TERM LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of APRIL 23, 2009 among MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC., The LENDERS Listed Herein, SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent, and BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY as Syndication Agent and NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY as...
EXHIBIT 10.02
$130,000,000
dated as of
APRIL 23, 2009
APRIL 23, 2009
among
XXXXXX XXXXXXXX MATERIALS, INC.,
The LENDERS Listed Herein,
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Administrative Agent,
as Administrative Agent,
and
BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY
as Syndication Agent
as Syndication Agent
and
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
as Documentation Agent
as Documentation Agent
SUNTRUST XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, INC.,
Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||||
Section 1.01. |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02. |
Accounting Terms and Determinations | 10 | ||||
Section 1.03. |
Types of Borrowings | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 THE LOANS | 11 | |||||
Section 2.01. |
Loans | 11 | ||||
Section 2.02. |
Funding of Loans | 11 | ||||
Section 2.03. |
Registry; Notes | 12 | ||||
Section 2.04. |
Maturity of Loans | 12 | ||||
Section 2.05. |
Interest Rates | 13 | ||||
Section 2.06. |
Optional Prepayments | 14 | ||||
Section 2.07. |
General Provisions as to Payments | 14 | ||||
Section 2.08. |
Method of Electing Interest Rates | 15 | ||||
Section 2.09. |
Funding Losses | 16 | ||||
Section 2.10. |
Computation of Interest and Fees | 16 | ||||
Section 2.11. |
Increased Commitments; Additional Lenders | 16 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 CONDITIONS | 18 | |||||
Section 3.01. |
Effectiveness | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 19 | |||||
Section 4.01. |
Corporate Existence and Power | 19 | ||||
Section 4.02. |
Corporate Authorization; No Contravention | 19 | ||||
Section 4.03. |
Binding Effect | 19 | ||||
Section 4.04. |
Financial Information | 19 | ||||
Section 4.05. |
Litigation | 20 | ||||
Section 4.06. |
Taxes | 20 | ||||
Section 4.07. |
Margin Regulations | 20 | ||||
Section 4.08. |
Compliance with Laws | 20 | ||||
Section 4.09. |
Governmental Approvals | 20 | ||||
Section 4.10. |
Pari Passu Obligations | 20 | ||||
Section 4.11. |
No Defaults | 20 | ||||
Section 4.12. |
Full Disclosure | 20 | ||||
Section 4.13. |
ERISA | 21 | ||||
Section 4.14. |
Environmental Matters | 21 | ||||
Section 4.15. |
Regulatory Restrictions on Borrowing | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 COVENANTS | 21 | |||||
Section 5.01. |
Information | 21 | ||||
Section 5.02. |
Payment of Obligations | 23 | ||||
Section 5.03. |
Insurance | 23 | ||||
Section 5.04. |
Maintenance of Existence | 23 |
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Section 5.05. |
Maintenance of Properties | 23 | ||||
Section 5.06. |
Compliance with Laws | 23 | ||||
Section 5.07. |
Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets | 24 | ||||
Section 5.08. |
Negative Pledge | 24 | ||||
Section 5.09. |
Leverage Ratio | 26 | ||||
Section 5.10. |
Use of Loans | 26 | ||||
Section 5.11. |
Investments | 26 | ||||
Section 5.12. |
Transactions with Affiliates | 27 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS | 27 | |||||
Section 6.01. |
Event of Default | 27 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 29 | |||||
Section 7.01. |
Appointment and Authorization | 29 | ||||
Section 7.02. |
Administrative Agent and Affiliates | 30 | ||||
Section 7.03. |
Action by Administrative Agent | 30 | ||||
Section 7.04. |
Consultation with Experts | 30 | ||||
Section 7.05. |
Liability of Administrative Agent | 30 | ||||
Section 7.06. |
Indemnification | 30 | ||||
Section 7.07. |
Credit Decision | 31 | ||||
Section 7.08. |
Successor Administrative Agents | 31 | ||||
Section 7.09. |
Administrative Agent’s Fees | 31 | ||||
Section 7.10. |
Other Agents | 31 | ||||
ARTICLE 8 CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES | 31 | |||||
Section 8.01. |
Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy | 31 | ||||
Section 8.02. |
Substitute Rate | 32 | ||||
Section 8.03. |
Illegality | 33 | ||||
Section 8.04. |
Taxes on Payments | 33 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS | 35 | |||||
Section 9.01. |
Termination of Commitment of a Lender; New Lenders | 35 | ||||
Section 9.02. |
Notices | 36 | ||||
Section 9.03. |
No Waivers | 36 | ||||
Section 9.04. |
Expenses; Indemnification | 37 | ||||
Section 9.05. |
Pro Rata Treatment | 37 | ||||
Section 9.06. |
Sharing of Set-offs | 37 | ||||
Section 9.07. |
Amendments and Waivers | 37 | ||||
Section 9.08. |
Successors and Assigns; Participations; Novation | 38 | ||||
Section 9.09. |
Visitation | 40 | ||||
Section 9.10. |
Collateral | 41 | ||||
Section 9.11. |
Reference Banks | 41 | ||||
Section 9.12. |
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction | 41 | ||||
Section 9.13. |
Counterparts; Integration | 41 | ||||
Section 9.14. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 41 | ||||
Section 9.15. |
Confidentiality | 41 | ||||
Section 9.16. |
USA Patriot Act | 42 |
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COMMITMENT SCHEDULE | ||||
SCHEDULE I
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— | Pricing | ||
SCHEDULE 5.11(c)
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— | Investments | ||
SCHEDULE 5.11(d)
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— | Related Businesses | ||
EXHIBIT A
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— | Assignment and Assumption Agreement | ||
EXHIBIT B
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— | Compliance Certificate |
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AGREEMENT dated as of April 23, 2009 among XXXXXX XXXXXXXX MATERIALS, INC., the LENDERS listed
on the signature pages hereof and SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent, BRANCH BANKING & TRUST
COMPANY, as Syndication Agent and NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as Documentation Agent.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders make term loans in an aggregate principal
amount up to $130,000,000 to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders are willing
severally to make such term loans to the Borrower;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions. The following terms, as used herein and in any Exhibit or Schedule
hereto, have the following meanings:
“Additional Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(b).
“Administrative Agent” means SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as administrative Agent for the
Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such capacity.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means, with respect to each Lender, an administrative
questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative
Agent with a copy to the Borrower duly completed by such Lender.
“Affiliate” means (i) any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls the Borrower (a “Controlling Person”) or (ii) any Person (other than the
Borrower or a Subsidiary) which is controlled by or is under common control with a Controlling
Person. As used herein, the term “control” means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to vote 10% or more of any class of voting securities of a Person or to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agents” means the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent.
“Agreement” means this Term Loan Agreement dated as of April 23, 2009.
“Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, (i) in the case of its Base
Rate Loans, its Domestic Lending Office and (ii) in the case of its Euro-Dollar Loans, its
Euro-Dollar Lending Office.
“Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.08(c).
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means an agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A hereto, under which an interest of a Lender hereunder is transferred to an Assignee pursuant to
Section 9.08(c) hereof.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate
in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%
and (c) the London Interbank Offered Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such
day is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the immediately preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day) plus 1%,
provided that for the avoidance of doubt, such London Interbank Offered Rate for any day shall be
based on the rate appearing on the Reuters BBA Libor Rates Page 3750 (or on any successor or
substitute page of such page) at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day. Any change in
the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective from
and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate,
respectively.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan which bears interest at the Base Rate pursuant to the applicable
Notice of Interest Rate Election or Article 8.
“Base Rate Margin” means the percentage determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule.
“Borrower” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Materials, Inc., a North Carolina corporation.
“Change in Law” means, for purposes of Section 8.01 and Section 8.03, the adoption of any
applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency.
“Commitment” means (i) with respect to each Lender listed on the Commitment Schedule, the
amount set forth opposite the name of such Lender on the Commitment Schedule and (ii) with respect
to each Additional Lender or Assignee which becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 or 9.08(c),
the amount of the Commitment thereby assumed by it, in each case as such amount may be changed from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.11 or 9.08(c).
“Commitment Schedule” means the Commitment Schedule attached hereto.
“Consolidated Debt” means at any date the Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis as of such date.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, net income (or net loss) (before discontinued
operations) plus the sum of (a) consolidated interest expense, (b) income tax expense, (c)
depreciation expense, (d) amortization expense, (e) depletion expense, (f) stock based compensation
expense and (g) any non-cash losses or expenses from any unusual, extraordinary or otherwise
non-recurring items as reasonably determined by the Borrower, and
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minus (x) consolidated interest income and (y) the sum of the amounts for such period of any
income tax benefits and any income or gains from any unusual, extraordinary or otherwise
non-recurring items as reasonably determined by the Borrower, in each case determined on a
consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and in the case of
items (a) through (g) and items (x) and (y), to the extent such amounts were included in the
calculation of net income. For the purpose of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period, if
during such period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made an acquisition or a disposition,
Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if
such acquisition or disposition, as the case may be, occurred on the first day of such period.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means at any date the consolidated shareholders’ equity of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries which would be reported on the consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower as total shareholders’ equity, determined as of such date.
“Consolidated Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of
which would be consolidated with the Borrower in its consolidated financial statements if such
statements were prepared as of such date.
“Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the aggregate
principal amount of its Loans at such time.
“Debt” of any Person means at any date, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments, including any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person
with respect to assets or receivables sold by such Person, (iii) all obligations of such Person to
pay the deferred purchase price of property, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary
course of business, (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee which are capitalized in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (v) all non-contingent obligations of
such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of
credit, banker’s acceptance, bank guarantee or similar instrument which remain unpaid for two
Business Days, (vi) all Debt secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such
Debt is otherwise an obligation of such Person provided that the amount of such Debt which is not
otherwise an obligation of such Person shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such asset,
and (vii) all Debt of others guaranteed by such Person.
“Default” means any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of
Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender as to which the Administrative Agent has
notified the Borrower that (i) such Lender has failed for three or more business days to comply
with its obligations under this Agreement to continue a Euro-Dollar Borrowing or to convert a Base
Rate Borrowing to a Euro-Dollar Borrowing (each a “funding obligation”), (ii) such Lender
has notified the Administrative Agent, or has stated publicly, that it will not comply with any
such funding obligation hereunder, (iii) such Lender has, for three or more business days, failed
to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent, in response to a written request of
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the Administrative Agent, that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or (iv)
a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Lender. Any
determination that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (i) through (iv) above for
purposes of Section 9.07 will be made by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion acting in
good faith. The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of any notice
to the Borrower provided for in this definition.
“Derivatives Obligations” of any Person means all obligations of such Person in respect of any
rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option,
equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option,
foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap
transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction
(including any option with respect to any of the foregoing transactions) or any combination of the
foregoing transactions.
“Documentation Agent” means Northern Trust Company, in its capacity as documentation agent in
respect of this Agreement.
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“Dollars” or “$” means lawful currency of the United States.
“Domestic Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized by law to close.
“Domestic Lending Office” means, as to each Lender, its office located at its address set
forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative Questionnaire as its
Domestic Lending Office) or such other office as such Lender may hereafter designate as its
Domestic Lending Office by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Effective Date” means the date this Agreement becomes effective in accordance with Section
3.01.
“Eligible Institution” means any commercial bank having total assets in excess of
$3,000,000,000 (or the equivalent amount in the local currency of such bank) as determined by the
Administrative Agent based on its most recent publicly available financial statements of such bank.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable federal, state and local statutes,
regulations, ordinances, rules, administrative orders, consent decrees, permits, concessions,
grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or other governmental restrictions relating to the
environment or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous
substances, or hazardous wastes into the environment including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous substances, or hazardous wastes.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor statute.
“ERISA Group” means the Borrower and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all
trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control that, together with the
Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.
“Euro-Dollar Business Day” means any Domestic Business Day on which commercial banks are open
for international business (including dealings in dollar deposits) in London.
“Euro-Dollar Lending Office” means, as to each Lender, its office, branch or affiliate located
at its address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative
Questionnaire as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) or such other office, branch or affiliate of such
Lender as it may hereafter designate as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office by notice to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent.
“Euro-Dollar Loan” means any Loan in respect of which interest is to be computed on the basis
of a Euro-Dollar Rate.
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“Euro-Dollar Margin” means the percentage determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule.
“Euro-Dollar Rate” means a rate of interest determined pursuant to Section 2.05(b) on the
basis of an London Interbank Offered Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Existing Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of October 24, 2008 among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the
lenders from time to time party thereto.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to
the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Domestic Business Day next
succeeding such day, provided that (i) if such day is not a Domestic Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Domestic
Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate
is so published on such next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate quoted to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as
determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or
capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
“Interest Period” means:
(1) with respect to each Euro-Dollar Loan, the period commencing on the date of borrowing
specified in the applicable Notice of Interest Rate Election and ending one, two, three or six
months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in the applicable notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar
Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such
Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day; and
(b) any Interest Period which begins on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to the further proviso below, end on the
last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month;
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provided further that any Interest Period which would otherwise end after the Termination Date
shall end on the Termination Date.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
statute.
“Investment” means any investment in any Person, whether by means of share purchase, capital
contribution, loan, guarantee, time deposit or otherwise (but not including any demand deposit).
“Lender” means (i) each Person listed as a Lender on the signature pages hereof, (ii) each
Additional Lender or Assignee that becomes a Lender pursuant to either Section 2.11 or Section
9.08(c), and (iii) their respective successors.
“Lender Insolvency Event” means that (i) a Lender or its Parent is insolvent, or is generally
unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as
they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (ii) such
Lender or its Parent is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or
similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has
been appointed for such Lender or its Parent, or such Lender or its Parent has taken any action in
furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or
appointment.
“Leverage Ratio” means, at any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt at such date to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or
prior to such date, taken as one accounting period.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or encumbrance of any kind. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower or any Subsidiary
shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title
retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Loan” and “Loans” mean a loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01; provided that, if
any such loan or loans (or portions thereof) are combined or subdivided pursuant to a Notice of
Interest Rate Election, the term Loan shall refer to the combined principal amount resulting from
such combination or to each of the separate principal amounts resulting from such subdivision, as
the case may be.
“London Interbank Offered Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b).
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the ability of the Borrower
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the Notes, (b) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Notes, (c) the rights and remedies of any Lender or
the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the Notes, or (d) the timely payment of the
principal of or interest on the Loans or other amounts payable in connection therewith.
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“Material Debt” means Debt (other than the Loans) of the Borrower and/or one or more of its
Subsidiaries, arising in one or more related or unrelated transactions, in an aggregate principal
or face amount exceeding $50,000,000.
“Material Financial Obligations” means a principal or face amount of Debt and/or payment or
collateralization obligations in respect of Derivatives Obligations of the Borrower and/or one or
more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, arising in one or more related or unrelated transactions,
exceeding in the aggregate $50,000,000.
“Material Plan” means at any time a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in
excess of $50,000,000.
“Multiemployer Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions.
“Notes” means promissory notes of the Borrower, evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to
repay the Loans, and “Note” means any one of such promissory notes issued hereunder.
“Notice of Interest Rate Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an officer of the Borrower.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04.
“Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person controlling such Lender.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.08(b).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all
of its functions under ERISA.
“Person” means any individual, firm, company, corporation, joint venture, joint-stock company,
limited liability company or partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, government or state
entity, or any association or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality) of two
or more of the foregoing.
“Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412
of the Internal Revenue Code and is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group
for employees of any member of the ERISA Group.
“Pricing Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest publicly announced by SunTrust Bank in Atlanta,
Georgia from time to time as its Prime Rate.
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“Principal Property” means, at any time, any manufacturing facility that is located in the
United States, is owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and has a book value, net of
any depreciation or amortization, pursuant to the then most recently delivered financial
statements, in excess of 2.5% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Quarterly Date” means the last day of March, June, September and December in each year,
commencing June 30, 2009.
“Reference Banks” means the principal offices of Bank of America, N.A., and SunTrust Bank.
“Reference Bank” means any one of such Reference Banks.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as
in effect from time to time.
“Required Lenders” means at any time Lenders with more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the
Credit Exposures at such time provided, however, that to the extent that any Lender
is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender and all of its Credit Exposure shall be excluded for
purposes of determining Required Lenders.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means (x) any Significant Subsidiary, (y) any Subsidiary that has
substantially all of its property located in the United States and that owns a Principal Property
and (z) other Subsidiaries from time to time designated, by the Borrower by notice to the
Administrative Agent, as Restricted Subsidiaries as necessary such that at all times, based on the
most recent financial statements delivered pursuant hereto, at the end of any fiscal quarter the
book value of the aggregate total assets, net of depreciation and amortization and after
intercompany eliminations, of the Borrower and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries is not less than
85% of the consolidated total assets, net of depreciation and amortization and after intercompany
eliminations, of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Retiring Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(a).
“Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary with a book value of total assets, net of
depreciation and amortization and after intercompany eliminations, equal to or greater than 5% of
the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which securities or
other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly
owned by such Person; unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Syndication Agent” means Branch Banking & Trust Company, in its capacity as
syndication agent in respect of this Agreement.
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“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04.
“Temporary Cash Investment” means any Investment in (i) direct obligations of the United
States or any agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof,
(ii) commercial paper rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s (a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.) and P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (iii) time deposits with, including
certificates of deposit issued by, any office located in the United States of any bank or trust
company which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and has
capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $1,000,000,000, (iv) obligations of a
municipality or its agency that are supported by a letter of credit from an office of a bank or
trust company meeting the criteria set forth in clause (iii) above provided the holder of such
obligations may compel the repurchase or resale of such obligations within a one month period or
(v) repurchase agreements with respect to securities described in clause (i) above entered into
with an office of a bank or trust company meeting the criteria specified in clause (iii) above,
provided in each case that such Investment matures within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof by the Borrower or a Subsidiary.
“Termination Date” means June 6, 2012.
“Total Commitments” means, at the time for any determination thereof, the aggregate of the
Commitments of the Lenders.
“Total Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding
at such time.
“Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.08(e).
“United States” means the United States of America, including the States and the District of
Columbia, but excluding the Commonwealths, territories and possessions of the United States.
“Unfunded Liabilities” means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by
which (i) the present value of all benefits under such Plan exceeds (ii) the fair market value of
all Plan assets allocable to such benefits (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all
determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that
such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or an
appointed trustee under Title IV of ERISA.
Section 1.02. Accounting Terms and Determinations. Accounting Terms and Determinations.
Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all
accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be
delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect from time to time applied on a basis consistent (except for changes concurred in by
the Borrower’s independent public accountants) with the most recent audited consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders; provided
that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any
covenant contained in Article 5 to eliminate the effect of any change after the date hereof in
generally accepted accounting principles (which, for purposes of
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this proviso shall include the generally accepted application or interpretation thereof) on
the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the
Required Lenders wish to amend any such covenant for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance
with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in
effect immediately before the relevant change in generally accepted accounting principles is
adopted by the Borrower, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a
manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders.
Section 1.03. Types of Borrowings. The term “Borrowing” denotes the aggregation of Loans of
one or more Lenders to be made to the Borrower pursuant to Article 2 on the same date, all of which
Loans are of the same type (subject to Article 8) and, except in the case of Base Rate Loans, have
the same initial Interest Period. Borrowings are classified for purposes of this Agreement by
reference to the pricing of Loans comprising such Borrowing (e.g., a “Euro-Dollar Borrowing” is a
Borrowing comprised of Euro-Dollar Loans).
ARTICLE 2
The Loans
The Loans
Section 2.01. Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender
severally agrees to make a single loan (each, a “Loan”) to the Borrower on the Effective Date in a
principal amount equal to the Commitment of such Lender; provided, that if for any reason
the full amount of such Lender’s Commitment is not fully drawn on the Effective Date, the undrawn
portion thereof shall automatically be cancelled. The Loans may be, from time to time, Base Rate
Loans or Euro-Dollar Loans or a combination thereof. The aggregate principal amount of each
Euro-Dollar Loan shall be not less than $1,000,000 or a larger multiple of $50,000, and the
aggregate principal amount of each Base Rate Loan shall not be less than $100,000 or a larger
multiple of $50,000. At no time shall the total number of Euro-Dollar Loans outstanding at any
time exceed six (6). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Borrower and the
satisfaction of all conditions precedent pursuant to Section 3.01 shall be deemed to constitute the
Borrower’s request to borrow the Loans on the Effective Date. Loans, once repaid, may not be
reborrowed.
Section 2.02. Funding of Loans.
(a) Each Lender will make its Loan available on the Effective Date by wire transfer in
immediately available funds by 2:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) to the Administrative Agent at
its address referred to in Section 9.02. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to
the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts that it receives, in like funds by the close of
business on such proposed date, to an account maintained by the Borrower with the Administrative
Agent or at the Borrower’s option, by effecting a wire transfer of such amounts to an account
designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
Effective Date that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s
share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share
available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with subsections
(b) and (c) of this Section and the Administrative Agent may, in
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reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding
amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such share available to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to
the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the
Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such
Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(c) The failure of any Lender to make a Loan required to be made by it as part of any
Borrowing hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make
its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of the Borrowing.
Section 2.03. Registry; Notes.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall maintain a register (the “Register”) on which it will
record the Loan made by each Lender and each repayment of any Loan made by such Lender. Any such
recordation by the Administrative Agent on the Register shall be presumptively correct, absent
manifest error. Failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not
affect the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.
(b) The Borrower hereby agrees that, promptly upon the request of any Lender at any time, the
Borrower shall deliver to such Lender a single Note, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of such Lender and
representing the obligation of the Borrower to pay the unpaid principal amount of all Loans made to
the Borrower by such Lender, with interest as provided herein on the unpaid principal amount from
time to time outstanding.
(c) Each Lender shall record the date, amount and maturity of each Loan made by it and the
date and amount of each payment of principal made by the Borrower with respect thereto, and each
Lender receiving a Note pursuant to this Section, if such Lender so elects in connection with any
transfer or enforcement of any Note, may endorse on the schedule forming a part thereof appropriate
notations to evidence the foregoing information with respect to each such Loan then outstanding;
provided that neither the failure of such Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement nor
any error therein shall affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes. Such
Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Borrower so to endorse any Note and to attach to and
make a part of any Note a continuation of any such schedule as and when required.
Section 2.04. Maturity of Loans. The Borrower unconditionally promises to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of the Loan of
such Lender in installments payable on the dates set forth below, with each such installment being
in the aggregate principal amount for all Lenders set forth opposite such date below (and on such
other date(s) and in such other amounts as may be required from time to time pursuant to this
Agreement):
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Installment Date | Aggregate Principal Amount | |||
on each Quarterly Date on or before
March 31, 2011 |
$ | 1,625,000 | ||
on each Quarterly Date on or after
June 30, 2011 |
$ | 3,250,000 |
provided, that, to the extent not previously paid, the aggregate unpaid principal balance
of the Loans shall be due and payable on the Termination Date.
Section 2.05. Interest Rates.
(a) Each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof,
for each day from the date such Borrowing is made until it becomes due, at a rate per annum equal
to the sum of the Base Rate Margin for such day plus the Base Rate for such day. Such interest,
including with respect to the principal amount of any Base Rate Borrowing converted to a
Euro-Dollar Borrowing, shall be payable at maturity, quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Date
prior to maturity. Any overdue principal of or interest on any Base Rate Borrowing shall bear
interest, payable on demand, for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2%
plus the rate otherwise applicable to Base Rate Borrowings for such day.
(b) Each Euro-Dollar Borrowing shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof, for each day during each Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal to
the sum of the Euro-Dollar Margin for such day plus the London Interbank Offered Rate applicable to
such Interest Period. Such interest shall be payable for each Interest Period on the last day
thereof and, if such Interest Period is longer than three months, at intervals of three months
after the first day thereof.
The “London Interbank Offered Rate” applicable to any Interest Period means the rate appearing
on Reuters BBA Libor Rates Page 3750 (or on any successor or substitute page of such page)
providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such page, as
determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of
interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00
A.M., London time, two Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period,
as the rate for Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event
that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “London Interbank Offered
Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next
higher 1/100 of 1%) of the respective rates per annum at which deposits in dollars are offered by
each of the Reference Banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London
time) two Euro-Dollar Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount
approximately equal to the principal amount of the Euro-Dollar Loan of such Reference Bank to which
such Interest Period is to apply and for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period.
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(c) Any overdue principal of or interest on any Euro-Dollar Borrowing shall bear interest,
payable on demand, for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to the higher of (i) the sum
of 2% plus the Euro-Dollar Margin for such day plus the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to
the next higher 1/100 of 1%) of the respective rates per annum at which one day (or, if such amount
due remains unpaid more than three Euro-Dollar Business Days, then for such other period of time
not longer than three months as the Administrative Agent may select) deposits in dollars in an
amount approximately equal to such overdue payment due to each of the Reference Banks are offered
by such Reference Bank in the London interbank market for the applicable period determined as
provided above and (ii) the sum of 2% plus the Euro-Dollar Margin for such day plus the London
Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such Loan at the date such payment was due.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Borrowings
hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the participating
Lenders of each rate of interest so determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error.
(e) Each Reference Bank agrees to use its best efforts to furnish quotations to the
Administrative Agent as contemplated by this Section. If any Reference Bank does not furnish a
timely quotation, the Administrative Agent shall determine the relevant interest rate on the basis
of the quotation or quotations furnished by the remaining Reference Bank or Banks or, if none of
such quotations is available on a timely basis, the provisions of Error! Reference source not
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Section 2.06. Optional Prepayments.
(a) Subject in the case of any Euro-Dollar Borrowing to Section 2.09, the Borrower may, upon
notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of
such prepayment, prepay any Base Rate Borrowing (or upon at least three Euro-Dollar Business Days’
notice to the Administrative Agent, prepay any Euro-Dollar Borrowings), in each case in whole at
any time, or from time to time in part in amounts aggregating $5,000,000 or any larger multiple of
$1,000,000 by paying the principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest thereon to
the date of prepayment. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied to the Euro-Dollar Loans
and Base-Rate Loans comprising such Borrowing as the Borrower may select in its notice of
prepayment, and to principal installments in order of maturity.
(b) Upon receipt of a notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof and of such Lender’s ratable share (if
any) of such prepayment and such notice shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrower.
Section 2.07. General Provisions as to Payments.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment of principal of, and interest on, the Loans and of
fees hereunder, not later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date when due, in funds
immediately available in New York City, to the Administrative Agent at its address
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referred to in Section 9.02. If a Fed-Wire reference or tracer number has been received, from
the Borrower or otherwise, by the Administrative Agent by that time the Borrower will not be
penalized for a payment received after 2:00 P.M. (New York City time). The Administrative Agent
will promptly distribute to each Lender its ratable share of each such payment received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders. Whenever any payment of principal of, or
interest on, the Base Rate Loans or of fees shall be due on a day which is not a Domestic Business
Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business Day.
Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Euro-Dollar Loans shall be due on a day
which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another calendar
month, in which case the date for payment thereof shall be the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business
Day. If the date for any payment of principal is extended by operation of law or otherwise,
interest thereon shall be payable for such extended time.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the
date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such
payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in
full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the
amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not have so made such
payment, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount
distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount
is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative
Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
Section 2.08. Method of Electing Interest Rates.
(a) The Borrower may from time to time elect to change or continue the type of interest rate
borne by the Borrowings (subject in each case to the provisions of Article 8 and the last sentence
of this subsection(a)), as follows:
(i) if such Borrowings are Base Rate Borrowings, the Borrower may elect to convert such
Borrowings to Euro-Dollar Borrowings as of any Euro-Dollar Business Day and
(ii) if such Borrowings are Euro-Dollar Loans, the Borrower may elect to convert such
Borrowings to Base Rate Borrowings or elect to continue such Borrowings as Euro-Dollar
Borrowings for an additional Interest Period, subject to Section 2.09 in the case of any
such conversion or continuation effective on any day other than the last day of the then
current Interest Period applicable to such Borrowings.
Each such election shall be made by delivering a notice (a “Notice of Interest Rate Election”)
to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon. (New York City time) on the third
Euro-Dollar Business Day before the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be
effective. A Notice of Interest Rate Election may, if it so specifies, apply to only a portion of
the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Loans; provided that the portion to which such
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Notice applies, and the remaining portion to which it does not apply, are each $5,000,000 or
any larger multiple of $1,000,000. If no such notice is timely received prior to the end of an
Interest Period, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that all Borrowings having such
Interest Period be converted to Base Rate Borrowings at the end of such Interest Period.
(b) Each Notice of Interest Rate Election shall specify:
(i) the Borrowings to which such notice applies;
(ii) the date on which the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be
effective, which shall comply with the applicable clause of subsection (a) above;
(iii) if the Borrowings are to be converted, the new type of Borrowing and, if the
Borrowings being converted are to be Euro-Dollar Borrowings, the duration of the next
succeeding Interest Period applicable thereto; and
(iv) if such Borrowings are to be continued as Euro-Dollar Borrowings for an additional
Interest Period, the duration of such additional Interest Period.
Each Interest Period specified in a Notice of Interest Rate Election shall comply with the
provisions of the definition of Interest Period.
(c) Upon receipt of a Notice of Interest Rate Election from the Borrower pursuant to
subsection (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents
thereof and such notice shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrower.
Section 2.09. Funding Losses. If the Borrower makes any payment of principal with respect to
any Euro-Dollar Borrowing or any Euro-Dollar Borrowing is converted (pursuant to Article 2, 6 or 8
or otherwise) on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, or the
last day of an applicable period pursuant to Section 2.05(c), or if the Borrower fails to prepay,
convert or continue any Euro-Dollar Loans after notice has been given to any Lender in accordance
with Section 2.05 or 2.06 the Borrower shall reimburse each Lender within 30 days after demand for
any resulting loss or expense incurred by it, including (without limitation) any loss incurred in
obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits from third parties, but excluding loss of margin for
the period after any such payment or conversion or failure to borrow, prepay, convert or continue,
provided that such Lender shall have delivered to the Borrower a certificate as to the amount of
such loss or expense, which certificate shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.10. Computation of Interest and Fees. Interest based on the Prime Rate hereunder
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and paid for the
actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All other
interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual
number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
Section 2.11. Increased Commitments; Additional Lenders.
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(a) Subsequent to the Effective Date and provided that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may, upon at least 30 days’ notice to the Administrative
Agent (which shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to the Lenders), propose to increase the
aggregate amount of the Commitments up to $200,000,000 (the amount of any such increase, the
“Increased Commitments”). Such notice shall specify the amortization, if any, maturity, and
pricing to be applicable to the loans funded under the Increased Commitments (the “Increased
Loans”) and the other terms and conditions relevant thereto. Each Lender party to this Agreement
at such time shall have the right (but no obligation), for a period of 15 days following receipt of
such notice, to elect by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to increase its
Commitment by a principal amount of not less than $5,000,000.
(b) If any Lender party to this Agreement shall not elect to increase its Commitment pursuant
to subsection (a) of this Section or shall elect to increase its Commitment but shall not increase
its Commitment by the full amount of its pro rata share of the Increased Commitments, the Borrower
may designate another bank or other banks (which may be, but need not be, one or more of the
existing Lenders) which at the time agree to (i) in the case of any such bank that is an existing
Lender, increase its Commitment and (ii) in the case of any other such bank (an “Additional
Lender”), become a party to this Agreement. The sum of the increases in the Commitments of the
existing Lenders pursuant to this subsection (b) plus the Commitments of the Additional Lenders
shall not in the aggregate exceed the unsubscribed amount of the Increased Commitments.
(c) The terms and provisions of the Increased Loans and Increased Commitments shall be
identical to the Loans and the Commitments, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the
amendment to this Agreement implementing the Increased Commitments (the “Increased Amendment”). In
any event (i) the weighted average life to maturity of all Increased Loans shall be no shorter than
the weighted average life to maturity of the Loans, (ii) the applicable maturity date of the
Incremental Loans shall be no shorter than the Termination Date, and (iii) the rate of interest
applicable to the Increased Loans shall not be greater than the highest interest rate that may,
under any circumstances, be payable with respect to Loans unless the interest rate with respect to
the Loans is increased so as to be not less than 25 basis points less than the interest rate
applicable to the Increased Loans. Each Increased Amendment may, without the consent of any other
Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other loan documents as may be necessary
or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this Section
2.11.
(d) An increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall
become effective upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of an agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent signed by the Borrower, by each Additional Lender and by
each other Lender whose Commitment is to be increased, setting forth the new Commitments of such
Lenders and setting forth the agreement of each Additional Lender to become a party to this
Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and provisions hereof, together with such evidence of
appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower with respect to the Increased
Commitments and such opinions of counsel for the Borrower with respect to the Increased Commitments
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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ARTICLE 3
Conditions
Section 3.01. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof,
subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees described in that certain Fee
Letter, dated as of March 17, 2009 and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective
Date, including reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent) required to be reimbursed or paid
by the Borrower hereunder and under any agreement with the Administrative Agent or SunTrust
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc., as Lead Arranger.
(b) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the following, each to be in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed by or on behalf of each party hereto or
written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy
transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a
counterpart of this Agreement;
(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower, in a form
acceptable to Administrative Agent, attaching and certifying copies of its bylaws and of the
resolutions of its board of directors, or partnership agreement or limited liability company
agreement, or comparable organizational documents and authorizations, authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and other related documents to which
it is a party and certifying the name, title and true signature of each officer of the
Borrower executing this Agreement and other related to which it is a party;
(iii) certified copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation, certificate of
organization or limited partnership, or other registered organizational documents of the
Borrower, together with certificates of good standing or existence, as may be available from
the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of organization of the Borrower and each other
jurisdiction where the Borrower is required to be qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation;
(iv) favorable written opinions of Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.A., counsel to the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and
each of the Lenders, and covering such matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement and
related documents and the transactions contemplated therein as the Administrative Agent or
the Required Lenders shall reasonably request;
(v) a certificate, in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent, dated the
Effective Date, certifying that after giving effect to the funding of the Loans, (x) no
Default or Event of Default exists, (y) all representations and warranties of the
Borrower set forth in this Agreement are true and correct and (z) since the date of the
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financial statements of the Borrower described in Section 4.04, there shall have been no
change which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(vi) a duly executed funds disbursement agreement;
(vii) copies of the audited consolidated financial statements for Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 including balance sheets, income
and cash flow statements audited by independent public accountants of recognized national
standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP; and
(viii) certificates of insurance issued on behalf of insurers of the Borrower,
describing in reasonable detail the types and amounts of insurance (property and liability)
maintained by the Borrower.
ARTICLE 4
Representations and Warranties
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants that:
Section 4.01. Corporate Existence and Power. Each of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the state of
its incorporation without limitation on the duration of its existence, is in good standing therein,
and is duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions where such qualification is
necessary, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed will not
be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Borrower has corporate power to enter
into and perform this Agreement; and the Borrower has the corporate power to borrow and issue Notes
as contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.02. Corporate Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Notes are within the corporate powers of the
Borrower, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not contravene, or
constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or of the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Borrower or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree
or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement and any Notes constitute valid and binding
agreements of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective
terms, except to the extent limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other
similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
or by general equitable principles.
Section 4.04. Financial Information. (a) The consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and the related consolidated statements of
earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP and set
forth in the Borrower’s 2008 Form 10-K, a copy of which has been delivered to each of the Lenders,
fairly present, in conformity with generally accepted
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accounting principles (“GAAP”), the
consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date
and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such fiscal year.
(b) Since December 31, 2008, there has been no change in the consolidated financial condition
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries which would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.05. Litigation. There are no suits, actions or proceedings pending, or to the
knowledge of any member of the Borrower’s legal department threatened or against the Borrower or
any Subsidiary, the adverse determination of which is reasonably likely to occur, and if so
adversely determined would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.06. Taxes. The Borrower and each Subsidiary have filed all material tax returns
which to the knowledge of any member of the Borrower’s tax department were required to be filed and
have paid or have adequately provided for all taxes shown thereon to be due, including interest and
penalties, except for (i) those not yet delinquent, (ii) those the nonpayment of which would not be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) those being contested in good faith.
Section 4.07. Margin Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used in a
manner which would violate, or result in a violation of, Regulation U.
Section 4.08. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, other than
such laws, rules and regulations (i) the validity or applicability or which the Borrower or such
Subsidiary is contesting in good faith or (ii) failure to comply with which would not be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.09. Governmental Approvals. No consent, approval, authorization, permit or license
from, or registration or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the
making of this Agreement, with the exception of routine periodic filings made under the Exchange
Act.
Section 4.10. Pari Passu Obligations. Under applicable United States laws (including state
and local laws) in force at the date hereof, the claims and rights of the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent against the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes will not be
subordinate to, and will rank at least pari passu
with, the claims and rights of any other unsecured creditors of the Borrower (except to the
extent provided by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws of
general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general
principles of equity).
Section 4.11. No Defaults. The payment obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
respect of any Material Debt are not overdue.
Section 4.12. Full Disclosure. All information furnished to the Lenders in writing prior to
the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby does not, collectively,
contain any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state a fact necessary to make the
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statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading in any material respect on and as of the date hereof.
Section 4.13. ERISA. Each member of the ERISA Group has fulfilled its obligations under the
minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and is
in substantial compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable material
provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan. No member of the
ERISA Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any contribution or payment to
any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or made any amendment to any Plan which, in either case has resulted
or could result in the imposition of a material Lien or the posting of a material bond or other
material security under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code or (iii) incurred any material liability
under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of
ERISA.
Section 4.14. Environmental Matters. Environmental Matters. The Financial Statements
described in Section 4.04(a) provide certain information regarding environmental matters related to
properties currently owned by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, previously owned
properties, and other properties. Since December 31, 2008, environmental matters have not caused
any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries from that shown by such Financial Statements.
In the ordinary course of business, the ongoing operations of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries are reviewed from time to time to determine compliance with applicable Environmental
Laws. Based on these reviews, to the knowledge of the Borrower, ongoing operations at the
Principal Properties are currently being conducted in substantial compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws except to the extent that noncompliance would not be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.15. Regulatory Restrictions on Borrowing. The Borrower is not an “investment
company” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or otherwise subject to any
regulatory scheme which restricts its ability to incur debt.
ARTICLE 5
Covenants
Covenants
From the Effective Date and so long as any Lender has any Credit Exposure hereunder, the
Borrower agrees that, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
Section 5.01. Information. The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent which will
deliver to each of the Lenders:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of its first
three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year, consolidated statements of earnings and
cash flows of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of
such fiscal year to the end of such fiscal period and the related consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal period, all in reasonable
detail (it being understood that delivery of such statements as filed with the Securities
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and
Exchange Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this subsection) and accompanied
by a certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B signed by a financial officer of the
Borrower stating that such consolidated financial statements fairly present the consolidated
financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as
of the end of such period and for the period involved, subject, however, to year-end audit
adjustments, and that such officer has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of any Default;
(b) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year,
consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries for such year and the related consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, all in reasonable detail and accompanied by
(i) an opinion of independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Borrower as
to such consolidated financial statements (it being understood that delivery of such statements as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of
this subsection), and (ii) a certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B signed by a
financial officer of the Borrower stating that such consolidated financial statements fairly
present the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such year and for the year involved and that such
officer has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of any Default;
(c) promptly after their becoming available:
(i) copies of all financial statements, stockholder reports and proxy statements that
the Borrower shall have sent to its stockholders generally; and
(ii) copies of all registration statements filed by the Borrower under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (other than registration statements on Form S-8 or any registration
statement filed in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan), and
regular and periodic reports, if any, which the Borrower shall have filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental agency or agencies substituted
therefor) under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or with any national or
international securities exchange (other than those on Form 11-K or any successor form);
(d) from time to time, with reasonable promptness, such further information regarding the
business and financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as any Lender may reasonably
request through the Administrative Agent;
(e) prompt notice of the occurrence of any Default;
(f) prompt notice of all litigation and of all proceedings before any governmental or
regulatory agency pending (or, to the knowledge of the General Counsel of the Borrower, threatened)
and affecting the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, except litigation or proceedings which, if
adversely determined, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
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(g) prompt notice of all waivers for, amendments to or defaults under the Existing Agreement.
Each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) shall be
accompanied by or include the computations showing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B,
whether the Borrower was, at the end of the relevant fiscal period, in compliance with the
provisions of Section 5.09.
Section 5.02. Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause
each Restricted Subsidiary to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental
charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any property belonging to
it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and all lawful material claims which, if
unpaid, might become a Lien upon the property of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that neither the Borrower nor any such Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to pay any
such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim (i) the payment of which is being contested in good
faith and by proper proceedings, (ii) not yet delinquent or (iii) the non-payment of which, if
taken in the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.03. Insurance. The Borrower will maintain, and will cause each Restricted
Subsidiary to maintain, insurance from responsible companies in such amounts and against such risks
as is reasonable, taking into consideration the practices of businesses in the same line of
business or of similar size as the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, or, to a reasonable
extent, self-insurance.
Section 5.04. Maintenance of Existence. The Borrower will preserve and maintain, and will
cause each Restricted Subsidiary to preserve and maintain, its corporate existence and all of its
rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, and
conduct its business in an orderly, efficient and regular manner. Nothing herein contained shall
prevent the
termination of the business or corporate existence of any Restricted Subsidiary which in the
judgment of the Borrower is no longer necessary or desirable, a merger or consolidation of a
Restricted Subsidiary into or with the Borrower (if the Borrower is the surviving corporation) or
another Subsidiary or any merger, consolidation or transfer of assets permitted by Section 5.07, as
long as immediately after giving effect to any such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and
be continuing.
Section 5.05. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will keep, and will cause each
Restricted Subsidiary to keep, all of its properties necessary, in the judgment of the Borrower, in
its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Nothing in this
Section 5.05 shall prevent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance, or both the operation and maintenance, of any properties of the Borrower
or any such Restricted Subsidiary if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Borrower (or
such Restricted Subsidiary), desirable in the conduct of its business.
Section 5.06. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will comply, and will cause each Restricted
Subsidiary to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders
of any Governmental Authority (including Environmental Laws and ERISA), a
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breach of which would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, except where contested in good faith and by
proper proceedings.
Section 5.07. Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets.
(a) The Borrower will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or
transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(i) the Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary that is incorporated under the laws of
the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia is the surviving
corporation of any such consolidation or merger or is the Person that acquires by conveyance
or transfer the properties and assets of the Borrower substantially as an entirety;
(ii) if a Consolidated Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or is the Person that
acquires the property and assets of the Borrower substantially as an entirety, it shall
expressly assume the performance of every covenant of this Agreement and of the Notes on the
part of the Borrower to be performed or observed;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; and
(iv) if the Borrower is not the surviving corporation, the Borrower has delivered to
the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate and a legal opinion of its General
Counsel, Associate General Counsel or Assistant General Counsel, upon the express
instruction of the Borrower for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
each stating that such transaction complies with this Section and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with.
(b) Upon any consolidation by the Borrower with, or merger by the Borrower into, a
Consolidated Subsidiary or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Borrower
substantially as an entirety to a Consolidated Subsidiary, the Consolidated Subsidiary into which
the Borrower is merged or consolidated or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Borrower, as the
case may be, under this Agreement with the same effect as if such Consolidated Subsidiary had been
named as the Borrower, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, in the case of a transfer or
conveyance permitted by Section 5.07(a), the Borrower shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Agreement and the Notes.
Section 5.08. Negative Pledge. Neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary will
create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it,
except:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement;
(b) Liens securing Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or to another
Restricted Subsidiary;
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(c) any Lien existing on any asset of any person at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary
and not created in contemplation of such event;
(d) any Lien on any asset securing Debt incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all
or any part of the cost of acquiring such asset (and/or, in the case of the acquisition of a
business, any Lien on the equity and/or assets of the acquired entity), provided that such Lien
attaches to such asset concurrently with or within 180 days after the acquisition thereof;
(e) any Lien on any asset of any person existing at the time such person is merged or
consolidated with or into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and not created in contemplation
of such event;
(f) any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such acquisition;
(g) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Debt
secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section, provided that such
Debt is not increased and is not secured by any additional assets;
(h) Liens in favor of any customer (including any Governmental Authority) to secure partial,
progress, advance or other payments or performance pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure
any related indebtedness or to secure Debt guaranteed by a Governmental Authority;
(i) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business not securing Debt which do not impair in
any material respect the usefulness in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
of the assets to which such Liens attach; materialmen’s, suppliers’, tax or other
similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations which are not
overdue or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; Liens arising by operation
of law in favor of any lender to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course
of business constituting a banker’s lien or right of offset in moneys of the Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary deposited with such lender in the ordinary course of business; and appeal
bonds in respect of appeals being prosecuted in good faith;
(j) Liens on cash and cash equivalents securing Derivatives Obligations, provided that the
aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents subject to such Liens may at no time exceed
$50,000,000;
(k) Liens securing Debt equally and ratably securing the Loans and such Debt; provided that
the Required Lenders may, in their sole discretion, refuse to take any Lien on any asset (which
refusal will not limit the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to incur a Lien
otherwise permitted by this Section 5.08(k)); such Lien may equally and ratably secure the Loans
and any other obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, other than an obligation that
is subordinated to the Loans;
(l) Liens securing contingent obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$25,000,000; and
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(m) Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section securing
obligations in an aggregate principal or face amount at any date not to exceed at the time of
incurrence the greater of 12.5% of Consolidated Net Worth or $75,000,000.
For the avoidance of doubt, the creation of a security interest arising solely as a result of,
or the filing of UCC financing statements in connection with, any sale by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries of accounts receivable not prohibited by Section 5.07 shall not constitute a Lien
prohibited by this covenant.
Section 5.09. Leverage Ratio. The Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 3.25 to 1.00 as of the end
of any fiscal quarter; provided that if (i) Consolidated Debt has increased in connection with a
Specified Acquisition, (ii) as a consequence of such Specified Acquisition, the rating of long-term
unsecured debt of the Borrower has not been suspended, withdrawn or fallen below BBB by Standard &
Poor’s (a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.) or Baa2 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
and (iii) the Administrative Agent has received a Specified Acquisition Notice within 10 days of
consummation of such Specified Acquisition, then, for a period of 180 consecutive days following
the consummation of such Specified Acquisition, the additional Consolidated Debt in connection with
such Specified Acquisition shall be excluded from Consolidated Debt for purposes of calculating the
Leverage Ratio, but only if the Leverage Ratio calculated without such exclusion at no time exceeds
3.50 to 1.00.
For purposes of this Section 5.09,
(i) a “Specified Acquisition” means any single acquisition by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary of the Borrower of any Person (the “Target”) that (x) is in the same line or
lines of business as the Borrower or in the judgment of the Borrower is related to such
line or lines of business and (y) such Target’s board of directors have not objected to
such acquisition; and
(ii) a “Specified Acquisition Notice” means a notice delivered by the Borrower
notifying the Administrative Agent of the Specified Acquisition and stating that the
conditions in clauses (i) and (ii) to the proviso to the Leverage Ratio above have been
satisfied.
Section 5.10. Use of Loans. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans for any lawful
corporate purposes.
Section 5.11. Investments. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will hold, make or acquire
any Investment in any Person other than:
(a) Investments in Temporary Cash Investments and other Investments in cash or cash
equivalents from time to time approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower;
(b) Investments comprised of debt consideration received in connection with the sale of assets
(including any extensions, renewals and modifications thereof);
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(c) Investments existing on the Effective Date or which the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary has, as of the Effective Date, committed to make and which are set forth on Schedule
5.11(c) (including any extensions, renewals and modifications thereof);
(d) Investments in any Subsidiary or guaranties of obligations of any Subsidiary whose
principal business on the date of the making of such Investment or after giving effect to such
Investment is either (i) the same line or lines of business as the Borrower or (ii) in the judgment
of the Borrower related to such line or lines of business (it being understood that Schedule
5.11(d) contains a nonexhaustive list of certain related businesses as of the date of the Effective
Date);
(e) Investments by any Subsidiary in the Borrower; and
(f) Additional Investments not otherwise included in the foregoing clauses of this Section
5.11 if, after giving effect to such Investment, the outstanding amount (computed by taking the
difference of (x) the original cash purchase price of all such Investments less (y) the sum of (i)
all payments (including interest and dividends) and repayments of principal or capital plus (ii)
all proceeds from the sale of such Investment) of all Investments permitted by this clause (f) does
not exceed $225,000,000.
Section 5.12. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, pay any funds to or for the account of, make any investment
(whether by acquisition of stock or indebtedness, by loan, advance, transfer of property, guarantee
or other agreement to pay, purchase or service, directly or indirectly, any Debt, or otherwise) in,
lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets, tangible or intangible, to, or
participate in, or effect, any transaction with, any Affiliate except (i) transactions on an
arms-length basis on terms at least as
favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary Affiliate than could have been obtained from a
third party who was not an Affiliate, and (ii) transactions described in this Section 5.12 that
would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE 6
Defaults
Defaults
Section 6.01. Event of Default. If one or more of the following events (“Events of Default”)
shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when due;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay interest on any Loan within 5 days of the due date thereof;
(c) the Borrower shall fail to pay within 30 days after a request for payment by any Lender
acting through the Administrative Agent any other amount payable under this Agreement;
(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any agreement contained in Section 5.01(e)
or Section 5.07 through 5.12 (and, with respect to Section 5.10, 5.11 and 5.12,
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such failure shall
have continued for 10 days after notice thereof has been given to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent at the request of the Required Lenders);
(e) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement (other than those covered by clauses (a) through (d) above) for 30 days after notice
thereof has been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent at the request of the Required
Lenders;
(f) any representation, warranty or certification made by the Borrower in this Agreement or in
any certificate, or writing delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect
in any material respect when made and such deficiency shall remain unremedied for five days after
notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent at the request of
the Required Lenders;
(g) any Material Financial Obligations shall become due before stated maturity by the
acceleration of the maturity thereof by reason of default, or any Material Financial Obligations
shall become due by its terms and shall not be paid and, in any case aforesaid in this clause (g),
corrective action satisfactory to the Required Lenders shall not have been taken within 5 days
after written notice of the situation shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative
Agent at the request of the Required Lenders;
(h) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other
proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or
taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced
against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay its debts as they become due, or shall take any corporate action to authorize any
of the foregoing;
(i) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its
debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking
the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or
any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain
undismissed and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or an order for relief shall be entered against
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in
effect;
(j) a final judgment for the payment of money in excess of $50,000,000 shall have been entered
against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall not
have satisfied the same within 60 days, or caused execution thereon to be stayed within 60 days,
and such failure to satisfy or stay such judgment shall remain unremedied for 5 days after notice
thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent at the request of the
Required Lenders;
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(k) a final judgment either (1) requiring termination or imposing liability (other than for
premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) under Title IV of ERISA in respect of, or requiring a trustee
to be appointed under Title IV of ERISA to administer, any Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded
Liabilities in excess of $50,000,000 or (2) in an action relating to a Multiemployer Plan involving
a current payment obligation in excess of $50,000,000, which judgment, in either case, has not been
satisfied or stayed within 60 days and such failure to satisfy or stay is unremedied for 5 days
after notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent at the
request of the Required Lenders;
(l) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act) of 35% or more of
the outstanding shares of common stock of the Borrower; or during any two-year period, individuals
who at the beginning of such period constituted the Borrower’s Board of Directors (together with
any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the
shareholders of the Borrower was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then in
office who either were directors as the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination
for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
directors then in office; or
(m) any event of default under Sections 6.01(a), or (b)(ii) of the Existing Agreement;
then, and in every such event, the Administrative Agent shall, if requested by the Required
Lenders, (i) by notice to the Borrower terminate the Commitments and they shall thereupon
terminate, and (ii) by notice to the Borrower declare the Loans, interest accrued thereon and all
other amounts payable hereunder to be, and the same shall thereupon become, immediately due
and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Borrower; provided that in the event of (A) the filing by the Borrower of a
petition, or (B) an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower,
under the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect, without any notice to the Borrower
or any other act by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, the Commitments shall thereupon
terminate and the Loans, interest accrued thereon and all other amounts payable hereunder shall
become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE 7
The Administrative Agent
The Administrative Agent
Section 7.01. Appointment and Authorization. Each Lender irrevocably appoints and authorizes
the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers
under this Agreement and the Notes as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof
or thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; provided, however,
that the Administrative Agent shall not commence any legal action or proceeding before a court of
law on behalf of any Lender without such Lender’s prior written consent.
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Section 7.02. Administrative Agent and Affiliates. SunTrust Bank shall have the same rights
and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising the
same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and SunTrust Bank and its affiliates may
accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower
or any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Borrower as if it were not the Administrative Agent. The
term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless expressly indicated, include SunTrust Bank (and any
successor acting as Administrative Agent) in its capacity as a Lender.
Section 7.03. Action by Administrative Agent. The obligations of the Administrative Agent
hereunder are only those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action with respect to any
Default, except as expressly provided in Article 6.
Section 7.04. Consultation with Experts. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal
counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts
selected by it and shall not be liable to any Lender 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.
Section 7.05. Liability of Administrative Agent. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of
its affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable
for any action taken or not taken by it in connection herewith (i) with the consent or at the
request of the Required Lenders or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any of its affiliates nor any of their respective directors,
officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into
or verify (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement or
any borrowing hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements
of the Borrower; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article 3, except receipt of
items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness or
genuineness of this Agreement, the Notes or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection
herewith. The Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability by acting in reliance upon any
notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other writing (which may be a bank wire, telex,
facsimile transmission or similar writing) believed by it to be genuine or to be signed by the
proper party or parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term
“agent” in this Agreement with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any
fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable
law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or
reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
Section 7.06. Indemnification. Each Lender shall, ratably in accordance with its Commitment,
indemnify the Administrative Agent, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents
and employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower) against any cost, expense (including
reasonable counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except such
as result from such indemnitees’ gross negligence or willful misconduct) that such indemnitees may
suffer or incur in connection with this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by such
indemnitees hereunder.
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Section 7.07. Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and
without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as
it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not
taking any action under this Agreement.
Section 7.08. Successor Administrative Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign at any
time by giving notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the
Borrower shall, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, have the right, with
the consent of the Required Lenders, to appoint any of the Lenders as a successor Administrative
Agent. In the event that a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders shall have
the right to appoint the successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent
shall have been so appointed, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 60 days after the
retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent may,
on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a commercial
bank organized or licensed under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof
and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of its
appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such
successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall
be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder as Administrative Agent. After any
retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of
this Article shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while
it was Administrative Agent.
Section 7.09. Administrative Agent’s Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for its own account fees in the amounts and at the times previously agreed upon between the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Section 7.10. Other Agents. Nothing in this Agreement shall impose upon any Agent other than
the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such an Agent, any obligation or liability whatsoever.
ARTICLE 8
Change in Circumstances
Change in Circumstances
Section 8.01. Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy. (a) If after the date
hereof a Change in Law shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit,
assessment or similar requirement (including, without limitation, any such requirement imposed by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Regulation D or otherwise, as
herein provided) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any
Lender or shall impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting
its Euro-Dollar Loans, its Note or its obligations to make Euro-Dollar Loans and the result of any
of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) of
making or maintaining any Euro-Dollar Loan, or to reduce the
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amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or under its Note, by an amount deemed by such
Lender to be material, then, within 15 days after written demand therefor made through the
Administrative Agent, in the form of the certificate referred to in Section 8.01(c), the Borrower
shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
increased cost or reduction; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such
compensation with respect to any period prior to the 30th day before the date of any such demand.
(b) Without limiting the effect of Section 8.01(a) (but without duplication), if any Lender
determines at any time after the date on which this Agreement becomes effective that a Change in
Law will have the effect of increasing the amount of capital required to be maintained by such
Lender (or its Parent) based on the existence of such Lender’s Loans, Commitment and/or other
obligations hereunder, then the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, within 15 days after its written
demand therefor made through the Administrative Agent in the form of the certificate referred to in
Section 8.01(c), such additional amounts as shall be required to compensate such Lender for any
reduction in the rate of return on capital of such Lender (or its Parent) as a result of such
increased capital requirement; provided that the Borrower shall not be
required to pay any such compensation with respect to any period prior to the 30th day before
the date of any such demand; provided further, however, that to the extent (i) a Lender shall
increase its level of capital above the level maintained by such Lender on the date of this
Agreement and there has not been a Change in Law or (ii) there has been a Change in Law and a
Lender shall increase its level of capital by an amount greater than the increase attributable
(taking into consideration the same variables taken into consideration in determining the level of
capital maintained by such Lender on the date of this Agreement) to such Change in Law, the
Borrower shall not be required to pay any amount or amounts under this Agreement with respect to
any such increase in capital. Thus, for example, a Lender which is “adequately capitalized” (as
such term or any similar term is used by any applicable bank regulatory agency having authority
with respect to such Lender) may not require the Borrower to make payments in respect of increases
in such Lender’s level of capital made under the circumstances described in clause (i) or (ii)
above which improve its capital position from “adequately capitalized” to “well capitalized” (as
such term or any similar term is used by any applicable bank regulatory agency having authority
with respect to such Lender).
(c) Each Lender will promptly notify the Borrower, through the Administrative Agent, of any
event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date on which this Agreement becomes
effective, which will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 8.01 and will
designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for, or
reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the sole judgment of such Lender, be
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. A certificate of any Lender claiming compensation under
this Section 8.01 and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder and
setting forth the basis for the determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. In determining such amount, such Lender shall act reasonably and in good faith,
and may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
Section 8.02. Substitute Rate. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if within two
Euro-Dollar Business Days, in the case of Euro-Dollar Loans, prior to the first day of an Interest
Period none of the Reference Banks is, for any reason whatsoever, being offered Dollars
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for deposit
in the relevant market for a period and amount relevant to the computation of the rate of interest
on a Euro-Dollar Loan for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower
and each Lender prompt notice thereof and on what would otherwise be the first day of such Interest
Period such Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans.
Section 8.03. Illegality. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if, after the date
on which this Agreement becomes effective, a Change in Law shall make it unlawful or impossible for
any Lender to (i) honor any Commitment it may have hereunder to make any Euro-Dollar Loan, then
such Commitment shall be suspended, or (ii) maintain any Euro-Dollar Loan, then all Euro-Dollar
Loans of such Lender then outstanding shall be converted into Base Rate Loans as provided in
Section 8.03(b), and any remaining Commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Euro-Dollar Loans
(but not other Loans) shall be immediately suspended, in either case until such Lender may again
make and/or maintain Euro-Dollar Loans (as the case may be), and borrowings from such Lender, at a
time when borrowings from the other Lenders are to be of Euro-Dollar Loans, shall be made,
simultaneously with such borrowings from the other Lenders, by way of Base Rate Loans. Upon
the occurrence of any such change, such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower thereof
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), and shall furnish to the Borrower in writing evidence
thereof certified by such Lender. Before giving any notice pursuant to this Section 8.03, such
Lender shall designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation will avoid the
need for giving such notice and will not, in the sole reasonable judgment of such Lender, be
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(b) Any conversion of any outstanding Euro-Dollar Loan which is required under this Section
8.03 shall be effected immediately (or, if permitted by applicable law, on the last day of the
Interest Period therefor).
Section 8.04. Taxes on Payments. (a) All payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be made
free and clear of and without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any present and
future taxes, assessments or governmental charges imposed by the United States, or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, excluding taxes imposed on its net income,
branch profit taxes and franchise taxes (all such non-excluded taxes being hereinafter called
“Taxes”), except as expressly provided in this Section 8.04. If any Taxes are imposed and required
by law to be deducted or withheld from any amount payable to any Lender, then the Borrower shall
(i) increase the amount of such payment so that such Lender will receive a net amount (after
deduction of all Taxes) equal to the amount due hereunder, (ii) pay such Taxes to the appropriate
taxing authority for the account of such Lender, and (iii) as promptly as possible thereafter, send
such Lender evidence of original or certified receipt showing payment thereof, together with such
additional documentary evidence as such Lender may from time to time require. If the Borrower
fails to perform its obligations under (ii) or (iii) above, the Borrower shall indemnify such
Lender for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable as a result of any
such failure; provided, however, that the Borrower will not be required to make any payment to any
Lender under this Section 8.04 if withholding is required in respect of such Lender by reason of
such Lender’s inability or failure to furnish under subsection (c) an extension or renewal of a
Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (or successor form), as applicable, unless such inability results from
an amendment to or a change in any applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof by
any regulatory authority
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(including without limitation any change in an applicable tax treaty),
which amendment or change becomes effective after the date hereof.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender against any present
or future transfer taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, excise or property taxes, assessments or
charges made by any Governmental Authority by reason of the execution, delivery, registration or
enforcement of this Agreement or any Notes (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(c) Subject to subsection (d) below, each Lender that is a foreign person (i.e. a person who
is not a United States person for United States federal income tax purposes) agrees that it shall
deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) (i) within twenty Domestic
Business Days after the date on which this Agreement becomes effective, two duly completed copies
of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN, as appropriate, indicating that
such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement
without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, or is entitled to
a reduced rate of United States withholding taxes under an applicable income tax treaty, (ii) from
time to time, such extensions or renewals of such forms (or successor forms) as may reasonably be
requested by the Borrower but only to the extent such Lender determines that it may properly effect
such extensions or renewals under applicable tax treaties, laws, regulations and directives and
(iii) in the event of a transfer of any Loan to a subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender, a new
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN (or any successor form), as the case may be, for
such subsidiary or affiliate indicating that such subsidiary or affiliate is, on the date of
delivery thereof, entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or
withholding of any United States federal income taxes or is entitled to a reduced rate of United
States withholding tax under an applicable income tax treaty. The Borrower and the Administrative
Agent shall each be entitled to rely on such forms in its possession until receipt of any revised
or successor form pursuant to the preceding sentence.
(d) If a Lender at the time it first becomes a party to this Agreement (or because of a change
in an Applicable Lending Office) is subject to a United States interest withholding tax rate in
excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from Taxes. For any
period with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide the Borrower with the appropriate form
pursuant to Section 8.04(c) (unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law or regulation,
or in the interpretation thereof by any regulatory authority, occurring subsequent to the date on
which a form originally was required to be provided), such Lender shall not be entitled to
additional payments under Section 8.04(a) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States;
provided, however, that should a Lender, which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced
rate of withholding tax, become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required
hereunder, the Borrower shall take such steps as such Lender shall reasonably request to assist
such Lender to recover such Taxes.
(e) If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any Lender
pursuant to this Section 8.04, then such Lender will change the jurisdiction of one or more
Applicable Lending Offices so as to eliminate or reduce any such additional payment which may
thereafter accrue if such change, in the judgment of such Lender, is not otherwise disadvantageous
to such Lender.
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(f) If any Lender is able to apply for any credit, deduction or other reduction in Taxes or
Other Taxes in an amount which is reasonably determined by such Lender to be material, which arises
by reason of any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 8.04, such Lender will use
reasonable efforts, excluding the institution of any judicial proceeding, to obtain such credit,
deduction or other reduction and, upon receipt thereof, will pay to the Borrower an amount, not
exceeding the amount of such payment by the Borrower, equal to the net after-tax value to such
Lender, in its good faith determination, of such part of such credit, deduction or other reduction
as it determines to be allocable to such payment by the Borrower, having regard to all of its
dealings giving rise to similar credits, deductions or other reductions during the same tax period
and to the cost of obtaining the same; provided, however, that (i) such Lender shall not be
obligated to disclose to the Borrower any information regarding its tax affairs or computations and
(ii) nothing contained in this Section 8.04(f) shall be construed so as to interfere with the right
of such Lender to arrange its tax affairs as it deems appropriate.
ARTICLE 9
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Section 9.01. Termination of Commitment of a Lender; New Lenders. (a) (1) Upon receipt of
notice from any Lender for compensation or indemnification pursuant to Section 8.01(c) or Section
8.04, (2) upon receipt of notice that the Commitment of a Lender to make Euro-Dollar Loans has been
suspended, the Borrower shall have the right to terminate the Commitment in full of such Lender (a
“Retiring Lender”). The termination of the Commitment of a Retiring Lender pursuant to this
Section 9.01(a) shall be effective on the tenth Domestic Business Day following the date of a
notice of such termination to the Retiring Lender through the Administrative Agent, subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(i) in the event that on such effective date there shall be any Loans outstanding
hereunder, the Borrower shall have prepaid on such date (x) the aggregate principal amount
of such Loans held by the Retiring Lender only and (y) if and to the extent necessary, an
additional aggregate principal amount of the Loans of the other Lenders such that, after
giving effect to clause (iii) below, no Lender’s Credit Exposure shall exceed its Commitment
and the Total Exposure shall not exceed the Total Commitments; and
(ii) in addition to the payment of the principal of the Loans held by the Retiring
Lender pursuant to clause (i) above, the Borrower shall have paid such Retiring Lender all
accrued interest thereon, and any other amounts then payable to it hereunder, including,
without limitation, all amounts payable by the Borrower to such Lender under Section 2.09 by
reason of the prepayment of Loans pursuant to clause (i) with respect to the period ending
on such effective date; provided that the provisions of Section 8.01, Section 8.04 and
Section 9.04 shall survive for the benefit of any Retiring Lender.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above, such Lender
shall cease to be a Lender hereunder.
(b) In lieu of the termination of a Lender’s Commitment pursuant to Section 9.01(a), the
Borrower may notify the Administrative Agent that the Borrower desires to replace such
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Retiring
Lender with a new bank or banks (which may be one or more of the Lenders), which will purchase the
Loans and assume the Commitment of the Retiring Lender. Upon the Borrower’s selection of a bank to
replace a Retiring Lender, such bank’s agreement thereto and the fulfillment of the conditions to
assignment and assumption set forth in Section 9.08(c)(iii) such bank shall become a Lender
hereunder for all purposes in accordance with Section 9.08(c)(iii).
Section 9.02. Notices. (a) All notices, requests and other communications to any party
hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission or similar
writing) and shall be given to such party: (i) in the case of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, at its address, facsimile number or telex number set forth on the signature pages hereof,
(ii) in the case of any Lender, at its address,
facsimile number or telex number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire or (iii) in the
case of any party, such other address, facsimile number or telex number as such party may hereafter
specify for the purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. Each such notice,
request or other communication shall be effective (x) if given by telex, when such telex is
transmitted to the telex number specified in this Section and the appropriate answerback is
received, (y) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the facsimile number
specified in this Section and confirmation of receipt is received or (z) if given by any other
means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to
procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
notices to any Lender pursuant to Article 2 if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent
that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The
Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications 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) Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications
sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement
from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day
for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website
shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as
described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is
available and identifying the website address therefor.
Section 9.03. No Waivers. No failure or delay by either Administrative Agent or any Lender in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver
thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein
provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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Section 9.04. Expenses; Indemnification. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel for the
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and (ii) if an Event of
Default occurs, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, in connection with such Event of
Default and collection and other enforcement proceedings resulting therefrom.
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, their
respective affiliates and the respective directors, officers, Administrative Agents and
employees of the foregoing (each an “Indemnitee”) and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and
against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and reasonable expenses of any kind,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by such
Indemnitee in response to or in defense of any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding
brought or threatened against the Administrative Agent or any Lender relating to or arising out of
this Agreement or any actual or proposed use of proceeds of Loans; provided that no Indemnitee
shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder (i) to the extent such indemnification relates to
relationships between or among each of, or any of, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any
Assignee or Participant or (ii) for such Indemnitee’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 9.05. Pro Rata Treatment. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, (a) each
borrowing from, and change in the Commitments of, the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to
their respective Commitments, and (b) each payment and prepayment on the Loans shall be made to all
the Lenders, pro rata in accordance with the unpaid principal amount of the Loans held by each of
them.
Section 9.06. Sharing of Set-offs. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, by exercising any
right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate
amount then due with respect to the Loans held by it which is greater than the proportion received
by any other Lender in respect of the aggregate amount then due with respect to the Loans held by
such other Lender, the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall purchase such
participations in the Loans held by the other Lenders, and such other adjustments shall be made, as
may be required so that all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders pro rata; provided nothing
in this Section shall impair the right of any Lender to exercise any right of set-off or
counterclaim it may have and to apply the amount subject to such exercise to the payment of
indebtedness of the Borrower other than its indebtedness under this Agreement.
Section 9.07. Amendments and Waivers. (a) Any provision of this Agreement or the Notes may be
amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by the
Borrower and the Required Lenders (and, if the rights or duties of any Agent are affected thereby,
by it). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment or waiver shall,
(i) unless signed by all affected Lenders,
(A) increase any Commitment,
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(B) reduce the principal of or rate of interest on any Loan or any fees
hereunder,
(C) postpone the date fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on any
loan or any fees hereunder or for termination of any Commitment; or,
(ii) unless signed by all Lenders,
(A) change the percentage of the Credit Exposures, which shall be required for
the Lenders or any of them to take any action under this Section or any other
provision of this Agreement,
(B) amend or waive the provisions of this Section 9.07.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to
approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of
such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
(b) The exercise by the Borrower of its right to decrease the Commitments pursuant to Section
2.06 shall not be deemed to require the consent of any party to this Agreement. For the avoidance
of doubt, the exercise by the Borrower of its option to increase the aggregate amount of the
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.11 shall not require the consent of any Person except for the
consent of the Administrative Agent, any Additional Lender and each Lender whose Commitment is to
be increased.
Section 9.08. Successors and Assigns; Participations; Novation. (a) This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns; provided that, except in accordance with Section 5.04 and 5.07, the Borrower may not
assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of all
Lenders.
(b) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, but upon prior written notification
to the Borrower, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions (each a
“Participant”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such
Lender, the Commitment of such Lender hereunder and any other interest of such Lender hereunder.
In the event of any such sale by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely
responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of its Note or Notes,
if any, for all purposes under this Agreement and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender may grant such a
participating interest shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right and
responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrower hereunder including, without limitation,
the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such participation agreement may provide that such Lender will not agree to any
modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement described in
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clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section
9.07(a)(i) affecting such Participant without the consent of the Participant; provided further that
such Participant shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or other decision that all Lenders shall
be required to abide by pursuant to a vote by Required Lenders. Subject to the provisions of
Section 9.08(d), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall, to the extent provided in its
participation agreement, be entitled to the benefits of Article 8 with respect to its participating
interest. An assignment or other transfer which is not permitted
by subsection (c) or (g) below shall be given effect for purposes of this Agreement only to
the extent of a participating interest granted in accordance with this subsection (b).
(c) (i) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more Eligible Institutions (each an
“Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes.
Each Assignee shall assume all such rights and obligations pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption
Agreement. In no event shall (A) any Loan of a transferor Lender (together with the Loan of any
affiliate of such Lender), after giving effect to any sale pursuant to this subsection (c), be less
than $5,000,000, (B) any Loan of an Assignee (together with the Loan of any affiliate of such
Assignee), after giving effect to any sale pursuant to this subsection (c), be less than
$5,000,000, except in each case as may result upon the transfer by a Lender of its Loan in its
entirety or (C) any sale pursuant to this subsection (c) result in the transferee Lender (together
with its affiliates) holding more than 45% of the Total Exposure, except to the extent that the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent’s consent to such sale.
(ii) No interest may be sold by a Lender pursuant to this subsection (c) without the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default shall
exist at the time, the Borrower, which consents, in each case, shall not be unreasonably
withheld, provided however that sales to an affiliate of such Lender, or to another Lender,
will not require the consent of the Borrower. For the purposes of this subsection (c)(ii),
the withholding of consent by the Borrower shall not be deemed unreasonable if based solely
upon the Borrower’s desire to (A) balance relative loan exposures to such Eligible
Institution among all credit facilities of the Borrower or (B) avoid payment of any
additional amounts payable to such Eligible Institution under Article 8 which would arise
from such assignment.
(iii) Upon (A) execution of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (B) delivery by the
transferor Lender of an executed copy thereof, together with notice that the payment
referred to in clause (C) below shall have been made, to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent, (C) payment by such Assignee to such transferor Lender of an amount equal to the
purchase price agreed between such transferor Lender and such Assignee and (D) if the
Assignee is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any
state thereof, evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of
compliance with the provisions of Section 9.08(f), such Assignee shall for all purposes be a
Lender party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Lender
under this Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto with a
Commitment as set forth in such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the transferor
Lender shall be released from its obligations hereunder to a correspondent extent, and no
further consent or action by the Borrower, the Lenders or the Administrative Agents shall be
required to effectuate such transfer.
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Each Assignee shall be bound by any waiver, amendment
or other decision that all Lenders shall be required to abide by pursuant to a vote by
Required Lenders.
(iv) Upon the consummation of any transfer to an Assignee pursuant to this subsection
(c), the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate
arrangements so that, if requested by the transferor Lender or the Assignee, a new Note or
Notes shall be delivered from the Borrower to the transferor
Lender and/or such Assignee. In connection with any such assignment, the Assignee or
the transferor Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent an administrative fee for
processing such assignment in the amount of $3,500.
(d) No Assignee, Participant or other transferee (including any successor Applicable Lending
Office) of any Lender’s rights shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 8.01
than such Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights transferred, unless
such transfer is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent or by reason of the provisions of
Section 8.01 or Section 8.03 requiring such Lender to designate a different Applicable Lending
Office under certain circumstances or at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such greater
payment did not exist.
(e) Each Lender may, upon the written consent of the Borrower, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, disclose to any Participant or Assignee (each a “Transferee”) and any
prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the
Borrower that has been delivered to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or that
has been delivered to such Lender by the Borrower in connection with such Lender’s credit
evaluation prior to entering into this Agreement, subject in all cases to agreement by such
Transferee or prospective Transferee to comply with the provisions of Section 9.15.
(f) If pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 9.08, any interest in this Agreement or any
Note is transferred to any Assignee that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the United States or any state thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause such Assignee,
concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, (i) to represent to the transferor Lender
(for the benefit of the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agents and the Borrower) that under
applicable law and treaties no taxes or only a reduced rate of withholding taxes (excluded from the
definition of Taxes under Section 8.04(d) will be required to be withheld by the Administrative
Agent, the Borrower or the transferor Lender with respect to any payments to be made to such
Assignee in respect of the Loans and (ii) to furnish to each of the transferor Lender, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower two duly completed copies of the forms required by Section
8.04(c)(i).
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 9.08 to the contrary, any Lender may assign
or pledge any of its rights and interests in the Loans to a Federal Reserve Bank without the
consent of the Borrower.
Section 9.09. Visitation. Subject to restrictions imposed by applicable security clearance
regulations, the Borrower will upon reasonable notice permit representatives of any Lender at such
Lender’s expense to visit any of its major properties.
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Section 9.10. Collateral. Each of the Lenders represents to the Administrative Agent and each
of the other Lenders that it in good faith is not relying upon any “margin stock” (as defined in
Regulation U) as collateral in the extension or maintenance of the credit provided for in this
Agreement.
Section 9.11. Reference Banks. If any Reference Bank assigns its rights and obligations
hereunder to an unaffiliated institution, the Borrower shall, in consultation with the
Administrative Agent, appoint another Lender to act as a Reference Bank hereunder. If the
Commitment of any Lender which is also a Reference Bank is terminated pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, the Borrower may, in consultation with the Administrative Agent, appoint a replacement
Reference Bank.
Section 9.12. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and each Note shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. Each
of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby submits to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any
New York State Court sitting in New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding
brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 9.13. Counterparts; Integration. This Agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and
understanding among the parties hereto and supersedes any and all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
Section 9.14. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 9.15. Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees, with respect to any information delivered
or made available by the Borrower to it that is clearly indicated to be confidential information or
private data, to use all reasonable efforts to protect such confidential information from
unauthorized use or disclosure and to restrict disclosure to only those Persons employed or
retained by such Lender who are or are expected to become engaged in evaluating, approving,
structuring or administering this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Nothing
herein shall prevent any Lender from disclosing such information (i) to any other Lender, (ii) to
its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys and accountants who have a need
to know such information in accordance with customary banking practices and who receive such
information having been made aware of and having agreed to the restrictions set forth in this
Section, (iii) upon the order of any court or administrative agency, (iv) upon the request or
demand of any regulatory agency or authority having jurisdiction over such Lender, (v) which
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been publicly disclosed, (vi) to the extent reasonably required in connection with any litigation
to which any Agent or Lender, the Borrower or their respective affiliates may be a party, (vii) to
the extent reasonably required
in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder, (viii) to any direct, indirect,
actual or prospective counterparty (and its advisor) to any swap, derivative or securitization
transaction related to the obligations under this Agreement, provided that such person agree to be
bound by the terms provided in this paragraph, and (ix) with the prior written consent of the
Borrower; provided however, that before any disclosure is permitted under (iii) or (vi) of this
Section 9.15, each Lender shall, if not legally prohibited, notify and consult with the Borrower,
promptly and in a timely manner, concerning the information it proposes to disclose, to enable the
Borrower to take such action as may be appropriate under the circumstances to protect the
confidentiality of the information in question, and provided further that any disclosure under the
foregoing proviso be limited to only that information discussed with the Borrower. The use of the
term “confidential” in this Section 9.15 is not intended to refer to data classified by the
government of the United States under laws and regulations relating to the handling of data, but is
intended to refer to information and other data regarded by the Borrower as private.
Section 9.16. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information
that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXXX MATERIALS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
Title: SVP, CFO AND Treasurer | |||||
Address: | 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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Facsimile: | 000-000-0000 | ||||
SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: Director | |||||
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx XX Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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Facsimile: | |||||
[Signature Page for Term Loan Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
SUNTRUST BANK as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
[Signature Page for Term Loan Agreement]
BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | SVP | |||
[Signature Page for Term Loan Agreement]
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
[Signature Page for Term Loan Agreement]
REGIONS BANK as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
[Signature Page for Term Loan Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
[Signature Page for Term Loan Agreement]
COMERICA BANK as Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
[Signature Page for Term Loan Agreement]
COMMITMENT SCHEDULE
Lender | Commitment | |||
SunTrust Bank |
$ | 35,000,000 | ||
Branch Banking & Trust Company |
$ | 25,000,000 | ||
Northern Trust Company |
$ | 25,000,000 | ||
Regions Bank |
$ | 20,000,000 | ||
Bank of America, N.A. |
$ | 15,000,000 | ||
Comerica Bank |
$ | 10,000,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 130,000,000 |
PRICING SCHEDULE
Each of “Base Rate Margin” and “Euro-Dollar Margin” means, for any day, the rate set forth
below (in basis points per annum) in the row opposite such term and in the column corresponding to
the Pricing Level that apply for such day:
Pricing Level | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV | Level V | |||||||||||||||
Base Rate Margin |
100.0 | 125.00 | 175.00 | 200.00 | 250.00 | |||||||||||||||
Euro-Dollar Margin |
200.00 | 225.00 | 275.00 | 300.00 | 350.00 |
For purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the following meanings, subject to the
further provisions of this Schedule:
“Level I Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated
A or higher by S&P or A2 or higher by Moody’s.
“Level II Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, (i) the Borrower’s long-term debt is
rated A- or higher by S&P or A3 or higher by Moody’s and (ii) Level I Pricing does not exist.
“Level III Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, (i) the Borrower’s long-term debt is
rated BBB+ or higher by S&P or Baa1 or higher by Moody’s and (ii) neither Level I Pricing nor Level
II Pricing exists.
“Level IV Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, (i) the Borrower’s long-term debt is
rated BBB or higher by S&P or Baa2 or higher by Moody’s and (ii) none of Level I Pricing, Level II
Pricing and Level III Pricing exists.
“Level V Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, (i) the Borrower’s long-term debt is
rated BBB- or lower by S&P or Baa3 or lower by Moody’s and (ii) no other Pricing Level applies.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Pricing Level” refers to the determination of which of Xxxxx X, Xxxxx XX, Xxxxx XXX, Xxxxx XX
or Level V applies at any date.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s (a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.).
The credit ratings to be utilized for purposes of this Schedule are those assigned to the
senior unsecured long-term debt securities of the Borrower without third-party credit enhancement,
and any rating assigned to any other debt security of the Borrower shall be disregarded. In the
case of split ratings from Moody’s and S&P, the Pricing Level will be determined as if both S&P and
Moody’s assigned ratings one notch higher than the lower of the two. The ratings in effect for any
day are those in effect at the close of business on such day. The ratings in effect for any day
are those in effect at the close of business on such day, and the
Base Rate Margin and the Euro-Dollar Margin may change from time to time during any Interest Period
as a result of changes in the Pricing Level during such Interest Period.
SCHEDULE 5.11(c)
Investment | ||||
American Stone |
$ | 3,536,420 | ||
Concrete Supply |
13,198,000 | |||
Granite Canyon Joint Venture |
3,683,131 | |||
Xxxx Xxxxxx Materials, LLC * |
32,532,297 | |||
Mid-South Xxxxxx Joint Venture |
206,378 | |||
MTD Pipeline LLC |
4,793,465 | |||
Valley Stone, LLC |
274,800 | |||
58,224,491 | ||||
* | In addition to this equity investment, there are commitments to provide a $7,000,000 revolving credit facility for working capital purposes and a $33,810,019 term loan for capital projects. |
SCHEDULE 5.11(d)
Related Businesses | ||||
Composite technology |
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Ready mixed concrete |
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Asphalt |
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Laydown |
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Trucking/transportation/rail cars and related equipment |
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Loading/unloading services |