this Agreement or any other Loan Document other than waivers, amendments or
modifications which would reduce the principal of or the interest rate on any Revolving Credit Loan
or Reimbursement Obligation, extend the term or increase the amount of the Revolving Credit
Commitment, reduce the amount of any fees to which such participant is entitled, or extend any
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scheduled payment date for principal, interest or fees of any Revolving Credit Loan, except
as expressly contemplated hereby or thereby; and
(vi) any such disposition shall not, without the consent of the Borrower, on behalf of itself and
the other Credit Parties, require the Borrower or any other Credit Party, to file a registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or apply to or qualify the Revolving Credit
Loans or the Revolving Credit Notes under the blue sky law of any state.
(g) Disclosure of Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Lenders and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors,
officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors and
representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) (it being understood that the Persons to whom
such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and
instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority, (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the
exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or
the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Section, to any assignee of or Participant in, or any
prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement,
(g) with the prior written consent of the Credit Parties, (h) to the extent such Information (A)
becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or
(B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Credit Parties or (i) to Gold Sheets and other
similar bank trade publications, such information to consist of deal terms and other information
(customarily found in such publications) upon the Credit Parties’ prior review and approval, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. For the purposes of this Section,
“Information” means all information received from the Credit Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries relating to the Credit Parties or their business, other than any such information that
is available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender on a nonconfidential
basis prior to disclosure by the Credit Parties; provided that, in the case of information received
from the Credit Parties after the Closing Date (other than certificates or other information
specifically required by the terms of this Agreement), such information is clearly identified at
the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of
Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to
do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
(h) Special Purpose Funding Vehicles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle
organized for the specific purpose of making or acquiring participations or investing in loans of
the type made pursuant to this Agreement (a “SPC”), correctly identified as such in writing
from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option
to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Extension of Credit that such Lender would
otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that
(i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Extension of Credit and
(ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of
such Extension of Credit, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Extension of Credit
pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of an Extension of Credit by an SPC hereunder
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shall utilize the Revolving Credit Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as
if, such Extension of Credit were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees
that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement
(all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing,
each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement)
that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding
commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join
any other person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In
addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this clause, any SPC may (i) with
notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and
without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interest in any
Extension of Credit to the Granting Lender or to any financial institution (consented to by the
Borrower and Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account
of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Extensions of Credit and (ii) disclose on a
confidential basis any non-public information relating to Extensions of Credit to any rating
agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity
enhancement to such SPC. This clause may not be amended without the written consent of each SPC.
(i) Certain Pledges or Assignments. Nothing herein shall prohibit any Lender from pledging
or assigning any Note to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Applicable Law.
SECTION 14.11. Amendments, Waivers and Consents. Except as set forth below, any term,
covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be
amended or waived by the Lenders, and any consent given by the Lenders, if, but only if, (a) in the
case of an amendment, waiver or consent for which a substantially similar corresponding amendment,
waiver or consent with regard to the 2004 Credit Agreement will be made effective thereunder
contemporaneously, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing signed by the Required Lenders
(or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and delivered to the
Administrative Agent and, in the case of an amendment, signed by the Credit Parties and (b) in the
case of any other amendment, waiver or consent specifically impacting only this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing signed by the Required
Agreement Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Agreement
Lenders) and delivered to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an amendment, signed by the
Credit Parties; provided, in each case, that:
(a) no amendment, waiver or consent shall (i) release any of the Credit Parties,
(ii) increase the amount or extend the time of the obligation of the Lenders to make Revolving
Credit Loans or issue or participate in Letters of Credit, (iii) extend the originally scheduled
time or times of payment of the principal of any Revolving Credit Loan or Reimbursement Obligation
or the time or times of payment of interest or fees on any Revolving Credit Loan or Reimbursement
Obligation, (iv) reduce the rate of interest or fees payable on any Revolving Credit Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation, (v) reduce the principal amount of any Revolving Credit Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation, (vi) permit any subordination of the principal or interest on any
Revolving Credit Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, (vii) permit any assignment (other than as
specifically permitted or contemplated in this Agreement) of any of the Credit Parties’ rights and
obligations hereunder or (viii) amend the provisions of this Section 14.11 or the
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definition of Required Lenders or Required Agreement Lenders, without the prior written
consent of each Lender affected thereby; and
(b) no amendment, waiver or consent to the provisions of (i) Article XIII shall be made without the
written consent of the Administrative Agent and (ii) Article III without the written consent of
each Issuing Lender affected thereby.
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SECTION 14.12. Performance of Duties. The Credit Parties’ obligations under this Agreement
and each of the Loan Documents shall be performed by the Credit Parties at their sole cost and
expense.
SECTION 14.13. All Powers Coupled with Interest. All powers of attorney and other
authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any Persons designated by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of
the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.
SECTION 14.14. Survival of Indemnities. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement,
the indemnities to which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions
of this Article XIV and any other provision of this Agreement and the Loan Documents shall continue
in full force and effect and shall protect the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against events
arising after such termination as well as before.
SECTION 14.15. Titles and Captions. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections and
subsections in this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the
provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 14.16. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or
affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 14.17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon all parties, their successors and assigns, and
all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of any executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 14.18. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing
Date through and including the date upon which all Obligations (other than obligations owing by any
Credit Party to any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender or the Administrative Agent under any Hedging
Agreement) shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full. No termination
of this Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to
such termination.
SECTION 14.19. Inconsistencies with Other Documents; Independent Effect of Covenants. (a)
In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan
Document, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
(b) The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that each covenant contained in Article IX, X,
or XI hereof shall be given independent effect.
SECTION 14.20. Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each
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borrower, guarantor or grantor (the “Loan Parties”), which information includes the name and
address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan
Party in accordance with the Act.
SECTION 14.21. Ratings of Loans. Each Lender hereby agrees that nothing in this agreement
shall require or imply that the Loans shall be required to be rated by any nationally recognized
securities rating organization.
SECTION 14.22. Consent Under 2004 Credit Agreement. Each Lender hereunder that is also a
lender under the 2004 Credit Agreement, by execution of this Agreement, hereby (i) agrees that each
reference in the 2004 Credit Agreement to the “2005 Credit Agreement” shall mean a reference to
this Agreement and (ii) consents to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Credit
Parties and the performance of their respective obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 14.11 of
the 2004 Credit Agreement.
[Signature pages to follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed under seal by
their authorized officers, all as of the day and year first written above.
[THE REQUISITE SIGNATURES ARE APPENDED TO AMENDMENT NO. 2 REFERRED TO IN THE PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS]
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Schedule 1.1 (a)
(Lenders and Revolving Credit Commitments)
(Lenders and Revolving Credit Commitments)
COMMITMENT | ||||||||
LENDER | PERCENTAGE | COMMITMENT | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
8.7% | $ | 65,000,000 | |||||
0000 Xxxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxx Tio T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
Citibank, N.A. |
7.3% | $ | 55,000,000 | |||||
0 Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
Bank of America, N.A. |
8.7% | $ | 65,000,000 | |||||
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX0-000-00-00 Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
6.0% | $ | 45,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxx T: 000-000-0000 F: 212-412-7600 |
||||||||
SunTrust Bank |
8.7% | $ | 65,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxx Xxxxx T: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Wachovia Bank, National Association |
8.7% | $ | 65,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0 Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Attn: Syndication Agency Services T: 704-715-1353 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland |
4.7% | $ | 35,000,000 | |||||
Xxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx 0 Xxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxx T: 353 1 618-7470 F: 353 1 618-7490 |
COMMITMENT | ||||||||
LENDER | PERCENTAGE | COMMITMENT | ||||||
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc |
4.7% | $ | 35,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx T: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Standard Chartered |
4.7% | $ | 35,000,000 | |||||
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx T: 000 000-0000 F: 212 667-0287 |
||||||||
Bank of Taiwan, New York Agency |
3.3% | $ | 25,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxx T: 000 000-0000 Ext. 30 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, New York Branch |
3.3% | $ | 25,000,000 | |||||
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx T: 000 000-0000 F: 212 754-2368 |
||||||||
Land Bank of Taiwan |
5.2% | $ | 20,000,000 | |||||
Bank of China, New York Branch |
2.0% | $ | 15,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xx T: 000 000-0000 xxx 000 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Fifth Third Bank |
2.0% | $ | 15,000,000 | |||||
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 000000 Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. |
2.0% | $ | 15,000,000 | |||||
0000 Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx T: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
2.0% | $ | 15,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx T: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000 |
0
XXXXXXXXXX | ||||||||
XXXXXX | XXXXXXXXXX | XXXXXXXXXX | ||||||
Xxx Xxxx xx Xxxx Xxxxxx |
2.0% | $ | 15,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx 0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX Xxxxxx X0X0X0 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxx / Xxxxxxxx Xxx T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
U.S. Bank National Association |
2.0% | $ | 15,000,000 | |||||
Xxx X.X. Xxxx Xxxxx Xx. Xxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Vice President T: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Union Bank of California, N.A |
2.0% | $ | 15,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx T: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Banca Di Roma — New York Branch |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
00 X. 00xx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
Bank Leumi USA |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxxx XxXxxx T: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Bear Xxxxxxx Corporate Lending Inc. |
0.7% | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
Xxxxx Xxx Commercial Bank, Ltd, |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
New York Branch 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx Xxx T: 212 651-9770 ext. 31 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
First Commercial Bank, New York Agency |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
||||||||
T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
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COMMITMENT | ||||||||
LENDER | PERCENTAGE | COMMITMENT | ||||||
Fortis Capital Corporation |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
Xxx Xxx Commercial Bank, Ltd. |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx T: 212 286-1999 F: 212 286-1212 |
||||||||
Israel Discount Bank of New York |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx T: 212 551-8596 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Taipei Fubon Bank New York Agency |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx Xxx T: 212 968-9888 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
The Bank of New York |
1.3% | $ | 10,000,000 | |||||
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxx Xxxx T: 000-000-0000 F: 000-000-0000 |
||||||||
E.Sun Commercial Bank, Ltd., |
0.7% | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||
Los Angeles Branch 00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Shinghorng Lin F: 626 810-2400 x. 228 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
National Bank of Egypt |
0.7% | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||
The Norinchukin Bank, New York Branch |
0.7% | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxx Xx T: 212 949-10167 F: 000 000-0000 |
||||||||
Total: |
100% | $ | 750,000,000 |
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Schedule 1.1(b)
Schedule 1.1(b)
Outstanding Letters of Credit
[Reserved]
Outstanding Letters of Credit
[Reserved]
Schedule 7.1(b)
SCHEDULE 7.1(b)
Subsidiaries and Capitalization
State/Country | Shares Isued and | |||||||
Name of Corporation | of Incorporation | Type of Shares | Shares Authorized | Outstanding | ||||
Apparel Testing Services, Inc. |
New Jersey | Common | 1,000 | 100 | ||||
Asia Expert Limited |
Hong Kong | HK$ | 500,000 | 1,000 | ||||
Exportex de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. |
Mexico | Common | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||
Import
Technology of. Texas, Inc. |
Texas | Common | 500,000 | 1,000 | ||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. |
Pennsylvania | Common | 201,000,000 | 86,571,939* | ||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group Canada, LP |
Canada | Xxxxx Canada, Inc. owns .1% and Xxxxx Apparel Group Canada ULC owns 476 partnership units | ||||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group Canada ULC |
Canada | Common | 100,000,000 | 71,500 | ||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings, Inc. |
Delaware | Common | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
Delaware | Common | 1,000 | 100 | ||||
Xxxxx Canada, Inc. |
Canada | Common | Unlimited | 100 | ||||
Xxxxx Distribution Corporation |
Delaware | Common | 200 | 200 | ||||
Xxxxx Holding Inc. |
Delaware | Common | 1,000 | 000 | ||||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Xxxx Xxxx | Common | 100 | 100 | ||||
Xxxxx Investment Co. Inc. |
Delaware | Common | 200 | 100 | ||||
Xxxxx Jeanswear Group, Inc. |
New York | Common | 15,000 | 10,000 | ||||
(formerly known as XxXxxxxxxx Apparel Group
Inc.) |
Preferred A | 200,000 | 200,000 |
State/Country | Shares Isued and | |||||||
Name of Corporation | of Incorporation | Type of Shares | Shares Authorized | Outstanding | ||||
Preferred B | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||
Xxxxx Management Service Company |
Delaware | Common | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||
Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
New Jersey | Common | 1,000 | 000 | ||||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxxx, Inc. |
Delaware | Common | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||
Nine West Accessories (HK) Limited |
Hong Kong | Ordinary | 10,000 | 2 | ||||
Nine West Development Corporation |
Delaware | Common | 3,000 | 1,000 | ||||
Nine West Footwear Corporation |
Delaware | Common | 3,000 | 1,000 | ||||
Nine West Melbourne Pty. Ltd. |
Australia | Ordinary | 100,000 | 100 | ||||
Victoria + Co Ltd. |
Rhode Island | Common | 50,000 | 3,405 |
* | As of the close of business on 3/27/2008 |
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Schedule 7.1(p)
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC.
SCHEDULE OF DEBT
AS OF MAY 3, 2008
SCHEDULE OF DEBT
AS OF MAY 3, 2008
Interest Rate | Balance at 5/03 | |||||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
||||||||
4.25% Senior Notes due 2009 |
4.250 | % | $ | 249,929,070 | ||||
5.125%Senior Notes due 2014 |
5.125 | % | 249,862,625 | |||||
6.125% Senior Notes due 2034 |
6.125 | % | 249.610.713 | |||||
Total JAG USA Senior Notes |
$ | 749,402,408 | ||||||
Capital Lease (Bristol 180 building) |
Various | $ | 4,784,346 | |||||
Xxxxx Distribution Corporation |
||||||||
Capital Lease (Virginia warehouse) |
Various | $ | 22,064,159 | |||||
Xxxxx Management Service |
||||||||
Capital Leases |
||||||||
Equipment |
Various | $ | 4,700,548 |
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INTERCOMPANY DEBT
MAY 3, 2008
SCHEDULE OF INTERCOMPANY DEBT
MAY 3, 2008
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
||||||||
Due to Nine West |
$ | 1,415,180,394 | ||||||
Due to Xxxxx Canada |
325,850 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Jeanswear Group |
318,006,103 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings |
533,098,024 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Holding, Inc. |
52,493,624 | |||||||
Due to Apparel Testing Services, Inc. |
2,862,507 | |||||||
$ | 2,321,966,502 | |||||||
Nine West Footwear Corporation |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
917,949,013 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Canada |
3,125 | |||||||
Due to Nine West International — Italy |
690,585 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Development |
349,972,061 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Management Service Co. |
114,369,798 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings |
2,017,922 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Investment Co., Inc. |
952,038 | |||||||
1,385,954,542 | ||||||||
Xxxxx Jeanswear Group, Inc. |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. |
35,744,933 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Management Service Co. |
99,086,111 | |||||||
Due to Apparel Testing Services, Inc. |
560,423 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx International Limited |
8,844,920 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Development |
9,488,700 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Footwear Corporation |
10,766,931 | |||||||
Due to Victoria + Co Limited |
2,047,584 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
17,382,389 | |||||||
183,921,991 |
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Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
112,752,041 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. |
26,166,579 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Development |
27,701,113 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Management Service Co. |
48,250,543 | |||||||
214,870,276 | ||||||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group Canada, Inc. |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Holding, Inc. |
3,747,685 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. |
57,571 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx International Limited |
3,980 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Management Service Co. |
518,157 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Jeanswear |
199,397,776 | |||||||
203,725,169 | ||||||||
Victoria + Co Limited |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. |
3,564,401 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
351,797 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Footwear Corp. |
10,473,969 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Development |
6,431,964 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Management Service Co. |
50,505,169 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Investment Co., Inc. |
22,331,836 | |||||||
93,659,136 | ||||||||
Xxxxx Investment Co., Inc. |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
83,223,073 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Canada |
7,615 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
20,594,550 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Jeanswear |
31,467,373 | |||||||
Due to Apparel Testing Services, Inc. |
130,000 | |||||||
135,422,611 | ||||||||
Xxxxx Management Service Co. |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
139,478,617 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Development |
100,370,736 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Investment Co., Inc. |
142,386,500 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings |
11,612,536 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx International Limited
|
1,055,386 | |||||||
394,903,775 |
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Xxxxx Apparel Group Holdings, Inc. |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. |
7,894,371 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
2,366,940 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Development |
585,345 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Investment Co., Inc. |
258,586,559 | |||||||
269,433,215 | ||||||||
Nine West Development Corp. |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Investment Co., Inc. |
17,065,526 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
80,436,972 | |||||||
97,502,498 | ||||||||
Nine West Accessories (HK) Limited |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
2,890 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
36,326 | |||||||
Due to Nine West Footwear Corp. |
2,252,066 | |||||||
2,291,282 | ||||||||
Nine West International — Italy |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
13,213 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Retail Corporation |
148,189 | |||||||
161,402 | ||||||||
Xxxxx International Limited |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
988,076 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. |
243,344 | |||||||
1,231,420 | ||||||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. |
||||||||
Due to Xxxxx Management Service Co. |
944,779 | |||||||
Due to Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
456,627,393 | |||||||
457,572,172 | ||||||||
5,762,615,991 | ||||||||
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Schedule 7.1(q)
Litigation
Schedule 11.3
Existing Liens
1. | Liens, if any, in respect of certain computer equipment, POS
equipment, warehouse equipment, copiers and other office equipment and
office furniture used by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries
which are subject to leases, which Liens, in the aggregate, do not have
a Material Adverse Effect. |
|
2. | Liens, if any, in respect of the intellectual property acquired
pursuant to the acquisition by Nine West Group Inc. of the footwear
business of The United States Shoe Corporation, which Liens, in the
aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect. |
Schedule 11.4
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC.
LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CONTRACTORS
AS OF MAY 3, 2008
LOANS AND ADVANCES TO CONTRACTORS
AS OF MAY 3, 2008
TOTAL LOANS AND ADVANCES
TO CONTRACTORS |
||||
Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc. |
$ | 2,940,015 | ||
Xxxxx Jeanswear Group, Inc. |
220,780 | |||
Xxxxx Apparel Group Canada, LP |
3,166,508 | |||
Total Loans and Advances to Contractors |
$ | 6,327,303 |
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC.
LOANS AND ADVANCES TO EMPLOYEES
AS OF MAY 3, 2008
LOANS AND ADVANCES TO EMPLOYEES
AS OF MAY 3, 2008
TOTAL LOANS AND ADVANCES
TO EMPLOYEES |
$ | 0 | ||
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XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC.
INVESTMENTS
AS OF MAY 3, 2008
INVESTMENTS
AS OF MAY 3, 2008
XXXXX INVESTMENT CO. |
$ | 1,111 | ||
GLOBAL RETAIL/GRI |
||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (including overnight deposits) |
$ | 1,111 | ||
3
EXHIBIT A — FORM OF
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
$
, 200_
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC.,
a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, (the
“Borrower”), XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC., a corporation organized
under the laws of Pennsylvania, XXXXX APPAREL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., a
corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, XXXXX RETAIL
CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey, and
NINE WEST FOOTWEAR CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws
of Delaware (collectively, with the Borrower, the “Debtors”),
hereby jointly and severally promise to pay to
the order of
, (the “Lender”), at the place and times provided in the Credit
Agreement referred to below, the principal sum of
DOLLARS
($
) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit
Loans made to the Borrower by the Lender pursuant to that certain
Amended and Restated Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 15,
2004, amended and restated as of June 6, 2008 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”) by
and among Xxxxx Apparel Group USA, Inc., the Additional Obligors
referred to therein, the Lenders who are or may become a party thereto
(collectively, the “Lenders”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative
Agent, and Citibank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication
Agents, and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank plc and SunTrust Bank,
as Documentation Agents. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
The unpaid principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans from time to
time outstanding is subject to mandatory repayment from time to time as
provided in the Credit Agreement and shall bear interest as provided in
Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and
interest on Revolving Credit Loans shall be payable in lawful currency
of the United States of America in immediately available funds to the
account designated in the Credit Agreement.
This Revolving Credit Note (the “Revolving Credit Note”) is
entitled to the benefits of, and evidences Obligations incurred under,
the Credit Agreement, to which reference is made for a statement of the
terms and conditions on which the Borrower is permitted and required to
make prepayments and repayments of principal of the Obligations
evidenced by this Revolving Credit Note and on which such Obligations
may be declared to be immediately due and payable.
THIS REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
The Debt evidenced by this Revolving Credit Note is senior in right
of payment to all Subordinated Debt referred to in the Credit Agreement.
The Debtors hereby waive all requirements as to diligence,
presentment, demand
of payment, protest and (except as required by the Credit
Agreement) notice of any kind with
respect to this Revolving Credit Note.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Revolving Credit Note
under seal as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. |
||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP, INC. |
||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. |
||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
XXXXX RETAIL CORPORATION |
||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
NINE WEST FOOTWEAR CORPORATION |
||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT B — FORM OF
NOTICE OF REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING
NOTICE OF REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING
NOTICE OF REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING
Dated as of:
Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
as Administrative Agent
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing is delivered to you
under Section 2.2(a) of the Amended and Restated Five Year Credit Agreement dated
as of June 15, 2004, amended and restated as of June 6, 2008 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), by
and among XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”), the Additional Obligors referred to therein, the lenders
party thereto (the “Lenders”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A. and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and Bank of America, N.A.,
Barclays Bank plc and SunTrust Bank, as Documentation Agents.
1. The Borrower hereby requests that the Lenders make a Revolving Credit
Loan to the Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of $ . (Complete with an
amount in accordance with Section 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement.)
2. The Borrower hereby requests that such Revolving Credit Loan be made
on the following Business Day:
. (Complete with a Business Day in
accordance with Section 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement).
3. The Borrower hereby requests that the Revolving Credit Loan bear
interest at the following interest rate, plus the Applicable Margin, as
set forth below:
Termination Date for | ||||||
Interest Period | Interest Period (If | |||||
Component of Loan | Interest Rate | (LIBOR Rate only) | applicable) | |||
Base Rate or LIBOR | ||||||
Rate |
4. The principal Dollar Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and L/C
Obligations outstanding as of the date hereof (including the requested
Revolving Credit Loan)
does not exceed the maximum Dollar Amount permitted to be outstanding
pursuant to the terms
of the Credit Agreement.
5. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions
specified in Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied or waived
as of the date hereof.
6. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of
Revolving Credit Borrowing as of the day of
, .
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. |
||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT C — FORM OF NOTICE OF
ACCOUNT DESIGNATION
ACCOUNT DESIGNATION
NOTICE OF ACCOUNT DESIGNATION
Dated as of:
Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
as Administrative Agent
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Notice of Account Designation is delivered to you under Section 2.2(b)
of the Amended and Restated Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 15, 2004,
amended and restated as of June 6, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among XXXXX APPAREL
GROUP USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Additional
Obligors referred to therein, the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”),
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and Citibank, N.A. and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and Bank of America, N.A.,
Barclays Bank plc and SunTrust Bank, as Documentation Agents.
1. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to disburse all
Loan proceeds into the following account(s):
ABA Routing Number: | ||||
Account Number: | ||||
2. This authorization shall remain in effect until revoked or until a
subsequent Notice of Account Designation is provided by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent.
3. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of Account
Designation as of the day of ,
.
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT D-FORM OF
NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT
NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT
NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT
Dated as of:
Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
One First Union Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
as Administrative Agent
One First Union Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Prepayment is delivered to you under Section
2.3(c) of the Amended and Restated Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 15,
2004, amended and restated as of June 6, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among XXXXX APPAREL
GROUP USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Additional
Obligors referred to therein, the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”),
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as Syndication Agents, and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank plc and
SunTrust Bank, as Documentation Agents.
1. The Borrower hereby provides notice to the Administrative Agent that it
shall repay the following [Base Rate Loans] and/or [LIBOR Rate Loans]:
. (Complete with an amount in accordance with Section 2.3(c) of the Credit Agreement.)
2. The Borrower shall repay the above-referenced Revolving Credit Loans
on the following Business Day:
. (Complete in accordance with Section 2.3(c)
of the Credit Agreement.)
3. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of
Prepayment as of the day of ,
.
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
EXHIBIT E — FORM OF
NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
Dated as of:
Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
One First Union Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
as Administrative Agent
One First Union Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Syndication Agency Services
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Conversion/Continuation (the “Notice”) is
delivered to you under Section 5.2 of the Amended and Restated Five Year Credit
Agreement dated as of June 15, 2004, amended and restated as of June 6, 2008 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit
Agreement”), by and among XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”), the Additional Obligors referred to therein,
the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A.
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and Bank of America, N.A.,
Barclays Bank plc and SunTrust Bank, as Documentation Agents.
1. This Notice is submitted for the purpose of: (Check one and complete
applicable information in accordance with the Credit Agreement.)
Converting all or a portion of a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Rate Loan
(a) | The aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Revolving Credit Loan is $ . |
(b) | The principal amount of such Revolving Credit Loan to be converted is $ . |
(c) | The requested effective date of the conversion of such Revolving Credit Loan is . |
(d) | The requested Interest Period applicable to the converted Revolving Credit Loan is . |
Converting all or a portion of a LIBOR Rate Loan into a Base Rate Loan
(a) | The aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Revolving Credit Loan is $ |
(b) | The last day of the current Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Loan is . |
(c) | The principal amount of such Revolving Credit Loan to be converted is $ . |
(d) | The requested effective date of the conversion of such Revolving Credit Loan is . |
Continuing all or a portion of a LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan
(a) | The aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Revolving Credit Loan is $ . |
(b) | The last day of the current Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Loan is . |
(c) | The principal amount of such Revolving Credit Loan to be continued is $ . |
(d) | The requested effective date of the continuation of such Revolving Credit Loan is . |
(e) | The requested Interest Period applicable to the continued Revolving Credit Loan is . |
2. The principal Dollar Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and L/C
Obligations outstanding as of the date hereof does not exceed the maximum
Dollar Amount permitted to be outstanding pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement.
3. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of
Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement) has occurred and is continuing.
4. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of
Conversion/ Continuation as of the
day of , .
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT F-FORM OF
OFFICER’S COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
OFFICER’S COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
OFFICER’S COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, on behalf of XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. (the
“Borrower”), hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
each as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below, as follows:
1. This Certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Section 8.2 of the
Amended and Restated Five Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 15, 2004, amended
and restated as of June 6, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the
Additional Obligors referred to therein, the lenders party thereto (the
“Lenders”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and
Citibank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and Bank of
America, N.A., Barclays Bank plc and SunTrust Bank, as Documentation Agents.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
2. I have reviewed the consolidated financial statements of Xxxxx Apparel
Group, Inc. and its Subsidiaries dated as of and for the
period[s] then ended and such statements present fairly in all material respects
the consolidated financial condition of Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. and its
Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and the results of the consolidated
operations of Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. and its Subsidiaries for the respective
period[s] then ended, subject to normal year end adjustments for interim
statements.
3. I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement, and the related Loan
Documents and have made, or caused to be made under my supervision, a review in
reasonable detail of the transactions and the condition of Xxxxx Apparel Group,
Inc. and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the financial
statements referred to in Paragraph 2 above. Such review has not disclosed the
existence during or at the end of such accounting period of any condition or event
that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, nor do I have any knowledge of
the existence of any such condition or event as at the date of this Certificate
[except, if such condition or event existed or exists, describe the nature and
period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and
proposes to take with respect thereto].
4. The Applicable Margin and information as to the debt ratings necessary for
determining such figure are set forth on the attached Schedule 1.
5. Xxxxx Apparel Group, Inc. and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the
financial covenants contained in Article X of the Credit Agreement as shown on
such Schedule 1.
WITNESS the following signature as of the ___ day of _____, ___.
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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Schedule 1
to
Officer’s Compliance Certificate
[To be provided by Borrower in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent]
EXHIBIT G — FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Dated as of:
Reference
is made to the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement
dated as of June 15, 2004, amended and restated as of June 6, 2008, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (the “Credit Agreement”) by
and among XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”), the Additional Obligors referred to therein, the lenders
party thereto (the “Lenders”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and Citibank, N.A. and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and Bank of America, N.A.,
Barclays Bank plc and SunTrust Bank, as Documentation Agents. Capitalized terms
used herein which are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto
in the Credit Agreement.
(the “Assignor”) and
(the
“Assignee”) agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee
hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as
defined below), a ___% interest in and to all of the Assignor’s interest, rights and obligations with respect to
its Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans (including such percentage
of the outstanding L/C Obligations), which percentage represents not less than $5,000,000, unless such
percentage equals 100% of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and the Assignor
thereby retains ___% of its interest therein.
This Assignment and Acceptance is entered pursuant to, and authorized by,
Section 14.10 of the Credit Agreement.
2. The Assignor (i) represents that, as of the date hereof, its Revolving
Credit Commitment Percentage (without giving effect to assignments thereof
which have not yet
become effective) under the Credit Agreement is ___% and the outstanding balances of its
Revolving Credit Loans (including its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the
outstanding L/C Obligations) is $ ; (ii) makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such
interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; (iii) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of
the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries of any of their obligations under the Credit Agreement or any
other instrument or document furnished or executed pursuant thereto; and (iv) to
the extent it has received Revolving Credit Note(s) from the Borrower, attaches
the applicable Revolving Credit Note(s) delivered to it under the Credit Agreement
and requests that the Borrower exchange such Revolving Credit Note(s) for new
Revolving Credit Notes payable to each of the Assignor and the Assignee as
follows:
Revolving Credit Note | ||||||
Payable to the Order of: | Principal Amount of Note: | |||||
3. The Assignee (i) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to
enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) confirms that it has received a
copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.1 thereof and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (iii) agrees that it will, independently
and without reliance upon the Assignor or any other Lender or the Administrative Agent
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 the
Credit Agreement; (iv) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (v) appoints and
authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto; (vi) agrees that it will perform in accordance
with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender; (vii) agrees
to hold all confidential information in accordance with the provisions of Section
14.10(g) of the Credit Agreement; and (viii) includes herewith for the Administrative
Agent the forms required by Section 5.11(e) of the Credit Agreement (if not previously
delivered).
4. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance shall be as set forth in
Section 1 of Schedule 1 hereto (the “Effective Date”), subject to the consents
referred to in the following sentence. Following the execution of this Assignment and
Acceptance, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for, to the extent
required by the Credit Agreement, consent by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
and acceptance and recording in the Register.
5. Upon such consents, acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective
Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which Lenders are parties and, to the extent provided in this Assignment
and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under each such agreement,
and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance,
relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.
6. Upon such consents, acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective
Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the interest
assigned hereby (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to
the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in
payments for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this
assignment directly between themselves.
7. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER SEAL AND
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
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WITNESS the following signatures as of the ___ day of ___, ___.
ASSIGNOR: |
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By: | ||||
Title: | ||||
ASSIGNEE: |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acknowledged and Consented to on behalf of the Credit Parties:
XXXXX APPAREL GROUP USA, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Consented to and Accepted by:
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
as Administrative Agent
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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Schedule 1
to
Assignment and Acceptance
1. | Effective Date: _________________, _______ | ||||||||
2. | Assignor’s Interest Prior to Assignment: |
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(a) | Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage | ||||||||
% |
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(b) | Outstanding balance of Revolving Credit Loans | ||||||||
$ |
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(c) | Outstanding balance of Assignor’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the L/C Obligations |
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$ |
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3. | Assigned Interest (from Section 1) of: | ||||||||
(a) | Revolving Credit Loans | ||||||||
% |
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4. | Assignee’s Extensions of Credit After Effective Date: |
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(a) | Total outstanding balance of Assignee’s Revolving Credit Loans (line 2(b) times line 3(a)) |
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$ |
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(b) | Total outstanding balance of Assignee’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the L/C Obligations (line 2(c) times line 3(a)) |
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$ |
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5. | Retained Interest of Assignor after Effective Date: |
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(a) | Retained Interest (from Section 1): (i) Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage |
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% |
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(b) | Outstanding balance of Assignor’s Revolving Credit Loans (line 2(b) times line 5(a)(i)) |
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$ |
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(c) | Outstanding balance of Assignor’s | ||||||||
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of L/C Obligations (line 2(c) times line 5(a)(i)) |
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$ |
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6. | Payment Instructions: | |||||||
(a) | If payable to Assignor, to the account of Assignor to: ABA No.: Account Name: Account No. Attn: Ref: |
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(b) | If payable to Assignee, to the account of Assignee to: |
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ABA No.: | ||||||||
Account Name: Account No.: Attn: Ref: |
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