CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
99.2
Dated
as of January 23, 2004
Amended
and Restated as of November 29, 2004
among
COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES, INC.,
as
Borrower,
CPI HOLDCO, INC.,
as
a Guarantor,
THE
OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
THE
LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
UBS
SECURITIES LLC and
BEAR,
XXXXXXX & CO. INC.,
as
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners,
and
UBS
AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent, Issuing Bank,
and
as
Administrative
Agent, Sole Arranger and Sole Bookrunner solely with respect to the Term B
Loans
UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC,
as
Swingline Lender,
BEAR
XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING INC.,
as
Syndication Agent,
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Documentation Agent,
and
WACHOVIA
CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
as
Co-Arranger
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx llp
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Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
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SECTION
1.01.
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Defined
Terms
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2
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SECTION
1.02.
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Classification
of Loans and Borrowings
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34
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SECTION
1.03.
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Terms
Generally
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34
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SECTION
1.04.
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Accounting
Terms; GAAP
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34
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ARTICLE
II
THE
CREDITS
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SECTION
2.01.
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Commitments
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35
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SECTION
2.02.
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Loans
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35
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SECTION
2.03.
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Borrowing
Procedure
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36
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SECTION
2.04.
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Evidence
of Debt; Repayment of Loans
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37
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SECTION
2.05.
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Fees
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38
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SECTION
2.06.
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Interest
on Loans
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39
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SECTION
2.07.
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Termination
and Reduction of Commitments
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40
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SECTION
2.08.
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Interest
Elections
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40
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SECTION
2.09.
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Amortization
of Term B Borrowings
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41
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SECTION
2.10.
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Optional
and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans
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42
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SECTION
2.11.
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Alternate
Rate of Interest
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45
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SECTION
2.12.
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Increased
Costs
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45
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SECTION
2.13.
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Breakage
Payments
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46
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SECTION
2.14.
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs
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47
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SECTION
2.15.
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Taxes
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48
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SECTION
2.16.
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Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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50
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SECTION
2.17.
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Swingline
Loans
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50
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SECTION
2.18.
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Letters
of Credit
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52
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SECTION
2.19.
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Term
B Loans
|
56
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SECTION
2.20.
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Increase
in Commitments
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57
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ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION
3.01.
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Organization;
Powers
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58
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SECTION
3.02.
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Authorization;
Enforceability
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59
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SECTION
3.03.
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Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
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59
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SECTION
3.04.
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Financial
Statements
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59
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SECTION
3.05.
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Properties
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60
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SECTION
3.06.
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Equity
Interests and Subsidiaries
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60
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SECTION
3.07.
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Litigation;
Compliance with Laws
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61
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SECTION
3.08.
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Agreements
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61
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SECTION
3.09.
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Federal
Reserve Regulations
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61
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SECTION
3.10.
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Investment
Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act
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62
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SECTION
3.11.
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Use
of Proceeds
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62
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SECTION
3.12.
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Taxes
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62
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SECTION
3.13.
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No
Material Misstatements
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62
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SECTION
3.14.
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Labor
Matters
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62
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SECTION
3.15.
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Solvency
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63
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SECTION
3.16.
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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63
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SECTION
3.17.
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Environmental
Matters
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64
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SECTION
3.18.
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Insurance
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64
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SECTION
3.19.
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Security
Documents
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65
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SECTION
3.20.
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Acquisition
Documents; Representations and Warranties in
Agreement
|
66
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SECTION
3.21.
|
Representations,
Warranties and Agreements of Parent
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66
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SECTION
3.22.
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Anti-Terrorism
Law
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66
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SECTION
3.23.
|
Bribery
|
67
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SECTION
3.24.
|
Subordination
of Senior Subordinated Notes
|
67
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ARTICLE
IV
CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
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SECTION
4.01.
|
All
Credit Events
|
67
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SECTION
4.02.
|
First
Credit Event
|
68
|
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SECTION
4.03.
|
Conditions
to Effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement
|
73
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ARTICLE
V
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
|
SECTION
5.01.
|
Financial
Statements, Reports, etc.
|
75
|
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SECTION
5.02.
|
Litigation
and Other Notices
|
77
|
|
SECTION
5.03.
|
Existence;
Businesses and Properties
|
77
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|
SECTION
5.04.
|
Insurance
|
77
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|
SECTION
5.05.
|
Obligations
and Taxes
|
78
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|
SECTION
5.06.
|
Employee
Benefits
|
78
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SECTION
5.07.
|
Maintaining
Records; Access to Properties and Inspections
|
79
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SECTION
5.08.
|
Use
of Proceeds
|
79
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SECTION
5.09.
|
Compliance
with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports
|
79
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SECTION
5.10.
|
[Reserved]
|
79
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SECTION
5.11.
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Additional
Collateral; Additional Guarantors
|
80
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SECTION
5.12.
|
Security
Interests; Further Assurances
|
82
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ARTICLE
VI
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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SECTION
6.01.
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Indebtedness
|
83
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SECTION
6.02.
|
Liens
|
83
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SECTION
6.03.
|
Investment,
Loan and Advances
|
85
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|
SECTION
6.04.
|
Mergers,
Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions
|
87
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SECTION
6.05.
|
Dividends
|
88
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SECTION
6.06.
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
89
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SECTION
6.07.
|
Financial
Covenants
|
90
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SECTION
6.08.
|
Prepayments
of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation,
Other Constitutive Documents or By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements,
etc.
|
92
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SECTION
6.09.
|
Limitation
on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries
|
92
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SECTION
6.10.
|
Limitation
on Issuance of Capital Stock
|
93
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SECTION
6.11.
|
Limitation
on Creation of Subsidiaries
|
93
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SECTION
6.12.
|
Business
|
93
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SECTION
6.13.
|
Limitation
on Accounting Changes
|
94
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SECTION
6.14.
|
Fiscal
Year
|
94
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SECTION
6.15.
|
Sale
and Leaseback Transactions
|
94
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SECTION
6.16.
|
Anti-Terrorism
Law; Anti-Money Laundering
|
94
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ARTICLE
VII
GUARANTEE
|
SECTION
7.01.
|
The
Guarantee
|
95
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SECTION
7.02.
|
Obligations
Unconditional
|
95
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SECTION
7.03.
|
Reinstatement
|
96
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SECTION
7.04.
|
Subrogation;
Subordination
|
96
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SECTION
7.05.
|
Remedies
|
97
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SECTION
7.06.
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Instrument
for the Payment of Money
|
97
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SECTION
7.07.
|
General
Limitation on Guarantee Obligations
|
97
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ARTICLE
VIII
EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
|
SECTION
8.01.
|
Events
of Default
|
97
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ARTICLE
IX
COLLATERAL
ACCOUNT; APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS
|
SECTION
9.01.
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Collateral
Account
|
100
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SECTION
9.02.
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Proceeds
of Casualty Events
|
101
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SECTION
9.03.
|
Application
of Proceeds
|
101
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ARTICLE
X
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION
10.01.
|
Appointment
|
102
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SECTION
10.02.
|
Agent
in Its Individual Capacity
|
102
|
SECTION
10.03.
|
Exculpatory
Provisions
|
102
|
SECTION
10.04.
|
Reliance
by Agent
|
103
|
SECTION
10.05.
|
Delegation
of Duties
|
103
|
SECTION
10.06.
|
Successor
Agent
|
103
|
SECTION
10.07.
|
Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Lenders
|
104
|
SECTION
10.08
|
No
Other Administrative Agent
|
104
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SECTION
10.09
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Indemnification
|
104
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ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
11.01.
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Notices
|
105
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SECTION
11.02.
|
Waivers;
Amendment
|
105
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SECTION
11.03.
|
Expenses;
Indemnity
|
107
|
SECTION
11.04.
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
108
|
SECTION
11.05.
|
Survival
of Agreement
|
111
|
SECTION
11.06.
|
Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
|
111
|
SECTION
11.07.
|
Severability
|
112
|
SECTION
11.08.
|
Right
of Setoff
|
112
|
SECTION
11.09.
|
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process
|
112
|
SECTION
11.10.
|
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
|
113
|
SECTION
11.11.
|
Headings
|
113
|
SECTION
11.12.
|
Confidentiality
|
113
|
SECTION
11.13.
|
Interest
Rate Limitation
|
114
|
SECTION
11.14.
|
Lender
Addendum
|
114
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SECTION
11.15.
|
Administrative
Agent Consent to
Defeasance
|
114
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ANNEXES
Annex
I Amortization
Table
SCHEDULES
|
Schedule
1.01(a)
|
Mortgaged
Properties
|
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Schedule
1.01(b)
|
Refinancing
Indebtedness To Be Repaid
|
|
Schedule
1.01(c)
|
Subsidiary
Guarantors
|
|
Schedule
3.03
|
Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
|
|
Schedule
3.05(b)
|
Real
Properties
|
|
Schedule
3.05(c)
|
Intellectual
Property
|
|
Schedule
3.06(a)
|
Subsidiaries
|
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Schedule
3.08
|
Material
Agreements
|
|
Schedule
3.18
|
Insurance
|
|
Schedule
3.20
|
Acquisition
Documents
|
|
Schedule
4.02(o)(vi)
|
Landlord
Access Agreements
|
EXHIBITS
|
Exhibit A
|
Form
of Landlord Access Agreement
|
|
Exhibit B
|
Form
of Administrative Questionnaire
|
|
Exhibit C
|
Form
of Assignment and Acceptance
|
|
Exhibit D
|
Form
of Borrowing Request
|
|
Exhibit E
|
Form
of Interest Election Request
|
|
Exhibit F
|
Form
of Joinder Agreement
|
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Exhibit G
|
Form
of Lender Addendum
|
|
Exhibit H
|
Form
of Mortgage
|
|
Exhibit I-1
|
Form
of Term Note
|
|
Exhibit
I-2
|
Form
of Term B Note
|
|
Exhibit I-3
|
Form of Revolving
Note
|
|
Exhibit I-4
|
Form
of Swingline Note
|
|
Exhibit J-1
|
Form
of Perfection Certificate
|
|
Exhibit J-2
|
Form
of Perfection Certificate
Supplement
|
|
Exhibit K
|
Form
of Security Agreement
|
|
Exhibit L
|
Form
of Exemption Certificate
|
|
Exhibit M
|
Form
of Solvency Certificate
|
|
Exhibit N
|
Form
of Intercompany Note
|
|
Exhibit
O
|
Form
of Mortgage Amendment
|
|
Exhibit
P
|
Confidential
Lender Authorization
|
- v
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CREDIT
AGREEMENT (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this
“Agreement”) dated as of
January 23, 2004, amended
and restated as of November 29, 2004, among COMMUNICATIONS & POWER
INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), CPI HOLDCO, INC. (formerly known as
CPI Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), the Subsidiary
Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning given it in Article I), the Lenders, UBS
SECURITIES LLC and BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC., as joint lead
arrangers and bookrunners (in such capacity, “Joint Lead Arrangers”), UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC, as swingline lender (in such capacity, “Swingline Lender”), UBS AG,
STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) for the
Lenders, collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”) for the
Secured Parties and as issuing bank (in such capacity, “Issuing Bank”) and as administrative
agent, sole arranger and sole bookrunner solely with respect to the Term B
Loans, BEAR XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING INC., as Syndication Agent (in such
capacity, “Syndication
Agent”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent (in
such capacity, “Documentation
Agent”) and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as co-arranger (in such
capacity, “Co-Arranger”).
W I T N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS,
Holdings, Parent and CPI Merger Sub Corp. (“Merger Sub”) entered into that
certain agreement and plan of merger with Green Equity Investors II, L.P.
(“GEI”), dated as of
November 17, 2003, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof (the “Merger Agreement”) to effect
the merger (the “Merger”) of Merger Sub with
and into Holdings, with Holdings as the surviving corporation;
WHEREAS,
this Agreement was originally
entered into on January 23, 2004 (the “Original Credit Agreement”) and the
parties hereto desire to amend and restate this Agreement as herein set
forth;
WHEREAS, Borrower requested
the Original
Lenders to extend credit in the form of Term Loans on the Closing Date, in an
aggregate principal amount of $90.0 million, which Term Loans were made on the
Closing Date, and Revolving Loans at any time and from time to time prior to the
Revolving Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding not in excess of $40.0 million, which Revolving Loans were not drawn on the Closing
Date other than to fund up to $4.0 million of working capital of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS,
Borrower requested the Swingline Lender to extend credit, at any time and from
time to time prior to the Revolving Maturity Date, in the form of Swingline
Loans, in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding of up to $5.0
million;
WHEREAS,
Borrower requested the Issuing Bank to issue letters of credit, in an aggregate
face amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $15.0 million, to support
payment obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by Borrower and
its Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS,
Borrower desires to create a new Class of Term B Loans under this Agreement in
an aggregate principal amount of $89.55 million, having terms identical to the
Term Loans and having the same rights and obligations as the Term Loans as
set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, except in each case,
as set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
each Original Lender who holds Term Loans (other than Reduced Lenders (as
defined below)) and who executes and delivers a counterpart of this Agreement
shall be deemed, upon effectiveness of this Agreement as amended and restated on
the date hereof (the “Amendment and Restatement”), to have exchanged its Term
Loans (which Term Loans shall thereafter be deemed paid in full and
extinguished) for Term B Loans in equal outstanding principal
amounts;
WHEREAS,
each Original Lender who holds outstanding Term Loans in an amount greater than
its Term B Loan Commitment (such Lender, a “Reduced Lender”) and who executes
and delivers a counterpart of this Agreement shall be deemed, upon effectiveness
of this Amendment and Restatement, to have, upon the funding thereof, to have
made Term B Loans in amount equal to its Term B Loan Commitment;
WHEREAS,
a portion of the proceeds from the Term B Loans shall be used on the
Amendment Effectiveness Date (as defined below) to repay the entire aggregate
principal amount of the Term Loans held by Original Lenders who do not
execute and deliver a counterpart of this Agreement and to the Reduced Lenders
in accordance with Section 2.19 of this Agreement, together with accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the Amendment Effectiveness Date;
WHEREAS,
the proceeds of the Loans were or are to be used in accordance with
Section 3.11;
WHEREAS,
Communications & Power Industries Holding Corporation (“Holdings”) has
merged with and into Borrower on March 12, 2004, with Borrower surviving the
merger, as permitted by the Original Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Lenders expressly intend that the Obligations will be structurally senior to
any Permitted Parent Notes and any other obligations of Parent (other than its
Guarantee of the Obligations);
WHEREAS,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Amendment and Restatement,
since each Original Lender that holds Term Loans has agreed to execute this
Amendment and Restatement and there are no Reduced Lenders, all references to
the Term Loans being repaid or exchanged for Term B Loans shall be deemed to be
references to redesignations of Term Loans into Term B Loans only; for the
avoidance of doubt, all parties expressly agree and intend that the liens
securing the Term B Loans shall be continuously effective from the Closing
Date;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Lenders are willing to extend such credit to Borrower and the
Issuing Bank is willing to issue letters of credit for the account of Borrower
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01. Defined
Terms
. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified
below:
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“ABR”, when used in reference
to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Alternate Base Rate.
“ABR Borrowing” shall mean a
Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
“ABR Loan” shall mean any ABR
Term Loan or ABR Revolving Loan.
“ABR Revolving Loan” shall mean
any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“ABR Term Loan” shall mean any
Term B Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in
accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“AC Amount” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted
Acquisition.”
“Access Agreement” shall mean
an Access Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Acquired Business” shall mean
Holdings and its subsidiaries.
“Acquired Indebtedness” shall
mean (1) with respect to any person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing
Date as a result of a Permitted Acquisition, Indebtedness of such person and its
subsidiaries existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary that was not
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition
and (2) with respect to Borrower or any Subsidiary, any Indebtedness of a person
(other than Borrower or a Subsidiary) existing at the time such person is merged
with or into Borrower or a Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition, or Indebtedness expressly assumed by Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition, which Indebtedness was not, in any
case, incurred by such other person in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such Permitted Acquisition.
“Acquisition Consideration”
shall mean the purchase consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and all
other payments by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in exchange for or as part
of any Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash, by assumption of
Indebtedness, or by exchange of assets other than Qualified Stock of Parent and
whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or
deferred for payment at any future time, and includes Borrower’s reasonable
estimate of any and all payments that will be required to be made and that
represent the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, “earn-outs”
and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of
payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues,
income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any person or
business.
“Acquisition Documents” shall
mean the collective reference to the Merger Agreement, Voting and
Indemnification Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
“Adjusted LIBOR Rate” shall
mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period,
(a) an interest rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next
1/100 of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the LIBOR
Rate for such Eurodollar Borrowing in effect for such Interest Period divided by
(b) 1 minus the
Statutory Reserves (if any) for such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest
Period.
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“Administrative Agent” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Administrative Agent Fees”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
“Administrative Questionnaire”
shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit B, or
such other form as may be supplied from time to time by the Administrative
Agent.
“Affiliate” shall mean, when
used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or
is under common Control with the person specified; provided, however, that, for
purposes of Section 6.06,
the term “Affiliate” shall also include any person that directly or indirectly
owns more than 10% of the aggregate voting Equity Interests of the person
specified or that is an executive officer or director of the person
specified.
“Agents” shall mean the
Arrangers, Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent, Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent.
“Agreement” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Amendment and Restatement”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals
hereto.
“Amendment Effectiveness Date”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
4.03.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22.
“Alternate Base Rate” shall
mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next
1/100 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%. If the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal
Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the
Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the
terms of the definition thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined
without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the
circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any
change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“Applicable Margin” shall mean,
for any day, with respect to any Loan, the applicable percentage set forth
below:
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Leverage
Ratio
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Revolving
Loans
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Term
Loans
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Eurodollar
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ABR
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Eurodollar
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ABR
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Level I >3.5:
1.0
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3.00 | % | 2.00 | % | 2.50 | % | 1.50 | % | ||||||||
Level II < 3.5:1.0
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2.75 | % | 1.75 | % | 2.25 | 1.25 | % |
Each
change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio
shall be effective with respect to all Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding
on and after the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the financial
statements and certificates required by Section 5.01(a)
or (b) and
Section 5.01(d),
respectively, indicating such change until the date immediately preceding the
next date of delivery of such financial statements and certificates indicating
another such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) from the
Amendment Effectiveness
Date to the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the financial
statements and certificates required by Section 5.01(a)
or (b) and
5.01(d) for
the fiscal
quarter ending December 31,
2004, the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Level I for
purposes of determining the Applicable Margin and (b) at any time during
which Borrower has failed to deliver the financial statements and certificates
required by Section 5.01(a)
or (b) and
Section 5.01(d),
the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Level I for purposes of
determining the Applicable Margin.
“Arrangers” shall mean the
Joint Lead Arrangers and the Co-Arranger.
“Asset Sale” shall mean
(a) any conveyance, sale, lease, assignment, transfer or other disposition
(including by way of merger or consolidation and including any sale and
leaseback transaction) of any property (including stock of subsidiaries by the
holder thereof) by any of the Group Companies to any person other than any Loan
Party and (b) any issuance or sale by any Subsidiary of its Equity
Interests to any person (other than to a Loan Party).
“Assignment and Acceptance”
shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender, or if dated prior to the
Amendment Effectiveness Date, an Original Lender and an assignee, and accepted
by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit C, or
such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Audited Financial Statements”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.04(a).
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean
Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter
amended.
“Bailee Letter” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Bear Xxxxxxx” shall mean Bear
Xxxxxxx Corporate Lending Inc.
“Board” shall mean the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of
America.
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“Board of Directors” shall
mean, with respect to any person, the board of directors (or similar governing
body) of such person.
“Borrower” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing” shall mean
(a) Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the
same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest
Period is in effect, or (b) a Swingline Loan.
“Borrowing Request” shall mean
a request by Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and
substantially in the form of Exhibit D, or
such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Business Day” shall mean any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York City or
Stamford, CT are authorized or required by law to close; provided, however, that when
used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also
exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in
the London interbank market.
“Capital Expenditures” shall
mean, with respect to any person, for any period, the aggregate cash
expenditures made during that period for property, plant or equipment as
reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of such person and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, in conformity with GAAP, but excluding expenditures
made in connection with the replacement, substitution or restoration of property
(a) to the extent financed from insurance proceeds paid on account of the
loss of or damage to the property being replaced or restored, (b) with
awards of compensation arising from the taking by eminent domain or condemnation
of the property being replaced or (c) with regard to equipment that is
purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment, fixed assets
or improvements, the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the
trade-in of such equipment, fixed assets or improvements; provided that Capital
Expenditures shall not in any event include the Acquisition Consideration paid
in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or up to $20.0 million of expenditures
in connection with the sale, remediation or restoration work concerning the San
Xxxxxx Facility.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of
any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay rent or other
amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use)
real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet
of such person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the
capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” shall mean,
as to any person: (a) securities issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof (provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof)
having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition by such
person; (b) time deposits and certificates of deposit of any Lender or any
commercial bank having, or which is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank
holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia having, capital and surplus aggregating in excess of
$1.0 billion with maturities of not more than one year from the date of
acquisition by such person; (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not
more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in
clause (a) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (b) above; (d) commercial paper issued by any
person incorporated in the United States rated at least A-1 or the equivalent
thereof by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service or at least P-1 or the
equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and in each case maturing
not more than one year after the date of acquisition by such person;
(e) investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are
comprised of securities of the types described in
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clauses (a)
through (d) above; and (f) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary
course of business.
“Casualty Event” shall mean,
with respect to any property (including Real Property) of any person, any loss
of title with respect to such property or any loss of or damage to or
destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any
Governmental Authority) of, such property for which such person or any of its
subsidiaries receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award or
other compensation; provided,
however, no such event shall constitute a Casualty Event if such proceeds
or other compensation in respect thereof is less than
$500,000. “Casualty Event” shall include but not be limited to any
taking of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part
thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to
any law, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of
all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof by any
Governmental Authority, civil or military.
“CERCLA” shall have the meaning
assigned thereto in the definition of “Environmental Law”.
A “Change in Control” shall be
deemed to have occurred if: (a) Parent shall at any time cease
to own 100% of the capital stock of Borrower; (b) prior to an IPO, the
Permitted Holders cease to own, or to have the power to vote or direct the
voting of, Voting Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the
total outstanding Voting Stock of Parent; (c) following an IPO, either
(i) the Permitted Holders shall fail to own, or to have the power to vote
or direct the voting of, Voting Stock representing at least 30% of the voting
power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of Parent or (ii) any “person”
or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial
owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except
that for purposes of this clause such person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities that any such person or group has the
right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after
the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock representing more
than 30% of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of Parent; or
(d) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of Parent (together
with any new directors whose election to such Board of Directors or whose
nomination for election by the stockholder of Parent was approved by a vote of
at least 51% of the directors of Parent then still in office who were either
directors at 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 Board of Directors of Parent, provided that this
clause (d) shall not apply when the Permitted Holders own sufficient Voting
Stock to elect a majority of directors to the Board of Directors.
“Change in Law” shall mean
(a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date,
(b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c)
compliance by any Lender or Issuing Bank (or for purposes of Section 2.12(b),
by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s
holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after
the Closing Date.
“Charges” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.13.
“Class”, when used in reference
to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term B Loans, Swingline Loans or a new Class of Loans
created pursuant to Section 2.20 and, when used in reference to any Commitment,
refers to
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whether
such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or Swingline Commitment and any Commitment to
make Loans of a new Class extended by any such Lender as provided in Section
2.20.
“Closing Date” shall mean
January 23, 2004.
“Closing Date Intercompany
Loan” shall mean a loan from Borrower to Holdings made from the proceeds
of borrowings made hereunder on the Closing Date for the sole purpose of funding
a portion of the consideration for the Merger not funded by the Equity Financing
and to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the
Transactions.
“Co-Arranger” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Collateral” shall mean all of
the Security Agreement Collateral, the Mortgaged Real Property and all other
property of whatever kind and nature pledged as collateral under any Security
Document.
“Collateral Account” shall mean
a collateral account or sub-account in the form of a deposit account established
and maintained by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.01.
“Collateral Agent” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Collateral Documents” shall
mean the Security Documents, the Perfection Certificate and all UCC or other
financing statements or instruments of perfection required by this Agreement or
any Security Document to be filed with respect to the security interests in
property and fixtures created pursuant to the Security Documents.
“Commercial Letter of Credit”
means any letter of credit issued for the account of Borrower for the benefit of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, for the purpose of providing the primary
payment mechanism in connection with the purchase of any materials, goods or
services by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Commitment” shall mean, with
respect to any Lender or Original Lender, such
Lender’s or Original Lender’s Revolving Commitment, Term Loan Commitment, Term B Loan Commitment and
Swingline Commitment and any Commitment to
make Loans of a new Class extended by any such Lender as provided in Section
2.20.
“Commitment Fee” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).
“Commitment Letter” shall mean
the Commitment Letter, dated January 12, 2004, among Parent, UBS Loan
Finance LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Bear Xxxxxxx Corporate Lending Inc., Bear
Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., Wachovia Bank, National Association and Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC.
“Companies” shall mean Borrower
and the Subsidiaries; and “Company” shall mean any one of them.
“Confidential Information
Memorandum” shall mean that certain confidential information memorandum
dated as of January 2004.
“Confidential Lender Authorization”
shall mean a Confidential Lender Authorization in the form of
Exhibit P.
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“Consolidated Current Assets”
shall mean, with respect to any person as at any date of determination, the
total assets of such person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries which may properly
be classified as current assets on a consolidated balance sheet of such person
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, excluding cash and
Cash Equivalents.
“Consolidated Current
Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to any person as at any date of
determination, the total liabilities of such person and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries which may properly be classified as current liabilities (other than
(a) the current portion of any Loans and Capital Lease Obligations and
(b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness
consisting of Revolving Loans to the extent otherwise included therein) on a
consolidated balance sheet of such person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” shall
mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, adjusted, without
duplication and in each case only to the extent included in determining
Consolidated Net Income (and with respect to the portion of Consolidated Net
Income attributable to any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor only if a
corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be
distributed to Borrower by such Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not
been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements,
instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental
regulations applicable to such Subsidiary or its stockholders), by
(x) adding thereto (i) the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense,
(ii) provision for taxes, (iii) amortization, (iv) depreciation,
(v) extraordinary losses, (vi) fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the Transactions, the sale, remediation or relocation work
concerning the San Xxxxxx Facility or any Permitted Acquisition, (vii) all
other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any non-cash
charge that results in an accrual of a reserve for cash charges in any future
period) for such period, including non-cash compensation
expense and non-cash impairment
charges, (viii) the
portion of the cost of goods sold expense which is attributable to non-cash
step-ups of inventory pursuant to purchase accounting adjustments associated
with the Transactions or Permitted Acquisitions and (ix) the aggregate
amount of all other
non-recurring items reducing the Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that the aggregate
amount of all non-recurring cash items added back for such period pursuant to
this clause (ix) shall not exceed $10.0
million; provided, further,
that an item will not be considered “non-recurring” if the nature of such
item is such that it is reasonably likely to recur within two years or there was
a similar item within the prior two years, and (y) subtracting
(i) dividends paid by Borrower pursuant to Section 6.05(c),
(ii) extraordinary gains, (iii) all non-cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income (other than the accrual of revenue or recording of
receivables in the ordinary course of business) for such period and
(iv) the aggregate amount of all non-recurring cash items increasing the
Consolidated Net Income for such period. To the extent that the
Merger, any Asset Sale or any Permitted Acquisition (or any similar transaction
or transactions which require a waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders
pursuant to Section 6.04)
has occurred during the relevant period, Consolidated EBITDA shall be determined
for the respective period on a Pro Forma Basis for such occurrence (other than
for the purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA (i) for the third fiscal quarter of 2003
shall be $15.2 million, (ii) for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2003 shall be
$12.1 million and (iii) for the first fiscal quarter of 2004 shall be $13.8
million, subject, in each case, to adjustment pursuant to the preceding
sentence.
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio” shall mean, for any Test Period, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period less the sum of
(i) Capital Expenditures paid in cash during such period, (ii) income
taxes that have been paid in cash during such period (net of cash
indemnification amounts received from third parties); provided that if a Tax Event
has occurred, the amount of the taxes paid in connection with a Tax Event shall
be allocated to the period or periods to which such taxes relate
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(provided,
that if any such amounts paid would be allocated to a period prior to the fiscal
quarter ended January 2, 2004, then such amounts shall be allocated pro rata
amongst the period or periods to which such taxes relate from and including the
fiscal quarter ended January 2, 2004) and (iii) any income taxes allocated
to such Test Period pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (ii), to
(b) the sum of (i) cash Consolidated Interest Expense for such period
and (ii) the principal amount of all regularly scheduled amortization
payments on all Indebtedness (including the principal component of all Capital
Lease Obligations) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (as
determined on the first day of the respective period). To the extent
that the Merger, any Asset Sale or any Permitted Acquisition (or any similar
transaction or transactions which require a waiver or a consent of the Required
Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04)
has occurred during the relevant Test Period, the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma
Basis for such occurrence.
“Consolidated Indebtedness”
shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance sheet
amount of all Indebtedness (but including in any event the then outstanding
principal amount of all Loans, all Capital Lease Obligations and all drawn
letters of credit) of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP minus the aggregate stated
balance sheet amount of cash and Cash Equivalents held by Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio” shall mean, for any Test Period, the ratio of
(x) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period to (y) Consolidated
Interest Expense for such Test Period. To the extent that the Merger,
any Asset Sale or any Permitted Acquisition (or any similar transaction or
transactions which require a waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders
pursuant to Section 6.04)
has occurred during the relevant Test Period, the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis
for such occurrence.
“Consolidated Interest Expense”
shall mean, for any period, the excess of (a) the sum, without duplication,
of (i) the total consolidated cash interest expense of Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP,
(ii) the portion of Capital Lease Obligations of Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries representing the interest factor for such period,
(iii) all interest paid with respect to discontinued operations, and
(iv) all accrued but unpaid interest on any Indebtedness of any other
person guaranteed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, minus (b) the total
consolidated interest income of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for
such period determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” shall
mean, for any period, the consolidated net after tax income of Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding in
any event net earnings or loss of any other person (other than a Subsidiary) in
which Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary has an ownership interest, except
(in the case of any such net earnings) to the extent such net earnings shall
have actually been received by Borrower or such Consolidated Subsidiary in the
form of cash distributions.
“Consolidated Subsidiaries”
shall mean, as to any person, all subsidiaries of such person which are
consolidated with such person for financial reporting purposes in accordance
with GAAP.
“Contested Collateral Lien
Conditions” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Lien of the type
described in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 6.02,
the following conditions:
(a) any
proceeding instituted contesting such Lien shall conclusively operate to stay
the sale or forfeiture of any material portion of the Collateral on account of
such Lien;
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(b) the
appropriate Credit Party shall maintain, to the extent it deems necessary, cash
reserves in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge such Lien and the
reasonable estimate of all interest and penalties related thereto;
and
(c) such
Lien shall in all respects be subject and subordinate in priority to the Lien
and security interest created and evidenced by the Security Documents, except if
and to the extent that the law or regulation creating, permitting or authorizing
such Lien provides that such Lien is or must be superior to the Lien and
security interest created and evidenced by the Security Documents.
“Contingent Obligation” shall
mean, as to any person, any obligation of such person guaranteeing or intended
to guarantee any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (“primary obligations”) of any
other person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including
without limitation, any obligation of such person, whether or not contingent,
(a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting
direct or indirect security therefor; (b) to advance or supply funds
(i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or
(ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor
or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor;
(c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose
of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the
primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation; or
(d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the
term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business and any product
warranties for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to
be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less,
the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such person may be
liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent
Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to
perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.
“Control” shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have
meanings correlative thereto.
“Control Agreement” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Credit Event” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
“Credit Parties” shall mean
Borrower and the Guarantors.
“Debt Issuance” shall mean the
incurrence by Parent, Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness after the
Closing Date (other than the issuance of the
Permitted Parent Notes and as permitted by Section 6.01).
“Default” shall mean any event
or condition which is, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute,
an Event of Default.
“Defeasance Activities” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02(e).
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“Disqualified Capital Stock”
shall mean any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon
the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the
result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable
at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to 90 days
following the Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) is convertible into or
exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt
securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in (a) above, in each
case at any time on or prior to 90 days following the Term Loan Maturity Date,
or (c) contains any repurchase obligation which comes into effect prior to
payment in full of all amounts hereunder.
“Dividend” with respect to any
person shall mean that such person has declared or paid a dividend or returned
any equity capital to its stockholders or made any other distribution, payment
or delivery of property (other than common stock of such person) or cash to its
stockholders as such, or redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired,
directly or indirectly, for consideration any shares of any class of its capital
stock outstanding on or after the Closing Date (or any options or warrants
issued by such person with respect to its capital stock), or set aside any funds
for any of the foregoing purposes, or shall have permitted any of its
subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for a consideration any shares of
any class of the capital stock of such person outstanding on or after the
Closing Date (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to
its capital stock).
“dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of
the United States of America.
“ECF Percentage” shall mean,
with respect to any fiscal year, the applicable percentage set forth below
across from the applicable Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal
year:
Leverage
Ratio
|
Applicable
Percentage
|
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>
3.5:1.0
|
75 | % | ||
≤
3.5:1.0 and > 2.75:1.0
|
50 | % | ||
≤
2.75:1.0
|
25 | % |
“environment” shall mean
ambient air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable
water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources
such as flora and fauna or as otherwise defined in any Environmental
Law.
“Environmental Claim” shall
mean any written accusation, allegation, notice of violation, investigation or
potential liability claim, demand, order, directive, cost recovery action or
other cause of action by any Governmental Authority or any person for damages,
injunctive or equitable relief, personal injury (including sickness, disease or
death), Response action costs, property damage, natural resource damages,
nuisance, pollution, any adverse effect on the environment caused by any
Hazardous Material, or for fines, penalties, restrictions or modification of
operations or equipment, resulting from or based upon (a) the existence, or
the continuation of the existence, of a Release (including sudden or non-sudden,
accidental or non-accidental Releases), (b) exposure to any Hazardous
Material, (c) the presence, use, handling, transportation, storage,
treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Material or (d) the violation or
alleged violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit.
“Environmental Law” shall mean
any and all applicable present and future treaties, laws, rules, regulations,
codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, or
the common law relating in any way to the environment (including, without
limitation preservation or reclamation of
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natural
resources), the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous
Material or to public or occupational health and safety matters to the extent
involving exposure to Hazardous Materials, including, but not limited to, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 9601 et seq.
(collectively “CERCLA”),
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976 and Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 6901 et seq.,
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act of
1977, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act of
1970, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq., the Toxic Substances
Control Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq., the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq., the Safe Drinking
Water Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq., the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq., and any similar or
implementing state, local or foreign law, and all amendments to or regulations
promulgated under, any of the foregoing.
“Environmental Permit” shall
mean any permit, approval, authorization, certificate, license, variance, filing
or permission required by or from any Governmental Authority pursuant to any
Environmental Law.
“Equity Financing” shall mean
(i) the common equity investments in Parent by the Equity Investors and
(ii) the Rollover Equity, which together shall be in an amount not less
than $100.0 million (which amount may be reduced, to the extent that the amount
of fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Transactions is less
than $17.5 million, by the amount of such deficiency).
“Equity Interest” shall mean,
with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether
voting or non-voting), of capital of such person, including, if such person is a
partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other
interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, such partnership,
whether outstanding on the Closing Date or issued after the Closing
Date.
“Equity Investors” shall mean
Affiliates of Sponsor or such Affiliates and one more other investors reasonably
satisfactory to the Arrangers.
“Equity Issuance” shall mean,
without duplication, (i) any issuance or sale by Parent after the Closing
Date of (x) any Equity Interests (including any Equity Interests issued
upon exercise of any warrant or option) or any warrants or options to purchase
Equity Interests or (y) any other security or instrument representing an
Equity Interest (or the right to obtain any Equity Interest) in the issuing or
selling person or (ii) any capital contribution to Parent; provided, however, that an
Equity Issuance shall not include (a) any such sale or issuance by Parent
to directors, officers or employees of any Group Company of its Equity Interests
or any warrants or options to purchase its Equity Interests (including such
Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any warrant or option but excluding any
Disqualified Capital Stock) in an aggregate amount of up to 15.0% of the
outstanding Equity Interests of Parent on the date hereof, (b) any issuance
or sale by Parent to Sponsor or the Equity Investors, (c) any capital
contribution by Sponsor, or any Equity Investor to Parent or (d) any
issuance or sale by Parent of its Equity Interests to the extent the proceeds
thereof are contemporaneously applied to fund Permitted Acquisitions or to fund
Investments permitted by Section 6.03(m).
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
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“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with
Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of
the Tax Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Tax Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414(m) or (o) of the Tax Code.
“ERISA Event” shall mean
(a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA or
the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event
for which the 30-day notice period is waived by regulation); (b) the
existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as
defined in Section 412 of the Tax Code or Section 302 of ERISA),
whether or not waived, the failure to make by its due date a required
installment under Section 412(m) of the Tax Code with respect to any Plan
or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan;
(c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Tax Code or
Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum
funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by any
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA
with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by any Company
or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any
notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a
trustee to administer any Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition
which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan;
(f) the incurrence by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan;
(g) the receipt by any Company or its ERISA Affiliates of any notice,
concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (h) the making of any amendment to
any Plan which could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond
or other security; and (i) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited
transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Tax Code or
Section 406 of ERISA) which could result in liability to any
Company.
“Escrow Agreement” shall mean
the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2004, in substantially the form
attached as Exhibit B to the Merger Agreement.
“Escrow Proceeds” shall mean
cash amounts received by any Group Company under the Escrow Agreement or any
other escrow agreements entered into under the Merger Agreement; provided, however, that
Escrow Proceeds shall not include such cash amounts relating to
(i) indemnification of amounts actually paid by any Group Company to
persons other than any Group Company or (ii) working capital
adjustments.
“Eurodollar Borrowing” shall
mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.
“Eurodollar Loan” shall mean
any Eurodollar Revolving Loan or Eurodollar Term Loan.
“Eurodollar Revolving Loan”
shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference
to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate in accordance with the provisions of
Article II.
“Eurodollar Term Loan” shall
mean any Term B Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate in accordance with the provisions of
Article II.
“Event of Default” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
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“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean,
for any fiscal year of Borrower, the sum, without duplication, of
(a) Consolidated
EBITDA for such fiscal year provided that, to the extent
otherwise included in such calculation, such calculation shall exclude all
unrealized gains and unrealized losses; plus
(b) the
difference, if positive, of the amount of Net Working Capital at the end of the
prior fiscal year over the amount of Net Working Capital at the end of such
fiscal year; minus
(c) the
absolute value of the difference, if negative, of the amount of Net Working
Capital at the end of the prior fiscal year over the amount of Net Working
Capital at the end of such fiscal year; minus
(d) the
amount of non-recurring cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income; minus
(e) the
amount of any cash income taxes paid or payable by Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries with respect to such fiscal year; minus
(f) cash
interest (excluding
any accrued interest included in clause (j) of this definition in the prior
fiscal year), commitment fees, Letter of Credit fees and other fees associated
with or paid pursuant to any Loan Document or any other Indebtedness paid by
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year and fees and
expenses incurred in connection with (x) the Transactions, (y) any Permitted
Acquisition or (z) the sale, remediation or relocation work concerning the San
Xxxxxx Facility; minus
(g) Capital
Expenditures made in cash in accordance with Section 6.07(d),
cash payments in respect of Acquisition Consideration and cash Investments made
in accordance with Section 6.03, in each
case, during such fiscal year and to the extent funded from Internally Generated
Funds (provided
that the cash payments in respect of the acquisition of the Equity Interests of
Econco Broadcast Service, Inc. shall be deemed to have been made in the fiscal
year ended October 1, 2004); minus
(h) permanent
repayments of Indebtedness (other than any optional prepayment of the Loans)
made by Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year but
only to the extent such repayments do not occur in connection with a refinancing
of all or any portion of the Loans; minus
(i) extraordinary
cash losses from the sale of assets during such fiscal year and not included in
Consolidated EBITDA; minus
(j) interest
associated with or pursuant to any Loan Document or any other Indebtedness owed
by Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries accrued during such fiscal year
but to be paid in the subsequent fiscal year;
provided that, to the extent
otherwise included therein, the Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales and Casualty
Events shall be excluded from the calculation of Excess Cash Flow. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2004 the items set forth in
clauses (a)-(j) above shall be measured from the Closing Date through October 1,
2004.
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“Exchange Act” shall mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of
Borrower hereunder, (a) income, branch profits or franchise taxes imposed
on (or measured by) its net income by the jurisdiction under the laws of which
such recipient is organized or in which its principal office or applicable
lending office is located and (b) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other
than an assignee pursuant to a request by Borrower under Section 2.16),
any U.S. withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign
Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or
designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure to comply with Section 2.15(e),
except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to
receive additional amounts from Borrower with respect to such withholding tax
pursuant to Section 2.15(a)
(it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that any U.S.
withholding tax imposed on a Foreign Lender as a result of a Change in Law or
regulation or interpretation thereof occurring after the time such Foreign
Lender became a party to this Agreement shall not be an Excluded
Tax).
“Executive Order” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”
shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for
such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter” shall mean the
confidential Fee Letter, dated January 12, 2004, among the Parent, UBS Loan
Finance LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Bear Xxxxxxx Corporate Lending Inc., Bear,
Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., Wachovia Bank, National Association and
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.
“Fees” shall mean the
Commitment Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees, the LC Participation Fees and
the Fronting Fees.
“Financial Officer” of any
person shall mean the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
Treasurer or Controller of such person.
“Foothill Loan Agreement” shall
mean the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2000, by and
among Borrower, as borrower, the other obligors named therein, the lenders
signatory thereto and Foothill Capital Corporation, as arranger and
administrative agent, as amended.
“Foreign Lender” shall mean any
Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Tax Code.
“Foreign Plan” shall mean any
employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or
contributed to by any Company with respect to employees employed outside the
United States.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean
a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the
United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Fronting Fee” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c).
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“GAAP” shall mean generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent
basis.
“GEI” has the meaning assigned
to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Governmental Authority” shall
mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency,
authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.
“Governmental Real Property Disclosure
Requirements” shall mean any Requirement of Law of any Governmental
Authority requiring notification of the buyer, mortgagee or assignee of Real
Property, or notification, registration or filing to or with any Governmental
Authority, prior to the sale, mortgage or assignment of any Real Property or
transfer of control of an establishment, of the actual or threatened presence or
release into the environment, or the use, disposal or handling of Hazardous
Material on, at, under or near the Real Property to be sold, mortgaged or
assigned or the establishment for which control is to be
transferred.
“Group Companies” shall mean
Parent, and the Companies; and “Group Company” shall mean any
one of them.
“Guaranteed Obligations” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
“Guarantees” shall mean the
guarantees issued pursuant to Article VII by the Guarantors.
“Guarantors” shall mean Parent
and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Hazardous Materials” shall
mean all pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, wastes, substances and
constituents including without limitation petroleum or petroleum distillates,
asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or PCB-containing
materials or equipment, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes which are
regulated pursuant to, or can give rise to liability under, any Environmental
Law.
“Hedging Agreement” means any
Interest Rate Protection Agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement,
commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate
or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Holdings” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Increase Effective Date”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.20(a).
“Increase Joinder” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).
“Indebtedness” of any person
shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for
borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such
person upon which interest charges are customarily paid or accrued; (d) all
obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention
agreements relating to property purchased by such person; (e) all
obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property or services (excluding trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary
course of business); (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or
for
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which the
holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to
be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such person in an
amount not to exceed the fair market value of such property, whether or not the
obligations secured thereby have been assumed; (g) all Capital Lease
Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations and synthetic lease obligations of such
person; (h) all obligations of such person in respect of Hedging
Agreements; provided
that the amount of Indebtedness of the type referred to in this
clause (h) of any person shall be zero unless and until such Indebtedness
shall be terminated, in which case the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the
then termination payment due thereunder by such person; (i) all obligations
of such person as an account party in respect of drawn letters of credit,
letters of guaranty and bankers’ acceptances; and (j) all Contingent
Obligations of such person in respect of Indebtedness or obligations of others
of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above. The
Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such person is a general partner) to the
extent such person is liable therefor as a result of such person’s ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent that
the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such person is not liable
therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the earlier of (x)
March 31, 2007 and (y) the termination of the San Xxxxxx Agreement,
“Indebtedness” shall not include indebtedness of Borrower of up to $20.0 million
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding arising in connection with
the sale, remediation or relocation work concerning the San Xxxxxx Facility;
provided that such
indebtedness shall constitute “Indebtedness” if, at any time, neither Borrower
nor Holdings is permitted, pursuant to the terms of the San Xxxxxx Agreement, to
convey the San Xxxxxx Facility to satisfy such indebtedness in
full.
“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.03(b).
“Indenture” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section
11.15.
“Initial Lenders” shall mean
UBS Loan Finance LLC, Bear Xxxxxxx and Wachovia, each, as an Original
Lender.
“Intellectual Property” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(c).
“Intercompany Note” shall mean
a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit N.
“Interest Election Request”
means a request by Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing, Term
B Borrowing or
any Borrowing of a new Class of Loans created pursuant to Section 2.20 in
accordance with Section 2.08(b),
substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Interest Payment Date” shall
mean (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last
day of each March, June, September and December to occur during the period that
such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) with
respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable
to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Loan with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior
to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and (c) with
respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be
repaid.
“Interest Period” shall mean,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of
such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month that is one, two, three or six months and, if available to all relevant
Lenders, nine or
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twelve
months thereafter, as Borrower may elect; provided that (a) if any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and
(b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day
in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For
purposes of this definition, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date
on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of
the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing; provided, however, that an
Interest Period shall be limited to seven days to the extent required under
Section 2.03(e)
hereof.
“Interest Rate Protection
Agreement” shall mean any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement or similar agreement or arrangement
designed to protect Borrower or the Subsidiaries against fluctuations in
interest rates and not entered into for speculation.
“Internally Generated Funds”
shall mean funds not constituting the proceeds of any Loan, Debt Issuance,
Equity Issuance, Asset Sale, insurance recovery or Indebtedness (in each case
without regard to the exclusions from the definition thereof).
“Investments” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
“IPO” means an underwritten
public offering of Equity Interests of Parent pursuant to a registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with
the Securities Act.
“Issuing Bank” shall mean, as
the context may require, (a) UBS AG, Stamford Branch, with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by it; (b) any other Lender that may become an
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.18(i),
with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Lender; or
(c) collectively, all of the foregoing.
“Joinder Agreement” shall mean
that certain joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Junior Preferred Stock” shall
mean the Series A 14% Junior Preferred Stock of Borrower.
“Landlord Access Agreement”
shall mean a Landlord Access Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, or
such other form as may reasonably be acceptable to the Collateral
Agent.
“Latest Balance Sheet” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the Merger Agreement.
“LC Commitment” shall mean the
commitment of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.18.
“LC Disbursement” shall mean a
payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.
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“LC Exposure” shall mean at any
time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters
of Credit at such time plus
(b) the aggregate principal amount of all LC Disbursements that have
not yet been reimbursed at such time. The LC Exposure of any
Revolving Lender at any time shall mean its Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate
LC Exposure at such time.
“LC Participation Fee” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c).
“LC Sub-Account” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d).
“Lender Addendum” shall mean
with respect to any Original Lender on the Closing Date, a lender addendum in
the form of Exhibit G,
executed and delivered by such Original Lender on the Closing Date as provided
in Section 11.14.
“Lenders” shall mean
(a) the financial institutions that are signatory hereto (pursuant to the
provisions of Section 11.06) and (b) any financial institution that has
become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, in each
case, other than
any such financial institution that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to
another Assignment and Acceptance. Unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the term “Lenders” shall include the Swingline
Lender.
“Lender Affiliate” means with
respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, any other fund
that invests in commercial loans and is managed or advised by (i) the same
investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such advisor or
(ii) any Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender.
“Letter of Credit” shall means
any (i) Standby Letter of Credit and (ii) Commercial Letter of Credit,
in each case, issued or to be issued by an Issuing Bank for the account of
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18.
“Leverage Ratio” shall mean, at
any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness on such date
to Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently
ended.
“LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with
respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period therefor, the rate
per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean
(rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the offered rates for deposits in
dollars with a term comparable to such Interest Period that appears on the
Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page (as defined
below) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, on the second
full Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided, however, that
(i) if no comparable term for an Interest Period is available, the LIBOR
Rate shall be determined using the weighted average of the offered rates for the
two terms most nearly corresponding to such Interest Period and (ii) if
there shall at any time no longer exist a Telerate British Bankers Assoc.
Interest Settlement Rates Page, “LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to each
day during each Interest Period pertaining to Eurodollar Borrowings comprising
part of the same Borrowing, the rate per annum equal to the rate at which the
Administrative Agent is offered deposits in dollars at approximately
11:00 a.m., London, England time, two Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period in the London interbank market for delivery on the first
day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an
amount comparable to the amount of such Eurodollar Borrowing to be outstanding
during such Interest Period. “Telerate British Bankers
Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page” shall mean the display
designated as Page 3750 on the Telerate System Incorporated Service (or
such other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of
displaying the rates at which dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in
the London interbank deposit market).
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“Lien” shall mean, with respect
to any property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
encumbrance, charge, assignment, hypothecation or security interest, in each of
the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed by law, and any agreement to
give any of the foregoing; (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under
any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or
any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing) relating to such property; and (c) in the case of securities
(other than securities representing an interest in a joint venture), any
purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
“Loan Documents” shall mean
this Agreement, the Notes (if any) and the Security Documents.
“Loan Parties” shall mean
Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Loans” shall mean the loans
made by the Lenders or the Original Lenders, as the case may be, to Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement (and
shall include any Loans contemplated by Section 2.19).
“Margin Stock” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall
mean (a) a material adverse effect on the business, property, results of
operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) material impairment of the ability of
the Loan Parties to perform any of their obligations under any Loan Document; or
(c) material impairment of the rights of or benefits or remedies available
to the Lenders or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document.
“Maximum Rate” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.13.
“Merger” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Merger Agreement” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Merger Sub” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Mortgage” shall mean an
agreement, including, but not limited to, a mortgage, deed of trust or any other
document, creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Real Property, which
shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit H, with
such schedules and including such provisions as shall be necessary to conform
such document to applicable or local law or as shall be customary under local
law, as the same may at any time be amended in accordance with the terms thereof
and hereof.
“Mortgage Amendment” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03.
“Mortgage Policy” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03.
“Mortgaged Real Property” shall
mean (a) each Real Property identified on Schedule 1.01(a)
hereto and (b) each Real Property, if any, which shall be subject to a
Mortgage delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Sections 5.11(c) or 4.03(c)(iv).
“Mortgage Policy” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03.
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“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean
a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA
(a) to which any Company or any ERISA Affiliate is then making or has an
obligation to make contributions; (b) to which any Company or any ERISA
Affiliate has within the preceding five plan years made contributions; or (c)
with respect to which any Company could incur liability.
“Net Cash Proceeds” shall
mean:
(a) with
respect to any Asset Sale, the cash proceeds received by any Group Company
(including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when received by any
Group Company) in respect of noncash consideration initially received) net of
(i) selling expenses (including reasonable brokers’ fees or commissions,
legal, accounting and other professional and transactional fees, transfer and
similar taxes and Borrower’s good faith estimate of other taxes paid or payable
in connection with such sale); (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in
accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities under any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Sale (provided that, to the extent
and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts
shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds); (iii) Borrower’s good faith estimate
of payments required to be made with respect to unassumed liabilities relating
to the assets sold; (iv) the principal amount, premium or
penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness for borrowed
money which is secured by a senior Lien on the asset sold in such Asset Sale and
which is repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by
the purchaser of such asset); and (v) with respect to the San Xxxxxx Facility
and without duplication of the amounts in clause (i) through (iv) above,
Borrower’s good faith estimate of the amount of payments arising in connection
with the remediation, demolition or relocation work concerning the San Xxxxxx
Facility pursuant to the San Xxxxxx Agreement;
(b) with
respect to any Debt Issuance, Preferred Stock Issuance or Equity Issuance, the
cash proceeds thereof, net of customary fees, commissions, costs and other
expenses incurred in connection therewith; and
(c) with
respect to any Casualty Event, the cash insurance proceeds, condemnation awards
and other compensation received in respect thereof, net of all reasonable costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards
or other compensation in respect of such Casualty Event.
“Net
Working Capital” shall mean, at any time,
Consolidated Current Assets at such time minus Consolidated Current Liabilities
at such time;
provided that the following items, to the extent they are otherwise
included in Consolidated Current Assets or Consolidated Current Liabilities,
shall be excluded: (a) advances and prepaid expenses in connection with the
sale, remediation or relocation concerning the San Xxxxxx Facility, (b) assets
or liabilities in connection with forward hedge accounting in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles that represent unrealized gains or
unrealized losses, (c) non-cash step-ups of inventory pursuant to purchase
accounting adjustments associated with the Transactions or Permitted
Acquisitions, (d) accrued interest expenses in respect of Indebtedness repaid
upon the consummation of the Transactions and (e) accrued expenses in connection
with the Transactions.
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary”
shall mean each Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.
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“Notes” shall mean any notes
evidencing the Term Loans, Term B Loans, Revolving Loans
or Swingline Loans issued pursuant to this Agreement, if any, substantially in
the form of Exhibits I-1,
I-2, I-3 or I-3.
“Obligations” shall mean
(a) obligations of the Credit Parties from time to time arising under or in
respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency
of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on Loans, when
and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for
prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the
Credit Parties under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and
as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements,
interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and (iii) all
other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including
monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding), of the Credit Parties under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, (b) the due and punctual payment of all
obligations of the Credit Parties under each Hedging Agreement in respect of the
Loans entered into with any counterparty that was a Lender, an Original Lender or
Affiliate of a Lender or an Original
Lender at the time such Hedging Agreement was entered into and (c) the due
and punctual payment of all obligations in respect of overdrafts and related
liabilities owed to any Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent arising from treasury, depositary and cash
management services or in connection with any automated clearinghouse transfer
of funds.
“Officers’ Certificate” shall
mean, as applied to any corporation, a certificate executed on behalf of such
corporation by its Chairman of the Board (if an officer), its Chief Executive
Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents (or an equivalent officer)
or by its Chief Financial Officer, Vice President-Finance or its Treasurer (or
an equivalent officer) or any Assistant Treasurer, each in his or her official
(and not individual) capacity.
“Original Credit Agreement”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble
hereto.
“Original Lenders” shall mean
the financial institutions that were parties to the Original Credit Agreement as
“Lenders” thereunder. Any reference in Section 4.02 to “Original
Lender” shall mean Original Lenders who were party to the Original Credit
Agreement on the Closing Date.
“Other Taxes” shall mean any
and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or
property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under
any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
“Overdraft Obligations” shall
mean the Obligations described in clause (c) of the definition of
“Obligations.”
“Parent” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Participant” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.04(e).
“Paying Agent” shall mean X.X.
Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as paying agent under the Paying
Agent Agreement.
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“Paying Agent Agreement” shall
mean the Paying Agent Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between Borrower
and the Paying Agent.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
“Perfection Certificate” shall
mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit J-1 or
any other form approved by the Collateral Agent, as the same shall be
supplemented from time to time by a Perfection Certificate Supplement or
otherwise.
“Perfection Certificate
Supplement” shall mean a certificate supplement in the form of Exhibit J-2 or
any other form approved by the Collateral Agent.
“Permitted Acquisition” shall
mean, with respect to Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, any transaction or
series of related transactions for the direct or indirect (a) acquisition
of all or a portion of the property of any other person, or of any business
segment or division of any other person; (b) acquisition of any brand,
patent, trademark or trade name; (c) acquisition of a majority of the
Equity Interests of any other person (to the extent such acquisition causes such
person to become a subsidiary of the acquiror), or otherwise causing any other
person to become a subsidiary of such person; or (d) merger or
consolidation or any other combination with any other person, if each of the
following conditions are met:
(i)no Default then exists or would
result therefrom;
(ii)on a Pro Forma Basis after giving
effect to such acquisition, Borrower shall be in compliance with all covenants
set forth in Section 6.07 as
of the most recent Test Period (assuming, for purposes of Section 6.07,
that such acquisition, and all other Permitted Acquisitions consummated since
the first day of the relevant Test Period for each of the financial covenants
set forth in Section 6.07
ending on or prior to the date of such acquisition, had occurred on the first
day of such relevant Test Period);
(iii)the acquired person shall be engaged
in a business in which Borrower and the Subsidiaries are permitted to engage and
the property acquired in connection with any such acquisition shall be made
subject to the Lien of the Security Documents to the extent required under the
Loan Documents and shall be free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted
Liens;
(iv)the board of directors or other
similar governing body of the acquired person shall not have indicated publicly
its opposition to the consummation of such acquisition;
(v)with respect to any acquisition
involving Acquisition Consideration of more than $10.0 million, Borrower shall
have provided the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with (A) historical
financial statements for the last three fiscal years of the person or business
to be acquired (audited if available, and if such Acquisition Consideration is
more than $20.0 million, audited if available without undue cost or delay) and
unaudited financial statements thereof for the most recent interim period which
are available, (B) reasonably detailed projections for the succeeding five
years pertaining to the person or business to be acquired, (C) copies of
all material documentation pertaining to such acquisition, and (D) all such
other information and data relating to such acquisition or the person or
business to be acquired as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders;
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(vi) Borrower
shall have delivered to the Agents and the Lenders an Officers’ Certificate
certifying that (A) such acquisition complies with this definition (which
shall have attached thereto reasonably detailed backup data and calculations
showing such compliance), and (B) such acquisition could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(vii)the Acquisition Consideration for
such acquisition shall not exceed $40.0 million unless (i) the first $15.0
million of such Acquisition Consideration in excess of $40.0 million is funded
with the proceeds of Equity Interests of Parent and (ii) at least 50% of such
Acquisition Consideration in excess of $55.0 million is funded with the proceeds
of Equity Interests of Parent, and the aggregate amount of the Acquisition
Consideration for all Permitted Acquisitions since the Closing Date shall not
exceed $75.0 million plus an additional $75.0 million (to be decreased in an
amount equal to the amount of Investments made by Borrower and the Subsidiaries
pursuant to Section
6.03(m) in excess of $25.0 million (such adjusted amount, the “AC Amount”)), to the extent
such additional AC Amount is funded with the proceeds from issuances of Equity
Interests of Parent; provided
that any Equity Interests constituting all or a portion of such
Acquisition Consideration shall not have a cash dividend requirement on or prior
to the Term Loan Maturity Date; and
(viii)the fees and expenses in connection
with such acquisition shall be reasonable; provided that in the case of
any acquisition involving Acquisition Consideration of more than $10.0 million,
the fees and expenses in connection with such acquisition shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Holders” shall mean,
collectively, The Cypress Group L.L.C., Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II
L.P., Cypress Merchant Banking II C.V., 55th
Street Partners II L.P., Cypress Side-by-Side L.L.C. (or any vehicle formed
pursuant to the governing agreements of such vehicles to invest with or in lieu
of such vehicles) (together “CMBP II”), any new investment
funds sponsored or managed by Cypress Advisors Inc. or an affiliate thereof and
any new partnership or other vehicle created to co-invest with CMBP II or such
new investment fund sponsored or managed by Cypress Advisors Inc. or an
affiliate thereof; provided
that with respect to any such new investment fund, partnership or other
vehicle, The Cypress Group L.L.C., Cypress Associates II LLC or another entity
controlled by employees of Cypress Advisors Inc. is the general partner or
similar managing entity of such new investment fund, partnership or other
vehicle.
“Permitted Parent Notes” shall
mean (a) debt securities issued by Parent on one occasion after the Amendment
Effectiveness Date; provided that (i) the proceeds of such issuance may be
used to pay a dividend and to pay reasonable fees and expenses in connection
with such issuance, (ii) no cash payment (whether of interest, principal or
otherwise) shall be payable in respect of such debt securities prior to the 91st
day after the Term Loan Maturity Date; provided that this clause (ii) shall not
prohibit the existence of “change of control offer” or “asset sale offer”
provisions applicable to the Permitted Parent Notes not more favorable in any
material respect to the holders of Permitted Parent Notes than the comparable
provisions in the Senior Subordinated Note Documents are to the holders of the
Senior Subordinated Notes; (iii) such debt securities shall not be secured
by any collateral and shall not be guaranteed by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries; (iv) at the time of issuance of such debt securities, Borrower’s
corporate credit rating shall be no less than B+ by Standard & Poor’s Rating
Service and Borrower’s senior implied rating shall be no less than B1 by Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc., in each case with a stable or positive outlook, and
(v) the covenants and events of default applicable to such debt securities
shall not be more restrictive in any material respect to Parent and its
subsidiaries than the Senior Subordinated Note Documents are to Borrower and the
Subsidiaries and (b) debt securities issued semiannually as payment of
interest on debt securities described in clause (a), with the same terms and
conditions.
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“Permitted Liens” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
“Person” shall mean any natural
person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company,
limited liability company, partnership or government, or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
“Plan” shall mean any employee
pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions
of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Tax Code or
Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069
of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
“Preferred Stock” means, with
respect to any person, any and all preferred or preference Equity Interests
(however designated) of such person whether now outstanding or issued after the
Closing Date.
“Preferred Stock Issuance”
shall mean any issuance or sale by any Group Company after the Closing Date of
Preferred Stock.
“Prime Rate” shall mean, for
any day, a rate per annum that is equal to the corporate base rate of interest
established by the Administrative Agent from time to time; each change in the
Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is publicly announced as
being effective. The corporate base rate is not necessarily the
lowest rate charged by the Administrative Agent to its customers.
“Prior Lien” shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto in the applicable Mortgage.
“Proceeding” shall mean, with
respect to any person, any (a) insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating
to such person or its property or creditors in such capacity, (b) proceeding for
any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of such person, voluntary or
involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or proceedings under the
Bankruptcy Code, whether partial or complete and whether by operation of law or
otherwise, (c) assignment for the benefit of creditors of such person or (d)
other marshalling of the assets of such person.
“Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, as to any
person, for any events as described in clauses (ii) and (iii) below which
occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect
of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which
such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such
events as if same had occurred at the beginning of such period of calculation,
and
(i)for purposes of the foregoing
calculation, each transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the pro forma effect to any of
the following events shall be assumed to have occurred on the first day of the
four consecutive fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial
statements are required by Section 5.01 to
have been delivered (the “Reference
Period”);
(ii)in making any determination of
Consolidated EBITDA, pro forma
effect shall be given to the Merger, any Asset Sale or any Permitted
Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions which require a waiver
or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04),
in each case which occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of
determinations made pursuant to the definition of Permitted Acquisition or
Section 6.07, occurring
during the
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Reference
Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the
respective Permitted Acquisition is consummated or incurrence or
repayment of Indebtedness had occurred) as if the Merger, such Asset
Disposition, such Permitted Acquisition or other transaction, as the case may
be, occurred on the first day of the Reference Period; and
(iii)in making any determination on a Pro
Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness incurred or
assumed and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred
under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in
revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes and not to finance
any acquisition) incurred or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or,
in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of Permitted
Acquisition or Section 6.07, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter
and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted
Acquisition is consummated or incurrence or
repayment of Indebtedness had occurred) shall be deemed to have been incurred or
repaid at the beginning of such period and (y) Consolidated Interest
Expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which
pro forma effect is
being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest
rates shall be computed on a
pro forma basis as if the rates which would have been in effect during
the period for which pro forma
effect is being given had been actually in effect during such
periods.
Pro forma calculations made
pursuant to this definition of “Pro Forma Basis” shall be made on a basis
consistent with Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act or on another basis
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Pro Forma Financial Statements” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.04(b).
“Pro Rata Percentage” of any Revolving
Lender at any time shall mean the percentage of the total Revolving Commitment
represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.
“Property” shall mean any
right, title or interest in or to property or assets of any kind whatsoever,
whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including
Equity Interests or other ownership interests of any person and whether now in
existence or owned or hereafter entered into or acquired.
“Public Debt Securities” shall
mean the Borrower’s senior subordinated notes due 2005 issued under the
Indenture.
“Purchase Money Obligation”
shall mean, for any person, the obligations of such person in respect of
Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price of any property (including Equity Interests of any person) or the
cost of installation, construction or improvement of any property or assets and
any refinancing thereof; provided, however, that such
Indebtedness is incurred within 90 days after such acquisition of such property
by such person.
“Qualified Capital Stock” of
any person shall mean any Equity Interest of such person that is not
Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Real Property” shall mean,
collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold estate) in
and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or
operated by any person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with,
in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto,
all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and
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equipment,
all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights
incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
“Reduced Lender” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
“Refinancing” shall mean
(a) the repayment in full and the termination of any commitment to make
extensions of credit under all of the outstanding Indebtedness of Holdings and
Borrower and their respective subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01(b),
including, without limitation, the Defeasance Activities and (b) the
redemption of all of the Junior Preferred Stock and the Senior Preferred Stock
in accordance with the restated certificate of incorporation of Borrower, in
each case in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02(e).
“Register” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.04(c).
“Regulation D” shall mean
Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official
rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation T” shall mean
Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official
rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” shall mean
Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official
rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” shall mean
Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official
rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Related Hedging Obligations”
shall mean the obligations described in clause (b) of the definition of
“Obligations”
“Release” shall mean any
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting,
escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing or emanating of
any Hazardous Material in, into, onto or through the environment.
“Required Lenders” shall mean,
at any time, Lenders having Loans, LC Exposure and unused Revolving and Term B
Loan Commitments representing at least a majority of the sum of all Loans
outstanding, LC Exposure and unused Revolving and Term B Loan Commitments at
such time.
“Requirements of Law” shall
mean, collectively, any and all requirements of any Governmental Authority
including any and all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or similar statutes
or case law.
“Response” shall mean
(a) “response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. § 9601(25), and (b) all other actions required
by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken
to: (i) clean up, remove, treat, xxxxx or in any other way
address any Hazardous Material in the environment; (ii) prevent the Release
or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release, of any Hazardous
Material; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in connection with,
or as a precondition to, clause (i) or (ii) above.
“Responsible Officer” of any
corporation shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such
corporation and any other officer or similar official thereof with
responsibility for the administration of the obligations of such corporation in
respect of this Agreement and, except with respect
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to Section 5.06 hereto,
“Responsible Officer” shall include any “Treasury Manager,” “Treasury Analyst”
or similar employee or official of such corporation.
“Revolving Availability Period”
shall mean the period following the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of
the Business Day preceding the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of
termination of the Revolving Commitments.
“Revolving Borrowing” shall
mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Commitment” shall
mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Revolving Loans hereunder as set forth on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum
executed and delivered by such Lender, or in the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable,
as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and
(b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to
such Lender pursuant to Section 11.04. The
aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments on the Closing Date is
$40.0 million.
“Revolving Exposure” shall
mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at
such time of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate amount at
such time of such Lender’s LC Exposure, plus the aggregate amount at
such time of such Lender’s Swingline Exposure.
“Revolving Lender” shall mean a
Lender with a Revolving Commitment.
“Revolving Loans” shall mean
the Revolving Loans made by the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Revolving Maturity Date” shall
mean the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date.
“Rollover Equity” shall mean
the Equity Interests in Holdings exchanged for Equity Interests in Parent by
management of the Acquired Business.
“San Xxxxxx Agreement” shall
mean the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, dated as of February 7, 2003, among
Holdings and Palo Alto Medical Foundation and amendments thereto for the sale of
the San Xxxxxx Facility or any other similar agreement as amended, supplemented
or replaced; provided
that any replacement agreement shall be substantially the same terms as
the replaced agreement.
“San Xxxxxx Facility” means
the Borrower’s San Carlos, California facility located at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx.
“Secured Parties” shall mean,
collectively, the Agents, each Lender, each person holding Related Hedging
Obligations (in its capacity as such) and each person holding Overdraft
Obligations.
“Securities Act” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Agreement” shall mean
a Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K among
the Credit Parties and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, as the same may be amended in accordance with the terms thereof and
hereof, or such other agreements reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent as
shall be necessary to comply with applicable Requirements
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of Law
and effective to grant to Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) a
perfected first priority security interest in the Security Agreement Collateral
covered thereby, subject only to Permitted Liens.
“Security Agreement Collateral”
shall have the meaning set forth in any Security Agreement delivered on the
Closing Date or thereafter pursuant to Section 5.11.
“Security Documents” shall mean
the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security document or pledge
agreement required by applicable local law to grant a valid, perfected security
interest in any property acquired or developed and any other document or
instrument utilized to pledge as collateral for the Obligations any property of
whatever kind or nature.
“Senior Preferred Stock” shall
mean the Series B 14% Senior Redeemable Exchangeable Cumulative Preferred
Stock of Borrower.
“Senior Subordinated Note
Agreement” shall mean any indenture, note purchase agreement or other
agreement pursuant to which the Senior Subordinated Notes are issued as in
effect on the Closing Date and thereafter amended from time to time subject to
the requirements of this Agreement.
“Senior Subordinated Note
Documents” shall mean the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Senior
Subordinated Note Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Note Guarantees and all
other documents executed and delivered with respect to the Senior Subordinated
Notes or the Senior Subordinated Note Agreement.
“Senior Subordinated Note
Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of Parentand the Subsidiary
Guarantors pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note Agreement.
“Senior Subordinated Notes”
shall mean Borrower’s 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 issued pursuant to
the Senior Subordinated Note Agreement and any registered notes issued by
Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, such notes with substantially
identical terms as the notes.
“Sponsor” shall mean The
Cypress Group L.L.C.
“Standby Letter of Credit”
means any standby letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the purpose
of supporting (a) workers’ compensation liabilities of Borrower or any
Subsidiary, (b) the obligations of third-party insurers of Borrower or any
Subsidiary arising by virtue of the laws of any jurisdiction requiring
third-party insurers to obtain such letters of credit, or (c) performance,
payment, deposit or surety obligations of Borrower or any Subsidiary if required
by law or governmental rule or regulation or in accordance with custom and
practice in the industry.
“Statutory Reserves” shall
mean, for any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, the average maximum
rate at which reserves (including any marginal, supplemental or emergency
reserves) are required to be maintained during such Interest Period under
Regulation D by member banks of the United States Federal Reserve System in
New York City with deposits exceeding one billion dollars against
“Eurodollar liabilities” (as such term is used in
Regulation D). Eurodollar Borrowings shall be deemed to
constitute Eurodollar liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements
without benefit of or credit for proration, exceptions or offsets which may be
available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D.
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“Subordinated Indebtedness”
shall mean any Indebtedness of a Group Company that is subordinated in right of
payment to any other Indebtedness of such Group Company, including the Senior
Subordinated Notes and the Senior Subordinated Note Guarantees
“subsidiary” shall mean, with
respect to any person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the
parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of
the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by
(x) the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or (y) by the
parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any
subsidiary of Borrower.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” shall
mean each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(c),
and each other Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant
to Section 5.11,
other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Supermajority Lenders” shall
mean at any time, Lenders having Loans, LC Exposure and unused Revolving and
Term B Loan Commitments representing at least 66 2/3% of the
sum of all Loans outstanding, LC Exposure and unused Revolving and Term B Loan Commitments at such
time.
“Survey” shall mean a survey of
any Mortgaged Real Property (and all improvements thereon) which is
(a) (i) prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys
in the state where such Mortgaged Real Property is located, (ii) dated (or
redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof
unless there shall have occurred within six months prior to such date of
delivery any exterior construction on the site of such Mortgaged Real Property
or any easement, right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Real Property
has been granted or become effective through operation of law or otherwise with
respect to such Mortgaged Real Property which, in either case, can be depicted
on a survey, in which events, as applicable, such survey shall be dated (or
redated) after the completion of such construction or if such construction shall
not have been completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than 20 days
prior to such date of delivery, or after the grant or effectiveness of any such
easement, right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Real Property,
(iii) certified by the surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Title Company, (iv) complying in all respects with the minimum detail
requirements of the American Land Title Association as such requirements are in
effect on the date of preparation of such survey and (v) sufficient for the
Title Company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance
policy (or commitment) relating to such Mortgaged Real Property and issue the
endorsements requested by the Collateral Agent under Section 4.02(p) or
5.11(c) or
(b) otherwise acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
“Swingline Commitment” shall
mean the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make loans pursuant to Section 2.17, as
the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 or
Section 2.17.
“Swingline Exposure” shall mean
at any time the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding
Swingline Loans. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at
any time shall equal its Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure
at such time.
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“Swingline Lender” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Swingline Loan” shall mean any
loan made by the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.17.
“Syndication Agent” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Tax Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Tax Event” shall mean the
payment of any income taxes on account of a judgment resulting from a tax audit
that would cause a violation of Section 6.07(c) if
all of such tax payment is included within a single Test Period for purposes of
calculating Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
“Tax Return” shall mean all
returns, statements, filings, attachments and other documents or certifications
required to be filed in respect of Taxes.
“Tax Sharing Agreements” shall
mean all tax sharing, tax allocation and other similar agreements entered into
by Parent or any subsidiary of Parent.
“Taxes” shall mean any and all
present or future taxes, duties, levies, fees, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings, whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or
other basis and any and all liabilities (including interest, fines, penalties or
additions to tax) with respect to the foregoing.
“Term Borrowing” shall mean a
Borrowing comprised of Term Loans.
“Term B Borrowing” shall mean a
Borrowing comprised of Term B Loans.
“Term B Loan Commitment” shall mean
with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a
Term B Loan hereunder on the Amendment Effectiveness Date in the amount set
forth on the Confidential Lender Authorization, or
by an Increase Joinder, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which
such Lender shall have assumed its Term B Loan Commitment, as
applicable, as such commitment may be (a) terminated or reduced from time
to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and
(b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to
such Lender pursuant to Section 11.04. The
initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term B Loan Commitments is $89.55 million, subject
to increase pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.20.
“Term B Loans” shall mean the
term loans made by the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or
by an Increase Joinder.
“Term Loan Commitment” shall
mean with respect to each Original Lender, the commitment, if any, of such
Original Lender to make a Term Loan hereunder on the Closing Date in the amount
set forth on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum executed and delivered by such
Original Lender, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such
Original Lender shall have assumed its Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, as
such commitment may be (a) terminated or reduced from time to time pursuant
to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time
pursuant to assignments
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by or to
such Original Lender pursuant to Section 11.04. The initial
aggregate amount of the Original Lenders’ Term Loan Commitments was $90.0
million.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” shall
mean the date that is six months following the six-year anniversary of the
Closing Date.
“Term Loan Repayment Date”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(a).
“Term Loans” shall mean the
term loans made by the Original Lenders to Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of the Original Credit
Agreement. Each Term Loan was either an ABR Term Loan or a Eurodollar
Term Loan.
“Test Period” shall mean, at
any time, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Borrower then last ended (in
each case taken as one accounting period) for which financial statements have
been or are required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 5.01(a)
or (b).
“Title Company” shall mean any
title insurance company as shall be retained by Borrower and reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Title Policy” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02(p)(ii).
“Transaction Documents” shall
mean any and all agreements and other material documents entered into or
delivered in connection with the Transactions, including but not limited to the
Acquisition Documents, the Loan Documents, the Senior Subordinated Note
Documents and the Equity Financing documents.
“Transactions” shall mean,
collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
including (a) the consummation of the Merger; (b) the execution and
delivery of the Loan Documents and the initial borrowings hereunder;
(c) the making of the Closing Date Intercompany Loan; (d) the Equity
Financing; (e) the Refinancing; (f) the exchange of the Rollover
Equity and (g) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid in
connection with the foregoing.
“Type”, when used in reference
to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan,
or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable state or
jurisdiction.
“Voting and Indemnification
Agreement” shall mean the Voting and Indemnification Agreement, dated as
of November 17, 2003, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A
to the Merger Agreement.
“Voting Stock” shall mean any
class or classes of capital stock of Parent pursuant to which the holders
thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at
least a majority of the Board of Directors of Parent.
“Wachovia” shall mean Wachovia
Bank, National Association.
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“Xxxxx Fargo Loan Agreement”
shall mean the Loan Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2000, by and
between Holdings and Xxxxx Fargo Bank National Association, as
amended.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” shall
mean, as to any person, (a) any corporation 100% of whose capital stock
(other than directors’ qualifying shares) is at the time owned by such person
and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such person and (b) any
partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company or other
entity in which such person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such
person have a 100% equity interest at such time.
“Withdrawal Liability” shall
mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION
1.02. Classification
of Loans and Borrowings
. For
purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class
(e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type
(e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class
and Type (e.g., a
“Eurodollar Revolving
Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by
Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing” or “Term B Borrowing”) or by Type
(e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by
Class and Type (e.g., a
“Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing”).
SECTION
1.03. Terms
Generally
. The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to
be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the
context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any
reference herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s
successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof’ and “hereunder”, and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety
and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, and
(f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION
1.04. Accounting
Terms; GAAP
. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all financial statements to be delivered
pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in
effect from time to time and all terms of an accounting or financial nature
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date hereof,
subject to the following sentence. If at any time any change in GAAP
would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in
any Loan Document, and Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Borrower
shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to approval of
Required Lenders); provided
that, until so amended, such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein.
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ARTICLE
II
THE
CREDITS
SECTION
2.01. Commitments
. Subject
to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties
herein set forth, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly:
(a) to make
Revolving Loans to Borrower, at any time and from time to time on or after the
Closing Date, and until the earlier of the second Business Day preceding the
Revolving Maturity Date and the termination of the Commitment of such Lender in
accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeding
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that Revolving Loans
made on the Closing Date shall not exceed $4.0 million; and
(b) to make a
Term B Loan to Borrower on the Amendment Effectiveness Date in a principal
amount not to exceed its Term B Loan Commitment.
Amounts
paid or prepaid in respect of Term B Loan Loans may not be
reborrowed. Within the limits set forth in clause (b) above and
subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein, Borrower may
borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION
2.02. Loans
. (a) Each
Loan (other than Swingline Loans) shall be made as part of a Borrowing
consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
applicable Commitments; provided, however, that the
failure of any Lender to make any Loan shall not in itself relieve any other
Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that
no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any
Loan required to be made by such other Lender). Except for Loans
deemed made pursuant to Section 2.02(f),
Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is
(i) an integral multiple of $250,000 and not less than $1.0 million or
(ii) equal to the remaining available balance of the applicable
Commitments.
(b) Subject
to Sections
2.11 and 2.12, each Borrowing
shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as Borrower may
request pursuant to Section 2.03. Each
Lender may at its option make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or
foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan, so long as such
option does not result in increased costs to Borrower; provided that any exercise of
such option shall not affect the obligation of Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more than
one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that Borrower shall
not be entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in more
than ten Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding hereunder at any time. For
purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods,
regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered
separate Borrowings.
(c) Except
with respect to Loans made pursuant to Section 2.02(f),
each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account in
New York City as the Administrative Agent may designate not later than
11:00 a.m., New York City time, and the Administrative Agent shall
promptly credit the amounts so received to an account as directed by Borrower in
the applicable Borrowing Request maintained with the
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Administrative
Agent or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any condition
precedent herein specified shall not have been met, return the amounts so
received to the respective Lenders.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the
Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with
paragraph (c) above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make available to Borrower on such date a corresponding
amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds
available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and 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 Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the
Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of Borrower, the interest rate
applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in
the case of such Lender, a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to
represent its cost of overnight or short-term funds (which determination shall
be conclusive absent manifest error). If such Lender shall repay to
the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute
such Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, Borrower shall not be entitled to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing constituting
Revolving Loans or Term B Loans if the Interest Period requested with respect
thereto would end after the Revolving Maturity Date or the Term Loan Maturity
Date, as the case may be.
(f) If the
Issuing Bank shall not have received from Borrower the payment required to be
made by Section 2.18(e)
within the time specified in such Section, the Issuing Bank will promptly notify
the Administrative Agent of the LC Disbursement and the Administrative Agent
will promptly notify each Revolving Lender of such LC Disbursement and its Pro
Rata Percentage thereof. Each Revolving Lender shall pay by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent on such date
(or, if such Revolving Lender shall have received such notice later than 12:00
(noon), New York City time, on any day, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the immediately following Business Day), an amount
equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of such LC Disbursement (it being
understood that such amount shall be deemed to constitute an ABR Revolving Loan
of such Lender, and such payment shall be deemed to have reduced the LC
Exposure), and the Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank
amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The
Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank any amounts received
by it from Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18(e)
prior to the time that any Revolving Lender makes any payment pursuant to this
paragraph (f); any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent
thereafter will be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the
Revolving Lenders that shall have made such payments and to the Issuing Bank, as
their interests may appear. If any Revolving Lender shall not have
made its Pro Rata Percentage of such LC Disbursement available to the
Administrative Agent as provided above, such Lender and Borrower severally agree
to pay interest on such amount, for each day from and including the date such
amount is required to be paid in accordance with this paragraph (f) to but
excluding the date such amount is paid, to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Issuing Bank at (i) in the case of Borrower, a rate per
annum equal to the interest rate applicable to Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(a),
and (ii) in the case of such Lender, for the first such day, the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, and for each day thereafter, the Alternate Base
Rate.
SECTION
2.03. Borrowing
Procedure
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. To
request a Revolving Borrowing or Term B Borrowing, Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (promptly confirmed by
telecopy) (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than
1:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of
the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later
than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date
of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice
of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement
as contemplated by Section 2.18(e)
may be given not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by Borrower. Each
such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(a) whether
the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing or a Term B
Borrowing;
(b) the
aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(c) the date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(d) whether
such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(e) in the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable
thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Interest Period”; provided that until the
earlier of (i) the date which is 30 days after the Closing Date and
(ii) the date on which a successful syndication of the Loans and
Commitments shall have been declared by the Joint Lead Arrangers, Borrower shall
only be permitted to request an Interest Period of seven days; and
(f) the
location and number of Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed,
which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.02.
If no
election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing
shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with
respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then Borrower shall be
deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration (subject to
the proviso of clause (e) above). Promptly following receipt of
a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such
Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. Evidence
of Debt; Repayment of Loans
. (a) Borrower
hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender holding Term B Loans, the principal amount
of each Term B Loan of
such Lender as provided in Section 2.09,
(ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender, the
then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender on the
Revolving Maturity Date and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid
principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Maturity
Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or
last day of a calendar month and is at least five Business Days after such
Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date
that a Revolving Borrowing is made, Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans
that were outstanding on the date such Borrowing was requested.
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(b) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of Borrower to such Lender resulting from
each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under
this Agreement.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type and Class thereof and the Interest
Period applicable thereto; (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and
payable or to become due and payable from Borrower to each Lender hereunder; and
(iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for
the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) above
shall be prima facie
evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of
any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of Borrower to repay the
Loans in accordance with their terms.
(e) Any
Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, Borrower shall prepare, execute and
deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender
(or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and
in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section 11.04)
be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order
of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to
such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION
2.05. Fees
(a) Commitment
Fee. Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender, through the
Administrative Agent, on the last Business Day of March, June, September and
December in each year and on each date on which any Commitment of such Lender
shall expire or be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) equal to
0.50% per annum on the average daily unused amount of the Revolving Commitment
of such Lender during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the
Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Maturity Date or the date on which the
Revolving Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be
terminated). All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The
Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date
and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the Revolving Commitment of such
Lender shall expire or be terminated as provided herein.
(b) Administrative
Agent Fees. Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent, for its own account, the agency fees set forth in the Fee Letter or such
other fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon
between Borrower and the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent Fees”).
(c) LC and
Fronting Fees. Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation
fee (“LC Participation
Fee”) with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which
shall accrue at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin from time to time used to
determine the interest rate on Eurodollar Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.06 on
the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion
thereof attributable to
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LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment
terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and
(ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee (“Fronting Fee”), which shall
accrue at the rate of 0.25% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC
Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC
Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and
the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing
Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings
thereunder. LC Participation Fees and Fronting Fees accrued through
and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year
shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing
on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; provided that all such fees
shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and
any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments
terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the
Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after
demand. All LC Participation Fees and Fronting Fees shall be computed
on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
All Fees
shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the
Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders,
except that the Fronting Fees shall be paid directly to the Issuing
Bank. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any
circumstances (absent manifest error).
SECTION
2.06. Interest
on Loans
. (a) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.06(c),
the Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing, including each Swingline Loan, shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in
effect from time to time.
(b) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.06(c),
the Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for
such Borrowing plus the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other
amount payable by Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear
interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in
the case of any overdue principal of or interest on any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise
applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section
or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to
ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this
Section.
(d) Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the
Revolving Commitments; provided that
(i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall
be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of
any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of
the Revolving Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount
repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment
and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to
the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan
shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
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(e) All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except
that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate shall be computed
on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each
case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first
day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate
or Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.07. Termination
and Reduction of Commitments
. (a) The
Term Loan Commitments terminated on the Closing Date. The Term B Loan
Commitments shall automatically terminate on the Amendment Effectiveness
Date. The Revolving Commitments, the Swingline Commitment and the LC
Commitment shall automatically terminate on the Revolving Maturity
Date.
(b) Borrower
may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments of any
Class; provided that
(i) each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount
that is an integral multiple of $250,000 and not less than $1.0 million and
(ii) the Revolving Commitments shall not be terminated or reduced if, after
giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance
with Section 2.10 or
Section 2.01,
as applicable, the sum of the Revolving Exposures would exceed the aggregate
amount of Revolving Commitments.
(c) Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the
Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business
Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying
such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following
receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the
contents thereof. Each notice delivered by Borrower pursuant to this
Section shall be irrevocable. Any termination or reduction of the
Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the
Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Commitments of such Class.
SECTION
2.08. Interest
Elections
. (a) Each
Revolving Borrowing and Term B Borrowing shall initially shall be
of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such
Borrowing Request. Thereafter, Borrower may elect to convert such
Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of
a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in
this Section. Borrower may elect different options with respect to
different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion
shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a
separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline
Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make
an election pursuant to this Section, Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would
be required under Section 2.03 if
Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing or Term B Borrowing of the Type
resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such
election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request substantially in the
form of Exhibit E.
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(c) Each
telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the
information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall
be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
and
(iv) if the
resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; provided that until the
earlier of (i) the date which is 30 days after the Closing Date and (ii) the
date on which a successful syndication of the Loans and Commitments shall have
been declared by the Joint Lead Arrangers, Borrower shall be permitted to
request an Interest Period of seven days only.
If any
such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not
specify an Interest Period, then Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month’s duration (subject to the proviso in
clause (iv) above).
(d) Promptly
following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of
each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If an
Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing is not timely
delivered prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then,
unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest
Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR
Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the
request of the Required Lenders, so notifies Borrower, then, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of such Event of Default, (i) no
outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing
and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR
Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
SECTION
2.09. Amortization
of Term B
Borrowings
. (a) Borrower
shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the
dates set forth on Annex I, or if
any such date is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day (each
such date being a “Term Loan
RepaymentDate”),
a principal amount of the Term B Loans (as adjusted
from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.09(b) and
2.10) equal to
the amount set forth on Annex I for such
date, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal
amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment.
(b) To the
extent not previously paid, all Term B Loans shall be due and payable on the
Term Loan Maturity Date.
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SECTION
2.10. Optional
and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.
(a) Optional
Prepayments. Borrower shall have the right at any time and
from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, subject to the
requirements of this Section; provided, however, that each partial
prepayment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and
not less than $1.0 million.
(b) Revolving
Loan Prepayments. In the event of any termination of all the
Revolving Commitments, Borrower shall, on the date of such termination, repay or
prepay all its outstanding Revolving Borrowings and all outstanding Swingline
Loans and replace all outstanding Letters of Credit and/or deposit an amount
equal to the LC Exposure in the LC Sub-Account. In the event of any
partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments, then (i) at or prior to the
effective date of such reduction, the Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower
and the Revolving Lenders of the sum of the Revolving Exposures after giving
effect thereto and (ii) if the sum of the Revolving Exposures would exceed
the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments after giving effect to such
reduction or termination, then Borrower shall, on the date of such reduction or
termination, repay or prepay Revolving Borrowings or Swingline Loans (or a
combination thereof) and/or replace or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of
Credit in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.
(c) Asset
Sales. Not later than five Business Days following the receipt
of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, Borrower shall apply 100% of the Net
Cash Proceeds received with respect thereto to make prepayments in accordance
with Sections 2.10(i)
and (j); provided that:
(i) no such
prepayment shall be required with respect to (A) any Asset Sale permitted
by Section 6.04(b)(ii),
(b)(iii), (d), (e), (h), (i) or (j), (B) the
disposition of assets subject to a condemnation or eminent domain proceeding or
insurance settlement to the extent it does not constitute a Casualty Event, or
(C) Asset Sales for fair market value resulting in no more than $1.0
million in Net Cash Proceeds per Asset Sale (or series of related Asset Sales)
and less than $3.0 million in Net Cash Proceeds in any fiscal year;
and
(ii) so long
as no Default shall then exist or would arise therefrom and the aggregate of
such Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales shall not exceed $20.0 million in any
fiscal year of Borrower, such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on
such date to the extent that Borrower shall have delivered a certificate to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to such date stating that such Net Cash
Proceeds shall be used (x) to purchase replacement assets or fixed or
capital assets used or usable in the business of Borrower and the Subsidiaries,
(y) to repair such assets or (z) to acquire 100% of the Equity Interests of
any person that owns such replacement or other such assets no later than 360
days following the date of such Asset Sale (which certificate shall set forth
the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended); provided, however, that if
all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds not required to be applied to make
prepayments as a result of this clause (ii) shall not be so reinvested as
set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) within such 360-day period, such unused
portion shall be applied on the last day of such period as a mandatory
prepayment as provided in this Section 2.10(c).
(d) Debt or
Preferred Stock Issuance. Upon any Debt Issuance or any
Preferred Stock Issuance after the Closing Date, Borrower shall make prepayments
in accordance with Sections 2.10(i)
and (j) in an
aggregate principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Debt
Issuance or Preferred Stock Issuance.
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(e) Equity
Issuance. Upon any Equity Issuance (other than a Preferred
Stock Issuance) after the Closing Date, Borrower shall make prepayments in
accordance with Sections 2.10(i)
and (j) in an
aggregate principal amount equal to 50% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Equity
Issuance; provided that
if the Leverage Ratio after giving pro forma effect to such
prepayment as of the most recently ended Test Period after the first anniversary
of the Closing Date for which financial statements are available is less than
1.25 to 1.0, no such prepayment shall be required.
(f) Casualty
Events. Not later than five Business Days following the
receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from a Casualty Event, Borrower shall apply an
amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds to make prepayments in accordance
with Sections 2.10(i)
and (j); provided, however, that:
(i) so long
as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom, the Net
Cash Proceeds thereof shall not be required to be so applied on such date to the
extent that Borrower has delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Collateral
Agent on or prior to such date stating that such proceeds shall be used
(A) to fund the acquisition or repair of property or the acquisition of
100% of the Equity Interests of any person that owns property used or usable in
the business of Borrower and the Subsidiaries or (B) to repair, replace or
restore the property in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the
applicable Security Document in respect of which such Casualty Event has
occurred; provided
that, in each case, the actions described in clauses (A) and (B)
above are commenced by Borrower within 360 days following the date of the
receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds and are diligently pursued to satisfactory
completion to the extent practicable in the good faith estimate of
Borrower,
(ii) to the
extent such Casualty Event affects any of the Collateral, all property acquired
to effect any repair, replacement or restoration of such Collateral shall be
made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5.11,
(iii) all such
Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $10.0 million in the aggregate for all such
Casualty Events shall be held in the Collateral Account and released therefrom
only in accordance with the terms of Article IX,
and
(iv) if all or
any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be so applied within such
360-day period, such unused portion shall be applied on the last day of such
period as a mandatory prepayment as provided in this Section 2.10(f).
(g) Excess
Cash Flow. No later than the earlier of (i) 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending
October 1, 2004, and (ii) the date on which the financial statements
with respect to such period are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a),
Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.10(i)
and (j) in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for
the fiscal year then ended; provided that if the Borrower
makes any optional prepayment of Loans during any fiscal year with funds which
would otherwise constitute “Excess Cash Flow” for such fiscal year (all such
payments, the “ECF Optional
Prepayments”), no deduction for such ECF Optional Prepayments shall be
made in calculating Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year (Excess Cash Flow
without such deduction is herein referred to as “Gross Excess Cash
Flow”). If the ECF Optional Prepayments for such fiscal year
equal or exceed the ECF Percentage of Gross Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal
year, no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.10(g)
for such fiscal year. To the extent that the ECF Optional Prepayments
for such fiscal year are less than the ECF Percentage of Gross Excess Cash Flow
for such fiscal year (such difference, the “Excess Cash Flow Shortfall”),
subject to the proviso of the first sentence of this Section 2.10(g),
the Borrower shall be required only to prepay an amount equal to such Excess
Cash Flow Shortfall in respect of such fiscal year pursuant to this Section 2.10(g).
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(h) Escrow
Proceeds. No later than five Business Days following the
receipt of any Escrow Proceeds, Borrower shall apply an amount equal to 100% of
such Escrow Proceeds to make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.10(i) and
(j).
(i) Application
of Prepayments. (i) Optional prepayments in respect
of Term B Loans under this
Agreement and mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.10(d)
or (e) shall be
applied first to reduce remaining scheduled installments of principal due in
respect of outstanding Term B Loans under Section 2.09 in
direct order of maturity up to but not including the first scheduled installment
due after the date that is 12 months following the date of such
prepayment. After application of prepayments pursuant to the first
sentence of this paragraph (i)(i) and to the extent there are mandatory
prepayment amounts remaining after such application, such excess prepayments
shall be applied (x) first, to reduce outstanding Term B Loans pro rata against the
remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term B Loans
under Section 2.09 up
to but not including the September 30, 2009 scheduled installment and (y)
second, to the scheduled installment amounts on and after September 30, 2009, in
direct order of maturity. Mandatory prepayments pursuant to Sections 2.10(c),
(f), (g) or (h) shall be applied
(x) first, to reduce outstanding Term B Loans pro rata against the
remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term B Loans
under Section 2.09, up
to but not including the September 30, 2009 scheduled installment and (y)
second, to the scheduled installment amounts on and after September 30, 2009, in
direct order of maturity.
(ii) After
application of prepayments pursuant to paragraph (i)(i) and to the extent
there are mandatory prepayment amounts remaining after such application (x) in
the case of a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(d),
(e), (g), or (h), Borrower shall
first, repay outstanding Revolving Loans in an amount equal to such excess and
second, the Revolving Commitments shall be reduced (but not to below $20.0
million) ratably among the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their applicable
Revolving Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to the excess remaining after
such repayment of Revolving Loans or (y) in the case of a mandatory prepayment
pursuant to Section
2.10(c) or (f), the Revolving
Commitments shall be reduced (but not to below $20.0 million) ratably among the
Revolving Lenders in accordance with their applicable Revolving Commitments in
an aggregate amount equal to such excess, provided, in either case, Borrower
shall comply with Section 2.10(b). Any
remaining prepayment amounts after the application pursuant to the first
sentence of this paragraph (i)(ii) may be retained by
Borrower.
(iii) Amounts
to be applied pursuant to this Section 2.10 to
the prepayment of Term Loans B and Revolving Loans shall be applied, as
applicable, first to reduce outstanding ABR Term Loans and ABR Revolving Loans,
respectively. Any amounts remaining after each such application shall
be applied to prepay Eurodollar Term Loans or Eurodollar Revolving Loans, as
applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the amount of any
prepayment of Loans required under this Section 2.10
shall be in excess of the amount of the ABR Loans at the time outstanding, only
the portion of the amount of such prepayment as is equal to the amount of such
outstanding ABR Loans shall be immediately prepaid and, at the election of
Borrower, the balance of such required prepayment shall be either
(i) deposited in the Collateral Account and applied to the prepayment of
Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the then next-expiring Interest Period for
Eurodollar Loans (with all interest accruing thereon for the account of
Borrower) or (ii) prepaid immediately, together with any amounts owing to
the Lenders under Section 2.13. Notwithstanding
any such deposit in the Collateral Account, interest shall continue to accrue on
such Loans until prepayment.
(j) Notice of
Prepayment. Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
(and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy)
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of any
prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business
Day before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business
Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a
Swingline Loan, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion
thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably
detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly
following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to
Swingline Loans), the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the
contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be
in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of
the same Type as provided in Section 2.02,
except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory
prepayment. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably
to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be
accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.06.
(k) Prepayment
Premium. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any
prepayment of Term B Loans prior to the first anniversary of the Amendment
Effectiveness Date out of the proceeds of a substantially concurrent incurrence
of new term loans under this Agreement if any of the interest margins payable in
respect of such term loans is less than the corresponding interest margins that
would have been payable in respect of the Term B Loans, such prepayment shall be
accompanied by a prepayment fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate amount of such
prepayment.
SECTION
2.11. Alternate
Rate of Interest
. If
prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Borrowing:
(a) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b) the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for
such Interest Period;
then the
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to Borrower and the Lenders by
telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the
Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances
giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election
Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any
Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any
Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made
as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION
2.12. Increased
Costs
. (a) If
any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate) or the Issuing Bank; or
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(ii) impose on
any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other
condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or
any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of
making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to
make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank
of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce
the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then Borrower will pay
to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any
Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the
Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or
the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender,
or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which
such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding
company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of
such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time Borrower will pay to such Lender or the
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing
Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A
certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the basis for its
claim and the calculation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such
Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as
specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to
Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower
shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown
as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the
Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrower shall
not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this
Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior
to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies
Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions
and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation
therefor; provided, further,
that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION
2.13. Breakage
Payments
. In
the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other
than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a
result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
(c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Revolving Loan
or Term B Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or
(d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.16,
then, in any such event, Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss,
cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a
Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any
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Lender
shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess,
if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the
principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date
of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or,
in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that
would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of
interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the
interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of
such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other
banks in the Eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting
forth the basis for its claim and the calculation of any amount or amounts that
such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered
to Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower
shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10
days after receipt thereof.
SECTION
2.14. Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.
(a) Borrower
shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other
Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC
Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.12,
2.13 or 2.15, or otherwise)
on or before the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan
Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to
2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately
available funds, without setoff or counterclaim. Any amounts received
after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent,
be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes
of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to
the Administrative Agent at its offices at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or
Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant
to Sections 2.12,
2.13, 2.15 and 11.03 shall be made
directly to the persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan
Documents shall be made to the persons specified therein. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the
account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following
receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due
on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing
interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such
extension. All payments under each Loan Document shall be made in
dollars.
(b) If at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first towards payment of
interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto
in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties,
and (ii) second
towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due
hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the
amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such
parties.
(c) If any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its
Revolving Loans, Term B Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline
Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans, Term B Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the
proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Revolving Loans, Term B Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and
Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of
all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the
aggregate amount of
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principal
of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans, Term B Loans and participations
in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any
such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving
rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to
any payment made by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express
terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for
the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to
Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of
this paragraph shall apply). Borrower consents to the foregoing and
agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any
Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may
exercise against Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of Borrower in
the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrower prior to the
date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that Borrower will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made such payment
on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption,
distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount
due. In such event, if Borrower has not in fact made such payment,
then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally
agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so
distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day
from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal
Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.02(f),
2.14(d), 2.17(d), 2.18(d) or 11.03(d), then the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully
paid.
SECTION
2.15. Taxes
. (a) Any
and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder or
under any other Loan Document shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or
other defense and free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any
and all Indemnified Taxes; provided that if Borrower
shall be required by law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes from such payments,
then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after
making all required deductions or withholdings (including deductions or
withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the
Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or
withholdings been made, (ii) Borrower shall make such deductions or
withholdings and (iii) Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted or
withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.
(b) In
addition, Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Borrower
shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank,
within 10 Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such
Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may
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be, on or
with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate as to the basis for its claim and the
calculation of the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by
a Lender or the Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf
or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(d) As soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by Borrower
to a Governmental Authority, Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment
or other evidence of such payment.
(e) Any
Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding
tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which Borrower is located, or any
treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under
this Agreement shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or in the
case of any Participant, on or before such Participant purchases the related
participation), such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by
applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower as will permit such payments
to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. Each Foreign
Lender either (1) (i) agrees to furnish either U.S. Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8ECI or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor
form) and (ii) agrees (for the benefit of Borrower and the Administrative
Agent), to the extent it may lawfully do so at such times, upon reasonable
request by Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to provide a new Form W-8ECI or
Form W-8BEN (or successor form) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any
previously delivered form to reconfirm any complete exemption from, or any
entitlement to a reduction in, U.S. federal withholding tax with respect to any
interest payment hereunder or (2) in the case of any such Foreign Lender
that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Tax
Code, (i) agrees to furnish either (a) an exemption certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit L and
two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN (or successor form) or (b) an Internal Revenue Form W-8ECI (or
successor form), certifying (in each case) to such Foreign Lender’s legal
entitlement to an exemption or reduction from U.S. federal withholding tax with
respect to all interest payments hereunder and (ii) agrees (for the benefit
of Borrower and the Administrative Agent) to the extent it may lawfully do so at
such times, upon reasonable request by Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to
provide a new Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or successor form) upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered form to reconfirm any complete
exemption from, or any entitlement to a reduction in, U.S. federal withholding
tax with respect to any interest payment hereunder.
(f) If the
Administrative Agent or a Lender (or an assignee) receives a refund of any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by Borrower
or with respect to which Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 2.15, it
shall pay over such refund to Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity
payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrower under this Section 2.15
with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or the Other Taxes giving rise to such
refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, any
Taxes imposed on such refund to the extent in excess of any tax benefit actually
realized in connection with the payments of the tax giving rise to such refund)
of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (or assignee) and without interest
(other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with
respect to such refund); provided, however, that
Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender (or
assignee), agrees to repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any penalties, interest
or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender (or
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assignee)
in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender (or assignee) is required
to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Nothing
contained in this Section 2.15(f)
shall require the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or assignee) to make
available its tax returns or any other information which it deems confidential
to Borrower or any other person.
SECTION
2.16. Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
(a) Mitigation
of Obligations. If any Lender requests compensation under
Section 2.12, or
if Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15,
then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending
office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in
the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment
(i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable in the future pursuant to
Section 2.12 or
2.15, as the
case may be, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed
cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous in any material
respect to such Lender. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any
such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement
of Lenders. If (1) any Lender requests compensation under
Section 2.12,
(2) Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15,
(3) any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder or
(4) Borrower elects to replace a Lender in accordance with Section 11.02(c),
then Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender
and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate,
without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained
in Section 11.04),
all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee
selected by Borrower that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be
another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that
(i) Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the
Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender) if the assignee is not another Lender, which
consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have
received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans
and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees, prepayment premiums and all other amounts payable to it
hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 2.12 or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15,
such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments
(other than a de
minimis amount). A Lender shall not be required to make any
such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by
such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Borrower to require such
assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION
2.17. Swingline
Loans
(a) Swingline
Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to Borrower from
time to time during the Revolving Availability Period, in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $5.0 million or
(ii) the sum of the total Revolving Exposures exceeding the total Revolving
Commitments; provided
that
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Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an
outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Borrower may borrow, prepay and
reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) Swingline
Loans. To request a Swingline Loan, Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not
later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed
Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the
requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly
advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from
Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan
available to Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of
Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.18(e),
by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the requested date of such Swingline Loan. Borrower shall not
request a Swingline Loan if at the time of and immediately after giving effect
to such request a Default has occurred and is continuing. Swingline
Loans shall be made in minimum amounts of $250,000 and integral multiples of
$50,000 above such amount.
(c) Prepayment. Borrower
shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Swingline
Loan, in whole or in part, upon giving written or telecopy notice (or telephone
notice promptly confirmed by written or telecopy notice) to the Swingline Lender
and to the Administrative Agent before 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the date of prepayment at the Swingline Lender’s address for notices specified
in the Swingline Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, and such prepayments
shall be made to the Swingline Lender by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such
date of prepayment. All principal payments of Swingline Loans shall
be accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid to the
date of payment.
(d) Participations. The
Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not
later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any Business Day require the
Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a
portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify
the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders will
participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative
Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such
notice such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of such Swingline Loan or
Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally
agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Pro Rata
Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in
Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence
and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and
that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding
or reduction whatsoever (provided that such payment
shall not cause such Lender’s Revolving Exposure to exceed such Lender’s
Revolving Commitment). Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its
obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds,
in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02(f)
with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.02
shall apply, mutatis mutandis,
to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders) and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so
received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent
shall notify Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired
pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline
Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline
Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from Borrower
(or other party on behalf of Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after
receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations
therein shall be
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remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the
Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to
the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this
paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may
appear. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant
to this paragraph shall not relieve Borrower of any default in the payment
thereof.
SECTION
2.18. Letters
of Credit.
(a) General. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Borrower may request the issuance
of Letters of Credit for its own account or the account of a Subsidiary in a
form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at
any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period (provided that Borrower shall
be a co-applicant, and shall be jointly and severally liable, with respect to
each Letter of Credit issued for the account of or in favor of a
Subsidiary). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter
of credit application or other agreement submitted by Borrower to, or entered
into by Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b) Notice of
Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain
Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or
the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit),
Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication
if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (at least three Business Days in
advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, or
such shorter period as is acceptable to such respective Issuing Bank) a notice
requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of
Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), whether such
Letter of Credit shall have a fixed final expiration date (not subject to
renewal) or whether such Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date that
automatically extends for successive periods (in either case which shall comply with
paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the
name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall
be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of
Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, Borrower also shall submit
a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection
with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be
issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit, Borrower shall be deemed to
represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension, (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $15.0 million
and (ii) the total Revolving Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving
Commitments.
(c) Expiration
Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the
close of business on the earlier of (1) in the case of a Standby Letter of
Credit, unless otherwise consented to by the Issuing Bank in its sole
discretion, (x) (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such
Standby Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof,
one year after such renewal or extension) or (ii) such later date as requested
by Borrower in the relevant application and (y) the date that is five days prior
to the Revolving Maturity Date and (2) in the case of a Commercial Letter of
Credit, (x) the date that is 180 days after the date of issuance of such
Commercial Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension
thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (y) the date that is five
days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date. If Borrower so requests in
any Letter of Credit Request, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal
provisions (each, an “Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit”); provided that (i) any
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Auto-Renewal
Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Bank to prevent any such renewal at
least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of
such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not
later than a day in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time
such Letter of Credit is issued and (ii) the Issuing Bank will not permit the
renewal of any Letter of Credit that would result in the expiration date of such
Letter of Credit being later than the date that is five days prior to the
Revolving Maturity Date. Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing
Bank, Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Issuing
Bank for any such renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has
been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may
not require) the Issuing Bank to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at
any time to an expiry date not later than the earlier of (i) one year from
the date of such renewal and (ii) the date that is five days prior to the
Revolving Maturity Date; provided that the Issuing Bank shall not permit any
such renewal if (x) the Issuing Bank has determined that it would have no
obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under
the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.18(l) or
otherwise), or (y) it has received notice on or before the day that is two
Business Days before the date which has been agreed upon pursuant to the proviso
of the first sentence of this paragraph, (1) from the Administrative Agent
that any Revolving Lender directly affected thereby has elected not to permit
such renewal or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Borrower
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 are
not then satisfied.
(d) Participations. By
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit
increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the
Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving
Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a
participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata
Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each
Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Pro
Rata Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not
reimbursed by Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this
Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to Borrower for
any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation
to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of
Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or
termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without
any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If
the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of
Credit, Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Issuing
Bank an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 2:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if
Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to
11:00 a.m., New York City time on such date, or, if such notice has
not been received by Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later
than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that
Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the
Business Day immediately following the day that Borrower receives such notice,
if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that Borrower may,
subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance
with Section 2.03 or
2.17 that such
payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan in an
equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, Borrower’s obligation to make
such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving
Loan or Swingline Loan. If Borrower fails to make such payment when
due, the Issuing Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent and the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC
Disbursement, the payment then due from Borrower in respect thereof and such
Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage thereof.
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Promptly
following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Percentage of the unreimbursed LC Disbursement
in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02(f),
with respect to Loans made by such Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall
promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the
Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative
Agent of any payment from Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the
Administrative Agent shall, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made
payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, distribute
such payment to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may
appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this
paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the
funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall
not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation to
reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f) Obligations
Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse LC
Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances
whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability
of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein,
(ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving
to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein
being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing
Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document
that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any
other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a
legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the
obligations of Borrower hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Affiliates, shall have any
liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or
transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment
thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the
preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in
transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or
relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a
drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any
consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing
shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to Borrower to
the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in
respect of which are hereby waived by Borrower to the extent permitted by
applicable law) suffered by Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s
failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents
presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The
parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank, any other issuing bank or
any of their respective correspondent banks (as finally determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care
in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and
without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to
documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance
with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole
discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such
documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such
Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement
Procedures. The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its
receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for
payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent and Borrower by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or
will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to
give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation
to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with
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to any such LC Disbursement (other than with respect to the timing of such
reimbursement obligation set forth in Section 2.18(e)).
(h) Interim
Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement,
then, unless Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date
such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for
each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but
excluding the date that Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate
per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that if Borrower
fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e)
of this Section, then Section 2.06(c)
shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for
the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the
date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this
Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to
the extent of such payment.
(i) Resignation
or Removal of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may resign as
Issuing Bank hereunder at any time upon at least 30 days’ prior notice to the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and Borrower. The Issuing Bank may
be replaced at any time by written agreement among Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. One
or more Lenders may be appointed as additional Issuing Banks by written
agreement among Borrower, the Administrative Agent (whose consent will not be
unreasonably withheld) and the Lender that is to be so appointed. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such resignation or
replacement of the Issuing Bank or any such additional Issuing
Bank. At the time any such resignation or replacement shall become
effective, Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the
replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(c). From
and after the effective date of any such resignation, replacement or addition,
as applicable, (i) the successor or additional Issuing Bank shall have all
the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect
to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to
the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or such
addition or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor or such addition
and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After
the resignation or replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced
Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the
rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but
shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit. If at
any time there is more than one Issuing Bank hereunder, Borrower may, in its
discretion, select which Issuing Bank is to issue any particular Letter of
Credit.
(j) Cash
Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans
has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater
than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in the LC Sub-Account, in
the name of the Collateral Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount
in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon; provided
that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become
effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and
payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any
Event of Default with respect to Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of
Article VIII. Upon the Business Day Borrower receives such
notice, Borrower shall deposit such cash collateral in the LC Sub-Account, to be
held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of
the obligations of Borrower under this Agreement. The Collateral
Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right
of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on
the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option
and sole discretion of the Collateral Agent and at the risk and expense of
Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits,
if any, on such
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shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be
applied by the Collateral Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC
Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so
applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of
Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has
been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC
Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to
satisfy other Obligations of Borrower under this Agreement. If
Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a
result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount plus any accrued interest or
realized profits or such amounts (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall
be returned to Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default
have been cured or waived.
(k) Additional
Issuing Banks. Borrower may, at any time and from time to time
with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld) and such Lender, designate one or more additional Lenders
to act as an issuing bank under the terms of this Agreement. Any
Lender designated as an issuing bank pursuant to this paragraph (k) shall
be deemed (in addition to being a Lender) to be the Issuing Bank with respect to
Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Lender, and all references
herein and in the other Loan Documents to the term “Issuing Bank” shall, with
respect to such Letters of Credit, be deemed to refer to such Lender in its
capacity as Issuing Bank, as the context shall require.
(l) Other. The
Issuing Bank shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit
if:
(i) any
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by
its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Bank from issuing such
Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to the Issuing Bank or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request
that the Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally
or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank
with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital
requirement (for which the Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder)
not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank any
unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date
and which the Issuing Bank in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it; or
(ii) the
issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the
Issuing Bank.
The
Issuing Bank shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if
(A) the Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time to issue such
Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to
such Letter of Credit.
SECTION
2.19. Term
B Loans.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each Original Lender with a Term Loan
(other than a Reduced Lender) who executes and delivers a counterpart of this
Amendment and Restatement severally agrees to exchange its Term Loans
for a like outstanding principal amount of Term B Loans on the Amendment
Effectiveness Date, which exchange shall be deemed to be the making of a Term B
Loan by such Lender for such amount.
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(b) The
Borrower shall prepay all Term Loans of Original Lenders that do not
execute and deliver a counterpart of this Amendment and Restatement on the
Amendment Effectiveness Date and the Reduced Lenders with a portion of the gross
proceeds of such Term B Loans and, by its signature below, each Lender
exchanging its Term Loan for a Term B Loan and each Reduced Lender consents to
such prepayment. Any such prepayment may be effected on the Amendment
Effectiveness Date without regard to any notice requirement, minimum principal
amount or pro rata allocation provision otherwise applicable thereto under this
Agreement.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest under the Original Credit
Agreement on the Term Loans to the Original Lenders holding Term Loans on
the Amendment Effectiveness Date and any breakage loss or expense under
Section 2.13 of this Agreement. On the Amendment Effectiveness
Date, the Term Loans shall be deemed paid in full and discharged.
(d) The
holders of the Term B Loans shall be entitled to the same guarantees and
security interests pursuant to the Security Agreement and the other Security
Documents from and after the Amendment Effectiveness Date as the benefits which
the holders of the Term Loans had been entitled immediately prior to the
Effective Date.
SECTION
2.20. Increase
in Commitments.
(a) Borrower
Request. Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative
Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more new Term B Loan
Commitments by an amount not in excess of $75.0 million in the aggregate and not
less than $25.0 million individually. Such notice shall specify (i)
the date (each, an “Increase Effective Date”) on which Borrower proposes that
the increased or new Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not
less than 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to
the Administrative Agent and (ii) the identity of each institution (provided
that such institution would be able to be assigned an interest in a Loan under
Section 11.04(b)) to whom Borrower proposes any portion of such increased or new
Commitments be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that any
existing Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the increased or new
Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such
increased or new Commitment.
(b) Conditions. The
increased or new Commitments shall become effective, as of such Increase
Effective Date; provided that:
(i) each of
the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied;
(ii) after
giving effect to the borrowings to be made on the Increase Effective Date and to
any change in Consolidated EBITDA and any increase in Indebtedness resulting
from the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition concurrently with such
borrowings as of the date of the most recent financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro
Forma Basis with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.07;
and
(iii) Borrower
shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with any such
transaction.
(c) Terms of
New Loans and Commitments. The terms and provisions of Loans made
pursuant to the new Commitments shall be as follows:
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(i) terms and
provisions of Term B Loans made pursuant to new Commitments shall be, except as
otherwise set forth herein or in the Increase Joinder, identical to the Term B
Loans (it being understood that such Term B Loans may be part of a new or
existing tranche of Term B Loans);
(ii) the
weighted average life to maturity of all new Term B Loans shall be no shorter
than the weighted average life to maturity of the Revolving Loans and the
existing Term B Loans;
(iii) the
maturity date of the new Term B Loans shall not be earlier than the Term Loan
Maturity Date;
(iv) the
Applicable Margins for the new Term B Loans shall be determined by Borrower and
the applicable new Lenders; provided, however, that the Applicable Margins for
the new Term B Loans shall not be greater than the highest Applicable Margins
that may, under any circumstances, be payable with respect to the existing Term
B Loans plus 50 basis points (and the Applicable Margins applicable to the Term
B Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary to achieve the
foregoing).
The
increased or new Commitments shall be effected by a joinder agreement (the
“Increase Joinder”) executed by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each
Lender making such increased or new Commitment, in form and substance
satisfactory to each of them. The Increase Joinder 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 provisions of this Section
2.20.
(d) Making of
New Term B Loans. On any Increase Effective Date on which new
Commitments for Term B Loans are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the
foregoing terms and conditions, each Lender of such new Commitment shall make a
Term B Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to its new Commitment.
(e) Equal and
Ratable Benefit. The Loans and Commitments established pursuant to
this paragraph shall constitute Loans and Commitments under, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and
ratably from the Guarantees and security interests created by the Security
Documents, except that the new Loans may be subordinated in right of payment or
the Liens securing the new Loans may be subordinated, in each case, as set forth
in the Increase Joinder. The Loan Parties shall take any and all
actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or
demonstrate that the Lien and security interests granted by the Security
Documents continue to be valid and perfected under the UCC or other applicable
law after giving effect to the establishment of any such Class of Term B Loans
or any such new Commitments.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Each
Credit Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, the Issuing Bank and each of the Lenders that:
SECTION
3.01. Organization;
Powers
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. Each
Company (a) is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority
to carry on its business as now conducted, except where the failure to do so,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) is qualified and in good standing (to
the extent such concept is applicable in the applicable jurisdiction) to do
business in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in
such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.02. Authorization;
Enforceability
. The
Transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s
powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary action. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and
constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is or is to be a party, constitutes or when
executed and delivered by such Loan Party will constitute, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law and any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION
3.03. Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.03,
the Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or
filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except
(i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect,
(ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents
and (iii) consents, approvals, registrations, filings or actions the
failure of which to obtain or perform could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate the charter, by-laws or
other organizational documents of any Company or any order of any Governmental
Authority, (c) will not violate, result in a default or require any consent
or approval under any applicable law or regulation, indenture, agreement or
other instrument binding upon any Company or its assets, or give rise to a right
thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Company, except for
violations, defaults or the creation of such rights that could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) will not result in
the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Company, except Liens
created under the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.
SECTION
3.04. Financial
Statements
. (a) Borrower
has heretofore delivered to the Original Lenders the audited consolidated
balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows of Holdings and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and of Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case, as of and for the fiscal years ended
October 3, 2003, September 27, 2002 and September 28, 2001 (the
statements as of and for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2003 referred to
as the “Audited Financial
Statements”). Such financial statements (and all financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01)
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and present, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of Holdings or Borrower, as the case may
be. Except as set forth in such financial statements (and all
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01),
there are no liabilities of Holdings or any Company of any kind, whether
accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, which
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) The pro forma consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of income and cash flows of Borrower for
the fiscal year ended October 3, 2003 (the “Pro Forma Financial
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Statements”) and the other
pro forma information,
including pro forma
EBITDA, contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum have been
prepared in good faith by the Loan Parties, based on the assumptions stated
therein (which assumptions were believed by the Loan Parties on the Closing Date
to be reasonable), accurately reflect all adjustments required to be made to
give effect to the Transactions and in the reasonable judgment of Borrower,
present fairly on a pro forma
basis the estimated consolidated financial position and results of
operations of Borrower as and for such dates, assuming that the Transactions had
actually occurred at such dates or at the beginning of such periods, as
applicable.
SECTION
3.05. Properties
. (a) Each
Company has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and
personal property material to its business, except for irregularities or
deficiencies in title that, individually or in the aggregate, do not interfere
in a material respect with the ability of the Companies taken as a whole to
conduct their business as currently conducted. Title to all such
property held by such Company is free and clear of all Liens except for
Permitted Liens; provided,
however, title to all Mortgaged Real Property is free and clear of all
Liens except for the Prior Liens. The property of the Companies,
taken as a whole, (i) is in good operating order, condition and repair
(ordinary wear and tear excepted) (except to the extent such condition could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect) and
(ii) constitutes all the properties which are required for the business and
operations of the Companies as currently conducted.
(b) Schedule 3.05(b)
contains a true and complete list of each parcel of Real Property (i) owned
by any Credit Party as of the Closing Date and describes the type of interest
therein held by such Credit Party as of the Closing Date and (ii) leased,
subleased or otherwise occupied or utilized by any Credit Party, as lessee, as
of the Closing Date and describes the type of interest therein held by such
Credit Party as of the Closing Date and, in the case of Real Property located in
the United States, whether such lease, sublease or other instrument requires the
consent of the landlord thereunder or other parties thereto to the
Transactions.
(c) Schedule 3.05(c) sets
forth a list of all patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, domain
names, registered service marks, and registered copyrights owned and necessary
to such Loan Party for the conduct of the Acquired Business as currently
conducted (the “Intellectual
Property”), except for those the failure to own or license which,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect. No written claim has been asserted and is
pending or has been threatened in writing against the Loan Party by any person
challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of or alleging
infringement or other violation of any such U.S. Intellectual Property, except
as set forth in Schedule
3.05(c). To the knowledge of each Loan Party, the use of such
Intellectual Property by each Loan Party does not infringe or otherwise violate
the intellectual property rights of any person, except for such claims,
violations, and infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to be material to the Acquired Business.
SECTION
3.06. Equity
Interests and Subsidiaries
. (a) Schedule 3.06(a)
sets forth a list of (i) all the Subsidiaries and their jurisdiction of
organization as of the Closing Date and (ii) the number of shares of each
class of its Equity Interests authorized, and the number outstanding, on the
Closing Date and the number of shares covered by all outstanding options,
warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and similar rights at the Closing
Date. All Equity Interests of each Subsidiary are duly and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or
indirectly by Borrower. All Equity Interests of Borrower are owned
directly by Parent. Each Loan Party is the record and beneficial
owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the
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Interests pledged by it under the Security Agreement, free of any and all Liens,
rights or claims of other persons, except for Permitted Liens.
(b) No
consent of any person including any other general or limited partner, any other
member of a limited liability company, any other shareholder or any trust
beneficiary is necessary or desirable in connection with the creation,
perfection or first priority status of the security interest of the Collateral
Agent in any Equity Interests, subject only to Permitted Liens, pledged to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security
Agreement or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights
provided for in the Security Agreement or the exercise of remedies in respect
thereof.
SECTION
3.07. Litigation;
Compliance with Laws
. (a) There
are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity by or before any
Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of any Company,
threatened against or affecting any Company or any business, property or rights
of any such person (i) that challenge the enforceability or validity of any
Loan Document or the Transactions or (ii) as to which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except
for matters covered by Section 3.17, no
Company or any of its property is in violation of, nor will the continued
operation of their property as currently conducted violate, any Requirements of
Law (including any zoning or building ordinance, code or approval or any
building permits) or any restrictions of record or agreements affecting the Real
Property or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction, decree
or order of any Governmental Authority, in each case where such violation or
default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.08. Agreements
. (a) As
of the Closing Date, no Credit Party is a party to any material agreement other
than the Acquisition Documents and the agreements set forth on Schedule 3.08,
and Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent complete and correct
copies of all such material agreements, including any amendments, supplements or
modifications with respect thereto.
(b) No
Company is in default under any agreement or instrument to which it is a party
or by which it or any of its property are or may be bound (other than agreements
relating to or evidencing Indebtedness) where such default could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.09. Federal
Reserve Regulations
. (a) No
Company is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin
Stock.
(b) No part
of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, whether
directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for
any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the
provisions of the regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, U or
X. The pledge of the Securities Collateral (as defined in the
Security Agreement) pursuant to the Security Agreement does not violate such
regulations.
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SECTION
3.10. Investment
Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act
. No
Company is (a) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company,” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) a “holding company,” an
“affiliate” of a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding
company,” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
SECTION
3.11. Use of
Proceeds
. Borrower
used the proceeds of the Term Loans to finance a portion of the Merger (through
the making of the Closing Date Intercompany Loan), effect the Refinancing and
pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions on the Closing Date.
Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans to
provide ongoing working capital requirements and for general corporate
purposes. Borrower may also have used the proceeds of the Revolving
Loans on the Closing Date to fund up to $4.0 million to provide ongoing working
capital requirements. All of the proceeds from the Equity Financing
was used to fund the Transactions (other than the Refinancing, except with
respect to the Xxxxx Fargo Agreement). All of the proceeds from the
Closing Date Intercompany Loan was used to fund the Merger consideration and to
pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Transactions. The proceeds of
the Term B Loans shall be used to repay the Term Loans.
SECTION
3.12. Taxes
. Each
Company has (a) filed or caused to be filed all material federal, state,
local and foreign Tax Returns required to be filed by it and (b) duly paid
or caused to be duly paid all Taxes (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) due
and payable by it and all assessments received by it, except taxes (i) that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such
Company shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with
GAAP or which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) with respect to taxable periods or portions thereof
ending on or prior to the date of the Latest Balance Sheet for which it has made
appropriate provision in the Latest Balance Sheet in accordance with
GAAP.
SECTION
3.13. No
Material Misstatements
. The
information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules furnished by
or on behalf of any Company to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Original
Lender in connection with the negotiation of any Loan Document or included
therein or delivered pursuant thereto (including the Confidential Information
Memorandum) when taken as a whole does not contain any material misstatement of
fact and does not omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were, are
or will be made, not misleading as of the date such information is dated or
certified; provided
that to the extent any such information, report, financial statement,
exhibit or schedule was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection or
pro forma adjustment,
each Company represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized reasonable
assumptions and due care in the preparation of such information, report,
financial statement, exhibit or schedule, it being understood that projections
are subject to uncertainties and contingencies and that no assurance can be
given that any projection will be realized.
SECTION
3.14. Labor
Matters
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. As
of the Closing Date, there were no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against any
Company pending or, to the knowledge of any Company, threatened which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
hours worked by and payments made to employees of any Company have not been in
violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable federal,
state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters in any manner which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All
payments due from any Company, or for which any claim may be made against any
Company, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other
benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Company
except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect. The consummation of the Transactions will
not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part
of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which any Company is
bound.
SECTION
3.15. Solvency
. Immediately
after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date and
immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the
application of the proceeds of each Loan, (a) the fair value of the assets
of each Loan Party will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the
property of each Loan Party will be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities
become absolute and matured; (c) each Loan Party will be able to pay its
debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) no Loan Party will have
unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is
engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted
following the Closing Date.
SECTION
3.16. Employee
Benefit Plans
. (a) Each
Company and its ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with the applicable
provisions of ERISA and the Tax Code and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder except where the failure to comply could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No ERISA
Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together
with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit
obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the
date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the
fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that
would have a Material Adverse Effect. In the event of a complete
withdrawal from each Multiemployer Plan, the aggregate liabilities of the
Company and its ERISA Affiliates resulting therefrom could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each
Foreign Plan has been maintained in substantial compliance with its terms and
with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules,
regulations and orders and has been maintained, where required, in good standing
with applicable regulatory authorities, except where the failure to comply or be
maintained in good standing could not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. No Company has incurred any obligation in connection
with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under
each Foreign Plan which is required to be funded, determined as of the end of
the most recently ended fiscal year of the respective Company (based on the
actuarial assumptions used for purposes of the applicable jurisdiction’s
financial reporting requirements), did not exceed the current value of the
assets of such Foreign Plan by an amount that could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, and for each Foreign
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Plan
which is not funded, the obligations of such Foreign Plan are properly accrued,
except where the failure to comply could not be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.17. Environmental
Matters
. (a) The
Real Property of the Companies does not contain therein, thereon or thereunder,
including, without limitation, the soil and groundwater thereunder, any
Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which (i) constitute a
violation of, (ii) require a Response under, or (iii) could give rise
to liability under, Environmental Laws, which violations, Response and
liabilities, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
(b) The Real
Property and all operations of the Companies are in compliance, and in the last
three years have been in compliance, with all Environmental Laws and all
necessary Environmental Permits have been obtained and are in effect, except to
the extent that such non-compliance or failure to obtain any necessary
Environmental Permits, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) There
have been no Releases at, from, under, or originating from properties adjacent
to, the Real Property or otherwise in connection with the operations of any
Company, which Releases, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) None of
the Companies has received an Environmental Claim, nor to their knowledge has
any been threatened, which, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) To the
knowledge of the Companies, Hazardous Materials have not been transported from
Real Property of the Companies by or on behalf of any of the Companies, nor have
Hazardous Materials been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or
under any of such Real Property in a manner that could give rise to liability
under, or in violation of, any Environmental Law, nor has any Company retained
or assumed any liability, contractually, by operation of law or otherwise, with
respect to the generation, treatment, storage, transport or disposal of
Hazardous Materials, which transportation, generation, treatment, storage or
disposal, or retained or assumed liabilities, in the aggregate, could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (it being understood that,
for purposes of Section 8.01 of
this Agreement (Event of Default), notwithstanding the qualification by the
knowledge of the Companies at the beginning of this subsection, the
representations and warranties contained in this subsection shall be deemed not
to be so qualified).
(f) No Real
Property of the Companies is (i) listed or, to the knowledge of the
Companies, proposed for listing on the National Priorities List under CERCLA or
(ii) listed on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Information System promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or
(iii) included on any similar list maintained under any similar
Environmental Law, in any case (i), (ii) or (iii), which, in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
and
(g) No
Company is currently conducting any Response pursuant to any Environmental Law
with respect to any Real Property or any other location which could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.18. Insurance
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. Schedule 3.18
sets forth a true, complete and correct summary description of all material
insurance maintained by each Company as of the Closing Date. As of
each such date, such insurance is in full force and effect and all premiums have
been duly paid. Each Company has insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks and liabilities as are in accordance with normal industry
practice.
SECTION
3.19. Security
Documents
. (a) The
Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security
interest in and Lien on the Security Agreement Collateral and, when
(i) financing statements and other filings in appropriate form are filed in
the offices specified on Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate and
(ii) the Credit Parties have complied with Section 3.03 of the
Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected
Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors
thereunder in such Collateral (other than (A) the Intellectual Property (as
defined in the Security Agreement) and (B) such Collateral in which a
security interest cannot be perfected under the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction), in each case subject
to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) When the
Security Agreement (including all schedules thereto) or a short-form thereof is
filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States
Copyright Office in the manner prescribed by each office and all actions
required under the laws of the state of organization of the relevant Credit
Party with respect to the perfection of a security interest in such intangible
property are undertaken, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all
right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in the U.S. Intellectual
Property (as defined in the Security Agreement) to the fullest extent permitted
by law, in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens (it being
understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien
on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the
grantors after the date hereof).
(c) Each
Mortgage executed and delivered as of the Closing Date is, or, to the extent any
Mortgage is duly executed and delivered thereafter by the relevant Credit Party,
will be, effective to create, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit
and the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable first
priority Lien on and security interest in all of the Credit Parties’ right,
title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Real Properties thereunder and the
proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified on
Schedule 1.01(a)
(or, in the case of any Mortgage executed and delivered after the date thereof
in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.11
and 5.12, when
such Mortgage is filed in the offices specified in the local counsel opinion
delivered with respect thereto in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.11
and 5.12), the
Mortgages shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in,
all right, title and interest of the Credit Parties in the Mortgaged Real
Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to
any other person, other than Prior Liens.
(d) Each
Security Document (other than Mortgages) delivered pursuant to Section 5.11 and
Section 5.12
will, upon execution and delivery thereof, be effective to create in favor of
the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal,
valid and enforceable Lien on all of the Credit Parties’ right, title and
interest in and to the Collateral thereunder, and when such Security Document is
filed or recorded in the appropriate offices as may be required under applicable
law, such Security Document will constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and
security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Credit Parties in
such Security Agreement Collateral, in each case subject to no Liens other than
the applicable Permitted Liens.
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SECTION
3.20. Acquisition
Documents; Representations and Warranties in Agreement
. (a) Schedule 3.20 lists
each agreement and each other material document contemplated by the Merger
Agreement entered into, executed or delivered in connection with the
Merger. The Original Lenders had been furnished true and
complete copies of each such document to the extent executed and delivered on or
prior to the Closing Date.
(b) All
representations and warranties of each Company set forth in the Merger Agreement
were true and correct in all material respects as of the time such
representations and warranties were made and shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date as if such representations and
warranties were made on and as of such date, unless stated to relate to a
specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date.
SECTION
3.21. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements of Parent
. Parent
hereby represents, warrants and agrees that each of the representations,
warranties and agreements made by a Company or a Loan Party in Sections 3.01,
3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.22, 3.23 and 3.24 are also true
and correct as to Parent as though references to such Company or Loan Party
therein are references to Parent.
SECTION
3.22. Anti-Terrorism
Law
. (a) No
Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, none of its Affiliates is
in violation of any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism Laws”),
including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective
September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”), and the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
(b) No Loan
Party and to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Affiliate or broker or other
agent of any Loan Party acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with
the Loans is any of the following:
(i) a person
that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of,
the Executive Order;
(ii) a person
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any person that is listed
in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive
Order;
(iii) a person
with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a person
that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as
defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a person
that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person” on the
most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign
Assets Control (“OFAC”)
at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list.
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(c) No Loan
Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no broker or other agent of any
Loan Party acting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) conducts any
business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or
services to or for the benefit of any person described in paragraph (b)
above, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any
property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order, or
(iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or
avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any
of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION
3.23. Bribery
. To
the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Loan Party, nor any of their
respective officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or affiliates or any
other person acting on behalf of the Loan Parties, has directly or indirectly,
given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit (other than legal
price concessions to customers in the ordinary course of business) to any
customer, supplier, employee or agent of a customer or supplier, official or
employee of any governmental agency (domestic or foreign), instrumentality of
any government (domestic or foreign) or any political party or candidate for
office (domestic or foreign) or other person who was, is or may be in a position
to help or hinder the business of the Loan Parties (or assist the Loan Parties
in connection with any actual or proposed transaction) which would subject any
Loan Party or any other individual or entity to any damage or penalty in any
civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding (domestic or foreign)
except for such damages or penalties, either individually or in the aggregate
that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.24. Subordination
of Senior Subordinated Notes
. The
Obligations are “Senior Debt,” the Guaranteed Obligations are “Guarantor Senior
Debt” and the Obligations and Guaranteed Obligations are “Designated Senior
Debt,” in each case, within the meaning of the Senior Subordinated Note
Documents.
ARTICLE
IV
CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
The
obligations of the Lenders (or the Original Lenders, in the case of Section
4.02) to make Loans
and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder were or are subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
SECTION
4.01. All
Credit Events
. On
the date of each Borrowing, including each Borrowing of a Swingline Loan, and on
the date of each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit
(each such event being called a “Credit Event”):
(a) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required
by Section 2.03 (or
such notice shall have been deemed given in accordance with Section 2.03)
or, in the case of the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a
notice requesting the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter
of Credit as required by Section 2.18(b)
or, in the case of the Borrowing of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender and
the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting such Swingline
Loan as required by Section 2.17(b).
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(b) At the
time of and immediately after such Credit Event, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) Each of
the representations and warranties set forth in Article III hereof or in
any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to
“materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all
respects) on and as of the date of such Credit Event with the same effect as
though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations
and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.
(d) There has
been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
business, operations, assets or liabilities of the Companies, taken as a whole,
since October 3, 2003.
Each
Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by each
Credit Party on the date of such Credit Event as to the matters specified in
paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 4.01.
SECTION
4.02. First
Credit Event
. On
the Closing Date:
(a) Loan
Documents. All legal matters incident to this Agreement, the
Borrowings and extensions of credit hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall
be reasonably satisfactory to the Original Lenders, to the
Issuing Bank and to the Administrative Agent and there shall have been delivered
to the Administrative Agent an executed counterpart of each of the Loan
Documents and Collateral Documents, including this Agreement, the Security
Agreement, each Mortgage, the Perfection Certificate and each other applicable
Loan Document and Collateral Document.
(b) Corporate
Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have
received:
(i) a
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Credit Party dated
the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and
complete copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other
constitutive documents, including all amendments thereto certified as of a
recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization,
(B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws of
each Credit Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date
prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (C) below,
(C) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly
adopted by the Board of Directors or managers of such person authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person
is a party and, in the case of Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such
resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force
and effect, (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer
executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection
herewith on behalf of such person (together with a certificate of another
officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary executing the certificate in this
clause (i));
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(ii) a long
form certificate as to the good standing of each Credit Party as of a recent
date, from such Secretary of State; and
(iii) such
other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(c) Officer’s
Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of
Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in
paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Section 4.01.
(d) Financings
and Other Transactions, Etc. (i) The Original
Lenders shall be satisfied with the form and substance of the Transaction
Documents, the total financing requirements for the Transactions (including the
value of the Rollover Equity) shall not exceed $315.0 million and the
Transactions shall have been consummated or shall be consummated simultaneously
on the Closing Date, in each case in all material respects in accordance with
the terms hereof and the terms of the Transaction Documents (and without the
waiver or amendment of any material terms thereof not approved by the Initial
Lenders).
(ii) Borrower
shall have received not less than $125.0 million in gross proceeds from the
issuance and sale of the Senior Subordinated Notes, and the Senior Subordinated
Note Agreement shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Original
Lenders.
(iii) Holdings
shall have received 100% of the cash from the Equity Financing and shall have
used all of such proceeds in accordance with Section
3.11. Any Rollover Equity shall be in the form of common
equity (including options) of Holdings.
(e) The
Refinancing. (i) The Refinancing with respect to
the Foothill Loan Agreement and the Xxxxx Fargo Loan Agreement shall have been
consummated in full to the satisfaction of the Original Lenders with all liens
in favor of the existing lenders being unconditionally released; the
Administrative Agent shall have received a “pay off’ letter with respect to the
Foothill Loan Agreement and the Xxxxx Fargo Loan Agreement; the Administrative
Agent shall have received from any person holding any Lien securing any such
debt, such UCC termination statements, mortgage releases, releases of
assignments of leases and rents and other instruments, in each case in proper
form for recording, as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested
to release and terminate of record the Liens securing such debt.
(ii) Borrower
shall have effected a covenant defeasance of all of the Public Debt Securities
on or prior to the Closing Date in accordance with the Indenture (the “Defeasance
Activities”). All of the Public Debt Securities shall have
either been (a) repurchased and be no longer outstanding or (b) called
for redemption (with the redemption date being the 30th day following the date
of the notice of redemption) and sufficient funds for such redemption shall have
been irrevocably deposited with the trustee for the Public Debt Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture; provided that Borrower may
defer the mailing of the notice of redemption described in clause (b) with
respect to Public Debt Securities outstanding on the Closing Date for one
Business Day following the Closing Date.
(iii) All of
the Junior Preferred Stock shall have been repurchased and be no longer
outstanding. All of the Senior Preferred Stock shall have either been
(a) repurchased and be no longer outstanding or (b) called for
redemption (with the redemption date being the 30th day following the date of
the notice of redemption) in accordance with the terms of Borrower’s restated
certificate of incorporation and sufficient funds for such redemption shall have
been
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irrevocably
deposited with the Paying Agent in accordance with the terms of the Paying Agent
Agreement; provided
that Borrower may defer the mailing of the notice of redemption described in
clause (b) with respect to any Senior Preferred Stock outstanding on the
Closing Date for one Business Day following the Closing Date.
(f) Financial
Statements; Projections. The Original Lenders shall
have (i) received and shall be reasonably satisfied with the Audited
Financial Statements and (ii) received and reviewed the Pro Forma Financial
Statements, pro forma
EBITDA and any changes to the forecasts of the financial performance of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including quarterly forecasts through the quarter
ending on or about September 30, 2004).
(g) Indebtedness,
Preferred Stock and Minority Interests. After giving effect to
the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, no Group
Company shall have outstanding any Indebtedness, Preferred Stock or minority
interests other than (i) the Loans and extensions of credit hereunder,
(ii) Public Debt Securities to the extent sufficient funds for the
redemption thereof have been irrevocably deposited with the trustee for the
Public Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
(iii) shares of Senior Preferred Stock to the extent sufficient funds for
the redemption thereof have been irrevocably deposited with the Paying Agent in
accordance with the terms of the Paying Agent Agreement, (iv) the Senior
Subordinated Notes, (v) intercompany Indebtedness represented by the
Intercompany Note or intercompany notes to be pledged to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to the Security Agreement and (vi) up to $1.0 million of other
Indebtedness.
(h) Opinions
of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received, on
behalf of itself, the other Agents, the Original Lenders and the Issuing Bank,
(i) favorable written opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP,
special counsel for the Credit Parties, in form reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders, (A) dated the Closing Date,
(B) addressed to the Agents, the Issuing Bank, and the Original Lenders and
(C) covering such other matters relating to the Loan Documents and the
Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and
(ii) a favorable written opinion of Stikeman Elliot LLP, Jeffer, Mangels,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, in form reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders, (A) dated the Closing
Date and (B) addressed to the Agents, the Issuing Bank, and the Original
Lenders.
(i) Solvency
Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
solvency certificate from Borrower’s chief financial officer, in substantially
the form of Exhibit M, as to
the solvency of each of the Loan Parties after giving effect to the
Transactions.
(j) Requirements
of Law. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that the
Transactions shall be in full compliance with all material Requirements of Law,
including without limitation Regulations T, U and X of the Board.
(k) Consents
and Approvals. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied
that all requisite Governmental Authorities and third parties shall have
approved or consented to the Transactions, and there shall be no governmental or
judicial action that has or would have, singly or in the aggregate, a reasonable
likelihood of restraining, preventing or imposing materially burdensome
conditions on the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated
hereby.
(l) Litigation. There
shall be no litigation, public or private, or administrative proceedings,
governmental investigation or other legal or regulatory developments that,
singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, or could
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materially
and adversely affect the ability of Parent, Holdings, Borrower and the
Subsidiaries to fully and timely perform their respective obligations under the
Transaction Documents, or the ability of the parties to consummate the
financings contemplated hereby or the other Transactions.
(m) Sources
and Uses. The sources and uses of the Loans shall be as set
forth in Section 3.11.
(n) Fees. The
Agents and Original
Lenders shall have received all Fees and other amounts due and payable hereunder
and under the Fee Letter on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the
extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including the reasonable legal fees and expenses of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx llp, special counsel to
the Agents) required to be reimbursed or paid by Borrower hereunder or under any
other Loan Document. The fees and expenses of the Transactions shall
not exceed $17.5 million.
(o) Personal
Property Requirements. The Collateral Agent shall have
received:
(i) all
certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged
Equity Interests and the Pledged Notes (each as defined in the Security
Agreement) accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers endorsed in
blank shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent;
(ii) all other
certificates, agreements, including control agreements, or instruments necessary
to perfect all Chattel Paper, all Instruments, all Deposit Accounts and all
Investment Property of each Credit Party (as each such term is defined in the
Security Agreement and to the extent required by Section 3.03 of the
Security Agreement);
(iii) UCC
Financing Statements (Form UCC-1 or UCC-2, as appropriate) in appropriate form
for filing under the UCC and such other documents under applicable Requirements
of Law in each jurisdiction as may be necessary or appropriate to perfect the
Liens created, or purported to be created, by the Security
Documents;
(iv) certified
copies of Requests for Information (Form UCC-11), tax lien, judgment lien,
bankruptcy and pending lawsuit searches or equivalent reports or lien search
reports, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien
notices or comparable documents that name any Credit Party as debtor and that
are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which any of the property
of any Credit Party is located and the state and county jurisdictions in which
any Credit Party’s principal place of business is located, none of which
encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Security
Documents (other than those relating to Liens acceptable to the Collateral
Agent);
(v) evidence
of the completion of all recordings and filings of, or with respect to, the
Security Agreement, including filings with the United States Patent, Trademark
and Copyright Offices, and the execution and/or delivery of such other security
and other documents, and the taking of all actions as may be necessary or, in
the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable, to
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perfect
the Liens created, or purported to be created, by the Security Agreement in
Collateral located in the U.S., except for any of the foregoing to be provided
after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.12
hereof;
(vi) with
respect to each location set forth on Schedule 4.02(o)(vi),
a Landlord Access Agreement or Bailee Letter, as applicable; provided that no such
Landlord Access Agreement or Bailee Letter shall be required with respect to any
Real Property or personal property Collateral, as the case may be, that could
not be obtained after the Loan Party that is the lessee or owner of the
inventory or other personal property Collateral stored with the bailee thereof,
as applicable, shall have used all commercially reasonable efforts to do
so;
(vii) evidence
acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by the Loan Parties of all
applicable recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the
recording of the Collateral Documents; and
(viii) the
Intercompany Note executed by and among Parent and each of its subsidiaries,
accompanied by instruments of transfer undated and endorsed in
blank.
(p) Real
Property Requirements. The Collateral Agent shall have
received:
(i) a
Mortgage encumbering each Mortgaged Real Property in favor of Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, duly executed and acknowledged by each
Credit Party that is the owner of or holder of any interest in such Mortgaged
Real Property, and otherwise in form for recording in the recording office of
each political subdivision where each such Mortgaged Real Property is situated,
together with such certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall
be required in connection with the recording or filing thereof to create a lien
under applicable law, and such UCC-1 Financing Statements, all of which shall be
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, and any other
instruments necessary to grant a mortgage lien under the laws of any applicable
jurisdiction;
(ii) with
respect to each Mortgage, a policy (or commitment to issue a policy) of title
insurance insuring (or committing to insure) the Lien of such Mortgage as a
valid first mortgage Lien on the Real Property and fixtures described therein in
an amount equal to 100% of the fair market value of such Real Property which
policies (or commitments) (each, a “Title Policy”) shall
(A) be issued by the Title Company, (B) to the extent necessary,
include such reinsurance arrangements (with provisions for direct access, if
necessary) as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent,
(C) contain a “tie-in” or “cluster” endorsement (if available under
applicable law), (D) have been supplemented by such endorsements as shall
be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, and (E) contain no
exceptions to title other than exceptions for the Prior Liens;
(iii) with
respect to each Mortgaged Real Property, such affidavits, certificates,
information (including financial data) and instruments of indemnification
(including, without limitation, a so-called “gap” indemnification)
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as shall
be required to induce the Title Company to issue the Title Policies and
endorsements contemplated in subparagraph (ii) above;
(iv) evidence
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by Borrower of all
Title Policy premiums, search and examination charges, and related charges,
mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the
recording of the Mortgages and issuance of the Title Policies referred to
subparagraph (ii) above;
(v) with
respect to each Mortgaged Real Property, copies of all Leases in which any Group
Company holds the lessor’s interest or other agreements relating to possessory
interests of any Group Company, if any. To the extent any of the
foregoing encumber any Mortgaged Real Property, such agreement shall be
subordinate to the Lien of the Mortgage to be recorded against such Mortgaged
Real Property, either expressly by its terms or pursuant to a subordination,
non-disturbance and attornment agreement;
(vi) with
respect to each Mortgaged Real Property, each Group Company shall have made all
notification, registrations and filings, to the extent required by, and in
accordance with, all Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements
applicable to such Mortgaged Real Property, including the use of forms provided
by state or local agencies, where such forms exist, whether to Borrower or to or
with the state or local agency;
(vii) a Survey
with respect to each Mortgaged Real Property; and
(viii) with
respect to each leasehold Mortgaged Real Property, such consents, approvals,
amendments, supplements, estoppels, tenant subordination agreements or other
instruments as shall reasonably be deemed necessary by the Collateral Agent in
order for the owner of the fee interest therein to consent to or approve of the
Lien contemplated by the Mortgage with respect to such leasehold Mortgaged Real
Property, and as may be obtained by the owner of such leasehold interest
constituting such leasehold Mortgaged Real Property using commercially
reasonable efforts.
(q) Insurance. The
Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a certificate as to
coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 5.04 and
the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall be
endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” or “New York”
lender’s loss payable endorsement and to name the Collateral Agent as additional
insured, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(r) Paying
Agent Agreement. The Paying Agent Agreement shall have been
executed and delivered and shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers.
SECTION
4.03. Conditions
to Effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement
. The
effectiveness of this Agreement shall be subject to, and occur upon the date of
(the “Amendment Effectiveness Date”), the satisfaction of each of the conditions
precedent set forth below.
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(a) No Default. No
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the
Amendment Effectiveness Date.
(b) Representations and
Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties set
forth in Article III hereof or in any other Loan Document shall be true and
correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty
that is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true
and correct in all respects) on and as of the Amendment Effectiveness Date with
the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.
(c) Real Property. The
Collateral Agent shall have received the following:
(i) With
respect to each Mortgage executed prior to the Amendment Effectiveness Date, a
Mortgage Amendment substantially in the form of Exhibit O hereto (each a
“Mortgage Amendment”) duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan
Party, and otherwise in form for recording in the recording office where each
such Mortgage was recorded, together with such certificates, affidavits,
questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with the recording
or filing thereof under applicable law, all of which shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;
(ii) with
respect to each Mortgage Amendment, deliver a copy of the existing mortgage
title insurance policy and an endorsement with respect thereto (collectively,
the “Mortgage Policy”) relating to the Mortgage encumbering such Mortgaged Real
Property assuring the Collateral Agent that the Mortgage, as amended by the
Mortgage Amendment is a valid and enforceable first priority lien on
such Mortgaged Real Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties free and clear of all defects and encumbrances
and liens except Prior Liens (as defined in the applicable Mortgage), and such
Mortgage Policy shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent;
(iii) to the
extent requested by the Administrative Agent, with respect to each Mortgage
Amendment, opinions of Jeffer, Mangels, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx LLP, local counsel to the Loan Parties, which opinions (x) shall be
addressed to each Agent and each of the Lenders and be dated the Amendment
Effectiveness Date, (y) shall cover the enforceability of the respective
Mortgage as amended by the Mortgage Amendment and perfection of the Liens and
security interests granted pursuant to the relevant Security Documents and such
other matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the Agents may
reasonably request and (z) shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agents.
(d) Opinions
and Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received
opinions and certificates dated the Amendment Effectiveness Date, in form and
substance substantially similar to those delivered pursuant to Sections 4.02
(b), (c) and (h)(i) and including a representation by a Financial Officer of
Borrower that as of the Amendment Effectiveness Date no tax or judgment liens
have been filed against any Loan Party or any of their respective properties
since the Closing Date.
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(e) Expenses. All
of the reasonable fees and expenses of special counsel for the Agents in
connection with the amendment and restatement shall have been paid in
full.
ARTICLE
V
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Parent (only with respect to Sections
5.06, 5.11 and 5.12) and each Loan Party covenants and agrees with each
Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the
Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan,
all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall
have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have
expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full or fully
cash collateralized, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in
writing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its subsidiaries
to:
SECTION
5.01. Financial
Statements, Reports, etc.
In the
case of Borrower, furnish to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative
Agent shall furnish to each Lender):
(a) Annual
Reports. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year,
(i) the consolidated balance sheet of Parent as of the end of such fiscal
year and related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and stockholders’
equity for such fiscal year, and notes thereto (including a note with a
consolidated balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows separating
out Borrower and the Subsidiaries) and accompanied by an opinion of KPMG LLP or
other independent public accountants of recognized national standing
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which opinion shall not be qualified
as to scope or contain any going concern or other qualification), stating that
such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and changes
in stockholders’ equity of Parent as of the end of and for such fiscal year in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, (ii) a management report in a
form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth the
financial condition, results of operation and cash flows of Parent as of the end
of and for such fiscal year, as compared to the Parent's financial condition,
results of operation and cash flows as of the end of and for the previous fiscal
year and its budgeted results of operations and cash flows, and (iii) a
management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of
operations for such fiscal year, as compared to the previous fiscal
year;
(b) Quarterly
Reports. Within 45 days after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, (i) the consolidated balance
sheet of Parent as of the end of such fiscal quarter and related consolidated
statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the then
elapsed portion of the fiscal year, in comparative form with the consolidated
statements of income and cash flows for the comparable periods in the previous
fiscal year, and notes thereto (including a note with a
consolidated balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows separating
out Borrower and the Subsidiaries), and accompanied by a certificate of a
Financial Officer stating that such financial statements fairly present, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of Parent as of the date and for the periods specified in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied and on a basis consistent with the
audited financial statements referred to in clause (a) of this Section,
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(ii) a management report in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent setting forth the financial condition, results
of
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operation
and cash flows of Parent as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and for
the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, as compared to Parent's financial
condition, results of operation and cash flows as of the end of such fiscal
quarter and for the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year and its
budgeted results of operations and cash flows; and (iii) a management’s
discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations for
such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, as compared
to the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year;
(c) [reserved];
(d) Financial
Officer’s Certificate. (i) Concurrently with any
delivery of financial statements under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, a
certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that no Default has occurred or,
if such a Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any
corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(ii) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under
paragraph (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer setting
forth computations in reasonable detail demonstrating compliance with the
covenants contained in Section 6.07
(including, if a Tax Event has occurred, demonstrating compliance with Section 6.07(c) for
all prior Test Periods affected by the allocation of taxes in connection with
such Tax Event) and, in the case of paragraph (a) above, setting forth
Borrower’s calculation of Excess Cash Flow; and (iii) in the case of
paragraph (a) above, a report of the accounting firm opining on or
certifying such financial statements stating that in the course of its regular
audit of the financial statements of Parent and its subsidiaries, which audit
was conducted in accordance with GAAP, such accounting firm obtained no
knowledge that any Default under Section 6.07 has
occurred or, if in the opinion of such accounting firm such a Default has
occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof;
(e) Financial
Officer’s Certificate Regarding Collateral. Concurrently with
any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, a
Perfection Certificate Supplement;
(f) Public
Reports. Promptly after they become publicly available, copies
of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by
any Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with
any national securities exchange, or distributed to holders of its material
Indebtedness pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such material
Indebtedness (or any trustee, agent or other representative therefor), as the
case may be;
(g) Management
Letters. Promptly after the receipt thereof by any Company, a
copy of any “management letter” received by any such person from its certified
public accountants and the management’s responses thereto;
(h) Budgets. No
later than 90 days after the first day of each fiscal year of Borrower, an
annual budget in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
(including budgeted statements of income by each of Borrower’s business units
and sources and uses of cash and balance sheets) prepared by Borrower for each
fiscal month of such fiscal year prepared in detail with appropriate
presentation and discussion of the principal assumptions upon which such budget
is based, accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of Borrower to the
effect that to such officer’s knowledge such budget is a reasonable estimate for
the period covered thereby; and
(i) Other
Information. Promptly, from time to time, such other
information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition
of any Company, or compliance
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with the
terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may
reasonably request.
SECTION
5.02. Litigation
and Other Notices
. Furnish
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the
following:
(a) any
Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if
any) taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b) the
filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any
person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in
equity by or before any Governmental Authority, (i) against any Company
that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or
(ii) with respect to any Loan Document;
(c) any
development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) the
occurrence of a Casualty Event in excess of $500,000.
SECTION
5.03. Existence;
Businesses and Properties
. (a) Do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full
force and effect its legal existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted
under Section 6.04 or,
in the case of any Subsidiary, where the failure to perform such obligations,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Do or
cause to be done all things necessary to obtain, preserve, renew, extend and
keep in full force and effect the rights, licenses, permits, franchises,
authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the
conduct of its business; comply with all applicable Requirements of Law
(including any applicable Environmental Law, zoning or building ordinance, code
or approval or any building permits or any restrictions of record or agreements
affecting the Real Property) and decrees and orders of any Governmental
Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted, except where the failure
to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect; pay and perform its obligations under all
Transaction Documents; and at all times maintain and preserve all property
material to the conduct of such business and keep such property in good repair,
working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all
commercially reasonable repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and
replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in
connection therewith may be conducted at all times as it is currently conducted;
provided, however, that
nothing in this Section 5.03(b)
shall prevent (i) sales of assets, consolidations or mergers by or
involving any Company in accordance with Section 6.04;
(ii) the withdrawal by any Company of its qualification as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction where such withdrawal, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; or (iii) the abandonment by any Company of any property, rights,
franchises, licenses and patents that such person reasonably determines are not
necessary for the proper conduct of its business.
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. (x) Keep
its insurable property adequately insured at all times by financially sound and
reputable insurers; maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against
such risks, including fire and other risks insured against by extended coverage,
as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses operating in
the same or similar locations, including public liability insurance against
claims for personal injury or death or property damage occurring upon, in, about
or in connection with the use of any property owned, occupied or controlled by
it; and maintain such other insurance as may be required by law; and, with
respect to the Mortgaged Property, otherwise maintain all insurance coverage
required under the applicable Mortgage, such policies to be in such form and
amounts and having such coverage as may be reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent.
(b) All such
insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in
amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least
30 days (10 days for non-payment) after receipt by the Collateral Agent of
written notice thereof and (ii) name the Collateral Agent as insured party
or additional loss payee, (iii) if reasonably requested by the Collateral
Agent, include a breach of warranty clause and (iv) be reasonably
satisfactory in all other respects to the Collateral Agent.
(c) Borrower
shall, upon the Administrative Agent’s or the Collateral Agent’s request,
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and the Lenders a
report of a reputable insurance broker annually with respect to such insurance
and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent
or the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
SECTION
5.05. Obligations
and Taxes
. Pay
its material Indebtedness and other material obligations promptly and in
accordance with their terms and pay and discharge promptly when due all material
taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon
its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall
become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien
other than a Permitted Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment
and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such tax, assessment,
charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, the applicable Company shall
have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance
with GAAP, non-payment or non-discharge could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect and such contest operates to suspend collection of the
contested obligation, tax, assessment or charge and enforcement of a Lien other
than a Permitted Lien and, in the case of Collateral, the applicable Company
shall have otherwise complied with the provisions of the applicable Security
Document in connection with such nonpayment.
SECTION
5.06. Employee
Benefits
. (a) Comply
with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Tax Code, except where such
noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (b) furnish to the
Administrative Agent (i) as soon as possible after, and in any event within
30 days after any Responsible Officer of the Companies or their ERISA Affiliates
knows or has reason to know that, any ERISA Event has occurred that alone or
together with any other ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of the Companies or their ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount
exceeding $1.0 million, a statement of a Financial Officer of Parent setting
forth details as to such ERISA Event and the action, if any, that the Companies
propose to take with respect thereto, and (ii) upon request by the
Administrative Agent, copies of: (w) each Schedule B (Actuarial
Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Company or any
ERISA Affiliate with
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the
Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Plan; (x) the most recent
actuarial valuation report for each Plan; (y) all notices received by any
Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor or any
governmental agency concerning an ERISA Event; and (z) such other documents
or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan (or employee benefit
plan sponsored or contributed to by any Company) as the Administrative Agent
shall reasonably request.
SECTION
5.07. Maintaining
Records; Access to Properties and Inspections
. Keep
proper books of record and account (i) in which full, true and correct
entries are made in conformity with all Requirements of Law, (ii) in form
permitting financial statement conforming with GAAP to be derived therefrom and
(iii) in which all material dealings and transactions in relation to its
business and activities are recorded. Each Company will permit any
representatives designated by any Agent (at the sole cost and expense of the
Lenders) to visit and inspect the financial records and the property of such
Company upon reasonable prior notice during regular business hours and under
guidance of officers of such Company and to make extracts from and copies of
such financial records, and permit any representatives designated by any Agent
to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of any Company with and be
advised as to the same by the officers thereof and the independent accountants
therefor, all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable
extent as any Agent or its representatives may request.
SECTION
5.08. Use of
Proceeds
. Use
the proceeds of the Loans, the Closing Date Intercompany Loan and the Equity
Financing and request the issuance of Letters of Credit only for the purposes
set forth in Section 3.11.
SECTION
5.09. Compliance
with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports
.
(a) Comply
and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons
occupying Real Property owned or operated by any Company to comply, in all
material respects with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits
applicable to its operations and property and obtain and renew all material
Environmental Permits applicable to its operations and property and conduct any
Response in accordance with Environmental Laws; provided, however, that no
Company shall be required to undertake any Response to the extent that its
obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings
and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances
in accordance with GAAP.
(b) If a
Default caused by reason of a breach of Section 3.17 or
Section 5.09(a)
shall have occurred and be continuing for more than 20 Business Days without the
Companies commencing activities reasonably likely to cure such Default, at the
written request of the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent,
provide to the Lenders within 45 days after such request, at the expense of
Borrower, an environmental site assessment report regarding the matters which
are the subject of such default, including where appropriate, any soil and/or
groundwater sampling, prepared by an environmental consulting firm and in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and indicating
the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the estimated cost of any
compliance or Response to address them in connection with such
Default.
SECTION
5.10. [Reserved]
.
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SECTION
5.11. Additional
Collateral; Additional Guarantors
. (a) Subject
to this Section 5.11, with respect to any assets acquired after the Closing
Date by any Credit Party that are intended to be subject to the Lien created by
any of the Security Documents but which are not so subject (but, in any event,
excluding any assets described in paragraph (b) of this subsection),
promptly (and in any event within 45 days after the acquisition
thereof): (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
such amendments or supplements to the relevant Security Documents or such other
documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably deem necessary to grant
to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other
Secured Parties, a Lien on such properties or assets subject to no Liens other
than Permitted Liens, and (ii) take all actions reasonably necessary to
cause such Lien to be duly perfected to the extent required by such Security
Document in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including,
without limitation, the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as
may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. Borrower
shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the
Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of Security
Documents against such after-acquired properties or assets.
(b) With
respect to any Person that is or becomes a Subsidiary (other than any Foreign
Subsidiary that is not a direct Subsidiary of a Loan Party or a Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary) promptly (and in any event within 45 days after such Person becomes
a Subsidiary) (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates, if
any, representing the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary (provided that with respect
to any Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower, in no event shall more than 65% of the
Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary be subject to any Lien or pledged
under any Loan Document), together with undated stock powers executed and
delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of such Subsidiary’s parent, as
the case may be, and all intercompany notes owing from such Subsidiary to any
Loan Party together with instruments of transfer duly executed and delivered in
blank by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party, and (ii) cause such
new Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary or a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary)
(A) to execute a Joinder Agreement or such comparable documentation which
is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
and (B) to take all actions reasonably necessary or advisable to cause the
Lien created by the Security Agreement to be duly perfected to the extent
required by such agreement in accordance with all applicable Requirements of
Law, including, without limitation, the filing of financing statements in such
jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent.
(c) (i)
Each Credit Party will promptly grant to the Collateral Agent, within 180
Business Days of the acquisition thereof, security interests and Mortgages in
such owned or leased Real Property of such Credit Party as is acquired by such
Credit Party after the Closing Date and that, together with any improvements
thereon, in the case of any such owned or leased Real Property, individually or
in the aggregate has a fair market value of at least $5.0 million, as additional
security for the Obligations (unless, with respect to any such property,
(x) such property is already mortgaged to a third party to the extent
permitted by Section 6.02 or
(y) the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that
the fees and expenses of obtaining a Mortgage with respect to such property and
the other related deliveries required by this Section 5.11
would be disproportionate to the expected benefits to be received by the Secured
Parties) and (ii) in the event the San Xxxxxx Agreement is terminated or
the sale of the San Xxxxxx Facility is not otherwise consummated prior to March
31, 2007, Holdings will promptly grant to the Collateral Agent, within 30 days
of March 31, 2007 (or, if earlier, the date of termination of the San Xxxxxx
Agreement), security interests and a Mortgage in the San Xxxxxx
Facility. In connection with either clause (i) or (ii) above, the
Collateral Agent shall have received:
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(A) a
Mortgage encumbering each Mortgaged Real Property in favor of Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, duly executed and acknowledged by the
Credit Party that is the owner of or holder of a possessory interest in such
Mortgaged Real Property, and otherwise in form for recording in the recording
office of each political subdivision where each such Mortgaged Real Property is
situated, together with such certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns
as shall be required in connection with the recording or filing thereof to
create a Lien under applicable law, and such UCC-1 Financing Statements, all of
which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral
Agent, and any other instruments necessary to grant a mortgage lien under the
laws of any applicable jurisdiction;
(B) with
respect to each leasehold Mortgaged Real Property, such consents, approvals,
amendments, supplements, estoppels, tenant subordination agreements or other
instruments as shall reasonably be deemed necessary by the Collateral Agent in
order for the owner of the fee interest therein to consent to or approve of the
Lien contemplated by the Mortgage with respect to such leasehold Mortgaged Real
Property, and as may be obtained by the owner of such leasehold interest
constituting such leasehold Mortgaged Real Property using commercially
reasonable efforts;
(C) with
respect to each Mortgage, a Title Policy shall (A) be issued by the Title
Company, (B) to the extent reasonably necessary, include such reinsurance
arrangements (with provisions for direct access, if necessary) as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (C) contain a “tie-in” or
“cluster” endorsement (if available under applicable law), (D) have been
supplemented by such endorsements as shall be reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent, and (E) contain no exceptions to title other than
exceptions for the Permitted Liens applicable to such Mortgaged Real Property
and standard exceptions and exclusions from coverage (as modified by the terms
of any endorsements);
(D) with
respect to each Mortgaged Real Property, such affidavits, certificates,
information (including financial data) and instruments of indemnification
(including, without limitation, a so-called “gap” indemnification) as shall be
reasonably required to induce the Title Company to issue the Title Policies and
endorsements contemplated in subparagraph (iii) above;
(E) evidence
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by Borrower of all
Title Policy premiums, search and examination charges, and related charges,
mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the
recording of the Mortgages and issuance of the Title Policies referred to in
subparagraph (iii) above;
(F) with
respect to each Mortgaged Real Property, copies of all leases in which any Group
Company holds the lessor’s interest or other agreements relating to possessory
interests of any Group Company, if any. To the extent any of the
foregoing encumber any Mortgaged Real Property, such agreement shall be
subordinate to the Lien of the Mortgage to be recorded against such Mortgaged
Real Property, either expressly by its terms or pursuant to a subordination,
non-disturbance and attornment agreement;
(G) with
respect to each Mortgaged Real Property, each Group Company shall have made all
notifications, registrations and filings, to the extent required by, and in
accordance with, all Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements
applicable to such Mortgaged Real Property, including the use of forms provided
by state or local agencies, where such forms exist, whether to Borrower or to or
with the state or local agency;
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(H) with
respect to each Mortgaged Real Property, a legal opinion from counsel licensed
in the state in which the Mortgaged Real Property is located in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent; and
(I) a
Survey of any such Mortgaged Real Property.
The
Mortgages and instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in
such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect,
preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be
granted pursuant to the Mortgages and all taxes, fees and other charges due and
payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Credit
Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the
Collateral Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any
existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after-acquired Real Property
within 60 days after prompt notice of the acquisition of such after-acquired
Real Property is provided to the Collateral Agent.
SECTION
5.12. Security
Interests; Further Assurances
. Each
Credit Party shall, at its own cost and expense, take any and all actions
necessary to defend title to the Collateral against all persons and to defend
the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral and the priority
thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of
the Credit Agreement. Promptly, upon the reasonable request of the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, at Borrower’s expense, execute,
acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution, acknowledgment and delivery of,
and thereafter register, file or record, or cause to be registered, filed or
recorded, in an appropriate governmental office, any document or instrument
supplemental to or confirmatory of the Collateral Documents or otherwise deemed
by Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent reasonably necessary or
desirable for the continued validity, perfection and priority of the Liens on
the Collateral covered thereby superior to and prior to the rights of all third
persons other than the holders of Permitted Liens and subject to other Liens
except as permitted by the Security Documents, or obtain any consents,
including, without limitation, access agreements or landlord or similar Lien
waivers and consents, as may be reasonably necessary in connection therewith,
and as may be obtained by using commercially reasonable
efforts. Deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent
from time to time such other documentation, consents, authorizations, approvals
and orders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably deem necessary to perfect or
maintain the Liens on the Collateral pursuant to the Security
Documents. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to any Loan
Document which requires any consent, approval, registration, qualification or
authorization of any Governmental Authority or any other person, execute and
deliver and/or obtain all applications, certifications, instruments and other
documents and papers that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may
be so required to obtain.
ARTICLE
VI
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Parent
(only with respect to Section 6.12(a))
and each Loan Party covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this
Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses
or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all
Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired or been fully cash
collateralized and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full,
unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, Parent (only
with respect to Section 6.12(a))
will not, Borrower will not, nor will Borrower cause or permit any Subsidiary
to:
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SECTION
6.01. Indebtedness
. Incur,
create, assume or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness,
except:
(a) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) non-speculative
Interest Rate Protection Agreements which may be entered into from time to time
by any Company and which such Company in good faith believes will provide
protection against fluctuations in interest rates with respect to floating rate
Indebtedness then outstanding, and permitted to remain outstanding, pursuant to
the other provisions of this Section 6.01;
(c) Indebtedness
under Hedging Agreements (other than Interest Rate Protection Agreements)
entered into from time to time by any Company in accordance with Section 6.03(c);
(d) intercompany
Indebtedness of the Companies outstanding to the extent permitted by Section 6.03(d);
(e) Indebtedness
in respect of Purchase Money Obligations and Capital Lease Obligations and
refinancings or renewals thereof, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time outstanding $7.5 million at that time;
(f) Indebtedness
in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations,
performance bonds, surety appeal or similar bonds and completion guarantees
provided by a Company in the ordinary course of its business;
(g) other
Indebtedness of any Company not to exceed $10.0 million in aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding;
(h) Contingent
Obligations in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Section 6.01;
(i) Acquired
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount that shall not exceed $10.0
million since the Closing Date;
(j) the
Senior Subordinated Notes and the Senior Subordinated Note Guarantees (including
any notes and guarantees issued in exchange therefor in accordance with the
registration rights document entered into in connection with the issuance of the
Senior Subordinated Notes and Senior Subordinated Note Guarantees);
and
(k) Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary not to exceed $10.0 million in aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding.
SECTION
6.02. Liens
. Create,
incur, assume or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on any
property now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or revenues or
rights in respect of any thereof, except that the following (the “Permitted Liens”) shall be
permitted:
(a) inchoate
Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due and
payable or delinquent and Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges
or
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levies,
which (i) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for
which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, which
proceedings (or orders entered in connection with such proceedings) have the
effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property or assets subject to
any such Lien, or (ii) in the case of any such charge or claim which has or
may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such Lien and the contest
thereof shall satisfy the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions.
(b) Liens in
respect of property of any Company imposed by law which were incurred in the
ordinary course of business and do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money
including Liens arising under 42 U.S.C. Section 9607(l) and similar
Environmental Laws and those such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s,
landlords’, workmen’s, suppliers’, repairmen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other
similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, and (i) which do
not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property of the
Companies, taken as a whole, and do not materially impair the use thereof in the
operation of the business of the Companies, taken as a whole or (ii) which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate
reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, which proceedings (or
orders entered in connection with such proceedings) have the effect of
preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property or assets subject to any such
Lien, and (iii) in the case of any such Lien which has or may become a Lien
against any of the Collateral, such Lien and the contest thereof shall satisfy
the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions;
(c) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), covenants,
encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges or encumbrances, and minor
title deficiencies on or with respect to any Real Property, in each case whether
now or hereafter in existence, (i) not securing Indebtedness and
(ii) not individually or in the aggregate materially interfering with the
conduct of the business of the Companies at such property;
(d) Liens
arising out of judgments or awards not resulting in an Event of
Default;
(e) Liens
(other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) (i) imposed by law or deposits made
in connection therewith in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social
security, (ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure the
performance of tenders, statutory obligations (other than excise taxes), surety,
stay, customs and appeal bonds, statutory bonds, bids, leases, government
contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other
similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money)
or (iii) arising by virtue of deposits made in the ordinary course of
business to secure liability for premiums to insurance carriers;
(f) Liens
arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by any Company in the ordinary
course of business in accordance with the past practices of such
Company;
(g) Liens
arising pursuant to Purchase Money Obligations or Capital Lease Obligations
incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(e);
provided that
(i) the Indebtedness secured by any such Lien (including refinancings
thereof) does not exceed 100% of the cost of the property being acquired or
leased at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) any such
Liens attach only to the property being financed pursuant to such Purchase Money
Obligations or Capital Lease Obligations and do not encumber any other property
of any Company;
(h) bankers’
Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to
cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by
any
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Company,
in each case granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or
banks with which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such
bank with respect to cash management and other account arrangements, including
those involving pooled accounts and netting arrangements; provided that in no case
shall any such Liens secure (either directly or indirectly) the repayment of any
Indebtedness for borrowed money;
(i) Liens on
assets of a person existing at the time such person is acquired or merged with
or into or consolidated with any Company (and not created in anticipation or
contemplation thereof); provided that such Liens do
not extend to assets not subject to such Liens at the time of acquisition (other
than improvements thereon) and are no more favorable to the lienholders than the
existing Lien;
(j) Liens
pursuant to the Security Documents;
(k) Licenses
of Intellectual Property granted by any Company in the ordinary course of
business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct
of the business of the Companies taken as a whole;
(l) other
Liens securing Indebtedness or that are incurred in the ordinary course of
business of any Company; provided that the obligations
so secured do not in the aggregate exceed $1.0 million at any time
outstanding;
(m) Liens in
favor of any Loan Party to secure intercompany Indebtedness;
(n) Liens
deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements for Cash
Equivalents permitted under Section 6.04;
(o) Liens
securing Hedging Obligations to the extent such Hedging Obligations are
permitted by Sections 6.01(b),
6.01(c) and
6.03(c);
(p) the
existence of the “equal and ratable” clause in the Senior Subordinated Note
Documents (but not any security interests granted pursuant thereto);
and
(q) Liens
securing Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.01(k) provided that such Liens
shall not exist, directly or indirectly, on any Collateral;
provided, however, that no
Liens other than pursuant to clauses (a) and (n) shall be permitted to
exist, directly or indirectly, on any Securities Collateral (as defined in the
Security Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consensual
mortgage or other Lien shall be permitted to exist on the San Xxxxxx Facility
(other than mortgages or Liens required pursuant to the San Xxxxxx Agreement)
and no agreement, instrument, deed or lease shall prohibit or limit the ability
of any Credit Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist a Lien in favor
of any of the Secured Parties upon the San Xxxxxx Facility, or which requires
the grant of any security for an obligation if security is granted to secure the
Obligations (other than pursuant to mortgages or Liens required pursuant to the
San Xxxxxx Agreement).
SECTION
6.03. Investment,
Loan and Advances
. Directly
or indirectly, lend money or credit or make advances to any person, or purchase
or acquire any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or
make any capital contribution to, any other person, or purchase or own a futures
contract or otherwise become liable for the
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purchase
or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a
futures contract (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Investments”), except that the
following shall be permitted:
(a) the
Companies may consummate the Transactions in accordance with the provisions of
the Transaction Documents;
(b) the
Companies may (i) acquire and hold accounts receivables owing to any of
them if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or
dischargeable in accordance with customary terms, (ii) acquire and hold
cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) endorse negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business or (iv) make lease, utility
and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;
(c) the
Companies may enter into Interest Rate Protection Agreements to the extent
permitted by Section 6.01(b)
and may enter into and perform their obligations under Hedging Agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business and so long as any such Hedging
Agreement is not speculative in nature and is (i) related to income derived
from foreign operations of any Company or otherwise related to purchases
permitted hereunder from foreign suppliers or (ii) entered into to protect
such Companies against fluctuations in the prices of raw materials used in their
businesses;
(d) (1) any
Company may make intercompany loans to any Loan Party and any Loan Party may
make intercompany loans and advances to any other Loan Party; provided that (i) such
loan shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note and shall be pledged (and
delivered) by such Loan Party that is the lender of such intercompany loan as
Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement and (ii) any loans made by
any Foreign Subsidiary or Non Guarantor Subsidiary to any Loan Party pursuant to
this paragraph (d) shall be subordinated to the obligations of the Loan
Parties pursuant to the Intercompany Note and (2) (i) Borrower may
make Investments in any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) any Company may make
Investments in Borrower, (iii) any Subsidiary Guarantor may make
Investments in another Subsidiary Guarantor and (iv) any Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary may make Investments in any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary; provided that any such
Investment in the form of an intercompany loan shall meet the requirements set
forth in clause (1) above;
(e) Borrower
and the Subsidiaries may make loans and advances (including payroll, travel and
entertainment related advances) in the ordinary course of business to their
respective employees so long as the aggregate principal amount thereof at any
time outstanding (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of
such loans and advances) shall not exceed $3.0 million;
(f) Borrower
and the Subsidiaries may sell or transfer assets to the extent permitted by
Section 6.04
(other than clause (c) thereof);
(g) Borrower
may establish (i) Wholly Owned Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by
Section 6.11 and
(ii) non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and/or joint ventures to the extent that
Investments in such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and/or joint ventures shall
not exceed $5.0 million at any time outstanding, after taking into account
amounts returned in cash (including upon disposition);
(h) Investments
in securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such
trade creditors or customers;
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(i) Investments
made by Borrower or any Subsidiary as a result of consideration received in
connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 6.04;
(j) Investments
consisting of advances, loans and/or other extensions of credit to officers,
directors and employees of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries made in
connection with the purchase by such persons of Equity Interests of Parent so
long as the cash proceeds of such purchase as received by Parent are
contemporaneously remitted by Parent to Borrower as capital
contributions;
(k) Investments
by Borrower in the Collateral Account and LC Sub-Account, and other Investments
in other demand deposit accounts;
(l) Investments
constituting Permitted Acquisitions;
(m) Investments
by Borrower or any Subsidiary of up to $50.0 million in the aggregate, to the
extent such Investments are funded with the proceeds from issuances of Equity
Interests of Parent;
(n) other
Investments by Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$5.0 million at any time;
(o) Investments
in Foreign Subsidiaries not to exceed $10.0 million at any time outstanding;
provided that
Investments pursuant to this clause (o) and clause (p) below shall not, in the
aggregate, exceed $50.0 million at any time outstanding; and
(p) Investments
in Canadian Subsidiaries made in the form of an intercompany loan from a Loan
Party used solely to effect Permitted Acquisitions, in an amount not to exceed
$50.0 million (less the amount of Investments outstanding under clause (o)
above) at any time outstanding; provided that such
intercompany loan is evidenced by an intercompany note pledged to the Collateral
Agent as security for the Obligations. Such intercompany note shall
be secured by all assets and property acquired (and all assets and property of
any entities acquired) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and
pursuant to documentation as set forth in Sections 5.11 and
5.12 as if such
Canadian Subsidiary were a Credit Party or such comparable documentation as
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
SECTION
6.04. Mergers,
Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions
. Wind
up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or
consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
its property or assets, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a series of
related transactions) any part of the property or assets of any person (or agree
to do any of the foregoing at any future time), except that:
(a) Capital
Expenditures by Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall be permitted to the extent
permitted by Section 6.07(d);
(b) (i) purchases
or other acquisitions of tangible and intangible assets in the ordinary course
of business shall be permitted, (ii) sales, transfers or dispositions of
inventory shall be permitted, (iii) Asset Sales of used, worn out, obsolete
or surplus property by any Company in the ordinary course of business and the
abandonment or other disposition of assets that are, in the reasonable judgment
of Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the
conduct of the business of the Companies taken as a whole shall be permitted
and
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(iv) subject
to Section 2.10(c),
the sale, lease or other disposal of any other assets shall be
permitted;
(c) Investments
to the extent permitted by Section 6.03
(other than clause (f) thereof);
(d) Borrower
and the Subsidiaries may sell Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) Borrower
and the Subsidiaries may lease (as lessee or lessor) real or personal property
and may guaranty such lease in the ordinary course of business;
(f) the
Transactions shall be permitted as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
(g) Borrower
and the Subsidiaries may consummate Permitted Acquisitions;
(h) any Loan
Party may be merged into Borrower (as long as Borrower is the surviving
corporation of such merger and remains a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Parent) or
any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, however, that the
Lien on and security interest in such property granted in favor of the
Collateral Agent under the Security Documents shall be maintained in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.12;
(i) any
Subsidiary may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time
(including, without limitation, by converting from a corporation to a limited
liability company or other entity); provided that such
dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as applicable, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(j) Asset
Sales by any Company to Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be permitted; provided that any such Asset
Sale involving a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance
with Section 6.06;
(k) Equity
Interests may be issued to the extent permitted by Section 6.10.
For the
avoidance of doubt, Parent shall not merge or consolidate with or into Borrower
or any Subsidiary. To the extent the Required Lenders waive the
provisions of this Section 6.04
with respect to the sale of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold as
permitted by this Section 6.04,
such Collateral (unless sold to a Company) shall be sold free and clear of the
Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Agents shall take all actions
deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
SECTION
6.05. Dividends
. Authorize,
declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any Dividends with respect to any
Company, except that:
(a) any
Subsidiary of Borrower (i) may pay cash Dividends to Borrower or any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of Borrower and (ii) if such Subsidiary is not a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of Borrower, may pay cash Dividends to its shareholders
generally so long as Borrower or its Subsidiary which owns the equity interest
or interests in the Subsidiary paying such Dividends receives at least its
proportionate share thereof (based upon its relative holdings
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of equity
interests in the Subsidiary paying such Dividends and taking into account the
relative preferences, if any, of the various classes of equity interests in such
Subsidiary);
(b) so long
as no Default exists or would result therefrom, Borrower may pay Dividends to
Parent in order to enable Parent to repurchase outstanding shares of its capital
stock (or options to purchase such capital stock) following the death,
disability, retirement or termination of employment of employees, officers or
directors of any Company or upon the exercise by any such person of any “put”
right in respect of any such capital stock (or options); provided that the aggregate
amount of Dividends paid by Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall
not exceed an aggregate amount of $3.0 million (exclusive of any amounts repaid
to Borrower concurrently therewith in respect of loans made pursuant to Section 6.03(j);
(c) Borrower
may pay cash Dividends to Parent, so long as all proceeds thereof are promptly
used by Parent to pay its franchise taxes and operating expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses
(including legal and accounting expenses and similar expenses and customary fees
to non-officer directors of Parent); provided that the aggregate
amount of Dividends paid to Parent pursuant to this clause (c) shall not
exceed $1.0 million in any fiscal year of Parent;
(d) Borrower
or any Subsidiary may pay cash Dividends to Parent in an amount not in excess of
the federal and state (in such states that permit consolidated or combined tax
returns) income tax liability that Borrower and the Subsidiaries would have been
liable for if any of the Companies had filed their taxes on a stand-alone basis,
for the purpose of paying such taxes; provided that such payments
shall be made by Parent no earlier than five days prior to the date on which
Parent is required to make its payments to the Internal Revenue Service, as
applicable;
(e) Borrower
may pay Dividends to Parent of capital stock of Parent to the extent such
capital stock of Parent is acquired by Borrower as a result of a foreclosure
action following a default on an advance, loan and/or other extension of credit
permitted pursuant to Section 6.03(j);
and
(f) Borrower
may pay Dividends to the extent permitted by Section 6.06(h).
SECTION
6.06. Transactions
with Affiliates
. Enter
into, directly or indirectly, any transaction or series of related transactions,
whether or not in the ordinary course of business, with any Affiliate of any
Company (other than between or among Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors),
other than on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to such Company as
would reasonably be obtained by such Company at that time in a comparable
arm’s-length transaction with a person other than an Affiliate, except
that:
(a) Dividends
may be paid to the extent provided in Section 6.05;
(b) loans may
be made and other transactions may be entered into between and among any Company
and its Affiliates to the extent permitted by Sections 6.01(d) and
6.03(d);
(c) customary
director fees may be paid to directors of any Group Company;
(d) Borrower
or any Subsidiary may make payments to Parent pursuant to a Tax Sharing
Agreement; provided
that such payments otherwise meet the requirements for Dividends paid in
accordance with Section 6.05(d);
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(e) the
Transactions may be effected;
(f) transfers
of cash and assets to Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may be
made;
(g) commercially
reasonable employment arrangements may be made with and compensation may be paid
to the officers, directors, employees or consultants of any Company;
and
(h) payments
(in the form of Dividends or otherwise) of cash amounts received by any Group
Company under any escrow agreements entered into under the Merger Agreement that
do not constitute Escrow Proceeds may be made to Parent or any of its
Affiliates.
SECTION
6.07. Financial
Covenants.
(a) Maximum
Leverage Ratio. Permit the Leverage Ratio, as of the last day
of any Test Period, to exceed the ratio set forth opposite the date in the table
below which is closest to the last day of such Test Period:
Date | Leverage Ratio | |
April
2, 2004
|
4.95
to 1.0
|
|
July
2 2004
|
4.95
to 1.0
|
|
October
1, 2004
|
4.95
to 1.0
|
|
December
31, 2004
|
4.65
to 1.0
|
|
April
1, 2005
|
4.65
to 1.0
|
|
July
1 2005
|
4.65
to 1.0
|
|
September
30, 2005
|
4.65
to 1.0
|
|
December
30, 2005
|
4.15
to 1.0
|
|
March
31, 2006
|
4.15
to 1.0
|
|
June
30, 2006
|
4.15
to 1.0
|
|
September
29, 2006
|
4.15
to 1.0
|
|
December
29, 2006
|
3.50
to 1.0
|
|
March
30, 2007
|
3.50
to 1.0
|
|
June
29, 2007
|
3.50
to 1.0
|
|
September
28, 2007
|
3.50
to 1.0
|
|
January
4, 2008
|
3.25
to 1.0
|
|
April
4, 2008
|
3.25
to 1.0
|
|
July
4, 2008
|
3.25
to 1.0
|
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Date | Leverage Ratio | |
October
3, 2008
|
3.25
to 1.0
|
|
January
2, 2009
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
April
3, 2009
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
July
3, 2009
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
October
2, 2009
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
January
1, 2010
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
April
2, 2010
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
July
2, 2010
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
(b) Minimum
Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio, for any Test Period, to be less than the ratio set forth
opposite the date in the table below which is closest to the last day of such
Test Period:
Date | Interest Coverage Ratio | |
April
2, 2004
|
2.25
to 1.0
|
|
July
2 2004
|
2.25
to 1.0
|
|
October
1, 2004
|
2.25
to 1.0
|
|
December
31, 2004
|
2.50
to 1.0
|
|
April
1, 2005
|
2.50
to 1.0
|
|
July
1 2005
|
2.50
to 1.0
|
|
September
30, 2005
|
2.50
to 1.0
|
|
December
30, 2005
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
March
31, 2006
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
June
30, 2006
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
September
29, 2006
|
2.75
to 1.0
|
|
December
29, 2006
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
March
30, 2007
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
June
29, 2007
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
September
28, 2007
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
January
4, 2008
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
April
4, 2008
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
July
4, 2008
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
October
3, 2008
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
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Date | Interest Coverage Ratio | |
January
2, 2009
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
April
3, 2009
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
July
3, 2009
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
October
2, 2009
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
January
1, 2010
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
April
2, 2010
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
|
July
2, 2010
|
3.00
to 1.0
|
(c) Minimum
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio, for any Test Period to be less than 1.20 to
1.0.
(d) Limitation
on Capital Expenditures. (i) Permit the aggregate
amount of Capital Expenditures made in any fiscal year to exceed $7.5 million;
provided, however, that
(x) if the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made in any fiscal year
shall be less than $7.5 million for such fiscal year (before giving effect to
any carryover), then an amount of such shortfall not exceeding 75% of such
maximum amount may be added to the amount of Capital Expenditures permitted
under this Section 6.07(d)
for the immediately succeeding (but not any other) fiscal year and (y) in
determining whether any amount is available for carryover, the amount expended
in any fiscal year shall first be deemed to be from the amount allocated to such
fiscal year (before giving effect to any carryover).
SECTION
6.08. Prepayments
of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, Other
Constitutive Documents or By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements,
etc.
(i) Make
(or give any notice in respect thereof) any voluntary or optional payment or
prepayment on or redemption or acquisition for value of, or any prepayment or
redemption as a result of any asset sale, change of control or similar event of,
any Subordinated Indebtedness, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement;
(ii) cause or permit any other obligation (other than the Obligations and
the Guaranteed Obligations) to constitute Designated Senior Debt (or any similar
term), as defined in the documents governing any such Subordinated Indebtedness;
(iii) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification, assignment
or license of any Transaction Document (including, without limitation, all
documents relating to the Equity Financing) in each case except for amendments
or modifications which are not in any way adverse in any material respect to the
interests of the Lenders; or (iv) amend, modify or change the articles of
incorporation or other constitutive documents (including by the filing or
modification of any certificate of designation) or by-laws of Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, or any agreement entered into by them, with respect to their
capital stock (including any shareholders’ agreement), or enter into any new
agreement with respect to their capital stock, other than any amendments,
modifications, agreements or changes pursuant to this clause (iv) which do
not in any way materially adversely affect in any material respect the interests
of the Lenders.
SECTION
6.09. Limitation
on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries
. Directly
or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective
any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) pay
dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or any other
interest or participation in its profits owned by Borrower or any Subsidiary of
Borrower, or pay any Indebtedness owed to Borrower or a Subsidiary of
Borrower,
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(b) make
loans or advances to Borrower or any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries or
(c) transfer any of its properties to Borrower or any of Borrower’s
Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by
reason of (i) applicable law; (ii) this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents; (iii) the Senior Subordinated Note Documents as in effect on the
Closing Date; (iv) customary provisions restricting subletting or
assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of Borrower or a
Subsidiary of Borrower; (v) customary provisions restricting assignment of
any agreement entered into by Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower in the
ordinary course of business; (vi) any holder of a Lien permitted by Section 6.02 may
restrict the transfer of the asset or assets subject thereto;
(vii) restrictions which are not more restrictive than those contained in
this Agreement contained in any documents governing any Indebtedness incurred
after the Closing Date in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(viii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement
relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 6.04
pending the consummation of such sale; (ix) any agreement in effect at the
time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, so long as such agreement
was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary of
Borrower; or (x) in the case of any joint venture which is not a Loan Party
in respect of any matters referred to in clauses (b) and (c) above,
restrictions in such person’s organizational or governing documents or pursuant
to any joint venture agreement or stockholders agreement solely to the extent of
the Equity Interests of or assets held in the subject joint venture or other
entity.
SECTION
6.10. Limitation
on Issuance of Capital Stock
. Borrower
will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, issue any Equity Interest
(including by way of sales of treasury stock) or any options or warrants to
purchase, or securities convertible into, Equity Interests, except (i) for
stock splits, stock dividends and additional Equity Interest issuances which do
not decrease the percentage ownership of Borrower or any Subsidiaries in any
class of the Equity Interest of such Subsidiary; (ii) Subsidiaries of
Borrower formed after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.11 may
issue Equity Interests to Borrower or the Subsidiary of Borrower which is to own
such stock; and (iii) Borrower may issue common stock that is Qualified
Capital Stock to Parent. All Equity Interests issued in accordance
with this Section 6.10
shall, to the extent required by Section 5.11 or
the Security Agreement, be delivered to the Collateral Agent for pledge pursuant
to the Security Agreement.
SECTION
6.11. Limitation
on Creation of Subsidiaries
. Establish,
create or acquire any additional Subsidiaries without the prior written consent
of the Required Lenders; provided that Borrower may
(a) establish or create one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower or one
of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries without such consent so long as (i) the
relevant percentage of the Equity Interest of any new Subsidiary is upon the
creation or establishment of any such new Subsidiary pledged and delivered to
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security
Agreement in accordance with Section 5.11;
and (ii) upon the creation or establishment of any such new Wholly Owned
Subsidiary, such Subsidiary becomes a party to the applicable Security Documents
and shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and execute a Joinder
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the extent required by Section 5.11;
and (b) establish, create or acquire one or more Subsidiaries that are not
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries without such consent if such Subsidiaries are acquired
in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or pursuant to Investments permitted
by Section 6.03(g).
SECTION
6.12. Business
. (a) With
respect to Parent, engage in any business activities or have any assets or
liabilities, other than (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of
Borrower
(ii) the issuances of guarantees
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Indebtedness of Borrower and pledges of Equity Interests, to the extent such
Indebtedness and pledges of Equity Interests are permitted by this Agreement,
(iii) issuances of its Equity Interests and other activities expressly
permitted by this Agreement, (iv) the borrowing of funds from Borrower pursuant
to the Closing Date Intercompany Loan, (v) the issuance of the Permitted
Parent Notes and (v) activities and assets reasonably related to the
foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v).
(b) With
respect to Borrower and the Subsidiaries, engage (directly or indirectly) in any
business other than those businesses in which Borrower and its Subsidiaries are
engaged on the Closing Date (or which are similar, complementary or reasonably
related thereto or are reasonable extensions thereof).
SECTION
6.13. Limitation
on Accounting Changes
. Make
or permit any change in accounting policies or reporting practices without the
consent of the Required Lenders, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, except changes that, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or are required by
GAAP.
SECTION
6.14. Fiscal
Year
. Change
its fiscal year-end to a date other than the Friday closest to
September 30.
SECTION
6.15. Sale and
Leaseback Transactions
. Enter
into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall
sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such
property or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same
purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred unless
(i) the sale of such property is permitted by Section 6.04 and
(ii) any Liens arising in connection with its use of such property are
permitted by Section 6.02.
SECTION
6.16. Anti-Terrorism
Law; Anti-Money Laundering
. (a) Directly
or indirectly, (i) knowingly conduct any business or engage in making or
receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of
any person described in Section 3.22,
(ii) knowingly deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to,
any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order or
any other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) knowingly engage in or conspire to
engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading
or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any
Anti-Terrorism Law (and the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Lenders any
certification or other evidence requested from time to time by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, confirming the Loan Parties’
compliance with this Section 6.16).
(b) Knowingly
cause or permit any of the funds of such Loan Party that are used to repay the
Loans to be derived from any unlawful activity with the result that the making
of the Loans would be in violation of law.
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ARTICLE
VII
GUARANTEE
SECTION
7.01. The
Guarantee
. The
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee as a primary obligor and not
as a surety to each Secured Party and their respective successors and assigns
the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any interest, fees,
costs or charges that would accrue but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code
after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under the Bankruptcy Code) on the
Loans made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, Borrower,
and all other Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any
Credit Party under any Loan Document or Interest Rate Protection Agreement
relating to the Loans, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms
thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed
Obligations”). The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally
agree that if Borrower or other Guarantor(s) shall fail to pay in full when due
(whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay the same, without any demand or
notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in
full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in
accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
SECTION
7.02. Obligations
Unconditional
. The
obligations of the Guarantors under Section 7.01
shall constitute a guaranty of payment and are absolute, irrevocable and
unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness,
validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations of Borrower
under this Agreement, the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument
referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any
other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations and, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other
circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for payment in
full). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed
that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or
impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder, which shall remain absolute,
irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described
above:
(i) at any
time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, the time for any
performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be
extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(ii) any of
the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Notes, if
any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be
done or omitted;
(iii) the
maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of
the Guaranteed Obligations shall be amended in any respect, or any right under
the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or
therein shall be amended or waived in any respect or any other guarantee of any
of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or
exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
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(iv) any Lien
or security interest granted to, or in favor of, Issuing Bank or any Lender or
Agent as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be
perfected; or
(v) the
release of any other Guarantor.
The
Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment,
protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any Credit Party
exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against Borrower under this
Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to
herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or
security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors waive
any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or
accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance
by any Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, and
the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to
have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Guarantee, and
all dealings between Borrower and the Secured Parties shall likewise be
conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this
Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing,
absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to
any right of offset with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any time or
from time to time held by the Secured Parties, and the obligations and
liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent
upon the pursuit by the Secured Parties or any other person at any time of any
right or remedy against Borrower or against any other person which may be or
become liable in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or
against any collateral or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect
thereto. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be
binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Guarantors
and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the
Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from
time to time during the term of this Agreement there may be no Guaranteed
Obligations outstanding.
SECTION
7.03. Reinstatement
. The
obligations of the Guarantors under this Article VII shall be automatically
reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf
of a Credit Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must
be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations,
whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or
otherwise. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that they will
indemnify each Secured Party on demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by such Secured
Party in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such
costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such
payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under
any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, other than any costs or expenses
resulting from the gross negligence or bad faith or willful misconduct of such
Secured Party.
SECTION
7.04. Subrogation;
Subordination
. Each
Guarantor hereby agrees that until the payment and satisfaction in full in cash
of all Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the
Commitments of the Lenders under this Agreement it shall not exercise any right
or remedy arising by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 7.01,
whether by subrogation or otherwise, against Borrower or any other Guarantor of
any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed
Obligations. The payment of any amounts due with respect to any
indebtedness of Borrower or any other Guarantor now or hereafter owing to any
Guarantor or Borrower by reason of any payment by such Guarantor under the
Guarantee in this Article VII is hereby subordinated to the prior payment
in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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In
addition, any Indebtedness of the Guarantors now or hereafter held by any
Guarantor is hereby subordinated in right of payment in full in cash to the
Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor agrees that it will not
demand, xxx for or otherwise attempt to collect any such indebtedness of
Borrower to such Guarantor until the Obligations shall have been paid in full in
cash. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, any Guarantor shall
prior to the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations collect,
enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness, such amounts
shall be collected, enforced and received by such Guarantor as trustee for the
Secured Parties and be paid over to Administrative Agent on account of the
Guaranteed Obligations without affecting in any manner the liability of such
Guarantor under the other provisions of the guaranty contained
herein. Any Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted pursuant to
Section 6.01(d)
shall be subordinated to such Loan Party’s Obligations in the manner set forth
in the Intercompany Note evidencing such Indebtedness.
SECTION
7.05. Remedies
. The
Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Guarantors and the
Lenders, the obligations of Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes, if any,
may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Article VIII
(and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the
circumstances provided in said Article VIII) for purposes of Section 7.01,
notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as
against Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations
being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations
(whether or not due and payable by Borrower) shall forthwith become due and
payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 7.01.
SECTION
7.06. Instrument
for the Payment of Money
. Each
Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article VII
constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that
any Lender or Agent, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such
Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to
bring a motion-action under New York CPLR Section 3213 to the extent
permitted thereunder.
SECTION
7.07. General
Limitation on Guarantee Obligations
. In
any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state,
federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting
the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary
Guarantor under Section 7.01
would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or
unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account
of the amount of its liability under Section 7.01,
then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such
liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any other Credit
Party or any other person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest
amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other
creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
ARTICLE
VIII
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
SECTION
8.01. Events of
Default
. In
case of the happening of any of the following events (“Events of
Default”):
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(a) default
shall be made in the payment of any principal of, or premium on, any Loan or the
reimbursement with respect to any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof (including a Term Loan
Repayment Date) or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration
thereof or otherwise;
(b) default
shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or any Fee or any other
amount (other than an amount referred to in (a) above) due under any Loan
Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default
shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in connection with any Loan
Document or the borrowings or issuances of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any
representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any certificate
furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document, shall prove to
have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made
or furnished;
(d) default
shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Credit Party of any
covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a),
5.03(a), 5.08 or in
Article VI;
(e) default
shall be made in the due observance or performance by Parent or any Company of
any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than
those specified in (a), (b) or (d) above) or the Fee Letter and such default
shall continue unremedied or shall not be waived for a period of 30 days after
written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to
Borrower;
(f) any Group
Company shall (i) fail to pay any principal or interest, regardless of
amount, due in respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) when and
as the same shall become due and payable or (ii) fail to observe or perform
any other term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in any agreement or
instrument evidencing or governing any such Indebtedness if the effect of any
failure referred to in this clause (ii) is to cause, or to permit the
holder or holders of such Indebtedness or a representative on its or their
behalf (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) to
cause, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; provided that it shall not
constitute an Event of Default pursuant to this paragraph (f) unless the
aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) exceeds $5.0 million at any one time;
(g) an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be
filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of
any Group Company, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of any
Group Company, under the Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law; (ii) the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for any Group Company or for a substantial part of the property or assets of any
Group Company; or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of any Group Company;
and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an
order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be
entered;
(h) any Group
Company shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition
seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law; (ii) consent to the
institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any
proceeding or the filing of any petition described
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above; (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Group
Company or for a substantial part of the property or assets of any Group
Company; (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a
petition filed against it in any such proceeding; (v) make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vi) become unable, admit in
writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(viii) wind up or liquidate;
(i) one or
more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $5.0
million (exclusive of amounts covered by insurance) shall be rendered against
any Group Company or any combination thereof and the same shall remain
undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall
not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment
creditor to levy upon assets or properties of any Group Company to enforce any
such judgment;
(j) an ERISA
Event or noncompliance with respect to Foreign Plans shall have occurred so
that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events and noncompliance
with respect to Foreign Plans that have occurred, could reasonably be expected
to result in liability of any Group Company or a combination thereof in an
aggregate amount exceeding $5.0 million;
(k) any
security interest and Lien purported to be created by any Security Document
shall cease to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Liens, rights,
powers and privileges purported to be created and granted under such Security
Documents (including a perfected first priority security interest in and Lien on
all of the Collateral thereunder (except as otherwise expressly provided in such
Security Documents or except to the extent any loss of perfection or priority
results from the failure of the Collateral Agent to file UCC continuation
statements or maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it
representing the securities pledged to it under the Security Agreement)) in
favor of the Collateral Agent, or shall be asserted by any Credit Party not to
be a valid, perfected, first priority (except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement or such Security Document) security interest in or Lien on the
Collateral covered thereby;
(l) the
Guarantees shall cease to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor shall
contest the validity or enforceability of its Guarantee;
(m) any Loan
Document or any material provisions thereof shall at any time and for any reason
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void, or a
proceeding shall be commenced by any Credit Party, or by any Governmental
Authority, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof
(exclusive of questions of interpretation of any provision thereof), or any
Credit Party shall repudiate or deny that it has any liability or obligation for
the payment of principal or interest or other obligations purported to be
created under any Loan Document; or
(n) there
shall have occurred a Change in Control;
then, and
in every such event (other than an event with respect to Parent or Borrower
described in paragraph (g) or (h) above), and at any time thereafter during
the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request
of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to Borrower, take either or both of the
following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate
forthwith the Commitments and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be
forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the
Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued
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interest
thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of Borrower
accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower and the Guarantors,
anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding; and in any event with respect to Parent or Borrower described
in paragraph (g) or (h) above, the Commitments shall automatically
terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued
interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of
Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall
automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or
any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
Borrower and the Guarantors, anything contained herein or in any other Loan
Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
ARTICLE
IX
COLLATERAL
ACCOUNT; APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS
SECTION
9.01. Collateral
Account
. (a) The
Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to establish and maintain at its office at
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000, in the name of the
Collateral Agent and pursuant to a Control Agreement (to the extent requested),
a restricted deposit account designated “Collateral Account”. Each
Credit Party shall deposit into the Collateral Account from time to time
(i) the cash proceeds of any of the Collateral (including pursuant to any
disposition thereof) to the extent contemplated herein or in any other Loan
Document, (ii) the cash proceeds of any Casualty Event with respect to
Collateral to the extent contemplated herein or in any other Loan Document, and
(iii) any cash such Credit Party is required to pledge as additional
collateral security hereunder pursuant to the Loan Documents.
(b) The
balance from time to time in the Collateral Account shall constitute part of the
Collateral and shall not constitute payment of the Obligations until applied as
hereinafter provided. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or will result therefrom, the Collateral Agent shall, within one
Business Day’s of receiving a request of the applicable Credit Party for release
of cash proceeds constituting (i) Net Cash Proceeds from the Collateral
Account, remit such cash proceeds on deposit in the Collateral Account to or
upon the order of such Credit Party, so long as such Credit Party has satisfied
the conditions relating thereto set forth in Section 9.02,
(ii) Net Cash Proceeds from any sale or other disposition of Collateral
from the Collateral Account, remit such cash proceeds on deposit in the
Collateral Account, so long as such Credit Party has satisfied the conditions
relating thereto set forth in Section 9.02 and
(iii) with respect to the LC Sub-Account at such time as all Letters of
Credit shall have been terminated and all of the liabilities in respect of the
Letters of Credit have been paid in full. At any time following the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral
Agent may (and, if instructed by the Required Lenders as specified herein,
shall) in its (or their) discretion apply and provide notice to Borrower of such
application or cause to be applied (subject to collection) the balance from time
to time outstanding to the credit of the Collateral Account to the payment of
the Obligations in the manner specified in Section 9.03
hereof, subject, however, in the case of amounts deposited in the LC
Sub-Account, to the provisions of Sections 2.18(j)
and 9.03. The
Credit Parties shall have no right to withdraw, transfer or otherwise receive
any funds deposited in the Collateral Account except to the extent specifically
provided herein.
(c) Amounts
on deposit in the Collateral Account shall be invested from time to time in Cash
Equivalents as the applicable Credit Party (or, after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent) shall determine,
which Cash Equivalents shall be held in the
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be under the control of the Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent); provided that at any time
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Collateral Agent may (and, if instructed by the Required Lenders as specified
herein, shall) in its (or their) discretion at any time and from time to time
elect to liquidate any such Cash Equivalents and to apply or cause to be applied
the proceeds thereof to the payment of the Obligations in the manner specified
in Section 9.03
hereof.
(d) Amounts
deposited into the Collateral Account as cover for liabilities in respect of
Letters of Credit under any provision of this Agreement requiring such cover
shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a separate sub-account designated as
the “LC Sub-Account” (the “LC
Sub-Account”).
SECTION
9.02. Proceeds
of Casualty Events
. (a) So
long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in the event
there shall be any Net Cash Proceeds in respect of any Casualty Event, the
applicable Credit Party shall have the right, at such Credit Party’s option, to
apply such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with the applicable provisions of
this Agreement.
(b) In the
event any Net Cash Proceeds are required to be deposited in the Collateral
Account in accordance with Section 2.10(f),
the Collateral Agent shall not release any part of such Net Cash Proceeds until
the applicable Credit Party has furnished to the Collateral Agent (i) an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth: (A) a brief description of
the reason for the release, (B) the dollar amount of the expenditures to be
made, or costs incurred by such Credit Party in connection with such release and
(C) each request for payment shall be made on at least one Business Day’s
prior notice to the Collateral Agent and such request shall state that the
properties acquired in connection with such release have a fair market value at
least equal to the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds requested to be released
from the Collateral Account and (ii) all security agreements and Mortgages
and other items required by the provisions of Sections 5.11
and 5.12 to,
among other things, subject such reinvestment properties or assets to the Lien
of the Security Documents in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and
for the benefit of the other Secured Parties.
SECTION
9.03. Application
of Proceeds
. The
proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection
from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral pursuant to the
exercise by the Collateral Agent of its remedies shall be applied, together with
any other sums then held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement,
promptly by the Collateral Agent as follows:
(a) First, to
the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses, fees, commissions and taxes of
such sale, collection or other realization including, without limitation,
compensation to the Collateral Agent and its agents and counsel, and all
expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Collateral Agent in
connection therewith, together with interest on each such amount at the highest
rate then in effect under this Agreement from and after the date such amount is
due, owing or unpaid until paid in full;
(b) Second,
to the payment of all other reasonable costs and expenses of such sale,
collection or other realization, including, without limitation, compensation to
the other Secured Parties and their agents and counsel and all costs,
liabilities and advances made or incurred by the other Secured Parties in
connection therewith, together with interest on each such amount at the highest
rate then in effect under this Agreement from and after the date such amount is
due, owing or unpaid until paid in full;
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(c) Third,
without duplication of amounts applied pursuant to clauses (a) and (b)
above, to the payment in full in cash, pro rata, of
(i) interest, principal and other amounts constituting Obligations (other
than the Related Hedging Obligations) owing to the Secured Parties, in each case
equally and ratably in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due
and owing and (ii) Related Hedging Obligations in accordance with the terms
of the applicable Hedging Agreements; and
(d) Fourth,
the balance, if any, to the person lawfully entitled thereto (including the
applicable Credit Party or its successors or assigns).
In the
event that any such proceeds are insufficient to pay in full the items described
in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section 9.03,
the Loan Parties shall remain liable for any deficiency.
ARTICLE
X
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION
10.01. Appointment
. Each
Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each of the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent as an agent of such Lender under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each
Agent, in such capacity, through its agents or employees, to take such actions
on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly
delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto.
SECTION
10.02. Agent in
Its Individual Capacity
. Each
person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in
its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though
it were not an Agent, and such person and its Affiliates may accept deposits
from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Borrower
or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent
hereunder.
SECTION
10.03. Exculpatory
Provisions
. No
Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in
the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no
Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly
contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise in
writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.02),
and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall
have any duty to disclose or shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any
information relating to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated
to or obtained by the person serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in
any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not
taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the
circumstances as provided in Section 11.02)
or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default
unless and until written notice
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is given to such Agent by Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any
statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan
Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement,
instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth
in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document.
SECTION
10.04. Reliance
by Agent
. Each
Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for
relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument,
document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or sent by a proper person. Each Agent also may rely upon any
statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by a
proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be
counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other advisors selected by
it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in
accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or
advisors.
SECTION
10.05. Delegation
of Duties
. Each
Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by
or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each
Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its
rights and powers through their respective Affiliates. The
exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such
sub-agent and to the Affiliates of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall
apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the
credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as
Agent.
SECTION
10.06. Successor
Agent
. Each
Agent may resign as such at any time upon at least 30 days’ prior notice to the
Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation,
the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of Borrower (not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor Agent from among
the Lenders; provided,
that no consent of Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. If no successor shall have been so
appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then
the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a
successor Agent with the consent of Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), which successor shall be a commercial banking institution organized
under the laws of the United States (or any State thereof) or a United States
branch or agency of a commercial banking institution, in each case, having
combined capital and surplus of at least $250 million; provided, that no consent of
Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing; provided,
further that if such
retiring Agent is unable to find a commercial banking institution which is
willing to accept such appointment and which meets the qualifications set forth
above, the retiring Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become
effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the
Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a
successor Agent.
Upon the
acceptance of its appointment as an Agent hereunder by a successor, such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees
payable by Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to
its predecessor
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unless
otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After an
Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article X and
Section 11.03
shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents
and their respective Affiliates in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent.
SECTION
10.07. Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Lenders
. Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any
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 any Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate,
continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based
upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any
document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION
10.08. No Other
Administrative Agent
. The
Lenders identified in this Agreement and the Syndication Agent and the
Documentation Agent shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all
Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, the Syndication Agent and
the Documentation Agent shall not have or be deemed to have a fiduciary
relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same
acknowledgments with respect to the Syndication Agent and the Documentation
Agent as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender
in this Article X. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge that the Syndication Agent and the
Documentation Agent hold such titles in name only, and that such titles confer
no additional rights or obligations relative to those conferred on any Lender
hereunder.
SECTION
10.09. Indemnification
. The
Lenders severally agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the
extent not reimbursed by a Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of
the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to their respective outstanding
Loans and Commitments in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought
under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which
all Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans and other Obligations shall
have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such outstanding Loans and
Commitments as in effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any
and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that
may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans and other
Obligations) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any
way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the
other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or
therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken
or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall
be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
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ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
11.01. Notices
. Notices
and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(a) if to a
Credit Party, to it at:
Communications
& Power Industries, Inc.
c/o The
Cypress Group L.L.C.
00
X. 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Phone: (000)
000-0000
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000;
(b) if to the
Administrative Agent, or the Collateral Agent to it at:
UBS AG,
Stamford Branch
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Vladimira
Holeckova
Phone: (000)
000-0000
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000; and
(c) if to a
Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth on the applicable
Lender Addendum or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such
Lender shall have become a party hereto.
All
notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date
of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy
or by certified or registered mail, in each case delivered, sent or mailed
(properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 11.01 or
in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in
accordance with this Section 11.01
and failure to deliver courtesy copies of notices and other communications shall
in no event affect the validity or effectiveness of such notices and other
communications.
SECTION
11.02. Waivers;
Amendment
. (a) No
failure or delay by any Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any
right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or power. The rights and remedies of each Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would
otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or
consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be permitted by
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paragraph (b)
of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a
Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless
of whether any Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or
knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof
may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement,
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Borrower and
the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an
agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and
the Credit Party or Credit Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with
the written consent of the Required Lenders, provided that no such
agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the
written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce or forgive the principal amount
of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce
any Fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected
thereby, (iii) postpone the maturity of any Loan, or any scheduled date of
payment of the principal amount of any Term B Loan under Section 2.09, or
the required date of reimbursement of any LC Disbursement, or any date for the
payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of,
waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration
of any Commitment or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Letter of
Credit beyond the Revolving Maturity Date, without the written consent of each
Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.14(b)
or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments
or set-offs required thereby without the written consent of each Lender,
(v) change the percentage set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders”
or any other provision of any Loan Document (including this Section) specifying
the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive,
amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any
consent thereunder without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of
such Class, as the case may be), (vi) release any Guarantor from its
Guarantee, or limit its liability in respect of such Guarantee, without the
written consent of each Lender, (vii) release all or substantially all of
the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents or alter the relative
priorities of the Obligations entitled to the Liens of the Security Documents
(except in connection with securing additional Obligations (including pursuant
to Section 2.20) equally and ratably with or subordinated to the other
Obligations), in each case without the written consent of each Lender, or
(viii) change any provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its
terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments due to Lenders holding
Loans of any Class differently than those holding Loans of any other Class
without the written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the
outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each affected Class; provided, further, that
(1) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or
duties of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank or
the Swingline Lender without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the
case may be, (2) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement
that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the
Revolving Lenders (but not the Term B Lenders) or the Term B Lenders (but not
the Revolving Lenders) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by Borrower and requisite percentage in interest of the affected
Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if
such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time, and
(3) any waiver, amendment or modification prior to the earlier of
(i) the date which is 30 days after the Amendment Effectiveness Date and
(ii) the date of the successful completion of the syndication of the Loans
and Commitments (as determined by the Joint Lead Arrangers) may not be effected
without the written consent of the Administrative
Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement
may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Borrower, the Required
Lenders and the Administrative Agent (and, if their rights or obligations are
affected thereby, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender) if (x) by the
terms of such agreement the Commitment of each Lender not consenting to the
amendment provided for therein shall
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upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (y) at the time such amendment
becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full
of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other
amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this
Agreement.
(c) If, in
connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of any of
the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 11.02(b)
(other than clause (iii) of such Section), the consent of the Supermajority
Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose
consent is required is not obtained, then Borrower shall have the right to
replace any of such non-consenting Lenders with one or more persons pursuant to
Section 2.16 so
long as at the time of such replacement each such new Lender consents to the
proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination.
SECTION
11.03. Expenses;
Indemnity
. (a) The
Loan Parties agree, jointly and severally, to pay, promptly upon
demand:
(i) all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Arranger, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Advisors for the
Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender
and the Issuing Bank, in connection with the syndication of the Loans and
Commitments, the preparation, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the
administration of the Loans and Commitments, the perfection and maintenance of
the Liens securing the Collateral and any actual or proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver of any of the Loan Documents (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated);
(ii) all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
Advisors for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in connection
with any action, suit or other proceeding affecting the Collateral or any part
thereof, in which action, suit or proceeding the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent is made a party or participates or in which the right to use
the Collateral or any part thereof is threatened, or in which it becomes
necessary in the judgment of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to
defend or uphold the Liens granted by the Security Documents (including any
action, suit or proceeding to establish or uphold the compliance of the
Collateral with any Requirements of Law);
(iii) all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Arranger, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Bank or any
Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Advisors for
the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline
Lender, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, incurred in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights under the Loan Documents, including its
rights under this Section 11.03(a), or
in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder and the
collection of the Obligations, including all such costs and expenses incurred
during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the Obligations;
and
(iv) all
documentary and similar taxes and charges in respect of the Loan
Documents.
For
purposes of this Section 11.03(a),
“Advisors” shall mean
legal counsel (including local counsel), auditors, accountants, consultants,
appraisers or other advisors; provided that (x) in the case
of clause (i), the engagement of any Advisors other than legal counsel
(including local counsel) shall be subject to
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approval
by Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and (y) in the
case of clause (iii), the engagement of any Advisors other than one firm of
legal counsel by any Lender shall be subject to approval by the Administrative
Agent.
(b) The
Credit Parties agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify the Agents, each
Lender, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, each Affiliate of any of the
foregoing persons and each of their respective partners, controlling persons,
directors, officers, trustees, employees and agents (each such person being
called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, penalties,
judgments, suits and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees,
charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the
execution, delivery, performance, administration or enforcement of the Loan
Documents, (ii) any actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Loans or
issuance of Letters of Credit, (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation
or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is
a party thereto, or (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release or
threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, on, under or from any property owned,
leased or operated by any Group Company, or any Environmental Claim related in
any way to any Group Company; provided that such indemnity
shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) The
provisions of this Section 11.03
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration
of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, the repayment of any of the Loans or other Obligations, the expiration
of the Commitments, the expiration of any Letter of Credit, the invalidity or
unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agents, the Issuing
Bank, the Swingline Lender or any Lender. All amounts due under this
Section 11.03
shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable
documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount
requested.
(d) To the
extent that Borrower fails to promptly pay any amount required to be paid by it
to the Agents, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a)
or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agents, the
Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as
of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is
sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against any of the
Agents, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such provided further, however,
that to the extent any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender is entitled to
indemnification under this Section 11.03,
to the extent such indemnification relates solely to such Issuing Bank’s or such
Swingline Lender’s acting in such capacity the indemnification provided for in
this Section 11.03
will be the obligation solely of the Revolving Lenders. For purposes
hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata
share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total
Revolving Exposure, outstanding Term B Loans and unused Commitments at the
time.
SECTION
11.04. Successors
and Assigns
. (a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby
(including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit),
except that no Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights
or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Credit
Party without such
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shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties
hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any
Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit) and, to the
extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Affiliates of each of the Agents, the
Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any
Lender shall have the right at any time to assign to one or more banks,
insurance companies, investment companies or funds or other institutions (other
than any Group Company or any Affiliate thereof) all or a portion of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Lender
Affiliate, each of Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an
assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Commitment or any Lender’s
obligations in respect of its LC Exposure or Swingline Exposure, the Issuing
Bank and the Swingline Lender) must give their prior written consent to such
assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
(ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender or a Lender Affiliate, any assignment made in connection with the primary
syndication of the Commitment and Loans by the Joint Lead Arrangers or an
assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment
or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject
to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall
not be less than (x) in the case of Revolving Commitments and Revolving
Loans, $1.0 million, and (y) in the case of Term B Loan Commitments and
Term B Loans, $1.0 million unless each of Borrower and the Administrative Agent
otherwise consent (provided
that substantially contemporaneous assignments to an assignee and one or
more of its Lender Affiliates shall be aggregated for purposes of such minimum
assignment amounts), (iii) each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement, except that this clause (iii) shall not
be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments
or Loans, (iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to
the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (except that such fee will not be
payable with respect to an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate), and
(v) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided, further, that any
consent of Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be
required (1) if an Event of Default under Article VIII has
occurred and is continuing or (2) prior to the earlier of (x) the date
which is 30 days after the Amendment Effectiveness Date and (y) date on
which a successful syndication of the Loans and Commitments shall have been
declared by the Joint Lead Arrangers; provided, however, that in the case of
clause (2), Borrower shall have the consultation rights with respect to
syndication of the Loans as set forth in the Commitment
Letter. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to
paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Acceptance the assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and
Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement
(provided that any
liability of Borrower to such assignee under Section 2.12,
2.13 or 2.15 shall be limited
to the amount, if any, that would have been payable thereunder by Borrower in
the absence of such assignment, except to the extent any such amounts are
attributable to a Change in Law occurring after the date of such assignment),
and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering
all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15 and 11.03).
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(c) the
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall
maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of
the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC
Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to
time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error,
and Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may
treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms
hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The
Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower, the Issuing Bank, the
Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender and any Lender (with respect to its own
interest only), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
prior notice.
(d) Upon its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and
recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any
written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance
and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless (i) it
has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph or (ii) the
original Note evidencing the assigned Loan (or portion thereof), if any, is
returned to the Borrower marked “cancelled” and one or more new Notes are issued
to the assignee, if requested by the assignee and the assigning Lender, if
necessary.
(e) Any
Lender shall have the right at any time, without the consent of Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a
portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument
pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such
Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents;
provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of the first proviso to Section 11.02(b)
that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this
Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits
of Sections 2.12,
2.13 and 2.15 to the same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent
permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 11.08 as
though it were a Lender, provided that such
Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14(c)
as though it were a Lender. Each Lender shall, acting for this
purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain at one of its offices a register
for the recordation of the names and addresses of its Participants, and the
amount and terms of its participations, provided that no Lender shall be
required to disclose or share the information contained in such register with
the Borrower or any other party, except as required by applicable
law.
(f) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.12,
2.13 or 2.15 than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant. A Participant that would be a
Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 2.15
unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and
such Participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 2.15(e)
and (f) as
though it were a Lender.
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(g) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a
security interest; provided
that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a
Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or
assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. In the case of any Lender
that is a fund that invests in bank loans, such Lender may, without the consent
of or notice to the Borrower or Administrative Agent, collaterally assign or
pledge all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, including the
Loans and Notes or any other instrument evidencing its rights as a Lender under
this Agreement, to any holder of, trustee for, or any other representative of
holders of, obligations owed or securities issued, by such fund, as security for
such obligations or securities.
SECTION
11.05. Survival
of Agreement
. All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties
in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall
survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any
Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation
made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the
Agents, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any
Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit
is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or
terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.12,
2.14, 2.15 and 11.03 and Article X shall
survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans or the other
Obligations, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the
Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision
hereof.
SECTION
11.06. Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Fee Letter constitute the entire
contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede
any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to
the subject matter hereof including the Original Credit Agreement, except to the
extent set forth in Section 11.05 of the Original Credit
Agreement. Except as provided in Section 4.01,
this Agreement shall become effective when the conditions precedent in set forth
in Section 4.03 have been met and when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of
the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Upon the effectiveness hereof any reference to the word
“Term” in any Loan Document (other than this Agreement) or Exhibit hereto or
thereto, when included in the defined terms Term Loan, Term Borrowing, Term Loan
Commitment shall be deemed to be the words “Term B”. The Borrowers,
the Guarantors, the Agents and the Lenders agree that (a) all obligations
under the Original Credit Agreement shall continue to exist under and be
evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall constitute
Obligations except to the extent prepaid and exchanged into Term B Loans in
accordance with Section 2.19 and (b) except as expressly stated herein or
amended, the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed as remaining
unmodified and in full force and effect with respect to all
Obligations. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective
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as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender who signs a
Confidential Lender Authorization with the Administrative Agent shall be deemed
to have consented to the Administrative Agent signing this Agreement on its
behalf pursuant to the provisions thereof and, effective upon the Administrative
Agent signing a counterpart of such Confidential Lender Authorization, shall be
further deemed in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to have been a
signatory hereto. Each Lender signatory to a Confidential Lender
Authorization agrees that such Lender shall not be entitled to receive a copy of
any other Lender’s Confidential Lender Authorization.
SECTION
11.07. Severability
. Any
provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
11.08. Right of
Setoff
. If
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each
of its Affiliates are hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and
other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the
credit or the account of Borrower against any of and all the obligations of
Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this
Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights
of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION
11.09. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
(a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the
State of New York.
(b) Each
Credit Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of
New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District
Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from
any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan
Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in
respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such
New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal
court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender
may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document against any Credit Party or its properties in the
courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each
Credit Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying
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of venue
of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of
this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to
the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 11.01. Nothing
in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party
to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable
law.
SECTION
11.10. WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL
. EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY
OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION
11.11. Headings
. Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
SECTION
11.12. Confidentiality
. Each
of the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (i) to such Agent’s and such Lender’s Affiliates and their
directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel
and other advisors (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure
is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and
instructed to keep such Information confidential pursuant to the terms hereof),
(ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or any
quasi-regulatory authority (including the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners), (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other
party to this Agreement, (v) in connection with the exercise of any
remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder,
(vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same
as those of this Section, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any
prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its
advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and its
obligations, (vii) with the written consent of Borrower, (viii) to the
extent such Information (A) is publicly available at the time of disclosure
or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section
or (B) becomes available to any Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower or any Subsidiary or
(ix) to any direct or
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indirect
contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such contractual counterparty’s
advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or advisor to such contractual
counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 11.12). For
the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all
information received from any Group Company relating to any Group Company or its
business that is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential,
other than any such information that is available to the any Agent, the Issuing
Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Group
Company. Any person required to maintain the confidentiality of
Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such person has exercised the same degree of
care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such person would
accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION
11.13. Interest
Rate Limitation
. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to
any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as
interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the
maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be
contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such
Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect
of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof,
shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and
Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not
payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the
interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods
shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such
cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective
Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such
Lender.
SECTION
11.14. Lender
Addendum
. Each
Lender to become a party to this Agreement on the Closing Date shall do so by
delivering to the Administrative Agent a Lender Addendum duly executed by such
Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
11.15. Administrative
Agent Consent to Defeasance
. Pursuant
to Section 8.04(a) of the Indenture, dated as of August 11, 1995, as
amended, with respect to the Public Debt Securities (the “Indenture”) and in connection
with the Defeasance Activities, the Administrative Agent hereby consents to a
covenant defeasance by Borrower pursuant to Article 8 of the
Indenture.
[Signature
Pages Follow]
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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.
COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., as
Borrower
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By:
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/s/
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
|
Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurere and
Secretary
|
CPI
HOLDCO, INC., as a Guarantor
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By:
|
/s/
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
|
Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurere and
Secretary
|
CPI
SUBSIDIARY HOLDINGS INC.,
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as
a Guarantor
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By:
|
/s/
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
|
Secretary
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COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER
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||
INDUSTRIES
INTERNATIONAL INC., as a Guarantor
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||
By:
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/s/
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
|
Secretary
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COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES ASIA INC.,
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as
a Guarantor
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||
By:
|
/s/
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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|
Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
and Treasurer
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ECONCO
BROADCAST SERVICE, INC.,
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as
a Guarantor
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By:
|
/s/
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary
and Treasurer
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UBS
SECURITIES LLC,
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as
a Joint Lead Arranger
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By:
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/s/
XXXXX XXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title:
|
Executive
Director
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By:
|
/s/
XXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title:
|
Director
and Counsel
Region Americas Legal
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UBS
AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as
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||
Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent,
Issuing Bank and as administrative agent,
sole Arranger and sole bookrunner solely
with respect to the Term B Loans and on
behalf of the Lenders signatory to a
Confidential Lender Authorization
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By:
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/s/
XXXXXXX X. SAINT
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Saint
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Title:
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Director
Banking Products
Services, US
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By:
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/s/
BALICZ XXXXX
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Name:
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Balicz Xxxxx | |
Title:
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Associate
Director
Banking Products
Services, US
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UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC,
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||
as
Swingline Lender and as a Revolving Lender
|
||
By:
|
/s/
XXXXX XXXXXX
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Name:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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|
Title:
|
Executive
Director
|
|
By:
|
/s/
XXXXXXX X. SAINT
|
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Saint
|
|
Title:
|
Director
Banking Products
Services, US
|
|
By:
|
/s/
BALICZ XXXXX
|
|
Name:
|
Balicz Xxxxx | |
Title:
|
Associate
Director
Banking Products
Services, US
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BEAR,
XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
|
||
as
a Joint Lead Arranger
|
||
By:
|
/s/
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
|
Senior
Managing Director
|
BEAR
XXXXXXX CORPORATE LENDING
|
||
as
a Syndication Agent
|
||
By:
|
/s/
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
|
|
Name:
|
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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|
Title:
|
Executive
Vice President
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WACHOVIA
CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC.
|
||
as
Co-arranger
|
||
By:
|
/s/
XXXXXXX X. XXX
|
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxx
|
|
Title:
|
Vice
President
|
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
||
as
Documentation Agent and as a Revolving Lender
|
||
By:
|
/s/
XXXXXXX X. XXX
|
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxx
|
|
Title:
|
Vice
President
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ANNEX
1
Amortization
Table
Date |
Term
Loan
Amount
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December
31, 2004
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
March
31, 2005
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
June
30, 2005
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
September
30, 2005
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
December
31, 2005
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
March
31, 2006
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
June
30, 2006
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
September
30, 2006
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
December
31, 2006
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
March
31, 2007
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
June
30, 2007
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
September
30, 2007
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
December
31, 2007
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
March
31, 2008
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
June
30, 2008
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
September
30, 2008
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
December
31, 2008
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
March
31, 2009
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
June
30, 2009
|
$ | 225,000 | ||
September
30, 2009
|
$ | 21,318,750 | ||
December
31, 2009
|
$ | 21,318,750 | ||
March
31, 2010
|
$ | 21,318,750 | ||
July
23, 2010
|
$ | 21,318,750 | ||
Total
|
$ | 90,000,000 |
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EXHIBIT
I-2
[Form
of]
TERM
B NOTE
$____________ New
York, New York
[Date]
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), hereby promises to
pay to the order of
[ ]
(the "Lender") on the
Term B Loan Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below)
in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds, the
principal amount of ____________ DOLLARS ($), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Term B Loans of the Lender outstanding under the
Credit Agreement referred to below, which sum shall be due and payable in such
amounts and on such dates as are set forth in the Credit
Agreement. Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at
such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time from the
date hereof at the rates, and on the dates, specified in Section 2.06 of
such Credit Agreement.
The
holder of this Note may endorse and attach a schedule to reflect the date, Type
and amount of each Term B Loan of the Lender outstanding under the Credit
Agreement, the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal
hereof, and the date of each interest rate conversion or continuation pursuant
to Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement and the principal amount subject
thereto; provided that
the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation (or any error in such
recordation) shall not affect the obligations of Borrower hereunder or under the
Credit Agreement.
This Note
is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement dated January 23,
2004 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES INC., a Delaware
corporation ("Borrower"), COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), CPI ACQUISITION
CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), the Subsidiary
Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning given it in Article I of the Credit Agreement),
the Lenders, UBS SECURITIES LLC and BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC., as joint lead
arrangers and bookrunners (in such capacity, "Joint Lead Arrangers"), UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC, as swingline lender (in such capacity, "Swingline Lender"), UBS AG,
STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, "Administrative Agent") for the
Lenders, collateral agent (in such capacity, "Collateral Agent") for the
Secured Parties and as issuing bank (in such capacity, "Issuing Bank"), BEAR XXXXXXX
CORPORATE LENDING INC., as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, "Syndication Agent"), WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent (in such capacity, "Documentation Agent") and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as co-arranger (in such capacity, "Co-
I-2-1
Arranger"), and is subject to
the provisions thereof, and is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in
whole or in part as provided therein.
This Note
is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Credit Agreement and the Security
Documents. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement and the
Security Documents for a description of the properties and assets in which a
security interest has been granted, the nature and extent of the security and
guarantees, the terms and conditions upon which the security interest and each
guarantee was granted and the rights of the holder of this Note in respect
thereof.
Upon the
occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit
Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may
be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided
therein.
All
parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker,
principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment,
demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.
THIS
NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT. TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT.
THIS
NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
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COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES, INC, as Borrower
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
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[Form
of]
REVOLVING
NOTE
$____________ New York, New
York
[Date]
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), hereby promises to
pay to the order of (the "Lender") on the Revolving
Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below), in lawful
money of the United States and in immediately available funds, the principal
amount of the lesser of (a) ____________ DOLLARS ($____________) and
(b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans of the
Lender outstanding under the Credit Agreement. Borrower further
agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal
amount hereof from time to time from the date hereof at the rates, and on the
dates, specified in Section 2.06 of such Credit Agreement.
The
holder of this Note may endorse and attach a schedule to reflect the date, Type
and amount of each Revolving Loan of the Lender outstanding under the Credit
Agreement, the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal
hereof, and the date of each interest rate conversion or continuation pursuant
to Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement and the principal amount subject
thereto; provided that
the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation (or any error in such
recordation) shall not affect the obligations of Borrower hereunder or under the
Credit Agreement.
This Note
is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement dated as of
January 23, 2004 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among
COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES INC, a Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), CPI ACQUISITION
CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), the Subsidiary
Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning given it in Article I of the Credit Agreement), the
Lenders, UBS SECURITIES LLC and BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC., as joint lead
arrangers and bookrunners (in such capacity, "Joint Lead Arrangers"), UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC, as swingline lender (in such capacity, "Swingline Lender"), UBS AG,
STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, "Administrative Agent") for the
Lenders, collateral agent (in such capacity, "Collateral Agent") for the
Secured Parties and as issuing bank (in such capacity, "Issuing Bank"), BEAR XXXXXXX
CORPORATE LENDING INC., as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, "Syndication Agent"), WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent (in such capacity, "Documentation Agent") and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as co-arranger (in such capacity, "Co-Arranger")., and is subject
to the provisions thereof, and is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment
in whole or in part as provided therein.
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This Note
is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Credit Agreement and the Security
Documents. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement and the
Security Documents for a description of the properties and assets in which a
security interest has been granted, the nature and extent of the security and
guarantees, the terms and conditions upon which the security interest and each
guarantee was granted and the rights of the holder of this Note in respect
thereof.
Upon the
occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit
Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may
be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided
therein.
All
parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker,
principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment,
demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.
THIS
NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT. TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT.
THIS
NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
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COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., as Borrower
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
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[Form
of]
SWINGLINE
NOTE
$____________ New York, New
York
[Date]
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), hereby promises to
pay to the order of UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC (the "Lender") on the Revolving
Maturity Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below), in lawful
money of the United States and in immediately available funds, the principal
amount of the lesser of (a) ____________ ($____________) and (b) the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by Lender to the
undersigned pursuant to Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement defined
below. Borrower further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount hereof in like money from time to time from the date hereof at
the rates and on the dates specified in Section 2.06 of the Credit
Agreement.
The
holder of this Note may endorse and attach a schedule to reflect the date, the
amount of each Swingline Loan and the date and amount of each payment or
prepayment of principal thereof; provided that the failure of
Lender to make such recordation (or any error in such recordation) shall not
affect the obligations of Borrower hereunder or under the Credit
Agreement.
This Note
is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, dated as of
January 23, 2004 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among
COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES INC., a Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), CPI ACQUISITION
CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), the Subsidiary
Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning given it in Article I of the Credit Agreement),
the Lenders, UBS SECURITIES LLC and BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC., as joint lead
arrangers and bookrunners (in such capacity, "Joint Lead Arrangers"), UBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC, as swingline lender (in such capacity, "Swingline Lender"), UBS AG,
STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, "Administrative Agent") for the
Lenders, collateral agent (in such capacity, "Collateral Agent") for the
Secured Parties and as issuing bank (in such capacity, "Issuing Bank"), BEAR XXXXXXX
CORPORATE LENDING INC., as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, "Syndication Agent"), WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent (in such capacity, "Documentation Agent") and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as co-arranger (in such capacity, "Co-Arranger"), and is subject
to the provisions thereof, and is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment
in whole or in part as provided therein.
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This Note
is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Credit Agreement and the Security
Documents. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement and the
Security Documents for a description of the properties and assets in which a
security interest has been granted, the nature and extent of the security and
guarantees, the terms and conditions upon which the security interest and each
guarantee was granted and the rights of the holder of this Note in respect
thereof.
Upon the
occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit
Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note may become, or may be
declared to be, immediately due and payable as provided in the Credit
Agreement.
All
parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker,
principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment,
demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.
THIS
NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT. TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT.
THIS
NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
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COMMUNICATIONS
& POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., as Borrower
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
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THIS
INSTRUMENT PREPARED IN CONSULTATION
WITH
COUNSEL IN THE STATE IN WHICH THE TRUST
PROPERTY
IS LOCATED BY THE ATTORNEY NAMED
BELOW,
AND AFTER RECORDING, PLEASE RETURN TO:
Athy X.
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx.
Xxx Xxxx 00000
AMENDMENT
TO MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES
AND
RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
THIS
AMENDMENT TO MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND
FIXTURE FILING (this "Amendment") is made as of the
29th day of November, 2004, by Communications & Power Industries. Inc. (the
"Mortgagor"), whose
address is 000 Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, to UBS AG, Stamford
Branch, a Connecticut licensed branch of a Swiss banking corporation, having an
office at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000, as Collateral
Agent (and together with any successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for the
benefit of Secured Parties (as defined in the Mortgage as hereinafter defined)
pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (in such capacity
"Mortgagee").
W
I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS,
the Mortgagor executed and delivered in favor of the Mortgagee a Mortgage,
Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as
of [ ],
2004 recorded on
[ ] in
Official Records Book
[ ], Page
[ ], Document Number
[ ] with
the Recorder of
[ ]
County,
[ ], (the
"Original Mortgage") as
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time (the "Mortgage"),
pursuant to which the Mortgagor conveyed to the Mortgagee all of the Mortgagor's
right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property (as such term is
defined in the Original Mortgage), comprised in part by the Land (as defined in
the Original Mortgage) described on Schedule A annexed hereto, to secure,
among other things, payment and performance by the Mortgagor of all the Secured
Obligations (as defined in the Original Mortgage).
WHEREAS,
concurrently herewith, the Credit Agreement dated January 23, 2004 and
described in Recital A of the Original Mortgage (such Credit Agreement, the
"Original Credit
Agreement," such Original Credit Agreement, as so amended and restated,
and further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") is being amended and restated to allow, among other things,
the conversion of the Term B Loans (as defined in the Original Credit
Agreement) to a new
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class of
Term B Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and increase the amount
of availability of Term B Loans (as defined in the Original Credit
Agreement) to $164.44 million.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto desire to amend the Mortgage as
follows:
Section
1. Defined
Terms. Each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Original
Mortgage. In addition, any reference to "this Mortgage" shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Mortgage as amended by this
Amendment.
Section
2. Confirmation and
Restatement. The Mortgagor, to induce the Mortgagee to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, and in order
to continue to secure the payment of the Secured Obligations, hereby confirms
and restates: (a) the conveyance pursuant to the Mortgage to the
Mortgagee of the Mortgaged Property, (b) the grant pursuant to the Xxxx
xxxx to the Mortgagee of a security interest in the Mortgaged Property and
(c) the assurance that the Mortgage secures the Secured
Obligations. Nothing contained in this Amendment shall be construed
as (a) a novation of the Secured Obligations or (b) a release or
waiver of all of an portion of the conveyance to the Mortgagee of the Mortgaged
Property or the grant to the Mortgagee of a security interest in the Mortgaged
Property pursuant to the Mortgage.
Section
3. Amendments to
Recitals. Recital A is amended by deleting it in its
entirety and replacing it with the following:
"Pursuant
to that certain credit agreement, dated as of January 23, 2004, as amended
and restated as of November 29, 2004 (as amended and restated and as
further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among the Mortgagor, as Borrower thereunder, CPI Acquisition
Corp. (which has been renamed CPI Holdco, Inc.) ("Parent"), the Subsidiary,
Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders, UBS AG, Stamford
Branch, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Issuing Bank, UBS
Securities LLC and Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co., Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and
Bookrunners, UBS Loan Finance LLC, as Swingline Lender, Bear Xxxxxxx Corporate
Lending, Inc.. as Syndication Agent, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
Documentation Agent, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC. as Co-Arranger, the
Lenders have a greed to make to or for the account of the Mortgagor certain
Loans (as hereinafter defined) and to issue certain Letters of Credit (as
hereinafter defined) for the account of the Mortgagor."
Section
4. Amendment to Section
2.4. Section 2.4 is amended by deleting the reference
therein to "$130,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof
"$204,550,000."
Section
5. Effectiveness. This
Amendment shall be effective as of the day and year first written above upon its
execution and delivery by the Mortgagor. Except as herein provided,
the Mortgage shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
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Section
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) This
Amendment relates only to the specific matters covered herein and shall not
constitute a consent to or waiver or modification of any other provision, term
or condition of the Mortgage.
(b) All
terms, provisions, covenants, representations, warranties, agreements
and conditions contained in the Mortgage shall remain in full force and effect
except as expressly provided herein.
(c) From and
after the execution of this Amendment by the parties hereto, each reference in
the Mortgage to "this Agreement", "hereof", "herein", "hereby" or words of like
import shall be deemed to be a reference to the Mortgage as amended by this
Amendment.
(d) This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute
but one and the same instrument.
(e) THIS
AMENDMENT SHALL BF GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH. THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF
LAWS.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed by the Mortgagor as of
the day and year first written above.
COMMUNICATIONS
POWER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
UBS AG,
STAMFORD BRANCH, a Swiss banking corporation
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
X-0
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXX OF
____________ )
)
COUNTY OF
__________ )
I, the
undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County in said State, hereby
certify that __________________________, whose name as ______________________ of
_______________________________________ is signed to the foregoing instrument
and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed
of the contents of the foregoing instrument, he, acting in his capacity as such
_______________ and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily on the
date hereof, for and on behalf of said corporation.
Given
under my hand and official seal this ______ day of ____________
2004.
Notary
Public
My Commission
Expires:_______________
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF
____________ )
)
COUNTY OF
__________ )
I, the
undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County in said State, hereby
certify that __________________________, whose name as ______________________ of
_______________________________________ is signed to the fore going instrument
and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed
of the contents of the foregoing instrument, he, acting in his capacity as such
_______________ and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily on the
date hereof, for and on behalf of said corporation.
Given
under m y hand and official seal this ______ day of ____________
2004.
Notary Public
My
Commission Expires:_______________
Schedule
A
The land
with the buildings thereon situated in
[ ] County,
[ ], comprising
[ ] parcel[s] of land. bounded and described as follows:
EXHIBIT
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CONFIDENTIAL
LENDER AUTHORIZATION
Reference
is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2004, amended and
restated as of November 29, 2004 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among
COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES INC., a Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), CPI ACQUISITION
CORP. (which has been renamed CPI Holdco, Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), the Subsidiary
Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning given it in Article I of the Credit Agreement),
the Lenders, UBS SECURITIES LLC and BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC., as joint lead
arrangers and bookrunners (in such capacity, "Joint Lead Arrangers"), CBS
LOAN FINANCE LLC. as swingline lender (in such capacity, "Swingline
Lender"), UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent (in
such capacity "Administrative
Agent") for the Lenders, collateral agent (in such capacity, "Collateral Agent") for the
Secured Parties and as issuing bank (in such capacity, "Issuing Bank"), BEAR XXXXXXX
CORPORATE LENDING INC., as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, "Syndication Agent"), WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent (in such capacity, "Documentation Agent") and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as co-arranger (in such capacity, "Co-Arranger").
Upon
execution and delivery of this Confidential Lender Authorization by the parties
hereto as provided in Section 11.06 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned hereby becomes a Lender thereunder having the Commitment set forth
in Schedule I hereto, effective as of the Amendment Effectiveness
Date. The undersigned, by its signature hereto, authorizes the
Administrative Agent to execute and deliver the Credit Agreement on its
behalf.
THIS
CONFIDENTIAL LENDER AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
This
Confidential Lender Authorization may be executed by one or more of the parties
hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page hereof by
facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Confidential Lender
Authorization to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly
authorized officers as of the 29th of November, 2004.
[INSERT
NAME OF LENDER AND REMOVE BRACKETS],
as Lender
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
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Accepted
and agreed:
UBS AG,
STAMFORD BRANCH, as
Administrative
Agent
By: _______________________
Name:
Title:
By:
_______________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule
I
COMMITMENTS
1. Name
of Lender:
2. Term
B
Loan
Commitment: $
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