Exhibit 10.2
dated as of
July 6, 2006
among
XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX LLC,
XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX DISTRIBUTOR HOLDINGS LLC,
XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX POWER PRODUCTS LLC,
XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX PETROLEUM SERVICES LLC,
XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX CORP.,
S&S AGENT LLC,
as Borrowers,
The Lenders Party Hereto,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger
CHASE BUSINESS CREDIT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 |
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Defined Terms |
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2 |
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Section 1.2 |
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 1.3 |
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Terms Generally |
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Section 1.4 |
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Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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ARTICLE II THE CREDITS |
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Section 2.1 |
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Commitments |
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Section 2.2 |
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Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 2.3 |
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Requests for Borrowings |
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Section 2.4 |
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Protective Advances |
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Section 2.5 |
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Swingline Loans and Overadvances |
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Section 2.6 |
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Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.7 |
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Funding of Borrowings |
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Section 2.8 |
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Interest Elections |
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Section 2.9 |
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Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
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Section 2.10 |
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Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.11 |
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Prepayment of Loans |
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Section 2.12 |
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Fees |
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Section 2.13 |
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Interest |
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Section 2.14 |
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Alternate Rate of Interest |
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Section 2.15 |
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Increased Costs |
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Section 2.16 |
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Break Funding Payments |
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Section 2.17 |
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Taxes |
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Section 2.18 |
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Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Set-offs |
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Section 2.19 |
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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61 |
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Section 2.20 |
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Returned Payments |
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62 |
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Section 2.21 |
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Borrowings of Revolving Loans to Satisfy Secured Obligations |
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62 |
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Section 2.22 |
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Joint and Several Liability; Rights of Contribution |
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62 |
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Section 2.23 |
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Increase of Commitments |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 3.1 |
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Organization; Powers |
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Section 3.2 |
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Authorization; Enforceability |
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Section 3.3 |
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Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
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Section 3.4 |
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Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
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Section 3.5 |
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Properties |
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Section 3.6 |
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Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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67 |
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Section 3.7 |
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Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
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67 |
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Section 3.8 |
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Investment and Holding Company Status |
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67 |
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Section 3.9 |
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Taxes |
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Section 3.10 |
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ERISA |
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Section 3.11 |
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Disclosure |
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Section 3.12 |
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Material Agreements |
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Section 3.13 |
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Solvency |
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Section 3.14 |
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Insurance |
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Section 3.15 |
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Capitalization and Subsidiaries |
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69 |
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Section 3.16 |
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Security Interest in Collateral |
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69 |
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Section 3.17 |
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Labor Disputes |
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69 |
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Section 3.18 |
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Affiliate Transactions |
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Section 3.19 |
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Common Enterprise |
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Section 3.20 |
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Casualties; Taking of Properties |
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70 |
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Section 3.21 |
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Perfection Certificate; Schedules to other Loan Documents |
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70 |
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Section 3.22 |
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Existing Indebtedness |
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70 |
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Section 3.23 |
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Acquisition Documents |
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70 |
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Section 3.24 |
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Deposit Accounts |
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Section 3.25 |
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Regulation H |
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Section 3.26 |
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Compliance with Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS |
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Section 4.1 |
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Effective Date |
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Section 4.2 |
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Each Credit Event |
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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76 |
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Section 5.1 |
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Financial Statements; Borrowing Base and Other Information |
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Section 5.2 |
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Notices of Material Events |
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Section 5.3 |
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Existence; Conduct of Business |
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Section 5.4 |
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Payment of Obligations |
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Section 5.5 |
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Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 5.6 |
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Books and Records; Inspection Rights |
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81 |
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Section 5.7 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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Section 5.8 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Section 5.9 |
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Insurance |
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Section 5.10 |
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Casualty and Condemnation |
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Section 5.11 |
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Field Examinations |
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Section 5.12 |
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Appraisals |
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82 |
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Section 5.13 |
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Depository Bank |
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82 |
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Section 5.14 |
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Additional Collateral; Further Assurances |
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82 |
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ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 6.1 |
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Indebtedness |
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Section 6.2 |
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Liens |
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Section 6.3 |
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Fundamental Changes |
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86 |
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Section 6.4 |
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Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions |
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87 |
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Section 6.5 |
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Asset Sales |
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Section 6.6 |
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Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
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89 |
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Section 6.7 |
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Swap Agreements |
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90 |
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Section 6.8 |
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Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness |
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90 |
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Section 6.9 |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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91 |
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Section 6.10 |
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Restrictive Agreements |
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91 |
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Section 6.11 |
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Amendment of Material Documents |
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92 |
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Section 6.12 |
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Operating Leases |
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92 |
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Section 6.13 |
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |
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92 |
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Section 6.14 |
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Limitations on Inter-Borrower Transactions |
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92 |
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ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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ARTICLE VIII THE AGENTS; INTERCREDITOR ISSUES |
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96 |
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Section 8.1 |
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Appointment of Agents |
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96 |
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Section 8.2 |
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Limitation of Duties of Agents |
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96 |
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Section 8.3 |
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Reliance by Agents |
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97 |
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Section 8.4 |
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Sub-Agents |
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Section 8.5 |
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Resignation of Agents; Successor Agents |
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97 |
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Section 8.6 |
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Lender Acknowledgments |
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97 |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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98 |
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Section 9.1 |
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Notices |
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98 |
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Section 9.2 |
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Waivers; Amendments |
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99 |
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Section 9.3 |
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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101 |
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Section 9.4 |
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Successors and Assigns |
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103 |
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Section 9.5 |
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Survival |
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106 |
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Section 9.6 |
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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106 |
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Section 9.7 |
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Severability |
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107 |
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Section 9.8 |
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Right of Setoff |
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107 |
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Section 9.9 |
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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107 |
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Section 9.10 |
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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108 |
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Section 9.11 |
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Headings |
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108 |
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Section 9.12 |
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Confidentiality |
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108 |
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Section 9.13 |
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Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law |
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109 |
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Section 9.14 |
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USA Patriot Act |
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109 |
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Section 9.15 |
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Disclosure |
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109 |
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Section 9.16 |
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Appointment for Perfection |
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109 |
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Section 9.17 |
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Interest Rate Limitation |
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110 |
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ARTICLE X LOAN GUARANTY |
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110 |
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Section 10.1 |
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Guaranty |
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110 |
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Section 10.2 |
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Guaranty of Payment |
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110 |
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Section 10.3 |
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No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty |
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110 |
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Section 10.4 |
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Defenses Waived |
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111 |
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Section 10.5 |
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Rights of Subrogation |
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112 |
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Section 10.6 |
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Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration |
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112 |
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Section 10.7 |
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Information |
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112 |
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Section 10.8 |
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Termination |
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112 |
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Section 10.9 |
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Taxes |
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112 |
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Section 10.10 |
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Maximum Liability |
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113 |
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Section 10.11 |
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Contribution |
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113 |
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Section 10.12 |
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Liability Cumulative |
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114 |
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EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A
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Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit B
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Opinion of Counsel for the Borrowers |
Exhibit C
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Borrowing Base Certificate |
Exhibit D
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Compliance Certificate |
Exhibit E
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Joinder Agreement |
Exhibit F
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Commitment Increase Agreement |
Exhibit G
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New Lender Agreement |
Exhibit H
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Perfection Certificate Update |
Exhibit I
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Certificate of Effectiveness |
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SCHEDULES |
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Commitment Schedule |
Schedule I
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Compliance |
Schedule II
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Borrower Applicable Rate Calculation |
Schedule 1.1
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Permitted Fixed Asset Dispositions |
Schedule 3.5
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Properties |
Schedule 3.6
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Disclosed Matters |
Schedule 3.12
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Material Agreements |
Schedule 3.14
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Insurance |
Schedule 3.15
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Capitalization and Subsidiaries |
Schedule 3.18
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Affiliate Transactions |
Schedule 3.22
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Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 3.24
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Deposit Accounts |
Schedule 6.1
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Indebtedness |
Schedule 6.2
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Liens |
Schedule 6.4
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Investments |
Schedule 6.10
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Restrictions and Conditions |
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LIST OF DEFINED TERMS
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$ |
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13 |
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ABR |
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2 |
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Account |
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2 |
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Account Debtor |
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2 |
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Acquisition |
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2 |
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Acquisition Agreements |
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3 |
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Acquisition Documents |
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3 |
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Act |
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109 |
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Activation Period |
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3 |
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Adjusted LIBO Rate |
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3 |
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Adjusted Net Worth |
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3 |
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Administrative Agent |
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3 |
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Administrative Questionnaire |
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3 |
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Affiliate |
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3 |
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Agents |
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3 |
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Aggregate Credit Exposure |
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3 |
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Agreement |
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1 |
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Alternate Base Rate |
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3 |
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Annualized |
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4 |
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Ansary Related Parties |
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4 |
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Applicable Percentage |
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4 |
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Applicable Rate |
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4 |
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Approved Fund |
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104 |
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Assignment and Assumption |
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5 |
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Availability |
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5 |
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Availability Period |
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5 |
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Available Revolving Commitment |
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5 |
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Banking Services |
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5 |
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Banking Services Obligations |
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5 |
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Banking Services Reserves |
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6 |
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Base Value |
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6 |
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Beneficially Own |
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10 |
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Board |
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6 |
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Borrower |
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1 |
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Borrowers |
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1 |
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Borrowing |
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6 |
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Borrowing Base |
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6 |
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Borrowing Base Certificate |
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9 |
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Borrowing Base Reserves |
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9 |
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Borrowing Request |
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9 |
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Business Day |
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9 |
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Capital Expenditures |
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10 |
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Capital Lease Obligations |
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10 |
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Certificate of Effectiveness |
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10 |
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Change in Control |
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10 |
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Change in Law |
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11 |
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Charges |
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110 |
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Chase |
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11 |
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Class |
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11 |
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Closing Date Acquisition |
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11 |
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Code |
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11 |
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Collateral |
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11 |
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Collateral Access Agreement |
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11 |
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Collateral Agent |
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11 |
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Collateral Documents |
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11 |
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Collection Accounts |
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11 |
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Commitment |
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11 |
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Commitment Increase Agreement |
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12 |
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Commitment Increase Notice |
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64 |
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Commitment Reserves |
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12 |
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Commitment Schedule |
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12 |
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Company |
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1 |
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Control |
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12 |
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Controlled |
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12 |
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Controlled Disbursement Account |
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12 |
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Controlling |
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12 |
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Credit Exposure |
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12 |
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Current Financials |
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12 |
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Dated Assets |
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63 |
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Dated Liabilities |
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63 |
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Default |
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13 |
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Departing Lender |
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62 |
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Detroit Diesel |
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13 |
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Deutz |
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13 |
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Dilution Factors |
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13 |
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Dilution Ratio |
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13 |
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Dilution Reserve |
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13 |
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Disclosed Matters |
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13 |
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Document |
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13 |
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Dollars |
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13 |
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EBITDA |
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13 |
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Effective Date |
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14 |
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Eligible Accounts |
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14 |
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Eligible Equipment |
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17 |
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Eligible Inventory |
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17 |
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Eligible Mortgaged Real Property |
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19 |
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Engineered Products Division |
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19 |
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Environmental Laws |
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19 |
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Environmental Liability |
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20 |
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EPD Purchase Agreement |
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20 |
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Equity Interests |
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20 |
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ERISA |
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20 |
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ERISA Affiliate |
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20 |
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ERISA Event |
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20 |
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Eurodollar |
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21 |
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Eurodollar Borrowing |
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39 |
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Eurodollar Loan |
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39 |
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Eurodollar Revolving Loan |
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39 |
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Eurodollar Revolving Loan Borrowing |
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39 |
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Events of Default |
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93 |
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Excess Cash Flow |
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21 |
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Excluded Subsidiary |
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21 |
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Excluded Taxes |
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21 |
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Ex-Im Bank |
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21 |
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Existing Borrowers |
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1 |
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1 |
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Existing Loan Documents |
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1 |
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Federal Funds Effective Rate |
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22 |
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Fee Letter |
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22 |
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Financial Accommodation |
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93 |
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Financial Officer |
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22 |
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Fixed Asset Collateral |
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22 |
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Fixed Asset Component |
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22 |
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |
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22 |
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Fixed Charges |
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22 |
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Foreign Lender |
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23 |
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Funding Account |
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73 |
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GAAP |
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23 |
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Governmental Authority |
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23 |
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Group |
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10 |
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Guarantee |
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23 |
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Guaranteed Obligations |
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110 |
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guarantor |
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23 |
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Hazardous Materials |
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23 |
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Hyster |
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23 |
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Indebtedness |
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23 |
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Indemnified Taxes |
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24 |
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Indemnitee |
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102 |
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Information |
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109 |
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Information Memorandum |
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24 |
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Interest Election Request |
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24 |
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Interest Expense |
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24 |
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Interest Payment Date |
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24 |
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Interest Period |
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24 |
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Inventory |
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25 |
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Page No. |
Issuing Bank |
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25 |
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Joinder Agreement |
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83 |
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LC Collateral Account |
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48 |
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LC Disbursement |
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25 |
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LC Exposure |
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25 |
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LC Shortfall Amount |
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25 |
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Lenders |
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25 |
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Letter of Credit |
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25 |
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Leverage Ratio |
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25 |
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LIBO Rate |
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26 |
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Lien |
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26 |
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Loan Documents |
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26 |
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Loan Guarantor |
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26 |
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Loan Guaranty |
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26 |
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Loan Parties |
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26 |
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Loans |
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26 |
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Lock Box |
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27 |
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Lock Box Agreement |
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27 |
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Material Adverse Effect |
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27 |
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Material Indebtedness |
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27 |
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Maturity Date |
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27 |
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Maximum Liability |
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113 |
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Maximum Rate |
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110 |
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Monthly Fixed Asset Amortization Amount |
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27 |
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Xxxxx’x |
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27 |
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Mortgages |
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27 |
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Multiemployer Plan |
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27 |
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Net Income |
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27 |
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Net Orderly Liquidation Value |
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28 |
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Net Proceeds |
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28 |
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New Lender |
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65 |
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New Lender Agreement |
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28 |
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Non Financed Capital Expenditures |
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28 |
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non SSPP Borrowings |
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93 |
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Non-Consenting Lender |
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101 |
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Non-Paying Guarantor |
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113 |
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Obligated Party |
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110 |
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Obligations |
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28 |
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OFAC |
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71 |
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Off-Balance Sheet Liability |
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29 |
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Other Secured Parties |
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29 |
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Other Taxes |
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29 |
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Overadvances |
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44 |
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parent |
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38 |
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Participant |
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105 |
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Paying Guarantor |
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113 |
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Page No. |
PBGC |
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29 |
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Perfection Certificate |
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29 |
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Perfection Certificate Update |
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29 |
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Permitted Acquisition |
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29 |
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Permitted Discretion |
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31 |
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Permitted Encumbrances |
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31 |
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Permitted Fixed Asset Disposition |
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33 |
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Permitted Investments |
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32 |
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Permitted Senior Encumbrances |
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33 |
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Person |
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33 |
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Plan |
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33 |
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Pledge and Security Agreement |
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33 |
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Power Products Division |
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34 |
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PPD Purchase Agreement |
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34 |
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Prepayment Event |
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34 |
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primary obligor |
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23 |
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Prime Rate |
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34 |
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Proceeds |
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34 |
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Projections |
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77 |
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Protective Advances |
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42 |
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Qualified Public Offering |
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34 |
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Real Property |
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35 |
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Register |
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105 |
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Related Parties |
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35 |
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Related Person |
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11 |
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Rent Reserve |
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35 |
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Report |
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35 |
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Required Lenders |
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35 |
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Requirement of Law |
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35 |
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Reserves |
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35 |
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Responsible Officer |
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35 |
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Restricted Payment |
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35 |
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Revolving Commitment |
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36 |
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Revolving Exposure |
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36 |
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Revolving Lender |
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36 |
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Revolving Loan |
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39 |
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Revolving Loan Borrowing |
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39 |
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S&P |
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36 |
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Secured Obligations |
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36 |
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Security Agreement |
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36 |
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Senior Notes |
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36 |
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Senior Notes Documents |
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37 |
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Senior Notes Indenture |
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37 |
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Senior Notes Offering |
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37 |
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Senior Notes Offering Memorandum |
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37 |
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Settlement |
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45 |
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Page No. |
Settlement Date |
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45 |
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Special Vendor Payable Reserve |
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37 |
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SSA |
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1 |
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SSC |
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1 |
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SSDH |
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1 |
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SSPP |
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1 |
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SSPS |
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1 |
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Statutory Reserve Rate |
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37 |
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Subject Borrower |
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63 |
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Subordinated Indebtedness |
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38 |
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subsidiary |
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38 |
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Subsidiary |
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38 |
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Supermajority Revolving Lenders |
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38 |
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Swap Agreement |
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38 |
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Swap Obligations |
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38 |
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Swingline Lender |
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38 |
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Swingline Loan |
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38 |
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Syndication Agent |
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38 |
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Taxes |
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38 |
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Total Indebtedness |
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39 |
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Transactions |
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39 |
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True-Up Loans |
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2 |
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Type |
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39 |
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UCC |
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39 |
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Unliquidated Obligations |
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39 |
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Unrelated Person |
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10 |
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Withdrawal Liability |
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39 |
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x
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 6, 2006 (as it may be amended or
modified from time to time, this “
Agreement”), among XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“
Company”), XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX DISTRIBUTOR HOLDINGS LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“
SSDH”), XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX POWER PRODUCTS LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“
SSPP”), XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX PETROLEUM SERVICES LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“
SSPS”), XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX CORP., a Delaware
corporation (“
SSC”), S&S AGENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
SSA” and
collectively with the Company, SSDH, SSPP, SSPS and SSC, the “
Borrowers” and each
individually, a “
Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the
Administrative Agent, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Collateral Agent.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company, SSDH, SSPP and SSPS (collectively, the “
Existing Borrowers”),
SSC and SSA, the Agents, certain lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Export
Related Lender (as defined in the Existing
Credit Agreement), are parties to that certain
Credit
Agreement dated as of January 25, 2006 (as heretofore amended, the “
Existing Credit
Agreement”), pursuant to which JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and certain other lenders parties
thereto extended certain financing to the Existing Borrowers in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Existing
Credit Agreement be amended and
restated in its entirety.
AGREEMENTS:
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the Borrowers, the
Agents, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agree that, subject to the satisfaction of each condition
precedent contained in Section 4.1 hereof, the satisfaction of which shall be evidenced by the
execution and delivery by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of the Certificate of
Effectiveness (as herein defined), the Existing
Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as
of the Effective Date (as herein defined) in its entirety in the form of this Agreement. It is the
intention of the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Agents that this Agreement
supersede and replace the Existing
Credit Agreement in its entirety;
provided,
that, (a) such amendment and restatement shall operate to renew, amend and modify the
rights and obligations of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement, as provided herein, but
shall not effect a novation thereof, (b) unless otherwise provided for herein and evidenced by a
separate written agreement, amendment or release, no other Loan Document, as defined in, and
executed and/or delivered pursuant to the terms of, the Existing Credit Agreement (collectively,
the “
Existing Loan Documents”) shall be amended, terminated or released in any respect and
all of such other Existing Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect except that the
Borrowers and the Lenders agree that by executing this Agreement the definition of “Credit
Agreement” contained in such Existing Loan Documents shall be amended to refer to this Agreement as
it may hereafter be amended, modified, renewed or extended in accordance with
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the terms hereof in place of the Existing Credit Agreement, and (c) the Liens securing the
Secured Obligations under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement and granted pursuant to
the Existing Loan Documents and the liabilities and obligations of the Borrowers shall not be
extinguished, but shall be carried forward, and such Liens shall secure such Secured Obligations,
in each case, as renewed, amended, restated and modified hereby.
Upon delivery of the Certificate of Effectiveness, (a) each Lender who holds Revolving Loans
in an aggregate amount less than its Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this amendment
and restatement) of all Revolving Loans shall advance new Revolving Loans which shall be disbursed
to the Administrative Agent and used to repay Revolving Loans outstanding to each Lender who holds
Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount greater than its Applicable Percentage of all Revolving
Loans, (b) each Lender’s participation in each Letter of Credit shall be automatically adjusted to
equal its Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this amendment and restatement), (c) such
other adjustments shall be made as the Administrative Agent shall specify so that each Lender’s
Credit Exposure equals its Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to this amendment and
restatement) of the Aggregate Credit Exposure. The loans and/or adjustments described in this
paragraph are referred to herein as the “True-Up Loans”.
The parties hereto further agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“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.
“Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Account Debtor” means any Person obligated on an Account.
“Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions,
consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which any Loan Party (a) acquires any going
business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, whether through purchase of
assets, merger or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the
most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of
the Equity Interests of a Person which has ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other similar management personnel of a Person (other than Equity Interests having such power only
by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests of a
Person.
“Acquisition Agreements” means the EPD Purchase Agreement and the PPD Purchase
Agreement.
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“Acquisition Documents” means the Acquisition Agreements and all other agreements or
instruments executed in connection with the Closing Date Acquisition.
“Activation Period” means any period commencing on the date that Availability is less
than $25,000,000, and continuing until the date that both (a) Availability exceeds $25,000,000 for
ninety (90) consecutive calendar days and (b) no Default or Event of Default then exists or has
existed during such ninety (90) consecutive calendar day period.
“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to
(a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Adjusted Net Worth” shall mean, with respect to SSPP, the shareholders equity of SSPP
on a consolidating balance sheet for SSPP prepared in accordance with GAAP, but adjusted to treat
as a liability on the balance sheet of SSPP the full amount outstanding of all non-SSPP Borrowings
and all Financial Accommodations then outstanding.
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and its successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, 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.
“Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent together, and
“Agent” shall mean either of such Agents individually.
“Aggregate Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate Credit Exposure of all
the Lenders.
“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum 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 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Ansary Related Parties” means Mr. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, his family members or Persons in
which all Equity Interests in such Persons are owned or otherwise Controlled solely by Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx and/or members of his family.
“Annualized” means, for purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio hereunder for the
periods ending on (a) August 5, 2006, such actual specified amount, for the two consecutive fiscal
quarter period then ended, multiplied by 2.0, and (b) November 4, 2006, such actual
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specified amount, for the three consecutive fiscal quarter period then ended, multiplied by
1.333334.
“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to
Revolving Loans, LC Exposure, Swingline Loans or Overadvances, a percentage equal to a fraction the
numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders (if the Revolving Commitments have
terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon such Revolving
Lender’s share of the aggregate Revolving Exposures at that time), and (b) with respect to
Protective Advances or with respect to the Aggregate Credit Exposure, a percentage based upon its
share of the Aggregate Credit Exposure and the unused Commitments.
“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan,
as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR Spread” or
“Eurodollar Spread”, as the case may be, based upon the Borrowers’ Leverage Ratio as of the most
recent determination date, provided that until the delivery to the Administrative
Agent, pursuant to Section 5.1, of the Company’s consolidated financial information for the
Company’s fiscal quarter ending August 5, 2006 the “Applicable Rate” shall be the applicable rate
per annum set forth below in Category 6:
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|
Eurodollar |
Leverage Ratio |
|
ABR Spread |
|
Spread |
Category 1
> 6.5 to 1.0 |
|
|
0.375 |
% |
|
|
2.125 |
% |
Category 2
£ 6.5 to 1.0 but
> 6.0 to 1.0 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
|
|
2.00 |
% |
Category 3
£ 6.0 to 1.0 but
> 5.5 to 1.0 |
|
|
0.125 |
% |
|
|
1.875 |
% |
Category 4
£ 5.5 to 1.0 but
> 4.5 to 1.0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
1.75 |
% |
Category 5
£ 4.5 to 1.0 but
> 3.5 to 1.0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
1.625 |
% |
Category 6
£ 3.5 to 1.0 but
> 2.5 to 1.0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
1.50 |
% |
Category 7
£ 2.5 to 1.0 |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
1.375 |
% |
For purposes of the foregoing and subject to the foregoing proviso, (a) the Applicable
Rate shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrowers based upon the
Company’s annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1
and (b) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be
effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative
Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date
immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change, provided
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that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1 at the option of the
Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders if the Borrowers fail to deliver the
annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by them pursuant to
Section 5.1, during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such
consolidated financial statements are delivered.
“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.4.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.4),
and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form
approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Available Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender at any
time, the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Exposure
of such Revolving Lenders at such time.
“Availability” means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the lesser of the total
Revolving Commitments and the Borrowing Base minus (b) the Commitment Reserves minus (c) the
aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Revolving Lenders.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but
excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank services provided to any
Loan Party by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) commercial credit cards, (b) stored value
cards and (c) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement,
automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network
services).
“Banking Services Obligations” of the Loan Parties means any and all obligations of
the Loan Parties, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising,
evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and
substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.
“Banking Services Reserves” means all Reserves which the Administrative Agent from
time to time establishes in its Permitted Discretion for Banking Services then provided or
outstanding.
“Base Value” means, with respect to certain categories of Eligible Inventory, the
lower of (a) cost (determined on a first in first out basis in accordance with GAAP and excluding
any component of cost consisting of intercompany profit with respect to such Eligible Inventory
acquired from an Affiliate), or (b) market value.
“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.
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“Borrower” or “Borrowers” shall have the meanings set forth in the initial
paragraph hereof and shall include any other Person who becomes a Borrower under this Agreement and
their successors and assigns.
“Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same 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, (b) a Swingline Loan, (c) a Protective Advance, and (d) an Overadvance.
“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, the sum of (a) 85% of the Borrowers’ Eligible
Accounts at such time, plus (b) the lesser of (i) $125,000,000 (subject to an upward adjustment on
a dollar for dollar basis not to exceed $150,000,000 upon any increase in the Revolving Commitment
pursuant to Section 2.23 hereof), and (ii) the sum of the following:
(1) the lesser of (A) 65% of the Base Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of
primary finished goods of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products Division, and (B) the sum of (x) 85%
of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of primary
finished goods of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products Division (as reflected on the most recent
appraisal completed pursuant to Section 5.12 (and prior to the first such appraisal, the appraisal
received by the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date)), plus (y) the book value of the
Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of primary finished goods of the Borrowers’ Engineered
Products Division purchased after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing
clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of primary
finished goods of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products Division sold, retired or otherwise disposed
of and depreciated after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause
(x), plus
(2) the lesser of (A) 65% of the Base Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of
engine and transmission units of the Borrowers’ Power Products Division, and (B) the sum of (x) 85%
of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of engine and
transmission units of the Borrowers’ Power Products Division (as reflected on the most recent
appraisal completed pursuant to Section 5.12 (and prior to the first such appraisal, the appraisal
received by the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date)), plus (y) the book value of the
Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of engine and transmission units of the Borrowers’ Power
Products Division purchased after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing
clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of engine and
transmission units of the Borrowers’ Power Products Division sold, retired or otherwise disposed of
and depreciated after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x),
plus
(3) the lesser of (A) $40,000,000, and (B) the sum of the following:
(I) the lesser of (A) 65% of the Base Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible
Inventory consisting of active parts of the Borrowers’ Power Products Division, and
(B) the sum of (x) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Borrowers’
Eligible Inventory consisting of active parts of the Borrowers’ Power Products
Division (as reflected on the most recent appraisal completed pursuant to Section
5.12 (and prior to the first such appraisal, the appraisal received by the
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Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date)), plus (y) the book value of
the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of active parts of the Borrowers’ Power
Products Division purchased after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in
the foregoing clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the Borrowers’ Eligible
Inventory consisting of active parts of the Borrowers’ Power Products Division sold,
retired or otherwise disposed of and depreciated after the date of the Inventory
appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x), plus
(II) the lesser of (A) 65% of the Base Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible
Inventory consisting of parts of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products Division, and
(B) the sum of (x) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Borrowers’
Eligible Inventory consisting of parts of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products
Division (as reflected on the most recent appraisal completed pursuant to Section
5.12 (and prior to the first such appraisal, the appraisal received by the
Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date)), plus (y) the book value of the
Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of parts of the Borrowers’ Engineered
Products Division purchased after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in
the foregoing clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the Borrowers’ Eligible
Inventory consisting of parts of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products Division sold,
retired or otherwise disposed of and depreciated after the date of the Inventory
appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x).
, plus
(4) the least of (A) $2,500,000, (B) 65% of the Base Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible
Inventory consisting of dirty cores, and (C) the sum of (x) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation
Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of dirty cores (as reflected on the most
recent appraisal completed pursuant to Section 5.12 (and prior to the first such appraisal, the
appraisal received by the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date)), plus (y) the book
value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of dirty cores purchased after the date of
the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the
Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of dirty cores sold, retired or otherwise disposed of and
depreciated after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x), plus
(5) the lesser of (A) 65% of the Base Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of
custom built work-in-process of the Borrowers’ Power Products Division, and (B) the sum of (x) 85%
of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of custom
built work-in-process of the Borrowers’ Power Products Division (as reflected on the most recent
appraisal completed pursuant to Section 5.12 (and prior to the first such appraisal, the appraisal
received by the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date)), plus (y) the book value of the
Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of custom built work-in-process of the Borrowers’ Power
Products Division purchased or manufactured after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to
in the foregoing clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory
consisting of custom built work-in-process of the Borrowers’ Power Products Division sold, retired
or otherwise disposed of and depreciated after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in
the foregoing clause (x), plus
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(6) the lesser of (A) 65% of the Base Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of
identifiable work-in-process of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products Division, and (B) the sum of (x)
85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of
identifiable work-in-process of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products Division (as reflected on the
most recent appraisal completed pursuant to Section 5.12 (and prior to the first such appraisal,
the appraisal received by the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date)), plus (y) the book
value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of identifiable work-in-process of the
Borrowers’ Engineered Products Division purchased or manufactured after the date of the Inventory
appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the Borrowers’
Eligible Inventory consisting of identifiable work-in-process of the Borrowers’ Engineered Products
Division sold, retired or otherwise disposed of and depreciated after the date of the Inventory
appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x), plus
(7) the lesser of (A) $45,000,000 and (B) the sum of (x) 90% of the Net Orderly Liquidation
Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of rental equipment (other than rolling
stock) (as reflected on the most recent appraisal completed pursuant to Section 5.12 (and prior to
the first such appraisal, the appraisal received by the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective
Date)), plus (y) the book value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of rental equipment
(other than rolling stock) purchased after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in the
foregoing clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of
rental equipment (other than rolling stock) sold, retired or otherwise disposed of and depreciated
after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x), plus
(8) the lesser of (A) $5,000,000 and (B) the sum of (x) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation
Value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of rolling stock (as reflected on the most
recent appraisal completed pursuant to Section 5.12 (and prior to the first such appraisal, the
appraisal received by the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date)), plus (y) the book
value of the Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of rolling stock purchased after the date of
the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x), minus (z) the book value of the
Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory consisting of rolling stock sold, retired or otherwise disposed of
and depreciated after the date of the Inventory appraisal referred to in the foregoing clause (x),
plus
(9) the Fixed Asset Component, minus
(10) Borrowing Base Reserves.
The Administrative Agent may, in its Permitted Discretion, reduce the advance rates set forth
above, or reduce one or more of the other elements used in computing the Borrowing Base, with any
such changes to be effective three (3) days after delivery of notice thereof to the Borrowers and
the Lenders. The Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the most recent
Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.1(g) subject
to (i) the right of the Administrative Agent to redetermine any component of the Borrowing Base or
the calculation thereof if and to the extent the Administrative Agent believes, in its Permitted
Discretion, such component or calculation to be incorrect (any such
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redetermination made in its Permitted Discretion and absent manifest error shall be conclusive and
binding on the Borrowers) and provided that the Administrative Agent gives the Borrowers
contemporaneous notice of such redetermination, and (ii) immediate adjustment as a result of (A)
the establishment or release of Borrowing Base Reserves, (B) reductions in the Fixed Asset
Component by the amount of the Monthly Fixed Asset Amortization Amount, (C) reduction in advance
rates provided for herein, (D) subject to the three (3) day period set forth above, changes in
eligibility criteria or standards imposed by the Administrative Agent, and (E) the occurrence of a
Permitted Fixed Asset Disposition.
“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate, signed and certified as accurate and
complete by a Financial Officer of each of the Borrowers, in substantially the form of Exhibit
C or another form which is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Borrowing Base Reserves” means any and all reserves which the Administrative Agent
deems necessary, in its Permitted Discretion, to establish with respect to the Borrowing Base and
which will be deducted in the calculation of the Borrowing Base. Such Borrowing Base Reserves
include, without limitation, Banking Services Reserves, Dilution Reserves at any time that the
Dilution Ratio is greater than 5%, reserves for slow moving Inventory, reserves for contingent
liabilities of any Loan Party, reserves for uninsured losses of any Loan Party, and reserves for
uninsured, underinsured, un-indemnified or under-indemnified liabilities or potential liabilities
with respect to any litigation with respect to the Collateral or any Loan Party; provided, that
Borrowing Base Reserves shall not include any reserves specifically described under the definition
of “Commitment Reserves”.
“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrowers for a Revolving Loan Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.2 and Section 2.3.
“
Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in
New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed;
provided 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” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any
expenditure or commitment to expend money by such Person for any purchase or other acquisition of
any asset which would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of
such Person and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of
such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Certificate of Effectiveness” shall mean a Certificate of Effectiveness in the form
of Exhibit I attached hereto to be executed by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent
upon the
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satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.2) of each
of the conditions precedent contained in Section 4.1 hereof.
“Change in Control” means (a) (i) prior to the completion of a Qualified Public
Offering, Ansary Related Parties shall cease to own, free and clear of all Liens or other
encumbrances, Equity Interests in the Company possessing at least 50.01% of the total voting power
of the Equity Interest in the Company entitled to vote on a fully diluted basis and (ii) after the
completion of a Qualified Public Offering, any Unrelated Person or Unrelated Persons, acting
together, which would constitute a Group together with Affiliates and Related Persons thereof (in
each case also constituting Unrelated Persons) shall at any time either (1) Beneficially Own more
than 35% of the aggregate voting power of the Equity Interest in the Company entitled to vote on a
fully diluted basis and such percentage owned is greater than the percentage of the aggregate
voting power of the Equity Interest in the Company entitled to vote on a fully diluted basis then
owned by Ansary Related Parties, or (2) succeed in having a sufficient number of its or their
nominees elected to the board of directors/managers of the Company such that such nominees, when
added to any existing director remaining on such governing body of the Company after such election
who is an Affiliate or Related Person of such Person or Group, shall constitute a majority of the
governing body of the Company; (b) the Company shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, free and
clear of all Liens or other encumbrances (other than Liens created pursuant to a Loan Document),
100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of each Loan Party (other than the Company) on a fully
diluted basis; (c) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of
directors/managers of the Company by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of
directors/managers of the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors/managers so nominated; (d) the
acquisition of direct or indirect Control of any Loan Party by any Person or group other than
Ansary Related Parties; or (e) so long as any of the Senior Notes are outstanding, any “Change of
Control”, “Fundamental Change” or other similar term described in the Senior Notes Indenture. As
used herein (1) “Beneficially Own” means “beneficially own” as defined in Rule 13d-3 and
13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor provision thereto; (2)
“Group” means a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended; (3) “Unrelated Person” means at any time any Person other than Ansary
Related Parties and the Company; and (4) “Related Person” of any Person means any other
Person owning (A) 10% or more of the outstanding Equity Interests of such Person or (B) 10% or more
of the voting power of the Equity Interest of such Person entitled to vote on a fully diluted
basis.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date
of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c)
compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such
Lender or by such Lender’s or the 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 date of this Agreement.
“Chase” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, in its
individual capacity, and its successors.
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“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans, Protective Advances
or Overadvances.
“Closing Date Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Company of certain of the
assets of the Engineered Products Division and Power Products Division of Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx
Services, Inc. and certain of its Affiliates, on or about January 25, 2006, pursuant to the
Acquisition Agreements and the other Acquisition Documents.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral” means any and all property owned, leased or operated by a Person covered
by the Collateral Documents and any and all other property of any Loan Party, now existing or
hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in
favor of Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Agents, the Lenders and the Other Secured Parties to
secure the Secured Obligations.
“Collateral Access Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and
Security Agreement.
“Collateral Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as collateral
agent for the Lenders, and its successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and
any other documents granting a Lien upon the Collateral as security for payment of the Secured
Obligations.
“Collection Accounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the sum of such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment, together with the commitment of such Lender to acquire participations in Protective
Advances hereunder. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on the Commitment
Schedule, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its
Commitment, as applicable.
“Commitment Increase Agreement” means a Commitment Increase Agreement entered into by
a Lender in accordance with Section 2.23 and accepted by the Administrative
Agent in the form of Exhibit F, or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
“Commitment Increase Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23 hereof.
“Commitment Reserves” means any and all reserves which the Administrative Agent deems
necessary, in its Permitted Discretion, to establish with respect to the maximum amount available
for borrowing under the Revolving Commitments and which will be deducted from the lower of the
Borrowing Base and the aggregate Revolving Commitments. Such Commitment Reserves include, without
limitation, reserves for accrued and unpaid interest on the
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Obligations, reserves for Swap
Obligations, the Special Vendor Payable Reserve, the Rent Reserve, reserves for other charges at
consignee, warehouse and bailee locations and reserves for customs and shipping charges for
inventory in transit and reserves for taxes, fees, assessments, and other governmental charges;
provided, that Commitment Reserves shall not include any reserves specifically described under the
definition of “Borrowing Base Reserves”.
“Commitment Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.
“Control” means 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 ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlled Disbursement Account” means the following account: #709370605, and any
replacement or additional accounts of any of the Borrowers maintained with the Administrative Agent
as a zero balance, cash management account pursuant to and under any agreement between any of the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, as modified and amended from time to time, and through
which all disbursements of the Borrowers, any Loan Party and any designated Subsidiary of any
Borrower are made and settled on a daily basis with no uninvested balance remaining overnight.
“Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) such Lender’s
Revolving Exposure at such time, plus (b) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage, if any, of
the aggregate principal amount of Protective Advances outstanding at such time.
“Current Financials” means, as of any day, the financial statements and other related
information for any applicable period most recently required to be delivered to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(a), Section 5.1(b) and Section 5.1(c).
“Dated Assets” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(c) hereof.
“Dated Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(c) hereof.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Detroit Diesel” means Detroit Diesel Corporation, MTU Detroit Diesel, Inc., MTU
Friedrichshafen GmbH, MTU DDC International GmbH, DDC MTU Americas Company L.L.C., DaimlerChrysler
AG, DaimlerChrysler Off-Highway Holding GmbH and their Affiliates.
“Deutz” means Deutz Corporation and its Affiliates.
“Dilution Factors” shall mean, without duplication, with respect to any period, the
aggregate amount of all deductions, credit memos, returns, adjustments, allowances, bad debt
write-offs and other non-cash credits which are recorded to reduce accounts receivable in a manner
consistent with current and historical accounting practices of the Borrowers.
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“Dilution Ratio” shall mean, at any date, the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal
to (a) the aggregate amount of the applicable Dilution Factors for the twelve (12) most recently
ended fiscal months divided by (b) total gross sales for the twelve (12) most recently ended fiscal
months.
“Dilution Reserve” shall mean, at any date, the applicable Dilution Ratio multiplied
by the Eligible Accounts on such date.
“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental
matters disclosed in Schedule 3.6.
“Document” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
“EBITDA” means, for any period, Net Income for such period plus (a) without
duplication and to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period, the sum of (i)
Interest Expense for such period, (ii) income tax expense for such period net of tax refunds, (iii)
all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) all fees
and expenses incurred through, but not
following, January 25, 2006, in connection with the Closing Date Acquisition and the
Transactions and payable in cash to unrelated third parties (v) any extraordinary non-cash charges
for such period, (vi) any other non-cash charges for such period and (vii) fees and expenses
incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and payable to unrelated third parties during
such period; provided that the aggregate amount of such fees and expenses added to EBITDA for all
periods pursuant to this clause (vii) shall not exceed $5,000,000, minus (b) without duplication
and to the extent included in Net Income, any extraordinary gains and any non-cash items of income
for such period, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP but excluding from such calculation any results of operations of each Excluded
Subsidiary. For purposes of determining EBITDA for any period, if the Borrowers make one or more
Permitted Acquisitions during such period for aggregate consideration in excess of $15,000,000,
EBITDA will be determined on a pro forma basis (determined in a manner acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion) giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition(s) as
if it/they had occurred on the first day of such period.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.1 are satisfied are satisfied
(or waived in accordance with Section 9.2).
“Eligible Accounts” means, at any time, the Accounts of the Borrowers which the
Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion are eligible as the basis for the
extension of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
Without limiting the Administrative Agent’s discretion provided herein, Eligible Accounts shall not
include any Account:
(a) which is not subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the
Collateral Agent (subject to Permitted Senior Encumbrances);
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(b) which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent and
(ii) Permitted Senior Encumbrances and other Permitted Encumbrances which other Permitted
Encumbrances do not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent;
(c) with respect to which is unpaid more than 90 days after the date of the original invoice
therefor or more than 60 days after the original due date, or which has been written off the books
of a Borrower or otherwise designated as uncollectible;
(d) which is owing by an Account Debtor for which more than 50% of the Accounts owing from
such Account Debtor and its Affiliates are otherwise ineligible hereunder;
(e) which is owing by an Account Debtor other than any Account Debtor whose securities are
rated BBB or better by S&P or Baa3 or better by Xxxxx’x to the extent the aggregate amount of
Accounts owing from such Account Debtor and its Affiliates to the Borrowers exceeds 15% of the
aggregate Eligible Accounts (to the extent of such excess);
(f) with respect to which any covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this
Agreement or in the Security Agreement has been breached or is not true;
(g) which (i) does not arise from the sale of goods or performance of services in the ordinary
course of business, (ii) is not evidenced by an invoice or other documentation satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent which has been sent to the Account Debtor, (iii) represents a progress
billing, (iv) is contingent upon a Borrower’s completion of any further performance, (v) represents
a sale on a xxxx-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment,
cash-on-delivery or any other repurchase or return basis or (vi) relates to payments of interest;
(h) for which the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped to the Account
Debtor or for which the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed by a Borrower
or if such Account was invoiced more than once (except to the extent such invoice was not redated
as of a date later than the original invoice date and such account is not otherwise compromised);
(i) with respect to which any check or other instrument of payment has been returned
uncollected for any reason;
(j) which is owed by an Account Debtor which has (i) applied for, suffered, or consented to
the appointment of any receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of its assets, (ii) has had
possession of all or a material part of its property taken by any receiver, custodian, trustee or
liquidator, (iii) filed, or had filed against it, any request or petition for liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as bankrupt, winding-up, or
voluntary or involuntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws, (iv) has admitted in
writing its inability, or is generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due, (v) become
insolvent, or (vi) ceased operation of its business;
(k) which is owed by any Account Debtor which has sold all or a substantially all of its
assets;
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(l) which is owed by an Account Debtor which (i) does not maintain its chief executive office
in the U.S. or Canada (other than the Province of Newfoundland) or (ii) is not organized under
applicable law of the U.S., any state of the U.S., Canada, or any province of Canada (other than
the Province of Newfoundland) unless, in either case, such Account is either (1) backed by a letter
of credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent which is in the possession of, has been assigned
to and is directly drawable by the Collateral Agent, (2) guaranteed by the Ex-Im Bank on terms
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, or (3) for such Accounts in an aggregate amount up to
$12,500,000 (or such greater amount as may be determined from time to time by the Administrative
Agent in its sole and absolute discretion), backed by credit insurance on terms and issued by a
provider acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(m) which is owed in any currency other than U.S. dollars;
(n) which is owed by (i) the government (or any department, agency, public corporation, or
instrumentality thereof) of any country other than the U.S. unless such Account is backed by a
letter of credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent which is in the possession of the
Administrative Agent, or (ii) the government of the U.S., or any department, agency, public
corporation, or instrumentality thereof, unless the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as
amended (31 U.S.C. § 3727 et seq. and 41 U.S.C. § 15 et seq.), and any other steps necessary to
perfect the Lien of the Collateral Agent in such Account have been complied with to the Collateral
Agent’s satisfaction;
(o) which is owed by any Affiliate, employee, officer, director, agent or stockholder of any
Loan Party;
(p) which, for any Account Debtor, exceeds a credit limit determined by the Administrative
Agent, to the extent of such excess;
(q) which is owed by an Account Debtor or any Affiliate of such Account Debtor to which any
Loan Party is indebted, but, subject to clause (z) of this definition, only to the extent of such
indebtedness or is subject to any security, deposit, progress payment, retainage or other similar
advance made by or for the benefit of an Account Debtor, in each case to the extent thereof;
(r) which is subject to any counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute but only to
the extent of any such counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute;
(s) which is evidenced by any promissory note, chattel paper, or instrument, except for
Accounts arising out of the rental of equipment in the ordinary course of business and which are
evidenced by chattel paper;
(t) which is owed by an Account Debtor located in any jurisdiction which requires filing of a
“Notice of Business Activities Report” or other similar report in order to permit a Borrower to
seek judicial enforcement in such jurisdiction of payment of such Account, unless such Borrower has
filed such report or qualified to do business in such jurisdiction;
(u) with respect to which any Borrower has made any agreement with the Account Debtor for any
reduction thereof, other than discounts and adjustments given in the ordinary
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course of business,
or any Account which was partially paid and such Borrower created a new receivable for the unpaid
portion of such Account;
(v) which does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable
laws and regulations, whether Federal, state or local, including without limitation the Federal
Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z of the Board;
(w) which is for goods that have been sold under a purchase order or pursuant to the terms of
a contract or other agreement or understanding (written or oral) that indicates or purports that
any Person other than the Borrowers have or have had an
ownership interest in such goods, or which indicates any party other than a Borrower as payee
or remittance party;
(x) which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion may not be paid by
reason of the Account Debtor’s inability to pay or which the Administrative Agent otherwise
determines in its Permitted Discretion is unacceptable for any reason whatsoever; or
(y) which is owed by any vendor or supplier to any Loan Party.
In the event that an Account which was previously an Eligible Account ceases to be an Eligible
Account hereunder, the Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time
of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate. In determining
the amount of an Eligible Account, the face amount of an Account shall be reduced by, without
duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and
actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price
adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that the Borrowers may be
obligated to rebate to an Account Debtor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding
(written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account
but not yet applied by the Borrowers to reduce the amount of such Account. Standards of
eligibility may be changed from time to time solely by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of
its Permitted Discretion, with any such changes which are more restrictive to be effective three
(3) days after delivery of notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders.
“Eligible Equipment” means the equipment owned by a Borrower and meeting each of the
following requirements:
(a) such Borrower has good title to such equipment;
(b) such Borrower has the right to subject such equipment to a Lien in favor of the Collateral
Agent; such equipment is subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Collateral
Agent subject to Permitted Senior Encumbrances and is free and clear of all other Liens of any
nature whatsoever (except for Permitted Senior Encumbrances and other Permitted Encumbrances which
other Permitted Encumbrances do not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent);
(c) the full purchase price for such equipment has been paid by such Borrower;
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(d) such equipment is located on premises (i) owned by a Borrower, which premises are subject
to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, or (ii) leased by such
Borrower where (x) the lessor has delivered to the Collateral Agent a Collateral Access Agreement
or (y) a Rent Reserve with respect to such facility has been established by the Administrative
Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
(e) such equipment is in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted)
and is used or held for use by such Borrower in the ordinary course of business of such Borrower;
(f) such equipment is not subject to any agreement which restricts the ability of such
Borrower to use, sell, transport or dispose of such equipment or which restricts the Collateral
Agent’s ability to take possession of, sell or otherwise dispose of such equipment;
(g) such equipment does not constitute “fixtures” under the applicable laws of the
jurisdiction in which such equipment is located; and
(h) with respect to which any covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this
Agreement or the Security Agreement has been breached or is not true and which does not conform to
all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Eligible Inventory” means, at any time, the Inventory of the Borrowers which the
Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion is eligible as the basis for the
extension of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
Without limiting the Administrative Agent’s discretion provided herein, Eligible Inventory shall
not include any Inventory:
(a) which is not subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent
subject to Permitted Senior Encumbrances;
(b) which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent and
(ii) Permitted Senior Encumbrances and other Permitted Encumbrances which other Permitted
Encumbrances do not have priority over the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent;
(c) which is, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, obsolete, unmerchantable, defective,
used, unfit for sale, not salable at prices approximating at least the cost of such Inventory in
the ordinary course of business or unacceptable due to age, type, category and/or quantity;
(d) with respect to which any covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this
Agreement or the Security Agreement has been breached or is not true and which does not conform to
all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority;
(e) in which any Person other than a Borrower shall (i) have any direct or indirect ownership,
interest or title to such Inventory or (ii) be indicated on any purchase order or invoice with
respect to such Inventory as having or purporting to have an interest therein;
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(f) which is not finished goods or which constitutes work-in-process (other than
work-in-process inventory expressly included in the definition of the term Borrowing Base), raw
materials, inactive, spare or, except as expressly included in the definition of the term Borrowing
Base, replacement parts, subassemblies, packaging and
shipping material, manufacturing supplies, samples, prototypes, displays or display items,
xxxx-and-hold goods, goods that are returned or marked for return, repossessed goods, defective or
damaged goods, goods held on consignment, or goods which are not of a type held for sale in the
ordinary course of business;
(g) which is not located in the U.S. or is in transit with a common carrier from vendors and
suppliers;
(h) which is located in any location leased by a Borrower unless (i) the lessor has delivered
to the Collateral Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or (ii) a Rent Reserve with respect to such
facility has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
(i) which is located in any third party warehouse or is in the possession of a bailee (other
than a third party processor) and is not evidenced by a Document, unless (i) such warehouseman or
bailee has delivered to the Collateral Agent a Collateral Access Agreement and such other
documentation as the Collateral Agent may require or (ii) an appropriate Reserve has been
established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion;
(j) which is being processed offsite at a third party location or outside processor, or is
in-transit to or from said third party location or outside processor;
(k) which is a discontinued product or component thereof;
(l) which is the subject of a consignment by a Borrower as consignor;
(m) which is perishable;
(n) which contains or bears any intellectual property rights licensed to a Borrower unless the
Collateral Agent is satisfied that it may sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory without (i)
infringing the rights of such licensor, (ii) violating any contract with such licensor, or (iii)
incurring any liability with respect to payment of royalties other than royalties incurred pursuant
to sale of such Inventory under the current licensing agreement;
(o) which is not reflected in a current perpetual inventory report of the Borrowers;
(p) with respect to Inventory consisting of rental equipment or rolling stock, which (x) is
not in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), or (y) is subject to any
agreement (other than a short term rental agreement entered into in the ordinary course of the
Borrowers’ business) which restricts the ability of the Borrowers to use, sell, transport or
dispose of such equipment or which restricts the Collateral Agent’s ability to take possession of,
sell or otherwise dispose of such equipment; or
(q) which the Administrative Agent otherwise determines in its Permitted Discretion is
unacceptable for any reason whatsoever.
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In the event that Inventory which was previously Eligible Inventory ceases to be Eligible
Inventory hereunder, the Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time
of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate. Standards of
eligibility may change from time to time solely by the Administrative Agent in the exercise of its
Permitted Discretion, with any such changes which are more restrictive to be effective three (3)
days after delivery of notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders.
“Eligible Mortgaged Real Property” means the Real Property owned by a Borrower
described on Schedule 1.1 for which each of the following statements is accurate and
complete (and each Borrower by including such Real Property in the Fixed Asset Component of the
Borrowing Base shall be deemed to represent and warrant to the Agents, the Issuing Bank and each
Lender the accuracy and completeness of such statements):
(a) such Borrower holds good and marketable title to the Real Property;
(b) the Real Property is subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of
the Collateral Agent (subject to Permitted Senior Encumbrances) securing the Secured Obligations;
and
(c) the Real Property is not subject to any Lien, except for Permitted Encumbrances and Liens
in favor of the Collateral Agent securing the Secured Obligations.
“Engineered Products Division” means the operating divisions of the Borrowers engaged
in the design, manufacturing, service and sale of equipment for coiled tubing, acidizing,
fracturing, pumping (including nitrogen pumping equipment), railcar movers, seismic equipment
systems, silicon controlled rectifiers and switchgear equipment.
“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders,
decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation
of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to
health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any
Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract,
agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed
with respect to any of the foregoing.
“EPD Purchase Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of
September 27, 2005 by and among Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Petroleum
Services, Inc., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx International, Inc., Sierra Detroit Diesel Xxxxxxx, Inc., and
S&S Trust and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, as assigned to the Company and SSPP by that certain Assignment and
Assumption Agreement dated as of January 25, 2006, among Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
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the Company and SSPP
pursuant to which Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx assigned his rights thereunder to the Company and SSPP.
“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership
interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to
purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with any Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (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); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived;
(c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the 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
Borrower 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 Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC
or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the
receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate 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.
“Eurodollar”, 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 Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excess Cash Flow” means for any fiscal year, the excess, if any, of (a) EBITDA for
such fiscal year, over (b) the sum, without duplication, of the following, to the extent actually
paid in cash during such fiscal year: (i) scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness, including
the principal portion of scheduled payments under Capital Lease Obligations, (ii) Non-Financed
Capital Expenditures, (iii) Interest Expense, (iv) income tax expense, and (v) Restricted Payments
made pursuant to Section 6.8(a)(iv).
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Loan Party.
The Excluded Subsidiaries on the date hereof are Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Truck Holdings
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LLC, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx de Venezuela, S.A., Transmissiones y Embragues, S.A., Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx de las Americas Colombia Ltda. Rio Grande Services, S de X.X. de C.V.
“Excluded Taxes” means, 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
the Borrowers hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on or measured by net income of, or
franchise taxes imposed on, 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 the Borrowers by the
United States of America, or by any jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located, is subject to such taxation as a result of
doing business other than by reason of having executed, delivered, performed its obligations or
received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or another Loan Documents or, in the case of
any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed
by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which a
Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a
request by the Borrowers under Section 2.19(b)), any 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 2.17(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 the Borrowers with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
“Ex-Im Bank” means The Export-Import Bank of the United States and its successors and
assigns.
“Existing Borrowers” shall have the meaning given such term in the recitals hereto.
“Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning given such term in the recitals
hereto.
“Fee Letter” means one or more letter agreements regarding fees, executed by Chase
and/or certain of its Affiliates and accepted and agreed to by the Company as the same have been or
may hereafter be amended from time to time.
“
Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Financial Accommodation” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.14.
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“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of a Borrower. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Financial
Officer herein shall mean a Financial Officer of all Borrowers.
“Fixed Asset Collateral” means Collateral constituting Eligible Real Estate described
in Schedule 1.1, together with any fixtures thereon, and Eligible Equipment.
“Fixed Asset Component” means $15,000,0000; provided that the Fixed Asset Component
shall be reduced by (a) the Monthly Fixed Asset Amortization Amount on the first day of each month
commencing with August 1, 2006 and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter throughout
the term of this Agreement and (b) the percentage of the appraised value (as of the Effective Date)
of any Fixed Asset Collateral which (i) is the subject of a casualty event (including, without
limitation, damage, destruction or condemnation) or a Permitted Fixed Asset Disposition, or (ii) is
no longer Eligible Equipment or Eligible Mortgaged Real Property, as applicable, less in each case
the portion of such amount that has already been reduced from the Fixed Asset Component as a result
of prior Monthly Fixed Asset Amortization Amount reductions, in each case such amounts being
determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Fixed Charges” means, with reference to any period, without duplication, cash
Interest Expense (including the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations), plus scheduled
principal payments on Indebtedness made during such period (including the principal component of
Capital Lease Obligations but which shall exclude mandatory prepayments made pursuant to Section
2.11(c)), plus dividends or distributions paid in cash during such period (other than dividends or
distributions paid from a Borrower or Subsidiary of a Borrower to a Borrower), all calculated for
the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with reference to any period, the ratio of the
following calculated for such period: (a) EBITDA minus Non-Financed Capital Expenditures minus
income tax expenses paid in cash to (b) Fixed Charges, all calculated for the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries other than any Excluded Subsidiary on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Company is located. For purposes of this definition, the United
States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a
single jurisdiction.
“Funding Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.1(i).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
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“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase
or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation;
provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes,
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature
regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hyster” means the Hyster Company, Hyster Credit Company and their Affiliates.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of
such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person
under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such
Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or
services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and not more than
90 days overdue), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property
owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed,
(g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of
such Person, (i) all reimbursement or similar obligations including interest thereon, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of
guaranty, (j) all reimbursement or similar obligations including interest thereon, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (k) obligations under any liquidated
earn-out and (l) any other Off-Balance Sheet Liability. 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 the terms of
such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
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“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated January
2006 relating to the Borrowers, the Closing Date Acquisition and the Transactions.
“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrowers to convert or continue a
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.7.
“Interest Expense” means, with reference to any period, total cash interest expense
(including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries
for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to
letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Agreements in respect
of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with
GAAP), calculated on a consolidated basis for the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for such period
in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline
Loan), the first day of each calendar month in arrears in respect of the previous calendar month,
the Maturity Date, (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 Borrowing
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, the Maturity Date, and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such
Loan is required to be repaid and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means 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 thereafter, as the Borrowers may elect;
provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business
Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period)
shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For
purposes hereof, the date of 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.
“Inventory” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Issuing Bank” means Chase, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.6(i). The Issuing Bank
may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the
Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect
to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
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“Joinder Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.12.
“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.
“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all
Letters of Credit outstanding at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements
that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure
of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at
such time.
“LC Collateral Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.6(j).
“LC Shortfall Amount” means an amount equal to the difference of (x) the amount of LC
Exposure at such time, less (y) the amount on deposit in the LC Collateral Account at such time
which is free and clear of all rights and claims of third parties.
“Lenders” means the Persons listed on the Commitment Schedule and any other Person
that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such
Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the
context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to the Existing Credit
Agreement or this Agreement.
“Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness on such date
to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date (or, if such
date is not the last day of a fiscal quarter, ended on the last day of the fiscal quarter most
recently ended prior to such date); provided that, for the purpose of calculating
the Leverage Ratio on August 5, 2006 and on November 4, 2006, all amounts relevant to the
calculation of EBITDA and the components thereof shall be Annualized amounts for the periods of two
and three fiscal quarters then ended, respectively.
“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period,
the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Xxxxx Market Service (or on any successor or substitute
page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not
available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar
Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
1/16 of 1%) at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
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“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (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 asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call
or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to this
Agreement, any Letter of Credit applications, the Collateral Documents and all other agreements,
instruments, documents and certificates identified in Section 4.1 executed and delivered to, or in
favor of, any Agent or any Lenders and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents,
assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit agreements and all other written matter whether
heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any employee of any
Loan Party, and delivered to any Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated thereby. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a
Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments,
restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such
Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.
“Loan Guarantor” means each Loan Party (other than the Borrowers and their foreign
Subsidiaries).
“Loan Guaranty” means Article X of this Agreement.
“Loan Parties” means the Company, the other Borrowers, the Borrowers’ domestic
Subsidiaries (other than Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Truck Holdings LLC) and any other Person who becomes a
party to this Agreement pursuant to a Joinder Agreement and their successors and assigns.
“Loans” means the loans and advances made by the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement,
including Swingline Loans, Overadvances and Protective Advances.
“Lock Box” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Lock Box Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Loan Parties taken as a whole,
(b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, (c) the Collateral, or the Collateral Agent’s Liens (on behalf of itself, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders) on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens, or (d) the
rights of or benefits available to the Agents, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders thereunder.
“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of
Credit) or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the
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Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For
purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “obligations” of any Borrower or any Subsidiary
in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect
to any netting agreements) that such Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such
Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Maturity Date” means January 25, 2011 or any earlier date on which the Commitments
are reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Maximum Liability” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.10.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Monthly Fixed Asset Amortization Amount” means $178,571.43.
“Mortgages” means any mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement which conveys or
evidences a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and
the Other Secured Parties, on real property of a Loan Party, including any amendment, modification
or supplement thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person
accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower or is merged into or consolidated
with a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a
Subsidiary of a Borrower) in which a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest,
except to the extent that any such income is actually received by a Borrower or such Subsidiary in
the form of dividends or similar distributions and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary
of any Borrower (other than another Borrower or a Loan Guarantor) to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time
permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or
Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary.
“Net Orderly Liquidation Value” means, with respect to Inventory, including, without
limitation, Eligible Inventory consisting of rental equipment and rolling stock, of any Person, the
orderly liquidation value thereof as determined in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent
by an appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent, net of all costs of liquidation thereof.
“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in
respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds
(including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any
interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance
proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation
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awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid to third
parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer
or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a
casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made
as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or
otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of all
taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) and the amount of any reserves established to
fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that
such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event
(as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer).
“New Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23.
“New Lender Agreement” means a New Lender Agreement entered into by a New Lender in
accordance with Section 2.23 and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit
G, or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.2(d).
“Non-Financed Capital Expenditures” means Capital Expenditures made by any Loan Party
which are not financed pursuant to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the issuance of Equity Interests
or receipt of an equity contribution, a Capitalized Lease Obligation or a Loan.
“Non-Paying Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11.
“non SSPP Borrowings” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.14.
“Obligated Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.2.
“Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the
Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities
and other obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Agents, the Issuing
Bank or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents.
“Off-Balance Sheet Liability” of a Person means (a) any repurchase obligation or
liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) any
indebtedness, liability or obligation under any so-called “synthetic lease” transaction entered
into by such Person, or (c) any indebtedness, liability or obligation arising with respect to any
other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which
does not constitute a liability on the balance sheets of such Person (other than operating leases
and Capital Lease Obligations).
“Other Secured Parties” means all of the Lenders and the Affiliates of the Lenders to
whom Banking Service Obligations and/or Swap Obligations are owed.
“Other Taxes” means 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
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hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
“Overadvance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5(d).
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
“Paying Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Perfection Certificate” shall mean that certain Perfection Certificate dated January
25, 2006, executed by each Borrower and addressed to the Collateral Agent.
“Perfection Certificate Update” shall mean a Certificate from a Responsible Officer of
the Borrowers in the form of Exhibit H hereto to be delivered to the Collateral Agent monthly
pursuant to Section 5.1(q) hereof and setting forth all changes that would be required to be made
to the Perfection Certificates (as updated pursuant to any prior Perfection Certificate Updates) to
cause the Perfection Certificates to be accurate and complete if reissued as of the last day of the
month immediately preceding the month in which the Perfection Certificate is required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(q) hereof.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by any Loan Party in a transaction that
satisfies each of the following requirements:
(a) such Acquisition is not a hostile or contested acquisition;
(b) the business acquired in connection with such Acquisition is not engaged, directly or
indirectly, in any line of business other than the businesses in which the Loan Parties are engaged
on the date of this Agreement and any business activities that are substantially similar, related,
or incidental thereto;
(c) both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition and the Loans (if any) requested
to be made in connection therewith, each of the representations and warranties in the Loan
Documents is true and correct (except (i) any such representation or warranty which relates to a
specified prior date and (ii) to the extent the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have been
notified in writing by the Loan Parties that any representation or warranty is not correct and the
Required Lenders have explicitly waived in writing compliance with such representation or warranty)
and no Default or Event of Default exists, will exist, or would result therefrom;
(d) as soon as available, but in any event adequately prior to such Acquisition in order to
allow the Administrative Agent time to review the information provided to the Lenders under clause
(ii) below, for Acquisitions with a purchase price greater than $5,000,000, the Borrowers shall
provide, the Lenders (i) notice of such Acquisition and (ii) a copy of all business and financial
information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent including pro forma financial
statements, statements of cash flow, and Availability projections;
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(e) if the Accounts and Inventory acquired in connection with such Acquisition are proposed to
be included in the determination of the Borrowing Base, the Administrative Agent shall have
conducted an audit and field examination of such Accounts and Inventory to its satisfaction, and
all appropriate Lien filings and collateral documentation, including Collateral Access Agreements,
have been duly completed, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent;
(f) the purchase price of any acquisition of a business not located in the United States or of
a Person not organized in the United States or any State thereof shall not exceed (x) $5,000,000,
and (y) for all such Acquisitions in any fiscal year of the Borrowers shall not exceed (y)
$10,000,000;
(g) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person, the Acquisition
is structured so that the acquired Person shall become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of a Borrower and,
to the extent required by Section 5.14, a Loan Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
(h) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of assets located primarily in the United States,
the Acquisition is structured so that a Borrower shall acquire such assets;
(i) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of Equity Interests, such Acquisition will not
result in any violation of Regulation U;
(j) no Loan Party shall, as a result of or in connection with any such Acquisition, assume or
incur any direct or contingent liabilities (whether relating to environmental, tax, litigation, or
other matters) that could have a Material Adverse Effect;
(k) in connection with an Acquisition of the Equity Interests of any Person, all Liens on
property of such Person shall be terminated unless permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(e), or the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion consents otherwise, and in connection with an
Acquisition of the assets of any Person, all Liens on such assets shall be terminated;
(l) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Borrowers (after giving effect to such
Acquisition) shall be greater than 1.25 to 1.00 for the most recently completed twelve month period
assuming that for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for such period
(calculated on a pro forma basis in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent) such
Acquisition occurred on the first day of such applicable period;
(m) Each Borrower shall certify (and provide the Administrative Agent with pro forma and
projected calculations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent),
on its behalf and on behalf of the other Borrowers, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that, immediately after giving effect to the completion of such Acquisition and for next succeeding
twelve month period, Availability will not be less than $30,000,000 on a pro forma basis (assuming
all past due accounts payable of the Borrowers have been paid in full in cash and no accounts
payable of the Borrowers are allowed to become past due during such twelve month period thereafter)
which includes all consideration given in connection with such Acquisition, other than Equity
Interests of the Company delivered to the
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seller(s) in such Acquisition, as having been paid in cash at the time of making such
Acquisition; and
(n) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom.
“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in good faith and in the exercise of
reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance
with Section 5.4;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlords’, mechanics’, materialmen’s, vendors’, repairmen’s
and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with
Section 5.4;
(c) (i) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and
(ii) pledges and deposits securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of
(including obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments for
the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to any Loan
Party;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in
each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under
clause (k) of Article VII;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, restrictive covenants, encroachments,
protrusions and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary
course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from
the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary including without limitation any defects and encumbrances noted and
disclosed in a mortgage’s title insurance policy issued in favor of and delivered to the Collateral
Agent in connection with any Mortgage and any state of facts disclosed on any survey referenced in
any such title policy and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided that
such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property
that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided further
that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien
are permitted by this Agreement;
(g) any interest of a consignor in goods held by any Loan Party on consignment provided that
such goods are held on consignment in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with this
Agreement;
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(h) any leasehold interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases
entered into by any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with this
Agreement;
(i) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of
depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, or (ii)
relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers in the ordinary course
of business and in compliance with this Agreement;
(j) licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property granted by any Loan Party in the ordinary
course of business and in compliance with this Agreement;
(k) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by any Loan Party or any of their
Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to the
purchase of assets or property by a Loan Party which is permitted hereunder;
(m) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding operating leases; and
(n) Liens in favor of Deutz, Hyster and Detroit Diesel encumbering inventory and equipment
(and the proceeds thereof) purchased by Borrowers from Deutz, Hyster and Detroit Diesel;
provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien
securing Indebtedness.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent
such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each
case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 360 days from the date of acquisition
thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or
from Moody’s;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing
within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and
money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined
capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for
securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying
the criteria described in clause (c) above;
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(e) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict substantially all of such
funds’ investments in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (d) above; and
(f) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange
Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by
Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.
“Permitted Fixed Asset Disposition” means sales, assignments, leases, licenses,
transfers, exchanges or other dispositions of or the pledge or grant of a security interest in (a)
any Real Property described on Schedule 1.1 together with any fixtures thereon resulting in
Net Proceeds to a Borrower in an amount greater than or equal to the corresponding amount set forth
on such schedule, or (b) any Equipment of the Borrowers, in each case to the extent permitted under
Section 6.5.
“Permitted Senior Encumbrances” means (a) Liens described in clauses (a) and (b) of
the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances” in each case securing amounts which are not past due,
and (b) Liens in favor of Deutz, Hyster and Detroit Diesel encumbering inventory and equipment (and
the proceeds thereof) purchased by Borrowers from Deutz, Hyster and Detroit Diesel.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, business
trust, individual or family trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate 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.
“Pledge and Security Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Pledge and
Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of itself, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Other Secured Parties, as
the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Power Products Division” means the operating divisions of the Borrowers engaged in
the sale and rental of various industrial equipment; sale of components, replacement parts,
accessories and other materials supplied by independent manufacturers; provision of in-shop and
on-site repair services for industrial, transportation, marine, construction, power generation and
material handling equipment; fabrication, marketing and packaging of engine-driven equipment.
“PPD Purchase Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of
October 24, 2005 by and among Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc., IPSC Co. Inc., Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx Holdings, Inc., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx De Las Americas, Inc., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx
International, Inc., Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Power, Inc. and S&S Trust and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, as amended
by that certain Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of January 25, 2006, among Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, the Company and SSPP pursuant to which Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx assigned his rights thereunder to the
Company and SSPP.
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“Prepayment Event” means:
(a) any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback
transaction) of any property or asset of any Loan Party, other than dispositions described in
Section 6.5(a), (b), (c), (d) or (f) to the extent excluded in clause (b) below) and other than
such sales, transfers or other dispositions resulting in no more than $1,000,000 in Net Proceeds
per event and less than $2,000,000 in Net Proceeds in any four consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Company); or
(b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by
condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of any Loan Party with a fair value
immediately prior to such event equal to or greater than $1,000,000; or
(c) the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted
under Section 6.1.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by Chase or its parent as its prime rate (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any
customer); each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change
is publicly announced as being effective.
“Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Projections” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1(f).
“Protective Advance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4.
“Qualified Public Offering” means the first underwritten public offering pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the
offer and sale of Equity Interests of the Company on a firm commitment basis in which the aggregate
Net Proceeds received by the Company at the public offering price is at least $75,000,000.
“Real Property” shall mean any right, title or interest in and to real property,
including any fee interest, leasehold interest, easement, or license and any other right to use or
occupy real property, including any right arising by contract.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Rent Reserve” means a reserve equal to four (4) months of rental obligations for each
parcel of Real Property leased by a Borrower at which Eligible Inventory is located and, with
respect to any store, warehouse distribution center, regional distribution center or depot where
any Inventory subject to Liens arising by operation of law is located, a reserve equal to four (4)
months’ rent at such store, warehouse distribution center, regional distribution center or depot,
in
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each case with respect to which the applicable landlord, warehouseman or bailee has not
provided a Collateral Access Agreement.
“Report” means reports prepared by the Administrative Agent or another Person showing
the results of appraisals, field examinations or audits pertaining to the Borrowers’ assets from
information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers, after the Administrative Agent has
exercised its rights of inspection pursuant to this Agreement, which Reports may be distributed to
the Lenders by the Administrative Agent.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposure and unused
Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposure and unused
Commitments at such time. In addition to the foregoing, so long as there are two or more Lenders
party to this Agreement, Required Lenders must include at least two Lenders.
“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By
Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
“Reserves” means the Borrowing Base Reserves and the Commitment Reserves,
collectively.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any limited liability company or
corporation, the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president, the chief executive
officer or the chief operating officer, or any equivalent officer (regardless of his or her title),
and, in respect of financial or accounting matters, a Financial Officer. Unless otherwise
specified, all references to a Responsible Officer herein shall mean a Responsible Officer of all
Borrowers.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in any Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking
fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition,
cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in any Borrower or any option, warrant or
other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in any Borrower.
“Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of
such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit,
Overadvances and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum
possible aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be
(a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.9, (b) reduced or increased from time to time
pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.4, and (c) increased from time
to time pursuant to Section 2.23. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is
set forth on the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such
Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of
the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments is $125,000,000.
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“Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the
outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure at such time,
plus (b) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of
Swingline Loans at such time, plus (c) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the
aggregate principal amount of Overadvances outstanding at such time.
“Revolving Lender” means, as of any date of determination, a Lender with a Revolving
Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving
Exposure.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.1.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc.
“Secured Obligations” means (a) all Obligations, (b) all Banking Services Obligations
and (c) Swap Obligations owing to one or more Lenders or their respective Affiliates;
provided that at or prior to the time that any transaction relating to such Swap
Obligation is executed, the Lender party thereto (other than Chase) shall have delivered written
notice to the Administrative Agent that such a transaction has been entered into and that it
constitutes a Secured Obligation entitled to the benefits of the Collateral Documents.
“Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement and any other pledge or
security agreement entered into, after the date of this Agreement by any other Loan Party (as
required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document), or any other Person, as the same may be
amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Senior Notes” means the 10% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2014 to be issued by the
Company on the Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 having the terms
set forth in the Senior Notes Indenture.
“Senior Notes Documents” means the Senior Notes, the Senior Notes Indenture, and each
other material document, instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
or may hereafter become a party pertaining to the Senior Notes.
“Senior Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated July 6, 2006, by and between the
Company and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee setting forth certain terms and
conditions of certain of the Senior Notes.
“Senior Notes Offering” means the offering by the Company and SSC, as co-issuers of
the Senior Notes pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Offering Memorandum.
“Senior Notes Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum dated June 29, 2006
setting forth the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes Offering.
“Settlement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5(d).
“Settlement Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5(d).
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“Special Vendor Payable Reserve” means a reserve established by Administrative Agent
in its Permitted Discretion in an amount equal to the accounts payable owed by Borrowers to Deutz,
Hyster and Detroit Diesel less (calculated separately for each such vendor) the amount of accounts
owed by each such vendor to a Borrower in respect of warranty work performed by such Borrower and
which are not more than sixty (60) days past the original invoice date.
“SSA” shall have the meaning set forth in the initial paragraph hereof.
“SSC” shall have the meaning set forth in the initial paragraph hereof.
“SSDH” shall have the meaning set forth in the initial paragraph hereof.
“SSPP” shall have the meaning set forth in the initial paragraph hereof.
“SSPS” shall have the meaning set forth in the initial paragraph hereof.
“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the
maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves)
expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with
respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed
pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding
and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D
or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as
of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“Subject Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(b) hereof.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” of a Person means any Indebtedness of such Person the
payment of which is subordinated in writing to payment of the Secured Obligations to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of
which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial
statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as
well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as
of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by
the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company or a Loan Party, as applicable.
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“Supermajority Revolving Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving
Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments representing 66 2/3% or more of the sum of the total
Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitment.
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic,
financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any
similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by
current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of any Borrower or any Subsidiary
shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Swap Obligations” of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person, whether
absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired
(including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under
(a) any and all Swap Agreements, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals,
terminations or assignments of any Swap Agreement transaction.
“Swingline Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of
Swingline Loans hereunder.
“Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.5.
“Syndication Agent” means The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc., in its capacity as
syndication agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Total Indebtedness” means, at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for borrowed money at such date, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this
Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and
the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“True-Up Loans” shall have the meaning given such term in the recitals hereto.
“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 LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“
UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the
issue of perfection of security interests.
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“Unliquidated Obligations” means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion
thereof) that are contingent in nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured
Obligation that is: (a) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter
of credit issued by it; (b) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in
nature at such time; or (c) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing
types of obligations.
“Withdrawal Liability” means 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 1.2 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 Loan Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or
by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan Borrowing”).
Section 1.3 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. 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 (e) 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 1.4 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an
accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to time; provided that, if the Borrowers notify the Administrative Agent that the
Borrowers request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such
provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers that the Required Lenders request
an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is
given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall
be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall
have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in
accordance herewith.
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ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
Section 2.1 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to
make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period in an
aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeding
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (ii) the total Revolving Exposures exceeding (x) the lesser
of (A) the total Revolving Commitments and (B) the Borrowing Base, minus (y) the Commitment
Reserves, subject to the Administrative Agent’s authority, in its sole discretion, to make
Protective Advances and Overadvances pursuant to the terms of Section 2.4 and Section 2.5.
Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
Section 2.2 Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of
Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective
Commitments of the applicable Class. Any Protective Advance, any Overadvance and any Swingline
Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4 and Section 2.5.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or
Eurodollar Loans as the Borrowers may request in accordance herewith, provided that
all Borrowings made on the Effective Date must be made as ABR Borrowings but may be converted into
Eurodollar Borrowings in accordance with Section 2.8. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan.
Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such
option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the time that any ABR Borrowing of Revolving Loans is made, such Borrowing shall be in
an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000;
provided that such an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount (i) in the case
of a Revolving Loan Borrowing, that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving
Commitments, or (ii) that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.6(e). At the time that each Eurodollar Borrowing of Revolving Loans is
made, any such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000
and not less than $1,000,000. Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral
multiple of $250,000 and not less than $250,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be
outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more
than a total of fifteen (15) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be entitled
to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with
respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
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Section 2.3 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Loan Borrowing, the Borrowers shall notify
the Administrative Agent of such request either in writing (delivered by hand or facsimile) in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrowers (a) in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, three Business Days before the date
of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m.,
Chicago time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice
of an ABR Revolving Loan Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.6(e) may be given not later than 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date of
the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.1:
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing and a breakdown of the separate
wires comprising such Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) 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.”
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Loan Borrowing is specified, then the requested
Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with
respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrowers shall be deemed to have selected
an Interest Period of one month’s duration. 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 2.4 Protective Advances.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth below, the Administrative Agent is authorized by the
Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (but
shall have absolutely no obligation), to make Loans to the Borrowers, on behalf of all Lenders,
which the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (i) to
preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (ii) to enhance the likelihood of, or
maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Obligations, or (iii) to pay any other
amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, including payments of reimbursable expenses (including costs, fees, and expenses as
described in Section 9.3) and other sums payable under the Loan Documents (any of such Loans are
herein referred to as “Protective Advances”); provided that, the aggregate
amount of Protective Advances outstanding at any time shall not at any time exceed $15,000,000;
provided further that, the aggregate amount of outstanding Protective
Advances plus the aggregate Revolving Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving
Commitments. Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions
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precedent set forth in Section 4.2 have not been satisfied. The Protective Advances shall be
secured by the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent in and to the Collateral and shall
constitute Obligations hereunder. All Protective Advances shall be ABR Borrowings. The
Administrative Agent’s authorization to make Protective Advances may be revoked at any time by the
Supermajority Revolving Lenders. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective
prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof. At any time that there is
sufficient Availability and the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 have been satisfied,
the Administrative Agent may request the Revolving Lenders to make a Revolving Loan to repay a
Protective Advance. At any other time the Administrative Agent may require the Lenders to fund
their risk participations described in Section 4.2(b).
(b) Upon the making of a Protective Advance by the Administrative Agent (whether before or
after the occurrence of a Default), each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any
party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Administrative Agent
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance in
proportion to its Applicable Percentage. From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is
required to fund its participation in any Protective Advance purchased hereunder, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the
Administrative Agent in respect of such Protective Advance.
Section 2.5 Swingline Loans and Overadvances.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make
Swingline Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the 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 $30,000,000 or (ii) the total Revolving Exposures
exceeding (x) the lesser of (A) the total Revolving Commitments and (B) the Borrowing Base, minus
(y) the Commitment Reserves; provided that the 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, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay
and reborrow Swingline Loans. To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrowers shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by facsimile), not later than 11:00
a.m., Chicago 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 the Borrowers. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available
to the Borrowers by means of a credit to the Funding Account (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan
made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.6(e), by
remittance to the Issuing Bank, and in the case of repayment of another Loan or fees or expenses as
provided by Section 2.18(c), by remittance to the Administrative Agent to be distributed to the
Lenders) by 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan. In addition,
the Borrowers hereby authorize the Swingline Lender to,
and the Swingline Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (but
without any further written notice required), not later than 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, on each
Business Day, make available to the Borrowers by means of a credit to the Funding Account, the
proceeds of a Swingline Loan to the extent
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necessary to pay items to be drawn on any Controlled
Disbursement Account that day (as determined based on notice from the Administrative Agent).
(b) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later
than 9:00 a.m., Chicago 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 Applicable 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 Applicable 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. 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 2.7 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.7 shall
apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the 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 the Borrowers 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 the Borrowers (or other party on behalf of the
Borrowers) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of
a sale of participations therein shall be promptly 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; provided that any such payment so
remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if
and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrowers for any reason. The
purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the
Borrowers of any default in the payment thereof.
(c) Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, at the request of the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion (but with absolutely no obligation),
make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers, on behalf of the Revolving Lenders, in amounts that exceed
Availability (any such excess Revolving Loans are herein referred to collectively as
“Overadvances”); provided
that, no Overadvance shall result in a Default due to Borrowers’ failure to comply with
Section 2.1 for so long as such Overadvance remains outstanding in accordance with the terms of
this paragraph, but solely with respect to the amount of such Overadvance. In addition,
Overadvances may be made even if the condition precedent set forth in Section 4.2(c) has not been
satisfied. All Overadvances shall constitute ABR Borrowings. The authority of the Administrative
Agent to make Overadvances is limited to an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time,
each Overadvance shall mature
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and be due on the earlier of the Maturity Date, demand by the
Administrative Agent and thirty days after such Overadvance is made and no Overadvance shall cause
any Revolving Lender’s Revolving Exposure to exceed its Revolving Commitment; provided
that, the Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Administrative Agent’s authorization
to make Overadvances. Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective
prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof.
(d) Upon the making of an Overadvance by the Administrative Agent, each Revolving Lender shall
be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably
purchased from the Administrative Agent without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation in such Overadvance in proportion to its Applicable Percentage of the Revolving
Commitment. The Administrative Agent may, at any time, require the Revolving Lenders to fund their
participations. From and after the date, if any, on which any Revolving Lender is required to fund
its participation in any Overadvance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
distribute to such Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of all payments of principal and
interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such
Loan.
(e) Upon the making of a Swingline Loan or an Overadvance (whether before or after the
occurrence of a Default and regardless of whether a Settlement has been requested with respect to
such Swingline Loan or Overadvance), each Revolving Lender shall be deemed, without further action
by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Swingline Lender or
the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest
and participation in such Swingline Loan or Overadvance in proportion to its Applicable Percentage
of the Revolving Commitment. The Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent may, at any time,
require the Revolving Lenders to fund their participations. From and after the date, if any, on
which any Revolving Lender is required to fund its participation in any Swingline Loan or
Overadvance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender,
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of
Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Loan.
(f) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Swingline Lender, shall request settlement (a
“Settlement”) with the Revolving Lenders on at least a weekly basis or on any date that the
Administrative Agent elects, by notifying the Revolving Lenders of such requested Settlement by
facsimile, telephone, or e-mail no later than 12:00 noon Chicago time on the date of such requested
Settlement (the “Settlement
Date”). Each Revolving Lender (other than the Swingline Lender, in the case of the
Swingline Loans) shall transfer the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
outstanding principal amount of the applicable Loan with respect to which Settlement is requested
to the Administrative Agent, to such account of the Administrative Agent as the Administrative
Agent may designate, not later than 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, on such Settlement Date. Settlements
may occur during the existence of a Default and whether or not the applicable conditions precedent
set forth in Section 4.2 have then been satisfied. Such amounts transferred to the Administrative
Agent shall be applied against the amounts of the Swingline Lender’s Swingline Loans and, together
with Swingline Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan, shall constitute Revolving
Loans of such Revolving Lenders, respectively. If any such amount is not transferred to the
Administrative
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Agent by any Revolving Lender on such Settlement Date, the Swingline Lender shall be
entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon as
specified in Section 2.7.
Section 2.6 Letters of Credit.
(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Borrowers may
request the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of one or more Borrowers, in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time
to time during the Availability Period. 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 a Borrower to, or entered into by a 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), each Borrower shall hand deliver or facsimile (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 (prior to 9:00 am, Chicago time, at least three
Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, or such
shorter period of time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the 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), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall
comply with Section 2.6(c)), 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, the requesting 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 each 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 $20,000,000 and (ii) the total Revolving
Exposures
shall not exceed (A) the lesser of the total Revolving Commitments and the Borrowing Base,
minus (B) the Commitment Reserves.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of
business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of
Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or
extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
(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 Revolving 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 Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn
under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the
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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 Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by
the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrowers on the date due as provided in Section
2.6(e), or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrowers for any reason.
Each Revolving 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, the Borrowers shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago
time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrowers shall have received notice of
such LC Disbursement prior to 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, on such date, or, if such notice has not
been received by the Borrowers prior to such time on such date, then not later than 11:00 a.m.,
Chicago time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrowers receive such notice, if such notice is
received prior to 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day
immediately following the day that the Borrowers receive such notice, if such notice is not
received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that ,if such LC
Disbursement is not less than $250,000, the Borrowers may, subject to the conditions to borrowing
set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.3 or Section 2.5 that such payment be
financed with an ABR Revolving Loan Borrowing or Swingline Loan Borrowing in an equivalent amount
and, to the extent so financed, the Borrowers’ obligation to make such payment shall be discharged
and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Loan Borrowing or Swingline Loan Borrowing. If the
Borrowers fail to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving
Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrowers in respect
thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such
notice, each
Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the
payment then due from the Borrowers, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.7 with respect to
Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.7 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment
obligations of the Revolving Lenders), 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 the Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, the
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that
Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then
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 the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse such LC
Disbursement.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrowers’ obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as
provided in Section 2.6(e) 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
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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 Borrowers’
obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders nor the Issuing
Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, 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 the
Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in
respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law)
suffered by the Borrowers 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 (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 the Borrowers by
telephone (confirmed by facsimile) 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 the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse the
Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then,
unless the Borrowers 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 the Borrowers reimburse such LC
Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided
that, if the Borrowers fail to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to Section
2.6(e), then Section 2.13(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this
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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 Section 2.6(e) to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the
account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by
written agreement among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the
successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such
replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the
Borrowers shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant
to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor
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 to any previous Issuing Bank, or to
such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the 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 replacement, but shall not be required to
issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on
the Business Day that the Borrowers receive 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 Borrowers shall
deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and
for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders (the “LC Collateral Account”), an amount in cash
equal to 105% of the LC Shortfall Amount as of such date plus 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 the Borrowers
described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative
Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. The Administrative
Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over
such account and the Borrowers hereby grant the Administrative Agent a security interest in the LC
Collateral 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 Administrative Agent and at the
Borrowers’ risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any,
on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by
the Administrative 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 the Borrowers 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 Secured
Obligations. If the Borrowers are required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a
result of the occurrence of a Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall
be returned to the Borrowers within three Business Days after all such Defaults have been cured or
waived.
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Section 2.7 Funding of Borrowings.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof
by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 11:00 a.m. (in the case of Eurodollar Loans) and
1:00 p.m. (in the case of ABR Loans), Chicago time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most
recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in an amount equal to such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage; provided that, Swingline Loans shall be made as
provided in Section 2.5. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrowers
by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the Funding Account;
provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of (i) an LC
Disbursement as provided in Section 2.6(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the
Issuing Bank and (ii) a Protective Advance or an Overadvance shall be retained by the
Administrative Agent.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent
such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.7(a) and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make
available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact
made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date
such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, 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 or (ii) in the case of the Borrowers, the interest rate applicable to ABR
Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall
constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
Section 2.8 Interest Elections.
(a) Each Borrowing 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, the Borrowers 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. The Borrowers 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 Loan Borrowings, Overadvances or Protective Advances,
which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrowers shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be
required under Section 2.3 if the Borrowers were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from
such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such
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telephonic Interest
Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or facsimile
to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrowers.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.2:
(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”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an
Interest Period, then the Borrowers shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration.
(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 the Borrowers fail to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a
Eurodollar Borrowing 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 a Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so
notifies the Borrowers, then, so long as a Default is continuing (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 2.9 Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrowers may at any time terminate the Commitments upon (i) the payment in full of
all outstanding Loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
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on any Letters of
Credit, (ii) the cancellation and return of all outstanding Letters of Credit (or alternatively,
with respect to each such Letter of Credit, the furnishing to the Administrative Agent of a cash
deposit (or at the discretion of the Administrative Agent a back up standby letter of credit
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) equal to 105% of the LC Shortfall Amount as of such
date), (iii) the payment in full of the accrued and unpaid fees, and (iv) the payment in full of
all reimbursable expenses and other Obligations together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
(c) The Borrowers may from time to time reduce the Revolving Commitments; provided
that (x) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of $10,000,000 and (y) the Borrowers shall not reduce the Revolving Commitments
if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with
Section 2.10, the sum of the Revolving Exposures would exceed (A) the lesser of the total
Revolving Commitments and the Borrowing Base minus (B) the Commitment Reserves. In the event the
sum of the total unfunded Commitments plus the aggregate principal amount (without duplication) of
Revolving
Exposures and other Loans outstanding at any time is reduced to $100,000,000 or less, the
Commitments shall terminate and all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable in full.
(d) The Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce
the Commitments under Section 2.9(b) or Section 2.9(c) at least thirty (30) 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 the Borrowers pursuant to this Section
shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments
delivered by the Borrowers may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of
other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrowers (by notice to
the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not
satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of
the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments.
Section 2.10 Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrowers hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally promise to pay (i) to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of
each Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent the then unpaid amount
of each Protective Advance on the earlier of the Maturity Date and demand by the Administrative
Agent, (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the
earlier of the 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 two Business Days after such Swingline Loan is
made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Loan is made, the Borrowers shall
repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding, and (iv) to the Administrative Agent the then unpaid
principal amount of each Overadvance on the earlier of the Maturity Date, demand by the
Administrative Agent and the 30th day after such Overadvance is made.
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(b) At all times that full cash dominion is in effect pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Pledge
and Security Agreement, on each Business Day, at or before 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, the
Administrative Agent shall apply all immediately available funds credited to the Collection
Accounts first to prepay any Protective Advances and Overadvances that may be outstanding, pro
rata, and second to prepay the Revolving Loans (including Swingline Loans) and, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, to cash collateralize outstanding LC Exposure in an amount
equal to 105% of the LC Shortfall Amount.
(c) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such
Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time
to time hereunder.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount
of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type 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 the
Borrowers 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.
(e) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to Section 2.10(c) or Section
2.10(d) shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded
therein; provided 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 obligation of the
Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such
event, the Borrowers 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 9.4) 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 2.11 Prepayment of Loans.
(a) The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any
Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 2.11(e).
(b) Except for Overadvances permitted under Section 2.5, in the event and on such occasion
that the total Revolving Exposure exceeds (x) the lesser of (A) the aggregate Revolving Commitments
and (B) the Borrowing Base,
minus (y) the Commitment Reserves, the Borrowers shall prepay the
Revolving Loans, LC Exposure and/or Swingline Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
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(c) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of
any Loan Party in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrowers shall, immediately after such Net
Proceeds are received by any Loan Party, prepay the Obligations as set forth in Section 2.11(d)
below in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds.
(d) All such amounts pursuant to Section 2.11(c) (as to any insurance or condemnation
proceeds, to the extent they arise from casualties or losses to Collateral) shall be applied,
first to prepay any Protective Advances and Overadvances that may be outstanding, pro rata,
and second to prepay the Revolving Loans (including Swingline Loans) without a
corresponding reduction in the Revolving Commitment and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred
and is continuing, to cash collateralize outstanding LC Exposure in an amount equal to 105% of the
LC Shortfall Amount.
(e) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a
Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of any prepayment
hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m.,
Chicago time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of
an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago 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.,
Chicago time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify
the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid;
provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional
notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.9, then such notice of
prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.9.
Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Loan Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of
any Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an
advance of a Revolving Loan Borrowing, as applicable, of the same Type as provided in Section 2.2.
Each prepayment of a Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans
included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the
extent required by Section 2.13.
Section 2.12 Fees.
(a) The Borrowers agree, jointly and severally, to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at 0.375% per annum on the
average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender during the
period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which the Revolving
Lenders’ Revolving Commitments terminate. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on
the last day of each calendar month and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment 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).
(b) The Borrowers agree, jointly and severally, to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect
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to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to
the Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Loans on
the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable
to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but
excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date
on which such Revolving Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a
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 Effective 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. Participation fees and
fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of each calendar month shall be payable on
the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after
the Effective 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
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 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).
(c) The Borrowers agree, jointly and severally, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its
own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds,
to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for
distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid
shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 2.13 Interest.
(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear
interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance shall bear interest at the Alternate Base
Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Loans plus 2%.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the
Borrowers (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any
provision of Section 2.9 requiring the consent of “each Lender affected
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thereby” for reductions in interest rates), declare that (i) all Loans shall bear interest at
2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loans as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this
Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount outstanding hereunder, such amount shall accrue at
2% plus the rate applicable to such fee or other obligation as provided hereunder.
(e) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest
accrued pursuant to Section 2.13(d) 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
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.
(f) 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 at times when the Alternate Base Rate is
based on the Prime 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, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO
Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
(g) Solely for purposes of determining the amount of interest which accrues and is payable in
respect of Revolving Loans, payments of principal will be deemed to be applied to the outstanding
principal balance of the Revolving Loans on the first Business Day following receipt by the
Administrative Agent of collected funds.
Section 2.14 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 LIBO
Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or
the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in
such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders by
telephone or facsimile as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent
notifies the Borrowers 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.
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Section 2.15 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 LIBO Rate) or the
Issuing Bank; or
(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 the Borrowers 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 the Borrowers 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 amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be,
as specified in Section 2.15(a) or Section 2.15(b) shall be delivered to the Borrowers and shall
be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers 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 the Borrowers 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 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing
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Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrowers 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 270-day period referred to
above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
Section 2.16 Break Funding 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 Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto
(regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.9(d) and is revoked in
accordance therewith), 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 the Borrowers pursuant to
Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrowers 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 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 LIBO 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 any
amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be
delivered to the Borrowers and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay
such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
Section 2.17 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrowers hereunder shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes;
provided that if the Borrowers shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions 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 been made, (ii) the
Borrowers shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrowers shall pay the full amount deducted to
the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrowers shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank,
within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any
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Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of
the Borrowers hereunder (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 (except as such penalties, interest and expenses
are attributable to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
the Issuing Bank), 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 amount of such
payment or liability delivered to the Borrowers 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 the
Borrowers to a Governmental Authority, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt, if any, issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing
such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax
under the law of the jurisdiction in which any Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the
Borrowers (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a
party to this Agreement and at such later times prescribed by applicable law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the
Borrowers as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
(f) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has
received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers
or with respect to which the Borrowers have paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17,
it shall pay over such refund to the Borrowers (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made,
or additional amounts paid, by the Borrowers under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes or
Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative
Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrowers,
upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agree to repay the amount paid over to
the Borrowers (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such
Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be
construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or
any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrowers or any
other Person.
Section 2.18 Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The Borrowers shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of
principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of
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amounts payable under Section 2.15, Section 2.16 or Section 2.17, or otherwise) prior to
11:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set off or
counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
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 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, except payments to be made
directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that
payments pursuant to Section 2.15, Section 2.16, Section 2.17 and Section 9.3 shall be made
directly to the Persons entitled thereto. 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 hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business
Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case
of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such
extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars. At all times that full cash dominion
is in effect pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, solely for purposes of
determining the amount of Loans available for borrowing purposes, checks and cash or other
immediately available funds from collections of items of payment and proceeds of any Collateral
shall be applied in whole or in part against the Obligations, on the day of receipt, subject to
actual collection.
(b) Any proceeds of Collateral received by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent
(i) not constituting either (A) a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum
payable under the Loan Documents (which shall be applied as specified by the Borrowers), (B) a
mandatory prepayment (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.11) or (C) amounts to be
applied from the Collection Account when full cash dominion is in effect pursuant to Section 7.3 of
the Pledge and Security Agreement (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.10(b)) or
(ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent so
elects or the Required Lenders so direct, such funds shall be applied ratably first, to pay
any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements including amounts then due to the Agents and the
Issuing Bank from the Borrowers (other than in connection with Banking Services or Swap
Obligations), second, to pay any fees or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders
from the Borrowers (other than in connection with Banking Services or Swap Obligations),
third, to pay interest due in respect of the Overadvances and Protective Advances,
fourth, to pay the principal of the Overadvances and Protective Advances, fifth, to
pay interest then due and payable on the Loans (other than the Overadvances and Protective
Advances) ratably, sixth, to prepay principal on the Loans (other than the Overadvances and
Protective Advances) and unreimbursed LC Disbursements ratably, seventh, to pay an amount
to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the LC Shortfall Amount, to
be held as cash collateral for such Obligations, eighth, to payment of any amounts owing
with respect to Banking Services and Swap Obligations, and ninth, to the payment of any
other Secured Obligation due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by the Borrowers.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the
Borrowers, or unless a Default is in existence, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender
shall apply any payment which it receives to any Eurodollar Loan of a Class, except (A) on the
expiration date of the Interest Period applicable to any such Eurodollar Loan or (B) in the event,
and only to the extent, that there are no outstanding ABR Loans of the same Class and, in any
event, the Borrowers shall pay the break funding payment required in
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accordance with Section 2.16. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have the continuing and exclusive right
to apply and reverse and reapply any and all such proceeds and payments to any portion of the
Obligations.
(c) At the election of the Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest, LC
Disbursements, fees, premiums, reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, all
reimbursement for fees and expenses pursuant to Section 9.3), and other sums payable under the
Loan Documents, may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings made hereunder whether made following a
request by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.3 or a deemed request as provided in this Section
or may be deducted from any deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative
Agent. The Borrowers hereby irrevocably authorize (i) the Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing
for the purpose of paying each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder
or any other amount due under the Loan Documents and agrees that all such amounts charged shall
constitute Loans (including Swingline Loans and Overadvances, but such a Borrowing may only
constitute a Protective Advance if it is to reimburse costs, fees and expenses as described in
Section 9.3) and that all such Borrowings shall be deemed to have been requested pursuant to
Section 2.3, Section 2.4 or Section 2.5, as applicable and (ii) the Administrative Agent to
charge any deposit account of any Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each
payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under
the Loan Documents.
(d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in
LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements 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 Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements 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 principal of and
accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; 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 the Borrowers 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 the Borrowers or
any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrowers (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall
apply). The Borrowers consent to the foregoing and agree, to the extent they may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against the Borrowers rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrowers in the amount
of such participation.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrowers prior to the
date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the
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account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have 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 the Borrowers have 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.
(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder, 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 hereunder until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
Section 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to
any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17,
then:
(a) such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another
of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or
assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or Section
2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed
cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender (and the Borrowers
hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any
such designation or assignment);
(b) the Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, require such Lender or any Lender
that defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder (herein, a “Departing Lender”),
upon notice to the Departing Lender and the Administrative Agent, to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.4), all its
interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment);
provided that (i) the Borrowers shall have received the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent (and if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank), which
consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) the Departing 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 and all other amounts payable to it
hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and
fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such
assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be
made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a
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reduction in such compensation or payments. A Departing Lender shall not be required to make
any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation
cease to apply.
Section 2.20 Returned Payments. If after receipt of any payment which is applied to the
payment of all or any part of the Obligations, any Agent or any Lender is for any reason compelled
to surrender such payment or proceeds to any Person because such payment or application of proceeds
is invalidated, declared fraudulent, set aside, determined to be void or voidable as a preference,
impermissible setoff, or a diversion of trust funds, or for any other reason, then the Obligations
or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued and this Agreement shall
continue in full force as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by such Agent or such
Lender. The provisions of this Section 2.20 shall be and remain effective notwithstanding any
contrary action which may have been taken by any Agent or any Lender in reliance upon such payment
or application of proceeds. The provisions of this Section 2.20 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement.
Section 2.21 Borrowings of Revolving Loans to Satisfy Secured Obligations. Each of the
Borrowers and each Lender hereby agree with the Administrative Agent and each other Lender that, on
each date on which any payment of interest, fees, principal or other amounts are due and owing
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole
discretion, but without any obligation to do so and subject to all other terms of this Agreement
(other than any request for delivery of a Borrowing Request hereunder) cause a Borrowing of
Swingline Loans to the extent available, and thereafter such Borrowings shall be Revolving Loans
which shall be ABR Loans, each to be made on such date in an amount sufficient to satisfy in full
all such payments of interest, fees or other amounts which are then due hereunder and, the
Administrative Agent shall disburse the proceeds of such Borrowing to itself and each Lender, as
applicable to satisfy all such obligations and liabilities which are then due and the
Administrative Agent shall give the Borrowers prompt notice of any such Borrowings.
Section 2.22 Joint and Several Liability; Rights of Contribution.
(a) Each Borrower states and acknowledges that: (i) pursuant to this Agreement, the Borrowers
desire to utilize their borrowing potential on a consolidated basis to the same extent possible if
they were merged into a single corporate entity; (ii) each Borrower has determined that it will
benefit specifically and materially from the advances of credit contemplated by this Agreement;
(iii) it is both a condition precedent to the obligations of the Administrative Agent and Lenders
hereunder and a desire of each Borrower that each Borrower execute and deliver to Administrative
Agent and Lenders this Agreement; and (iv) each Borrower has requested and bargained for the
structure and terms of and security for the advances contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (i) agrees that it is jointly and
severally liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full and prompt payment and
performance of the obligations of each Borrower under this Agreement and each other Loan Document
that may specify that a particular Borrower is responsible for a given payment or performance; (ii)
agrees to fully and promptly perform all of its obligations
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hereunder with respect to each advance of credit hereunder as if such advance had been made
directly to it; and (iii) agrees as a primary obligation to indemnify the Administrative Agent and
each Lender, on demand for and against any loss incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
as a result of any of the obligations of any Borrower (the “Subject Borrower”) being or
becoming void, voidable, unenforceable or ineffective for any reason whatsoever, whether or not
known to the Subject Borrower or any Person, the amount of such loss being the amount which the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders (or any of them) would otherwise have been entitled to recover
from the Borrower.
(c) It is the intent of each Borrower that the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents of no one of them be subject to challenge on any basis
related to any federal or state law dealing with fraudulent conveyances or any other law related to
transfers for less than fair or reasonably equivalent value. Accordingly, as of the date hereof,
the liability of each Borrower under this Section 2.22 together with all of its other liabilities
to all persons as of the date hereof and as of any other date on which a transfer is deemed to
occur by virtue of this Agreement, calculated in amount sufficient to pay its probable net
liabilities on its existing indebtedness as the same become absolute and matured (“Dated
Liabilities”) is and is to be, less than the amount of the aggregate of a fair valuation of its
property as of such corresponding date (“Dated Assets”). To this end, each Borrower under
this Section 2.22 (i) grants to and recognizes in each other Borrower ratably, rights of
subrogation and contribution in the amount, if any, by which the Dated Assets of such Borrower, but
for the aggregate rights of subrogation and contribution in its favor recognized herein, would
exceed the Dated Liabilities of such Borrower and (ii) acknowledges receipt of and recognizes its
right to subrogation and contribution ratably from the other Borrowers in the amount, if any, by
which the Dated Liabilities of such Borrower, but for the aggregate of subrogation and contribution
in its favor recognized herein, would exceed the Dated Assets of such Borrower under this Section
2.22. In recognizing the value of the Dated Assets and the Dated Liabilities, it is understood
that each Borrower will recognize, to at least the same extent of their aggregate recognition of
liabilities hereunder, their rights to subrogation and contribution hereunder. It is a material
objective of this Section 2.22 that each Borrower recognizes rights to subrogation and contribution
rather than be deemed to be insolvent (or in contemplation thereof) by reason of an arbitrary
interpretation of its joint and several obligations hereunder.
(d) Each Borrower agrees and acknowledges that the present structure of the credit facilities
detailed in this Agreement is based in part upon the financial and other information presently
known to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders regarding each Borrower, the corporate structure
of the Borrowers, and the present financial condition of each Borrower. Each Borrower hereby
agrees that the Required Lenders shall have the right, in their sole credit judgment, to require
that any or all of the following changes be made to these credit facilities: (i) further restrict
loans and advances between the Borrowers, (ii) establish separate lockbox and Controlled
Disbursement Accounts for each Borrower, (iii) separate the Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans
into separate revolving credit loans to each of the Borrowers as shall be determined by the
Required Lenders, and (iv) establish such other procedures as shall be reasonably deemed by the
Required Lenders to be useful in tracking where Loans are made under this Agreement and the source
of payments received by the Lenders on such Loans.
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Section 2.23 Increase of Commitments.
(a) If no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no event,
change or condition has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect, since January 25, 2006, the Borrowers may at any time from time to time prior to
the Maturity Date request one or more increases of the Revolving Commitments by notice to the
Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (each such notice, a
“Commitment Increase Notice”); provided, however, that, (i) the
Revolving Commitment of any Lender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, (ii) the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as so increased shall not exceed $175,000,000, and
(iii) the Revolving Commitments may not be increased without the consent of the Administrative
Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(b) The Borrowers may, in their sole discretion, but with the consent of the Administrative
Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), offer to any existing Lender or to one or more additional banks or financial
institutions the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Revolving
Commitments, by notifying the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Revolving Commitment of any
New Lender shall not be less than $15,000,000 and shall be in an integral multiple of $5,000,000.
Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice from the Borrowers
of their desire to offer such commitments to certain existing Lenders or to the additional banks or
financial institutions identified therein, the Administrative Agent shall notify such proposed
lenders of the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Revolving
Commitments.
(c) Any existing Lender that accepts Borrowers’ offer to increase its Revolving Commitment
shall execute a Commitment Increase Agreement with the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent,
whereupon such Lender shall be bound by, and entitled to the benefits of, this Agreement with
respect the full amount of its Revolving Commitment as so increased.
(d) Any additional bank or financial institution which is not an existing Lender and which
accepts Borrowers’ offer to participate in the increased Revolving Commitments shall execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers a New Lender Agreement setting forth its
Revolving Commitment (subject to the limitations on the amounts thereof set forth herein), and upon
the effectiveness of such New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a “New
Lender”) shall become a Revolving Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if
originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and
the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to add the name of such New Lender.
(e) Upon any increase in the Revolving Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.23, the
Commitment Schedule shall be deemed amended to reflect the Revolving Commitment of each Lender
(including any New Lender) as thereby increased.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
Section 3.1 Organization; Powers. Each of the Loan Parties and each of its Subsidiaries is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and
is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where the failure to
so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.2 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s
corporate or limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or limited liability company and, if required, stockholder action. The Loan Documents to
which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and
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.
Section 3.3 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any
consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental
Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except
for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, including actions
required to satisfy the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, (b) will not violate any
Requirement of Law applicable to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate or
result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party
or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment
to be made by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except Liens
created pursuant to the Loan Documents.
Section 3.4 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) Current Financials. The Current Financials were prepared in accordance with GAAP
as in effect on the date such Current Financials are delivered (subject, in the case of interim
financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and year-end audit adjustments which will not,
individually or in the aggregate, be material) and fairly present the consolidated and
consolidating financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods reflected therein.
(b) Historical Financials. The Borrowers have heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i)
the audited consolidated financial statements of Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc. for the fiscal
years ended January 31, 2002, January 31, 2003, January 31, 2004 and January 31, 2005 reported on
by Ernst & Young, independent public accountants, (ii) management prepared consolidated and
consolidating financial statements for Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc. for the fiscal years
ended January 31, 2002, January 31, 2003, January 31, 2004 and January 31,
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2005, and (iii) management prepared interim consolidated and consolidating financial
statements of Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc. for the fiscal quarter ended October 9, 2005 and
for the month ended November 30, 2005, certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial
statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of
operations and cash flows of Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc. as of such dates and for such
periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes
in the case of the statements referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) above.
(c) Absence of Contingent Liabilities. No Loan Party has any outstanding Indebtedness
or other liability (including, without limitation, contingent liabilities) or unusual, forward or
long term commitments which if unpaid could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect other than (i) those disclosed in the most recent financial statements referred to in
Section 5.1(a), (b), (c) or (d) below, as applicable, or the notes thereto, (ii) those expressly
described in this Agreement (including in the Schedules hereto), and (iii) those entered into or
incurred in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Pro-Forma Consolidated Balance Sheets. The pro forma consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and the pro forma consolidating balance sheets of the Company and each Subsidiary of
the Company each dated as of December 31, 2005, provided to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders prior to the date of this Agreement, fairly presents, in conformity with GAAP, the
consolidated financial position of the Company as of such date and the consolidating financial
position of the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company as of such date, but adjusted to give
effect to the Closing Date Acquisition and the Transactions.
(e) Projections. The projections delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders pursuant to Section 4.1(b) and Section 5.1(f) set forth the Borrowers’ reasonable best
estimate as of the date hereof of the Company’s consolidated financial condition and results of
operations as of the dates and for the periods covered thereby. Such projections were prepared in
good faith in accordance with sound financial planning practices on the basis of the assumptions
stated therein, which assumptions were believed by the Borrowers to be reasonable at the time made
and which the Borrowers continue to believe are reasonable on the date hereof.
(f) No Material Adverse Change. No event, change or condition has occurred that has
had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, since January 31, 2005.
(g) Effective Date Payables to Detroit Diesel, Deutz and Hyster. As of the Effective
Date, the aggregate amount of all accounts payable and other amounts owing to Detroit Diesel, Deutz
and Hyster is zero Dollars ($0.00).
Section 3.5 Properties.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, Schedule 3.5 sets forth the address of each
parcel of real property that is owned or leased by each Loan Party. Each of such leases and
subleases is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect,
and no default by any party to any such lease or sublease exists that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries has good and
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indefeasible title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property,
free of all Liens other than those permitted by Section 6.2.
(b) Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks,
tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property necessary to its business as
currently conducted, a correct and complete list of which, as of the date of this Agreement, is set
forth on Schedule 3.5, and the use thereof by the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries does
not infringe in any material respect upon the rights of any other Person, and the Loan Parties’
rights thereto are not subject to any licensing agreement or similar arrangement.
Section 3.6 Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against or affecting
the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or any of the Collateral (i) as to which there is a
reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters (i) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or knows of any basis for
any Environmental Liability and (ii) and except with respect to any other matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) has failed to comply with any Environmental
Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law or (B) has become subject to any Environmental Liability.
(c) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed
Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the
likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.7 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is
in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property and all indentures,
agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do
so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 3.8 Investment and Holding Company Status. No Loan Party nor any of its
Subsidiaries is (a) an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a “holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation
under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
Section 3.9 Taxes. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries have timely filed or caused to be
filed all income and other Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and have paid or
caused to be paid all income and other Taxes required to have been paid by it, except Taxes that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party
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or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves. No tax liens have
been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes.
Section 3.10 ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that,
when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to
occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of
all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (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 such
Plan, and 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.
Section 3.11 Disclosure. The Borrowers have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements,
instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which any Loan Party is subject, and all other
matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other
reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the
any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so
furnished) as of the date of delivery, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to forecast or
projected financial information, the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in
good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time delivered and, if such
projected financial information was delivered prior to the Effective Date, as of the Effective
Date.
Section 3.12 Material Agreements. All material agreements and contracts to which any Loan
Party is a party or is bound as of the date of this Agreement are listed on Schedule 3.12.
No Loan Party is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the
obligations, covenants or conditions contained in (a) any material agreement to which it is a party
or (b) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness, where such default could
reasonably by expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.13 Solvency.
(a) Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, (i)
the fair value of the assets of each Loan Party, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (ii) 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; (iii) 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 (iv) each Loan Party will not have unreasonably small capital
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with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted
and is proposed to be conducted after the Effective Date.
(b) No Loan Party intends to, or will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and no Loan Party
believes that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts
as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any
such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its
Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.
Section 3.14 Insurance. Schedule 3.14 sets forth a description of all insurance
maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date. As
of the Effective Date, all premiums in respect of such insurance have been paid. The Borrowers
believe that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries is
adequate.
Section 3.15 Capitalization and Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.15 sets forth (a) a
correct and complete list of the name and relationship to the Borrowers of each and all of each
Borrower’s Subsidiaries, (b) a true and complete listing of each class of each of the Borrowers’
authorized Equity Interests, of which all of such issued shares are validly issued, outstanding,
fully paid and non-assessable, and owned beneficially and of record by the Persons identified on
Schedule 3.15, and (c) the type of entity of each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries.
All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned by any Loan Party have been (to the extent
such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and
are fully paid and non assessable.
Section 3.16 Security Interest in Collateral. Except to the extent perfection is expressly
excused pursuant to the Loan Documents, the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents create legal and valid Liens on all the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders, and the Other Secured Parties, and such Liens constitute
perfected and continuing Liens on the Collateral, securing the Secured Obligations, enforceable
against the applicable Loan Party and all third parties, and having priority over all other Liens
on the Collateral except for (a) Permitted Senior Encumbrances, and (b) Liens perfected only by
possession (including possession of any certificate of title) to the extent the Collateral Agent
has not obtained or does not maintain possession of such Collateral.
Section 3.17 Labor Disputes. As of the Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or
slowdowns against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers,
threatened. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Loan Parties and the
Subsidiaries 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. All payments due from any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary, 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 the Loan Party or such Subsidiary.
Section 3.18 Affiliate Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18, as of
the date of this Agreement, there are no existing or proposed agreements, arrangements,
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understandings, or transactions between any Loan Party and any of the officers, members, managers,
directors, stockholders, parents, other interest holders, employees, or Affiliates (other than
Subsidiaries) of any Loan Party or any members of their respective immediate families, and none of
the foregoing Persons are directly or indirectly indebted to or have any direct or indirect
ownership, partnership, or voting interest in any Affiliate of any Loan Party or any Person with
which any Loan Party has a business relationship or which competes with any Loan Party.
Section 3.19 Common Enterprise. The successful operation and condition of each of the Loan
Parties are dependent on the continued successful performance of the functions of the group of the
Loan Parties as a whole and the successful operation of each of the Loan Parties is dependent on
the successful performance and operation of each other Loan Party. Each Loan Party expects to
derive benefit (and its board of directors or other governing body has determined that it may
reasonably be expected to derive benefit), directly and indirectly, from (a) successful operations
of each of the other Loan Parties and (b) the credit extended by the Lenders to the Borrowers
hereunder, both in their separate capacities and as members of the group of companies. Each Loan
Party has determined that execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and any other Loan
Documents to be executed by such Loan Party is within its purpose, will be of direct and indirect
benefit to such Loan Party, and is in its best interest.
Section 3.20 Casualties; Taking of Properties. Neither the business nor the properties of
any Loan Party has been affected in a manner that has had or could have a Material Adverse Effect
as a result of any fire, explosion, earthquake, flood, drought, windstorm, accident, strike or
other labor disturbance, embargo, requisition or taking of property or cancellation of contracts,
permits or concessions by any domestic or foreign government or any agency thereof, riot,
activities of armed forces or acts of God or of any public enemy.
Section 3.21 Perfection Certificate; Schedules to other Loan Documents. All information in
the Perfection Certificate and each Perfection Certificate Update and all information set forth in
all disclosure schedules to each of the Loan Documents is true, correct and complete. No Borrower
has filed a US federal income tax return or any other tax return with a Governmental Authority
under a name different in any respect from the name of that Borrower listed on the signature pages
hereto or the prior names of that Borrower set forth in the Perfection Certificate.
Section 3.22 Existing Indebtedness. Schedule 3.22 hereto contains an accurate and
complete list and description of any and all Indebtedness of the Loan Parties existing on the date
of this Agreement prior to giving effect to the repayment of any such Indebtedness to be repaid on
the date of this Agreement, and including, with respect to each such item of existing Indebtedness:
(a) the current lender or holder of such Indebtedness, (b) the principal amount of such
Indebtedness on the date of this Agreement prior to giving effect to the repayment of any such
Indebtedness, (c) a description of the material loan agreements, promissory notes and other
documents evidencing, governing or otherwise pertaining to such Indebtedness, and (d) a description
of all property which stands as security for such Indebtedness.
Section 3.23 Acquisition Documents. The Borrowers have provided to the Administrative
Agent a true and complete copy of the Acquisition Agreements and all other Acquisition Documents
entered into by any Loan Party related to the Closing Date Acquisition,
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including all amendments and modifications thereto (whether characterized as an amendment,
modification, waiver, consent or similar document). No material rights or obligations of any party
to any of the Acquisition Documents have been waived and no party to any of the Acquisition
Documents is in default of its obligations or in breach of any representations or warranties made
thereunder. Each of the Acquisition Documents is a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of
each party thereto in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect. The fees and
expenses relating to the Closing Date Acquisition do not exceed $5,000,000.
Section 3.24 Deposit Accounts. Other than the Controlled Disbursement Account and the
deposit accounts listed on Schedule 3.24, none of the Borrowers maintains any deposit
account with any bank or other depository institution into which any cash or cash equivalents are
deposited or cash or cash equivalents are maintained.
Section 3.25 Regulation H. No Mortgage encumbers improved Real Property that is located in
an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area
having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, except for which the Administrative Agent has received
evidence of an acceptable flood hazard insurance policy covering such improvements.
Section 3.26 Compliance with Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations.
No Loan Parties nor any of their Affiliates, nor any of their respective partners, members,
shareholders or other equity owners, and none of their respective employees, officers, directors,
representatives or agents, is, nor will they become, a person or entity with whom U.S. persons or
entities are restricted from doing business under regulations of the Office of Foreign Asset
Control (“OFAC”) of the Department of the Treasury (including those named on OFAC’s
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List) or under any statute, executive order
(including the September 24, 2001, Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions
with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), or other governmental action
and is not and will not engage in any dealings or transactions or be otherwise associated with such
persons or entities.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
Section 4.1 Effective Date. The amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement
and the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans (including, without limitation, the True-Up Loans)
and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the
date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.2) as evidenced by the execution and delivery of the Certificate of Effectiveness:
(a) Credit Agreement and Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel)
shall have received (i) from each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on
behalf of such party or (B) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has
signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii) duly
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executed copies of the Loan Documents and such other certificates, documents, instruments
and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including any promissory
notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10 payable to the order of each such requesting
Lender and a written opinion of the Loan Parties’ counsel, addressed to each Agent, the Issuing
Bank and the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit B.
(b) Financial Statements and Projections. The Lenders shall have received (i) audited
consolidated financial statements of Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc. for the fiscal years ended
January 31, 2002, January 31, 2003, January 31, 2004 and January 31, 2005, (ii) management prepared
consolidated and consolidating financial statements for Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc. for the
fiscal years ended January 31, 2002, January 31, 2003, January 31, 2004 and January 31, 2005, (iii)
management prepared interim consolidated and consolidating financial statements of Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc. for the fiscal quarter ended October 29, 2005 and for the month ended
November 30, 2005, (iv) all written material, reports and/or management letters, if any, requested
by the Administrative Agent and prepared by the current independent accountants of Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx Services, Inc. with regard to its Engineered Products Division or its Power Products
Division, and in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) preceding, such financial
statements shall not, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, reflect any material
adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Engineered Products Division and the
Power Products Division, as reflected in the financial statements or projections contained in the
Confidential Information Memorandum and (v) satisfactory projections through 2010.
(c) Closing Certificates; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan
Party, dated the Effective Date and executed by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, which shall
(A) certify the resolutions of its Board of Directors, members or other body authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (B) identify by
name and title and bear the signatures of the Financial Officers and any other Responsible Officers
of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (C) contain
appropriate attachments, including the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization of
each Loan Party certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such
Loan Party and a true and correct copy of its by laws or operating, management or partnership
agreement, (ii) a long form good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of
organization, and (iii) a good standing/foreign qualification certificate for each Loan Party for
each jurisdiction where such Loan Party is required to be qualified to do business.
(d) No Default Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate,
signed by the chief financial officer of each Borrower, on the Effective Date (i) stating that no
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of and immediately after giving effect to (1)
the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement and the making of all True-Up Loans
required thereby, and (2) the funding of all Borrowings and issuance of all Letters of Credit
occurring on the Effective Date, if any, (ii) stating that the representations and warranties
contained in Article III are true and correct as of such date, and
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(iii) certifying any other factual matters as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent.
(e) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees
required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent and local counsel), on or
before the Effective Date. All such amounts will be paid with proceeds of Loans made on the
Effective Date and will be reflected in the funding instructions given by the Borrowers to the
Administrative Agent on or before the Effective Date.
(f) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a
recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions where the Loan Parties are organized or assets of
the Loan Parties are located, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the
Loan Parties except for liens permitted by Section 6.2 or discharged on or prior to the Effective
Date pursuant to a pay-off letter or other documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(g) Consummation of Senior Notes Offering. The Company shall have completed the Notes
Offering and issued the Senior Notes on the terms set forth in the Senior Notes Offering Memorandum
and otherwise on terms and conditions acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
(h) Repayment of Existing Indebtedness. All unpaid CapEx Loans, Real Estate Loans,
Equipment Loans and Term B Loans (as such terms are defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and
all accrued and unpaid fees and interest owing under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be paid in
full in cash by the Borrowers and the outstanding balance of the Revolving Loans (as defined in the
Existing Credit Agreement) shall be reduced by the lesser of (i) $85,000,000 or (ii) the
outstanding balance of the Revolving Loans on such date.
(i) Funding Account. The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice setting
forth the deposit account of the Borrowers (the “Funding Account”) to which the
Administrative Agent is authorized by the Borrowers to transfer the proceeds of any Borrowings
requested or authorized pursuant to this Agreement.
(j) Customer List. The Administrative Agent shall have received a true and complete
customer list.
(k) Collateral Access and Control Agreements. The Collateral Agent shall have
received each (i) Collateral Access Agreement required to be provided pursuant to Section 4.13 of
the Pledge and Security Agreement and (ii) Deposit Account Control Agreement required to be
provided pursuant to Section 4.14 of the Pledge and Security Agreement.
(l) Solvency. The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate
from a Financial Officer of each Loan Party.
(m) Borrowing Base Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
Borrowing Base Certificate which calculates the Borrowing Base as of June 3, 2006.
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(n) Closing Availability. After giving effect to the repayments required pursuant to
clause (h) above, to all Borrowings to be made on the Effective Date and the issuance of any
Letters of Credit on the Effective Date and payment of all fees and expenses due hereunder, and
with all of the Loan Parties’ indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations current, the Borrowers’
Availability shall not be less than $30,000,000.
(o) Pledged Notes. The Collateral Agent shall have each promissory note or other
instrument (if any) pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement
endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the
pledgor thereof.
(p) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including any Uniform
Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Collateral Documents or under law or
reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create
in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the Other Secured
Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any
other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.2), shall be in
proper form for filing, registration or recordation.
(q) Environmental Reports. The Administrative Agent shall have received environmental
review reports with respect to the Real Properties of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries
specified by the Administrative Agent from firm(s) satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which
review reports shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(r) Mortgages, etc. The Collateral Agent shall have received, with respect to each
parcel of Real Property which is required to be subject to a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent,
each of the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent:
(i) a Mortgage on such property;
(ii) evidence that a counterpart of the Mortgage has been recorded in the place
necessary, in the Collateral Agent’s judgment, to create a valid and enforceable first
priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders, and the Other Secured Parties;
(iii) ALTA or other mortgagee’s title policy and endorsements;
(iv) an ALTA survey prepared and certified to the Agents by a surveyor acceptable to
the Collateral Agent;
(v) an opinion of counsel in the state in which such parcel of Real Property is located
in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and
(vi) such other information, documentation, and certifications as may be reasonably
required by the Collateral Agent.
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(s) Insurance. The Agents shall have received evidence of insurance coverage in form,
scope, and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents and otherwise in compliance with the
terms of Section 5.9 hereof and Section 4.12 of the Pledge and Security Agreement.
(t) Letter of Credit Application. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
properly completed letter of credit application if the issuance of a Letter of Credit will be
required on the Effective Date. The Borrowers shall have executed the Issuing Bank’s master
agreement for the issuance of commercial Letters of Credit.
(u) Senior Notes Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certified
true and correct copy of each of the Senior Notes Documents.
(v) Other Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other
documents as the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or their respective counsel may
have reasonably requested.
provided, however, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that the
conditions precedent set forth in the foregoing clauses (b), (i), (j), (p), (q), (r) and (t) of
this Section 4.1 have been satisfied prior to the Effective Date.
Pursuant to and upon the execution and delivery of the Certificate of Effectiveness, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such
notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the
Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become
effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.2)
at or prior to 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, on July 31, 2006 (and, in the event such conditions are not
so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
Section 4.2
Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any
Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the
extent such representations or warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, or if they are not
true and correct in all material respects neither the Administrative Agent nor the Required Lenders
shall have determined not to make any make a Loan or instructed the Issuing Bank not to issue
Letters of Credit as a result of the fact that such representation or warranty is untrue or
incorrect.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or if a Default has occurred and is continuing, neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Required Lenders shall have determined not to make such
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Borrowing or
instructed the Issuing Bank not to issue such Letter of Credit as a
result of such Default.
(c) After giving effect to any Revolving Loan Borrowing or the issuance of any Letter of
Credit, Availability is not less than zero.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the
matters specified in Section 4.2(a), Section 4.2(b) and Section 4.2(c).
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on
each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit
shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each Loan
Party executing this Agreement covenants and agrees, jointly and severally with all of the Loan
Parties, with the Lenders that:
Section 5.1
Financial Statements; Borrowing Base and Other Information. The Borrowers will furnish to
the Administrative Agent, each Lender and, with respect to the certificate specified in Section
5.1(q) hereof, the Collateral Agent:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, its audited consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the
end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national
standing acceptable to the Required Lenders (without a “going concern” or like qualification or
exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect
that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, accompanied by any management
letter prepared by said accountants;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of the Company,
its consolidated and consolidating balance sheet and related statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then
elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the
previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) within 20 days after the end of each fiscal month of the Company, its consolidated and
consolidating balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows as of the end of and for such fiscal month and the then elapsed portion
of
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the fiscal year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods
of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified
by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.1(a), Section
5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of each of the Borrowers in
substantially the form of Exhibit D (i) certifying, in the case of the financial statements
delivered under Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c), as presenting fairly in all material respects the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes, (ii) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and,
if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be
taken with respect thereto, (iii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating
compliance with Section 6.1, Section 6.4, Section 6.5, Section 6.7, Section 6.12 and Section 6.13,
and (iv) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the
date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.4 and, if any such change has
occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such
certificate;
(e) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.1(a) above, a
certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they
obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any
Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or
guidelines);
(f) as soon as available, but in any event not more than 60 days prior to nor more than 30
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the plan and forecast (including a
projected consolidated and consolidating balance sheet, income statement and funds flow statement)
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for each month of the upcoming fiscal year (the
“Projections”) in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(g) as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar month,
and at such other times as may be necessary to re-determine availability of Advances hereunder or
as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of the period then ended, a Borrowing Base
Certificate and supporting information in connection therewith, together with any additional
reports with respect to the Borrowing Base as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
provided that at any time Availability is less than $25,000,000, the Administrative
Agent, in its sole discretion, may require the delivery of a Borrowing Base Certificate and
supporting information more often than monthly, including weekly or daily, in which event the
Borrowing Base would be adjusted immediately upon receipt of such reports;
(h) as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar month and
at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of
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the period then ended,
all delivered electronically in a text formatted file (not in an Adobe *.pdf file):
(i) a detailed aging of the Borrowers’ Accounts (A) including all invoices aged by
invoice date and due date (with an explanation of the terms offered) and (B) reconciled to
the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered as of such date prepared in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a summary specifying the name,
address, and balance due for each Account Debtor;
(ii) a schedule detailing the Borrowers’ Inventory, in form satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (A) by location (showing Inventory in transit, any Inventory located
with a third party under any consignment, bailee arrangement, or warehouse agreement), by
class (raw material, rental, rolling stock, work-in-process and finished goods), by product
type, and by volume on hand, which Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost
(determined on a first-in, first-out basis) or market and adjusted for Reserves as the
Administrative Agent has previously indicated to the Borrowers are deemed by the
Administrative Agent to be appropriate, (B) including a report of any variances or other
results of Inventory counts performed by the Borrowers since the last Inventory schedule
(including information regarding sales or other reductions, additions, returns, credits
issued by Borrowers and complaints and claims made against the Borrowers), and (C)
reconciled to the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered as of such date;
(iii) a worksheet of calculations prepared by the Borrowers to determine Eligible
Accounts and Eligible Inventory, such worksheets detailing the Accounts and Inventory
excluded from Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory and the reason for such exclusion;
(iv) a reconciliation of the Borrowers’ Accounts and Inventory between the amounts
shown in the Borrowers’ general ledger and financial statements and the reports delivered
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above; and
(v) a reconciliation of the loan balance per the Borrowers’ general ledger to the loan
balance under this Agreement;
(i) as soon as available but in any event within 3 days of the end of each calendar week and
at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of the calendar week then
ended, a schedule and aging of the Borrowers’ accounts payable, delivered electronically in a text
formatted file (not in an Adobe *.pdf file);
(j) as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar month and
at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of the month then ended, a
report of the Borrowers’ rental equipment (including rolling stock), such report detailing all
acquisitions and dispositions since the prior report delivered to the Administrative Agent,
delivered electronically in a text formatted file (not in an Adobe *.pdf file);
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(k) as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar month and
at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent,
as of the month then ended, statements of the Borrowers’ lockbox accounts, delivered electronically
in a text formatted file (not in an Adobe *.pdf file);
(l) as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar quarter,
as of the quarter then ended, and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative
Agent, an updated customer list for the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, which list shall state
the customer’s name, mailing address and phone number and shall be certified as true and correct by
a Financial Officer of each of the Borrowers, such list to be delivered electronically in a text
formatted file (not in an Adobe *.pdf file);
(m) promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request:
(i) copies of invoices in connection with the invoices issued by the Borrowers in
connection with any Accounts, credit memos, shipping and delivery documents, and other
information related thereto;
(ii) copies of purchase orders, invoices, and shipping and delivery documents in
connection with any Inventory or Equipment purchased by any Loan Party; and
(iii) a schedule detailing the balance of all intercompany accounts of the Loan
Parties;
(n) as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar week and
at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of the period then ended,
the Borrowers’ sales journal, cash receipts journal (identifying trade and non-trade cash receipts)
and debit memo/credit memo journal;
(o) as soon as possible and in any event within 20 days of filing thereof, copies of all tax
returns filed by any Loan Party with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service;
(p) within 20 days of the first Business Day of each March and September, a certificate of
good standing for each Loan Party from the appropriate governmental officer in its jurisdiction of
incorporation, formation, or organization;
(q) as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar month, a
Perfection Certificate Update prepared as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the
preceding calendar month;
(r) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs and financial condition of each of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, or
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may
reasonably request.
Section 5.2
Notices of Material Events. The Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender prompt written notice of the following:
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(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) receipt of any notice of any governmental investigation or any litigation or proceeding
commenced or threatened against any Loan Party that (i) seeks damages in excess of $5,000,000, (ii)
seeks injunctive relief, (iii) is asserted or instituted against any Plan, its fiduciaries or its
assets, (iv) alleges criminal misconduct by any Loan Party, (v) alleges the violation of any law
regarding, or seeks remedies in connection with, any Environmental Laws, (vi) contests any tax,
fee, assessment, or other governmental charge in excess of $1,000,000, or (vii) involves any
product recall;
(c) incurrence of any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or claim made or asserted
against any of the Collateral;
(d) any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount of $2,500,000 or more,
whether or not covered by insurance;
(e) any and all default notices received under or with respect to any leased location or
public warehouse where Collateral is located (which shall be delivered within two Business Days
after receipt thereof);
(f) all material amendments to the agreements and contracts listed on Schedule 3.12,
together with a copy of each such amendment;
(g) the fact that a Loan Party has entered into a Swap Agreement or an amendment to a Swap
Agreement, together with copies of all agreements evidencing such Swap Agreement or amendments
thereto (which shall be delivered within two Business Days);
(h) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that
have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000,000; and
(i) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer
or other Responsible Officer of each of the Borrowers setting forth the details of the event or
development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect
thereto.
Section 5.3
Existence; Conduct of Business. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
(a) do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and
effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, franchises,
governmental authorizations, intellectual property rights, licenses and permits material to the
conduct of its business, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each
jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, where the failure to perform such obligations,
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation,
liquidation or
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dissolution permitted under Section 6.3 and (b) carry on and conduct its business in
substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently
conducted.
Section
5.4 Payment of Obligations. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, pay or
discharge all Material Indebtedness and all other material liabilities and obligations, including
Taxes, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or
amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) such Loan Party or
such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance
with GAAP, and (c) none of the Collateral becomes subject to forfeiture or loss as a result of the
contest.
Section 5.5
Maintenance of Properties. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, keep
and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
Section 5.6
Books and Records; Inspection Rights. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary
to, (a) keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of
all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit any
representatives designated by any Agent or any Lender (including employees of any Agent, any Lender
or any consultants, accountants, lawyers and appraisers retained by any Agent), upon reasonable
prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and
records, including environmental assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II studies, and to discuss
its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such
reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested. After the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, each Loan Party shall provide each Agent and each Lender with
access to its suppliers. The Loan Parties acknowledge that any Agent, after exercising its rights
of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain Reports pertaining to the Loan
Parties’ assets for internal use by the Agents and the Lenders.
Section 5.7
Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply in
all material respects with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property.
Section 5.8
Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans will be used only to finance the
working capital needs of the Borrowers, for general corporate purposes of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, to finance the Closing Date Acquisition (as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and expenses incurred in connection therewith and other
uses acceptable to the Administrative Agent. No part of the proceeds of any Loan and no Letter of
Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of
any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
Section 5.9
Insurance. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, maintain with
financially sound and reputable carriers having a financial strength rating of at least A by A.M.
Best Company (a) insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks
(including loss or damage by fire and loss in transit; theft, burglary, pilferage, larceny,
embezzlement, and other criminal activities; business interruption; and general liability)
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and such
other hazards, as is customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same
or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (b) all insurance
required pursuant to the Collateral Documents. The Borrowers will furnish to the Lenders, upon request of
any Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.
Section 5.10
Casualty and Condemnation. The Borrowers (a) will furnish to the Agents and the Lenders
prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to any material portion of the
Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any material portion
of the Collateral or interest therein under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar
proceeding and (b) will ensure that the Net Proceeds of any such event (whether in the form of
insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with
the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
Section 5.11
Field Examinations. At any time that the Administrative Agent requests, the Borrowers and
the Subsidiaries will provide the Administrative Agent, at the sole expense of the Borrowers,
reports of a collateral field examiner approved by the Administrative Agent (which may be the
Administrative Agent or an affiliate thereof) with respect to all of the components of the
Borrowing Base and such other matters regarding the Loan Parties or the Collateral as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably require. Without limiting the foregoing right of the
Administrative Agent to require a field examination/borrowing base audit at any time, as of the
date of this Agreement it is anticipated that one field examination/borrowing base audit per fiscal
year will be conducted. The Borrowers shall pay all costs for each examination required pursuant
to this Section 5.11 (including, without limitation, all reasonable travel and out of pocket costs)
in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s, such Affiliates’ or any such third party’s fee
schedule in effect from time to time.
Section 5.12
Appraisals. At any time that the Administrative Agent requests, the Borrowers and the
Subsidiaries will provide the Administrative Agent with appraisals or updates thereof of their
Inventory, including, without limitation, Inventory consisting of rental equipment and rolling
stock, from an appraiser selected and engaged by the Administrative Agent, and prepared on a basis
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such appraisals and updates to include, without
limitation, information required by applicable law and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing
right of the Administrative Agent to require an inventory appraisal at any time, as of the date of
this Agreement it is anticipated that one inventory appraisal per fiscal year will be conducted.
Section 5.13
Depository Bank. The Borrowers and each Subsidiary will maintain the Administrative Agent
as its principal depository bank, including for the maintenance of operating, administrative, cash
management, collection activity, and other deposit accounts for the conduct of its business.
Section 5.14 Additional Collateral; Further Assurances.
(a) Subject to applicable law, the Borrowers and each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party shall
cause each of its domestic Subsidiaries formed or acquired after the date of this Agreement in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement to become a Loan Party by executing
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the Joinder
Agreement set forth as Exhibit E hereto (the “Joinder Agreement”). Upon execution
and delivery thereof, each such Person (i) shall automatically become a Loan
Guarantor hereunder and thereupon shall have all of the rights, benefits, duties, and obligations
in such capacity under the Loan Documents and (ii) will grant Liens to the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the Other Secured Parties, in any property of such Loan Party which constitutes Collateral, including any parcel of Real Property located in the
U.S. owned by any Loan Party.
(b) The Borrowers and each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party will cause (i) 100% of the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests in each of its domestic Subsidiaries and (ii) 65% (or such greater
percentage that, due to a change in applicable law after the date hereof, (A) could not reasonably
be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such foreign Subsidiary as determined for U.S.
federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such foreign Subsidiary’s U.S.
parent and (B) could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences) of
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote
(within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2) in each foreign Subsidiary directly owned
by any Borrower or any domestic Subsidiary to be subject at all times to a first priority,
perfected Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan
Documents or other security documents as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Collateral Agent such documents,
agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the
filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other
documents and such other actions or deliveries of the type required by Section 4.1, as applicable),
which may be required by law or which Collateral Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request
to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to ensure
perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Collateral Documents,
all at the expense of the Loan Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after an Event
of Default has occurred, each Loan Party will, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, cause
each foreign Subsidiary to become a Loan Party and a Loan Guarantor and to grant Liens to the
Collateral Agent on its assets and have the balance of its Equity Interests pledged to the
Collateral Agent.
(d) If any material assets (including any Real Property or improvements thereto or any
interest therein) are acquired by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party after the
Effective Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the Security Agreement that become
subject to the Lien in favor of the Security Agreement upon acquisition thereof), the Borrowers
will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof, and, if requested by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrowers will cause such assets to be subjected
to a Lien securing the Secured Obligations and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to
take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant
and perfect such Liens, including actions described in Section 5.14(c), all at the expense of the
Loan Parties.
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ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each
Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in
full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been
reimbursed, the Loan Parties covenant and agree, jointly and severally, with the Lenders that:
Section 6.1 Indebtedness. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) the Secured Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.1 and
extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness in accordance with Section 6.1(f)
hereof;
(c) Indebtedness of any Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to any Borrower or
any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not
a Loan Party to a Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.4
and (ii) Indebtedness of any Borrower to any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is
a Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Secured
Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(d) Guarantees by the Borrowers of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of
Indebtedness of a Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) the
Indebtedness so Guaranteed is permitted by this Section 6.1, (ii) Guarantees by the Borrowers or
any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party
shall be subject to Section 6.4 and (iii) Guarantees permitted under this Section 6.1(d) shall be
subordinated to the Secured Obligations of the applicable Subsidiary on the same terms as the
Indebtedness so Guaranteed is subordinated to the Secured Obligations;
(e) Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets (whether or not constituting purchase
money Indebtedness), including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection
with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the
acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness in
accordance with Section 6.1(f) hereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is
incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction
or improvement, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this Section
6.1(e) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(f) Indebtedness which represents an extension, refinancing, or renewal of any of the
Indebtedness described in Section 6.1(b) and Section 6.1(e) hereof; provided that,
(i) any Liens securing such Indebtedness are not extended to any additional property of any Loan
Party, (ii) no Loan Party that is not originally obligated with respect to repayment of such
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Indebtedness
is required to become obligated with respect thereto, (iii) such extension, refinancing or renewal does not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity of the
Indebtedness so extended, refinanced or renewed, (iv) the terms of any such extension, refinancing,
or renewal are not less favorable to the obligor thereunder than the original terms of such
Indebtedness and (v) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated
in right of payment to the Secured Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing,
renewal, or extension Indebtedness must include subordination terms and conditions that are at
least as favorable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as those that were applicable to the
refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness;
(g) Indebtedness owed to any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or
other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance, pursuant to reimbursement or
indemnification obligations to such person, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(h) Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary in respect of performance bonds, bid
bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary
course of business;
(i) Indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Notes and Guarantees in respect of the Indebtedness
evidenced by the Senior Notes; provided that such Senior Notes are not guaranteed
by any Subsidiary of any Borrower which is not either a Borrower or a Loan Guarantor which has
guaranteed the Obligations pursuant to the Loan Guaranty;
(j) Indebtedness consisting of advance payments by customers under purchase contracts in the
ordinary course of business of the Borrowers;
(k) Indebtedness secured by Liens described in Section 6.2(e) but not exceeding an aggregate
amount of $2,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(l) Indebtedness incurred in connection with financing of Real Estate owned by a Borrower and
described in Schedule 1.1, together with the fixtures thereon, or of Equipment owned by a
Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed 85% of the fair
value of all such Real Estate and Equipment; and
(m) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $20,000,000 at
any time outstanding; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
of the Borrowers’ Subsidiaries permitted by this Section 6.1(m) shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any
time outstanding.
Section 6.2 Liens. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired
by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in
respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Permitted Encumbrances;
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(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary existing on the date
hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.2; provided that (i) such Lien shall not
apply to any other property or asset of the Borrowers or Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure
only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and
replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(d) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrowers or any
Subsidiary (which shall expressly exclude rental equipment); provided that (i) such
security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(e), (ii) such security interests
and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition
or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does
not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets
and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrowers
or Subsidiary;
(e) any Lien existing on any property or asset (other than Accounts and Inventory) prior to
the acquisition thereof by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset
(other than Accounts and Inventory) of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof
prior to the time such Person becomes a Loan Party; provided that (i) such Lien is
not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a
Loan Party, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of
the Loan Party and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date
of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Loan Party, as the case may be and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof;
(f) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4.208
of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being
collected upon;
(g) Liens on Real Estate described in Schedule 1.1, together with the fixtures
thereon, and on Equipment, in each case arising out of sale and leaseback transactions permitted by
Section 6.6 or financing transactions permitted by Section 6.1(l); and
(h) Liens granted by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of the Borrowers or
another Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 6.2 may at any
time attach to any Loan Party’s (i) Accounts, other than those permitted under clause (a) of the
definition of Permitted Encumbrance and Section 6.2(a) above and (ii) Inventory, other than
Permitted Senior Encumbrances and Section 6.2(a) above.
Section 6.3 Fundamental Changes.
(a) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with
any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or
dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect
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thereto no Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any
Borrower and any Subsidiary of a Borrower may merge into a Borrower in a transaction in which a Borrower is the
surviving Person, provided that if one of the parties is the Company, the Company is the surviving
Person, (ii) any Loan Party (other than a Borrower) may merge into any Loan Party in a transaction
in which the surviving entity is a Loan Party and (iii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may
liquidate or dissolve if the Borrowers determine in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution
is in the best interests of the Borrowers and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned
Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section
6.4.
(b) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business
other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on the date of
execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.
(c) No Loan Party will change the end of its fiscal year to be something other than the last
day of January of each year.
Section 6.4 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. No Loan Party will,
nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger
with any Person that was not a Loan Party and a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any
capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or
other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to,
Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in,
any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (whether through purchase of assets,
merger or otherwise), except:
(a) Permitted Investments, subject to control agreements in favor of the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders or otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;
(b) investments in existence on the date of this Agreement and described in Schedule
6.4;
(c) investments by any Borrower and the Subsidiaries in Equity Interests in their respective
Subsidiaries, provided that (i) any such Equity Interests held by a Loan Party
shall be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement (subject to the limitations applicable to
common stock of a foreign Subsidiary referred to in Section 5.13) and (ii) the aggregate amount of
investments by Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with outstanding
intercompany loans permitted under Section 6.4(d)(ii) and outstanding Guarantees permitted under
the proviso to Section 6.4(e)) shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case
determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);
(d) loans or advances made by any Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary to any
Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) any such loans and advances
made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note pledged pursuant to the
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Security
Agreement and (ii) the amount of such loans and advances made by
Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with outstanding investments permitted under
Section 6.4(c)(ii) and outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to Section 6.4(e)) shall
not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any
write-downs or write-offs);
(e) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1, provided
that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan
Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party shall (together with outstanding investments permitted
under Section 6.4(c)(ii) and outstanding intercompany loans permitted under Section 6.4(d)(ii))
shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any
write-downs or write-offs);
(f) loans or advances made by a Loan Party to its employees on an arms-length basis in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for travel and entertainment expenses,
relocation costs and similar purposes up to a maximum of $1,000,000 to any employee and up to a
maximum of $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(g) subject to Sections 4.2(a) and 4.4 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, notes payable, or
stock or other securities issued by Account Debtors to a Loan Party pursuant to negotiated
agreements with respect to settlement of such Account Debtor’s Accounts in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practices;
(h) investments in the form of Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.7;
(i) investments of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of a
Borrower or consolidates or merges with a Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (including in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition) so long as such investments were not made in contemplation
of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or of such merger;
(j) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in
the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities, in each case, received in
satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the
extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits
to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;
(k) investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions; provided, that no investment, loan or
advance in or to any Person created or acquired pursuant to such Permitted Acquisition which is not
a Loan Party will be permitted except to the extent such Investment is permitted pursuant to
Section 6.4(c) or (d), as applicable;
(l) investments received in connection with the dispositions of assets permitted by Section
6.5; and
(m) investments constituting deposits described in clauses (c) and (d) of the definition of
the term “Permitted Encumbrances.”
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Section 6.5 Asset Sales. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, sell,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor
will the Borrowers permit any Subsidiary to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary
(other than to a Borrower or another Subsidiary in compliance with Section 6.4), except:
(a) sales, transfers and dispositions of (i) inventory in the ordinary course of business and
(ii) used, obsolete, worn out or surplus equipment or property in the ordinary course of business;
(b) sales, transfers and dispositions to any Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided
that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party shall be made in compliance with Section 6.9;
(c) sales, transfers and dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the
compromise, settlement or collection thereof;
(d) sales, transfers and dispositions of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of
business and investments permitted by Section 6.4(i) and Section 6.4(m);
(e) sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 6.6;
(f) dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under
power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of any
Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in a
Subsidiary unless all Equity Interests in such Subsidiary are sold) that are not permitted by any
other paragraph of this Section, provided that the aggregate fair market value of
all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this Section 6.5(g) shall
not exceed $5,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Company; and
(h) dispositions of Real Property described on Schedule 1.1, together with fixtures
thereon, or Equipment so long as at the time of any such sale and immediately after giving effect
thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby
(other than those permitted by Section 6.5(b) and Section 6.5(f) above) shall be made for fair
value and for only cash consideration, provided, that, sale and leaseback
transactions permitted under Section 6.5(h) and Section 6.6 shall be made for cash consideration in
an amount not less than 85% of the fair value of such fixed or capital asset.
Section 6.6 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, 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 that it intends to
use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for
Permitted Fixed Asset Dispositions or any sale of any other fixed or capital assets by any
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Borrower or any Subsidiary that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than 85% of the fair
value of such fixed or capital asset.
Section 6.7 Swap Agreements. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks
to which the Loan Parties have actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests in
any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to
effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating
rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or
investment of any Loan Party.
Section 6.8 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness.
(a) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay
or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to do so, except (i) each Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its
Equity Interests payable solely in additional Equity Interests, (ii) Subsidiaries may declare and
pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, (iii) so long as there exists no
Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may make Restricted Payments, not exceeding $1,000,000
during any fiscal year, pursuant to and in accordance with Equity Interest option plans or other
benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, (iv) so long as
there exists no Default or Event of Default and the Company is a “flow through” entity for United
States federal income tax purposes, the Company may pay dividends or make distributions to its
members in an aggregate amount not greater than the amount necessary for such members to pay their
actual state and United States federal, state and local income tax liabilities in respect of income
earned by the Borrowers, and (v) the Company shall be permitted to pay dividends and distributions;
provided, that such dividends and distribution shall only be permitted if (1) there
exists no Default or Event of Default, (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Borrowers (after
giving effect to such dividend and distribution) would not be less than 1.25 to 1 for the most
recently completed twelve month period (or, if prior to January 31, 2007, for the period of
calendar months ended after January 31, 2006 for which monthly financial statements are required to
be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(c)) assuming that for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for such period (calculated on a pro forma basis in a manner acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) such dividends and distributions occurred on the first day of such applicable
period, and (3) immediately after giving effect to the payment of any such dividends and
distributions and for the next succeeding twelve month period, Availability will not be less than
$30,000,000 on a pro forma basis (calculated in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
assuming all past due accounts payable of the Borrowers have been paid in full in cash at the time
of such payment and no accounts payable of the Borrowers are allowed to become past due during such
twelve month period thereafter).
(b) No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make,
directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other
distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or
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deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or
termination of any Indebtedness, except:
(i) payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in
respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness
prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof;
(iii) refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.1; and
(iv) payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale
or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness.
Section 6.9 Transactions with Affiliates. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or
otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with,
any of its Affiliates, except (a) transactions that (i) are in the ordinary course of business and
(ii) are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such
Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b)
transactions between or among any Borrower and any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party not involving
any other Affiliate, (c) any investment permitted by Section 6.4(c) or Section 6.4(d), (d) any
Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1(c), (e) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.8,
(f) loans or advances to employees permitted under Section 6.4, (g) the payment of reasonable fees
to directors or managers of any Borrower or any Subsidiary who are not employees of any Borrower or
any Subsidiary, and compensation and employee benefit arrangements paid to, and indemnities
provided for the benefit of, directors, officers or employees of the Borrowers or their
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (h) any issuances of securities or other payments,
awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment
agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by any Borrower’s board of directors
or managers, as applicable, (i) payment of compensation to Mr. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx in an aggregate
amount of up to $2,500,000 per fiscal year plus reimbursement of all reasonable and customary
business expenses of Mr. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx related to the Borrowers.
Section 6.10 Restrictive Agreements. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement
that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of such Loan Party or any
of its Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or
assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect
to any of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrowers or any other
Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary; provided
that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by
any Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on
the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal
of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition),
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(iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in
agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and
conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder,
(iv) Section 6.10(a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any
agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or
conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) Section 6.10(a)
of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting
the assignment thereof.
Section 6.11 Amendment of Material Documents. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under (a) any agreement relating to any
Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, operating, management or
partnership agreement or other organizational documents, (c) the Acquisition Documents or (d) any
document, instrument or agreement described on Schedule 3.12 or any document, instrument or
agreement executed in connection therewith or pursuant thereto (i) without providing to
Administrative Agent at least ten (10) Business Days’ written notice thereof describing in
reasonable detail the proposed amendment, modification or waiver, and (ii) to the extent any such
amendment, modification or waiver would be adverse to the Lenders or otherwise material.
Section 6.12 Operating Leases. The Borrowers will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary
to, incur, create, assume or become liable as a lessee, or permit any other Loan Party to incur,
create, assume or become liable as a lessee, under any lease, sublease, license or similar
arrangement (other than related to Capital Lease Obligations) pursuant to which a Person leases,
subleases, licenses or otherwise is granted the right to occupy, take possession of, or use
Property, other than such leases, subleases, licenses or other arrangements created in the normal
course of business consistent with past practices which would not result in the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries’ annual lease expense exceeds $30,000,000.
Section 6.13 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrowers will not permit the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.1 to 1.0 for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending
on the last day of each such period; provided that, for such periods ending August
5, 2006 and November 4, 2006, the applicable test period shall be the period of two and three
fiscal quarters then ended respectively; provided further that, this
covenant shall only be applicable for such periods ending during any Activation Period and for such
periods ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately prior to any Activation
Period.
Section 6.14 Limitations on Inter-Borrower Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (a) no
Borrower, other than SSPP, shall be permitted to make Borrowings hereunder, and no Letters of
Credit shall be issued which are directly or indirectly for the account of any Borrower other than
SSPP (collectively, “non SSPP Borrowings”), and (b) SSPP shall not make any dividend,
distribution, intercompany loan or advance or equity contribution, or make any other transfer,
whether in cash, securities or property to any other Borrower, and SSPP shall not guaranty,
directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Borrower (any such
dividend, distribution, intercompany loan or advance, equity contribution, transfer, or guaranty, a
“Financial Accommodation”), unless, after giving effect thereto, the Adjusted Net
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Worth of
SSPP would be not less than $50,000,000. Not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to making any
non SSPP Borrowings the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a
Financial Officer of the Borrowers confirming compliance with this covenant.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation
in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
(other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when
and as the same shall become due and payable;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or
any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Document or any amendment or
modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or
other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any Loan Document or
any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been materially
incorrect when made or deemed made;
(d) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section 5.2(a), Section 5.3 (with respect to a Loan Party’s existence) or Section 5.8
or in Article VI;
(e) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in this Agreement (other than those which constitute a default under another Section of
this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of (i) 5 Business Days
after the earlier of such breach or notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (which notice will
be given at the request of any Lender) if such breach relates to terms or provisions of Section
5.1, Section 5.2 (other than Section 5.2(a)), Section 5.6 or Section 5.9 of this Agreement or (ii)
30 days after acquiring actual knowledge or notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (which
notice will be given at the request of any Lender) if such breach relates to terms or provisions of
any other Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(f) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or
interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same
shall become due and payable after giving effect to applicable grace periods;
(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior
to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the
lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent
on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become
due, or to
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prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity;
provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes
due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such
Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of a Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of any Loan Party or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any
federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in
effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or
similar official for any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party or for a substantial part
of its assets, and, in any such case, 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;
(i) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in
effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner,
any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for such Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party or for a substantial part of its assets, (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 or (vi) take any action for
the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall become unable, admit in writing
its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$2,500,000 shall be rendered against any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party 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 attach or levy upon any assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan
Party to enforce any such judgment or any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall fail
within 30 days to discharge one or more non-monetary judgments or orders which, individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, which judgments or
orders, in any such case, are not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in
good faith by proper proceedings diligently pursued;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when
taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
result in liability of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
$2,500,000 for all periods;
(m) a Change in Control shall occur;
(n) the occurrence of any “default” or “event of default”, as defined in any Loan Document
(other than this Agreement) or the breach of any of the terms or provisions of
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any Loan Document
(other than this Agreement), which default or breach continues beyond any period of grace therein
provided;
(o) the Loan Guaranty shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be
taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of the Loan Guaranty, or any
Loan Guarantor shall fail to comply with any of the terms or provisions of the Loan Guaranty to
which it is a party, or any Loan Guarantor shall deny that it has any further liability under the
Loan Guaranty to which it is a party, or shall give notice to such effect;
(p) any Collateral Document shall for any reason fail to create a valid and perfected first
priority security interest in any Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except as permitted
by the terms of any Collateral Document, or any Collateral Document shall fail to remain in full
force or effect or any action shall be taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or
unenforceability of any Collateral Document, or any Loan Party shall fail to comply with
any of the terms or provisions of any Collateral Document;
(q) any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and
enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Loan Party shall challenge the enforceability of
any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such
assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not
valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms);
(r) any Loan Party is criminally indicted or convicted under any law that may reasonably be
expected to lead to a forfeiture of any property of such Loan Party; or
(s) any Adjustment Amount (as defined in each Purchase Agreement and which, for this purpose,
will reflect any amounts payable to the sellers under the Purchase Agreements or any related
agreements as a result of the payment in full by such sellers of all accounts payable owed to
Detroit Diesel, Deutz and Hyster on or around the Effective Date) is paid by a Borrower (1) when
Availability is less than $30,000,000 or (2) which would result in Availability being less than
$30,000,000 after giving effect to such payment;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrowers described in
clause (h) or (i) of this Article), 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
the Borrowers, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i)
terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any
principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable),
and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued
interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall
become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers; and in case of any event with respect to the
Borrowers described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically
terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon
and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall automatically become
due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or
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other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Borrowers. Upon the occurrence and the continuance of an Event of Default,
the Agents may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Agents under the Loan Documents or
at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the UCC.
ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENTS; INTERCREDITOR ISSUES
Section 8.1 Appointment of Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably
appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers
as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the Lenders
and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes
the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan
Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of the
Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Any
bank 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 bank
and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or other Affiliate thereof as if
it were not an Agent hereunder.
Section 8.2 Limitation of Duties of Agents. 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)
neither 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 as directed
by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary
under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.2), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the
Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the
failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is
communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as an 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 9.2) 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 thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrowers or a Lender, and the
Agents shall not 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 hereunder or in connection with any
Loan Document, (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,
(v) the creation, perfection or
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priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the
Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any
Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Agents.
Section 8.3 Reliance by Agents. 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 the
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 the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying
thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers),
independent accountants and other experts 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 experts.
Section 8.4 Sub-Agents. 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 of
such Agent’s sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs
shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agents,
and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agents.
Section 8.5 Resignation of Agents; Successor Agents. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a
successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the
Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall
have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor. 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 which shall be a commercial
bank or an Affiliate of any such commercial bank. 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 the Borrowers to a
successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed
between the Borrowers and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions
of this Article VIII and Section 9.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring
Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent.
Section 8.6 Lender Acknowledgments.
(a) Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the either
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 either Agent or any other Lender
and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to
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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.
(b) Each Lender hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or
on behalf of either Agent; (b) neither Agent (i) make any representation or warranty, express or
implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained
therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to a Report and (ii) shall not be
liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or
examinations, and that any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific
information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and
records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel and that neither Agent
undertakes any obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all
Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use, not share the Report with
any Loan Party or any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement;
and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this
Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold each Agent and any such other
Person preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages,
costs, expenses, and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by as the direct
or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the
indemnifying Lender.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Notices.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by
telephone (and subject to Section 9.1(b) below), all notices and other communications provided for
herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by
certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:
(i) if to any Loan Party, to the Company at:
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
(ii) if to the Agents, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. at:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Mail Code # TX1-291
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Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
and
(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address or facsimile number set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire.
All such notices and other communications (A) sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed
by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received or (B) sent by
facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent, provided that if not given
during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening
of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communications (including e-mail and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to
procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall
not apply to notices pursuant to Article II or to compliance and no Event of Default certificates
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Company (on behalf of the
Loan Parties) may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided
that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
All such notices and other communications (i) sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received
upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return
receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement),
provided that if not given during the normal business hours of the recipient, such
notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next
Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed
received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in
the foregoing Section 9.1(b)(i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and
identifying the website address therefor.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
Section 9.2 Waivers; Amendments.
(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 the Agents, the Issuing Bank and
the Lenders hereunder and under any other Loan Document 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 Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be permitted by Section 9.2(b),
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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 (i) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement
or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or, (ii) in the
case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by
the Agent party thereto and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, with the
consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (A) increase
the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (provided
that the Administrative Agent may make Protective Advances as
set forth in Section 2.4), (B) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or
reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce or forgive any interest or fees payable hereunder,
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (C) postpone any scheduled
date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment
of any interest, fees or other Obligations payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or
excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without
the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (D) change Section 2.18(b) or Section
2.18(d) in a manner that would alter the manner in which payments are shared, without the written
consent of each Lender, (E) increase the advance rates set forth in the definition of Borrowing
Base, add new categories of eligible assets or modify the definitions applicable to existing
categories of eligible assets in a manner that would have the effect of increasing Availability,
without the written consent of the Supermajority Revolving Lenders, (F) change any of the
provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any
Loan Document 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, (G) release any Loan Guarantor from its
obligation under its Loan Guaranty (except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan
Documents), without the written consent of each Lender, (H) consent to the assignment of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document by any Loan Party, without the consent of each Lender, or (I)
except as provided in Section 9.2(d) of this Section or in any Collateral Document, release all or
substantially all of the Collateral, without the written consent of each Lender; provided
further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights
or duties of any Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior
written consent of such Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as the case may be. The
Administrative Agent may also amend the Commitment Schedule to reflect assignments entered into
pursuant to Section 9.4.
(c) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its
sole discretion, to release any Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties on any
Collateral (i) upon the termination of the all Commitments, payment and satisfaction in full in
cash of all Secured Obligations (other than Unliquidated Obligations), and the cash
collateralization of all Unliquidated Obligations in a manner satisfactory to each affected Lender,
(ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if the Loan Party disposing
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of such property
certifies to the Collateral Agent that the sale or disposition is made in compliance with the terms
of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without
further inquiry), (iii) constituting property leased to a Loan
Party under a lease which has
expired or been terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or (iv) as required to
effect any sale or other disposition of such Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies
of the Agents or the Lenders pursuant to Article VII.
Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Collateral Agent will not release any Liens
on Collateral without the prior written authorization of the Required Lenders; provided
that, the Collateral Agent may in its discretion, release its Liens on Collateral valued in
the aggregate not in excess of $10,000,000 during any calendar year without the prior written
authorization of the Required Lenders. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect,
or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or
obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties,
including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the
Collateral.
(d) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of
“each Lender” or “each Lender affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained,
but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is
necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the
Borrowers may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement,
provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity
which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of
such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender
pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this
Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such
date and to comply with the requirements of Section 9.4(b), and (ii) the Borrowers shall pay to
such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (A) all interest, fees
and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrowers hereunder
to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such
Non-Consenting Lender under Section 2.15 and Section 2.17, and (B) an amount, if any, equal to the
payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16
had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the
replacement Lender.
Section 9.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by each Agent
and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
L.L.P., and local counsel in applicable jurisdictions, in connection with the syndication and
distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as
Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the
Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions of the Loan Documents
(whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and
(iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including
the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
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any Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender,
in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of its rights in connection with the
Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or
Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including
all such out-of pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit. Expenses
being reimbursed by the Borrowers under
this Section include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, costs and expenses
incurred in connection with:
(i) appraisals and environmental reports;
(ii) field examinations and the preparation of Reports based on the fees charged by a
third party retained by the Administrative Agent or the internally allocated fees for each
Person employed by the Administrative Agent with respect to each field examination;
(iii) lien and title searches and title insurance;
(iv) taxes, fees and other charges for recording the Mortgages, filing financing
statements and continuations, and other actions to perfect, protect, and continue the
Collateral Agent’s Liens;
(v) sums paid or incurred to take any action required of any Loan Party under the Loan
Documents that such Loan Party fails to pay or take; and
(vi) forwarding loan proceeds, collecting checks and other items of payment, and
establishing and maintaining the accounts and lock boxes, and costs and expenses of
preserving and protecting the Collateral.
All of the foregoing costs and expenses may be charged to the Borrowers as Revolving Loans or to
another deposit account, all as described in Section 2.18(c).
(b) The Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, indemnify each Agent, the Issuing Bank and
each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called
an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses,
claims, damages, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of the Loan
Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties
hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any
other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the
proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a
Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrowers or any of their
Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrowers or any of their
Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or
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any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims,
damages, penalties, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) To the extent that the Borrowers fail to pay any amount required to be paid by any of them
to any Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under Section 9.3(a) or Section 9.3(b), each
Lender severally agrees to pay such Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case
may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided
that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, penalty, liability or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent, the Issuing
Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand
therefor.
Section 9.4 Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any
Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrowers may
not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrowers without
such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights
or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto,
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing
Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in Section 9.4(c))
and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of
this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 9.4(b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign
to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior
written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
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(A) the Borrowers, provided that no consent of the Borrowers
shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an
Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other
assignee;
(B) the Administrative Agent; and
(C) with respect to the assignment of any Revolving Commitment, the Issuing
Bank.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment
or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender
subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such
assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than
$5,000,000 unless each of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent otherwise
consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrowers shall be
required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B) 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;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and
recordation fee of $3,500; and
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
For the purposes of this Section 9.4(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following
meaning:
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 9.4(b)(iv), from
and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement,
and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent
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of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in
the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall
continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15, Section 2.16, Section 2.17 and
Section 9.3). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this
Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.4 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of
a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with this Section 9.4(c).
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers,
shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to
it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and 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, and the Borrowers, 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, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall
be available for inspection by the Borrowers, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation
fee referred to in Section 9.4(b) and any written consent to such assignment required by
Section 9.4(b), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and
record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if
either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required
to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.5, Section 2.6(d) or Section 2.6(e), Section 2.7(b),
Section 2.18(d) or Section 9.3(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to
accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register
unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued
interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it
has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c)
(i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, 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 (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain
unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the Agents, 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 this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any
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provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide
that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment,
modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.2(b) that affects such
Participant. Subject to Section 9.4(c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15, Section 2.16 and Section 2.17 to the
same extent as if it were a Lender
and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 9.4(b). To the extent
permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.8 as though
it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it
were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.15 or Section 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with
respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation
to such Participant is made with the Borrowers’ prior written consent. A Participant that
would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 2.17 unless the Borrowers are notified of the participation sold to such
Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply
with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender.
(d) 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 without limitation
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.
Section 9.5 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by
the Loan 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 any Agent,
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
Section 2.15, Section 2.16, Section 2.17 and Section 9.3 and Article VIII shall survive and remain
in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the
Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 9.6
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
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contract.
This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees
payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to
the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or
written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.1, this Agreement
shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the 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. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT REPRESENTS
THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,
CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
Section 9.7 Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document 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 thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 9.8 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to
the fullest extent permitted by 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 the Borrowers against any of and
all the Secured Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall
have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The
applicable Lender shall notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of such set-off or
application, provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice
shall not affect the validity of any such set-off or application under this Section. 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 9.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) The Loan Documents (other than those containing a contrary express choice of law
provision) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York,
but giving effect to federal laws applicable to national banks.
(b) Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. Federal or
New York State court sitting in
New York,
New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Documents, 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
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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 any 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 Loan Party or its
properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each Loan 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
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 Section 9.9(b). 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 9.1. 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 law.
Section 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH
PARTY HERETO (a) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (b) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein
are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 9.12 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 (a) to its and its Affiliates’ 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), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority,
(c) to the extent required by Requirement of Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d)
to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder
or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an
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substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any
prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or
(ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction
relating to the Loan Parties and their obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrowers or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of
this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers. For the purposes of this Section,
“Information” means all information received from the Borrowers relating to the Borrowers
or their businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent, the Issuing
Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrowers;
provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrowers after the
date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any
Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same
degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to
its own confidential information.
Section 9.13 Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law. The respective
obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and the failure of any Lender to
make any Loan or perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from
any of its obligations hereunder. Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or
looking to any margin stock for the repayment of the Borrowings provided for herein. Anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Issuing Bank nor any
Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrowers in violation of any Requirement of Law.
Section 9.14 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”)
hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the
name and address of the Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the
Borrowers in accordance with the Act.
Section 9.15 Disclosure. Each Loan Party and each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees
that each Agent and/or its Affiliates from time to time may hold investments in, make other loans
to or have other relationships with any of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates.
Section 9.16 Appointment for Perfection. Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as
its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any
other applicable law can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other than the
Collateral Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Collateral
Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Collateral Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such
Collateral to the Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the
Collateral Agent’s instructions.
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Section 9.17 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.
ARTICLE X
LOAN GUARANTY
Section 10.1 Guaranty. Each Loan Guarantor now or hereafter a party hereto hereby agrees
that it is jointly and severally liable for, and, as primary obligor and not merely as surety,
absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the Lenders and the Other Secured Parties the prompt payment when
due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of
the Secured Obligations and all costs and expenses including, without limitation, all court costs
and attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees (including allocated costs of in-house counsel and paralegals)
and expenses paid or incurred by the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in endeavoring to
collect all or any part of the Secured Obligations from, or in prosecuting any action against, the
Borrowers, any Loan Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Secured Obligations
(such costs and expenses, together with the Secured Obligations, collectively the “Guaranteed
Obligations”). Each Loan Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be
extended or renewed in whole or in part without notice to or further assent from it, and that it
remains bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any such extension or renewal. All terms of this
Loan Guaranty apply to and may be enforced by or on behalf of any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate of any Lender that extended any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 10.2 Guaranty of Payment. This Loan Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of
collection. Each Loan Guarantor waives any right to require the Agents, the Issuing Bank, any
Lender and/or any Other Secured Parties to xxx the Borrowers, any Loan Guarantor, any other
guarantor, or any other person obligated for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (each,
an “Obligated Party”), or otherwise to enforce its payment against any collateral securing
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 10.3 No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty.
(a) Except as otherwise provided for herein, the obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder
are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or
termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations), including: (i) any claim of waiver, release, extension, renewal, settlement,
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surrender, alteration, or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, by operation of law or
otherwise; (ii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Borrower or
any other guarantor of or other person liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any
insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any Obligated Party, or their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of any Obligated Party; or
(iv) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which any Loan Guarantor may have at any
time against any Obligated Party, any Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender and/or Other Secured
Parties or any other person, whether in connection herewith or in any unrelated transactions.
(b) The obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are not subject to any defense or setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, or
unenforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise, or any provision of applicable
law or regulation purporting to prohibit payment by any Obligated Party, of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any part thereof.
(c) Further, the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder are not discharged or impaired or
otherwise affected by: (i) the failure of any Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender and any Other
Secured Parties to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any
remedy with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any waiver or
modification of or supplement to any provision of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed
Obligations; (iii) any release, non-perfection, or invalidity of any indirect or direct security
for the obligations of any Borrower for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
obligations of any other guarantor of or other person liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(iv) any action or failure to act by any Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender and any Other Secured
Parties with respect to any collateral securing any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (v) any
default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any other circumstance, act, omission or delay that might in any manner
or to any extent vary the risk of such Loan Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a
discharge of any Loan Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment
in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations).
Section 10.4 Defenses Waived. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan
Guarantor hereby waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any
Loan Guarantor or the unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations from any
cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any Borrower or any Loan Guarantor,
other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof,
presentment, demand, protest and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided
for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any person against
any Obligated Party, or any other person. The Collateral Agent may, at its election, foreclose on
any Collateral held by it by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any
such Collateral in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise act or fail to act with respect to any
collateral securing all or a part of the Guaranteed Obligations, compromise or adjust any part of
the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with any Obligated Party or exercise any
other right or remedy available to it against any Obligated Party, without affecting or impairing
in any way the liability of such Loan Guarantor
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under this Loan Guaranty except to the extent the
Guaranteed Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in cash. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, each Loan Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such
election even though that election may operate, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or extinguish
any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Loan Guarantor against
any Obligated Party or any security.
Section 10.5 Rights of Subrogation. No Loan Guarantor will assert any right, claim or
cause of action, including, without limitation, a claim of subrogation, contribution or
indemnification that it has against any Obligated Party, or any collateral, until the Loan Parties
and the Loan Guarantors have fully performed all their obligations to the Agents, the Issuing Bank,
the Lenders and any Other Secured Parties.
Section 10.6 Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration. If at any time any payment of any
portion of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon
the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise, each Loan Guarantor’s
obligations under this Loan Guaranty with respect to that payment shall be reinstated at such time
as though the payment had not been made and whether or not the Agents, the Issuing Bank, the
Lenders and any Other Secured Parties are in possession of this Loan Guaranty. If acceleration of
the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to
acceleration under the terms of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations shall
nonetheless be payable by the Loan Guarantors forthwith on demand by the Lender, any Other Secured
Parties and the Issuing Bank.
Section 10.7 Information. Each Loan Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and
keeping itself informed of the Borrowers’ financial condition and assets, and of all other
circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature,
scope and extent of the risks that each Loan Guarantor assumes and incurs under this Loan Guaranty,
and agrees that neither any Agent, the Issuing Bank nor any Lender shall have any duty to advise
any Loan Guarantor of information known to it regarding those circumstances or risks.
Section 10.8 Termination. Each Loan Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this Loan
Guaranty is irrevocable until the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments
have been terminated. The Lenders may continue to make loans or extend credit to the Borrowers
based on this Loan Guaranty. Each Loan Guarantor will continue to be liable to the Lenders for any
Guaranteed Obligations created, assumed or committed from time to time, and all subsequent
renewals, extensions, modifications and amendments with respect to, or substitutions for, all or
any part of that Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 10.9 Taxes. All payments of the Guaranteed Obligations will be made by each Loan
Guarantor free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes;
provided that if any Loan Guarantor shall be required to deduct any Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (a) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary
so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender, Issuing Bank and any Other
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Parties (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (b) such Loan Guarantor shall make such deductions and (c) such Loan
Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance
with applicable law.
Section 10.10 Maximum Liability. The provisions of this Loan Guaranty are severable, and
in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, federal or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if
the obligations of any Loan Guarantor under this Loan Guaranty would otherwise be held or
determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Loan
Guarantor’s liability under this Loan Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Loan Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by
the Loan Guarantors, the Lenders or any Other Secured Parties, be automatically limited and reduced
to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding
(such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant Loan Guarantor’s “Maximum
Liability”. This Section with respect to the Maximum Liability of each Loan Guarantor is
intended solely to preserve the rights of the Lenders to the maximum extent not subject to
avoidance under applicable law, and no Loan Guarantor nor any other person or entity shall have any
right or claim under this Section with respect to such Maximum Liability, except to the extent
necessary so that the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder shall not be rendered voidable
under applicable law. Each Loan Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed
Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Loan
Guarantor without impairing this Loan Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Lenders
or any Other Secured Parties hereunder, provided that, nothing in this sentence
shall be construed to increase any Loan Guarantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum
Liability.
Section 10.11 Contribution. In the event any Loan Guarantor (a “Paying Guarantor”)
shall make any payment or payments under this Loan Guaranty or shall suffer any loss as a result of
any realization upon any collateral granted by it to secure its obligations under this Loan
Guaranty, each other Loan Guarantor (each a “Non-Paying Guarantor”) shall contribute to
such Paying Guarantor an amount equal to such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Applicable Percentage of such
payment or payments made, or losses suffered, by such Paying Guarantor. For purposes of this
Article X, each Non-Paying Guarantor’s Applicable Percentage with respect to any such payment or
loss by a Paying Guarantor shall be determined as of the date on which such payment or loss was
made by reference to the ratio of (a) such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability as of such date
(without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder)
or, if such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability has not been determined, the aggregate amount
of all monies received by such Non-Paying Guarantor from the Borrowers after the date hereof
(whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means) to (b) the aggregate Maximum Liability of all
Loan Guarantors hereunder (including such Paying Guarantor) as of such date (without giving effect
to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder), or to the extent that
a Maximum Liability has not been determined for any Loan Guarantor, the aggregate amount of all
monies received by such Loan Guarantors from the Borrowers after the date hereof (whether by loan,
capital infusion or by other means). Nothing in this provision shall affect any Loan Guarantor’s
several liability for the entire amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (up to such Loan Guarantor’s
Maximum Liability). Each of the
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Loan Guarantors covenants and agrees that its right to receive any
contribution under this Loan Guaranty from a Non-Paying Guarantor shall be subordinate and junior
in right of payment to the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. This provision
is for the benefit of all of the Agents, the Issuing Bank, the Lenders any Other Secured Parties
and the Loan Guarantors and may be enforced by any one, or more, or all of them in accordance with
the terms hereof.
Section 10.12 Liability Cumulative. The liability of each Loan Party as a Loan Guarantor
under this Article X is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Loan
Party to the Agents, the Issuing Bank, any Other Secured Parties and the Lenders under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or in respect of any
obligations or liabilities of the other Loan Parties, without any limitation as to amount, unless
the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to
the contrary.
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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.
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XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX DISTRIBUTOR
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XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX PETROLEUM
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XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXXX CORP., a Delaware corporation |
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S&S AGENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually as a Lender,
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