CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 22, 2009 among CANWEST MEDIA INC. as Borrower THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO as Guarantors and THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO as Lenders and CIT BUSINESS CREDIT CANADA INC. as Agent
Redacted
Version
dated as
of
May 22,
2009
among
as
Borrower
THE
GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO
as
Guarantors
and
THE
LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO
as
Lenders
and
CIT
BUSINESS CREDIT CANADA INC.
as
Agent
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THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated
as of May 22, 2009 and is entered into
among Canwest Media Inc, as Borrower, the Guarantors from time to time parties
hereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time parties hereto, as Lenders,
and CIT Business Credit Canada Inc., as Agent.
RECITALS
A. The
Credit Parties require new financing to assist with the refinancing of certain
indebtedness in favour of its existing senior secured lenders under the BNS
Credit Agreement and for working capital purposes and have requested that the
Lenders provide to the Borrower the credit facilities contemplated
herein.
B. The
Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the obligations of the Borrower in
connection herewith, and the Credit Parties have agreed to grant Liens over
their assets on the basis contemplated in Section 2.20 of this
Agreement.
C. In
light of the financial condition of the Credit Parties, the Credit Parties may
seek a compromise and arrangement with their creditors under the
CCAA.
D. The
Lenders have advised the Credit Parties that they would only provide the credit
facilities contemplated herein if, in connection with any CCAA Proceedings, the
Initial Order provides for matters substantially as set forth in section 2.19 of
this Agreement, and the Credit Parties have so agreed.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual conditions and agreements set forth in this Agreement and for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
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DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined
Terms. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Accounts” means, in respect of
each Credit Party, all of such Credit Party’s now existing and
future: (a) accounts (as defined in the PPSA), and any and all
other receivables (whether or not specifically listed on schedules furnished to
the Agent), including all accounts created by, or arising from, all of such
Credit Party’s sales, leases, loans, rentals of goods or renditions of services
to its customers, including those accounts arising under any of such Credit
Party’s trade names or styles, or through any of such Credit Party’s divisions;
(b) any and all instruments, documents, bills of exchange, notes or any
other writing that evidences a monetary obligation and chattel paper (including
electronic chattel paper) (all as defined in the PPSA); (c) unpaid seller’s
or lessor’s rights (including rescission, replevin, reclamation, repossession
and stoppage in transit) relating to the foregoing or arising therefrom;
(d) rights to any goods
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represented
by any of the foregoing, including rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed
goods; (e) reserves and credit balances arising in connection with or
pursuant hereto; (f) guarantees, indemnification rights, supporting
obligations, payment intangibles, tax refunds and letter of credit rights;
(g) insurance policies or rights relating to any of the foregoing;
(h) intangibles pertaining to any and all of the foregoing (including all
rights to payment, including those arising in connection with bank and non-bank
credit cards), and including books and records and any electronic media and
software relating thereto; (i) notes, deposits or property of borrowers or
other account debtors securing the obligations of any such borrowers or other
account debtors to such Credit Party; (j) cash and non cash proceeds (as
defined in the PPSA) of any and all of the foregoing; and (k) all monies and
claims for monies now or hereafter due and payable in connection with any and
all of the foregoing or otherwise.
“Acquisition” means any
transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated after the
Effective Date, by which any Credit Party, directly or indirectly, by means of a
take-over bid, tender offer, amalgamation, merger, purchase of assets or
otherwise (a) acquires any business or all or substantially all of the
assets of any Person engaged in any business, (b) acquires control of
securities of a Person engaged in a business representing more than 50% of the
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing position
if the business affairs of such Person are managed by a board of directors or
other governing body, (c) acquires control of more than 50% of the
ownership interest in any Person engaged in any business that is not managed by
a board of directors or other governing body, or (d) otherwise acquires Control
of a Person engaged in a business.
“Action Request” means any request
received by any Credit Party from any Governmental Authority under any
Environmental Law whereby such Governmental Authority requests that it take
action or steps or do acts or things in respect of any property or assets in the
charge, management or control of such Credit Party to remediate a matter which
is not or is alleged not to be in compliance with all Environmental
Laws.
“Administrative Charge” shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 2.19.
“Administrative Questionnaire”
means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the
Agent.
“Affiliate” means, (a) any
Person which, directly or indirectly, Controls, is Controlled by or is under
common Control with any other Person; (b) any Person which beneficially
owns or holds, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting stock
or equity interest (including partnership interests) of any other Person;
(c) any Person, 10% or more of any class of the voting stock (or if such
Person is not a corporation, 10% or more of the equity interest, including
partnership interests) of which is beneficially owned or held, directly or
indirectly, by any other Person; or (d) any Person related within the
meaning of the ITA to any such Person and includes any “Affiliate” within the
meaning specified in the Canada Business Corporations
Act on the date hereof. The term control (including the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control with”), means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of the Person in question.
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“Agent” means CIT Business
Credit Canada Inc., in its capacity as Agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any
successor Agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.9.
“Agreement” means this credit
agreement and the schedules and exhibits hereto and any amendments,
restatements, supplements or other modifications to this credit agreement or the
schedules or exhibits made at any time and from time to time.
“Applicable Law” means all
federal, provincial, municipal, foreign and international statutes, acts, codes,
ordinances, decrees, treaties, rules, regulations, municipal by-laws, judicial
or arbitral or administrative or ministerial or departmental or regulatory
judgments, orders, decisions, rulings or awards or any provisions of the
foregoing, including general principles of common and civil law and equity, and
all policies, practices and guidelines of any Governmental Authority binding on
or affecting the Person referred to in the context in which such word is used
(including, in the case of tax matters, any accepted practice or application or
official interpretation of any relevant taxation authority).
“Applicable Margin” means, with
respect to any Loan, 6% rate per annum.
“Applicable Percentage” means
with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented
by such Lender’s Commitment. If any Commitments have terminated or
expired, the Applicable Percentages in respect of the terminated or expired
Commitments shall be determined based upon the relevant Commitments most
recently in effect (i.e., immediately prior to
their termination or expiry), giving effect to any assignments.
“Assignment and Assumption”
means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee
(with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.4), and
accepted by the Agent, in the form of Exhibit I or any other form approved by
the Agent.
“Authorization” means, with
respect to any Person, any authorization, order, permit, approval, grant,
licence, consent, right, franchise, privilege, certificate, judgment, writ,
injunction, award, determination, direction, decree, by-law, rule or regulation
of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Person, whether or
not having the force of law.
“Authorization and Direction”
means the authorization and direction dated as of May 21, 2009 made in
favour of the Collateral Agent by The Bank of Nova Scotia, in its capacity as
agent of the existing Secured Creditors under and as defined in the Collateral
Agency Agreement.
“Availability Block” means
$15,000,000 at all times.
“Availability Reserves” means,
as of any date of determination, the Availability Block and, without
duplication, such other amounts as the Agent may from time to time establish and
revise in its sole discretion reducing the Borrowing Base which would otherwise
be available to the Borrower under the lending formulas provided for herein
(a) to reflect criteria, events, conditions, contingencies or risks which,
as determined by the Agent in its sole discretion, do or may affect either
(i) any component of the Borrowing Base or its value, (ii) the assets,
business,
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operations,
industry, financial performance, financial condition or prospects of the Credit
Parties, or (iii) the security interests and other rights of the Agent in
the Collateral (including the enforceability, perfection and priority thereof),
or (b) to reflect the Agent’s reasonable belief that any collateral report
or financial information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Agent
is or may have been incomplete, inaccurate or misleading, or (c) in respect
of any state of facts which the Agent determines constitutes a Default or an
Event of Default. Without limiting the foregoing, the Agent, in its
sole discretion, may establish and/or increase Availability Reserves in respect
of: (a) (i) three months’ rental payments or similar charges for any
of the Borrower’s leased premises or other collateral locations for which the
Borrower has not delivered to the Agent a landlord’s waiver or bailee’s letter
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits G and H, respectively,
plus (ii) any other fees or charges owing by the Borrower to any applicable
warehousemen or third party processor (all as determined by the Agent in its
reasonable business judgement); (b) any reserve established by the Agent on
account of statutory claims, deemed trusts, or inventory subject to rights of
suppliers under Section 81.1 of the BIA (generally known as the “30-day goods”
rule); (c) liabilities of any Credit Party under any Blocked Account
Agreement, (d) employee or employee benefit related liabilities
and any other claims which may have priority over the claims of the Agent
and the Lenders, including Priority Payables and potential claims under the
Wage Earners’ Protection
Program Act (Canada); (e) the Administrative Charge; and (f) such
other reserves as the Agent may at any time or times deem necessary in its
reasonable judgment as a result of (x) negative forecasts and/or trends in
the Borrower’s business, operations, industry, prospects, profits, operations or
financial condition or assets or (y) other issues, circumstances or facts
that could otherwise negatively impact the Borrower, its business, operations,
industry, prospects, profits, operations or financial condition or
assets.
“Base Rate” means, on any day,
the annual rate of interest equal to the greater of (i) the annual rate of
interest announced from time to time by CIBC and in effect as its base rate at
its principal office in Toronto, Ontario on such day for determining interest
rates on U.S. Dollar-denominated commercial loans made in Canada, (ii) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1.00%, and (iii) 2.25%. The Base
Rate is a rate set by CIBC based upon various factors including CIBC’s cost and
desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a
reference point for pricing some loans; however, CIBC may price loans at, above
or below such announced rate.
“Base Rate Borrowing” means a
Borrowing comprised of one or more Base Rate Loans.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan
denominated in U.S. Dollars made by the Lenders to the Borrower hereunder
pursuant to a drawdown, rollover or conversion of a Loan on which interest is
payable upon the Base Rate.
“BIA” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
(Canada), as amended from time to time (or any successor statute).
“Blocked Account Agreement” has
the meaning set out in Section 2.17(c).
“Blocked Accounts” has the
meaning set out in Section 2.17(c).
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“BNS Credit Agreement” means
the credit agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 among the Borrower, the
Guarantors parties thereto, the lenders parties thereto and The Bank of Nova
Scotia, as administrative agent, the lenders from time to time party thereto as
lenders, as amended by a First Amendment Agreement dated as of February 15,
2006, a Second Amendment Agreement dated as of April 30, 2007, a Third
Amendment Agreement dated as of July 31, 2007, and a Fourth Amendment Agreement
dated as of November 4, 2008.
“BNS Priority Collateral” [redacted]. [Canwest has redacted the description
of the BNS Priority Collateral, which is confidential.]
“Borrower” means Canwest Media
Inc., a CBCA corporation.
“Borrowing” means any availment
of the Credit, which includes a Loan and the issuance of a Letter of Credit
Guarantee in accordance with Section 2.18, and a Borrowing includes a conversion
of any outstanding Loan and the provision of any Loan as required for the Agent
to honour any obligations pursuant to any Letter of Credit
Guarantee.
“Borrowing Base” means, at any
time, an amount (which may not be less than zero) equal to the sum of
(i) 85% of the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts, plus (ii) the lesser
of (x) up to 60% of the Fair Market Value of Eligible Real Property or (y)
$40,000,000, plus (iii) the lesser
of (x) up to 80% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Equipment or
(y) $30,000,000, minus (iv) an
amount equal to all Priority Payables, and minus
(v) without duplication, an amount equal to all aggregate Availability
Reserves; provided that, at all times, the aggregate amount contributed pursuant
to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) above shall not exceed an amount equal to
$40,000,000. For greater certainty, if any Credit Party sells or otherwise
disposes of any Eligible Real Property or Eligible Equipment, the amount (if
any) previously included in the Borrowing Base on account thereof shall be
removed from the Borrowing Base.
“Borrowing Base Report” means
the report of the Borrower concerning the amount of the Borrowing Base, to be
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
A.
“Borrowing Request” means a
request by the Borrower for a Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit
B.
“Broadcast Permits” is defined
in Section 3.30(iii).
“Business Day” means any day
that is not (i) a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in Toronto, Ontario are authorized or required by Applicable Law to remain
closed, and (ii) in the case of any U.S. Dollar-denominated Borrowing, any
other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or
required by Applicable Law to remain closed, and (iii) in the case of any
LIBO Rate Loan any other day on which commercial banks in London, England are
authorized or required by Applicable Law to remain closed.
“Canadian Dollars”, “Dollars”, “Cdn.$” and “$” refer to lawful money of
Canada.
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“Canadian $ Equivalent” means,
on any day, the amount of Canadian Dollars that the Agent could purchase, in
accordance with its normal practice, with a specified amount of U.S. Dollars
based on the spot rate at which Canadian Dollars are offered at the start of
such day by CIBC in Toronto, Ontario.
“Canadian Prime Borrowing”
means a Borrowing comprised of one or more Canadian Prime Loans.
“Canadian Prime Loan” means a
Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars made by the Lenders to the Borrower
hereunder pursuant to a drawdown, rollover or conversion of a Loan which bears
interest at a rate based upon the Canadian Prime Rate.
“Canadian Prime Rate” means the
greater of (i) the rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by CIBC
as its reference rate of interest for loans made in Canadian Dollars to Canadian
customers and designated as its “prime” rate, and (ii) 2.25%. It is a
rate set by CIBC based upon various factors including CIBC’s costs and desired
return, general economic conditions and other factors and is used as a reference
point for pricing some loans. However, CIBC may price loans at, above
or below such announced rate.
“Capital Expenditures” means
all payments due or accruing due (whether or not paid) during a Fiscal Year in
respect of the cost (including expenditures on materials, contract labour and
direct labour, but excluding expenditures properly chargeable to repairs and
maintenance in accordance with GAAP) of any fixed asset or improvement, or
replacement, substitution, or addition thereto, which have a useful life of more
than one (1) year, including, without limitation, those arising in connection
with the direct or indirect acquisition of such assets by way of increased
product or service charges or offset items or in connection with Capital
Leases.
“Capital Lease” means any lease
of Property that, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Credit Parties.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of
any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts
under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to
be classified and accounted for as Capital Leases on a balance sheet of such
Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized
amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“CCAA” means the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement
Act (Canada) as amended from time to time (or any successor
statute).
“CCAA Orders” means,
collectively, the Initial Order and all other orders issued or to be
issued by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in connection with the CCAA
Proceedings.
“CCAA Proceedings” means any
proceedings commenced by the Credit Parties under the CCAA, under which the
Credit Parties may seek an arrangement and compromise with certain of its
creditors.
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“CDOR Rate” means, on any day
and for any period, an annual rate of interest equal to the average rate
applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances for the applicable period
appearing on the “Reuters Screen CDOR Page” (as defined in the International
Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. 2000 definitions, as modified and
amended from time to time), rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%
(with .005% being rounded up), at approximately 10:00 a.m., Toronto
time, on such day, or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately
preceding Business Day, provided that if such
rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page on such day as
contemplated, then the CDOR Rate on such day shall be calculated as the rate for
such period applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances quoted by CIBC as
of 10:00 a.m., Toronto time, on such
day or, if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding
Business Day.
“Change in Control” means
(a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or
of record, by any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or otherwise in
concert, other than the Permitted Holders, of Equity Securities representing
more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued
and outstanding Equity Securities of the Borrower; (b) the occupation of a
majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the
Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of
directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or
(c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any
Person or group of Persons acting jointly or otherwise in concert, other than
the Permitted Holders.
“Change in Law” means
(i) the adoption of any new Applicable Law after the date of this
Agreement, (ii) any change in any existing Applicable Law or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the
date of this Agreement, or (iii) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing
Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.12(b), by any lending office of such Lender
or Issuing Bank or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if
any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force
of law, but in the case of a request, guideline or directive not having the
force of law, being a request, guideline or directive with which persons
customarily comply) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date
of this Agreement.
“Chapter 15 Entities” means
Canwest Global Communications Corp., the Borrower, 4501063 Canada Inc., Canwest
Television GP Inc., and Canwest Global Broadcasting Inc./Radiodiffusion Canwest
Global Inc.
“CIBC” means Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce and its successors.
“CIT Priority Collateral” [redacted]. [Canwest has redacted the description
of the CIT Priority Collateral, which is confidential.]
“Collateral” means the property
described in and subject to the Liens, privileges, priorities and security
interests purported to be created by any Security Document.
“Collateral Agency Agreement”
means the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of October 13,
2005 among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Collateral Agent and the Persons
who are, and from time to time become, parties to such agreement as
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Secured
Creditors (as defined therein), as amended by the Credit Confirmation and
Amending Agreement.
“Collateral Agent” means CIBC
Mellon Trust Company, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Collateral
Agency Agreement.
“Collateral Management Fee” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Commitment Letter.
“Commitment” means, with
respect to each Lender, the commitment(s) of such Lender to make Loans hereunder
as such commitment may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.6
and/or 2.9, and as such commitments may be reduced or increased from time to
time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section
9.4. The initial amount(s) of each Lender’s Commitment(s) are set
forth on Schedule A, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such
Lender shall have assumed its Commitment(s), as applicable. The
initial aggregate amount of the Commitments is
Cdn.$75,000,000. Subject to Section 4.2, on the Restructuring Event
Date, the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be increased to
Cdn.$100,000,000.
“Commitment Letter” means the
letter dated May 20, 2009 between the Borrower and the Agent providing for,
among other things, the payment by the Borrower of certain fees.
“Control” means, in respect of
a particular Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings
correlative thereto.
“Court” means the Ontario
Superior Court of Justice Commercial List.
“Cover” means, at any time on
or after the Maturity Date, an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate amount of
Letter of Credit Exposure at such time and such amount shall be paid by the
Borrower to the Agent and retained by the Agent in a collateral account
maintained by the Agent at its Payment Office and collaterally assigned to the
Agent as security until such time as the applicable Letters of Credit shall have
expired or matured and Reimbursement Obligations, if any, with respect thereto
shall have been fully satisfied; provided that if any such Reimbursement
Obligations are not satisfied when due hereunder, the Agent may apply any or all
amounts in such collateral account in satisfaction of any or all such
Reimbursement Obligations.
“Credit Confirmation and Amending
Agreement” means the credit confirmation and amending agreement dated as
of the date hereof among the Credit Parties, the Collateral Agent, the holders
of the New Notes, The Bank of Nova Scotia and CIT, as agent of the lenders under
this Agreement.
“Credit Party” means the
Borrower and each Guarantor.
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“Credit” means the revolving
credit facility established pursuant to the Commitments of the
Lenders.
“Default” means any event or
condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which, upon notice, lapse of
time or both, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of
Default.
“DIP Charge” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.19.
“Directors’ Charge” means any
charge provided for in the Initial Order to secure the Directors’ Charge
Expenses, which charge shall be junior and subordinate to the DIP Charge and
otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
“Directors’ Charge Expenses”
means those disbursements, expenses, liabilities and fees of the directors and
officers of the debtors under the CCAA Proceedings.
“Disclosed Matters” means the
actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in
Schedule B.
“EDC ” means Export
Development Corporation Canada and its successors and assigns.
“Effective Date” means the date
on which all of the conditions specified in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived
in accordance with Section 9.2, as confirmed by the making of the first Loans
under this Agreement.
“Eligible Account” means, at
any time, the invoice amount (which shall be the Canadian $ Equivalent at
such time of any amount denominated in U.S.$) owing on each Account of a Credit
Party (net of any credit balance, returns, trade discounts, contras, unapplied
cash, unbilled amounts, tax refunds that have not yet been received or retention
or finance charges or any other dilutive factors) which meet such standards of
eligibility as the Agent shall establish from time to time in its sole and
absolute discretion; provided that, in any
event, no account shall be deemed an Eligible Account unless each of the
following statements is accurate and complete (and by including such Account in
any computation of the applicable Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall be deemed
to represent and warrant to the Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders the
accuracy and completeness of such statements and the compliance of each such
Account with each such other eligibility standard established by the
Agent):
(1) Such
Account is a binding and valid obligation of the obligor thereon and is in full
force and effect;
(2) Such
Account is evidenced by an invoice and is payable in either Canadian Dollars or
U.S. Dollars;
(3) Such
Account is genuine as appearing on its face or as represented in the books and
records of the Borrower and the applicable Credit Party;
(4) Such
Account is free from claims regarding rescission, cancellation or avoidance,
whether by operation of Applicable Law or otherwise;
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(5) Payment
of such Account is less than 90 days past the original invoice date thereof and
less than 60 days past the original due date thereof; notwithstanding the
foregoing, Accounts which are more than 90 days past the original invoice date
thereof but less than 120 days past the original invoice date thereof, and which
otherwise meet the criteria set forth in this definition of “Eligible Account”,
shall be Eligible Accounts subject to an aggregate maximum of
$10,000,000;
(6) Such
Account is net of concessions, offset, deduction, contras, returns, chargebacks
or understandings with the obligor thereon that in any way could reasonably be
expected to adversely affect the payment of, or the amount of, such
Account;
(7) The
Agent on behalf of the Lenders, has a first-priority perfected Lien covering
such Account and such Account is, and at all times will be, free and clear of
all other Liens other than Priority Payables which are Permitted
Liens;
(8) The
obligor on such Account is not an Affiliate, employee, officer, director, agent,
holder of more than 2% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Parent
or any stockholder of any other Credit Party;
(9) Such
Account arose in the ordinary course of business of the Credit Party out of the
sale of goods or services by the Credit Party;
(10) Such
Account is not payable by an obligor in respect of which 50% or more (by amount)
of the total aggregate Accounts owed to the Credit Party by such obligor or any
of its Affiliates are more than 90 days past the original invoice date thereof
or more than 60 days past the original due date thereof;
(11) All
consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or
declarations with, any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected
or given in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of such
Account by each party obligated thereunder, or in connection with the
enforcement and collection thereof by the Agent, have been duly obtained,
effected or given and are in full force and effect;
(12) The
obligor on such Account is not an individual, and is not the subject of any
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, does not have a trustee or receiver
appointed for all or a substantial part of its property, has not made an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, admitted its inability to pay its debts
as they mature, suspended its business or initiated negotiations regarding a
compromise of its debt with its creditors, and the Agent, in its reasonable
discretion, is otherwise satisfied with the credit standing of such
obligor;
(13) The
chief executive office of the obligor of such Account is located in the United
States of America or Canada and the obligor of such Account is organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof or
the federal laws of Canada, a province or territory thereof, or if the obligor
is not so organized and existing, such Account is covered under letters of
credit or export/import insurance provided by EDC (or such other provider of
letters of credit or import/export insurance as shall be agreed to in writing by
the Agent and with
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security
provided to the Agent in respect thereof (all to the satisfaction of the Agent)
on terms and in a manner satisfactory to the Agent;
(14) The
obligor of such Account is not a Governmental Authority, if the enforceability
or effectiveness against such Governmental Authority of an assignment of such
Account is subject to any precondition which has not been
fulfilled;
(15) In
respect of an Account arising from the sale of goods, the subject goods have
been completed, sold and shipped, on a true sale basis on open account, or
subject to contract, and not on consignment, on approval, on a “sale or return”
basis, or on a “xxxx and hold” or “pre-sale” basis or subject to any other
repurchase or return agreement; no material part of the subject goods has been
returned, rejected, lost or damaged; and such Account is not evidenced by
chattel paper or a promissory note or an instrument of any kind, unless such
chattel paper, promissory note or other instrument has been delivered to the
Agent and is subject to a Lien under the Security Documents;
(16) Each
of the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the Loan Documents
with respect to such Account is true and correct on such date;
(17) A
cheque, promissory note, draft, trade acceptance or other instrument has not
been received with respect to such Account (or with respect to any other account
due from the same account debtor), presented for payment and returned
uncollected for any reason;
(18) Such
Account is not in respect of a volume rebate;
(19) Such
Account is not a pre-billed account or an account arising from progress
billing;
(20) The
assignment (whether absolutely or by way of security) of such Account is not
limited or restricted by the terms of the contract evidencing or relating to
such Account or, if assignment of such Account is so restricted, such limitation
or restriction has been complied with and the laws of the jurisdiction(s)
governing the validity of such assignment do not provide that such limitation or
restriction is ineffective as against the secured creditor with a security
interest therein; and
(21) Such
Account is not an Account which the Agent, in the exercise of its good faith
credit discretion, has determined to be ineligible for any other reason,
including the Agent’s determination that the prospect of the collection of such
Account is impaired or that the Account may not be paid because of the account
debtor’s inability to pay or any other reason as may be customary either in the
commercial lending industry or in the lending practices of the
Agent.
provided that, if at
any time the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts owed to a Credit Party by
a particular obligor or its Affiliates exceeds 10% of the aggregate amount of
all Eligible Accounts at such time owed to such Credit Party (determined without
giving effect to any reduction in Eligible Accounts pursuant to this proviso),
then, unless the Accounts of such obligors and its Affiliates are insured
pursuant to credit insurance acceptable to the Agent which has been assigned to
the Agent in form acceptable to the Agent, the amount of such Accounts
in
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excess of
10% of such aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts shall be excluded in
determining the aggregate amount of all Eligible Accounts at such
time.
“Eligible Equipment” means the
equipment owned by a Credit Party located in Canada at the Credit Parties’
facilities described on Schedule 3.28, as updated from time to time with the
consent of the Agent, and meeting each of the following
requirements:
(a) such
Credit Party has good title to such equipment;
(b) such
Credit Party has the right to subject such equipment to a Lien in favor of the
Collateral Agent; such equipment is subject to a first priority perfected Lien
in favor of the Collateral Agent and is free and clear of all other Liens of any
nature whatsoever (except for (i) Permitted Liens which do not have priority
over the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, (ii) unregistered Liens in
respect of Priority Payables that are not yet due and payable, and (iii) after
the Restructuring Event Date, the Administrative Charge;
(c) the full
purchase price for such equipment has been paid by such Credit
Party;
(d) such
equipment is located on premises (i) owned by such Credit Party, which premises
are subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent,
or (ii) leased by such Credit Party where (x) the lessor has delivered to the
Agent a landlord lien waiver or (y) an Availability Reserve for rent, charges,
and other amounts due or to become due with respect to such facility has been
established by the Agent in its sole discretion;
(e) such
equipment is in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear
excepted) and is used or held for use by such Credit Party in the ordinary
course of business of the Credit Party;
(f) such
equipment is not subject to any agreement which restricts the ability of such
Credit Party to use, sell, transport or dispose of such equipment or which
restricts the Collateral Agent's ability to take possession of, sell or
otherwise dispose of such equipment;
(g) in
respect of which an appraisal report has been delivered to the Agent in form,
scope and substance satisfactory to the Agent; and
(h) such
equipment does not constitute “fixtures” under the Applicable Laws of the
jurisdiction in which such equipment is located.
“Eligible Real Property” means
the real property (including fixtures thereto) located in Canada listed on
Schedule 3.28 and identified as such thereon as updated from time to time with
the consent of the Agent, owned by a Credit Party (i) that is acceptable in the
sole and absolute discretion of the Agent for inclusion in the Borrowing Base,
(ii) in respect of which an appraisal report has been delivered to the Agent in
form, scope and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (iii) in respect of which
the Agent is satisfied that all actions necessary or desirable in order to
create in favour of the Collateral Agent a perfected first priority Lien
(subject only to Permitted Liens and, after the Restructuring Event Date, the
Administrative Charge and an unregistered Lien in respect of Priority Payables
that are not yet due and payable) on such real property have
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been
taken, including the filing and recording of Security Documents, (iv) in respect
of which an environmental assessment report has been completed and delivered to
the Agent in form and substance satisfactory to such Agent and which does not
indicate any material environmental liability, or material non-compliance with
any Environmental Law (which liability or non-compliance was not previously
disclosed to the Agent), (v) which is adequately protected by fully-paid valid
title insurance with endorsements and in amounts reasonably acceptable to the
Agent, insuring that the Collateral Agent shall have a perfected first priority
Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens and, after the Restructuring Event Date,
the Administrative Charge and an unregistered Lien in respect of Priority
Payables that are not yet due and payable) on such real property, evidence of
which shall have been provided in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent, and (vi) if required by the Agent: (A) a survey has been delivered
for which all necessary fees have been paid and which is dated no more than 30
days prior to the date on which the applicable Security Document is recorded,
certified to the Agent and the issuer of the title insurance policy in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent by a land surveyor duly registered and
licensed in the state or province in which such Eligible Real Property is
located and reasonably acceptable to the Agent, and shows all buildings and
other improvements, any offsite improvements, the location of any easements,
parking spaces, rights of way, building setback lines and other dimensional
regulations and the absence of encroachments, either by such improvements or on
to such property, and other defects, other than encroachments and other defects
reasonably acceptable to the Agent; and (B) such Credit Party shall have used
its reasonable best efforts to obtain such consents, agreements and
confirmations of lessors and third parties as the Agent may deem necessary or
desirable, together with evidence that all other actions that the Agent may deem
necessary or desirable in order to create perfected first priority Liens
(subject only to (i) the Administrative Charge and (ii) an unregistered Lien in
respect of Priority Payables that are not yet due and payable) on the property
described in the Collateral Document have been taken.
“Environmental Laws” means all
Applicable Laws relating in any way to the environment, preservation or
reclamation of natural resources, the generation, use, handling, collection,
treatment, storage, transportation, recovery, recycling, release, threatened
release or disposal of any Hazardous Material, or to health and safety
matters.
“Environmental Liability” means
any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages,
costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any
Credit Party directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon
(a) violation of any Environmental Laws, (b) the generation, use,
handling, collection, treatment, storage, transportation, recovery, recycling or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous
Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials
into the environment, or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual
arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to
any of the foregoing.
“Equity Securities” means, with
respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in,
or other equivalents (however designated and whether voting and non-voting) of,
such Person’s capital, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued after
the date hereof, including any interest in a partnership, limited partnership or
other similar Person and
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any
beneficial interest in a trust, and any and all rights, warrants, debt
securities, options or other rights exchangeable for or convertible into any of
the foregoing.
“ETA” means Part IX of the
Excise Tax Act (Canada)
as amended from time to time (or any successor statute).
“Event of Default” has the
meaning set out in Section 7.1.
“Excess Availability” means, as
of any date, the remainder of (a) the Borrowing Base as of such date, less
(b) the aggregate outstanding balance of the Indebtedness of the Borrower
hereunder as of such date, and less (c) the aggregate face amount of issued and
outstanding Letters of Credit as of such date. Excess Availability
shall always be determined on the basis that all debts and obligations shall be
current, and all accounts payable shall be handled in the normal course of the
Borrower’s business consistent with its past practices.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with
respect to the Agent, any Lender or any other recipient (in this definition, (a
“recipient”) of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder, income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) such
recipients taxable income or capital Taxes imposed on (or measured by) such
recipient’s taxable capital, in each case by Canada, or by the jurisdiction
under the Applicable Law of which such recipient is organized or in which its
principal office is located.
“Existing Notes” means the 8%
senior subordinated notes due 2012 issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Note
Indenture dated as of November 18, 2004 among the Borrower, as issuer, certain
guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
“Exposure” means, with respect
to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Loans and, without duplication, its Letter of Credit Exposure
at such time.
“Fair Market Value” shall mean
the price at which property would change hands between a willing buyer and a
willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or to sell and both
having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts determined in a manner acceptable
to the Agent by an appraiser acceptable to the Agent.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”
means, for any day, the per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States of America arranged by Federal funds
brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for
the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Board of New York, or,
if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the
Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“Financial Officer” means the
chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller
of the Borrower.
“Fiscal Quarter” means any
fiscal quarter of the Borrower.
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“Fiscal Year” means any fiscal
year of the Borrower.
“Futures Account” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the PPSA.
“GAAP” means at any particular
time with respect to any Credit Party, generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect at such time in Canada, consistently applied; provided, however,
that, if employment of more than one principle shall be permissible at such time
in respect of a particular accounting matter, “GAAP” shall refer to the
principle which is then employed by the applicable Credit Party with the
concurrence of its independent public or chartered accountants, who are
acceptable to the Agent provided further that, for the purposes of determining
compliance with the financial covenants herein, “GAAP” means GAAP as at the date
hereof.
“Governmental Authority” means
the Government of Canada, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof,
whether provincial, state, territorial or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank, fiscal or monetary
authority or other authority regulating financial institutions, and any other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to any such government,
including the Bank Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices of
the Bank of International Settlements.
“GST” means the goods and
services tax and all other amounts payable under the ETA or any similar
legislation in any other jurisdiction of Canada, including QST and
HST.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person
(in this definition, the “guarantor”) means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (in this definition, the “primary credit party”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or
to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for
the payment thereof (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase,
capital contribution or otherwise), (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain
working capital, equity capital solvency, or any other balance sheet, income
statement or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary
credit party so as to enable the primary credit party to pay such Indebtedness
or other obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of
credit or letter of guarantee issued to support such Indebtedness or other
obligation, or (e) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee)
property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling
the debtor to make payment of such Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such
Indebtedness against loss.
“Guarantor” means each Person
which has executed and delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a
guarantee in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
“Hazardous Materials” means any
substance, product, liquid, waste, pollutant, chemical, contaminant,
insecticide, pesticide, gaseous or solid matter, organic or
inorganic
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matter,
fuel, micro-organism, ray, odour, radiation, energy, vector, plasma, constituent
or material which (a) is or becomes listed, regulated or addressed under
any Environmental Laws, or (b) is, or is deemed to be, alone or in any
combination, hazardous, hazardous waste, toxic, a pollutant, a deleterious
substance, a contaminant or a source of pollution or contamination under any
Environmental Laws, including, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials,
petroleum and polychlorinated biphenyls, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes
and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Laws.
“HST” means all amounts payable
as harmonised sales tax in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and
Labrador and New Brunswick under the ETA.
“Indebtedness” of any Person
means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed
money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges
are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional
sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such
Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable
incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of
others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or
acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has
been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others,
(h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of
letters of credit and letters of guarantee, (j) all obligations, contingent
or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (k) all
obligations of such Person under Swap Agreements, and (l) all obligations
of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for
value (other than for other Equity Securities) any Equity Securities of such
Person, valued, in the case of redeemable Equity Securities, at the greater of
voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference, plus accrued and unpaid
dividends.
“Indemnified Taxes” means all
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning
set out in Section 9.3(b).
“Initial Order” has the meaning
set out in Section 2.19.
“Interest Payment Date” means
the first Business Day of each month.
“Investment” means, as applied
to any Person (the “investor”), any direct or
indirect purchase or other acquisition by the investor of, or a beneficial
interest in, Equity Securities of any other Person, including any exchange of
Equity Securities for Indebtedness, or any direct or indirect loan, advance
(other than advances to employees for moving and travel expenses, drawing
accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital
contribution by the investor to any other Person, including all Indebtedness and
Accounts owing to the investor from such other Person that did not arise from
sales or services rendered to such other Person in the ordinary course of the
investor’s business, or any direct or indirect purchase
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or other
acquisition of bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of,
any other Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the original
cost of such Investment plus the cost of all
additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value,
or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment minus any amounts
(a) realized upon the disposition of assets comprising an Investment
(including the value of any liabilities assumed by any Person other than the
Borrower or any Credit Party in connection with such disposition),
(b) constituting repayments of Investments that are loans or advances or
(c) constituting cash returns of principal or capital thereon (including
any dividend, redemption or repurchase of equity that is accounted for, in
accordance with GAAP, as a return of principal or capital).
“Issuing Bank” means the bank
issuing Letters of Credit for the Borrower with the assistance of the Agent in
accordance with Section 2.18.
“ITA” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) as
amended from time to time (or any successor statute).
“Lender” means any Lender
having a Commitment hereunder and/or a Revolving Loan outstanding
hereunder.
“Lender Affiliate” means, with
respect to any Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender.
“Lenders” means the Persons
listed as lenders on Schedule A (and includes their respective successors) and
any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto
pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Letter of Credit” means a
letter of credit issued by the Issuing Bank for or on behalf of the Borrower
with the assistance of the Agent in accordance with Section 2.18.
“Letter of Credit Exposure”
means, at any time and subject to the Letter of Credit Sub-Line, the sum of:
(a) the aggregate face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such
time, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Reimbursement Obligations in
respect of all Letter of Credit Guarantees at such time. The Letter
of Credit Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage
of the total Letter of Credit Exposure at such time with the total of all such
Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders not to exceed the Letter of Credit
Sub-Line. Any Letter of Credit Exposure denominated in U.S. Dollars
shall be the Cdn.$ Equivalent thereof.
“Letter of Credit Guarantee”
means the agreement for the substitution of applicants or such other form of
guarantee or indemnity agreement which is acceptable to the Issuing Bank and the
Agent, supporting the issuance of Letters of Credit by the Issuing Bank provided
the aggregate amount of all such Letters of Credit issued and to be issued shall
not exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Line.
“Letter of Credit Sub-Line”
means the amount of the commitment by the Agent and the Lenders hereunder, in an
aggregate amount up to but not exceeding $35,000,000, to assist the Borrower in
obtaining Letters of Credit.
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“Lien” means, (a) with
respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothec,
hypothecation, encumbrance, charge, security interest, royalty interest, adverse
claim, defect of title or right of set off in, on or of such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease, title retention agreement or consignment agreement (or any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
relating to any asset, (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option,
call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities,
(d) any netting arrangement, defeasance arrangement or reciprocal fee
arrangement, and (e) any other arrangement having the effect of providing
security.
“Loan” means any loan made by
the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“Loan Documents” means this
Agreement, the Security Documents, the Collateral Agency Agreement (including
the Credit Confirmation and Amending Agreement), the Blocked Account Agreement,
the Borrowing Requests, the Borrowing Base Reports and the Commitment Letter,
and any other document, instrument or agreement (other than participation,
agency or similar agreements among the Lenders or between any Lender and any
other bank or creditor with respect to any indebtedness or obligations of any
Credit Party hereunder or thereunder) now or hereafter entered into in
connection with this Agreement, as such documents, instruments or agreements may
be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Loan Facility Fee” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Commitment Letter.
“Material Adverse Change” means
any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Adverse Effect” means
a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations,
prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Credit Parties taken as a
whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents,
the priority of the Liens created thereby or the rights and remedies of the
Agent and the Lenders thereunder or (c) any Material Contract, or
(d) the amount which the Lenders would be likely to receive (after giving
effect to delays in payment and costs of enforcement) upon the liquidation of
the Collateral; provided that the commencement and continuation of the CCAA
Proceedings shall not, in an of itself, be deemed to constitute or give rise to
a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Contract” means
(a) the contracts, licences and agreements listed and described on
Schedule C, and (b) any other
contract, licence or agreement (i) to which any Credit Party is a party or
bound, (ii) which is material to, or necessary in, the operation of the
business of any Credit Party, and (iii) which a Credit Party cannot
promptly replace by an alternative and comparable contract with comparable
commercial terms.
“Material Indebtedness” means
any Indebtedness
(other than the Loans ) of any one or more of the Credit Parties in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding Cdn.$5,000,000.
“Maturity Date” means (a) if
the Restructuring Event Date has not occurred, June 30, 2009, and (b) if
the Restructuring Event Date has occurred, the date which is the earliest of
(i)
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the date
which is 12 months after the Restructuring Event Date, (ii) the date on which a
plan of arrangement with respect to the Credit Parties under the CCAA has been
implemented, having regard to all requisite CRTC approvals being in place, and
(iii) the date of termination of this Agreement.
“Monitor” means the monitor to be
appointed in the CCAA Proceedings.
“Net Orderly Liquidation Value”
means, as to any particular asset, the value that is estimated to be recoverable
in an orderly liquidation thereof, as determined from time to time by a
qualified appraiser selected by the Agent, net of all liquidation costs and
expenses.
“New Notes” means the notes
issued by Canwest Media Inc. and Canwest Television Limited Partnership, as
co-issuers, pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement.
“New Noteholders” means the
holders from time to time of the New Notes.
“Note Purchase Agreement” means
the note purchase dated as of May 20, 2009 among Canwest Media Inc. and
Canwest Television Limited Partnership, as co-issuers, and the note purchasers
which are parties thereto, as purchasers, pursuant to which Canwest Media Inc.
and Canwest Television Limited Partnership, as co-issuers, have issued notes in
the aggregate principal amount of the US$ Equivalent of Cdn.$105,000,000 for a
purchase price of the US$ Equivalent of Cdn.$100,000,000.
“Noteholder Priority
Collateral” [redacted]. [Canwest has redacted the description
of the Noteholder Priority Collateral, which is
confidential.]
“Obligations” means all
obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness of a Credit Party to the Agent, the
Lenders or a Lender with respect to the principal of and interest on the Loans
and the payment or performance of all other obligations, liabilities and
Indebtedness of such Credit Party to the Agent, the Lenders or a Lender
hereunder or arising under or pursuant to any one or more of the other Loan
Documents or with respect to the Loans, including, without limitation, (i) all
reimbursement and indemnity obligations of such Credit Party to the Agent, the
Lenders or a Lender hereunder or in connection with any Letter of Credit
Guarantee or otherwise and (ii) all interest (including all interest that
accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against a Credit
Party under any federal, provincial or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law, whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding),
and all charges, expenses, fees, legal fees, filing fees and any other sums
chargeable to such Credit Party hereunder, under another Loan Document, or under
any other agreement or instrument with the Agent, Lenders or Issuing
Bank.
“Out-of-Pocket Expenses” means
all of the Agent’s present and future expenses incurred relative to this
Agreement or any other Loan Documents, whether incurred heretofore or hereafter,
which expenses shall include, without being limited to: the reasonable cost of
retaining external legal counsel, record searches, all costs and expenses
incurred by the Agent in opening bank accounts, depositing cheques, receiving
and transferring funds, and wire transfer charges, any charges imposed on the
Agent due to returned items and “insufficient funds” of deposited cheques and
the Agent’s standard fees relating thereto, any amounts paid by, incurred by
or
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charged
to, the Agent by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit Guarantee or the
reimbursement agreements related thereto, applications for Letters of Credit or
other like document which pertain either directly or indirectly to such Letters
of Credit, and the Agent’s standard fees relating to the Letters of Credit and
any drafts thereunder, reasonable travel, lodging and similar expenses of the
Agent’s personnel (or any of its agents) in connection with inspecting and
monitoring the Collateral from time to time at reasonable intervals hereunder,
any applicable reasonable counsel fees and disbursements, fees and taxes
relative to the filing of financing statements, and all expenses, costs and fees
set forth incurred by or imposed on the Agent by reason of the exercise of any
of its rights and remedies under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents.
“Parent” means Canwest Global
Communications Corp., a CBCA corporation.
“Participant” has the meaning
set out in Section 9.4.
“Payment Office” means the
Agent’s office located at 207 Queen’s Quay West, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario,
M5J 1A7, Attention: Chief Credit Officer (or such other office or individual as
the Agent may hereafter designate in writing to the other parties
hereto).
“Pension Plan” means any
registered or unregistered pension plan (including any plan subject to the Pension Benefits Standards Ac,. 1985
(Canada), the Pension
Benefits Act (Ontario), or any similar pension benefits standards
legislation, each as amended from time to time (or any successor statute) (i)
which is maintained by any Credit Party or Affiliate, (ii) in respect of which
any Credit Party or Related Party makes, has made or is required to make (at any
time during the five (5) calendar years preceding the date of this Agreement)
contributions in respect of its employees, or (iii) with respect to which any
Credit Party or any Affiliate has incurred or may incur liability, including
contingent liability either to such plan or to any Person, administration or
Governmental Authority.
“Permitted Holders” means (a)
the late Israel Xxxxxx Xxxxx (in this definition, the “Primary Permitted
Holder”); (b) the spouse of the Primary Permitted Holder (including a widow or
widower); (c) any lineal descendent of the Primary Permitted Holder (treating
for this purpose, any legally adopted descendant as a lineal descendant); (d)
the estate trustee of any Person listed in clauses (a) to (c); (e) any trust
(whether testamentary or inter
vivos) primarily for the lineal descendants of the Primary Permitted
Holder, spouses of such lineal descendants, the Primary Permitted Holder himself
or his spouse; and (f) any and all corporations which are directly or indirectly
Controlled by any one or more of the foregoing.
“Permitted Liens” means
“Permitted Encumbrances” as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement, but
excluding paragraph (o) thereof.
“Person” includes any natural
person, corporation, company, limited liability company, unlimited liability
company, trust, joint venture, association, incorporated organization,
partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security
Act (Ontario), as amended from time to time (or any successor statute) or
similar legislation of any other jurisdiction the laws of which
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are
required by such legislation to be applied in connection with the issue,
perfection, enforcement, validity or effect of security interests.
“Priority Payables” means, with
respect to any Person, any amount payable by such Person which is secured by a
Lien in favour of a Governmental Authority which ranks or is capable of ranking
prior to or pari passu with the Liens created by the Security Documents in
respect of any Eligible Accounts, including amounts owing for wages, vacation
pay, severance pay, employee deductions, sales tax, excise tax, Tax payable
pursuant to the ETA (net of GST input credits), income tax, workers
compensation, government royalties, pension fund obligations, Canadian Pension
and other Pension Plan obligations, real property tax and other statutory or
other claims that have or may have priority over, or rank pari passu with, such
Liens created by the Security Documents.
“Property” means any interest
in any kind of property or asset, whether real (including chattels real),
personal or mixed, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible.
“PST” means all taxes payable
under the Retail Sales Tax
Act (Ontario) or any similar statute of another jurisdiction of
Canada.
“QST” means the Quebec sales
tax imposed pursuant to an Act
respecting the Québec sales tax.
“Register” has the meaning set
out in Section 9.4(c).
“Reimbursement Obligations”
means, at any date, the sum of the outstanding obligations of the Borrower to
reimburse the Agent at such time to the extent that the Agent is obligated to
reimburse the Issuing Bank at such time pursuant to any Letter of Credit
Guarantee.
“Related Parties” means, with
respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
“Release” is to be broadly
interpreted and shall include an actual or potential discharge, deposit, spill,
leak, pumping, pouring, emission, emptying, injection, escape, leaching, seepage
or disposal of any Hazardous Materials which is or may be in breach of any
Environmental Laws.
“Repayment Notice” means a
notice in the form of Exhibit J;
“Required Lenders” means, at
any time, Lenders having Commitments which represent, in the aggregate, more
than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all the Lenders under the
Credit.
“Responsible Officer” means,
with respect to any Person, the chairman, the president, any vice president, the
chief executive officer or the chief operating officer, and, in respect of
financial or accounting matters, any Financial Officer of such Person; unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to a Responsible Officer mean a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
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“Restricted Payment” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any payment by such Person (i) of any
dividends on any of its Equity Securities, (ii) on account of, or for the
purpose of setting apart any property for a sinking or other analogous fund for,
the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any of its Equity
Securities or any warrants, options or rights to acquire any Equity Securities,
or the making by such Person of any other distribution in respect of any of its
Equity Securities, (iii) of any principal of or interest or premium on or
of any amount in respect of a sinking or analogous fund or defeasance fund for
any Indebtedness of such Person ranking in right of payment or security
subordinate to any liability of such Person under the Loan Documents, (iv) of any principal of or
interest or premium on or of any amount in respect of a sinking or analogous
fund or defeasance fund for any Indebtedness of such Person to a shareholder of
such Person or to an Affiliate of a shareholder of such Person, (v) in
respect of an Investment, or (vi) of any management, consulting or similar
fee or any bonus payment or comparable payment, or by way of gift or other
gratuity, to any Affiliate of such Person or to any director or officer
thereof.
“Restructuring Event” means if
the Borrower and the Guarantors which are organized under the laws of Canada or
a province thereof or which have assets located in Canada, including Canwest
MediaWorks Ireland Holdings, were to apply for relief from the Court via an
initial order in proceedings under the CCAA and the Chapter 15 Entities for
relief from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of the
State of New York in proceedings (the “Chapter 15 Proceedings”) under
Chapter 15 of the United States Code via an order recognizing the CCAA
Proceedings as the foreign main proceedings and granting a restraining order
providing for a stay on substantially the same terms as provided for in the
Initial Order (the “Chapter 15
Orders”).
“Restructuring Event Date”
means the date on which a Restructuring Event first occurs.
“Revolving Loan” has the
meaning set out in Section 2.1.
“Rolling Period” means, as at
the end of any calendar month, such calendar month taken together with the
eleven immediately preceding calendar months.
“Scheduled Capital
Expenditures” means Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and the Credit
Parties permitted for any Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 6.16.
“Security Documents” means the
agreements, documents or instruments described or referred to in Section 4.1 and
Section 5.11 (including, to the extent such Section describes an amendment, the
agreement, document or instrument amended thereby) and any and all other
agreements, documents or instruments now or hereafter executed and delivered by
any Credit Party or any other Person as security for the payment or performance
of all or part of the obligations of the Borrower (or such Credit Party or other
Person) hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, as any of the foregoing may
have been, or may hereafter be, amended, modified or supplemented.
“Securities Account” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the STA.
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“Settlement Date” means the
date, which shall be weekly, or more frequently at the discretion of the Agent
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or a continuing decline or increase
of the Loans, that the Agent and the Lenders shall settle among themselves so
that (a) the Agent shall not at any time have, as the agent for the
Lenders, any money at risk, and (b) on such Settlement Date each Lender
shall be responsible for its pro rata amount of the Revolving Loan, calculated
on the basis of each of their Applicable Percentages in respect of the
outstanding Exposure as at such date, provided that each Settlement Date shall
be a Business Day.
“STA” means the Securities Transfer Act, 2006
(Ontario), as amended from time to time (or any successor statute).
“Stay of Proceedings” means the
stay of proceedings against the Borrower and its Property and the stay of the
exercise of rights and remedies against the Borrower and its property contained
in the Initial Order, as it may be extended or amended by any other CCAA
Order.
“Subsidiary” means, with
respect to any Person (in this definition, the “parent”) at any date, any
other Person 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 Person (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing
more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests
are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such
date, otherwise Controlled, in each case by the parent or one or more
Subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more Subsidiaries of the
parent; provided that, for
the purpose of this Agreement, “Subsidiary” shall not include Canwest (Canada)
Inc., Canwest Limited Partnership, Ten Network Holdings Limited, 4414616 Canada
Inc. or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
“Swap Agreement” means any
agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or
option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more
rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or
economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or
pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these
transactions.
“Swap Transaction” means any transaction or
agreement entered into between the Borrower and any other counterparty with
respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or agreement or
option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more
rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or
economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or
pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these
transactions.
“Taxes” means all taxes,
charges, fees, levies, imposts and other assessments, including all income,
sales, use, goods and services, value added, capital, capital gains,
alternative, franchise, net worth, branch transfer, land transfer, profits,
withholding, payroll, employer health, excise, stamp, documentary, real property
and personal property taxes, and any other taxes, customs duties, fees,
assessments, or similar charges in the nature of a tax, including Canada Pension
Plan and provincial pension plan contributions, unemployment
insurance
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payments
and workers’ compensation premiums, together with any instalments with respect
thereto, and any interest, fines and penalties with respect thereto, imposed by
any Governmental Authority (including federal, state, provincial, territorial,
municipal and foreign Governmental Authorities), and whether disputed or
not.
“Ten Network Shares” means all
Equity Securities owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower in Ten Network
Holdings Limited.
“Transactions” means the
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof
and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Turkish Asset Sale” shall mean
the sale of the shares or assets of Canwest Medya A.S., Canwest Medya Yönetim
Ticaret U.C. A.S., Karaköy Televizyon ve Radyo Yayinciliĝi Ticaret A.S., CGS
Televizyon ve Radyo Yayinciliĝi Ticaret A.S., Pasifik Televizyon ve Radyo
Yayinciliĝi Ticaret A.S., Galata Televizyon ve Radyo Yayinciliĝi Ticaret A.S.,
and Halic Televizyon ve Radyo Yayinciliĝi A.S. or the sale of any amounts
receivable from such entities or their shareholder, as applicable, pursuant to
notes made to such entities or their shareholder by Canwest Irish Holdings
(Barbados) Inc. or Canwest International Communications Inc. (all such assets
collectively, the “Turkish
Assets”).
“Type”, when used in reference
to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan,
or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Canadian Prime Rate or the Base Rate, or is a Letter of Credit.
“UCC” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time for the applicable State in
question.
“U.S. Dollars” and “U.S.$” refer to lawful money
of the United States of America.
“U.S.$ Equivalent” means, on
any day, the amount of U.S. Dollars that the Agent could purchase, in accordance
with its normal practice, with a specified amount of Canadian Dollars based on
the spot rate at which U.S. Dollars are offered at the start of such day by CIBC
in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx.
“Violation Notice” means any
notice received by any Credit Party from any Governmental Authority under any
Environmental Law that the applicable Credit Party or any of its property and
assets is not in compliance with the requirements of any Environmental
Law.
“Weekly Cash Flow Projection”
means a rolling 13-week cash flow projection, certified by a Responsible Officer
and, after the Restructuring Event Date, the Monitor and in all cases approved
by the Lenders. The initial Weekly Cash Flow Projection is the cash
flow projection dated May 19, 2009 delivered by the Borrower to the
Agent.
1.2 Classification
of Loans and Borrowings.
For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to
by Type (e.g., a
“Canadian Prime Rate Loan”) and Borrowings also may be classified and referred
to by Type (e.g., a
“Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing”).
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1.3 Terms
Generally. The definitions
of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by
the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect as the word ‘shall”. The word
“or” is disjunctive; the word “and” is conjunctive. The word “shall”
is mandatory; the word “may” is permissive. The words “to the
knowledge of” means, when modifying a representation, warranty or other
statement of any Person, that the fact or situation described therein is known
by the Person (or, in the case or a Person other than a natural Person, known by
the Responsible Officer of that Person) making the representation, warranty or
other statement, or with the exercise of reasonable due diligence under the
circumstances (in accordance with the standard of what a reasonable Person in
similar circumstances would have done) would have been known by the Person (or,
in the case of a Person other than a natural Person, would have been known by
such Responsible Officer of that Person). Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument
or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements
or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any statute
or any section thereof shall, unless otherwise expressly stated, be deemed to be
a reference to such statute or section as amended, restated or re-enacted from
time to time, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (d) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits
and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and
Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, and (f) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer
to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights.
1.4 Accounting
Terms; GAAP. 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. All calculations of the components of the financial information
for the purposes of determining compliance with the financial ratios and
financial covenants contained herein shall be made on a basis consistent with
GAAP in existence as at the date of this Agreement and used in the preparation
of the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower referred to in Section
5.1(f). Upon the adoption by the Borrower of International Financial
Reporting Standards, or in the event of a change in GAAP, the Borrower and the
Agent shall negotiate in good faith to revise (if appropriate) such ratios and
covenants to give effect to the intention of the parties under this Agreement as
at the Closing Date, and any new ratio or covenant shall be subject to approval
by the Required Lenders. In the event that such negotiation is
unsuccessful, all calculations thereafter made for the purpose of determining
compliance with the financial ratios and financial covenants contained herein
shall be made on a basis consistent with GAAP in existence as at the Closing
Date.
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1.5 Time. All time
references herein shall, unless otherwise specified, be references to local time
in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx. Time is of the essence of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
1.6 Permitted
Liens. Any reference in
any of the Loan Documents to a Permitted Lien is not intended to subordinate or
postpone, and shall not be interpreted as subordinating or postponing, or as any
agreement to subordinate or postpone, any Lien created by any of the Loan
Documents to any Permitted Lien.
1.7 Interpretation
Clause (Québec). For purposes of
any assets, liabilities or entities located in the Province of Québec and for
all other purposes pursuant to which the interpretation or construction of this
Agreement may be subject to the laws of the Province of Québec or a court or
tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Québec, (a) “personal
property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (b) “real property”
shall be deemed to include “immovable property”, (c) “tangible property” shall
be deemed to include “corporeal property”, (d) “intangible property” shall be
deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (e) “security interest”, “mortgage”
and “lien” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec”, “prior claim” and a
resolutory clause, (f) all references to filing, registering or recording under
the PPSA or UCC shall be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of
Québec, (g) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” liens or security
interest shall be deemed to include a reference to an “opposable” or “set up”
lien or security interest as against third parties, (h) any “right of offset”,
"right of setoff" or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of
compensation”, (i) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable
property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and
securities, (j) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary”, (k)
“construction liens” shall be deemed to include “legal hypothecs”; (l) “joint
and several” shall be deemed to include solidary; (m) “gross negligence or
wilful misconduct” shall be deemed to be “intentional or gross fault”; (n)
“beneficial ownership” shall be deemed to include “ownership on behalf of
another as mandatary”; (o) “servitude” shall be deemed to include easement; (p)
“priority” shall be deemed to include “prior claim”; (q) “survey” shall be
deemed to include “certificate of location and plan”; (r) “state” shall be
deemed to include “province”; (s) “fee simple title” shall be deemed to include
“absolute ownership”. The parties hereto confirm that it is their
wish that this Agreement and any other document executed in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein be drawn up in the English language only and
that all other documents contemplated thereunder or relating thereto, including
notices, may also be drawn up in the English language only. Les
parties aux présentes confirment que c'est leur volonté que cette convention et
les autres documents de crédit soient rédigés en langue anglaise seulement et
que tous les documents, y compris tous avis, envisages par cette convention et
les autres documents peuvent être rédigés en la langue anglaise
seulement.
ARTICLE
2
THE
CREDITS
2.1 Commitments. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender commits to make Loans (each
such Loan made under this Section 2.1, a “Revolving Loan”) to the
Borrower from time to time during the period commencing on the Effective Date
and ending on the Maturity Date (each such commitment, a “Commitment”) in an aggregate
principal
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amount up
to the amount set forth beside such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the
heading “Commitment”, provided that any
Revolving Loans made by any Lender as requested by the Borrower will not result
in (i) such Lender’s Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment, or
(ii) the sum of the total Exposure exceeding either the total Commitment or
the Borrowing Base. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay and
reborrow Revolving Loans.
2.2 Loans and
Borrowings.
(a) Each
Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving
Loans made by the Lenders rateably in accordance with their respective
Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to
be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;
provided that
the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible
for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject
to the Letter of Credit Sub-Line limitation, the Borrowing Base limitations and
the other limitations on Loans and Borrowings as provided in this Agreement,
each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Canadian Prime Loans, Base Rate
Loans, and/or the delivery of Letters of Credit Guarantees as the Borrower may
request in accordance herewith.
2.3 Requests for
Borrowings.
(a) The
initial Borrowings hereunder on the Effective Date in respect of the Revolving
Credit shall be Canadian Prime Borrowings. Thereafter, to request a
Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of such request by written
Borrowing Request not later than 10:00 a.m., Toronto time, on the date of the
proposed Borrowing; or (ii) in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit
Guarantee in accordance with Section 2.18, not later than 11:00 a.m., Toronto
time, five (5) Business Days before the date of the proposed
Borrowing. The Agent and each Lender are entitled to rely and act
upon any written Borrowing Request given or purportedly given by the Borrower,
and the Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the authenticity and
validity of any such request or resulting transaction once the Agent or any
Lender has advanced funds or issued a Letter a Credit Guarantee based on such
written Borrowing Request. Each such written Borrowing Request shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit B and shall specify the following
information:
(i)
|
the
aggregate amount of each requested Borrowing and the Type
thereof;
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(ii)
|
the
date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business
Day;
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(iii)
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whether
such Borrowing is to be a Canadian Prime Borrowing, a Base Rate Borrowing,
or the issuance of a Letter of Credit Guarantee in accordance with Section
2.18;
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(iv)
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the
location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of this
Agreement.
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(b) If no
currency is specified, the Borrowing shall be denominated in Canadian
Dollars.
(c) Each
Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing
Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert a Borrowing to
a different Type. To make an election pursuant to this Section
2.3(c), the Borrower shall notify the Agent of such election in the manner and
by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section
2.3(a).
(d) The Agent
shall not incur any liability to the Borrower as a result of acting in
accordance with any notice or request referred to in this Section 2.3, which
notice or request the Agent believes in good faith to have been given by an
officer duly authorized by the Borrower to request Loans on its behalf or for
otherwise acting in good faith under this Section 2.3, and the crediting of
Loans to the Borrower’s disbursement accounts, or transmittal to such Person or
other bank account as the Borrower shall direct, shall conclusively establish
the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loans as provided
herein. Nothing herein shall, however, release or be deemed to
release the Agent in respect of its gross negligence or wilful
misconduct.
(e) Except to
the extent otherwise permitted to the contrary hereunder, any Borrowing Request
made pursuant to in this Section 2.3 shall be irrevocable and the Borrower shall
be bound to borrow the funds requested therein in accordance
therewith.
2.4 Funding of
Borrowings.
(a) Each
Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Toronto
time, to the account of the Agent most recently designated by it for such
purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like
funds, to an account of the Borrower and designated by the Borrower in the
applicable Borrowing Request . The Borrower shall satisfy
Reimbursement Obligations promptly as they arise by way of a request for a Loan
and all Loans made hereunder to satisfy Reimbursement Obligations in
respect of any Letter of Credit Guarantee shall be remitted by the Agent to the
Issuing Bank in accordance with such Letter of Credit Guarantee (unless the
Issuing Bank has already been fully reimbursed directly by the Borrower in
respect of drawings under the Letter of Credit which is the subject of such
Letter of Credit Guarantee).
(b) The Agent
may, upon notice given by the Agent no later than 12:00 p.m. Toronto time on any
Settlement Date, request each Lender to make, and each Lender hereby agrees to
make, a Revolving Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
(calculated with respect to the aggregate Commitments then outstanding) of the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Loans made by the Agent from the preceding
Settlement Date to the date of such notice. Each Lender’s obligation
to make the Revolving Loans and to make the settlements pursuant to this Section
2.4 shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment, defence or other right which any such Lender or the
Borrower may have against the Agent, the Borrower, any Lender or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) any adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; or (iii) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
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foregoing. Without
limiting the liability and obligation of each Lender to make such advances, the
Borrower authorizes the Agent to charge the Borrower’s loan account to the
extent amounts received from the Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full the
amount of any such deficiency. To the extent that any Lender has failed to fund
all such payments and Revolving Loans, the Agent shall be entitled to set off
the funding short-fall against that Lender’s pro rata share of all payments
received from the Borrower.
(c) The
Agent, for the account of the Lenders, shall disburse all amounts to the
Borrower and shall handle all collections. It is understood that for
purposes of advances to the Borrower and for purposes of this Section 2.4, the
Agent is using the funds of the Agent.
(d) Unless
the Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to any advance
to the Borrower that such Lender will not make the amount which would constitute
its share of the Borrowing on such date available to the Agent, the Agent may
assume that such Lender shall make such amount available to the Agent on a
Settlement Date, and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. A certificate of the Agent
submitted to any Lender with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.4
shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such
Borrowing is not in fact made available to the Agent by such Lender on the
Settlement Date, the Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with
interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Revolving Loans hereunder,
on demand, from the Borrower without prejudice to any rights which the Agent may
have against such Lender hereunder. Nothing contained in this shall relieve any
Lender which has failed to make available its Applicable Percentage of any
borrowing hereunder from its obligation to do so in accordance with the terms
hereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to obligate the Agent to make
available to the Borrower the full amount of a requested advance when the Agent
has any notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Lenders will not advance
its Applicable Percentage thereof.
(e) On the
Settlement Date, the Agent and the Lenders shall each remit to the other, in
immediately available funds, all amounts necessary so as to ensure that, as of
the Settlement Date, the Lenders shall have their Applicable Percentage share of
all outstanding Obligations.
(f) The Agent
shall forward to each Lender, at the end of each calendar month, a copy of the
account statement rendered by the Agent to the Borrower.
(g) The Agent
shall, after receipt of any interest and fees earned under this Agreement,
promptly remit to the Lenders their Applicable Percentage of any (i) fees
they are entitled to receive, and (ii) interest computed at the rate and as
provided for in this Agreement on all outstanding amounts advanced by the
Lenders on each Settlement Date, prior to adjustment, that are subsequent to the
last remittance by the Agent to the Lenders of such interest
amounts.
2.5 Interest.
(a) The Loans
comprising each Canadian Prime Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 days or 366 days,
as the case may be) at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate plus
the Applicable Margin from time to time in effect. The Loans
comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear
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interest
(computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360
days at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin from
time to time in effect.
(b) If there
is a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all amounts
outstanding hereunder (including, without duplication, all Loans and all Letter
of Credit Exposure) shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a
rate per annum equal to 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan or,
in the case of any amount not constituting principal or interest on a Loan, at a
rate equal to 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to, in the case of Canadian
Dollar amounts, Canadian Prime Loans, or in the case of U.S. Dollar amounts,
Base Rate Loans.
(c) Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on the earlier of (i) each
applicable Interest Payment Date, and (ii) the date of termination of the
Commitments. In addition, in the event of any repayment or prepayment
of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be
payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment.
(d) All
interest hereunder shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day). Any Loan that
is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one
day. The applicable Canadian Prime Rate or Base Rate shall be
determined by the Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(e) For the
purposes of the Interest Act
(Canada) and disclosure thereunder, whenever any interest or any fee to
be paid hereunder or in connection herewith is to be calculated on the basis of
a 360-day or 365-day year, the yearly rate of interest to which the rate used in
such calculation is equivalent is the rate so used multiplied by the actual
number of days in the calendar year in which the same is to be ascertained and
divided by 360 or 365, as applicable. The rates of interest under
this Agreement are nominal rates, and not effective rates or
yields. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not
apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement.
(f) If any
provision of this Agreement would oblige the Borrower to make any payment of
interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a
rate which would be prohibited by any Applicable Law or would result in a
receipt by that Lender of “interest” at a “criminal rate” (as such terms are
construed under the Criminal
Code (Canada)), then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate
shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum
amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by
Applicable Law or so result in a receipt by that Lender of “interest” at a
“criminal rate”, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary (but
only to the extent necessary), as follows:
(i)
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first,
by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to the
affected Lender under Section 2.5;
and
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thereafter,
by reducing any fees, commissions, costs, expenses, premiums and other
amounts required to be paid to the affected Lender which would
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constitute
interest for purposes of section 347 of the Criminal Code
(Canada).
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2.6 Termination and Reduction of
Commitments.
(a) Unless
previously terminated and subject to any earlier demand for payment upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, the Commitments shall terminate on the
Maturity Date.
(b) The
Borrower may, upon five Business Days prior written notice to the Agent,
permanently cancel any unused portion of the Commitments. The Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender of the receipt by the Agent of any such
notice. Any such cancellation shall be applied rateably in respect of
the Commitments of each Lender. Each notice delivered by the Borrower
pursuant to this Section 2.6(b) shall be irrevocable. Notwithstanding
the termination of this Agreement, until all Obligations are irrevocably and
indefeasibly paid and performed in full, the Credit Parties shall remain bound
by the terms of this Agreement and under the Loan Documents and shall not be
relieved of any of their Obligations and the Agent and Lenders shall retain all
their rights and remedies hereunder and under the Loan Documents (including,
without limitation, in all then existing and after-arising
Collateral). Pending a final accounting, the Agent may withhold any
balances in the Borrower’s loan account to cover all of the Obligations, whether
absolute or contingent, including cash reserves for any contingent Obligations,
including an amount equal to 110% of the face amount of any outstanding Letters
of Credit with an expiry date on, or within thirty (30) days of the effective
date of termination of this Agreement.
(c) Unless
the Commitments have been previously terminated, upon the occurrence of the
Maturity Date in respect of any Lender, the Commitment thereof shall be
permanently reduced to an amount equal to the amount of the Loans made by such
Lender at such date and the Commitment shall be permanently reduced by an amount
equal to such reduction of such Commitment.
2.7 Repayment
of Loans. The Borrower
hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan and all other
Obligations on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date that the Commitment
is terminated pursuant to Section 2.6(b) or Section 7.1.
2.8 Evidence of
Debt.
(a) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Borrowing made by such Lender hereunder, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(b) The Agent
shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each
Borrowing made hereunder, and the Type thereof, (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) the
amount of any sum received by the Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders
and each Lender’s share thereof.
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(c) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to Sections 2.8(a) and (b)
shall be conclusive evidence (absent manifest error) of the existence and
amounts of the obligations recorded therein and shall be admissible in any
action or proceeding arising therefrom; provided that the
failure of any Lender or the Agent to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay
the Borrowings in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the
event of a conflict between the records maintained by the Agent and any Lender,
the records maintained by the Agent shall govern.
(d) Any
Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory
note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a
form approved by the Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such
promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times be represented by one or
more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named
therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its
registered assigns).
2.9 Prepayments.
(a) Mandatory Borrowing Base
Prepayments. If at any time the aggregate Exposure of all
Lenders is in excess of (i) the Borrowing Base or (ii) the total Commitment, the
Borrower shall immediately pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders, the
amount of such excess to be applied (i) first, in satisfaction of all
Reimbursement Obligations, if any, outstanding at such time, (ii) second, as a
prepayment of the Revolving Loans, and (iii) third, as Cover for any remaining
Letter of Credit Exposure in an amount of such remaining excess.
(b) Application of Cover
Amount. The amount of Cover shall be paid by the Borrower to
the Agent on the Maturity Date and retained by the Agent in a collateral account
maintained by the Agent at its Payment Office and collaterally assigned to, or
charged in favour of, the Agent as security until such time as the applicable
Letters of Credit shall have expired or matured and Reimbursement Obligations,
if any, with respect thereto shall have been fully satisfied; provided that if
any such Reimbursement Obligations are not satisfied when due hereunder, the
Agent may apply any or all amounts in such collateral account in satisfaction of
any or all such Reimbursement Obligations.
(c) Currency
Fluctuations. If, at any time, the Canadian $ Equivalent of
the Loans made by any Lender to the Borrower under any Credit exceeds the
Commitment of such Lender under such Credit (any such excess being referred to
in this Section as an “Excess
Amount”), then the Borrower will forthwith repay to the Agent, for the
account of each applicable Lender, an amount equal to the Excess Amount with
respect to such Lender. The Agent shall request repayment of any
Excess Amount forthwith upon request therefor by any Lender, but the Agent is
not otherwise required to monitor Excess Amount levels or to request repayment
thereof.
(d) Voluntary
Prepayment. The Borrower may, upon delivery of a Repayment
Notice to the Agent (delivered in accordance with the notice periods applicable
to delivery of a Borrowing Request under Section 2.3(a)), prepay all or any part
of a Canadian Prime Borrowing
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or Base
Rate Borrowing. No prepayment under this Section 2.9(d) shall
permanently reduce or terminate any of the Commitments.
(e) Mandatory
Payments. If any Credit Party sells or otherwise disposes of
any assets (other than obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business and
other than the Turkish Assets), then the applicable Credit Party shall pay an
amount equal to the net proceeds received by such Credit Party on account of
such sale or other disposition (i) to the Agent in reduction of the Exposure
hereunder if such assets constitute CIT Priority Collateral (and the Commitments
shall be reduced by a corresponding amount) or (ii) to the New Noteholders if
such assets constitute Noteholder Priority Collateral to the extent required in
accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement and, following repayment in full of
the amounts owing to the New Noteholders under the Note Purchase Agreement, any
balance shall be paid to the Agent in reduction of the Exposure hereunder (and
the Commitments shall be reduced by a corresponding amount) .
(f) Notice by
Agent. Upon receipt of any prepayment or Repayment
Notice pursuant to this Section 2.9, the Agent shall promptly notify each
applicable Lender of the contents thereof and of such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of such prepayment. Each Repayment Notice provided by the
Borrower in respect of any permanent repayment or prepayment hereunder shall be
in the form of Schedule 2.9 (e) and shall be irrevocable at such time as the
Agent or any Lender has commenced taking any action pursuant to any such
prepayment notice.
2.10 Fees.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of and distribution to each
Lender rateably in accordance with each such Lender’s Applicable Percentage an
unused line fee (the “Unused
Line Fee”) for the period commencing on the Effective Date to and
including the Maturity Date (or such earlier date as the Commitments shall have
been terminated entirely) computed at a rate of 0.50% per annum on the average
daily excess amount of the aggregate Commitments over the aggregate
Exposure. The Unused Line Fees on the Commitments shall be calculated
monthly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar month (and on the
date on which the Commitments terminate) and each such calculated amount shall
be payable on the first Business Day of the immediately following calendar month
(or on the date on which the Commitments terminate, as the case may
be). All Unused Line Fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of
365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and shall be payable for the actual number
of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last
day).
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender rateably in
accordance with each Lender’s Applicable Percentage, a guarantee fee (a “Letter of Credit Guarantee
Fee”) with respect to the provision of Letter of Credit Guarantees, at
the rate of 7.75% per annum on the average daily amount of the Letter of Credit
Exposure during the period from and including the Effective Date (or the date on
which any Letter of Credit Exposure first exists to but excluding the latter of:
(i) the date of termination of the Commitments and (ii) the date on
which there ceases to be any Letter of Credit Exposure. All Letter of
Credit Guarantee Fees payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) shall be computed
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and shall be
payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day). The Borrower also agrees to pay to
the
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Agent,
for the account of the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank’s standard fees (the
“Standard Letter of Credit
Fees”) with respect to the issuance (currently 0.45% on the face amount
of the Letter of Credit at the time of issuance), administration, handling,
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of
drawings thereunder. Such standard fees shall be payable within 10
days after demand by the Agent or the Issuing Bank. It is
acknowledged and agreed by the Lenders that the Issuing Bank may charge fees and
other amounts directly to the Agent as a condition to issuing Letters of Credit
and such fees and other amounts, to the extent that the Agent has not been
reimbursed therefor by the Borrower, shall be charged by the Agent against each
Lender’s rateable share (taking into account each such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage) of other amounts owing from the Agent to each Lender (including,
without limitation, each such Lender’s rateable share of Letter of Credit
Guarantee Fees or Standard Letter of Credit Fees).
(c) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its own account, (i) on the Effective
Date that portion of the Loan Facility Fee payable (in accordance with the
Commitment Letter) on the Effective Date, and (ii) on the Restructuring Event
Date that portion of the Loan Facility Fee payable (in accordance with the
Commitment Letter) on the Restructuring Event Date.
(d) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its own account, on the Effective Date
and on the first Business Day of each calendar month thereafter the
Administrative Management Fee, which the Borrower acknowledges and agrees shall
be fully earned when paid.
(e) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its own account, the Agent’s standard
charges, fees, costs and expenses for its field examinations, verifications and
audits in an amount equal to $1,200 per person per day plus such field
examiner’s and auditor’s out-of-pocket expenses.
(f) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the
amounts and at the times separately agreed upon in writing between the Borrower
and the Agent.
(g) All fees
payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Agent, for its own account or for distribution to the Lenders or
the Issuing Bank, as the case may be. Fees paid shall not be
refundable except in the case of manifest error in the calculation of any fee
payment.
2.11 [Intentionally
Deleted.]
2.12 Increased Costs; Illegality;
Alternate Rate of Interest.
(a) If any
Change in Law shall:
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impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or
credit extended by, any Lender; or
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impose
on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other
condition affecting this Agreement (including the imposition on
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any
Lender of, or any change to, any Indemnified Tax or other charge with
respect to its Loans or any Letter of Credit or participation therein, or
its obligation to make Loans or any Letter of
Credit);
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and the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of
making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any
such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender of participating in, issuing
or maintaining any Letter of Credit or any Loan or to reduce the amount of any
sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal,
interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, for such additional
costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any
Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or
would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or
on the capital of such Lender’s, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or
the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by such Lender,
or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which
such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such
Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies
of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy) and such
Lender’s desired return on capital, then from time to time the Borrower will pay
to such Lender, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender
or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A
certificate of a Lender setting forth amount or amounts necessary to compensate
such Lender as specified in Sections 2.12(a) or (b), together with a brief
description of the Change of Law, shall be delivered to the Borrower, and shall
be conclusive absent manifest error. In preparing any such
certificate, a Lender shall be entitled to use averages and to make reasonable
estimates, and shall not be required to “match contracts” or to isolate
particular transactions. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as
due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section 2.12 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such
compensation.
(e) In the
event that any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be
reasonably exercised and shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and
binding upon all parties) at any time that the current or reasonably expected
foreign currency markets are unusually unstable or that the making or
continuance of any Loan denominated in a currency other than Canadian Dollars
has become unlawful or materially restricted as a result of compliance by such
Lender in good faith with any Applicable Law, or by any applicable guideline or
order (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to
comply therewith would be unlawful), then, in any such event, such Lender shall
give prompt notice (by telephone and confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and
to the Agent of such determination (which notice the Agent shall promptly
transmit to the other Lenders). Upon the giving of the notice to the
Borrower referred to in this Section 2.12(e), the Borrower’s right to request
(by continuation, conversion or otherwise), and such Lender’s obligation to
make, Loans
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denominated
in a currency other than Canadian Dollars shall be immediately suspended, and
thereafter any requested Borrowing of Loans denominated in a currency other than
Canadian Dollars shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed to be a request for a
Canadian Prime Loan, and if the affected Loan or Loans are then outstanding, the
Borrower shall immediately, or if permitted by Applicable Law, no later than the
date permitted thereby, upon at least one Business Day prior written notice to
the Agent and the affected Lender, convert each such Loan denominated in a
currency other than Canadian Dollars into a Canadian Prime Loan, provided that if more
than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be
treated the same pursuant to this Section 2.12(e).
2.13 [Intentionally
Deleted.]
2.14 Taxes.
(a) Any and
all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any
Indemnified Taxes; provided that if the
Borrower shall be required to deduct or withhold any Indemnified Taxes from such
payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that,
after making all required deductions or withholdings (including deductions or
withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14), the
Agent, or Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it
would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made,
(ii) the Borrower shall make such deduction or withholding, and
(iii) the Borrower shall pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with Applicable Law the full amount deducted or
withheld.
(b) In
addition to the payments by the Borrower required by Section 2.14(a), the
Borrower shall pay any and all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or
any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any
payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with Applicable Law.
(c) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Agent, and each Lender, within 10 days after
written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes paid by
the Agent, such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by
or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified
Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
Section 2.14) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, or by the Agent on its own
behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(d) As soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by the Borrower to a
Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent the original or
a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing
such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of
such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
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(e) If the
Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a
refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with
respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 2.14 and, in the Agent’s or such Lender’s opinion, such refund amount is
both reasonably identifiable and quantifiable by it without involving it in an
unacceptable administrative burden, it shall pay over such refund amount to the
Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional
amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.14 with respect to the Taxes
giving rise to such refund, and only to the extent that the Agent or Lender, as
applicable, is satisfied that it may do so without prejudice to its right, as
against the relevant Governmental Authority, to retain such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent or such Lender and without interest (other
than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to
such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Agent or such
Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to the Agent or such Lender if the Agent or such Lender is required
to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Nothing herein
contained shall (i) interfere with the right of the Agent or any Lender to
arrange its affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit and, in particular, no
Lender shall be under any obligation to claim relief for tax purposes on its
corporate profits or otherwise, or to claim such relief in priority to any other
claims, reliefs, credits or deductions available to it, or (ii) require the
Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other
Person.
2.15 Payments Generally; Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of
principal, interest, fees or amounts payable in respect of Reimbursement
Obligations, amounts payable under any of Sections 2.12 or 2.14, or amounts
otherwise payable hereunder) prior to 12:00 noon, Toronto time, on the date when
due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or
counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may,
in the discretion of the Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next
succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest
thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Agent at the Payment
Office, except that payments pursuant to any indemnities contained herein shall
be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Agent shall
distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person
to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If
any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date
for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the
case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the
period of such extension, Base Rate Loans shall be made in U.S.
Dollars. All other payments under this Section 2.15 shall be made in
Canadian Dollars. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to debit
the Borrower’s loan account to effect any payment due to the Lenders or the
Agent pursuant to this Agreement. Any resulting overdraft in such
account shall be payable by the Borrower to the Agent in same day
funds.
(b) If at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Agent to pay fully
all amounts of principal, interest, fees, amounts payable in respect of
Reimbursement Obligations, amounts payable under any of Sections 2.12 or 2.14
and other amounts payable
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hereunder,
any available funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay any fees,
indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Agent from the Borrower,
(ii) second, to pay any fees or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders
from the Borrower, (iii) third, to pay interest due in respect of all Revolving
Loans, (iv) fourth, to pay or prepay principal of the Revolving Loans and unpaid
Reimbursement Obligations and (v) fifth, to the payment of any other Obligation
due to the Agent or any Lender by the Borrower, including amounts payable under
any of Sections 2.12 or 2.14 and other amounts otherwise payable
hereunder.
(c) If any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on or fees in respect
of any of its Revolving Loans or its share of Reimbursement Obligations
resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of any principal of or interest on or fees in respect of any of
its Revolving Loans or participations in Reimbursement Obligations than the
proportion to which it is entitled, then the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Revolving Loans or participations in Reimbursement Obligations owed to other
Lenders (as the case may be) to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all
such payments shall be shared by the Lenders rateably taking into account each
of the Applicable Percentages in respect of each Lender; provided that
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the
payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded
and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without
interest, and (ii) this Section 2.15(c) shall not apply to any payment made
by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations
in Reimbursement Obligations to any assignee or participant, other than to the
Borrower or other Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the
provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to
the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under
Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were
a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
(d) Unless
the Agent shall have received written notice from the Borrower prior to the date
on which any payment is due to the Agent for the account of the Lenders
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Agent may assume
that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and
may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders, the amount
due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such
payment, then each of the Lenders, severally agrees to repay to the Agent
forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to
it to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at the applicable rate for
Canadian Prime Loans (if such amount is denominated in Canadian Dollars) or the
applicable rate for Base Rate Loans (if such amount is denominated in U.S.
Dollars).
(e) If any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.15(d), then the Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any
contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Agent
for the account of such Lender to
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satisfy
such Lender’s obligations under such Section 2.15(d) until all such unsatisfied
obligations are fully paid.
(f) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for
any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by
any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any
particular place or manner.
2.16 Currency
Indemnity. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any
court in any jurisdiction with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, it becomes necessary to convert into a particular currency (the “Judgment Currency”) any amount
due under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document in any currency other
than the Judgment Currency (the “Currency Due”), then
conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day
before the day on which judgment is given. For this purpose “rate of
exchange” means the rate at which the Agent is able, on the relevant date, to
purchase the Currency Due with the Judgment Currency in accordance with its
normal practice at its head office in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx. In the event
that there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business
Day before the day on which the judgment is given and the date of receipt by the
Agent of the amount due, the Borrower will, on the date of receipt by the Agent,
pay such additional amounts, if any, or be entitled to receive reimbursement of
such amount, if any, as may be necessary to ensure that the amount received by
the Agent on such date is the amount in the Judgment Currency which when
converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt by the Agent
is the amount then due under this Agreement or such other Loan Document in the
Currency Due. If the amount of the Currency Due which the Agent is so
able to purchase is less than the amount of the Currency Due originally due to
it, the Borrower shall indemnify and save the Agent and the Lenders harmless
from and against all loss or damage arising as a result of such
deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate
and independent from the other obligations contained in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of
action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Agent from
time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any
judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or under any judgment or
order.
2.17 Collection of
Accounts.
(a) Each
Credit Party shall, and shall cause each other Credit Party to, at its expense,
enforce, collect and receive all amounts owing on its Accounts in the ordinary
course of its business and any proceeds it so receives shall be subject to the
terms hereof. Any proceeds received by a Credit Party in respect of
Accounts, and any cheques, cash, credit card sales and receipts, notes or other
instruments or property received by a Credit Party with respect to any
Collateral, shall be held by such Credit Party in trust or as mandatary for the
Agent, separate from such Credit Party’s own property and funds, and promptly
turned over to the Agent with proper assignments or endorsements by deposit to
the Blocked Accounts.
(b) Each
Credit Party shall, and shall cause each other Credit Party
to: (i) irrevocably authorize and direct any bank which
maintains any Credit Party’s initial receipt of cash, cheques and other items to
promptly wire transfer all available funds to a Blocked Account;
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(ii) advise
all such banks of the Agent’s security interest in such funds. The
Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Credit Party to, provide the Agent
with prior written notice of any and all deposit accounts opened or to be opened
subsequent to the Effective Date. All amounts received by the Agent in payment
of Accounts will be credited to the Blocked Account when the Agent is advised by
its bank of its receipt of “collected funds” at the Agent’s bank account in
Toronto, Ontario on the Business Day of such advise if advised no later than
12:00 noon, Toronto time, or on the next succeeding Business Day if so advised
after 12:00 noon, Toronto time. No cheques, drafts or other
instrument received by the Agent shall constitute final payment to the Agent
unless and until such instruments have actually been collected.
(c) At the
request of the Agent, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Credit Party to:
(i) indicate on all of its invoices that funds should be delivered to and
deposited in a lock box or a Blocked Account, as applicable; and (ii) direct all
of its account debtors to deposit any and all proceeds of Collateral into the
lock boxes or the Blocked Accounts, as applicable.
(d) Each
Credit Party shall, and shall cause each other Credit Party to, establish and
maintain, in its own respective name and at its expense, deposit accounts and
lock boxes with such banks as are acceptable to the Agent (the “Blocked Accounts”) into which
the Borrower shall promptly cause to be deposited: (i) all proceeds of
Collateral received by any Credit Party, including all amounts payable to any
Credit Party from credit card issuers and credit card processors, and
(ii) all amounts on deposit in deposit accounts used by any Credit Party at
each of its locations, all as further provided in Section
2.17(b). The banks at which the Blocked Accounts are established and
the applicable Credit Parties shall enter into agreements, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent (the “Blocked Account Agreements”),
providing that, among other things, all cash, cheques and items received or
deposited in the Blocked Accounts are subject to Liens in favour of the Agent,
that the depository bank has no Lien upon, or right of set off against, the
Blocked Accounts and any cash, cheques, items, wires or other funds from time to
time on deposit therein, except as otherwise provided in the Blocked Account
Agreements, and that on a daily basis the depository bank will wire, or
otherwise transfer, in immediately available funds, all funds received or
deposited into the Blocked Accounts to such bank account as the Agent may from
time to time designate for such purpose. The Borrower hereby confirms and agrees
that all amounts deposited in such Blocked Accounts and any other funds received
and collected by the Agent, whether as proceeds of Inventory or other Collateral
or otherwise, shall be subject to the Liens in favour of the Agent.
(e) The
parties hereto hereby acknowledge, confirm and agree that the implementation of
the cash management arrangements is a contractual right provided to the Agent
and the Lenders hereunder in order for the Agent and the Lenders to manage and
monitor their collateral position and not a proceeding for enforcement or
recovery of a claim, or pursuant to, or an enforcement of, any security or
remedies whatsoever, that the cash management arrangements contemplated herein
are critical to the structure of the lending arrangements contemplated herein,
that the Lenders are relying on the Borrower’s acknowledgement, confirmation and
agreement with respect to such cash management arrangements in making
accommodations of credit available to the Borrower and in particular that any
accommodations of credit are being provided by the Lenders to the Borrower
strictly on the basis of a borrowing base calculation to fully support and
collateralize any such accommodations of credit hereunder.
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2.18 Letters
of Credit. In order to assist the Borrower in establishing
Letters of Credit with the Issuing Bank, the Borrower has requested the Agent
and the Agent has agreed to execute a Letter of Credit Guarantee subject to the
following terms and conditions:
(a) Within
the limits of the Commitments and the Borrowing Base, and the other limitations
contained in this Agreement, the Agent shall assist the Borrower in obtaining
Letters of Credit, denominated in Canadian Dollars or U.S. Dollars, in an amount
not to exceed the outstanding amount of the Letter of Credit Sub-Line. The
Agent’s assistance for amounts in excess of the limitation set forth herein
shall at all times and in all respects be in the Agent’s sole
discretion. It is understood that the term, form and purpose of each
Letter of Credit and all documentation in connection therewith, and any
amendments, modifications or extensions thereof, must be mutually acceptable to
the Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower.
(b) The Agent
shall have the right, without notice to the Borrower, to charge the Borrower’s
loan account with the amount of any and all indebtedness, liability or
obligation of any kind incurred by the Agent under the Letter of Credit
Guarantees at the earlier of (a) payment by the Agent under the Letter of
Credit Guarantee; or (b) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default, unless the Borrower has provided Cover to the Agent in an amount equal
to the face amount of such Letter of Credit Guarantees. Any amount so
charged to the Borrower’s loan account shall be deemed a Canadian Prime Rate
Loan or a US Base Rate Loan hereunder, depending on the currency of the
Borrower’s payment obligation thereunder, and shall incur interest at the rate
provided in Section 2.5.
(c) The
Borrower unconditionally indemnifies the Agent and holds the Agent harmless from
any and all loss, claim or liability incurred by the Agent arising from any
transactions or occurrences relating to Letters of Credit established or opened
for the Borrower’s account, the collateral relating thereto and any drafts or
acceptances thereunder, and all Obligations thereunder, including any such loss
or claim due to any errors, omissions, negligence, misconduct or action taken by
any Issuing Bank, other than for any such loss, claim or liability arising out
of the gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Agent under the Letter of
Credit Guarantee. This indemnity shall survive termination of this
Agreement. The Borrower agrees that any charges incurred by the Agent for the
Borrower’s account from the Issuing Bank shall be conclusive upon the Agent and
may be charged to the Borrower’s loan account.
(d) The Agent
shall not be responsible for: (a) the existence, character, quality,
quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of the goods purporting to be
represented by any documents; (b) any difference or variation in the
character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of the goods
from that expressed in the documents; (c) the validity, sufficiency or
genuineness of any documents or of any endorsements thereon, even if such
documents should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid,
insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (d) the time, place, manner or order in
which shipment is made; partial or incomplete shipment, or failure or omission
to ship any or all of the goods referred to in the Letters of Credit or
documents; (e) any deviation from instructions; (f) delay, default, or
fraud by the shipper and/or anyone else in connection with the goods or the
shipping thereof; or (g) any breach of contract between the shipper or
vendors and the Borrower.
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(e) Each of
the Credit Parties agrees that any action taken by the Agent, if taken in good
faith, or any action taken by any Issuing Bank, under or in connection with the
Letters of Credit, the Letter of Credit Guarantees, the drafts or acceptances,
or the Collateral, shall be binding on the Credit Parties and shall not result
in any liability whatsoever of the Agent to any Credit Party. In
furtherance thereof, the Agent shall have the full right and authority to:
(a) clear and resolve any questions of non compliance of documents;
(b) give any instructions as to acceptance or rejection of any documents or
goods; (c) execute any and all steamship or airways guarantees (and
applications therefor), indemnities or delivery orders; (d) grant any
extensions of the maturity of, time of payment for, or time of presentation of,
any drafts, acceptances, or documents; and (e) agree to any amendments,
renewals, extensions, modifications, changes or cancellations of any of the
terms or conditions of any of the applications, Letters of Credit, drafts or
acceptances or Letters of Credit Guarantees; all in the Agent’s sole
discretion. The Issuing Bank shall be entitled to comply with and
honor any and all such documents or instruments executed by or received solely
from the Agent, all without any consent from any Credit Party. In
addition, without the Agent’s express consent and endorsement in writing, each
of the Credit Parties agrees: (a) not to (i) execute any applications for
steamship or airway guarantees, indemnities or delivery orders; (ii) grant any
extensions of the maturity of, time of payment for, or time of presentation of,
any drafts, acceptances or documents; or (iii) agree to any amendments,
renewals, extensions, modifications, changes or cancellations of any of the
terms or conditions of any of the applications, Letters of Credit, drafts or
acceptances or Letters of Credit Guarantees; and (b) upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, not to (i) clear and
resolve any questions of non compliance of documents, or (ii) give any
instructions as to acceptances or rejection of any documents or
goods.
(f) Each of
the Credit Parties shall, and shall cause each other Credit Party to:
(a) procure any necessary import, export or other licenses or certificates
for the import or handling of the Collateral; (b) comply with all
Applicable Law in regard to the shipment and importation of the Collateral, or
the financing thereof; and (c) deliver to the Agent any certificates in
that regard that the Agent may at any time request to be
furnished. In connection herewith, the Borrower warrants and
represents that all shipments made under any such Letters of Credit are in
accordance with Applicable Law of the countries in which the shipments originate
and terminate, and are not prohibited by any such Applicable
Law. Each of the Credit Parties assumes all risk, liability and
responsibility for, and agrees to pay and discharge, all present and future
local, provincial, state, federal or foreign Taxes, duties, or levies with
respect to such Collateral. Any embargo, restriction, laws, customs
or regulations of any country, state, city, or other political subdivision,
where the Collateral is or may be located, or wherein payments are to be made,
or wherein drafts may be drawn, negotiated, accepted, or paid, shall be solely
the Borrower’s risk, liability and responsibility.
(g) Upon
any payments made to the Issuing Bank under the Letter of Credit Guarantee, the
Agent shall acquire by subrogation, any rights, remedies, duties or obligations
granted or undertaken by the Borrower to the Issuing Bank in any application for
Letters of Credit, any standing agreement relating to Letters of Credit or
otherwise, all of which shall be deemed to have been granted to the Agent and
apply in all respects to the Agent and shall be in addition to any rights,
remedies, duties or obligations contained herein.
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2.19 Conversion
to DIP Facility. Upon the
occurrence of a Restructuring Event, and provided that such Restructuring Event
shall include the following steps (each of which shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lenders), the Credit shall be converted into a
debtor-in-possession financing arrangement:
(a) a court
of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an initial order under the CCAA (the
“Initial Order”), which
order shall be approved by the Lenders and shall include:
(i)
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provisions
approving this Agreement and all other Loan Documents, together with such
other documents as the Lenders deem necessary or
appropriate;
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(ii)
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provisions
granting to the Lenders, as security for the Obligations, Liens on all
present and future assets of the Credit Parties having the priority as set
out under Section 2.20 (the “DIP Charge”) with such
DIP Charge (together with the existing Liens in favour of the Collateral
Trustee) explicitly having priority over all present and future Liens
other than a Lien for administrative expenses in scope and quantum
acceptable to the Lenders (the “Administrative
Charge”);
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(iii)
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provisions
confirming that, subject to Section 2.19(a)(ii), the priorities of the
Lenders and New Noteholders under the DIP Charge are as set forth under
Section 2.20.
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(iv)
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provisions
confirming that the DIP Charge is in addition to and without prejudice to
the existing Liens in favour of the Collateral Agent and that all
Obligations will be secured by the existing Liens in favour of the
Collateral Agent as well as by the DIP
Charge;
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(v)
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provisions
declaring that the granting of the DIP Charge and all other documents
executed and delivered to the Lenders as contemplated herein, including
all actions taken to perfect, record and register the DIP Charge, do not
constitute conduct meriting an oppression remedy, settlements, fraudulent
preferences, fraudulent conveyances or other challengeable or reviewable
transactions under any applicable
laws;
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(vi)
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provisions
restricting the granting of any additional Liens on the assets of the
Credit Parties other than the Directors’
Charge;
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(vii)
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provisions
appointing FTI Consulting as Monitor, or such other Monitor that is
acceptable to the Lenders;
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(viii)
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provisions
ordering and declaring the Lenders to be treated as unaffected creditors
in any CCAA plan of arrangement and providing that the stay of proceedings
under the Initial Order shall not apply to the Lenders and their rights
under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents (including the existing
Liens in favour of the Collateral Agent);
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(ix)
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provisions
providing the Lenders and their advisors clear and unfettered access to
the books and records of the Credit Parties and such other information as
the Credit Parties deem necessary or appropriate;
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(b) the
execution and delivery by the Credit Parties of any additional legal
documentation deemed necessary or appropriate by the Lenders.
2.20 Priorities. The obligations
of the Credit Parties under this Agreement shall be secured by a first priority
Lien on the CIT Priority Collateral and a second priority Lien on the Noteholder
Priority Collateral. The obligations of the Credit Parties under the
New Notes shall be secured by a first priority Lien on the Noteholder Priority
Collateral and a second priority Lien on the CIT Priority
Collateral. Certain obligations of the Credit Parties to The Bank of
Nova Scotia in respect of cash management services and letters of credit shall
be secured by the BNS Priority Collateral.
ARTICLE
3
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In order
to induce the Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, to make any
Loans hereunder and to issue any Letters of Credit hereunder, each Credit Party
hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and each Lender that each statement
set forth in this Article 3 is true and correct on the date hereof, and
will be true and correct on the date of each Borrowing, on the date each Letter
of Credit is requested hereunder and on the date each Letter of Credit is issued
hereunder:
3.1 Organization;
Powers. The Borrower and
each other Credit Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power
and authority to carry on its business as now and formerly conducted and, except
where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to
do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.
3.2 Authorization;
Enforceability. The Transactions
are within each Credit Party’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate and, if required, shareholder action. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by
the Borrower and each other Credit Party thereto and constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Borrower and each other Credit Party thereto,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganisation, moratorium or other Applicable Law affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
3.3 Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not
require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other
action by, any Governmental Authority, except as disclosed in Schedule 3.3,
(b) will not violate any Applicable Law or the charter, by-laws or other
organizational documents of the Borrower or any other Credit Party or any order
of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default
under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or
any other Credit Party or
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their
respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to
be made by the Borrower or any other Credit Party, and (d) will not result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any
other Credit Party, except for any Lien arising in favour of the Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, under the Loan Documents.
3.4 Financial Condition; No
Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The
Borrower has furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheets and
statements of income, retained earnings and changes in financial position
(i) as of and for the Fiscal Years ended August 31, 2006, August 31, 2007
and August 31, 2008, reported on by its auditors, and (ii) as of and for
the fiscal month and the portion of the
Fiscal Year ended February 28, 2009, certified by a Responsible
Officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position and results of operations and cash
flows of the Borrower as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with
GAAP, subject to year end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the
case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
(b) All
information (including that disclosed in all financial statements) pertaining to
the Borrower and the other Credit Parties (other than projections)
(in this Section 3.4(c), the “Information”) that has been or
will be made available to the Lenders, or the Agent by the Borrower or any
representative of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole,
is or will be, when furnished, complete and correct in all material respects and
does not or will not, when furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under
which such statements are made. The projections that have been or
will be made available to the Lenders, or the Agent by the Borrower or any
representative of the Borrower have been or will be prepared in good faith based
upon reasonable assumptions.
(c) The
Borrower has delivered to the Lenders a weekly cash flow forecast for the period
ending December 31, 2009. Such weekly cash flow forecast has been
prepared in good faith by the Borrower, are based on assumptions which are
believed by the Borrower on the date hereof and on the Effective Date to be
reasonable, are based on the best information available to the Borrower as of
the date of delivery thereof.
3.5 Litigation. Except with
respect to the CCAA Proceedings and litigation that is stayed by the
commencement of the CCAA Proceedings or as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 3.5,
there are no actions, suits, counterclaims or proceedings (including any
Tax-related matter) by any Person or investigation by any Governmental Authority
pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or
affecting the Borrower or any of the other Credit Parties (i) as to which
there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if
adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed
Matters), or (ii) that involve this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or
the Transactions. Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no
change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the
aggregate, has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect.
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3.6 Compliance
with Applicable Laws and Agreements. The Borrower and
each other Credit Party is in compliance with all Applicable Laws applicable to
it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding
upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect and except with respect to the Existing Notes. Neither the
Borrower nor any other Credit Party has violated or failed to obtain any
Authorization necessary to the ownership of any of its property or assets or the
conduct of its business, which violation or failure could reasonably be expected
to have (in the event that such a violation or failure were asserted by any
Person through appropriate action) a Material Adverse Effect.
3.7 Professional
Retainers. The Borrower has
delivered to the Agent a true and complete list of (i) all retainers for
professionals and advisors engaged by the Borrower or any Guarantor as of the
date hereof with respect to the proposed CCAA Proceedings, together with the
fees payable pursuant to such retainers, and (ii) all of the Borrowers’ and
Guarantors’ (and their Subsidiaries’) existing directors’ and officers’
insurance; and there are no directors or employees trusts that have been
established by any Issuer or Guarantor (or any of their
Subsidiaries). Except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Agent,
the Credit Parties have not established a “key employee retention program” in
connection with its current restructuring process.
3.8 Taxes. The Borrower and
each other Credit Party has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns
and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all
Taxes required to have been paid by it (including all instalments with respect
to the current period) and has made adequate provision for Taxes for the current
period, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which the Borrower or such other Credit Party, as
applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves.
3.9 Titles to
Real Property. The Borrower and
each other Credit Party have fee simple title to their respective owned real
properties (or in Quebec, immoveable properties), and with respect to leased
real properties, title to the leasehold estate with respect thereto, pursuant to
valid and enforceable leases, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted
Liens, including the Liens disclosed to the Lenders in Schedule
3.9.
3.10 Titles to
Personal Property. The Borrower and
each other Credit Party have title to their respective owned moveable
properties, and with respect to leased moveable properties, title to the
leasehold estate with respect thereto, pursuant to valid and enforceable leases,
free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens, including the
Liens disclosed in Schedule 3.10.
3.11 Pension
Plans. The Pension Plans
and any benefit plans sponsored, maintained or contributed
by any Credit Party or any Affiliate are, with the exception of a supplemental
retirement plan for eligible employees (such supplemental retirement plan not
being intended to be subject to, and is not subject to, pension
benefits standards legislation), duly registered under the ITA (where
required) and any
other Applicable Laws which require registration, have been administered in
accordance with the ITA and such other Applicable Laws and no event has occurred
which could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such registered status,
except to the extent that any failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. All material obligations of the
Borrower and each other Credit Party (including fiduciary, funding, investment
and administration obligations) required to be performed in
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connection
with the Pension Plans and other benefit plans and the funding agreements
therefor have been performed on a timely basis, except to the extent that any
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. There are no outstanding disputes concerning the assets of
the Pension Plans or any benefit plans. No promises of benefit
improvements under the Pension Plans or any benefit plans have been made except
where such improvement could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. All employer and employee payments, contributions
(including “normal cost”, “special payments” and any other payments in respect
of any funding deficiencies or shortfalls) or premiums required to be withheld,
made, remitted or paid to or in respect of each Pension Plan or benefit plan and
all other amounts that are due to the pension fund of a Pension Plan from a
Credit Party or an Affiliate have been withheld, made, remitted or paid on a
timely basis in accordance with the terms of such plans, any applicable
collective bargaining agreement or employment contract and all Applicable Laws.
Any assessments owed to the Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund established under
the Pension Benefits
Act (Ontario), or other assessments or payments required under similar
legislation in any other jurisdiction, have been paid when due. There
have been no improper withdrawals or applications of the assets of the Pension
Plans or any benefit plans. For any Pension Plan which is a defined
benefit plan (“Defined Benefit
Plan”) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the most recent actuarial
valuations prepared for funding purposes in respect thereof have been made
available to the Agent. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.11, no
events have occurred which could give rise to a partial or full termination of
any Pension Plan which would have a Material Adverse Effect and there is no
non-registered Pension Plan in respect of which an event has occurred that could
require immediate or accelerated funding in respect of unfunded liabilities or
other deficit amounts which would have a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.11, as of the date
hereof, each of the Pension Plans is fully funded on a solvency, going concern
and wind-up basis (using actuarial methods and assumptions which are consistent
with the valuations last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities and
in accordance with Canadian generally accepted actuarial
practice). Subject to the matters disclosed in Schedule 3.11, no
material changes have occurred (other than to the value of plan assets as a
direct result of the return on plan investments due to current economic markets
where such investments were made in accordance with Applicable Laws and the
relevant statement of investment policies and procedures for such plan) in
respect of any Defined Benefit Plan or non-pension post-retirement benefit plan
since the date of the most recently completed actuarial valuations which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the
Borrower, or any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates is subject
to the United States Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
3.12 Disclosure. The Borrower has
disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other
restrictions to which it or any other Credit Party is subject, and all other
matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the
representations or warranties made by any Credit Party in the Loan Documents as
of the date such representations and warranties are made or deemed made, and
none of the statements contained in any exhibit, report, statement or
certificate furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party in connection with the
Loan Documents, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits any
material fact necessary to be stated therein to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading
as of the time when made or delivered.
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3.13 Defaults. Neither the
Borrower nor any other Credit Party is in default nor has any event or
circumstance occurred which, but for the passage of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would constitute a default (in any respect that would have a
Material Adverse Effect) under any loan or credit agreement, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement or other instrument or agreement
evidencing or pertaining to any Indebtedness of or Lien against the Borrower or
any other Credit Party, or under any material agreement or instrument to which
the Borrower or any other Credit Party is a party or by which the Borrower or
any other Credit Party is bound, except with respect to the Existing Notes and
as otherwise disclosed to the Lenders in Schedule 3.13. No Default
has occurred and is continuing.
3.14 Casualties;
Taking of Properties. Since August 31,
2008, neither the business nor the properties of the Borrower or any other
Credit Party have been affected in a manner that has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect as a result of any fire, explosion,
earthquake, flood, drought, windstorm, accident, strike or other labour
disturbance, embargo, requisition or taking of property or cancellation of
contracts, permits or concessions by any domestic or foreign Governmental
Authority, riot, activities of armed forces, or acts of God or of any public
enemy.
3.15 Subsidiaries. As of the
Effective Date, Schedule 3.15 correctly sets forth the (i) names, (ii) form of legal entity,
(iii) Equity
Securities issued and outstanding, (iv) Equity Securities owned
by each Credit Party or a Subsidiary of such Credit Party (and specifying such
owner), and (v) jurisdictions of
organization of all Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries. Except as
described in Schedule 3.15, as of the Effective Date, the Credit Parties
directly or indirectly do not own any Equity Securities or debt security which
is convertible, or exchangeable, for Equity Securities of any other
Person. Unless otherwise indicated in Schedule 3.15, as of the
Effective Date, all of the outstanding Equity Securities of each Credit Party is
directly or indirectly owned of record and beneficially by the Borrower, there
are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase Equity
Securities of any such Credit Party, and all such Equity Securities so owned are
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and were issued
in compliance with all applicable federal, provincial or foreign securities and
other Applicable Laws, and are free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted
Liens. Except in respect of Foxsports World Canada and Canwest
Television Limited Partnership, none of the terms of any Equity Securities in
any partnership or limited liability company that form part of the Collateral
provide that such Equity Securities are a “security” for the purposes of the
STA. Schedule 3.15 also lists those Subsidiaries, the Equity
Securities of which have not been pledged to the Collateral Agent as at the
Effective Date.
3.16 Insurance. All policies of
fire, liability, workers’ compensation, casualty, flood, business interruption
and other forms of insurance owned or held by the Borrower or any other Credit
Party are (a) sufficient for compliance with all requirements of Applicable
Law and of all agreements to which the Borrower or any other Credit Party is a
party, (b) are valid, outstanding and enforceable policies,
(c) provide adequate insurance coverage in at least such amounts and
against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability) as are
usually insured against in the same general area by Persons engaged in the same
or a similar business to the assets and operations of the Borrower and each
other Credit Party, and (d) will not in any way be adversely affected by,
or terminate or lapse by reason of, the Transactions. All such
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policies
are in full force and effect, all premiums with respect thereto have been paid
in accordance with their respective terms, and no notice of cancellation or
termination has been received with respect to any such
policy. Neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party maintains any
formalized self-insurance program with respect to its assets or operations or
material risks with respect thereto. The certificate of insurance
delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 4.1(f) contains an accurate and
complete description of all material policies of insurance owned or held by the
Borrower and each other Credit Party on the Effective
Date.
3.17 Management
Payments. All payments to
management and senior executives of the Credit Parties, including salary and
pension payments, and all bonus payments contractually required to be paid to
any management and senior executives of the Credit Parties are contemplated in
the Weekly Cash Flow Projection most recently provided to the
Agent.
3.18 Material
Contracts. Schedule C sets
out all Material Contracts as of the Effective Date. A true and
complete copy of each Material Contract has been delivered to the Agent as of
the Effective Date. Each of the Material Contracts is in full force
and effect. Except in respect of the Existing Notes as disclosed in
Schedule 3.13, neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party is in default
under or in breach of any term or condition of any Material Contract that would
have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, nor is
the Borrower or any other Credit Party aware of any material default under or
material breach of any term or condition of any Material Contract by any other
party thereto. No contract to which the Borrower or any other Credit
Party is a party contains any material provisions which impose burdensome or
onerous obligations on the Borrower or such other Credit Party which are
inconsistent with prudent commercial activity by the Borrower or such other
Credit Party. Each agreement relating to television programming for
the 2008-2009 season is in full force and effect and such agreement, in
aggregate, provide sufficient programming to cover substantially the programming
requirements for the balance of such season.
3.19
Environmental
Matters. Except as
disclosed to the Lenders in the Disclosed Matters:
(a) Environmental
Laws. Neither any property of the Borrower or any other Credit
Party nor the operations conducted thereon violate any applicable order of any
court or Governmental Authority or any Environmental Laws, which violation could
reasonably be expected to result in remedial obligations having a Material
Adverse Effect, assuming disclosure to the applicable Governmental Authority of
all material relevant facts, conditions and circumstances, if any, pertaining to
the relevant property.
(b) Notices and
Permits. All notices, permits, licenses or similar
authorizations, if any, required to be obtained or filed by the Borrower or any
other Credit Party in connection with the operation or use of any and all
property of the Borrower or any other Credit Party, including but not limited to
past or present treatment, transportation, storage, disposal or Release of
Hazardous Materials into the environment, have been duly obtained or filed,
except to the extent
the failure to obtain or file such notices, permits, licenses or similar
authorizations could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, or which could not reasonably be expected to result in remedial
obligations having a Material Adverse Effect, assuming disclosure to the
applicable Governmental Authority of all material relevant facts, conditions and
circumstances, if any, pertaining to the relevant property.
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(c) Hazardous Substances
Carriers. All Hazardous Materials generated at any and all
property of the Borrower or any other Credit Party have been treated,
transported, stored and disposed of only in accordance with all Environmental
Laws applicable to them, except to the extent the failure to have such Hazardous
Materials transported, treated or disposed by such carriers could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and only at treatment, storage
and disposal facilities maintaining valid permits under applicable Environmental
Laws, which carriers and facilities have been and are operating in compliance
with such permits, except to the extent the failure to have such Hazardous
Materials treated, transported, stored or disposed at such facilities, or the
failure of such carriers or facilities to so operate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which could not reasonably be
expected to result in remedial obligations having a Material Adverse Effect,
assuming disclosure to the applicable Governmental Authority of all material
relevant facts, conditions and circumstances, if any, pertaining to the relevant
property.
(d) Hazardous Materials
Disposal. The Borrower and the other Credit Parties have taken
all reasonable steps necessary to determine and have determined that no
Hazardous Materials have been disposed of or otherwise released and there has
been no threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials on or to any property of
the Borrower or any other Credit Party other than in compliance with
Environmental Laws, except to the extent the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which could not
reasonably be expected to result in remedial obligations having a Material
Adverse Effect, assuming disclosure to the applicable Governmental Authority of
all material relevant facts, conditions and circumstances, if any, pertaining to
the relevant property.
(e) No Contingent
Liability. The Borrower and the other Credit Parties have no
material contingent liability in connection with any Release or threatened
Release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment other than such
contingent liabilities at any one time and from time to time which could
reasonably be expected to exceed $250,000 and for which adequate reserves for
the payment thereof as required by GAAP have been provided, or which could
reasonably be expected to result in remedial obligations having a Material
Adverse Effect, assuming disclosure to the applicable Governmental Authority of
all relevant facts, conditions and circumstances, if any, pertaining to such
Release or threatened Release.
3.20 Employee
Matters. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.20, as of the Effective Date, none of the Borrower or any of
the other Credit Parties, nor any of their respective employees, is subject to
any collective bargaining agreement. There are no strikes, slowdowns,
work stoppages or controversies pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any other Credit Party, or their
respective employees, which could reasonably be expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Except
as set forth in Schedule 3.20 or as otherwise disclosed to the Agent in writing,
as of the Effective Date, none of the Borrower nor any other Credit Party is
subject to an employment contract providing for special payments on termination
of employment (it being agreed by the Borrower that any such payments which are
projected to be made will be included in the Weekly Cash Flow Forecast before
they are made). Each of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties has
withheld from each payment to each of their respective officers, directors and
employees the amount of all Taxes, including income tax, Canada pension plan,
employment insurance and
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other
payments and deductions required to be withheld therefrom, and has paid the same
to the proper taxation or other receiving authority in accordance with
Applicable Law. None of the Borrower nor any other Credit Party is
subject to any claim by or liability to any of their respective officers,
directors or employees for salary (including vacation pay) or benefits which
would rank in whole or in part pari passu with or prior to
the Liens created by the Security Documents, other than Permitted Liens to the
extent reserved for as Priority Payables of any Credit Party.
3.21
Fiscal
Year. The Fiscal Year
of each Credit Party ends on August 31 of each calendar
year.
3.22 Intellectual
Property Rights. The Borrower and
each Credit Party is the licensee of or registered and beneficial owner of, with
good and marketable title, free of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, to all
patents, patent applications, trade marks, trade xxxx applications, trade names,
service marks, copyrights, industrial designs, integrated circuit topographies,
or other rights with respect to the foregoing and other similar property, used
in or necessary for the present and planned future conduct of its business,
without any conflict with the rights of any other Person, other than as listed
on Schedule 3.22, or other than for such conflicts as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All material patents,
trade marks, trade names, service marks, copyrights, industrial designs,
integrated circuit topographies, and other similar rights owned or licensed by
the Borrower or any other Credit Party, and all rights of the Borrower and each
other Credit Party to the use of any patents, trade marks, trade names, service
marks, copyrights, industrial designs, integrated circuit topographies, or other
similar rights, are described in Schedule 3.22 (collectively, the “Intellectual Property
Rights”). Except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, no material
claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person with respect to the use by
the Borrower or any other Credit Party of any intellectual property or
challenging or questioning the validity, enforceability or effectiveness of any
intellectual property necessary for the conduct of the business of the Borrower
or any other Credit Party. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.22 or
except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(i) the Borrower
and each other Credit Party has the exclusive right to use the intellectual
property which the Borrower (or each other Credit Party) owns, (ii) all applications and
registrations for such owned intellectual property are current, and (iii) to the knowledge of the
Borrower and the other Credit Parties, the conduct of the Borrower’s and each
other Credit Party’s business does not infringe the intellectual property rights
of any other Person.
3.23 Residency
of Borrower for Tax Purposes. The Borrower is a
resident of Canada for tax purposes.
3.24 Restricted
Payments. No Restricted
Payment has been declared, paid, or made upon or in respect of Equity Securities
of any Credit Party except as expressly permitted hereby.
3.25 Debt. None of the
Credit Parties has any Indebtedness except (a) the Obligations,
(b) the Indebtedness set forth in the most recent financial statements
delivered to the Agent, or the notes thereto, (c) Tax obligations
(including deferred Taxes), trade payables and other contractual obligations
arising in the ordinary course of business as carried on by the Credit Parties
since the date of such financial statements, and (d) Indebtedness created
in accordance with Section 6.1.
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3.26 Workers’
Compensation. None of the
Credit Parties has any unpaid workers’ compensation or like obligations except
as are being incurred, and paid on a current basis in the ordinary course of
business, and there are no proceedings, claims, actions, orders or
investigations of any Governmental Authority relating to workers’ compensation
outstanding, pending or, to their knowledge, threatened relating to them or any
of their employees or former employees which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.27 Bank
Accounts; Securities Accounts; Futures Accounts. Schedule 3.27
contains a complete and accurate list of all bank accounts maintained by the
Credit Parties with any bank or other financial institution as of the Effective
Date. No Credit Party maintains any Securities Accounts or Futures
Accounts.
3.28 Real
Property and Leases. Schedule 3.28
hereto is a correct and complete list of all real property owned by each Credit
Party, all leases and subleases of real property by any Credit Party, as lessee
or sublessee, and all leases and subleases of real property by any Credit Party,
as lessor or sublessor. Each of such leases and subleases is valid
and enforceable in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect,
and no material default by any party to any such lease or sublease exists, in
each case except to the extent any failure to be in full force and effect and/or
the existence of any breaches could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
3.29 Further Real Property
Matters.
(a) Except as
advised in writing to the Agent, no investigation or proceeding of any
Governmental Authority is pending in respect of real property owned by any of
the Credit Parties. No material part of any such real property has
been condemned, taken or expropriated by any Governmental Authority, federal,
state, provincial, municipal or any other competent authority.
(b) Except as
advised in writing to the Agent, all present uses in respect of any real
property of the Credit Parties may lawfully be continued and all permitted uses
are satisfactory for the Credit Parties’ current and intended purposes, in each
case except to the extent any non-compliance with laws and/or the existence of
an unsatisfactory use could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No
Eligible Equipment is located at any leased real property of the Credit Parties
except as indicated in Schedule 3.28.
3.30 Priorities;
Jurisdictions of Credit Parties; List of Security Documents; Broadcast
Permits. The Obligations
shall be secured by Liens having the priorities set forth in Section
2.20. Schedule 3.30 sets out (i) the various jurisdictions in which
the Borrower and each other Credit Party carries on business or has tangible
assets having an aggregate value in excess of Cdn.$100,000, (ii) as of the
Effective Date, all agreements, documents or instruments that have been executed
and delivered by any Credit Party or any other Person to the Collateral Agent as
security for the payment or performance of, among other things, the Obligations,
and (iii) a correct and complete list of all licenses, permits and privileges
issued or granted by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission pursuant to the Broadcasting Act
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(Canada)
to, or otherwise held by, a Credit Party (collectively, the “Broadcast
Permits”). None of the Broadcast Permits have been issued or
granted to, or otherwise held by, any Credit Party that is domiciled in, or was
formed or created under, the laws of the Province of Quebec.
ARTICLE
4
CONDITIONS
4.1 Effective
Date. The obligations
of the Lenders to make any Loan or provide a Letter of Credit Guarantee shall
not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.2):
(a) Credit
Agreement. The Agent (or its counsel), each Lender, and the
Issuing Bank shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a
counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of each party hereto, or
(ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Agent (which may include
facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each
such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) Legal
Opinions. The Agent shall have received a favourable written
opinion of counsel to the Borrower and the Credit Parties, substantially in the
form of Exhibit D, and covering such other matters relating to the Borrower, the
Credit Parties, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or the Transactions as
the Lenders shall reasonably request (together with copies of all factual
certificates and legal opinions delivered to such counsel in connection with
such opinion upon which counsel has relied). The Agent shall also
have received favourable written opinions of such special and local counsel
within and outside Canada as may be required by the Agent (together with copies
of all factual certificates and legal opinions delivered to such counsel in
connection with such opinion upon which such counsel has relied). The
Borrower hereby requests each such counsel to deliver such opinions and
supporting materials. All opinions and certificates referred to in
this Section 4.1(b) shall be addressed to the Agent and the Lenders and dated
the Effective Date.
(c) Corporate
Certificates. The Agent shall have received:
(i)
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certified
copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower and
any other Credit Party which is a party to any Loan Document, dated as of
the Effective Date, and approving, as appropriate, the Loans, this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and all other documents, if any,
to which the Borrower or such other Credit Party is a party and evidencing
corporate or
similar authorization with respect to such
documents;
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(ii)
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a
certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower,
and any other Credit Party which is a party to any Loan Document, dated as
of the Effective Date, and certifying (A) the name, title and true
signature of each officer of such Person authorized to execute this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party,
(B) the name, title and true signature of each officer of such Person
authorized to provide the certifications required pursuant to this
Agreement, including certifications required pursuant to Section 5.1 and
Borrowing Requests, and (C) that attached thereto is a true and
complete copy of the articles of incorporation or comparable constating
documents and bylaws of the Borrower, and any other Credit Party which is
a party to any Loan Document, as amended to date, and a recent certificate
of status, certificate of compliance, good standing certificate or
analogous certificate; and
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a
certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or Senior Financial Officer of
each of Canwest Finance Inc./Financiere Canwest Inc. and Canwest Global
Broadcasting Inc./Radiodiffusion Canwest Global Inc. stating the amount
equal to the book value or the realization value of the assets of each
such Guarantor, whichever is greater, less the sum of its liabilities and
its issued and paid-up share capital account and whether such Guarantor is
able to discharge its liabilities when due, the whole in accordance with
the guarantee agreement to be executed by such Guarantor in accordance
with section Section 4.1 (j)(i)
hereof.
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(d) Closing Conditions
Certificate. The Agent shall have received a certificate,
dated the Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower,
confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 4.3(a) and
(b).
(e) Fees. The
Agent and the Lenders shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced,
reimbursement or payment of all legal fees and other Out-of-Pocket Expenses
required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other
Loan Document, and all fees payable under the Commitment Letter.
(f) Insurance. The
Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance coverage, naming the
Collateral Agent as loss payee dated not more than 30 days prior to the
Effective Date, evidencing that the Borrower and the Credit
Parties are carrying insurance in accordance with Section 5.9
hereof.
(g) Inventory Control Systems;
Appraisal; Field Audit; Opening Availability. The Agent shall have
reviewed and be satisfied with the Collateral, the inventory control systems,
the books and records and the reporting capability of the Credit
Parties. In addition, the Agent shall have received the results of an
updated field audit, and the Borrowing Base on the Effective Date shall be
sufficient in value, as determined by Agent, to provide Borrower with Excess
Availability, after giving effect to the extensions of credit to be made
hereunder on the Effective Date (on a pro forma basis, with trade payables being
paid currently, and expenses and liabilities being paid in the ordinary
course of business and without acceleration of sales or deterioration of working
capital) of at least $45,000,000.
(h) No Cessation of Financing
Market. There shall have not been occurred and be continuing
on the Effective Date any general banking moratorium or any practical cessation
in the bank or private debt financing markets, and there shall not have been
introduced any material governmental restrictions imposed on lending
institutions, which materially affect the type of lending transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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(i) Execution and Delivery of
Documentation. The Borrower and any other Credit Party which
is a party to any Loan Document shall have duly authorized, executed and
delivered all documents, including Loan Documents, required hereunder, all in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and all of the Security Documents
shall have been registered in all offices in which, in the opinion of the Agent
or its counsel, registration is necessary or of advantage to preserve the
priority of the Liens intended to be created thereby, and duplicate copies of
such Security Documents bearing or accompanied by appropriate endorsements or
certificates of registration shall have been delivered to the
Agent. The Agent shall have received and be satisfied with the
results of all personal property, bankruptcy, execution and other searches
conducted by the Agent and its counsel with respect to the Borrower and any
other Credit Party in all jurisdictions selected by the Agent and its
counsel. The Agent shall have received and be satisfied with all
estoppel letters, acknowledgements, waivers, subordinations, postponements,
discharges, priority agreements and inter-creditor and non-disturbance
agreements as the Agent may reasonably require to ensure its first priority,
subject to Permitted Liens, over and unfettered access to, the Collateral or, at
the reasonable discretion of the Agent, have implemented Availability Reserves
in connection therewith.
(j) Security
Documents. The Agent shall have received:
(i)
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a
guarantee executed by each Guarantor listed in Schedule 4.1(j) in favour
of the Agent, as agent for the Lenders, dated as of the Effective Date and
substantially in the form of Exhibit
C;
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(ii)
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the
Authorization and Direction;
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(iii)
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the
Credit Confirmation and Amending Agreement;
and
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(iv)
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copies
of each of the agreements, documents or instruments described in Schedule
3.30;
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provided that if any
of the foregoing documents are not suitable for use in any jurisdiction, the
applicable Credit Party shall provide to the Agent such alternative document(s)
which, are requested by the Agent with substantially equivalent substantive
effect and which are suitable for use in such jurisdiction. The
Obligations shall be secured by Liens having the priorities set forth in Section
2.20.
(k) Regulatory Approval;
Consents; Waivers. The Agent and the Lenders shall be
satisfied, acting reasonably, that all material Authorizations required in
connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained and are
in full force and effect (including all approvals listed in Schedule 3.3), and
that all consents and waivers required to consummate the Transactions have been
obtained, to the extent that consummation of the Transactions would otherwise be
restricted or prohibited under the terms of any Material Contract to which the
Borrower or any other Credit Party is a party, or by which it is bound, in each
case without the imposition of any burdensome provisions.
(l) Delivery of Financial
Statements. The Agent and the Lenders shall have received and
be satisfied with the financial statements described in Section 3.4(a) and
unaudited
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consolidated
balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of February 28,
2009, together with consolidating balance sheets for the Borrower and Guarantors
for the six months ended February 28, 2009.
(m) Indebtedness. The
Transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
not have caused any event or condition to occur which has resulted, or which
will result, in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled
maturity or that permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of
time, or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee
or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become
due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof,
prior to its scheduled maturity, or which will result in the creation of any
Liens under any Indebtedness.
(n) Blocked Account/Cash
Management Systems. The Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory
to the Agent that, as of the Effective Date, blocked account and cash management
systems complying with Section 2.17 have been established and are currently
being maintained in the manner set forth in such Section 2.17, and the Agent
shall have received copies of duly executed tri-party blocked account and other
control agreements satisfactory to the Agent with the banks and other Persons as
required by Section 5.15.
(o) New
Notes. The Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of
the Note Purchase Agreement; the New Notes shall have been issued by the issuers
under the Note Purchase Agreement and purchased by the New Noteholders for the
equivalent amount in US Dollars of Cdn.$105,000,000; and the Borrower
shall have used the net proceeds of such note issuance and purchase, together
with the proceeds of Loans made hereunder, to repay in full all amounts owing
under the BNS Credit Agreement; and the BNS Credit Agreement shall have been
terminated.
(p) Judgments/Litigation. The
Agent shall be satisfied that there are no judgments outstanding, and no legal
or administrative proceedings (including in any court arbitrator or any
Governmental Authority) pending or threatened except as expressly permitted
hereunder which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse
Effect.
(q) Post-Closing Matters
Agreement. The Agent shall have received a fully executed copy
of a post-closing matters agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit H.
(r) Other
Documentation. The Agent and the Lenders shall have received
such other documents and instruments as are customary for transactions of this
type or as they may reasonably request.
The
obligations of the Lenders to make Loans or provide a Letter of Credit Guarantee
hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is
satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.2) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., Toronto
time, on May 22, 2009 (and, in the event such conditions are not so
satisfied or waived by such time, the Commitments shall terminate at such
time). The conditions set forth in Section 4.1 are for the exclusive
benefit of the Lenders, and may be waived by the Lender in accordance with
Section 9.2 at any time and from time to time, with or without further
conditions.
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4.2 Restructuring
Event Date Conditions. The obligation of
the Lenders to increase the Commitments to Cdn.$100,000,000 on the Restructuring
Event Date, and the obligation of the Lenders to make any Loan or provide a
Letter of Credit Guarantee on and after the Restructuring Event Date, shall not
become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.2):
(a) if the
Restructuring Event Date has occurred, the granting and issuance of the Initial
Order satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and the Initial Order
being in full force and effect, unamended and unstayed, except to the extent
approved in writing by the Agent;
(b) if the
Restructuring Event Date has occurred, the issuance of the Chapter 15 Orders,
satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent, and such orders being in full
force and effect, unamended and unstayed except to the extent approved in
writing by the Agent;
(c) receipt
by the Agent, for and on behalf of the Lenders, of (i) a Weekly Cash Flow
Projection for the Credit Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Agent, and (ii) a Borrowing Base certificate confirming that, on the
Restructuring Event Date, Excess Availability shall be not less than an amount
to be determined by the Agent; and
(d) the
Borrower shall have formalized the duties and responsibilities to be performed
by the special committee of the board of directors of the Borrower
and by a Chief Restructuring Officer or restructuring advisor on terms
acceptable to the Agent.
4.3 Each
Credit Event. The obligation of
the Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) to make any Loan or provide a Letter of
Credit Guarantee on the occasion of any Borrowing, (including on the occasions
of the initial Borrowings hereunder), is subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions:
(a) the
representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement shall
be true and correct on and as of the date of each such Borrowing (including the
date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable) as if made on such date (except where such representation or
warranty refers to a different date);
(b) at the
time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing (including the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(c) following
the Restructuring Event Date, the Initial Order shall remain in full force and
effect, the Initial Order shall not have been amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified except to the extent approved in writing by the Agent; all claims of
all creditors of the Credit Parties shall have been and shall remain stayed, the
exercise by all creditors of the Credit Parties of creditor rights and remedies
shall have been and shall remain stayed; the Lenders and the Agent shall
continue to be “unaffected creditors” in the CCAA Proceedings; and all creditors
of the Credit Parties shall remain prohibited from interfering with property or
contract rights of the Credit Parties; except in each case to the extent agreed
in writing by the Agent;
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(d) the Agent
shall have received a Borrowing Request in the manner and within the time period
required by Section 2.3; and
(e) except as
may be otherwise agreed to from time to time by the Agent and the Borrower in
writing, after giving effect to the extension of credit requested to be made by
the Borrower on such date, the aggregate Exposure will not exceed the lesser of
(i) the Commitments, or (ii) an amount equal to the Borrowing
Base.
Each
Borrowing, including each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter
of Credit, shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower on the date thereof as to the accuracy of the matters specified in
paragraphs (a) and (b) above. This requirement does not apply on the
conversion or rollover of an existing Borrowing provided that the
aggregate outstanding Borrowings will not be increased as a consequence
thereof.
ARTICLE
5
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
From (and
including) the Effective Date until the Commitments have expired or been
terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable
hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit and Letter of
Credit Guarantees shall have expired and been terminated and all Reimbursement
Obligations have been satisfied by the Borrower, the Borrower and each other
Credit Party covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
5.1 Financial
Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will
furnish to the Agent:
(a) on the
fourth Business Day of each week, a Weekly Cash Flow Projection;
(b) on the
fourth Business Day of each week, a weekly rolling 13-week Excess Availability
projection, certified by a Responsible Officer and, after the Restructuring
Event Date, the Monitor;
(c) on the
fourth Business Day of each week, a weekly and cumulative cash flow comparison,
with explanations as to variances therein from projected to actual results (by
more than 5%), certified by a Responsible Officer and, after the Restructuring
Event Date, the Monitor;
(d) on the
fourth Business Day of each week, a weekly statement of the payment of Priority
Payables (including confirmation as to when such Priority Payables are due and
payable), certified by a Responsible Officer and, after the Restructuring Event
Date, the Monitor;
(e) on the
fourth Business Day of each week, a weekly statement of the payment of such
other amounts as provided for in the Weekly Cash Flow Projections, certified by
a Responsible Officer and, after the Restructuring Event Date, the
Monitor;
(f) as soon
as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year
of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements
of income, retained earnings and changes in financial position as of the end of
and for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all
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reported
on by PriceWaterhouseCoopers or other independent auditors of recognized
national standing (without any qualification or exception as to the scope of
such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(g) as soon
as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal
Quarter, its unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet (for the
Borrower and Guarantors) and related statements of income, retained earnings and
changes in financial position as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the then
elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year which includes such Fiscal Quarter, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period
or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the
previous Fiscal Year, all certified by a Responsible Officer as presenting
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Credit Parties on a consolidated and consolidating basis (for
the Borrower and Guarantors) in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments;
(h) concurrently
with the financial statements required pursuant to Sections 5.1(f) and (g)
above, a certificate of the Borrower, signed by a Responsible Officer in the
form of Exhibit K;
(i) copies of
each management letter issued to the Borrower by its auditors promptly following
consideration or review thereof by the Board of Directors of the Borrower, or
any committee thereof (together with any response thereto prepared by the
Borrower);
(j) promptly
after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other
reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any other
Credit Party with any securities commission, stock exchange or similar entity,
and all materials distributed out of the ordinary course by the Borrower to its
shareholders and which relate to matters in which any Lender or the Agent, in
such capacities, can reasonably be expected to have an interest;
(k) as soon
as available to the Borrower, copy of any report issued by the Monitor in
connection with the CCAA Proceedings, and copies of all motions, pleadings,
applications, judicial information, financial information and any other Court
filings made pursuant to the CCAA Proceedings;
(l) promptly
upon the request of the Agent, and in any event no less frequently than the
10th
Business Day of each calendar month, (together with a copy of all or any part of
the following reports requested by any Lender in writing after the Effective
Date), a Borrowing Base Report, signed by a Responsible Officer and, after the
Restructuring Event Date, certified by the Monitor, as of the last day of the
immediately preceding calendar month, accompanied by such supporting detail and
documentation as shall be requested by the Agent it is reasonable discretion
including:
(i)
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an
accounts receivable aging (including both summary and detail format)
showing Accounts outstanding, aged from invoice date as
follows: 1 to 30
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days
past due, 31 to 60 days past due, 61 to 90 days past due, and 91 days or
more past due, accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as
shall be requested by the Agent in its reasonable discretion, including
the ledger for disputed/legal
accounts;
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(ii)
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a
calculation of the Accounts which would not meet the criteria of an
Eligible Account Receivable;
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(iii)
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a
copy of the internally generated month end cash receipts and collections
journal;
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(iv)
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Borrower
prepared reconciliation of the cash receipts journal to the blocked
depository account;
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(v)
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an
aged listing of the ten largest customer accounts for the
month;
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(vi)
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detailed
monthly accounts payable aging; and
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(vii)
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an
aged listing of the ten largest accounts payable for the
month.
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(m) weekly,
on the second Business Day of each week for the prior week (in the case of items
(i) – (v) below):
(i)
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a
weekly Borrowing Base Report that reflects the Accounts as at the last
business day of the previous week;
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(ii)
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a
copy of the internally generated weekly sales journal and invoice
register;
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(iii)
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a
copy of the internally generated weekly credit memo journal (or sales
journal if included there);
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(iv)
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a
copy of the internally generated weekly debit memo journal (or the sales
journal if included there); and
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(v)
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a
copy of the internally generated weekly cash receipts and collections
journal.
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(n) monthly
within 30 days of the last day of each calendar month:
(i)
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a
copy of the internally generated general ledger report as at the month
end;
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(ii)
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a
reconciliation of Accounts aging to the general ledger and to the
financial statement as at the month
end;
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(iii)
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copies
of all material correspondence, actuarial valuation reports and other
filings with any pension regulators or the applicable Governmental
Entity
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to
which such correspondence, reports and filings must be sent (including any
filings furnished to the trustee under any Pension Plan and any valuation
reports prepared by the Borrower’s actuary and confirming that all
contributions to be made in respect of the Pension Plans have been made
when due);
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(iv)
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copies
of the most recently available investment or fund statements showing the
value of the assets held in connection with each Pension
Plan.
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(o) such
other reports designating, identifying and describing the Accounts, Eligible
Real Property or Eligible Equipment as required by the Agent and on a more
frequent basis as the Agent may reasonably request in its reasonable credit
discretion;
(p) the
results of each physical verification, if any, that the Borrower may have made,
or caused any other Person to have made on its behalf, of all or any portion of
its Eligible Real Property or Eligible Equipment, within 10 Business Days of
completion of any such physical verification (and, if a Default or an Event of
Default has occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall, upon the request of
the Agent, conduct, and deliver the results of, such physical verifications as
the Agent may require);
(q) such
appraisals of the assets of the Borrower and the Credit Parties as the Agent may
request at any time, such appraisals to be conducted at the expense of the
Borrower by an appraiser that is acceptable to the Agent, and shall be in scope,
form and substance acceptable to the Agent;
(r) promptly
after the Borrower learns of the receipt or occurrence of any of the following,
a certificate of the Borrower, signed by a Responsible Officer, specifying
(i) any official
notice of any violation, possible violation, non-compliance or possible
non-compliance, or claim made by any Governmental Authority pertaining to all or
any part of the properties of the Borrower or any other Credit Party which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any event which
constitutes a Default or Event of Default, together with a detailed statement
specifying the nature thereof and the steps being taken to cure such Default or
Event of Default, (iii) the receipt of any
notice from, or the taking of any other action by, the holder of any promissory
note, debenture or other evidence of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other
Credit Party in an amount in excess of Cdn.$100,000 with respect to an actual or
alleged default, together with a detailed statement specifying the notice given
or other action taken by such holder and the nature of the claimed default and
what action the Borrower or the relevant Credit Party is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto, except where any action or result referred to in any
such notice is stayed pursuant to the CCAA Orders, (iv) any default or
non-compliance of any party to any of the Loan Documents with any of the terms
and conditions thereof or any notice of termination or other proceedings or
actions which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect any of the Loan
Documents, (v) the
creation, dissolution, merger or acquisition of any Subsidiary of the Borrower,
(vi) any event or
condition not previously disclosed to the Agent, which violates any
Environmental Law and which could potentially, in the Borrower’s reasonable
judgment, have a Material Adverse Effect, (vii) except for any default
arising in connection with the CCAA Proceedings, any material amendment to,
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termination
of, or material default under a Material Contract or any execution of, or
material amendment to, termination of, or material default under, any material
collective bargaining agreement, and any other event, development or condition
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and which
is not subject to the Stay of Proceedings;
(s) promptly
after the occurrence thereof, notice of the institution of or any material
adverse development in any action, suit or proceeding or any governmental
investigation or any arbitration before any court or arbitrator or any
Governmental Authority or official against the Borrower or any other Credit
Party or any of its or their Subsidiaries or any material property of any
thereof which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(t) promptly
after the filing thereof with any Governmental Authority, copies of each annual
and other report (including applicable schedules and actuarial reports) with
respect to each Pension Plan of the Borrower or any other Credit Party or
any trust created thereunder, unless such requirement is waived by the
Agent;
(u) at the
cost of the Borrower, a report or reports of an independent collateral field
examiner (which collateral field examiner may be the Agent or an Affiliate
thereof) approved (i) by the Borrower, whose approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, and (ii) by the Agent with respect to the Eligible
Accounts components included in the Borrowing Base. The Agent may
(and, at the direction of the Required Lenders, shall) request such reports or
additional reports as it (or the Required Lenders) shall reasonably deem
necessary;
(v) upon
request by the Agent, a summary of the insurance coverages of the Borrower and
any other Credit Party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent, and upon renewal of any insurance policy, a copy of an insurance
certificate summarizing the terms of such policy, and upon request by the Agent,
copies of the applicable policies;
(w) a copy of
any plan of arrangement to be filed with the Court pursuant to the CCAA
Proceedings, before such plan of arrangement is proposed to the creditors of the
Borrower or filed with the Court;
(x) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.1 (f) or (g) above, a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (i) stating whether
any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of
the audited financial statements referred to in Section 5.1(f) and, if any such
change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial
statements accompanying such certificate, (ii) identifying all its
Subsidiaries existing on the date of such certificate and indicating, for each
such Subsidiary, and whether such Subsidiary is a Guarantor and whether such
Subsidiary was formed or acquired since the end of the previous calendar month
(or alternatively, that there have been no changes in such information since the
previous calendar month);
(y) the
Borrower shall notify the Agent promptly of any material changes in the
purchase, process to purchase or broadcasting of television programming by any
Credit Party;
(z) the
Borrower shall deliver to the Agent (i) within 30 days of delivery to the
trustee or custodian of each applicable Pension Plan, a copy of the notification
or remittance (or similar) prepared and delivered in respect of each Pension
Plan pursuant to and in accordance
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with section 9.1(1) of the Pension Benefits Standards Act,
1985 (Canada) or section 56.1 of the Pension Benefits Act
(Ontario) or similar pension benefits standards legislation and, (ii) within 30
days of the end of each calendar month, a certificate of the Borrower, signed by
a Responsible Officer, confirming the amount remitted or contributed in the
previous month to each Pension Plan identified in the documentation referred to
in (i); and
(aa) annually,
within 45 days of the last day of each calendar year, an updated copy of
Schedule 3.11 and copies of the most recent CICA 3461 (or similar) valuations
prepared in connection with any Pension Plan or any non-pension post-retirement
benefit plan of Borrower or any Subsidiary.
5.2 Existence;
Conduct of Business. Each Credit Party
will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in
full force and effect its legal existence (subject only to Section 6.3), and
obtain, preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect any and all rights,
licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its
business.
5.3 Payment
of Obligations.
Each Credit Party will pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities,
that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same
shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount
thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such
other Credit Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect
thereto in accordance with GAAP, and (c) the failure to make
payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.4 Maintenance
of Properties. Each Credit Party
will keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in
good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
5.5 Books and
Records; Inspection Rights. Each Credit Party
will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct
entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business
and activities. Each Credit Party will permit any
representatives designated by the Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable
prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts
from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition
with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and
as often as reasonably requested.
5.6 Compliance
with Applicable Laws and Material Contracts. Each Credit Party
will comply with all Applicable Laws and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property and with all of its material contractual
obligations, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. No Credit Party shall modify, amend or alter its certificate
or articles of incorporation.
5.7 [Intentionally
Deleted.]
5.8 Further
Assurances. Each Credit Party
will cure promptly any defects in the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents, including this Agreement. Upon request, each Credit Party
will, at its expense, as promptly as practical, execute and deliver to the
Agent, all such other and
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further documents, agreements and instruments in compliance with
or performance of the covenants and agreements of the Borrower or any other
Credit Party in any of the Loan Documents, including this Agreement, or to
further evidence and more fully describe the Collateral, or to correct any
omissions in any of the Loan Documents, or more fully to state the security
obligations set out herein or in any of the Loan Documents, or to perfect,
protect or preserve any Liens created pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, or
to make any recordings, to file any notices, or obtain any consents, all as may
be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, in the judgment of the
Agent.
5.9 Insurance. Each Credit Party
shall maintain insurance on its property and assets under such policies of
insurance, with such insurance companies, in such reasonable amounts and
covering such insurable risks as are at all times reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent. All such policies are subject to the rights of any holders of
Permitted Liens holding claims senior to the Agent, to be made payable to the
Collateral Agent, to the extent required herein, in case of loss, under a
standard non contributory “mortgagee”, “lender” or “secured party” clause and
are to contain such other provisions as the Agent or the Collateral Agent may
require to fully protect the Collateral Agent’s interest in the property and
assets subject to the Liens in favour of the Collateral Agent and to any
payments to be made under such policies. All original policies or
true copies thereof are to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, with
the loss payable endorsement in the Collateral Agent’s favour, and shall provide
for not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Collateral Agent
of the exercise of any right of cancellation. Upon the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default which is not waived in writing by the Agent,
the Collateral Agent shall, subject to the rights of any holders of Permitted
Liens holding claims senior to the Agent, have the sole right, in the name of
the Collateral Agent, the Borrower or any other applicable Credit Party, to file
claims under any insurance policies, to receive, receipt and give acquittance
for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all
endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents
that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any
claims under any such insurance policies. Amounts received by the
Collateral Agent on account of insurance proceeds shall be dealt with in
accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement. The Agent may apply
insurance proceeds received by the Agent to the Obligations in such manner as it
may deem advisable in its sole discretion. In the event the Borrower
fails to provide the Agent with timely evidence, acceptable to the Agent, of the
maintenance of insurance coverage required pursuant to this Section 5.9, or in
the event that any Credit Party fails to maintain such insurance, the Agent may
purchase or otherwise arrange for such insurance, but at the Borrower’s expense
and without any responsibility on the Agent’s part for: (i) obtaining the
insurance; (ii) the solvency of the insurance companies; (iii) the
adequacy of the coverage; or (iv) the collection of claims. The
insurance acquired by the Agent may, but need not, protect the Borrower’s or any
other Credit Party’s interest in the Collateral, and therefore such insurance
may not pay claims which the Borrower may have with respect to the Collateral or
pay any claim which may be made against the Borrower in connection with the
Collateral. In the event the Agent purchases, obtains or acquires insurance
covering all or any portion of the Collateral, the Borrower shall be responsible
for all of the applicable costs of such insurance, including premiums, interest
(at the applicable interest rate for Revolving Loans set forth in Section 2.5),
fees and any other charges with respect thereto, until the effective date of the
cancellation or the expiration of such insurance. The Agent may
charge all of such premiums, fees, costs, interest and other charges to
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the
Borrower’s loan account. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the
costs of the premiums of any insurance acquired by the Agent may exceed the
costs of insurance which the Borrower may be able to purchase on its
own. In the event that the Agent purchases such insurance, the Agent
will promptly, and in any event within fifteen (15) days, notify the Borrower of
said purchase.
5.10 Operation
and Maintenance of Property. Each Credit Party
will, subject to the CCAA Orders, manage and operate its business or cause its
business to be managed and operated (i) in accordance with
prudent industry practice in all material respects and in compliance in all
material respects with the terms and provisions of all applicable licenses,
leases, contracts and agreements, (ii) in compliance with the
Weekly Cash Flow Projections, and (iii) in compliance with the
CCAA Orders and all Applicable Laws of the jurisdiction in which such businesses
are carried on, and all Applicable Laws of every other Governmental Authority
from time to time constituted to regulate the ownership, management and
operation of such businesses, except where a failure to so manage and operate
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.11 Additional
Subsidiaries; Additional Liens. If, at any time
on or after the Effective Date, the Borrower or any other Credit Party creates
or acquires an additional Subsidiary or in some other fashion becomes the holder
of any Equity Securities of a new Subsidiary:
(a) the
Borrower and the other Credit Parties will, as applicable, as soon as
practicable execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a securities pledge
agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, granting a Lien in
favour of the Collateral Agent over 100% of the Equity Securities of such new
Subsidiary owned by the Borrower or such other Credit Party; and
(b) to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower and the other Credit Parties
will cause such new Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent as
soon as practicable (i) a guarantee, and
(ii) mortgages,
security agreements, hypothecs and other security-related documents covering
such new Subsidiary’s property, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent, acting reasonably; and
(c) except if
expressly permitted by the Agent, each Credit Party shall ensure that none of
the terms of such Equity Securities in a partnership or limited liability
company shall provide that such Equity Securities are a “security” for the
purposes of the STA.
In
connection with the execution and delivery of any guarantee, security agreement,
intellectual property security agreements, hypothecs or related document
pursuant to this Section, the Borrower and each other Credit Party will cause to
be delivered to the Agent such corporate resolutions, certificates, legal
opinions and such other related documents and registrations as shall be
reasonably requested by the Agent and consistent with the relevant forms and
types thereof delivered on or prior to the Effective Date or as shall be
otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Agent. Each guarantee, pledge agreement,
mortgage, security agreement, intellectual property security agreements,
hypothecs and other documents delivered pursuant to this Section shall be deemed
to be a Security Document from and after the date of execution
thereof.
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5.12 Post
Closing Undertakings. Borrower will
ensure that all post closing undertakings as set forth in Schedule 5.12
(collectively, the “Undertakings”) have been
satisfied within the time periods set forth therein and any failure to satisfy
any of the Undertakings within the applicable time periods shall constitute an
Event of Default.
5.13 Environmental
Laws. Each of the
Borrower and the other Credit Parties will conduct its business in compliance in
all material respects with all Environmental Laws applicable to it or them,
including those relating to the Credit Parties’ generation, handling, use,
storage and disposal of Hazardous Materials. Each of the Borrower and
the other Credit Parties will take prompt and appropriate action to respond to
any non-compliance or alleged non-compliance with Environmental Laws, and the
Borrower shall regularly report to the Agent on such
response. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, whenever
any Credit Party gives notice to the Agent pursuant to Section 5.1(r)(vi) and
the Agent so requests, the Credit Parties shall, at the applicable Credit
Party’s expense:
(a) cause an
independent environmental engineer acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable
discretion to conduct such tests of the site where the non-compliance or alleged
non-compliance with Environmental Laws has occurred, and prepare and deliver to
the Agent a report setting forth the results of such tests, a proposed plan for
responding to any environmental problems described therein, and an estimate of
the costs thereof;
(b) provide
to the Agent a supplemental report of such engineer whenever the scope of the
environmental problem, or the Credit Party’s, and any other Person’s response
thereto or the estimated costs thereof, shall change. Such reports
shall also be addressed to the Agent and the Lenders and shall, as requested by
the Agent, set out the results of such engineers’ review of, among other
things:
(i)
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the
internal policies and procedures of the Credit Parties relating to
environmental regulatory compliance to ensure that all appropriate steps
are being taken by or on behalf of the Credit Parties to comply in all
material respects with all applicable requirements of Environmental
Laws;
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(ii)
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the
progress of compliance satisfaction, capital expenditures required to
effect remedial steps and compliance
deficiencies;
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(iii)
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all
other environmental audit reports which the Credit Parties or any
predecessor has commissioned in the normal conduct of its business which
relate to the subject matter of such notice;
and
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all
environmental reports which have been commissioned by or made available to
a Credit Party in connection with new acquisitions, and the engineers’
report and recommendations on results of tests performed or samples taken
by it during the course of its review, irregularities or steps which may
be taken to ensure continued compliance, as well as such other matters as
the Borrower and/or the Agent may reasonably request from time to
time.
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5.14 Chief
Restructuring Officer. The Borrower
shall ensure that its Chief Restructuring Officer or restructuring advisor meets
regularly, and in any event no less frequently than every two weeks, with the
Agent to provide the Agent with updates as to progress towards achieving the
Milestones as described in Schedule 7.1(d) and to provide information or
commentary on such other matters as the Agent may request.
ARTICLE
6
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
From (and
including) the Effective Date until the Commitments have expired or been
terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable
hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit and Letter of
Credit Guarantees shall have expired and been terminated and all Reimbursement
Obligations have been satisfied by the Borrower, the Borrower and each other
Credit Party covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
6.1 Indebtedness. No Credit Party
will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness,
except:
(a) any
Indebtedness created hereunder;
(b) any
Indebtedness under the New Notes up to a principal amount not exceeding
$105,000,000 (plus interest, fees, indemnities and other amounts payable in
accordance with the terms of the New Notes as of the date hereof) and any other
Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.1
(including, any extensions or renewals of any such Indebtedness but excluding
any replacements of any such Indebtedness);
(c) any
Indebtedness under the Existing Notes;
(d) any
Indebtedness of one Credit Party to another Credit Party;
(e) any
Guarantee by a Credit Party of Indebtedness of any other Credit
Party;
(f) any
Indebtedness of the Credit Parties incurred under Purchase Money Liens or to
Capital Lease Obligations in an aggregate amount not exceeding Cdn.$500,000 for
all Credit Parties;
(g) any
Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Credit Party after the date hereof,
provided that
(i) such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Credit Party
and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person
becoming a Credit Party, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness permitted by this clause (g) shall not exceed Cdn.$500,000 at any
time outstanding;
(h) any
Indebtedness of the Credit Parties to The Bank of Nova Scotia in respect of cash
management services or letters of credit and which is secured by the BNS
Priority Collateral; and
(i) any
Indebtedness in respect of trade letters of credit or Letters of
Credit;
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(j) any
Indebtedness in respect of Swap Agreements entered into in compliance with
Section 6.5, provided that the
aggregate notional amounts under all such Swap Agreements shall not exceed
$10,000,000.
6.2 Liens. No Credit Party
will, and no Credit Party will permit any Credit Party to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Credit Party or assign or sell any income or revenues (including
Accounts of the Credit Parties) or rights in respect of any thereof, except
Permitted Liens, and after the Restructuring Event Date, the DIP Charge, the
Administrative Charge and the Directors’ Charge. For greater
certainty, the Agent and the Lenders are entering into this Agreement on the
express understanding that no Credit Party will enter into, or permit any other
Credit Party to enter into, any other credit arrangement (whether before or
after the Restructuring Event Date) which is secured in priority to or pari
passu with the Obligations.
6.3 Fundamental Changes; Asset
Sales.
(a) No Credit
Party will enter into any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization or
recapitalization, sale or transaction resulting in the change ownership or
control of the any Credit Party, other than (i) the proposed sale of the Turkish
Assets for net proceeds to the Borrower of not less than $13,000,000, and (ii) a
sale of the all or any part of Ten Network Shares.
(b) No Credit
Party will engage to any material extent in any material business other than
businesses of the type conducted by the Credit Party on the date of execution of
this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.
6.4 Investments,
Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. Each Credit Party
will not purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any amalgamation with
any Person that was not a Credit Party prior to such amalgamation) any Equity
Securities, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option,
warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to
exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit
to exist any Investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase
or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets
of any other Person or otherwise make an Acquisition, except Investments by a
Credit Party in the Equity Securities of any other Credit Party; loans or
advances made by one Credit Party to any other Credit Party; Guarantees
constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1, and loans or advances made
by Credit Parties to Persons who are not Credit Parties in an aggregate amount
not exceeding $500,000 at any time.
6.5 Swap
Transactions. No Credit Party
will enter into any Swap Transaction or engage in any transactions in respect
thereof, except (i) Swap Transactions entered into by the Borrower to hedge
or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any other Credit Party has actual
exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Securities), and (ii) Swap
Transactions entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange
interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another
floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or
investment of the Borrower or any other Credit Party.
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6.6 Restricted
Payments. No Credit Party
will declare, pay or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any
Restricted Payment, except that provided that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing (a) the Borrower may declare
and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Securities payable solely in
additional Equity Securities, and (b) any Credit Party may
make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any other Credit
Party. No Credit Party will make or agree to make any principal or
interest payment on account of the Existing Notes unless, immediately after
giving effect to such payment, Excess Availability is equal to or greater than
Cdn.$120,000,000. After the Restructuring Event Date, no Credit Party
will declare, pay or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any
payment of any obligation which is stayed by the CCAA Orders.
6.7 Use of
Proceeds . The proceeds of
the Loans will not be used for any purpose other than for working capital for
the Credit Parties, for expenses of the Borrower arising in the CCAA Proceedings
as may be approved by the Court and as contemplated by the Weekly Cash Flow
Projections, and for other obligations of the Borrower the payment of which are
not stayed by the CCAA Orders.
6.8 Transactions
with Affiliates. No Credit Party
will sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase,
lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in
any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the
ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less
favourable to the Credit Party than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis
from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Credit
Parties not involving any other Affiliate, and (c) any Restricted Payment
permitted by Section 6.6. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply
to: (i) the payment of reasonable and customary fees to directors of the
Credit Party, (ii) any other transaction with any employee, officer or
director of a Credit Party pursuant to employee profit sharing and/or benefit
plans and compensation and non-competition arrangements in amounts customary for
corporations similarly situated to the Credit Party and entered into in the
ordinary course of business and approved by the board of directors of the Credit
Party, or (iii) any reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket costs
incurred by an Affiliate of the Credit Party on behalf of or for the account of
the Credit Party.
6.9 Repayment
of Debt. No Credit Party
will repay, prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise make any payment on
account of any Indebtedness for borrowed money except for (a) payment on
account of Indebtedness owing to the Agent or the Lenders under this Agreement,
(b) any payment on account of the New Notes in accordance with the Credit
Confirmation and Amendment Agreement, and (c) payment on account of
Indebtedness for borrowed money permitted by Section 6.1, the repayment of which
is not restricted by Section 6.6.
6.10 Restrictive
Agreements. Except for the
CCAA Proceedings, no Credit Party will directly or indirectly, enter into, incur
or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts
or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Credit
Party to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or
assets, (b) the ability of a Credit Party to pay dividends or other
distributions with respect to any Equity Securities or with respect to, or
measured by, its profits or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower
or any other Credit Party or to provide a Guarantee of any Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any
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other
Credit Party, (c) the ability of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to
make any loan or advance to the Borrower or any of the other Credit Parties, or
(d) the ability of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to sell, lease or
transfer any of its property to the Borrower or any other Credit Party; provided that
(i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by
Applicable Law or by this Agreement or the Note Purchase Agreement,
(ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and condition existing
on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.9 (but shall apply to any extension
or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such
restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary
restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a
Subsidiary of the Borrower pending such sale, provided such
restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement
relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such
restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such
Indebtedness, and (v) clauses (a) and (d) of the foregoing shall not apply
to customary provisions in leases and other ordinary course contracts
restricting the assignment thereof.
6.11 Capital
Lease Obligations. No Credit Party
will create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Capital Lease Obligations,
whether directly or as a guarantor, if, after giving effect thereto, the
aggregate amount of all payments (for both principal and interest) required to
be made by the Credit Parties on a consolidated basis pursuant to such Capital
Lease Obligations would exceed Cdn.$1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year.
6.12 Sales and
Leasebacks. No Credit Party
will enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby
the Credit Party shall sell or transfer any property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, and whereby the Credit Party shall then or thereafter rent
or lease as lessee such property or any part thereof or other property which the
Credit Party intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as
the property sold or transferred.
6.13 Pension
Plan Compliance. No Credit Party
will (a) establish a Pension Plan, terminate any Pension Plan in a manner,
or take any other action with respect to any Pension Plan, which could
reasonably be expected to result in any material liability of any Credit Party,
(b) fail to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the
provisions of any Pension Plan, agreement relating thereto, or
Applicable Law, the Credit Party is required to pay as contributions thereto,
except where the failure to make such payments could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Priority Payable,
(c) contribute to or assume an obligation to contribute to any
“multi-employer pension plan” as such term is defined in the Pension Benefits Act
(Ontario) or any Pension Plan not disclosed to the Agent on the Effective
Date, (d) acquire an interest in any Person if such Person sponsors,
maintains or contributes to, or at any time in the six-year period preceding
such acquisition has sponsored, maintained, or contributed to any Pension Plan,
(e) acquire the assets or business of any Person if the former employees of such
Person are required to be, or will be, enrolled in any existing or newly
established Pension Plan of any Credit Party, (f) permit, or allow any Affiliate
to permit, to exist a solvency or wind-up funding deficiency with respect to any
Pension Plan in an amount which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material
Adverse Effect.
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6.14 Sale or
Discount of Receivables. No Credit Party
will discount or sell (with or without recourse) any of its
Accounts.
6.15 Unconditional
Purchase Obligations. No Credit Party
will enter into or be a party to, any material contract for the purchase of
materials, supplies or other property or services, if such contract requires
that payment be made by it regardless of whether or not delivery of such
materials, supplies or other property or services is ever made, provided that
this Section 6.14 shall not restrict the ability of any Credit Party to enter
into any such contract in the ordinary course of its business to the extent that
the materials, supplies or other property or services which are the subject
matter of such contract are reasonably expected to be used by the applicable
Credit Party in the ordinary course of its business.
6.16 Capital
Expenditures. No Credit Party
will make Capital Expenditures in a Fiscal Year for the Credit Parties on a
consolidated basis in excess of 120% of the budgeted Capital Expenditures for
Fiscal Year, as set forth in the most recent capital expenditure budget
delivered to and approved by the Agent and, after the Restructuring Event Date,
the Monitor.
6.17 No
Amendments to Material Contracts. No Credit Party
will amend, modify or terminate (or waive any provision of or provide any
consent under), any Material Contract in a manner which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.18 Plan of
Arrangement. The Credit
Parties will not (and will not apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for
authority to), file any plan or arrangement in the CCAA Proceedings that does
not provide for the repayment in full in cash on the effective date thereof of
all outstanding Obligations.
6.19 Employee
Compensation. No Credit Party
shall materially increase compensation or severance entitlements or other
benefits payable to directors, officers or employees (including by way of a “key
employee retention plan”), or pay any bonuses whatsoever, other than as required
by Applicable Law or pursuant to the terms of existing benefit plans or
employment contracts.
6.20 Professional
Retainers. Except as
previously disclosed in writing to the Agent, no Credit Party shall (i) enter
into or make any payments on account of new retainers of professionals
or advisors (other than any advisor to the special committee of the board of
directors of the Parent and excluding ordinary course professional fees and
legal fees that are not success based or lump sum payments), (ii) establish or
fund any directors or employees trust or (iii) purchase or fund any additional
directors’ and officers’ insurance, in each case unless otherwise approved by
the Agent and, after the Restructuring Event date, the
Monitor.
6.21Maximum
Borrowings. The Credit
Parties shall ensure that, as of any date, the aggregate borrowings then
outstanding under the New Notes and Exposure under this Agreement will not
exceed by more than 5% the then-applicable forecast borrowing requirements of
the Credit Parties for such date as set forth in the Weekly Cash Flow
Projection.
6.22 Maximum
Disbursements. The Credit
Parties shall ensure that, (i) as of any date, each of the actual total receipts
and capital expenditures of the Credit Parties for the previous 4-week period
will not exceed by more than 10% the comparable item for the Credit Parties for
such
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period as
set forth in the Weekly Cash Flow Projection, as such item may be updated, and
(ii) as of any date, each of the net operating cash flow and total net cash flow
of the Credit Parties for the previous 4-week period will not exceed the greater
of 10% or $1,500,000 in excess of the comparable item for the Credit Parties for
such period as set forth in the Weekly Cash Flow Projection, as such item may be
updated.
6.23 Securities
Accounts and Futures Accounts. No Credit Party
shall own or maintain a Securities Account or a Futures Account.
6.24 Aggregate
Receipts. The Credit
Parties shall ensure that, as of any date, the aggregate receipts of the Credit
Parties for the previous 4 week period will not have been more than 10%
less than the forecast receipts for the Credit Parties for such
period as set forth in the initial cash flow forecast for the Credit Parties,
tested every Tuesday for the previous week ended Sunday.
6.25 Note
Maturity Date. The Borrower
shall not extend the “Maturity Date” under the Note Purchase
Agreement.
ARTICLE
7
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
7.1 Events of
Default. It shall
constitute an event of default (“Event of Default”) if any one
or more of the following shall occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any Reimbursement
Obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for
prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other
amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) above) payable under this
Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable;
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit
Party in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or
modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate,
financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection
with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver
thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed to be
made;
(d) any
Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in Section 5.1(n)(ii) (notices of Defaults or Events of
Default), 5.2 (with respect to the Credit Party’s existence), 5.7, 5.9 or 5.13
or in Article 6 (or in any comparable provision of any other Loan Document), or
any of the milestones (as described in Schedule 7.1(d)) have not been satisfied
by the date upon which they are required to have been satisfied as set forth in
Schedule 7.1(d);
(e) any
Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or
agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clauses
(a), (b) or (d)
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above) or
any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of 10 days after notice thereof from the Agent to the Borrower (which notice
will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) the
Initial Order shall have been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
without the prior written consent of the Agent, or the Borrower shall have
failed to comply in any material respect with any provision of any of the CCAA
Orders, or the Stay of Proceedings shall have expired;
(g) any
Credit Party shall fail to make any payment whether of principal or interest,
and regardless of amount, in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as
the same shall become due and payable, and the rights and remedies of the
creditor or creditors thereunder are not stayed by the Stay of Proceedings; provided that, prior
to the Restructuring Event Date, there shall be deemed to be no Event of Default
under this Section 7.1(g) in respect of the Existing Notes unless the maturity
date of the Existing Notes has been accelerated;
(h) any
event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due
prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the
giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any
Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause
any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment,
repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity,
and the rights and remedies of the creditor or creditors thereunder are not
stayed by the Stay of Proceedings; provided that, prior
to the Restructuring Event Date, there shall be deemed to be no Event of Default
under this Section 7.1(h) in respect of the Existing Notes unless the maturity
date of the Existing Notes has been accelerated;
(i) a
trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager or
official with similar powers shall be appointed with respect to any Credit Party
or its assets; or an application shall be filed by any Credit Party for the
approval of any other superpriority claim (other than the DIP Charge and the
Administrative Charge) in the CCAA Proceedings which is pari passu with or
senior to the claims of the Agent and the Lenders against any Credit Party
hereunder; or there shall arise or be granted any such pari passu or senior
superpriority claim without the consent of the Agent in its exclusive
discretion; or a motion shall be filed by any Credit Party in the CCAA
Proceedings for the approval of any other superpriority charge other than the
DIP Charge and Administrative Charge, or there shall arise any such pari passu
or senior charge without the consent of the Agent in its exclusive
discretion;
(j) the
US Bankruptcy Court shall enter an order or orders granting relief from the
automatic stay applicable under Section 362 of the US Bankruptcy Code or the
stay in the Initial Order, as applicable, to the holder or holders of any
security interest to permit foreclosure or enforcement of any kind (or the
granting of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or the like) on any assets of any of
the Credit Parties;
(k) an
order of the US Bankruptcy Court or the Court shall be entered reversing,
amending, supplementing, staying for a period in excess of ten (10) days,
vacating or otherwise modifying any of the Orders without the prior written
consent of the Agent;
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(l) at
any time on or after the Restructuring Event Date, the Credit Parties shall make
any payment (whether by way of adequate protection or otherwise) of principal or
interest or otherwise on account of any pre-petition Indebtedness or payables,
other than payments authorized by the Bankruptcy Court and approved by the
Agent, under (i) materialmen’s, shippers, warehousemen’s and other similar liens
and certain other pre-petition claims in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$250,000, (ii) the payment of current interest, letter of credit fees and other
fees and reimbursable costs and expenses (and the payment of all interest and
fees that are accrued and unpaid as of the Restructuring Event Date) under this
Agreement and the New Notes, (iii) payments in respect of prepetition claims of
taxing authorities in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000; (iv) the
payment of pre-petition claims to certain critical vendors in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $250,000.
(m) at
any time on or after the Restructuring Event Date, the occurrence of any of the
following in the CCAA Proceedings:
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bringing or filing of a motion by any Credit Party, or the granting, entry
or issuance of an order or ruling (which has not been withdrawn, dismissed
or reversed): (A) to obtain additional financing which is not otherwise
permitted pursuant to this Agreement (unless such financing is proposed to
refinance and pay in full the Obligations due under this Agreement with
the termination of all of the Commitments); (B) to grant any Lien other
than Permitted Liens upon or affecting any Collateral without the prior
written consent of Agent and Required Lenders; (C) which is materially
adverse to Agent and Lenders or their rights and remedies hereunder or
their interest in the Collateral;
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the
filing of any plan of arrangement or information circular in connection
therewith, or any direct or indirect amendment to such plan or information
circular, by any of the Credit Parties to which Agent and the Required
Lenders do not consent or otherwise agree to the treatment of their
claims;
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the
granting, entry or issuance of an order amending, supplementing, staying,
vacating or otherwise modifying the Loan Documents or any of the CCAA
Orders without the written consent of the Required Lenders or the bringing
or filing of a motion for leave to appeal, or the appeal, of any of the
CCAA Orders;
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the
sale or other disposition, without the Required Lenders’ consent, of all
or substantially all of the assets of any Credit Party through a sale
approved by the Court, through a sanctioned plan of arrangement in the
CCAA Proceedings, or otherwise that does not provide for payment in full
in cash of the Obligations and termination of the
Commitments;
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the
failure of any Credit Party to perform any of its material obligations
under or in the CCAA Proceedings, which adversely affects the interests of
the Lenders, as reasonably determined by the
Agent;
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(n) one
or more judgments for the payment of money in a cumulative amount in excess of
Cdn.$250,000 (or its then equivalent in any other currency) in the aggregate is
rendered against the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any combination thereof
and the enforcement of such judgment is not stayed by the CCAA Proceedings and
the Borrower or the other Credit Party has not (i) provided for its
discharge in accordance with its terms within 30 days from the date of entry
thereof, or (ii) procured a stay of execution thereof within 30 days from
the date of entry thereof and within such period, or such longer period during
which execution of such judgment has not been stayed, appealed such judgment and
caused the execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal, provided that if
enforcement and/or realization proceedings are lawfully commenced in respect
thereof in the interim, such grace period will cease to apply;
(o) any
property of any Credit Party having a fair market value in excess of
Cdn.$100,000 (or its then equivalent in any other currency) in the aggregate is
seized (including by way of execution, attachment, garnishment, levy or
distraint); or any Lien thereon securing Indebtedness in excess of Cdn.$100,000
(or its then equivalent in any other currency) is enforced, or such property has
become subject to any charging order or equitable execution of a Governmental
Authority; or any writ of execution or distress warrant or other document issued
by a court of competent jurisdiction in respect of the seizure of any property
exists in respect of the Borrower, any other Credit Party or the property of any
of them; or any sheriff or other Person becomes lawfully entitled by operation
of law or otherwise to seize or distrain upon such property, and in any such
case, such action is not stayed by the CCAA Proceedings;
(p) one
or more final judgments, not involving the payment of money and not otherwise
specified in this Section 7.1(p), has been rendered against any Credit Party,
the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, and the enforcement of such judgment is not stayed by the CCAA
Proceedings;
(q) this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any material obligation or other provision
hereof or thereof at any time for any reason terminates or ceases to be in full
force and effect and a legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of any
Credit Party, is declared to be void or voidable or is repudiated, or the
validity, binding effect, legality or enforceability hereof or thereof is at any
time contested by any Credit Party, or any Credit Party denies that it has any
or any further liability or obligation hereunder or thereunder or any action or
proceeding is commenced to enjoin or restrain the performance or observance by
any Credit Party of any material terms hereof or thereof or to question the
validity or enforceability hereof or thereof, or at any time it is unlawful or
impossible for any Credit Party to perform any of its material obligations
hereunder or thereunder;
(r) any
Lien purported to be created by any Security Document shall cease to be, or
shall be asserted by any Credit Party not to be, a valid, perfected, first
priority (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or such
Security Document) Lien in Collateral with a fair market value or book value
(whichever is greater) in excess, individually or in the aggregate, of
$100,000;
(s) a
Material Adverse Change shall occur;
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(t) a
Change in Control shall occur;
(u) if
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries violates any Environmental Law which
results in an Action Request, Violation Notice or other notice or control order
or cancellation of any license or certificate or approval, that results in any
material disruption of any Credit Party’s business or that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) any
event , circumstances or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a
Pension Plan or post-retirement non-pension benefit plan that could, in the
Lenders’ good faith judgment, subject any Credit Party to any tax, penalty or
other liabilities under Applicable Laws which could reasonably be expected to
give rise to a Material Adverse Effect;
then, and
in every such event, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such
event or any other such event, the Agent may, and at the request of the Required
Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following
actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the
Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately,
(ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or
in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may
thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of
the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder,
shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind except as set forth earlier in this paragraph, all
of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, (iii) apply any amounts outstanding
to the credit of the Borrower to repayment of all amounts outstanding under this
Agreement, and (iv) declare any or all of the Security Documents to be
immediately enforceable.
7.2 Remedies.
(a) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent may, in its
discretion, and shall, at the direction of the Required Lenders, do one or more
of the following at any time or times and in any order, without notice to or
demand on the Borrower: (i) reduce the Commitments, or the advance rates against
Eligible Accounts used in computing the Borrowing Base, or reduce one or more of
the other elements used in computing the Borrowing Base; (ii) restrict the
amount of or refuse to make Revolving Loans; (iii) restrict or refuse to provide
Letters of Credit or Letters of Credit Guarantee; (iv) terminate the Commitments
and this Agreement; (v) declare any or all Obligations to be immediately due and
payable; and (vi) pursue its other rights and remedies under the Loan Documents
and Applicable Law and equity, including directing the Collateral Agent to
enforce the Liens in respect of the CIT Priority Collateral.
(b) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and without limiting any
rights or remedies arising under the Security Documents, (i) the Agent or the
Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall have for the benefit of the Lenders, in
addition to all other rights of the Agent and the Lenders, the rights and
remedies of a secured party under Applicable Law (including, as applicable, the
PPSA, Civil Code of Quebec and the UCC) in the jurisdiction where the Collateral
is located and all rights and remedies provided for in the Loan Documents; (ii)
the Agent may, at any time, take possession of the Collateral and keep it on the
Borrower’s or any
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Guarantor’s
Premises, at no cost to the Agent or any Lender, or remove any part of it to
such other place or places as the Agent may desire, or the Borrower or any
Guarantor shall, upon the Agent’s demand, at the Borrower’s cost, assemble the
Collateral and make it available to the Agent at a place convenient to the
Agent; and (iii) the Agent may sell and deliver any Collateral at public or
private sales, for cash, upon credit or otherwise, at such prices and upon such
terms as the Agent deems advisable, in its sole discretion, and may postpone or
adjourn any sale of the Collateral by an announcement at the time and place of
sale or of such postponed or adjourned sale without giving a new notice of
sale. Without in any way requiring notice to be given in the
following manner, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors agree that any notice
by the Agent of sale, disposition or other intended action hereunder or in
connection herewith, whether required by the PPSA, Civil Code of Quebec and the
UCC or otherwise, shall constitute reasonable notice to the Borrower and
Guarantors if such notice is mailed by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, or is delivered personally against receipt,
at least fifteen (15) days prior to such action to the Borrower’s address
specified in or pursuant to Section 9.1. If any Collateral is sold on
terms other than payment in full at the time of sale, no credit shall be given
against the Obligations until the Agent or the Lenders receive payment, and if
the buyer defaults in payment, the Agent may resell the Collateral without
further notice to the Borrower or any Guarantor. If the Agent seeks
to take possession of all or any portion of the Collateral by judicial process,
the Borrower and each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives: (A) the
posting of any bond, surety or security with respect thereto which might
otherwise be required; (B) any demand for possession prior to the commencement
of any suit or action to recover the Collateral; and (C) any requirement that
the Agent retain possession and not dispose of any Collateral until after trial
or final judgment. The Borrower and each of the Guarantors agree that
the Agent and Lenders have no obligation to preserve rights to the Collateral or
marshal any Collateral for the benefit of any Person. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Agent is hereby granted a license or other
right to use, without charge, all of the Borrower’s and each Guarantor’s
Property, whether or not constituting Collateral, including its real estate,
Equipment and Intellectual Property Rights (including labels, patents,
copyrights, name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, and advertising
matter, or any similar property), in completing production of, advertising or
selling any Collateral, and the Borrower’s and Guarantors’ rights under all
licenses and all franchise agreements shall inure to the Agent’s benefit for
such purpose. The proceeds of sale shall be applied first to all
expenses of sale, including legal fees, and then to the
Obligations. The Agent will return any excess to the Borrower and
Guarantors and the Borrower shall remain liable for any deficiency.
(c) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the maximum extent
permitted by law, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors hereby waive all
rights to notice and hearing prior to the exercise by the Agent of the Agent’s
rights to repossess the Collateral without judicial process or to reply, attach
or levy upon the Collateral without notice or hearing.
ARTICLE
8
THE
AGENT
8.1 Appointment
of Agent. Each Lender
hereby designates CIT Business Credit Canada Inc. as Agent to act as herein
specified and as specified in the other Loan Documents. Each Lender
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent to take such action on its behalf under
the
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provisions
of the Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties
thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agent by the
terms thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder by or
through its agents or employees.
8.2 Limitation
of Duties of Agent. The Agent shall
have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth with respect
to the Agent in this Agreement and as specified in the other Loan
Documents. Neither the Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be
liable for any action taken or omitted by it hereunder or in connection
herewith, unless caused by its or their gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and
administrative in nature; the Agent shall not have, by reason of this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any
Lender. Nothing in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon
the Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement except as expressly set
forth herein. The Agent shall be under no duty to take any
discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents unless it is requested in writing to do so by the
Required Lenders.
8.3 Lack of Reliance on the
Agent.
(a) Independent
Investigation. Independently, and without reliance upon the
Agent, each Lender, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall
continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial
condition and affairs of the Borrower or any other Credit Party in connection
with the taking or not taking of any action in connection herewith, and
(ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrower or any other
Credit Party, and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially
or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the
consummation of the Transactions or at any time or times
thereafter.
(b) Agent Not
Responsible. The Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender
for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein
or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection
herewith or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity,
enforceability, collectability, priority or sufficiency of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents or the financial condition of the Borrower and any of the
other Credit Parties or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the
performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or the financial condition of the
Borrower and any of the other Credit Parties, or the existence or possible
existence of any Default or Event of Default.
8.4 Certain
Rights of the Agent. If the Agent
shall request instructions from the Lenders or the Required Lenders (as the case
may be) with respect to any act or action (including the failure to act) in
connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Agent shall be
entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until the
Agent shall have received written instructions from the Lenders or the Required
Lenders, as applicable, and the Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by
reason of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender
shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of
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the Agent
acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders, or, to
the extent required by Section 9.2, all of the Lenders.
8.5 Reliance
by Agent. The Agent shall
be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note,
writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or
facsimile message, electronic mail, cablegram, radiogram, order or other
documentary teletransmission or telephone message believed by it to be genuine
and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper
Person. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel
for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by
it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or
experts.
8.6 Indemnification
of Agent. To the extent the
Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Borrower, each Lender will
reimburse and indemnify the Agent, in proportion to its aggregate Applicable
Percentage, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including
reasonable counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Agent in performing its duties hereunder, in any way relating to or arising out
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that no
Lender shall be liable to the Agent for any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence (it being
acknowledged that ordinary negligence does not necessarily constitute gross
negligence) or willful misconduct.
8.7 The Agent
in its Individual Capacity. With respect to
its obligations under this Agreement and the Loans made by it, CIT Business
Credit Canada Inc., in its capacity as a Lender hereunder, shall have the same
rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not performing the duties, if any, specified herein; and the
terms “Lenders”, “Required Lenders”, and any
similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include CIT
Business Credit Canada Inc., in its capacity as a Lender
hereunder. The Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and
generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other
business with the Borrower or any affiliate of the Borrower as if it were not
performing the duties, if any, specified herein, and may accept fees and other
consideration from the Borrower for services in connection with this Agreement
and otherwise without having to account for the same to the
Lenders.
8.8 May Treat
Lender as Owner. The Borrower and
the Agent may deem and treat each Lender as the owner of the Loans recorded on
the Register maintained pursuant to Section 9.4(c) for all purposes hereof until
a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed
with the Agent. Any request, authority or consent of any Person who
at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the
owner of a Loan shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent owner,
transferee or assignee of such Loan.
8.9 Successor
Agent.
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(a) Agent
Resignation. The Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the
Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have
the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the Borrower, to appoint a
successor Agent, subject to the approval of the Borrower, such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld. If no successor Agent shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment,
within 30 days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then,
upon five Business Days’ notice to the Borrower, the retiring Agent may, on
behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent (subject to approval of the
Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), which shall be a
financial institution organized under the laws of Canada having a combined
capital and surplus of at least Cdn.$100,000,000 or having a parent company with
combined capital and surplus of at least Cdn.$100,000,000.
(b) Rights, Powers,
etc. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder
by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent,
and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under
this Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal
hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article 8 shall inure to its benefit
as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under
this Agreement.
8.10 No Independent Legal Action
by Lenders.
No Lender
may take any independent legal action to enforce any obligation of the Borrower
hereunder. Each Lender hereby acknowledges that, to the extent
permitted by Applicable Law, the Security Documents and the remedies provided
thereunder to the Lenders are for the benefit of the Lenders collectively and
acting together and not severally, and further acknowledges that each Lender’s
rights hereunder and under the Security Documents are to be exercised
collectively, not severally, by the Agent upon the decision of the Required
Lenders. Accordingly, notwithstanding any of the provisions contained
herein or in the Security Documents, each of the Lenders hereby covenants and
agrees that it shall not be entitled to take any action hereunder or thereunder,
including any declaration of default hereunder or thereunder, but that any such
action shall be taken only by the Agent with the prior written agreement of the
Required Lenders, provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, in the absence of instructions from the Lenders
(or the Required Lenders) and where in the sole opinion of the Agent the
exigencies of the situation so warrant such action, the Agent may without notice
to or consent of the Lenders (or the Required Lenders) take such action on
behalf of the Lenders as it deems appropriate or desirable in the interests of
the Lenders. Each Lender hereby further covenants and agrees that
upon any such written consent being given by the Required Lenders, it shall
co-operate fully with the Agent to the extent requested by the Agent, and each
Lender further covenants and agrees that all proceeds from the realization of or
under the Security Documents, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, are
held for the benefit of all of the Lenders and shall be shared among the Lenders
rateably in accordance with this Agreement, and each Lender acknowledges that
all costs of any such realization (including all amounts for which the Agent is
required to be indemnified under the provisions hereof) shall be shared among
the Lenders rateably in accordance with this Agreement. Each Lender
covenants and agrees to do all acts
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and
things and to make, execute and deliver all agreements and other instruments, so
as to fully carry out the intent and purpose of this Section and each Lender
hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not seek, take, accept or receive any
security for any of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents, or any other document, instrument, writing or
agreement ancillary hereto or thereto, other than such security as is provided
hereunder or thereunder, and that it shall not enter into any agreement with any
of the parties hereto or thereto relating in any manner whatsoever to the
Credit(s), unless all of the Lenders shall at the same time obtain the benefit
of any such security or agreement, as the case may be.
8.11 Notice of
Default. The Agent shall
not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default, unless the Agent shall have received written 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”. The Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any
such notice. Subject to Section 8.4, the Agent shall take such action
with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the
Required Lenders in accordance with this Agreement in pursuing any rights or
remedies under the Loan Documents or at law or in equity; provided, however,
that unless and until the Agent has received any such request, the 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.
8.12 Agency
for Perfection. Each Lender
hereby appoints each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting the
Lenders’ security interest in assets which can be perfected only by
possession. Should any Lender (other than the Agent) obtain
possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Agent thereof,
and, promptly upon the Agent’s request therefor, shall deliver such Collateral
to the Agent or in accordance with the Agent’s instructions.
8.13 Payments
by Agent to Lenders. All payments to
be made by the Agent to the Lenders shall be made by bank wire transfer or
internal transfer of immediately available funds to each Lender pursuant to wire
transfer instructions delivered in writing to the Agent on or prior to the
Closing Date (or if such Lender is an Assignee, on the applicable Assignment and
Transfer), or pursuant to such other wire transfer instructions as each party
may designate for itself by written notice to the Agent. Concurrently
with each such payment, the Agent shall identify whether such payment (or any
portion thereof) represents principal, premium or interest on the Revolving
Loans or otherwise.
8.14 Concerning
the Collateral and the Related Loan Documents. Each Lender
authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents for the rateable benefit and obligation of the Agent and the
Lenders. Each Lender agrees that any action taken by the Agent or
Required Lenders, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Agent or the Required
Lenders, as applicable, of their respective powers set forth therein or herein,
together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be
binding upon all of the Lenders.
8.15 Field
Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer by Lenders. By signing this
Agreement, each Lender:
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(a) is
deemed to have requested that the Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it
becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report (each a
“Report” and collectively, “Reports”) prepared by the Agent;
(b) expressly
agrees and acknowledges that the Agent (i) makes no representation or warranty
as to the accuracy of any Report, or (ii) shall not be liable for any
information contained in any Report;
(c) expressly
agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or
examinations, that the Agent or other party performing any audit or examination
will inspect only specific information regarding the Borrower and/or Guarantors
and will rely significantly upon the Borrower’s and Guarantor’s books and
records, as well as on representations of the Borrower’s and Guarantor’s
personnel;
(d) agrees
to keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use, and not to
distribute, except to its participants, or use any Report in any other manner;
and
(e) without
limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this
Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold the Agent and any such other Lender
preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or
conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in
connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying
Lender has made or may make to the Borrower, or the indemnifying Lender’s
participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a loan or loans of
the Borrower; and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold the
Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against,
the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses and other amounts
(including counsel’s costs) incurred by the Agent and any such other Lender
preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who
might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying
Lender.
8.16 Quebec
Security. For greater
certainty, and without limiting the powers of the Agent or any other Person
acting as an agent or mandatary for the Agent hereunder or under any of the
other Loan Documents, the Borrower hereby acknowledges that, for purposes of
holding any security granted by the Borrower or any other Credit Party on
property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of
the Borrower or any other Credit Party under any bond or debenture, the
Collateral Agent shall be the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) (within the
meaning of the Civil Code of
Quebec) for all present and future Lenders and Issuing Banks and in
particular for all present and future holders of any such bond or
debenture. Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby confirms and ratify
the appointment of the Collateral Agent as fondé de pouvoir under the
Collateral Agency Agreement and, for greater certainty, hereby irrevocably
constitutes, to the extent necessary, the Collateral Agent as the holder of an
irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) (within the
meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec) in
order to hold security granted by the Borrower or any other Credit Party in the
Province of Quebec to secure the obligations of the Borrower or any other Credit
Party under any bond or debenture. Each assignee of a Lender or
Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have confirmed and ratified the constitution of
the Collateral Agent as the holder of such irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir) by
execution of an Assignment and Assumption or any other document pursuant to
which they become a party to this Agreement.
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Notwithstanding
the provisions of section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers
of legal persons (Quebec), the Collateral Agent may acquire and be the
holder of any bond or debenture. The Borrower hereby acknowledges
that such bond or debenture constitutes a title of indebtedness, as such term is
used in Article 2692 of the Civil Code of
Quebec. The execution by the Collateral Agent as fondé de pouvoir of any deeds
of hypothec or other documents prior to the date hereof is hereby ratified and
confirmed. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also agree that the Agent or
the Collateral Agent may hold any bond or debenture issued by the Borrower or
any other Credit Party, including as named bondholder or debentureholder or as
pledge on their behalf in accordance with Article 2705 of the Civil Code of
Quebec. The Collateral Agent acting as fondé de pouvoir shall have
the same rights, powers, immunities, indemnities and exclusions from liability
as are prescribed in favour of the Agent in this Agreement, which shall apply
mutatis mutandis to the
Collateral Agent acting as fondé de
pouvoir. Without limitation, the provisions of this Section
8.11 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the resignation and appointment of a successor to the
Collateral Agent acting as fondé de
pouvoir.
ARTICLE
9
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Notices. (a) Except in the
case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by
telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by facsimile in each case to the addressee, as follows:
(i) if
to the Borrower or any other Credit Party:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx Global Place
31st
Floor
Winnipe, Manitoba R3B
3L7
Attention: Chief
Financial Officer
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
(ii) if
to the Agent:
CIT BUSINESS CREDIT CANADA
INC.
207 Queen’s Quay West, Suite
700
Toronto, Ontario M5J
1A7
Attention: Chief
Credit Officer
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
(iii) if
to any Lender or any Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or facsimile number)
set forth opposite its name in the execution page(s) of this Agreement or the
applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as the case may be.
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(b) Any
notice received by the Borrower from the Agent shall be deemed also to have been
received by each other Credit Party. Notices and other communications
to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent. The
Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communication to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
(c) Any
party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All
notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date
of receipt.
9.2 Waivers;
Amendments.
(a) No
failure or delay by the Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and
remedies of the Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise
have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any
departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be permitted by Section 9.2(b), and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which
given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making
of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver
of any Default, regardless of whether the Agent or any Lender may have had
notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any other Loan Document (or any provision hereof or thereof)
may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements
in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the
Borrower and the Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders (and for greater
certainty, any such waiver, amendment or modification shall not require any
consent or other agreement of any Credit Party other than the Borrower,
notwithstanding that any such Credit Party may be a party to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document); provided that no such
agreement shall:
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(i)
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increase
the amount or extend the expiry date of any Commitment of any
Lender;
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(ii)
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reduce
the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest or any fee
applicable to any Loan;
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(iii)
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postpone
the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any
interest thereon, or any fees payable in respect thereof, or reduce the
amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled
date of expiration of any
Commitment;
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(iv)
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change
any aspect of this Agreement in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of
payments required herein;
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(v)
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change
any of the provisions of this Section 9.2 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any
other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders
required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any
determination or grant any consent
hereunder;
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(vi)
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waive
any Event of Default under Section 7.1(h), (i) or (j);
or
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(vii)
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release
the Borrower or any other Credit Party from any material obligations under
the Security Documents and other instruments contemplated by this
Agreement, release or discharge any of the Liens arising under the
Security Documents, permit the creation of any Liens, other than Permitted
Liens, on any of the assets subject to the Liens arising under the
Security Documents, lower the priority of any Lien arising under any of
the Security Documents, or lower the priority of any payment obligation of
the Borrower or any other Credit Party under any of the Loan
Documents;
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in each
case without the prior written consent of each Lender; or, in the case of the
matters referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), without the prior
written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby and provided further that
no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties
of the Agent hereunder, without the prior written consent of the
Agent. For greater certainty, the Agent may release and discharge the
Liens constituted by the Security Documents to the extent necessary to enable
the Borrower to complete any asset sale which is not prohibited by this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Any waiver, amendment or
modification approved by the Required Lenders in accordance with this Section
9.2(b) is binding on all Lenders.
9.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage
Waiver.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable Out-of-Pocket Expenses incurred by
the Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for the Agent and all applicable Taxes, in connection
with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein and the
preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(ii) all reasonable Out-of-Pocket Expenses incurred by the Agent and its
Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel
for the Agent and applicable Taxes, in connection with any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or of any of the other Loan
Documents, (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall
be consummated), and (iii) all Out-of-Pocket Expenses incurred by the Agent
or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
the Agent or any Lender and all applicable Taxes, in connection with the
enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement,
including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made
hereunder, including all such Out-of-Pocket Expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
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(b) Each
Credit Party shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender, as well as each Related
Party and each assignee of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person and
each such assignee being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold
each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, cost recovery
actions, damages, expenses and liabilities of whatsoever nature or kind and all
Out-of-Pocket Expenses and all applicable Taxes to which any Indemnitee may
become subject arising out of or in connection with (i) the execution or
delivery of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated
thereby, the performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligations
thereunder, and the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions
thereunder, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or any actual or proposed use
of the proceeds therefrom, including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honour a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in
connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any other
Credit Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower
or any other Credit Party, (iv) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto, (v) any other aspect of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, or (vi) the enforcement of any Indemnitee’s
rights hereunder and any related investigation, defence, preparation of defence,
litigation and enquiries; provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence (it being acknowledged that ordinary
negligence does not necessarily constitute gross negligence) or wilful
misconduct of or material breach of this Agreement by such
Indemnitee.
(c) To
the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid under
Sections 9.3 (a) or (b), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount;
provided that
the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Agent, in its capacity as such.
(d) The
Credit Parties shall not assert, and hereby waive (to the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law), any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, any Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the
Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds
thereof.
(e) Any
inspection of any property of the Borrower or any other Credit Party made by or
through the Agent or any Lender is for purposes of administration of the Credits
only, and neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party is entitled to rely
upon the same (whether or not such inspections are at the expense of the
Borrower).
(f) By
accepting or approving anything required to be observed, performed, fulfilled or
given to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents, neither the
Agent nor the Lenders shall be deemed to have warranted or represented the
sufficiency, legality, effectiveness
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or
legal effect of the same, or of any term, provision or condition thereof, and
such acceptance or approval thereof shall not constitute a warranty or
representation to anyone with respect thereto by the Agent or the
Lenders.
(g) The
relationship between the Borrower and the Agent and the Lenders is, and shall at
all times remain, solely that of borrower and lenders. Neither the
Agent nor the Lenders shall under any circumstance be construed to be partners
or joint venturers of the Borrower or its Affiliates. Neither the
Agent nor the Lenders shall under any circumstance be deemed to be in a
relationship of confidence or trust or a fiduciary relationship with the
Borrower or its Affiliates, or to owe any fiduciary duty to the Borrower or its
Affiliates. Neither the Agent nor the Lenders undertake or assume any
responsibility or duty to the Borrower or its Affiliates to select, review,
inspect, supervise, pass judgment upon or inform the Borrower or its Affiliates
of any matter in connection with their property or the operations of the
Borrower or its Affiliates. The Borrower and its Affiliates and all
Shareholders and all direct and indirect shareholders of the Credit Parties
shall rely entirely upon their own judgment with respect to such matters, and
any review, inspection, supervision, exercise of judgment or supply of
information undertaken or assumed by the Agent or the Lenders in connection with
such matters is solely for the protection of the Agent and the Lenders, and
neither the Borrower nor any other Person is entitled to rely
thereon.
(h) The
Agent and the Lenders shall not be responsible or liable to any Person for any
loss, damage, liability or claim of any kind relating to injury or death to
Persons or damage to Property caused by the actions, inaction or negligence of
the Borrower or any other Credit Party and/or their Affiliates and/or any
Shareholder and/or any direct or indirect shareholder of any Credit Party; each
Credit Party hereby indemnifies and holds the Agent and the Lenders harmless
from any such loss, damage, liability or claim.
(i) This
Agreement is made for the purpose of defining and setting forth certain
obligations, rights and duties of the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders in
connection with the Loans, and is made for the sole benefit of the Borrower,
each other Credit Party, the Agent and the Lenders, and the Agent’s and each
Lender’s successors and assigns. Except as provided in Sections
9.3(b) and 9.4, no other Person shall have any rights of any nature hereunder or
by reason hereof.
(j) All
amounts due under this Section 9.3 shall be payable not later than three
Business Days after written demand therefor.
9.4 Successors and
Assigns.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender
(and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent
shall be null and void), and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its
rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the
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extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agent and the
Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of
this Agreement.
(b) Any
Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or
a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that
(i) except in the case of an assignment of (x) any Commitment to an
assignee that is a Lender with a Commitment immediately prior to giving effect
to such assignment, each of the Agent and the Borrower must give its prior
written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) by the Borrower; and provided further that (ii)
notwithstanding clause (i) immediately above, the Borrower’s consent shall not
be required with respect to any assignment made at any time after the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (iii) except in the case
of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate or an assignment of the
entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the
Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined
as of the date on which the Assignment and Assumption relating to such
assignment is delivered to the Agent) shall not be less than Cdn.$1,000,000 (or,
in the case of a U.S. Dollar-denominated Commitment, the U.S. $ Equivalent of
Cdn.$1,000,000), unless each of the Borrower and the Agent otherwise consent in
writing and the amount held by each Lender after each such assignment shall not
be less than Canadian $1,000,000 (or, in the case of a U.S. Dollar-denominated
Commitment, the U.S. $ Equivalent of Cdn.$1,000,000), unless each of the
Borrower and the Agent otherwise consent in writing, (iv) each partial
assignment in respect of a Commitment and the related Loans shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement in respect of such Commitment and the related
Loans, (v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with (except in the case of an
assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate) a processing and recordation fee
of Cdn.$3,500, payable by the assigning Lender, and (vi) the assignee, if
it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire. The Agent shall provide the Borrower and each Lender
with written notice of any change in (or new) address of a Lender disclosed in
an Administrative Questionnaire. Subject to acceptance and recording
thereof pursuant to Section 9.4(d), from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and
Assumption, shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.14 and 9.3). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this Section 9.4 shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with Section 9.4(e).
(c) The
Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at
one of its offices in Toronto, Ontario a copy of each Assignment and Assumption
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of
the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and the
amount of the Reimbursement
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Obligations
owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Agent, and
the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon
its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the
processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.4(b) and any written
consent to such assignment required by Section 9.4(b), the Agent shall accept
such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein 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
Section 9.4(d).
(e) Any
Lender may, without notice to the Borrower or the consent of the Borrower or the
Agent, sell participations to one or more Persons (a “Participant”) in all or a
portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans
owing to it); provided that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Borrower, the
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. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender
sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole
right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section 9.2(b) that affects such
Participant. Subject to Section 9.4(f), the Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, and 2.14 to the
same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to this Section 9.4(b). To the extent permitted by
Applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 9.8 as though it were a Lender, provided that such
Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.15(c) as though it were a
Lender.
(f) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.13 or 2.14 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with
respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the
participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a
Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.14 unless the Borrower
is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant
agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.14(e) as
though it were a Lender.
(g) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank, and Section 9.4 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a
security interest; provided that no such
pledge or
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assignment
of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
9.5 Survival. All covenants,
agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in
the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant
to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other
parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of
any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and
notwithstanding that the Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of
any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit
is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or
terminated. Sections 2.12, 2.14 and 9.3 and Article 8 shall survive
and remain in full force and effect, regardless of the consummation of the
Transactions, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the
Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or
any provision hereof.
9.6 Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees
payable to the Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.1, this Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed by the Agent and when the
Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear
the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed original counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronically
scanned method of delivery shall be as effective as delivery of a manually
executed original counterpart of this Agreement.
9.7 Severability. Any provision of
this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a
particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
9.8 Right of
Set-Off. If an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its
Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time
held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or
for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against any of and all of the
obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held
by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any
demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be
unmatured. The rights of each
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Lender
under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other
rights of set off) which such Lender may have.
9.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the Laws of the
Province of Ontario.
(b) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Province of
Ontario, and any appellate court thereof, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, or any other Loan Document or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in
Ontario. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in
any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
Applicable Law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that
the Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or
its properties in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
(c) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in this Section
9.9. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any forum non conveniens defence
to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.1. Nothing in this Agreement will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other
manner permitted by Applicable Law.
9.10 WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR
THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH
PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO
ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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9.11 Headings. Article and
Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Agent
and each Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to each of
their, and each of their Affiliates’, directors, officers, employees, agents and
advisors, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (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 rating agency, regulatory authority or other Governmental Authority, or
their legal counsel, (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 under any Loan Document or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to any Loan Document or the enforcement of rights
thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement
containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to
(i) any actual or
prospective assignee of or Participant (or such assignee’s or Participant’s
advisors) in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or
prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction
relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) any financial
institution (other than as otherwise identified in this Section 9.12), credit
reporting agency or credit bureau, (h) any Person with whom the Borrower or
any other Credit Party may have or proposes to have material financial dealings,
or (i) with the consent of the Borrower. For greater certainty,
the Borrower and each of the Credit Parties acknowledges that from time to time
as a result of the co-ownership of the Agent by CIT Financial Limited and
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”), the Borrower or any other Credit
Party may request the Agent to facilitate the provision of certain financial
services offered by CIBC (the “CIBC Services”). In
such circumstances, CIBC policies and procedures (“CIBC’s Policies”) will apply
in respect of all transactions undertaken by CIBC in connection with the
provision of the CIBC Services, including any required due diligence
investigation and related business approval processes conducted in respect of
the Borrower and the other Credit Parties. In such circumstances, it
may be prudent, necessary or cost effective for the Agent to provide to CIBC
information regarding the Borrower or any other Credit Party that is in the
possession or control of the Agent solely for the purpose of facilitating
compliance with CIBC’s Policies. The Borrower and each of the Credit
Parties consents to the disclosure of Information by the Agent to CIBC for the
purpose of facilitating compliance with CIBC’s Policies. For the
purposes of this Section, “Information” means all
information received from the Borrower or any Credit Party relating to the
Borrower, any of the Credit Parties, or their respective businesses, other than
Information that is (i) is or becomes publicly available other than as a
result of a breach of this Section, (ii) any such information that is or
becomes available to the Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or CIBC on a
non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower, or (iii) was
already in the possession of the Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender or CIBC
prior to its disclosure by the Borrower or any other Credit Party; or (iv)
marked “non-confidential” (or such other words or expression having the same or
similar meaning by the Borrower or any other Credit Party). 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
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exercised
the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as
such Person would accord to its own confidential information, acting
prudently.
9.13 Press
Releases and Related Materials. Each Credit Party
agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates will in the future issue any press
releases or other public disclosure using the name of the Agent or any of the
Lenders or referring to this Agreement, or the other Loan Documents without at
least two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent or the applicable Lender
unless (and only to the extent that) such Credit Party or Affiliate is required
to do so under law and then, in any event, such Credit Party or Affiliate will
consult with the Agent or the applicable Lender before issuing such press
release or other public disclosure. Each Credit Party consents to the
publication by the Agent or any Lender of advertising material relating to the
financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement using its name, product
photographs, logo or trademark. The Agent reserves the
right to provide to industry trade organizations information necessary and
customary for inclusion in league table measurements.
9.14 Anti-Money
Laundering Legislation.
(a) The
Borrower acknowledges that, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering)
and Terrorist Financing
Act (Canada) and other applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist
financing, government sanction and “know your client” laws (collectively,
including any guidelines or orders thereunder, “AML Legislation”),
the Lenders and the Agent may be required to obtain, verify and record
information regarding the Borrower, its directors, authorized signing officers,
direct or indirect shareholders or other Persons in control of the Borrower, and
the transactions contemplated hereby. The Borrower shall promptly
provide all such information, including supporting documentation and other
evidence, as may be reasonably requested by any Lender or the Agent, or any
prospective assignee or participant of a Lender or the Agent, in order to comply
with any applicable AML Legislation, whether now or hereafter in
existence.
(b) If
the Agent has ascertained the identity of the Borrower or any authorized
signatories of the Borrower for the purposes of applicable AML Legislation, then
the Agent:
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shall
be deemed to have done so as an agent for each Lender, and this Agreement
shall constitute a “written agreement” in such regard between each Lender
and the Agent within the meaning of applicable AML Legislation;
and
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shall
provide to each Lender copies of all information obtained in such regard
without any representation or warranty as to its accuracy or
completeness.
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Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence and except as may otherwise be agreed in writing, each of
the Lenders agrees that the Agent has no obligation to ascertain the identity of
the Borrower or any authorized signatories of the Borrower on behalf of any
Lender, or to confirm the completeness or accuracy of any information it obtains
from the Borrower or any such authorized signatory in doing so.
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9.15 No Strict
Construction. The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly
by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise
favouring or disfavouring any party by virtue of the authorship of any
provisions of this Agreement.
9.16 Paramountcy. In the event of
any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of
any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall
prevail.
9.17 LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY. NO CLAIM MAY BE
MADE BY THE BORROWER, ANY GUARANTOR, ANY LENDER OR OTHER PERSON AGAINST THE
AGENT, ANY LENDER, OR THE AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS
OF ANY OF THEM FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN
RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH, AND THE BORROWER, EACH GUARANTOR, EACH LENDER AND THE AGENT HEREBY
WAIVES, RELEASES AND AGREES NOT TO XXX UPON ANY CLAIM FOR SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER
OR NOT ACCRUED AND WHETHER OR NOT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO EXIST IN ITS
FAVOUR.
9.18 Subordination
of Intercompany Indebtedness. Each of the
Credit Parties agree that any and all indebtedness owed by such Credit
Party to any Credit Party shall be subordinate and subject in right
of payment to the prior payment, in full and in cash, of all
Obligations. Notwithstanding any right of any Credit Party to ask,
demand, xxx for, take or receive any payment in respect of any intercompany
Indebtedness owed to any Credit Party, any and all rights, liens and security
interests of any Credit Party, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever
existing, in any assets of any other Subsidiary of Parent (whether constituting
part of the Collateral given to the Agent to secure payment of all or any part
of the Obligations or otherwise) shall be and are subordinated to the rights of
the Agent and the Lenders in those assets upon the occurrence and continuance of
an Event of Default. No Credit Party shall have any right to
possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset, whether by
judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of the Obligations (other
than unasserted contingent indemnity obligations) shall have been fully paid and
satisfied and all financing arrangements among the Credit Parties and the
Lenders have been terminated. So long as any Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, then, any payment or distribution of any kind
or character, either in cash, securities or other property, which shall be
payable or deliverable upon or with respect to any intercompany Indebtedness
owed by any Credit Party shall be paid or delivered directly to the Agent for
application on any of the Obligations, due or to become due, until such Secured
Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations) shall have first been
fully paid and satisfied. Each of the Credit Parties irrevocably
authorize and empower the Agent to demand, xxx for, collect and receive every
such payment or distribution and give acquittance therefor and to make and
present for and on behalf of any Credit Party such proofs of claim and take such
other action, in the Agent’s own name or in the name of the applicable Credit
Party or
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otherwise,
as the Agent may deem necessary or advisable for the enforcement of this Section
9.18. The Agent may vote such proofs of claim in any such proceeding,
receive and collect any and all dividends or other payments or disbursements
made thereon in whatever form the same may be paid or issued and apply the same
on account of any of the Secured Obligations. Should any payment,
distribution, security or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by any
Credit Party upon or with respect to the intercompany Indebtedness at any time
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and prior to the
satisfaction of all of the Obligations and the termination of all financing
arrangements among the Credit Parties and the Lenders, the applicable Credit
Party shall receive and hold the same in trust, as trustee, for the benefit of
the Lenders and shall so long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing promptly deliver the same to the Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders, in precisely the form received (except for the endorsement or
assignment of the applicable Credit Party where necessary), for application to
any of the Secured Obligations, due or not due, and, until so delivered, the
same shall be held in trust by the applicable Credit Party as the property of
the Lenders. If any Credit Party fails to make any such endorsement
or assignment to the Agent, the Agent or any of its officers or employees are
irrevocably authorized to make the same. So long as any Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Credit Parties agree that
until the Secured Obligations have been paid in full (in cash) and satisfied and
all financing arrangements among the Credit Parties and the Lenders have been
terminated, the Credit Parties will neither assign nor transfer to any Person
(other than the Agent) any claim the Credit Parties have or may have against any
other Subsidiary of the Parent.
9.19 Language. The parties
herein have expressly requested that this Agreement and all related documents be
drawn up in the English language. À la demande expresse des parties
aux présentes, cette convention et tout document y afférent ont été rédigés en
langue anglaise.
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SCHEDULE
A
COMMITMENTS
Lender
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Commitment
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CIT
Business Credit Canada Inc.
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$75,000,000
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DISCLOSED
MATTERS
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C
MATERIAL
CONTRACTS
1. Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture made as of 18 November 2004 as supplemented by a
first supplemental indenture dated as of 18 November, 2004 as supplemented by a
second supplemental indenture dated 30 August, 2005 as supplemented by a third
supplemental indenture dated 31 August, 2005 as supplemented by a fourth
supplemental indenture dated 1 September, 2005 as supplemented by a fifth
supplemental indenture dated 31 May, 2006 as supplemented by a sixth
supplemental indenture dated 29 August, 2008 as supplemented by a seventh
supplemental indenture dated 1 September, 2008 as supplemented by an eighth
supplemental indenture dated 2 April, 2009.
2. CanWest
Partnership Agreement made as of 7 September 2005 as amended and restated by the
amended and restated limited partnership agreement made as of 13 October 2005 as
amended and restated by the second amended and restated limited partnership
agreement made 10 July 2007.
3. Canwest
Television Limited Partnership Agreement made as of 1 September 2008 as amended
and restated by the amended and restated limited partnership agreement made 31
December 2008.
4. Note
Purchase Agreement as between, inter alia, Canwest Media Inc. and Canwest
Television Limited Partnership as issuers, and CIBC Mellon Trust Company as
collateral agent, dated 20 May, 2009.
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3.3
APPROVALS
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3.5
LITIGATION
NIL
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3.9
LIENS ON REAL
PROPERTY
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(a)
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Restrictive
covenant E30432
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(b)
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Restrictive
covenant G29341
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(c)
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Restrictive
covenant G61868
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(d)
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Restrictive
covenant H18394
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(e)
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Restrictive
covenant G6997
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(f)
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Restrictive
covenant F52253
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(g)
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Restrictive
covenant C27269
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(h)
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Restrictive
covenant C63595
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(i)
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Restrictive
covenant C63889
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(j)
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Restrictive
covenant D69145
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(k)
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Restrictive
covenant G4152
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(l)
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Restrictive
covenant D83804
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(m)
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Restrictive
covenant E36023
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(n)
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Restrictive
covenant E62778
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(o)
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Statutory
right of way registered as Instrument
BP77837
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(p)
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Statutory
right of way registered as Instrument
BP77838
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(q)
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Statutory
right of way registered as Instrument
BR350506
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2. 0000
Xxxxxx Xxx XX, Xxxxxxxx, XX
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(a)
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Utility
right of way registered as Instrument
2462Q
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(b)
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Caveat
registered as Instrument 912068631
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3. 000-00
Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx, XX
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(a)
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Zoning
regulations registered as Instrument
771147064
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(b)
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Utility
right of way registered as Instrument
791195963
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(c)
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Restrictive
covenant registered as Instrument
801207241
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(d)
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Utility
right of way registered as Instrument
801215295
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4. 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX
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(a)
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Lease
registered as Instrument NY580854
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(b)
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Notice
registered as Instrument NY633113
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(c)
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Agreement
registered as Instrument NY635293
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(d)
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Restrictive
covenants registered as Instrument
NY635612Z
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(e)
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Lease
registered as Instrument NY635614
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(f)
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Acknowledgement
registered as Instrument NY653430
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(g)
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Agreement
registered as Instrument NY739155
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(h)
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Agreement
registered as Instrument NY739156
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(i)
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Lease
registered as Instrument NY792532
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(j)
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Lease
registered as Instrument TB20692
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(k)
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Assignment
of lease registered as Instrument
TB154393
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(l)
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Assignment
of lease registered as Instrument
TB220574
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SCHEDULE
3.10
LIENS ON PERSONAL
PROPERTY
NIL
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.11
PENSION
PLANS
[Canwest
has redacted Schedule 3.11, which is confidential.]
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.13
DEFAULTS
Default
as a result of the non-payment by the Borrower of interest payable on March 15,
2009 on the 8% senior subordinated notes due 2012 and the failure to remedy the
non-payment of such interest within 30 days pursuant to the terms of the Note
Indenture dated as of November 18, 2004, as supplemented by a first supplemental
indenture dated as of 18 November, 2004 as supplemented by a second supplemental
indenture dated 30 August, 2005 as supplemented by a third supplemental
indenture dated 31 August, 2005 as supplemented by a fourth supplemental
indenture dated 1 September, 2005 as supplemented by a fifth supplemental
indenture dated 31 May, 2006 as supplemented by a sixth supplemental indenture
dated 29 August, 2008 as supplemented by a seventh supplemental indenture dated
1 September, 2008 as supplemented by an eighth supplemental indenture dated 2
April, 2009.
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.15
SUBSIDIARIES
Part A
See
Attached
Part B
The
following is a list of the Subsidiaries whose Equity Securities have not been
pledged to the Collateral Agent:
1. One
Central Park West Property Limited
2. CWF
Capital Ltd.
3. CWF
Investments Ltd.
4. Canwest
Entertainment Inc.
5. 4437489
Canada Inc.
6. CanWest
(U.S) Inc.
7. 3848671
Canada Limited
8. 3919048
Canada Ltd.
9. TVtropolis
General Partnership
12. CanWest
International Holdings (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.
13. CanWest
International Corp.
14. CanWest
MediaWorks UK Limited
15. Karakoy
Televizyon ve Radyo Yayinciligi Ticaret A.S.
16. CanWest
Medya Yonetim Ticaret U.C. A.S.
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.20
EMPLOYEE
MATTERS
(See
Attached)
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.22
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
MATTERS
(See
Attached)
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.27
BANK ACCOUNTS; SECURITIES
ACCOUNTS; FUTURES ACCOUNTS
[Canwest
has redacted Schedule 3.27, which is confidential.]
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.28
ELIGIBLE REAL
PROPERTY
Existing
Secured Properties
000-00
Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx, XX
0000
Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX
00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX
Additional
Secured Properties
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxx Xxxx, XX
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX
000 Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.28
REAL PROPERTY AND
LEASES
(See
Attached)
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
3.30
PRIORITIES;
JURISDICTIONS OF CREDIT PARTIES;
LIST OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS;
BROADCAST PERMITS
LIST OF SECURITY
DOCUMENTS
Canadian
Security Documentation
1. Omnibus
General Security Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 made by the Borrower,
the Canadian Guarantors, the Quebec Guarantors and the Barbados
Guarantors as amended by an Amendment to Omnibus General Security
Agreement dated as of May 19, 2009
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(a)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus General Security Agreement entered into by, inter
alia, Canwest Television GP Inc. and Canwest Television Limited
Partnership dated as of September 1,
2008
|
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(b)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus General Security Agreement entered into by, inter
alia, 4501063 Canada Inc. and 4501071 Canada Inc. dated as of April 2,
2009
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2. Omnibus
Assignment of Insurance dated as of October 13, 2005 made by the Borrower, the
Canadian Guarantors, the Quebec Guarantors, the Barbados Guarantors and the U.S.
Guarantors
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(a)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Assignment of Insurance entered into by, inter
alia, CanWest MediaWorks (US) Holdings Corp. dated as of Xxxxx 0,
0000
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(x)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Assignment of Insurance entered into by, inter
alia, The New Republic, LLC (being the former name of 30109, LLC) dated as
of August 29, 2008
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|
(c)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Assignment of Insurance entered into by, inter
alia, Canwest Television GP Inc. and Canwest Television Limited
Partnership dated as of September 1,
2008
|
|
(d)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Assignment of Insurance entered into by, inter
alia, 4501063 Canada Inc. and 4501071 Canada Inc. dated as of April 2,
2009
|
3. Omnibus
Securities Pledge Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 made by the Borrower,
Canwest Global Communications Corp., CanWest International Communications Inc.,
CanWest MediaWorks Ireland Holdings, Fox Sports World Canada Holdco Inc.,
National Post Holdings Ltd., Canwest Television GP Inc., Canwest Television
Limited Partnership, 4501063 Canada Inc. and 4501071 Canada Inc. as amended by
an Amendment Agreement to Omnibus Securities Pledge Agreement dated as of March
3, 2006
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(a)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Securities Pledge Agreement entered into by, inter
alia, Canwest Television GP Inc. dated as of September 1,
2008
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(b)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Securities Pledge Agreement entered into by, inter
alia, Canwest Television Limited Partnership dated as of January 1,
2009
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(c)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Securities Pledge Agreement entered into by, inter
alia, 4501063 Canada Inc. and 4501071 Canada Inc. dated as of Xxxxx 0,
0000
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(x)
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Supplement
to Omnibus Securities Pledge Agreement entered into by, inter
alia:
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(i)
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Canwest
Media Inc. and Canwest Television GP Inc. dated as of September 1,
2008
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(ii)
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Canwest
Media Inc. dated as of November 27,
2008
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(iii)
|
Canwest
Television Limited Partnership dated as of January 1,
2009
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(iv)
|
Canwest
Media Inc. dated as of January 1,
2009
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(v)
|
Canwest
Global Communications Corp. dated as of January 1,
2009
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(vi)
|
Canwest
Media Inc. dated as of April 2,
2009
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(vii)
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4501063
Canada Inc. dated as of April 2,
2009
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(viii)
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4501071
Canada Inc. dated as of April 2,
2009
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(ix)
|
4501063
Canada Inc. dated as of April 6,
2009
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(x)
|
Canwest
Global Communications Corp. dated as of April 6,
2009
|
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(xi)
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Canwest
Media Inc. dated as of April 6,
2009
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4. Securities
Pledge Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 made by the Borrower and CanWest
Ireland Nominee Limited
5. Omnibus
Intellectual Property Security Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 made by
the Borrower, Canwest Global Communications Corp., The National Post Company/La
Publication National Post, Canwest Television GP Inc., Canwest Television
Limited Partnership, 4501063 Canada Inc. and 4501071 Canada Inc.
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(a)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Intellectual Property Security Agreement entered
into by, inter alia, Canwest Television GP Inc. and Canwest Television
Limited Partnership dated as of September 1,
2008
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(b)
|
Instrument
of Adhesion to Omnibus Intellectual Property Security Agreement entered
into by, inter alia, 4501063 Canada Inc. and 4501071 Canada Inc. dated as
of April 2, 2009
|
6. Omnibus
Confirmation of Security Interest in Trade-marks dated as of October 13, 2005
made by the Borrower, Canwest Global Communications Corp. and The National Post
Company/La Publication National Post
7. Confirmation
of Security Interest in Intellectual Property dated as of January 1, 2009 made
by Canwest Television Limited Partnership
8. Note
Pledge Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 made by the Borrower
9. Deed
of Hypothec and Issue of Mortgage Bonds entered into by, inter alia, each of the
Borrower, Canwest Global Broadcasting Inc./Radiodiffusion Canwest Global Inc.
and Canwest Finance Inc./Financiere Canwest Inc. dated as of October 11,
2005
10. Deed
of Hypothec entered into by, inter alia, National Post Holdings Ltd., The
National Post Company/La Publication National Post and the Borrower dated as of
October 11, 2005
11. Hypothec
and Pledge of Bonds entered into by, inter alia, each of the Borrower, Canwest
Global Broadcasting Inc./Radiodiffusion Canwest Global Inc. and Canwest Finance
Inc./Financiere Canwest Inc. dated as of October 13, 2005
12. Movable
Hypothec and Pledge entered into by, inter alia, the Borrower dated as of
October 13, 2005
13. Deed
of Hypothec and Issue of Mortgage Bonds entered into by, inter alia, Canwest
Television Limited Partnership dated as of February 12, 2009
14. Hypothec
and Pledge of Bonds entered into by, inter alia, Canwest Television Limited
Partnership dated as of February 12, 2009
15. Assignment
of the Canwest Services Agreement dated as of October 13, 2005 made by the
Borrower
16. Issuer
Control Agreement dated as of January 1, 2009 made by Canwest Television Limited
Partnership, as pledgor, Fox Sports World Canada, as issuer and CIBC Mellon
Trust Company, as Collateral Agent
17. Issuer
Control Agreement dated as of January 1, 2009 made by Fox Sports World Canada
Holdco Inc., as pledgor, Fox Sports World Canada, as issuer and CIBC Mellon
Trust Company, as Collateral Agent
18. Unregistered
$3,000,000,000 Demand Debenture granted as of October 13, 2005 by the Borrower
to CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as Collateral Agent
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19. $3,000,000,000
Demand Debenture granted as of October 13, 2005 by the Borrower to CIBC Mellon
Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, with respect to 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
20. $3,000,000,000
Demand Debenture granted as of October 13, 2005 by the Borrower to CIBC Mellon
Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, with respect to 000 00xx Xxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
21. $3,000,000,000
Demand Debenture granted as of October 13, 2005 by the Borrower to CIBC Mellon
Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, with respect to 0000 Xxxxxx Xxx XX,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
22. $3,000,000,000
Demand Debenture granted as of October 13, 2005 by the Borrower to CIBC Mellon
Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, with respect to 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
23. Confirmation
Agreement entered into by, inter alia, the Borrower and Canwest Television GP
Inc. dated as of December 22, 2008
24. Confirmation
and Agreement entered into by, inter alia, the Borrower, Canwest Television GP
Inc. and Canwest Television Limited Partnership dated as of January 1,
2009
U.S.
Security Documentation
1. Amended
and Restated U.S. Security and Pledge Agreement dated as of August 29, 2008 made
by the U.S. Guarantors
Ireland
Security Documentation
1. ULC
Share Charge entered into by, inter alia, the Borrower and CanWest Ireland
Nominee Limited dated as of October 13, 2005
2. Composite
Share Charge entered into by, inter alia, the Borrower dated as of October 13,
2005
3. Composite
Debenture entered into by, inter alia, the Ireland Guarantors dated as of
October 13, 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Security
1. Deed
of Pledge of Movable Assets, Receivables and Intellectual Property Rights dated
as of October 12, 2005 made by each of the Netherlands Guarantors
2. Deed
of Pledge of Shares dated as of October 12, 2005 made by CGS International
Holdings (Netherlands) B.V.
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Australian
Security
1. Equitable
Mortgage of Securities entered into by, inter alia, CanWest MediaWorks Ireland
Holdings dated as of August 28, 2007
2. Participant
Sponsorship Agreement entered into by, inter alia, CanWest MediaWorks Ireland
Holdings dated as of August 28, 2007
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5
SCHEDULE
4.1(j)
GUARANTORS
Canadian
Guarantors
1. Canwest
Global Communications Corp.
2. National
Post Holdings Ltd.
3. Multisound
Publishers Ltd.
4. Western
Communications Inc.
5. ONtv
Holdings Inc.
6. BCTV
Holdings Inc.
7. CHEK
Holdings Inc.
8. CHBC
Holdings Inc.
9. 3919056
Canada Ltd.
10. Fox
Sports World Canada Holdco Inc.
11. MBS
Productions Inc.
12. Global
Centre Inc.
13. Yellow
Card Productions Inc.
14. Fox
Sports World Canada Partnership, by its partners Fox Sports World Canada Holdco
Inc. and Canwest Television Limited Partnership.
15. The
National Post Company/La Publication National Post, by its partners Canwest
Media Inc. and National Post Holdings Ltd.
16. Canwest
Television Limited Partnership, by its general partner Canwest Television GP
Inc.
17. Canwest
Television GP Inc.
18. 4501063
Canada Inc.
19. 4501071
Canada Inc.
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Quebec
Guarantors
1. Canwest
Global Broadcasting Inc./Radiodiffusion Canwest Global Inc.
2. Canwest
Finance Inc./Financiere Canwest Inc.
Barbados
Guarantors
1. CanWest
International Communications Inc.
2. CanWest
Irish Holdings (Barbados) Inc.
3. CanWest
International Management Inc.
Ireland
Guarantors
1. CanWest
International Distribution Limited
2. Canwest
MediaWorks Ireland Holdings
3. CanWest
Ireland Nominee Limited
Netherlands
Guarantors
1. CGS
Debenture Holding (Netherlands) B.V.
2. CGS
International Holdings (Netherlands) B.V.
3. CGS
Shareholding (Netherlands) B.V.
4. CGS
NZ Radio Shareholding (Netherlands) B.V.
5. Canwest
MediaWorks Turkish Holdings (Netherlands) B.V.
U.S.
Guarantors
1. Canwest
MediaWorks (US) Holdings Corp.
2. 30109,
LLC
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SCHEDULE
5.12
POST CLOSING
UNDERTAKINGS
1. Deliver
to Agent, by the earlier of the Restructuring Event Date and the date which is
45 days after the Effective Date, evidence satisfactory to Agent that mortgages
(or comparable real property or immoveable property charging documents) have
been executed and registered in favour of the Collateral Agent against the
properties identified as “Additional Secured Properties” in the first page of
Schedule 3.28.
2. Within
10 days after the Effective Date, the establishment of all accounts with The
Bank of Nova Scotia contemplated by Section 6 of the Blocked Account Agreement
(and referred to in Schedule A thereof) in a manner which permits the daily
sweeping of cash receipts to the Agent in accordance with the Blocked Account
Agreement.
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
6.1
EXISTING
INDEBTEDNESS
(See
Attached)
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
6.9
RESTRICTIVE
AGREEMENTS
1. Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture made as of 18 November 2004 as supplemented by a
first supplemental indenture dated as of 18 November, 2004 as supplemented by a
second supplemental indenture dated 30 August, 2005 as supplemented by a third
supplemental indenture dated 31 August, 2005 as supplemented by a fourth
supplemental indenture dated 1 September, 2005 as supplemented by a fifth
supplemental indenture dated 31 May, 2006 as supplemented by a sixth
supplemental indenture dated 29 August, 2008 as supplemented by a seventh
supplemental indenture dated 1 September, 2008 as supplemented by an eighth
supplemental indenture dated 2 April, 2009.
2. Note
Purchase Agreement as between, inter alia, Canwest Media Inc. and Canwest
Television Limited Partnership as issuers, and CIBC Mellon Trust Company as
collateral agent, dated 20 May, 2009.
12298241.7
SCHEDULE
7.1(d)
MILESTONES
1. On
or before June 15, 2009, the Borrower shall have sold or otherwise disposed of
the Turkish Assets for, and received net proceeds of, not less than $13,000,000;
provided that the Borrower shall not be considered to be in default of this
milestone if, on or before June 15, 2009, the Borrower shall have received the
net proceeds of not less than $13,000,000 of additional Indebtedness provided by
some or all of the New Noteholders on terms and conditions which are
substantially identical to the terms and conditions which apply to the New
Notes.
2. On
or before July 15, 2009, the Borrower shall have received a financing
commitment, duly executed and delivered, satisfactory to the Agent in its sole
discretion, in an amount sufficient to enable the Borrower to make an
indefeasible permanent repayment in full of all Obligations and to enable the
Borrower to cancel the Commitments upon the funding thereof;
3. On
or before June 15, 2009, the Borrower shall have reached an agreement in
principle in respect of a restructuring transaction as outlined in a term sheet,
duly executed and delivered, with the ad hoc committee of holders of not less
than 66-2/3 % in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Subordinated
Notes stakeholders; provided that, if the New Noteholders extend the same
milestone date in the Note Purchase Agreement (without the payment of any
extension fee or other form of consideration for such extension), then the June
15, 2009 milestone date contemplated by this paragraph 3 shall be automatically
extended to the date to which the same milestone date in the Note Purchase
Agreement has been extended (so long as such extended date is not later than
June 30, 2009).
4. On
or before June 15, 2009, the Borrower shall have initiated discussions with the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with respect to the
restructuring transaction.
5. On
or before July 15, 2009, the Borrower shall have executed a definitive
arrangement agreement in respect of a restructuring transaction.
6. On
or before August 31, 2009, the Borrower shall have obtained approval of a plan
of arrangement approved by the Agent (the “Plan of Arrangement”) from
all of its requisite stakeholders.
7. On
or before October 15, 2009, the Borrower shall have received all requisite
regulatory approvals for the Plan of Arrangement.
8. On
or before October 31, 2009, all amounts owing under the Credit shall have been
indefeasibly permanently repaid in full.
12298241.7
EXHIBIT
A
FORM OF BORROWING BASE
REPORT
12298241.7
EXHIBIT
B
FORM OF NOTICE OF
BORROWING
(Letter
to be typed on Borrower's Letterhead)
[DATE]
CIT
BUSINESS CREDIT CANADA INC.
000
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, X0X 0X0
Attention: Collateral
Analyst
FAX: (000)
000-0000
BORROWING
NOTICE
Gentlemen:
We
refer to the credit agreement dated as of [DATE]
(as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit
Agreement), between Canwest Media Inc., as borrower (the “Borrower”) and CIT Business
Credit Canada Inc., as agent (the “Agent”).
We
hereby instruct and authorize the Agent to make advances to our disbursement
account(s), subject to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the
Credit Agreement to the account numbers specified below and to charge the
Borrower’s loan account as Revolving Loans with each such
advance(s).
The
Borrower hereby requests an advance (the “Advance”) be made under the
Revolving Credit Facility as follows:
A. the
Borrowing Amount :
Prime
Rate Loan (Cdn$):
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_______________
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Base
Rate Loan (US$)
|
_______________
|
Letter
of Credit/Credit Support*:
|
_______________
|
Additional
Information:
|
As
per the attached Letter of Credit
application
|
* Attach
a copy of the Letter of Credit application duly completed by the Borrower in
accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement.
B. the
Drawdown
Date: _[DATE]__________
Proceeds
of the Advance are to be directed as follows:
Bank
Name:
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_________________
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Account
Name:
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_________________
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Branch
#:
|
_________________
|
Account
Number:
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CAD#____________
|
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USD#____________
|
The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Agent will make payments strictly on the
basis of the account number furnished herein even if such account number
identifies a party other than the name of the account listed
above. In the event the above account number is incorrect, we hereby
agree to be fully liable for any and all losses, costs, and expenses arising
therefrom.
The
Borrower hereby confirms as follows:
(a)
|
Each
of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower in or pursuant
to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct
on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof,
except where such representation and warranty refers to a different
date.
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(b)
|
No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date
hereof or will occur after the making of the Advance(s) requested
hereunder.
|
(c)
|
Except
as may have been otherwise agreed to from time to time by the Agent and
the Borrower in writing, after making the Advance(s) requested to be made
by the Borrower hereunder, the aggregate Exposure will not exceed the
lesser of (i) the Commitments, and (ii) an amount equal to the Borrowing
Base.
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DATED
this day
of _____ ,
200
Yours
truly,
Company
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EXHIBIT
C
[INTENTIONALLY
DELETED]
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EXHIBIT
D
FORM OF LEGAL
OPINION
TO BE
DELIVERED SEPARATELY AT CLOSING
12298241.7
EXHIBIT
G
FORM OF LANDLORD
WAIVER
The undersigned is the owner of the
premises known as (the “Premises”), which Premises are
leased by the undersigned to [NAME OF CREDIT PARTY], a
[JURISDICTION]
corporation, or one of its affiliates (collectively, the “Obligors”) pursuant to a lease
agreement dated as of _________________________________ (as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Lease”). The
undersigned understands that the Obligors will enter (or have entered) into a
credit facility with CIT Business Credit Canada Inc., in its capacity as Agent
(the “Agent”) for
certain lenders (the “Lenders”), pursuant to which
(a) the Lenders may make loans to certain of the Obligors from time to time, and
(b) the Obligors will grant (or have granted) to a collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the
benefit of certain creditors (including the Agent), a security interest on all
of the Obligors' present and after-acquired assets (collectively, the “Collateral”).
1. The
undersigned hereby waives and relinquishes in favour of the Agent any landlord's
lien, all rights of levy or distraint, security interest or other interest that
the undersigned may now or hereafter have, whether by statute, contract
(including the Lease) or by common law, in any of the Collateral (the “Landlord's Liens”), whether
for rent or otherwise, and agrees that the Collateral Agent's security interests
and liens in the Collateral, now existing or hereafter arising, shall have
priority over and rank senior to any and all of the Landlord’s Liens. The
undersigned disclaims any interest in the Collateral and agrees not to assert
any claim to the Collateral while the Obligors are indebted to the
Lenders.
2. In
order to exercise any rights as a secured party holding a security interest in
the Collateral, the Collateral Agent is expressly authorized and privileged at
any time to enter the Premises and inspect, remove or repossess the Collateral
and may advertise and conduct a public auction or private sale of the
Collateral; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent will repair, or pay the
reasonable cost to repair, any injury to the realty resulting from such
inspection, removal, repossession, auction or sale.
3. If
the Lease is terminated by the undersigned whether by reason of any default by
the Obligors or otherwise, or if the Obligors default under any of their
agreements with the Agent or any Lender, and in any such case the Collateral
Agent, on behalf of itself or the Lenders, desires to exercise its rights as a
secured party holding a security interest in any of the Collateral, then the
Collateral Agent may thereafter at its option occupy the Premises for up to 90
days and may keep thereon such property as it determines appropriate, provided
that the Collateral Agent shall pay rent for its period of occupancy (pro-rated
on a daily basis and computed on the basis of a 30-day month) at the rate
provided in the Lease based on the rate in
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effect just prior to such
termination or default, without incurring any other obligations of the
Obligors.
4. The
undersigned hereby consents to the acquisition by the Collateral Agent, at the
Collateral Agent’s option, of the absolute ownership of the Obligors' interest
in the Lease and agrees that if the Collateral Agent, at its option, takes
possession of the Obligors’ leasehold estate in the Premises, the Collateral
Agent will thereupon, be recognized as the tenant under the Lease. If
the Collateral Agent shall become the tenant under the Lease, it may, on behalf
of the Lenders, sublease or assign the Lease for any lawful purpose with the
express written consent of the undersigned and the assignment of the Lease shall
release and relieve the Collateral Agent of all obligations
thereunder. The undersigned agrees to give notice within 5 days of
any default by any Obligor of any of the provisions of the Lease, such notice to
be provided to:
CIT Business Credit Canada
Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
Attn: Chief Credit
Officer
5. All
of the rights and privileges of the Agent and the Collateral Agent hereunder
shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns and shall bind the
undersigned's successors or assigns.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this instrument to be executed this
_____ day of _________________, 200 .
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[NAME
OF LANDLORD]
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By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
H
FORM OF BAILEE
LETTER
___________
____, 200
[NAME
OF BAILEE]
[ADDRESS
OF BAILEE]
_______________________
_______________________
Re: [NAME OF CREDIT PARTY] (the
“Xxxxxx”)
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
letter (the “Letter”) is
to advise _________________ (the “Bailee”) that the Xxxxxx
executed and delivered to CIT Business Credit Canada Inc., in its capacity as
Agent for certain lenders (the “Agent”) a Credit Agreement (as
may be modified, amended, renewed, extended, restated, or replaced from time to
time, the “Credit
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Xxxxxx granted to the Agent a security
interest in, among other things, all inventory of the Xxxxxx, some of which is
in possession of the Bailee from time to time (the “Controlled
Inventory”). By executing this Letter, the Bailee acknowledges
that from time to time the Bailee is in possession of Controlled Inventory and
that, because of the Agent’s interest in the Controlled Inventory, the
instructions contained in this Letter are irrevocable and cannot be altered or
amended without the prior written consent of the Agent. The Xxxxxx’x
execution of this Letter is conclusive evidence to the Bailee of its
confirmation of and agreement to the foregoing and of its agreement to be bound
by all terms of this Letter on which the Bailee is entitled to rely for all
purposes until written notice of termination of this Letter is given to the
Bailee by the Agent.
The
Bailee recognizes the Agent’s continuing security interest in the Controlled
Inventory and in the proceeds thereof. The Bailee covenants and
agrees that the Controlled Inventory is and shall remain owned by the Xxxxxx,
and that the Agent may at any time and from time to time inspect, remove and/or
repossess the Controlled Inventory while in possession of the Bailee without
accountability to the Bailee therefor and free of any lien, security interest,
right or claim which the Bailee may now or hereafter have, such right of the
Agent being independent of any other right or remedy the Agent may
have. The Bailee hereby authorizes and empowers the Agent to access
the premises where the Controlled Inventory is located for the purposes of
guarding and maintaining the Controlled Inventory, preparing and showing the
same for sale and/or conducting a sale thereof. The Bailee hereby
waives and releases, for the benefit of the Agent, its successors and assigns,
any and all liens, security interests, rights and claims of every kind, whether
statutory, contractual or by law, which the Bailee may now or hereafter have
with respect to the Controlled Inventory, including, without limitation, any
rights to seize, hold,
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restrain,
levy upon, take possession of, sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of the
Controlled Inventory and the Bailee further acknowledges and agrees that no
negotiable warehouse receipts or documents of title will be issued covering the
Controlled Inventory.
So long
as no Default Period (hereinafter defined) is continuing, the Xxxxxx may control
the Controlled Inventory. From the date on which the Agent notifies
the Bailee that an “Event of
Default” (as defined in the Credit Agreement) has occurred and thereafter
until the Bailee receives notice from the Agent that such Event of Default is no
longer continuing and that no other Event of Default is continuing (such period
being referred to herein as a “Default Period”), the Bailee,
the Xxxxxx and the Agent agree that the Agent shall have the exclusive right to
direct the Bailee as to control of the Controlled Inventory, which includes,
without limitation, the right to dispose of, repossess or remove the Controlled
Inventory, and the Bailee shall not comply in any respect with any request or
direction by the Xxxxxx in connection with the Controlled Inventory, unless
consented to in writing by the Agent.
At any
time when the Bailee has possession of the Controlled Inventory, the Bailee
agrees to prevent the commingling of the Controlled Inventory in its possession
with other Inventory, goods or items in the Bailee’s possession by clearly
separating, dividing or otherwise isolating the Controlled Inventory from all
such other items in the Bailee’s possession. The Bailee will also
clearly identify the Controlled Inventory as belonging to the Xxxxxx, through
the use of labels, tags, or other similar coding methods.
The
Bailee will from time to time deliver to the Agent, upon the written request of
the Agent (which request may be by facsimile transmission) and at the Xxxxxx’x
cost and expense, such information regarding the Controlled Inventory as may be
reasonably requested by the Agent, and the Bailee will notify the Agent promptly
if the Bailee acquires knowledge that the Controlled Inventory shall become
subject to any injunction, writ or warrant of attachment or garnishment,
judgment, levy and execution, or similar process. The Bailee confirms
in favour of the Agent that it has not, prior to the date hereof, executed in
favour of any third party any document, instrument or agreement pursuant to
which (a) the Bailee has acknowledged a security interest in the Controlled
Inventory in favour of such third party, or (b) the Bailee has agreed to follow
the instructions of such third party in respect of the Controlled
Inventory.
The
Xxxxxx agrees that the Bailee shall be fully protected in acting on any notice
or direction by the Agent relating to the Controlled Inventory without making
any inquiry whatsoever as to the Agent’s right or authority to give such notice
or direction. Further, the Bailee shall have no liabilities to the
Xxxxxx or the Agent other than those imposed upon it by law for its own lack of
good faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Bailee shall
not be liable for consequential, indirect or special damages, even if the Bailee
has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The Bailee shall
not be liable for any failure or delay in performing any service under this
Letter in the event and to the extent that such failure arises out of causes
beyond the Bailee’s control, including but not limited to war, civil commotion,
an Act of God, fire, flood, explosion, sabotage, failure or interruption of
electrical or other power supplies or of transportation services, compliance
with governmental laws, regulations or orders, and strikes and
lockouts.
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The
Xxxxxx agrees to pay the Bailee’s costs and expenses, including reasonable legal
fees, in connection with the execution, delivery and administration of this
Letter.
The
Xxxxxx and the Agent, jointly and severally, hereby agree to indemnify and save
the Bailee harmless from and against any and all losses, costs and expenses
arising out of the compliance by the Bailee with the terms of the instructions
contained herein.
If the
Xxxxxx is unable to fulfill its obligations to the Bailee in respect of
warehouse fees and other expenses payable by the Xxxxxx to the Bailee in
connection with the storage, handling and delivery of the Controlled Inventory
(collectively, the “Storage
Fees”), the Agent agrees that, as a condition to the Agent’s rights of
access to the Controlled Inventory and the Agent’s rights of inspection, removal
and/or repossession of the Controlled Inventory provided for in this Letter, it
will pay to the Bailee all Storage Fees which remain unpaid as at the
commencement of any Default Period together with any Storage Fees incurred
during the continuance of a Default Period.
The
Xxxxxx acknowledges and agrees that (a) any amounts paid by the Agent to the
Bailee hereunder shall constitute “Obligations” of the Xxxxxx for
purposes of the Credit Agreement, and (b) that this Letter is a “Loan Document” as such term is
defined in the Credit Agreement dated ______________________ between the Agent
and the Xxxxxx, as borrower.
This
Letter may only be terminated by the Agent upon written notice to the
Bailee.
This
Letter may be execute in one or more counterparts by facsimile transmission,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which, when taken
together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
If the
foregoing instructions, terms and agreements are acceptable to the Bailee,
please indicate the Bailee’s acceptance by signing this letter in the space
provided below and returning it to the Xxxxxx.
Sincerely,
[NAME
OF CREDIT PARTY]
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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AGREED
AND ACCEPTED:
CIT
BUSINESS CREDIT CANADA INC.
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Address
for Notice:
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By: ___________________________
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
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X0X
0X0
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Title:
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Attention: Chief
Credit Officer
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[BAILEE]
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
I
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND
ASSUMPTION
Dated: _______________,
20___
Reference
is made to the credit agreement dated ·, 2009 (as amended,
modified, supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among
Canwest Media Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Lenders named
therein, and CIT Business Credit Canada Inc., as Agent (the “Agent”). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the Credit Agreement.
This
Assignment and Transfer Agreement (the “Assignment and Transfer
Agreement”), between [Insert Name of
Assignor] (herein
the “Assignor”, as
further defined and set forth on Schedule 1 hereto and made a part hereof)
and [Insert Name of
Assignee] (herein
the “Assignee”, as further defined and set forth on Schedule 1 hereto and
made a part hereof) is dated as of Effective Date (as set forth on
Schedule 1 hereto and made a part hereof).
1. The
Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee without recourse
to the Assignor (subject to Section 2 hereof), and the Assignee hereby
irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the
Assignor (subject to Section 2 hereof), as of the Effective Date, an
undivided interest (the “Assigned Interest”) in and to
all the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement, and only
the financing facility contained in the Credit Agreement as is set forth on
Schedule 1 (the “Assigned Facility”), in a principal amount for such
Assigned Facility as set forth on Schedule 1, and all right, title and
interest of the Assignor in and to the Loan Documents relating
thereto.
2. The
Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter
into this Assignment and Transfer Agreement, (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 instrument, document or agreement executed in conjunction therewith
(collectively the “Ancillary Documents”) or the execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any
Collateral thereunder or any of the Ancillary Documents furnished pursuant
thereto, other than that it 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 and (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or any
guarantor or the performance or observance by the Borrower or any guarantor of
any of its respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any of the
Ancillary Documents furnished pursuant thereto.
3. The
Assignee (i) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter
into this Assignment and Transfer Agreement; (ii) confirms that it has
received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with the copies of the most
recent financial statements of the Borrower, and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis;
(iii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Agent, the Assignor
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or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iv) appoints and authorizes
the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers
under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and
(v) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement
and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the
terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a
Lender.
4. Following
the execution of this Assignment and Transfer Agreement, such agreement will be
delivered to the Agent for acceptance by it and the Borrower, effective as of
the Effective Date.
5. Upon
such acceptance, from and after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all
payments in respect of the assigned interest (including payments of principal,
interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignee, whether such amounts have
accrued prior to the Effective Date or accrue subsequent to the Effective Date;
provided, however, that in respect of the Letter of Credit Fee, the Assignee
acknowledges and agrees that such fee shall be shared on a pro rata
basis. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate
adjustments in payments for periods prior to the Effective Date made by the
Agent or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between
themselves.
6. From
and after the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the
Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Transfer
Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder, and
(ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and
Transfer Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations
under the Credit Agreement.
7. This
Assignment and Transfer Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada
applicable therein.
8. This
Assignment and Transfer Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts by
facsimile transmission, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Transfer Agreement to be executed
by their respective duly authorized officers.
Accepted1:
CIT BUSINESS CREDIT CANADA
INC. ,
As Lender
and Agent for the Lenders:
By: ___________________________
Title:
___________________________
By: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
[NAME OF
ASSIGNEE],
As
Assignee
By: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
By: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
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[NAME
OF ASSIGNOR]
As
Assignee
By: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
By: ___________________________
Title:
___________________________
Consented
to2:
[BORROWER]
By: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
2 To
be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g.
Swingline Lender, Issuing Bank) is required by the terms of the Credit
Agreement.
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Schedule
1 to Assignment and Transfer Agreement
Name of
Assignor: ·
Name of
Assignee: ·
Effective
Date of Assignment: ____________________, 200
Assigned
Facility
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Principal
Amount Assigned
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Percentage
Assigned of Facility (Shown as a percentage of aggregate original
principal amount of all Lenders)
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Revolving
Loans
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$·
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·%
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Total:
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$·
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EXHIBIT
J
FORM OF REPAYMENT
NOTICE
(Letter
to be typed on Borrower's Letterhead)
CIT
BUSINESS CREDIT CANADA
INC., ,
200
000
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, X0X 0X0
Attention:
REPAYMENT
NOTICE
Ladies/Gentlemen:
We refer
to the Credit agreement dated ___________ (the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Credit Agreement), between [Borrower] (the “Company”), CIT Business Credit
Canada Inc., as agent (the “Agent”), and the Lenders party
thereto (as “Lenders”).
We hereby
notify the Agent of our repayment of the Revolving Loans (as defined in the
Credit Agreement), subject to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of
the Credit Agreement in the amount of:
A. The
repayment
amount:
Canadian Prime Rate Loan: CAD$___________
Base
Rate Loan: US$_________
B. The
date of
repayment*: ________________
*If
notice is received prior to 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on repayment
date, otherwise the date of repayment will be the following business
day.
Proceeds
of the repayment are to be deposited to the account of CIT Business Credit
Canada Inc. as follows:
Bank
Name:
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CIBC,
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX
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Account
Name:
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CIT
Business Credit Canada Inc.
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Transit
#:
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00000
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Account
Number:
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CAD 23-78914
USD 03-27700
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The
herein mentioned repayment does not constitute, nor shall it be construed as, a
termination or partial termination of the Credit Agreement or the
Credit.
Yours
truly,
By: By:
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
[NAME
OF ASSIGNOR]
As
Assignee
By: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
By: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
Consented
to2:
[BORROWER]
By: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________
2 To
be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g.
Swingline Lender, Issuing Bank) is required by the terms of the Credit
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT
K
FORM OF RESPONSIBLE
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
TO:
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CIT
Business Credit Canada Inc., as
Agent
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The
undersigned, ____________________ [TITLE of AUTHORIZED SIGNING
OFFICER], of ●
(the “Borrower”),
pursuant to Section 5.1 of the credit agreement dated as of ●, 200 ,
between, amongst others, CIT Business Credit Canada Inc., as Agent, and the
Borrower (as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified
from time to time the “Credit
Agreement”), DOES HEREBY
CERTIFY in [his/her] capacity as an authorized signing officer of the
Borrower and not in [his/her] personal capacity
that:
1. The
financial statements attached hereto fairly and accurately represent the
Borrower’s financial condition at the end of the particular accounting period
set out in such financial statements, as well as the Borrower’s and its
Subsidiaries’ operating results during such accounting period, subject to
year-end audit adjustments;
2. A
review of such financial statements and of the activities of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries during the period covered by such financial statements has been
made under my supervision has been made with a view to determining whether the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries have fulfilled all of their
obligations;
3. During
the accounting period set out in such financial statements:
(a) each
of the Borrower and the Guarantors have fulfilled each of its respective
obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party;
(b) there
has been no Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement,
(c) the
Borrower is not aware of any event or circumstance which could reasonably have
or could reasonably have had a Material Adverse Effect (as such term is defined
in the Credit Agreement);
(d) the
representation and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents are correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof
as though made on and as of such date, other than any such representation or
warranty which relates to a specified prior date and except to the extent that
the Agent has been notified in writing by the Borrower that any representation
or warranty is not correct and the Lenders have explicitly waived in writing
compliance with such representation or warranty;
(e) the
Borrower has been in full compliance with all covenants set out in the Credit
Agreement;
(f) Annex
B hereto sets out all Subsidiaries and indicates, for each such Subsidiary, the
date of the formation or acquisition of each Subsidiary which was formed or
acquired since the end of
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the
previous calendar month [Note
to Draft: - alternatively, specify that there have been no
changes];
(g) no
change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the
most recent audited annual financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the
Agent [Note to Draft: - If a
change has occurred, specify the details of the change and its effect on the
accompanying financial statements].
4. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has executed this Responsible Officer’s certificate on behalf of the
Borrower as of the _______ day of ________________ , 200 .
By:
Name:
Title:
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1
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Defined
Terms
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1
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1.2
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Classification
of Loans and Borrowings
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25
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1.3
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Terms
Generally
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25
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1.4
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Accounting
Terms; GAAP
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25
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1.5
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Time
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26
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1.6
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Permitted
Liens
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26
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1.7
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Interpretation
Clause (Québec)
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26
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ARTICLE
2
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THE
CREDITS
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27
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2.1
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Commitments
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27
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2.2
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Loans
and Borrowings
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27
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2.3
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Requests
for Borrowings
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27
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2.4
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Funding
of Borrowings
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28
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2.5
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Interest
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30
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2.6
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Termination
and Reduction of Commitments
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31
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2.7
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Repayment
of Loans
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31
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2.8
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Evidence
of Debt
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31
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2.9
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Prepayments
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32
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2.10
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Fees
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33
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2.11
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[Intentionally
Deleted.]
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34
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2.12
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Increased
Costs; Illegality; Alternate Rate of Interest
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34
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2.13
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[Intentionally
Deleted.]
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36
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2.14
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Taxes
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36
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2.15
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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37
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2.16
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Currency
Indemnity
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39
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2.17
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Collection
of Accounts
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39
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2.18
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Letters
of Credit
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41
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2.19
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Conversion
to DIP Facility
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43
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2.20
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Priorities
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44
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ARTICLE
3
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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44
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Organization;
Powers
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44
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3.2
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Authorization;
Enforceability
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44
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3.3
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Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
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45
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3.4
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Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Effect
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45
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3.5
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Litigation
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45
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3.6
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Compliance
with Applicable Laws and Agreements
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46
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3.7
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Professional
Retainers
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46
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3.8
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Taxes
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46
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3.9
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Titles
to Real Property
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46
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3.10
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Titles
to Personal Property
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46
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3.11
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Pension
Plans
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46
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3.12
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Disclosure
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47
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3.13
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Defaults
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48
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3.14
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Casualties;
Taking of Properties
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48
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3.15
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Subsidiaries
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48
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3.16
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Insurance
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49
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3.17
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Management
Payments
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49
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3.18
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Material
Contracts
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49
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3.19
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Environmental
Matters
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49
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3.20
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Employee
Matters
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50
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3.21
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Fiscal
Year
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51
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3.22
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Intellectual
Property Rights
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51
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3.23
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Residency
of Borrower for Tax Purposes
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52
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3.24
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Restricted
Payments
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52
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3.25
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Debt
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52
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3.26
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Workers’
Compensation
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52
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3.27
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Bank
Accounts; Securities Accounts; Futures Accounts
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52
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3.28
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Real
Property and Leases
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52
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3.29
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Further
Real Property Matters
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52
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3.30
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Priorities;
Jurisdictions of Credit Parties; List of Security Documents; Broadcast
Permits
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ARTICLE
4
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CONDITIONS
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53
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4.1
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Effective
Date
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53
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4.2
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Restructuring
Event Date Conditions
|
57
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4.3
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Each
Credit Event
|
57
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ARTICLE
5
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
|
58
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5.1
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Financial
Statements and Other Information
|
58
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5.2
|
Existence;
Conduct of Business
|
63
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5.3
|
Payment
of Obligations
|
63
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5.4
|
Maintenance
of Properties
|
63
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5.5
|
Books
and Records; Inspection Rights
|
64
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5.6
|
Compliance
with Applicable Laws and Material Contracts
|
64
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5.8
|
Further
Assurances
|
64
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5.9
|
Insurance
|
64
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5.10
|
Operation
and Maintenance of Property
|
65
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5.11
|
Additional
Subsidiaries; Additional Liens
|
65
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5.12
|
Post
Closing Undertakings
|
66
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5.13
|
Environmental
Laws
|
66
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5.14
|
Chief
Restructuring Officer
|
67
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ARTICLE
6
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
|
67
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6.1
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Indebtedness
|
67
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6.2
|
Liens
|
68
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6.3
|
Fundamental
Changes; Asset Sales
|
68
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6.4
|
Investments,
Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
|
68
|
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6.5
|
Swap
Transactions
|
69
|
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6.6
|
Restricted
Payments
|
69
|
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6.7
|
Use
of Proceeds
|
69
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6.8
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
69
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6.9
|
Repayment
of Debt
|
70
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6.10
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Restrictive
Agreements
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70
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6.11
|
Capital
Lease Obligations
|
70
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6.12
|
Sales
and Leasebacks
|
70
|
|
6.13
|
Pension
Plan Compliance
|
71
|
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6.14
|
Sale
or Discount of Receivables
|
71
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6.15
|
Unconditional
Purchase Obligations
|
71
|
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6.16
|
Capital
Expenditures
|
71
|
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6.17
|
No
Amendments to Material Contracts
|
71
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6.18
|
Plan
of Arrangement
|
71
|
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6.19
|
Employee
Compensation
|
71
|
|
6.20
|
Professional
Retainers
|
72
|
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6.21
|
Maximum
Borrowings
|
72
|
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6.22
|
Maximum
Disbursements
|
72
|
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6.23
|
Securities
Accounts and Futures Accounts
|
72
|
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6.24
|
Aggregate
Receipts
|
72
|
|
6.25
|
Note
Maturity Date
|
72
|
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ARTICLE
7
|
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
|
72
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7.1
|
Events
of Default
|
72
|
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7.2
|
Remedies
|
76
|
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ARTICLE
8
|
THE
AGENT
|
78
|
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8.1
|
Appointment
of Agent
|
78
|
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8.2
|
Limitation
of Duties of Agent
|
78
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8.3
|
Lack
of Reliance on the Agent
|
78
|
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8.4
|
Certain
Rights of the Agent
|
79
|
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8.5
|
Reliance
by Agent
|
79
|
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8.6
|
Indemnification
of Agent
|
79
|
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8.7
|
The
Agent in its Individual Capacity
|
79
|
|
8.8
|
May
Treat Lender as Owner
|
80
|
|
8.9
|
Successor
Agent
|
80
|
|
8.10
|
No
Independent Legal Action by Lenders
|
80
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8.11
|
Notice
of Default
|
81
|
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8.12
|
Agency
for Perfection
|
81
|
|
8.13
|
Payments
by Agent to Lenders
|
81
|
|
8.14
|
Concerning
the Collateral and the Related Loan Documents
|
82
|
|
8.15
|
Field
Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer by Lenders
|
82
|
|
8.16
|
Quebec
Security
|
82
|
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ARTICLE
9
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
83
|
|
9.1
|
Notices
|
83
|
|
9.2
|
Waivers;
Amendments
|
84
|
|
9.3
|
Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
|
86
|
|
9.4
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
88
|
|
9.5
|
Survival
|
90
|
|
9.6
|
Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
|
90
|
|
9.7
|
Severability
|
91
|
|
9.8
|
Right
of Set-Off
|
91
|
|
9.9
|
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
|
91
|
|
9.10
|
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
|
92
|
|
9.11
|
Headings
|
92
|
|
9.12
|
Confidentiality
|
92
|
|
9.13
|
Press
Releases and Related Materials
|
93
|
|
9.14
|
Anti-Money
Laundering Legislation
|
93
|
|
9.15
|
No
Strict Construction
|
94
|
|
9.16
|
Paramountcy
|
94
|
|
9.17
|
LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
|
94
|
|
9.18
|
Subordination
of Intercompany Indebtedness
|
94
|
|
9.19
|
Language
|
95
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