Exhibit
99.3
EXECUTION VERSION
dated as of June 30, 2011
among
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER,
as Restricted Subsidiaries,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
and
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BNP PARIBAS,
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Documentation Agents
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS
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Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions |
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Section 1.03 Accounting Terms |
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Section 1.04 Rounding |
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Section 1.05 Times of Day |
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Section 1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts |
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Section 1.07 Currency Equivalents Generally |
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ARTICLE II
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THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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Section 2.01 The Loans |
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Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans |
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Section 2.03 Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.04 Prepayments |
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Section 2.05 Termination or Reduction of Commitments |
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Section 2.06 Repayment of Loans |
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Section 2.07 Interest |
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Section 2.08 Fees |
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Section 2.09 Computation of Interest and Fees |
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Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.11 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
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Section 2.12 Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
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Section 2.13 Increase in Commitments |
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Section 2.14 Incremental Term Facility |
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Section 2.15 Swingline Loans |
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Section 2.16 Cash Collateral; Defaulting Lenders |
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ARTICLE III
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TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
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Section 3.01 Taxes |
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Section 3.02 Illegality |
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Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates |
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Section 3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans |
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Section 3.05 Compensation for Losses |
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Section 3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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ARTICLE IV
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GUARANTY
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Section 4.01 Guaranty |
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Section 4.02 Rights of Lenders |
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Section 4.03 Certain Waivers |
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Section 4.04 Obligations Independent |
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Section 4.05 Subrogation |
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Section 4.06 Termination; Reinstatement |
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Section 4.07 Subordination |
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Section 4.08 Stay of Acceleration |
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Section 4.09 Condition of Borrower |
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Section 4.10 Limitation on Guaranty |
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Section 4.11 Guaranty Supplements |
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ARTICLE V
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Section 5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension |
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Section 5.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions |
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ARTICLE VI
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Section 6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power |
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Section 6.02 Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties |
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Section 6.03 Authority; No Conflict |
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Section 6.04 Financial Condition |
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Section 6.05 Litigation, Compliance with Laws |
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Section 6.06 Titles and Liens |
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Section 6.07 Regulation U; Investment Company Act |
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Section 6.08 Taxes |
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Section 6.09 Senior Debt |
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Section 6.10 Full Disclosure |
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Section 6.11 No Default |
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Section 6.12 Governmental and Third Party Approvals |
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Section 6.13 Binding Agreements |
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Section 6.14 Collective Bargaining Agreements |
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Section 6.15 Investments |
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Section 6.16 ERISA Compliance |
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Section 6.17 Solvency |
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Section 6.18 Casualty, Etc. |
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Section 6.19 Collateral Documents |
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Section 6.20 Environmental Compliance |
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Section 6.21 Other Debt |
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ARTICLE VII
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COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES
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Section 7.01 Financial Statements and Other Information |
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Section 7.02 Taxes and Claims |
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Section 7.03 Insurance |
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Section 7.04 Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business |
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Section 7.05 Maintenance of and Access to Properties |
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Section 7.06 Compliance with Applicable Laws |
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Section 7.07 Litigation |
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Section 7.08 Subsidiaries |
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Section 7.09 Books and Records |
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Section 7.10 Use of Proceeds |
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Section 7.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security |
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Section 7.12 Further Assurances |
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Section 7.13 Designation as Senior Debt |
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Section 7.14 Maintenance of Ratings |
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Section 7.15 Indebtedness |
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Section 7.16 Contingent Liabilities |
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Section 7.17 Liens |
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Section 7.18 Investments |
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Section 7.19 Restricted Payments |
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Section 7.20 Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 7.21 Amendments of Certain Instruments |
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Section 7.22 Change in Nature of Business |
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Section 7.23 Fundamental Changes |
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Section 7.24 Dispositions |
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Section 7.25 Operating Cash Flow to Total Interest Expense |
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Section 7.26 Cash Flow Ratio |
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ARTICLE VIII
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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Section 8.01 Events of Default |
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Section 8.02 Remedies upon Event of Default |
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Section 8.03 Application of Funds |
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ARTICLE IX
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority |
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Section 9.02 Administrative Agent Individually |
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Section 9.03 Duties of Administrative Agent; Exculpatory Provisions |
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Section 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent |
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Section 9.05 Delegation of Duties |
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Section 9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent |
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Section 9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lender Parties |
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Section 9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. |
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Section 9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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Section 9.11 Removal of Administrative Agent |
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ARTICLE X
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. |
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Section 10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications |
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Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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Section 10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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Section 10.05 Payments Set Aside |
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Section 10.06 Successors and Assigns |
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Section 10.07 Right of Setoff |
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Section 10.08 Interest Rate Limitation |
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Section 10.09 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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Section 10.10 Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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Section 10.11 Severability |
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Section 10.12 Replacement of Lenders |
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Section 10.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
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Section 10.14 Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 10.15 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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Section 10.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
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Section 10.17 No Liability of Members, Partners and Other Persons |
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Section 10.18 Authorization of Third Parties to Deliver Information and Discuss Affairs |
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SCHEDULES: |
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Schedule 1.01(i)
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Restricted Subsidiaries |
Schedule 1.01(ii)
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
Schedule 1.01(iii)
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Guarantors |
Schedule 1.01(iv)
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Distribution Transaction Agreements |
Schedule 2.01
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Commitments and Applicable Percentages |
Schedule 6.02
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Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties |
Schedule 6.03
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Required Consents and Regulatory Approvals |
Schedule 6.05
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Existing Litigation |
Schedule 6.06
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Material Real Property |
Schedule 6.15
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Existing Investments |
Schedule 6.20
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Environmental Compliance |
Schedule 7.15
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Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 7.16
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Existing Guarantees |
Schedule 7.17
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Existing Liens |
Schedule 7.20
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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EXHIBITS: |
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Committed Loan Notice |
EXHIBIT B-1
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Form of Term A Note |
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EXHIBIT B-2
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Form of Term B Note |
EXHIBIT B-3
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Form of Revolving Credit Note |
EXHIBIT B-4
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Form of Swingline Note |
EXHIBIT C
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
EXHIBIT D-1
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Form of Certificate as to Quarterly Financial Statements |
EXHIBIT D-2
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Form of Certificate as to Annual Financial Statements |
EXHIBIT E
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Form of Opinion of General Counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties |
EXHIBIT F
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Form of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties |
EXHIBIT G
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Form of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to the Administrative Agent |
EXHIBIT H
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Form of Assignment and Assumption |
EXHIBIT I
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Form of Incremental Term Supplement |
EXHIBIT J
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Form of Loan Certificate |
EXHIBIT K
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Form of Guaranty Supplement |
EXHIBIT L
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Form of Mortgage |
5
This
CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of June 30, 2011 (this “
Credit Agreement”),
among
AMC NETWORKS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower”), the Restricted
Subsidiaries identified herein, the lenders which are parties hereto, together with their
respective successors and assigns, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer.
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide revolving credit and term loans
in connection with the Distribution Transaction (such term and each other capitalized term used but
not defined in these recitals having the meaning ascribed thereto in Article I of this
Credit
Agreement) and for the purposes set forth in
Section 7.10, including the repayment of
amounts outstanding under the Existing RNS
Credit Agreement and the Existing RNS Notes;
WHEREAS, the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Facility are to be made available by the
Lenders in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Credit Agreement by the funding of the
loans thereunder as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, CSC Holdings, LLC, acting in its capacity as Initial Term B Lender, is to initially
make the loans under the Term B Facility in connection with its contribution to the Borrower of the
Programming Network Business pursuant to the Distribution Agreement;
WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the
making of the loans under the Facilities and the contribution of the Initial Term B Lender; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make available the loans under the Facilities on the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS
Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms.
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Activities” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.02(b).
“Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, in its
capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and its successors in such capacity.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth in Section 10.02 or such other address or account as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly
controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such Person. As used in this
definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by”
and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person (whether through ownership of
securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); provided
that, in any event, any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body of a corporation
or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of any other Person (other than as a
limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to control such corporation or other Person;
and provided further that no individual shall be an Affiliate of a Person solely by
reason of his or her being an officer, director, manager, member or partner of such Person, except
in the case of a partner or member if his or her interests in such partnership or limited liability
company, as applicable, shall qualify him or her as an Affiliate.
“Affiliation Agreement” means any agreement between the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and a distributor pursuant to which such distributor agrees, among other
things, to distribute and exhibit to its subscribers programming of the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be.
“Agent’s Group” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.02(b).
“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
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AMC” means American Movie Classics Company LLC, a
New York limited liability company.
“Annual Operating Cash Flow” means, as of any date,. Operating Cash Flow for the
period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate
delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided that, (a) for
purposes of determining an amount of Annual Operating Cash Flow for the period ending September 30,
2011, such amount shall equal Operating Cash Flow for the Quarter covered by the Compliance
Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending
September 30, 2011 multiplied by four; (b) for purposes of determining an amount of Annual
Operating Cash Flow for the period ending December 31, 2011, such amount shall equal Operating Cash
Flow for the period of two consecutive Quarters covered by the Compliance Certificate delivered to
the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending December 31, 2011 multiplied
by two; and (c) for purposes of determining an amount of Annual Operating Cash Flow for the period
ending March 31, 2012, such amount shall equal Operating Cash Flow for the period of three
consecutive Quarters covered by the Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 7.01(d) for the period ending March 31, 2012 multiplied by 4/3.
“Annual Total Interest Expense” means, as of any date, Total Interest Expense for the
period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate
delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided that, (a) for
purposes of determining an amount of Annual Total Interest Expense for the period ending September
30, 2011, such amount shall equal Total Interest Expense for the Quarter covered by the Compliance
Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending
September
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30, 2011 multiplied by four; (b) for purposes of determining an amount of Annual Total
Interest Expense for the period ending December 31, 2011, such amount shall equal Total Interest
Expense for the period of two consecutive Quarters covered by the Compliance Certificate delivered
to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending December 31, 2011
multiplied by two; and (c) for purposes of determining an amount of Annual Total Interest Expense
for the period ending March 31, 2012, such amount shall equal Total Interest Expense for the period
of three consecutive Quarters covered by the Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders
pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending March 31, 2012 multiplied by 4/3.
“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Term A Facility, with respect to
any Term A Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term
A Facility represented by (i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term A Lender’s Term A
Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such Term A Lender’s Term A
Loans at such time, (b) in respect of the Term B Facility, with respect to any Term B Lender at any
time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term B Facility represented by
(i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term B Lender’s Term B Commitment at such time and (ii)
thereafter, the principal amount of such Term B Lender’s Term B Loans at such time, (c) in respect
of any Incremental Term Facility, with respect to any Incremental Term Lender at any time, the
percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of such Incremental Term Facility represented
by the principal amount of such Incremental Term Lender’s Incremental Term Loans at such time, and
(d) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any
time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility
represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time. If the
commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the
L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, or
if the Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving
Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the
Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility
most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable
Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender
on Schedule 2.01 (or, in the case of any Incremental Term Lender, on Schedule I to an
Incremental Term Supplement, if any) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such
Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Rate” means, (a) with respect to the Term A Facility and the Revolving
Credit Facility, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the
Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided, until the delivery of
the Compliance Certificate with respect to the Quarter ending September 30, 2011, the Applicable
Rate in respect of the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility shall be 1.00% per annum
for Base Rate Loans and 2.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans:
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Revolving Credit Facility and |
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Term A Facility |
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Eurodollar Rate |
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Pricing Level |
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Cash Flow Ratio |
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(Letters of Credit) |
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Base Rate |
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1 |
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<4.00:1.00
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1.50 |
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0.50 |
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≥4.00:1.00 but <5.00:1.00
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1.75 |
% |
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0.75 |
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≥5.00:1.00 but <5.75:1.00
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2.00 |
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1.00 |
% |
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≥5.75:1.00
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2.25 |
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1.25 |
% |
; (b) with respect to the Term B Facility, from time to time, (i) 2.00% per annum for Base Rate
Loans and (ii) 3.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans; and (c) with respect to an Incremental
Term Facility, the rate specified as such in the applicable Incremental Term Supplement.
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate with respect to the Term A Facility and
Revolving Credit Facility resulting from a change in the Cash Flow Ratio shall become effective as
of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered
pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided, however, that if a Compliance
Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 4 shall
apply in respect of the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility as of the first Business
Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered.
“Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the
Revolving Credit Facility at such time.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the Term A
Facility, Term B Facility, Revolving Credit Facility, or Incremental Term Facility, if any, a
Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Term A Loan, Term B Loan,
Revolving Credit Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, respectively, at such time, (b) with
respect to the Swingline Sublimit, the Swingline Lender, and (c) with respect to the Letter of
Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to
Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Approved Electronic Communications” means, for purposes of identifying all
Communications which may be made on the Approved Electronic Platform, each Communication that any
Loan Party is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including any financial statement,
financial or other report, notice, request, certificate or other information material;
provided, however, that, solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication
by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting either
the Administrative Agent’s right to effect delivery of such Communication by posting such
Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform or the protections afforded hereby to the
Administrative Agent in connection with any such posting, “Approved Electronic Communication” shall
exclude (i) any notice of borrowing, letter of credit request, swingline loan request, notice of
conversion or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication, information, document or
other material relating to a request for a new, or a conversion of an
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existing, Borrowing, (ii) any notice pursuant to
Section 2.04(a) and
Section
2.04(b) and any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due under
any Loan Document prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices of any Default or Event
of Default and (iv) any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material
required to be delivered to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in
Article V or any
other condition to any Borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent
to the effectiveness of this
Credit Agreement (
provided that, for avoidance of doubt any
such excluded Communication listed in clause (i) through clause (iv) may be made by electronic mail
as provided in
Section 10.02(b)(iv)).
“Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning given to such term in Section
10.02(d).
“Approved Fund” means any Fund 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.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 10.06(b)(iii)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form
of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Availability Period” means in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the period
from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the Maturity Date for the Revolving
Credit Facility, (ii) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.05, and (iii) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Credit
Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as
now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a)
the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as
publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its “prime rate” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate that
would be payable on such day for a Eurodollar Rate Loan with a one month interest period
plus 1%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by JPMCB based upon various factors including
JPMCB’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a
reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced
rate. Any change in such rate announced by JPMCB shall take effect at the opening of business on
the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan, Term A Loan, Term B Loan, Swingline
Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“
Borrower” has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this
Credit
Agreement.
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“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, Term A Borrowing, Term B Borrowing,
Swingline Borrowing or Incremental Term Borrowing, if any, as the context may require.
“
Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of
New York and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings
in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Cablevision” means Cablevision Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“
Capital Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to
pay rent or other amounts under a Lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real
and/or personal property, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a
capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for purposes of this
Credit
Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“Carriage Suspension Adjustment” has the meaning specified in the definition of
“Operating Cash Flow”.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent
owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than
Liens created under the Collateral Documents and other Liens permitted hereunder):
(a) marketable, direct obligations of the United States of America maturing within 397
days of the date of purchase;
(b) commercial paper outstanding at any time issued by any Person organized under the
laws of any state of the United States of America, which Person shall have a consolidated
net worth of at least $250,000,000 and shall conduct a substantial part of its business in
the United States of America, maturing within 180 days from the date of the original issue
thereof, and rated “P-1” or better by Xxxxx’x or “A-1” or better by S&P;
(c) fully collateralized repurchase agreements in such amounts and with such financial
institutions having a rating of “Baa” or better from Xxxxx’x, or a rating of “A-” or better
from S&P, as the Borrower may select from time to time;
(d) certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within
397 days after the date of purchase, which are issued by any Lender or by a United States
national or state bank or foreign bank having capital, surplus and undivided profits
totaling more than $100,000,000, and having a rating of “Baa” or better from Xxxxx’x or a
rating of “A-” or better from S&P;
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(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Xxxxx’x and
(iii) have portfolio assets of at least $3,000,000,000;
(f) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the
requirements of clause (d) of this definition, having a term of not more than thirty days,
with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government;
(g) obligations of any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and
interest on which there shall have been irrevocably deposited the government obligations
described in clause (a) of this definition maturing as to principal and interest at times
and in amounts sufficient to provide such payment;
(h) auction preferred stock rated in the highest short-term credit rating category by
S&P or Xxxxx’x;
(i) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition
backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying
the requirements of clause (b) of this definition); or
(j) money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying
the requirements of clauses (a) through (i) of this definition.
“Cash Flow Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Net Debt outstanding on such date (determined on a consolidated
basis) plus (but without duplication of Indebtedness supported by Letters of Credit) the
aggregate undrawn face amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding on such date to (ii) Annual
Operating Cash Flow (and any change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of
Indebtedness or Letters of Credit shall be effective as of the date such change shall occur and any
change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of Annual Operating Cash Flow shall be
effective as of the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Compliance Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d), reflecting such change). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for purposes of calculating the Cash Flow Ratio, there shall be excluded from Net Debt,
to the extent otherwise included as Net Debt, (A) any deferred or contingent obligation of the
Company to pay the consideration for an Investment not prohibited by Section 7.18 to the
extent such obligation can be satisfied with the delivery of Equity Interests of the Borrower and
the Borrower covenants and agrees in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation
shall be satisfied solely by the delivery of such Equity Interests; (B) any deferred purchase price
in connection with any acquisition not prohibited by Section 7.18 to the extent that the
Borrower’s obligations in respect of such deferred purchase price consist solely of an agreement to
deliver Equity Interests of the Borrower and the Borrower covenants and agrees in a notice to the
Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied solely by the delivery of such Equity
Interests; (C) all obligations under any interest rate Swap Contract or Monetization Indebtedness;
and (D)(x) all obligations under any Guarantee permitted under subparagraph (x) of Section
7.16 and (y) all obligations under any Guarantee not prohibited by Section 7.16 so long
as the obligations under such Guarantees referred to in this clause (y) are payable, solely at the
option of the Borrower, in Equity Interests of the Borrower and the Borrower covenants and agrees
in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied solely by the
delivery of such Equity Interests.
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“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services,
including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and
other cash management arrangements.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash
Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such
Cash Management Agreement.
“CFC” means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the
Code.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Credit Agreement, of any
of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any
change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority;
provided, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or
issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by
the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any
successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each
case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the
date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
5.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral
Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended under the terms of the Collateral
Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties.
“Collateral Agent” means JPMCB in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders
under the Collateral Documents and its successors in such capacity.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Pledge
Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement(s), the Mortgages and each of the other
agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Term A Borrowing, (b) a Term B
Borrowing, (c) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (d) a Swingline Borrowing, (e) a conversion of Loans
from one Type to the other, or (f) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section
2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Commitment” means a Term A Commitment, Term B Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment
or Incremental Term Commitment, if any, as the context may require.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.08(a).
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“Communications” means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and
other material provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise transmitted
between the parties hereto relating to this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Loan
Party or its Affiliates, or the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement or the other
Loan Documents including, without limitation, all Approved Electronic Communications.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of a senior financial executive of the
Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit C.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued
by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party
or by which it or any of its property is legally bound.
“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.
“Copyright Licenses” means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the
grant by or to a Person of any right under any Copyright.
“Copyrights” means all copyrights in all works, now existing or hereafter created or
acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
whether in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States, any state thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise.
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit
Extension.
“Cumulative Operating Cash Flow” means an amount, determined on the date of any
proposed Restricted Payment, as applicable, equal to Operating Cash Flow for the period from July
1, 2011 through the end of the most recently ended Quarter as to which financial statements have
been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01.
“Cumulative Total Interest Expense” means for the period from July 1, 2011 through the
end of the most recently ended Quarter as to which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 7.01, the aggregate of the interest expense of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“Debt Instruments” means, collectively, the respective notes and debentures
evidencing, and indentures and other agreements governing, any Indebtedness.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or
other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
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“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that,
with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of
Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if
any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided,
however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest
rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan
plus 2% per annum and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to
the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender as to which the Administrative Agent
has notified the Borrower that (i) such Lender has failed for three Business Days or more to comply
with its obligations under this Credit Agreement to make a Loan or make a payment to the L/C Issuer
in respect of an L/C Obligation or make a payment to the Swingline Lender in respect of a Swingline
Loan (each a “funding obligation”) unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination
that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with
any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied,
or (ii) such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent in writing, or has stated publicly, that
it will not comply with any such funding obligation, or (iii) a Lender Insolvency Event has
occurred and is continuing with respect to such Lender (provided that neither the
reallocation of funding obligations provided for in Section 2.16(b) as a result of a Lender
being a Defaulting Lender nor the performance by Non-Defaulting Lenders of such reallocated funding
obligations shall by themselves cause the relevant Defaulting Lender to become a Non-Defaulting
Lender). Any determination that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (i) through (iii)
above shall be made by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion acting in good faith.
The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of any notice to the
Borrower referred to above.
“Deferred Carriage Fee Amortization” means the amount identified in the Borrower’s
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows on the line identified as “Amortization of Deferred Carriage
Fees” and determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person (or the
granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment,
transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any
rights and claims associated therewith; provided that the term Disposition specifically
excludes (i) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of obsolete or worn out property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sale, transfer,
license, lease or other disposition of receivables, inventory and other current assets in the
ordinary course of business; (iii) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property
by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided
that if the transferor of such property is a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be the
Borrower or a Guarantor; (iv) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property
permitted by Section 7.24(i) through (vii) and (x) through (xvi); and
(v) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property involving property or
assets having a fair market value of less than $1,000,000.
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“Distribution Agreement” means the Distribution Agreement dated as of June 6, 2011,
between the Borrower and CSC Holdings, LLC, relating to, inter alia, the contribution of the
Programming Network Business to the Borrower.
“Distribution Transaction” means (i) the contribution to the Borrower of the
Programming Network Business from CSC Holdings, LLC in exchange for the issuance or transfer to CSC
Holdings, LLC of common stock of the Borrower, Senior Notes and Term B Notes, (ii) the distribution
by CSC Holdings, LLC of the Borrower’s common stock to Cablevision, and (iii) the distribution by
Cablevision of the Borrower’s common stock to the common shareholders of Cablevision, in each case
pursuant to the Distribution Agreement.
“Distribution Transaction Agreements” means the agreements listed on Schedule
1.01(iv).
“Xxxxx” means Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx.
“Xxxxx Family Interests” means (i) any Xxxxx Family Member, (ii) any trusts for the
benefit of any Xxxxx Family Members, (iii) any estate or testamentary trust of any Xxxxx Family
Member for the benefit of any Xxxxx Family Members, (iv) any executor, administrator, conservator
or legal or personal representative of any Person or Persons specified in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above to the extent acting in such capacity on behalf of any Xxxxx Family Member or Members
and not individually, and (v) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
similar entity, in each case 80% of which is owned and controlled by any of the foregoing or
combination of the foregoing.
“Xxxxx Family Members” means Xxxxx, his spouse, his descendants and any spouse of any
of such descendants.
“Dollars” and “$”means lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized and existing under
the laws of the United States or any state or commonwealth thereof or under the laws of the
District of Columbia.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) with respect to any assignment of any Revolving Credit
Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan, (i) a Revolving Credit Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a
Revolving Credit Lender, and (iii) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (A)
the Administrative Agent, (B) in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment, the
Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer, and (C) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (b)
with respect to any assignment of any Term Commitment or Term Loan, (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate
of a Lender, (iii) an Approved Fund, (iv) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved
by (A) the Administrative Agent, and (B) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have approved of such Person unless it shall object thereto by written
notice to the Administrative Agent within seven (7) Business Days after having received written
notice thereof, and (v) with respect to any Term Loan, the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries; provided that, (1) none of the Borrower or any of the
Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries holding Term Loans shall have any right to (A) attend
(including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present
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or (B) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders, except to the extent
such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives, (2)
any purchase of Term Loans by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by assignment pursuant to
Section 10.6 shall (x) be effected by an offer to purchase such Term Loans pro rata from each Term
Lender of the applicable Term Facility in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, (y) result in such Term Loans being retired upon such assignment and (z) not be funded with
a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans
purchased by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06 and held at any one time by any of the Borrower’s
Affiliates (which are not required to be retired pursuant to clause (2) above) may not exceed 10%
of the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans under any Term Facility.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes,
laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those
related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability (including any liability for damages,
costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other
Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries 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.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any of the shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any of the warrants, options or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any of the securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person
or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or
such other interests), and any of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not
such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a Plan, ERISA, the PBGC or a
provision of the Code pertaining to employee benefit plans, any Person that is a member of any
group of organizations within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code of which
the Borrower is a member.
“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to
the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the
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Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is
not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Base Rate” for such Interest Period
shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits
in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the
approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by JPMCB and with
a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by JPMCB’s London Branch to major banks
in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Eurodollar Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate
Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
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Eurodollar Rate =
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provided that, solely with respect to Term B Loans, the Eurodollar Rate shall be no
lower than 1.00% per annum.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan, Term A Loan, Term B Loan or
Incremental Term Loan, if any, that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the
reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such
day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to
Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate
for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date
of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
“Event of Default” means any of the events described in Article VIII.
“Event of Loss” means, with respect to any property, (i) the actual or constructive
total loss of such property or the use thereof, resulting from destruction, damage beyond repair,
or the rendition of such property permanently unfit for normal use from any casualty or similar
occurrence whatsoever, (ii) the destruction or damage of a material portion of such property from
any casualty or similar occurrence whatsoever under circumstances in which such damage cannot
reasonably be expected to be repaired, or such property cannot reasonably be expected to be
restored to its condition immediately prior to such destruction or damage, within 180 days after
the occurrence of such destruction or damage, (iii) the condemnation, confiscation or seizure of,
or requisition of title to or use of, any property, or (iv) in the case of any property located
upon a leasehold, the termination or expiration of such leasehold.
“Exchange” shall mean a Disposition constituting any exchange of assets or properties
for consideration consisting solely of other assets or properties, subject to the last sentence of
this definition, and of comparable value and use to those assets or properties being exchanged, and
having a value equal to the fair market value of those assets or properties being exchanged,
including exchanges involving the transfer or acquisition (or both transfer and
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acquisition) of Equity Interests of a Person so long as substantially all of the Equity
Interests of such Person are transferred or acquired, as the case may be (and such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary and a Guarantor hereunder). It is understood that exchanges of the kind
described above as to which a portion of the consideration paid or received is in the form of cash
or Cash Equivalents shall nevertheless constitute “Exchanges” for the purposes of this Credit
Agreement so long as the aggregate consideration received by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with such exchange represents fair market value for the assets or
properties and cash or Cash Equivalents being transferred by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
“Excluded Indebtedness” has the meaning given to such term in Section 8.01(e).
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C
Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however
denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), as a result of a
present or former connection between such Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any taxing
authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or
received a payment under, or enforced, any Loan Document), (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by
the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is
located, (c) any Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA, and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than
an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 10.12), any withholding tax
that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a
party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section
3.01(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 Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a).
“Existing RNS Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July
5, 2006, as amended, among the Rainbow National Services, LLC, the Guarantors named therein, Bank
of America, N.A., as syndication agent, Credit Suisse (formerly Credit Suisse First Boston),
Citicorp North America, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents,
JPMCB, as administrative agent, and the other Loan Parties (as defined therein) party thereto.
“
Existing RNS Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of August 20, 2004,
among The Bank of
New York, Rainbow National Services, LLC, RNS Co-Issuer Corporation and the
“Guarantors” (as defined therein) with respect to the Existing RNS Notes.
“Existing RNS Notes” shall mean the 10-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 issued
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Existing RNS Indenture in the aggregate original
principal amount of $325,000,000.
“Facility” means the Term A Facility, the Term B Facility, the Revolving Credit
Facility or an Incremental Term Facility, if any, as the context may require.
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“Facility Fee Letter” means any fee letter entered into between the Borrower and the
Joint Lead Arrangers on or prior to the Closing Date.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Credit
Agreement, including any regulations or official interpretations thereof, whether issued before or
after the date of this Credit Agreement.
“FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“
Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day;
provided that (a) if such day is not
a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the
next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such
rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%)
charged to JPMCB on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letters” means the Facility Fee Letter and the JPMCB Fee Letter.
“Financial Covenants” means the financial covenants applicable to the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time as set forth in Section 7.25 and 7.26.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this
definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth
in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination, consistently applied; provided, that, at any time after the Closing Date,
the Borrower may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such
election, except as otherwise provided in Section 1.03(b), references herein to GAAP shall
thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (and equivalent pronouncements) as in effect at the date of
such election, except as otherwise provided in this Credit Agreement; provided
further, that any calculation or determination in this Credit Agreement that requires the
application of GAAP for periods that include Quarters ended prior to the adoption of IFRS shall
remain as previously calculated or determined.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
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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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the
European Central Bank).
“Granting Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06(h).
“Guarantees” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.16.
“Guarantors” means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(iii) and each New
Restricted Subsidiary required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.08.
“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors under Article IV in favor
of the Secured Parties.
“Guaranty Supplement” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.11.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including 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.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge
Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Secured
Hedge Agreement.
“Honor Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the
International Accounting Standards Board.
“IFC” means The Independent Film Channel LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.13(d).
“Incremental Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Incremental
Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest
Period made by each of the Incremental Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.14.
“Incremental Term Commitments” has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.14(a).
“Incremental Term Facility” means, any additional tranche of Incremental Term
Commitments and Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Term Supplement.
“Incremental Term Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Term Commitment or an
outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
“Incremental Term Loan” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.14(a).
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“Incremental Term Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of an
Incremental Term Lender, evidencing Incremental Term Loans made by such Incremental Term Lender,
substantially in the form attached to the Incremental Term Supplement.
“Incremental Term Supplement” has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.14(c).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person, Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and
other indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan or the issuance and sale of
debt securities) or for the deferred purchase or acquisition price of property or services other
than accounts payable and accrued expenses (other than for borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary
course of business of such Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such term
shall include (a) when applied to the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, all obligations of
the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary under Swap Contracts and (b) when applied to the
Borrower or any other Person, all Indebtedness of others Guaranteed by such Person.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.02(f).
“Initial Term B Lender” means CSC Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Intellectual Property” means the Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent
Licenses, Software, Trade Secrets, Trade Secret Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses of the
Loan Parties.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means an Intellectual Property Security
Agreement, between each Loan Party owning any Intellectual Property or applications for
Intellectual Property and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and any
similar security agreement or any security agreement supplement delivered pursuant to Section
7.08.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of
each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such
Loan was made; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate
Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of
such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the
last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility
under which such Loan was made.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the
date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or if made available by the
Lenders nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice;
provided that:
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(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under
which such Loan was made.
“Investments” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.18.
“ISP” means the International Standby Practices (ISP98) International Chamber of
Commerce Publication No. 590, as the same may be amended and as in effect from time to time.
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in favor the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of
Credit.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” means X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated.
“JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and its successors.
“JPMCB Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated June 30, 2011, among the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or
judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and
all applicable administrative orders, directives, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits
of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force
of law.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s
funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving
Credit Percentage.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter
of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit
Borrowing.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance
thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
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“L/C Issuer” means JPMCB in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder or
any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder and any other Lender reasonably acceptable to
the Borrower and Administrative Agent that has agreed to act as an L/C Issuer hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount
available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all
Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available
to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, if on any date of
determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn
thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Leases” means leases and subleases (excluding Capital Lease Obligations), licenses to
use property, and easements.
“Lender” means the banks or other financial institutions which are parties hereto,
including the Initial Term B Lender, the Swingline Lender and any Incremental Term Lender, together
with their respective successors and assigns.
“Lender Insolvency Event” means that (i) a Lender or its Lender Parent is insolvent or
(ii) an event of the kind referred to in clause (g)(ii), (g)(v) or (h) of
Section 8.01 occurs, excluding any Undisclosed Administration, with respect to such Lender
or its Lender Parent (as if the references in such provisions to the Borrower or Significant
Restricted Subsidiaries referred to such Lender or Lender Parent); provided that, for the
avoidance of doubt, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or
acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof
by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such
Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the
enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such
Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made
with such Lender.
“Lender Parent” means, with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company (as defined
in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Lender, or any Person owning, beneficially
or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Lender.
“Lender Party” means any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender.
“Lender Party Appointment Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section
9.06(a).
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as
a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit
may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
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“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the
Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(i).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $50,000,000. The Letter of
Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Liens” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.17.
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article
II in the form of a Term Loan, Swingline Loan or Revolving Credit Loan.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (a) this Credit Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c)
the Collateral Documents, (d) the Fee Letters, (e) each Issuer Document, (f) each Secured Hedge
Agreement, (g) each Secured Cash Management Agreement, and (h) each Incremental Term Supplement, if
any; provided that for purposes of the definition of “Materially Adverse Effect” and
Articles V through IX and Section 10.01, “Loan Documents” shall not include
Secured Hedge Agreements or Secured Cash Management Agreements.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Mandatory Borrowing” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.15(b).
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U.
“Materially Adverse Effect” means a materially adverse effect upon (i) the business,
assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole on a combined basis in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the ability of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to perform the Obligations hereunder or
(iii) the legality, validity, binding nature or enforceability of this Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document or the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the security
interest created, or purported to be created, by any of the Collateral Documents.
“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, June 30,
2016, (b) with respect to the Term A Facility, June 30, 2017, (c) with respect to the Term B
Facility, December 31, 2018, and (d) with respect to each Incremental Term Facility, if any, the
date specified as such in the respective Incremental Term Supplement.
“Material Real Property” has the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.08.
“Monetization Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof issued in connection with a Monetization Transaction; provided
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that, (i) on the date of its incurrence, the purchase price or principal amount of such
Monetization Indebtedness does not exceed the fair market value of the securities that are the
subject of such Monetization Transaction on such date and (ii) the obligations of the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to the purchase price or principal amount of such
Monetization Indebtedness (x) may be satisfied in full by delivery of the securities that are the
subject of such Monetization Transaction and any related options on such securities or any proceeds
received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof on account of such options;
provided further, that if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary no longer owns
sufficient securities that were the subject of such Monetization Transaction and/or related options
on such securities to satisfy in full the obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries under such Monetization Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall no longer be deemed to
be Monetization Indebtedness, and (y) are not secured by any Liens on any of the Borrower’s or its
Restricted Subsidiaries’ assets other than the securities that are the subject of such Monetization
Transaction and the related options on such securities.
“Monetization Transaction” means a transaction pursuant to which (i) securities
received pursuant to a Disposition or Exchange are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed
(including by way of a forward purchase agreement, prepaid forward sale agreement, secured
borrowing or similar agreement) within 180 days of such Disposition or Exchange and (ii) the
Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive (including by way of borrowing under Monetization
Indebtedness) not less than 75% of the fair market value of such securities in the form of cash.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgages” means the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt and mortgages,
substantially in the form of Exhibit L (with such changes as may be satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel to account for local law matters) and otherwise in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and each other Mortgage delivered
pursuant to Section 7.11 from time to time), in each case as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means proceeds received by the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries in cash from (x) any Disposition or the incurrence, issuance or sale of Indebtedness
or capital stock of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after
deduction of the underwriting discounts and commissions in, the costs of, and any income,
franchise, transfer or other tax liability arising from, such sale, Disposition, incurrence or
issuance, (y) a capital contribution in respect of the common stock of any class of the Borrower to
the Borrower by the holder thereof, or (z) any insurance, condemnation awards or other payment with
respect to an Event of Loss, after deduction of the costs of, and any income, franchise, transfer
or other tax liability arising therefrom. If any amount payable to the Borrower or any such
Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any such incurrence or issuance shall be or become evidenced by
any promissory note or other negotiable or non-negotiable instrument, the cash proceeds received on
any such note or instrument shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds.
“Net Debt” means, as to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at any date of
determination, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, less the aggregate amount of Qualified Cash of the Borrower and the
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Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed 33% of Operating
Cash Flow for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance
Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d).
“New Restricted Subsidiary” means any New Subsidiary designated as a Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(b) and any Unrestricted Subsidiary redesignated as a
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c).
“New Subsidiary” means any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after the
Closing Date.
“New Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any New Subsidiary deemed an Unrestricted
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(a).
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Note” means a Term A Note, Term B Note, Revolving Credit Note, Swingline Note or
Incremental Term Note, if any, as the context may require.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants
and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan
or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute
or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“OID” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.10(a).
“Operating Cash Flow” means, for any period, the following for the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP: (i) aggregate operating revenues, minus (ii) aggregate operating expenses (including
technical, programming, sales, selling, general administrative expenses and salaries and other
compensation, in each case net of amounts allocated to Affiliates, but excluding depreciation and
amortization (but, for the avoidance of doubt, depreciation and amortization will not include the
amortization of programming expenses (films, series, shows and other content), which is treated as
an operating expense), charges and credits relating to employee stock plans, and restructuring
charges and credits, and, to the extent otherwise included in operating expenses, any losses
resulting from a write-off or write-down of Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary in Affiliates), plus (iii), without duplication, Deferred Carriage Fee
Amortization; provided, however, that for purposes of determining Operating Cash
Flow for any period (A) there shall be excluded all management fees paid to the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary during such period by any Unrestricted Subsidiary other than any such amounts
settled in cash to the extent not in excess of 5% of Operating Cash Flow for the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries as determined without including any such fees, (B) there shall be excluded
operating expenses in connection with the Distribution Transaction in an amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate, (C) the amount of Operating Cash Flow attributable to any non-wholly
owned Restricted Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the Borrower’s direct or
indirect economic interest in the Equity Interests of such non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary;
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provided, that the amount of Operating Cash Flow attributable to all non-wholly owned
Restricted Subsidiaries shall in no event exceed 10% of the total Operating Cash Flow for such
period, and (D) Operating Cash Flow for such period shall be increased or reduced, as the case may
be, by the Operating Cash Flow of assets or businesses acquired or disposed of (provided that in
each case it has an impact on Annual Operating Cash Flow of at least $1,000,000) (including by
means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c)) by the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period, determined on a pro forma
basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that it shall be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such pro forma calculations may be based upon GAAP as
applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Borrower, delivered in accordance
with Section 7.01 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the Person whose
assets were acquired and may include, in the Borrower’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of
savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (a) that have been realized, (b) for
which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (c) for which the steps necessary for
realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition or
disposition), as though the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such
assets on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition, operating revenues and
operating expenses shall exclude any non-recurring, non-cash items in excess of $2,500,000.
Operating Cash Flow may also be adjusted to normalize an acceleration of programming expenses
(films, series, shows and other content) required to be recognized in accordance with GAAP when the
program’s useful life is shortened or otherwise changed from the originally projected useful life.
Furthermore, to the extent the programs are abandoned and, to the extent that the amortization of
such programming expenses are, in accordance with GAAP, required to be accelerated into the year of
such impairment, the Borrower may treat such costs as being amortized over a period equal to the
original projected useful life. In the event of any suspension of carriage by any party to an
Affiliation Agreement during renewal negotiations of such Affiliation Agreement or upon the
expiration or termination of, or during disputes under, such Affiliation Agreement, the Operating
Cash Flow calculation, for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenants (but not for any
other purpose), may be adjusted (the “Carriage Suspension Adjustment”) to include the
Operating Cash Flow attributable to the affected Affiliation Agreement from the corresponding
period one year prior to each period during which such suspension of carriage continues, but in any
event not to exceed three months, provided that the Carriage Suspension Adjustment shall be limited
only to the Operating Cash Flow attributable to one Affiliation Agreement during any three-month
period being tested.
“Operating Company” means (i) each of AMC, IFC, WE and Sundance, and (ii) each other
Restricted Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns a material programming network that had $100
million or more in gross operating revenues for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by
the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section
7.01(d).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise, property, mortgage recording or other similar taxes, charges or similar levies arising from
any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Loans on any date, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or
repayments thereof occurring on such date and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date,
the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to
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any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount
of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower
of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Participant” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(d).
“Patent Licenses” means all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the
grant by or to a Person of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent.
“Patents” means (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, now
existing or hereafter arising, and all improvement patents, reissues, reexaminations, patents of
additions, renewals and extensions thereof, and (b) all applications for letters patent of the
United States or any other country, now existing or hereafter arising, and all provisions,
division, continuations and continuations-in-part and substitutes thereof.
“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.16.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any
or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition (including by merger, amalgamation,
consolidation or other form of combination) of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all or
substantially all of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a Person or
division, line of business or other business unit of a Person who will become, or which assets will
become property of, a Restricted Subsidiary so long as (a) there is no Default or Event of Default
both before and after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition and any incurrence of
Indebtedness in connection therewith, (b) the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to the consummation of such acquisition and any incurrence of Indebtedness in
connection therewith (such pro forma basis to include, in the Borrower’s discretion, a reasonable
estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition (i) that have been realized, (ii) for which
the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (iii) for which the steps necessary for
realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition,
in each case, certified by the Borrower), with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last
day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant
to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such acquisition was consummated and such Indebtedness
was incurred on the first day of the 12-month period then ended; provided, the Financial
Covenants for purposes of determining such pro forma compliance, shall be determined in a manner to
be more restrictive than the level otherwise applicable for the relevant test period by 0.25:1.00,
(c) the acquired company or assets are in the same business as the Borrower and its subsidiaries or
are in a line of business that is generally related to the lines of business conducted by the
Borrower and its subsidiaries, (d) any acquired company and its subsidiaries (other than any
subsidiary that shall be a Foreign Subsidiary) shall become Guarantors and pledge their assets to
the Collateral Agent and (e) the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent at least ten
Business Days prior to the consummation of such proposed acquisition, and shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent documents related to the proposed acquisition reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Affiliate Payments” means (a) payments under equity and other compensation
incentive programs to employees and directors of the Borrower or any of its current or former
Affiliates in the ordinary course of business; provided that, in the case of employees or
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directors of former Affiliates, such payments relate to awards granted prior to the
consummation of the Distribution Transaction, and (b) payments due and payable under the
Distribution Transaction Agreements.
“Permitted Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred, issued or sold by the Borrower after
the Closing Date, and any Guarantees thereof issued by the Guarantors permitted pursuant to Section
7.16(viii), provided that:
(i) such Indebtedness (A) shall be unsecured, (B) shall have a commercially reasonable
interest rate (which rate shall be deemed commercially reasonable if such Indebtedness is sold by a
member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in an underwritten offering, in a private
placement pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, or on a “best efforts” basis),
(C) shall be neither (1) redeemable, payable or required to be purchased or otherwise retired or
extinguished in whole or in part at a fixed or determinable date (whether by operation of a sinking
fund or otherwise), at the option of any Person other than the Borrower or upon the occurrence of a
condition other than a change of control (as defined in the Debt Instruments governing such
Indebtedness) not solely within the control of the Borrower (such as a redemption required to be
made out of future earnings) nor (2) convertible into any other Indebtedness or capital stock of
the Borrower that may be so retired, extinguished or converted, in the case of clause (1) or (2)
above, at any time before the date that is six months after the last Maturity Date applicable to
the Facilities as in effect at the time of the incurrence, issuance or sale of such Indebtedness,
(D) shall have a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average
life to maturity of the Facilities (assuming each of the Facilities had been entered into with a
six month additional weighted life), (E) shall be issued subject to the demonstration of pro forma
compliance after giving effect to such Indebtedness with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of
the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if incurred on the first day of the 12-month
period then ended, and (F) shall have terms and conditions no more restrictive or burdensome, taken
as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes (whether or not the Senior Notes are
outstanding at the date of such determination); and
(ii) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence, issuance or sale of
such Indebtedness, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Borrower shall have so
certified to the Administrative Agent;
and provided further, that the Borrower shall (a) prior to the issuance of any such Indebtedness,
provide notice to the Administrative Agent of the proposed issuance thereof and of the use of the
proceeds thereof and (b) as soon as available, provide to the Administrative Agent copies of the
Debt Instruments governing such Indebtedness.
“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:
(i) (a) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or other social security legislation, and deposits securing liability to insurance
carriers under related insurance or self-insurance arrangements, (b) Liens incurred in the ordinary
course of business securing insurance premiums or reimbursement obligations under insurance
policies related to the items specified in the foregoing clause (a), or (c) obligations in respect
of letters of credit or bank guarantees that have been posted by such Person to support the payment
of the items set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (i);
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(ii) (a) deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for
borrowed money) or Leases to which such Person is a party, (b) deposits to secure public or
statutory obligations of such Person, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature, (c) deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for
the payment of rent, and (d) obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees that
have been posted by such Person to support the payment of items set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of
this clause (ii);
(iii) Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of cash or securities made by such Person as a
condition to obtaining or maintaining any licenses issued to it by, or to satisfy other similar
requirements of, any applicable Governmental Authority;
(iv) Liens imposed by law, such as (a) carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ materialmen’s,
landlords’, or repairmen’s Liens, or (b) other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of
business securing obligations which are not overdue by more than 30 days or which if more than 30
days overdue, (1) the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that a reserve or other appropriate
provision shall have been made therefor as appropriate in accordance with GAAP, or (2) the
aggregate principal outstanding amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed
$1,000,000;
(v) Liens arising out of judgments or awards not constituting an Event of Default;
(vi) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for
rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or
other restrictions or encumbrances as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the
conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the
aggregate materially impair their use in the ordinary operation of the business of such Person;
(vii) any zoning, building or similar laws or rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental
Authority;
(viii) Liens created in the ordinary course of business and customary in the relevant industry
with respect to the creation of content, and the components thereof, securing the obligations of
any of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries owing in respect of compensation or other
payments owed for services rendered by creative or other personnel that do not constitute
Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien shall attach solely to the content, or applicable
component thereof, that are the subject to the arrangements giving rise to the underlying
obligation;
(ix) Liens for (a) taxes (other than property taxes), assessments, charges or other
governmental levies not overdue by more than 30 days or which if more than 30 days overdue, (1) the
period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings; provided that a reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been
made therefor as appropriate in accordance with GAAP and (2) the aggregate principal outstanding
amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $2,000,000, and (b) property taxes not
yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings (and
as to which all foreclosures and other enforcement proceedings shall have been fully bonded or
otherwise effectively stayed);
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(x) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any contractual, statutory
or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and
remedies covering deposit or securities accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto
and pooling and netting arrangements) or other funds maintained with a depository institution or
securities intermediary;
(xi) restrictions on transfers of securities imposed by applicable securities laws;
(xii) (a) any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublessor under any Lease, license
or sublease entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of its business and covering only
the assets so leased, licensed or subleased and (b) the rights reserved or vested in any other
Person by the terms of any Lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by such Person or by a
statutory provision to terminate any such Lease, license, franchise, grant or permit or to require
periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xiii) assignments of insurance or condemnation proceeds provided to landlords (or their
mortgagees) pursuant to the terms of any Lease and Liens or rights reserved in any Lease for rent
or for compliance with the terms of such Lease;
(xiv) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings
under applicable law) regarding Leases entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of
business;
(xv) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for sale of goods entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business not
prohibited by this Credit Agreement;
(xvi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of
business; and
(xvii) additional Liens so long as the aggregate principal outstanding amount of the
obligations secured thereby does not exceed $10,000,000 at any time.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or
the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund
(collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof
constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (a) the principal amount
(or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid
accrued interest and premium thereon and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses),
(b) the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater
than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c)
the final maturity of such Permitted Refinancing shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date of the
Term B Facility, (d) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to
the Obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be
subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders
as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (e) no
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors than the Indebtedness being
Refinanced and (f) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether
equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such
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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral on terms no less
favorable to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being Refinanced.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means, at any time, an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title
IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and is either
(i) maintained by the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate or (ii) a Multiemployer Plan to which the
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or
has within the preceding six plan years made contributions.
“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2011,
among certain Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent.
“Pledged Equity Interests” has the meaning given to such term in the Pledge Agreement.
“Pledgor” has the meaning given to such term in the Pledge Agreement.
“Potential Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, a Lender (i) as to which the
Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower that an event of the kind referred to in the
definition of “Lender Insolvency Event” has occurred and is continuing in respect of any financial
institution affiliate of such Lender, or (ii) as to which the Administrative Agent has in good
faith determined and notified the Borrower that such Lender or its Lender Parent or a Subsidiary
thereof has defaulted on its funding obligations under any other loan agreement or credit
agreement. Any determination that a Lender is a Potential Defaulting Lender under any of clauses
(i) through (ii) above shall be made by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion
acting in good faith. The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of
any notice to the Borrower referred to above.
“Programming Network Business” means (i) the programming businesses conducted by the
Restricted Subsidiaries identified on Schedule 1.01(i) as of the date hereof and which
collectively consist of the programming networks currently known as AMC, IFC, Sundance and WE and
(ii) the other programming and related assets contributed to the Borrower pursuant to the
Distribution Agreement.
“Prohibited Transaction” means a transaction that is prohibited under Section 4975 of
the Code or Section 406 of ERISA and not exempt under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 408 of
ERISA.
“Quarter” means a fiscal quarterly period of the Borrower.
“Qualified Cash” means, of any Person, all cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person in
deposit or securities accounts in which the Collateral Agent has “control” pursuant to and within
the meaning of Section 9-104 and/or 9-106 of the UCC pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
in the Security Agreement or any other Collateral Document.
“Reduction Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(b)(vi).
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“Register” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(c).
“Registered Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning given to such term by the
Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Borrower as prescribed by the Securities Laws.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means (i) any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) (other
than a Reportable Event as to which the provision of 30 days’ notice to the PBGC is waived under
applicable regulations), 4062(e) or 4063(a) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder, (ii) a
determination that any Plan is an “at risk” status within the meaning of Section 303 of ERISA and
the failure of such Plan to make the required funding to the Plan as provided by Section 303(i) of
ERISA and (iii) any failure to make payments required by Section 430(j) of the Code if such failure
continues for 30 days following the due date for any required installment.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, and (b) with respect
to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.
“Required Incremental Term Lenders” means, as of any date of determination and as to
any Incremental Term Facility, Incremental Term Lenders holding more than 50% of such Incremental
Term Facility on such date; provided that the portion of such Incremental Term Facility
held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Incremental Term Lenders.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than
50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit
Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such
Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit
Commitments; provided that (i) the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion
of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender, and (ii) the Loans held by
the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes
of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Required Prepayment Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.04(b)(vii).
“Required Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit
Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the
aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in
L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this
definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused
Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings held or
deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Revolving Lenders.
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“Required Revolving/Term A Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders
(other than Term B Lenders and Incremental Term Lenders, if any) holding more than 50% of the sum
of the (a) the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk
participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving
Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) less the Outstanding Amount of the Term B
Loans and Incremental Term Loans, if any, and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments;
provided, that (i) the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total
Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender (other than any Term B Lender or
Incremental Term Lender, if any), and (ii) the Loans held by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates
or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Revolving/Term A Lenders.
“Required Term A Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Term A Lenders
holding more than 50% of the Term A Facility on such date; provided that (i) the portion of
the Term A Facility held by any Defaulting Lender, and (ii) the Loans held by the Borrower or any
of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Term A Lenders.
“Required Term B Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Term B Lenders
holding more than 50% of the Term B Facility on such date; provided that (i) the portion of
the Term B Facility held by any Defaulting Lender, and (ii) the Loans held by the Borrower or any
of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Term B Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer, senior vice president-finance, chief accounting officer, controller, treasurer or
assistant treasurer of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricting Information” has the meaning given to such term in Section
10.02(g).
“Restricted Group Reporting Period” means any Quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower
if, as of the end of such period, either (i) the combined revenues of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries
exceed 3% of the combined revenues of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the four
Quarter period then ended, or (ii) the aggregate amount of the assets of the Unrestricted
Subsidiaries as recorded on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries
exceeds 3% of the aggregate amount of the assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries
on such balance sheet.
“Restricted Payments” means (i) direct or indirect distributions, dividends or other
payments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on account of (including, without limitation,
sinking fund or other payments on account of the redemption, retirement, purchase or acquisition
of) any general or limited partnership or joint venture interest in, or any capital stock of, the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (whether made in cash, property or other
obligations), other than any such distributions, dividends and other payments made by (a) a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Loan Party on account of any such Equity Interests
of the former held by the latter and (b) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to
another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party on account of any such
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Equity Interests of the former held by the latter, and (ii) any prepayment of principal or
interest on account of any Permitted Debt or any Indebtedness of the Borrower issued under the
Senior Notes Indenture (other than (a) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, any prepayment of interest on account of any Permitted Debt or the
Senior Notes, (b) any prepayment of principal or interest on account of any Indebtedness under the
Existing RNS Credit Agreement and Existing RNS Notes, and (c) any prepayment of principal on any
Indebtedness being Refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness).
“Restricted Subsidiaries” means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(i) and
any New Restricted Subsidiary, provided that any Restricted Subsidiary redesignated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with Section 7.08(c) shall cease to
be a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Restricting Information” has the meaning given to such term in Section
10.02(g).
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving
Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest
Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its
obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c),
and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one
time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule
2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment
and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount
may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit
Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan at such time.
“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(c);
provided, that a Swingline Loan shall not constitute a Revolving Credit Loan.
“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a
Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3.
“Revolving/Term A Event of Default” means any Event of Default contained in clause (c)
of Section 8.01, but only with respect to Sections 7.25 and 7.26.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
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“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is
entered into by and between one or more Loan Parties and any Cash Management Bank.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any interest rate Swap Contract permitted under
Article VII that is entered into by and between the Borrower and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C
Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the
Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05, and the other Persons the
Obligations owing to which are or are stated to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the
Collateral Documents.
“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules,
standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2011,
among certain Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent.
“Senior Notes” means the 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021, issued pursuant to the Senior
Notes Indenture in the aggregate original principal amount of $700,000,000.
“Senior Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2011, by
and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee, with respect to the Senior Notes.
“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the Total
Outstandings on such date to (ii) Annual Operating Cash Flow determined as of the last day of the
month covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 7.01(d), a copy of which has been delivered to the Administrative Agent (and any change in
such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of Total Outstandings shall be effective as of the
date such change shall occur and any change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of
Annual Operating Cash Flow shall be effective as of the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent
of the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d) reflecting such change).
“Significant Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary having (x) revenues
in excess of $10,000,000 for the four Quarter period then ended or (y) assets in excess of
$25,000,000 recorded on its most recent audited balance sheet.
“Software” means the intellectual property rights embodied in computer programs,
computer applications, source code, object code and related documentation.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of
determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than
the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present
fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required
to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c)
such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities
beyond such
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Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not
engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for
which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of
contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the
facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Solvency Certificate” means a certificate of a senior financial executive of the
Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“SPC” has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(h).
“Spot Rate” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.07.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness of any Loan Party that is subordinated to
the Obligations of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents.
“Subordinated Debt Documents” means all agreements, indentures and instruments
pursuant to which any Subordinated Debt is issued, in each case as amended to the extent permitted
under the Loan Documents.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares or securities or other
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other
than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency)
are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer
to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Sundance” means Sundance Channel L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit
derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index
swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options,
spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and
the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any
form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.,
any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such
obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swingline Borrowing” means a borrowing of Swingline Loans made by the Swingline
Lender pursuant to Section 2.15(a)
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“Swingline Lender” means any Lender or the Administrative Agent as agreed to at any
time by the Borrower and such Lender or the Administrative Agent, in either case as designated in
accordance with this Credit Agreement. The initial Swingline Lender shall be JPMCB.
“Swingline Loans” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(d).
“Swingline Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the
Swingline Lender evidencing Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, substantially in the form
of Exhibit B-4.
“Swingline Sublimit” means $20,000,000. The Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in
addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, assessments or other charges (including
withholdings) imposed by any Governmental Authority with authority to impose the same, including
any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term A Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term A Loans of the
same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each
of the Term A Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“Term A Commitment” means, as to each Term A Lender, its obligation to make Term A
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term A Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term A Commitment” or opposite such caption in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term A Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit
Agreement.
“Term A Facility” means at any time (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate
amount of the Term A Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of
the Term A Loans of all Term A Lenders outstanding at such time.
“Term A Lender” means (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender that
has a Term A Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that
holds Term A Loans at such time.
“Term A Loan” means an advance made by any Term A Lender under the Term A Facility.
“Term A Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term A Lender
evidencing Term A Loans made by such Term A Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B-1.
“Term B Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term B Loans of the
same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each
of the Term B Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“Term B Commitment” means, as to each Term B Lender, its obligation to make Term B
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in an aggregate principal amount at
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any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term B Commitment” or opposite such caption in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term B Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit
Agreement.
“Term B Facility” means at any time (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate
amount of the Term B Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of
the Term B Loans of all Term B Lenders outstanding at such time.
“Term B Lender” means (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender that
has a Term B Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that
holds Term B Loans at such time.
“Term B Loan” means an advance made by any Term B Lender under the Term B Facility.
“Term B Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term B
Lender, evidencing Term B Loans made by such Term B Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B-2.
“Term Borrowing” means a Term A Borrowing, Term B Borrowing or Incremental Term
Borrowing, if any, as the context may require.
“Term Commitment” means a Term A Commitment, Term B Commitment or Incremental Term
Commitment, if any, as the context may require.
“Term Facility” means, at any time, the Term A Facility, Term B Facility or
Incremental Term Facility, if any, as the context may require.
“Term Lender” means, at any time, a Term B Lender, Term B Lender or Incremental Term
Lender, if any, as the context may require.
“Term Loan” means a Term A Loan, Term B Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, as the
context may require.
“Termination Event” means (i) a Reportable Event, (ii) the termination of a Plan, or
the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan, or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a
termination under Section 4041(e) of ERISA, (iii) the institution of proceedings to terminate a
Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or (iv) the appointment of a trustee to administer any Plan under
Section 4042 of ERISA.
“Total Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of
interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness (including the interest component of
rentals in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
(determined on a consolidated basis), other than obligations under any Guarantee permitted under
subparagraph (x) of Section 7.16, (ii) the aggregate amount of fees accrued in respect of
the Letters of Credit hereunder during such period and (iii) the aggregate amount of Commitment
Fees accrued hereunder during such period. For purposes of this definition, the amount of interest
accrued in respect of Indebtedness for any period (A) shall be increased (to the extent not already
treated as interest expense or income, as the case may be) by the excess, if any,
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of amounts payable by the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary arising under any interest
rate Swap Contract during such period over amounts receivable by the Borrower and/or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereunder (or reduced by the excess, if any, of such amounts receivable over such
amounts payable) and interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an
interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such
Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP and (B) shall be increased or reduced, as the case
may be, by the amount of interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of assets acquired or disposed of (including by
means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c)) by the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period, determined on a pro forma
basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that it shall be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such pro forma calculations may be based upon GAAP as
applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Borrower, delivered in accordance
with Section 7.01 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the Person whose
assets were acquired and may include, in the Borrower’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of
savings resulting from any such acquisitions or dispositions, as though the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such assets on the first day of such period.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C
Obligations.
“Total Revolving Credit Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations.
“Trade Secrets” means all confidential and proprietary information, including, without
limitation, know-how, trade secrets, inventions, research and development information, databases
and data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier
lists and information.
“Trade Secret Licenses” means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for
the grant by or to a Person of any right under a Trade Secret.
“Trademark Licenses” means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the
grant by or to a Person of any right to use any Trademark.
“Trademarks” means all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names,
business names, fictitious business names, service marks, elements of package or trade dress of
goods or services, logos and other source or business identifiers, together with the goodwill
associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all application in connection therewith, whether in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State
thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof and all renewals thereof.
“Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the entering into by the Loan Parties and their
applicable Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which they are or are intended to be a party, (b)
the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Loan Documents, and (c) the
Distribution Transaction.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.
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“UCC” has the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.
“UCP” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, 2007 revision,
International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, as the same may be amended and in effect
from time to time.
“Undisclosed Administration” means in relation to a Lender the appointment of an
administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar
official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where
such Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such
appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.03(c)(i).
“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(ii)
and any New Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that any Unrestricted Subsidiary
redesignated by the Borrower as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with
Section 7.08(c) shall cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Waivable Prepayment” has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.04(b)(vii).
“WE” means WE: Women’s Entertainment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise
specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) 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, (i) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any
organization document) 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 or in
any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan
Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any
particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and
Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any
reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating,
amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation
shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time,
and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” (except when used as
accounting terms, in
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which case GAAP shall apply) 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.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to”
and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through”
means “to and including.”
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein
shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other
financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be
prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time,
applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements,
except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP. (i) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the
Borrower or (x) in the case of any financial ratio applicable only to a Financial Covenant, the
Applicable Rate or Section 2.08(a), the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of
any other financial ratio, the Required Lenders, shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the
applicable Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or
requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the
approval of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving/Term A Lenders, as applicable);
provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under
this Credit Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.
(ii) The Borrower may at any time elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP,
but prior to any such change shall notify the Administrative Agent of any intended change to the
manner in which any financial statements shall be prepared. Following such notification, if
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
shall negotiate in good faith to amend any computation of any financial ratio or requirement set
forth in any Loan Document to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change from
GAAP to IFRS. Unless the Required Lenders shall have objected to such required amendments within
10 Business Days after the Lenders shall have been notified thereof by the Administrative Agent (it
being agreed that the Administrative Agent shall give such notice promptly via the Approved
Electronic Platform after reaching agreement with the Borrower with respect to such required
amendments), such amendments shall become effective and shall be binding on all parties hereto;
provided that, until so amended, (i) each such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders financial statements and
other documents required under this Credit Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder
setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and
after giving effect to such change to IFRS.
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Section 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Credit
Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component,
carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed
herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no
nearest number).
Section 1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to
Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be
deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided,
however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any
Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount
thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of
such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated
amount is in effect at such time.
Section 1.07 Currency Equivalents Generally. Any amount specified in this Credit Agreement (other than in Articles II,
IV and IX) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include
the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in
the applicable currency to be determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of
the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency with Dollars. For purposes of
this Section 1.07, the “Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate
for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal
foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to
the date of such determination; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot
rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Person acting
in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such
currency.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
Section 2.01 The Loans. (a) The Term A Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Term A Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an
amount not to exceed such Term A Lender’s Term A Commitment. The Term A Borrowing shall
consist of Term A Loans made simultaneously by the Term A Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentage of the Term A Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section
2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A Loans may be Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) The Term B Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Initial Term B Lender agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount
not to exceed such Initial Term B Lender’s Term B Commitment; provided, that the Initial
Term B Lender’s obligation to make such Term B Loan to the Borrower shall be satisfied by the
Initial Term B Lender’s transfer of the Programming Network Business to the Borrower as
contemplated by the Distribution Agreement. The Term B Borrowing shall consist of Term B Loans
made by the Term B Lenders, including the Initial Term B Lender, in
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accordance with their
respective Term B Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and repaid or
prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term B Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as
further provided herein.
(c) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a
“Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving
effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not
exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving
Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Credit Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may
borrow under this Section 2.01(c), prepay under Section 2.04, and reborrow under
this Section 2.01(c). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate
Loans, as further provided herein.
(d) The Swingline Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
including Section 2.15, the Swingline Lender, in its individual capacity, may in its sole
discretion make revolving loans (each a “Swingline Loan” and, collectively, the
“Swingline Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline
Sublimit; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swingline Borrowing,
the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility. Amounts
borrowed under this Section 2.01(d) and repaid or prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance
with the provisions of this Credit Agreement.
Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. (a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or
Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be
given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
1:00 p.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided,
however, that notice of (x) the initial Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
may be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the Closing Date and
(y) any conversion of such initial Borrowing to Eurodollar Rate Loans may be received by the
Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day prior to the requested date
of conversion. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)
must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan
Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. In the case
of any discrepancies between telephonic and written notices received by the Administrative Agent,
the telephonic notice shall be effective as understood in good faith by the Administrative Agent.
Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in
Section 2.03(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice
(whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a
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Term A
Borrowing, a Term B Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing or an Incremental Term Borrowing, if
available, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or
continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of
Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which
existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the
duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of
Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a
conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made
as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be
effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable
Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period,
it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice or a request or a deemed request by the
Swingline Lender for repayment of any outstanding Swingline Loans under Section 2.15(b),
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable
Percentage under the applicable Facility of the applicable Term A Loans, Term B Loans, Revolving
Credit Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if any, and if no timely notice of a conversion or
continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a). In
the case of a Term Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make
the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the
Administrative Agent’s Office not later than (i) one hour after receipt of notice from the
Administrative Agent on the Closing Date in the case of the initial Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
(as long as such notice is received prior to 3:00 p.m. on such day) or (ii) 3:00 p.m. on the
Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, (x) if such Borrowing is the initial
Credit Extension, Section 5.01 and (y) if such Borrowing is the Incremental Term Borrowing,
the applicable conditions set forth in the Incremental Term Supplement), the Administrative Agent
shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of JPMCB with
the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with
instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower;
provided, however, that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a
Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding,
then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment
in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided
above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted
only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of
a Default, the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower that Loans may only be converted into
or continued as Loans of certain specified Types and, thereafter, until no Default shall continue
to exist, Loans may not be converted into or continued as Loans of any Type other than one or more
of such specified Types.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the
interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon
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determination of
such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in JPMCB’s prime rate used in determining
the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Term A Borrowings, all conversions of Term A Loans from one
Type to the other, and all continuations of Term A Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more
than 12 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Term A Facility. After giving effect to all
Term B Borrowings, all conversions of Term B Loans from one Type to the other, and all
continuations of Term B Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 12 Interest Periods in
effect in respect of the Term B Facility. After giving effect to all Revolving Credit Borrowings,
all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of
Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 12 Interest Periods in effect
in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
Section 2.03 Letters of Credit. (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit
Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during
the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of
Credit for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend Letters of Credit
previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drawings
under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in
Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings
thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to
any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving
Credit Facility, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any
Revolving Credit Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of
Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit
shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested
complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the
foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain
Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing
period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been
drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than
twelve months after the date of issuance, unless the Required Revolving Lenders
have approved such expiry date;
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders have
approved such expiry date; or
(C) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
Dollars.
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(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit
if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such
Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority
with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C
Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of
Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such
Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C
Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date,
or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which
was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx
material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies
of the L/C Issuer generally applicable to the issuance of letters of credit;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer,
such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;
(D) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement
of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(E) a default of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section
2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder,
unless the L/C Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower
or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Lender.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not
be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the
terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A)
the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does
not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect
to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C
Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative
Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C
Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and
Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term
“Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect
to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C
Issuer.
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(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit. (i) Each Letter of
Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered
to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit
Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such
Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not
later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative
Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the
proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an
initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and
detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of
Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D)
the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such
beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented
by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer
may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such
Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (1)
the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a
Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the L/C
Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of
Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative
Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if
not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the
L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative
Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance
or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions
contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit
for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable
amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and
customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each
Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk
participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving
Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Letter of
Credit.
(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter
of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C
Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete
copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. (i) Upon receipt from
the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the
L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00
a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an
“Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the
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Administrative Agent
in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C
Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of
the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the
amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such
event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without
regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of
Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit
Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a
Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing;
provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the
conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving
Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day
specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions
of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available
shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The
Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a
Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in
Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the
Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable
on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such
event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in
respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from
such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section
2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any
amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of
the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the
Borrower or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C
Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving
Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section
2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than
delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice ). No such making of an L/C Advance
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shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C
Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit,
together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified
in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such
Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest
thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such
payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater
of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the L/C Issuer
submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to
any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a
payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s
L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the
Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the
related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise,
including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage
thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time
during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the
Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the
circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving
Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from
the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The
obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the
Obligations and the termination of this Credit Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer
for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Credit Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit
Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee
of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such
transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in
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connection with
this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or
any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such
Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of
a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of
Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person
purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary
or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto
that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s
instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The
Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any
drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any
document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter
of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the
authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the
Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or
assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in
connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the
Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.
The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee
with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this
assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and
remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.
None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any
correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of
the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided,
however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may
have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages
suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful
misconduct or gross negligence or the
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L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of
Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly
complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in
order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to
the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the
rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C
Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing
has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C
Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash
Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. Section 2.04,
Section 2.16 and Section 8.02 set forth certain additional requirements to deliver
Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.04,
Section 2.16, Section 8.02 and Section 8.03, “Cash Collateralize” means, in
respect of an obligation, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest)
cash collateral (“Cash Collateral”) in Dollars, at a location and pursuant to documentation
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any
L/C Obligations to be Cash Collateralized, the L/C Issuer. Derivatives of such term have
corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all
balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in
blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at JPMCB. If at any time the Administrative Agent
determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person
other than the Administrative Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by
the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited as
Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y)
the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent
determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of
Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the
extent permitted under applicable Laws, to reimburse the L/C Issuer.
(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer
and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each
standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP, as most recently published by the
International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of
Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage a Letter of Credit Fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit
equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of
Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section
1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (A) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (B) due
and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with
the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during
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Quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such Quarter that such
Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the
request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit
Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The
Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to
each Letter of Credit, at a rate per annum of 0.125%, computed on the daily amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due
and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in
respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first
payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit,
on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the
daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit
shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrower shall pay
directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and
other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters
of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are
due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms
hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(l) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of
Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account
of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and
all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of
Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that
the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
Section 2.04 Prepayments
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time
or from time to time voluntarily prepay (i) the Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or
in part without premium or penalty and (ii) the Term B Loans in whole or in part without premium
or penalty with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that (A) such
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (I) three Business
Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (II) on the date of prepayment of
Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate
Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof
or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice
shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of
the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the
Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due
and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be
accompanied by all accrued interest on the
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amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts
required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the outstanding Loans pursuant to
this Section 2.04(a) shall be applied to the principal repayment installments thereof as
directed by the Borrower (and if not so directed, on a pro-rata basis), and each such prepayment
shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect
of the applicable Facility.
(b) Mandatory. (i) If the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A)
Disposes of any property (other than any deemed Disposition referred to in Section 7.08(c))
or (B) suffers an Event of Loss, in each case, which results in the realization by such Person of
Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall prepay (or, in the case of the Term B Loan or Incremental
Term Facility, if any, offer to purchase at par), immediately upon receipt thereof by such Person,
an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds which, in the
aggregate with any other Net Cash Proceeds described in this Section 2.04(b)(i) that have
not been used to prepay the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(i) or reinvested
pursuant to the proviso set forth below, exceeds $50,000,000; provided, that, the foregoing
requirement to offer to purchase Term B Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if any, shall only apply
in the case of a Disposition of any Operating Company or substantially all the assets of any
Operating Company; provided, further, that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds
described in this Section 2.04(b)(i), at the election of the Borrower (as notified by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds), and so
long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in operating assets so long as
within 365 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such reinvestment shall have been
consummated (as certified by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent); and
provided, however, that any Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested shall be
immediately applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in this Section 2.04(b)(i).
(ii) Upon the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness expressly permitted to be
incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.15), the Borrower shall prepay an
aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans equal to 100% of all
Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by the Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary.
(iii) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) shall be
applied, first, ratably to the Term A Facility and, to the extent such prepayment
is to be made from the Net Cash Proceeds of a Disposition of an Operating Company, but
subject to Section 2.04(b)(vii), the Term B Facility and Incremental Term Facility, if any,
and to the principal repayment of installments thereof on a pro-rata basis and,
second, to the Revolving Credit Facility in the manner set forth in clause
(vi) of this Section 2.04(b).
(iv) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii) shall be
applied, first, to the Term A Facility and to the principal repayment of
installments thereof on a pro-rata basis and, second, to the Revolving Credit
Facility in the manner set forth in clause (vi) of this Section 2.04(b).
(v) If for any reason the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at any time exceed the
Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving
Credit Loans, Swingline Loans or L/C Borrowings or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations
(other than the L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
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(vi) Prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility made pursuant to this Section
2.04(b), first, shall be applied ratably to the L/C Borrowings and the
Swingline Loans, second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving
Credit Loans, and, third, shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C
Obligations; and, in the case of prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility required
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.04(b), the amount
remaining, if any, after the prepayment in full of all L/C Borrowings, Swingline Loans and
Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at such time and the Cash Collateralization of the
remaining L/C Obligations in full (the sum of such prepayment amounts, cash
collateralization amounts and remaining amount being, collectively, the “Reduction
Amount”) may be retained by the Borrower for use in the ordinary course of its
business. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash Collateralized, the
funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to
or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to reimburse the L/C Issuer or the Revolving
Credit Lenders, as applicable.
(vii) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event the
Borrower is required to make, in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(i), an offer to purchase
at par the outstanding Term B Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if any (a “
Waivable
Prepayment”), not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the “
Required
Prepayment Date”) on which the Borrower is required to make such Waivable Prepayment,
the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and
the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding outstanding
Term B Loans of the amount of such Term B Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Waivable
Prepayment and such Term B Lender’s option to refuse such amount. Each such Term B Lender
may exercise such option to refuse such amount by giving written notice to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before 1:00 p.m.,
New York City
time, on the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood
that any Term B Lender which does not notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of
its election to exercise such option on or before 1:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the
first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected,
as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, the
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Prepayment, which
amount shall be
applied (i) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Prepayment payable to
those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Term B Loans
held by such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled Installments of
principal of the Term B Loans in accordance with Section 2.06(b)), and (ii) in an amount
equal to that portion of the Waivable Prepayment that otherwise would have been payable to
those Term B Lenders that have elected to exercise such option, to prepay the Term A Loans
and Revolving Credit Loans, which prepayment shall be further applied to the scheduled
installments of principal of the Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with
Section 2.04(b)(iv).
Section 2.05 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent at any
time, terminate the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline Sublimit or the Letter of Credit
Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline
Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit, in each case without premium or penalty;
provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such
partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not
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terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Credit
Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (B) the Swingline
Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of the Swingline Loans would
exceed the Swingline Sublimit or (C) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto,
the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the
Letter of Credit Sublimit.
(b) Mandatory. (i) The aggregate Term A Commitments and Term B Commitments shall be
automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the date of the Term A Borrowing and Term B
Borrowing, respectively.
(ii) If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of Revolving Credit
Commitments under this Section 2.05, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline
Sublimit exceeds the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit
or the Swingline Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount
of such excess.
(iii) The Revolving Credit Facility shall be automatically and permanently reduced on
each date on which the prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans outstanding thereunder is
required to be made pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) or (ii) by an amount
equal to the applicable Reduction Amount.
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent
will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit,
Swingline Sublimit or the Revolving Credit Commitment under this Section 2.05. Upon any
reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, unless otherwise permitted under this Section
2.05, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be reduced by such
Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of
the Revolving Credit Facility accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving
Credit Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(d) Termination of Defaulting Lender. The Borrower may terminate the unused amount of
the Commitment of any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender upon not less than five Business Days’
prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in
such event the provisions of Section 2.16(c) will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by
the Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under this Credit Agreement (whether on
account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts), provided that (i) no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) such termination shall not be
deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.06 Repayment of Loans. (a) Term A Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Term A Lenders the aggregate
principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts
set forth opposite such dates (which amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of
prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.04):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
Amortization Payment |
|
|
(shown as a % of Original |
Date |
|
Principal Amount) |
Sept. 30, 2011 |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2011 |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
March 31, 2012 |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
June 30, 2012 |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2012 |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2012 |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
March 31, 2013 |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
June 30, 2013 |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2013 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
March 31, 2014 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
June 30, 2014 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2014 |
|
|
3.75 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
|
|
3.75 |
% |
March 31, 2015 |
|
|
3.75 |
% |
June 30, 2015 |
|
|
3.75 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2015 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
March 31, 2016 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
June 30, 2016 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2016 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
March 31, 2017 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
June 30, 2017 |
|
Outstanding Principal Amount |
Total: |
|
|
100 |
% |
provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment of the Term A Loans shall
be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Term A Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on such date; and
provided
further, that with the prior written consent of the Term A Lenders holding at least 10% of
the outstanding Term A Loans, such consenting Term A Lenders can extend the amortization schedule
and the maturity of their Term A Loans as agreed upon among such consenting Term A Lenders and the
Borrower (with the new amortization schedule and Maturity Date thereafter applying to such Term A
Loans), and the Borrower may pay additional interest or an extension fee to, and as agreed with,
such consenting Term A Lenders with respect to such extension, without having any obligation to
make any additional payments with respect to such extension to non-consenting Term A Lenders (and
the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to
reflect the provisions of this Section).
(b) Term B Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Term B Lenders the aggregate
principal amount of all Term B Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts
set forth opposite such dates (which amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of
prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.04):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
Amortization Payment |
|
|
(shown as a % of Original |
Date |
|
Principal Amount) |
Sept. 30, 2011 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2011 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2012 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2012 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2012 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2012 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2013 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2013 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2013 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2014 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2014 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2014 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2015 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2015 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2015 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2016 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2016 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2016 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2017 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2017 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2017 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2018 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2018 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2018 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
|
Outstanding Principal Amount |
Total: |
|
|
100 |
% |
provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment of the Term B Loans shall
be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Term B Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of all Term B Loans outstanding on such date; and
provided further, that with the prior written consent of the Term B Lenders holding
at least 10% of the outstanding Term B Loans, such consenting Term B Lenders can extend the
amortization schedule and the maturity of their Term B Loans as agreed upon among such consenting
Term B Lenders and the Borrower (with the new amortization schedule and Maturity Date thereafter
applying to such Term B Loans), and the Borrower may pay additional interest or an extension fee
to, and as agreed with, such consenting Term B Lenders with respect to such extension, without
having any obligation to make any additional payments with respect to such extension to
non-consenting Term B Lenders (and the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall
automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this Section).
(c) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Credit Lenders
on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date. All L/C Borrowings and Swingline Loans then
outstanding shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility;
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provided, that with the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Lenders holding at
least 10% of the sum of (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of
each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being
deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (ii) the
aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments, such consenting Revolving Credit Lenders may extend
the maturity of their Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans as agreed upon among
such consenting Revolving Credit Lenders and the Borrower (with such new Maturity Date thereafter
applying to such Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans), and the Borrower may pay
an extension fee to, and as agreed with, such Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to such
extension without having any obligation to make any additional payments with respect to such
extension to non-consenting Revolving Credit Lenders, (and the pro rata payment provisions of
Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this
Section).
(d) Incremental Term Loans. Any unpaid principal and interest of the Incremental Term
Loans and any other outstanding Obligations under any of the Incremental Term Commitments shall be
due and payable in full on the Maturity Date applicable thereto.
Section 2.07 Interest. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07(b), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan
under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest
Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate for such Facility; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate
per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any
applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount
shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the
Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under
any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods),
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of (x) in
the case of any amount payable only to the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or the Term A
Lenders, the Required Revolver/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of any other amount, the
Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate
per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.
(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due
interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be
due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after
the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
Section 2.08 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Section 2.03(i) and (j):
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(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage, a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) on the actual daily amount by which the
Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings, at the applicable
percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in
the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section
7.01(d); provided that, until the delivery of the Compliance Certificate with respect
to the Quarter ending September 30, 2011, the Commitment Fee shall be 0.375%:
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flow Ratio |
|
Commitment Fee |
<4.00:1.00 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
≥4.00:1.00 but <5.00:1.00 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
≥5.00:1.00 but <5.75:1.00 |
|
|
0.375 |
% |
≥5.75:1.00 |
|
|
0.50 |
% |
The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any
time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due
and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and
December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day
of the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee shall be
calculated quarterly in arrears.
(b) Other Fees. (i) The Borrower shall pay fees in the amounts and at the times
specified in the Facility Fee Letter. Such fees shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(ii) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer
for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the
JPMCB Fee Letter and/or as mutually agreed in writing. Such fees shall not be refundable
for any reason whatsoever.
(iii) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on behalf of
the Lenders) such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing, to the Lenders
and in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall not be refundable for
any reason whatsoever.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Lender is a
Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to any fees accruing during such
period pursuant to Section 2.03(i) and this Section 2.08 (without prejudice to the
rights of the Non-Defaulting Lenders in respect of such fees), provided that (a) to the extent that
a portion of the L/C Obligations or the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting
Lender is reallocated to the Non-Defaulting Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16(b), such fees
that would have accrued for the benefit of such Defaulting Lender shall instead accrue for the
benefit of and be payable to such Non-Defaulting Lenders, pro rata in accordance with their
respective Commitments, and (b) to the extent of any portion of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding
Amount of Swingline Loans that cannot be so reallocated such fees shall instead accrue for the
benefit of and be payable to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender as their interests appear (and
the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to
reflect the provisions of this Section); provided that if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any
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portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 2.16(b), the
Borrower shall not be required to pay any Commitment Fee or Letter of Credit Fees with respect to
such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations during the period such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations
are Cash Collateralized.
Section 2.09 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by
JPMCB’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be,
and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of
a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable,
being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan
for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for
the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on
the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.11(a), bear interest for one
day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt. (a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts
or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of
business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the
Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any
amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts
and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any
Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to
such accounts or records. In the event such Note is issued with more than a de minimis amount of
original issue discount (“OID”) as defined in the Code, the Borrower shall legend the Note
by stating on its face that it was issued with OID in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section
1.1275-3(b). Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if
applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.10(a), each
Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts
or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of
Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.11 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback. (a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without
condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at
the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00
p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each
Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other applicable share as
provided herein) of such payment in
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like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s
Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed
received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to
accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business
Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be
reflected on computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any
Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to
the time funds are due in accordance with Section 2.02(b)) 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
2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share
available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower 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 Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to
be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (B)
in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate
Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such
interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for
such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative
Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any
payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a
Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the time at
which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the
L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent
may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and
may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact
made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so
distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds 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 Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount
owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
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(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the
Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing
provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in
Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such
Lender, without interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and to make
payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender
to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section
10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding
obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section
10.04(c).
(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner.
(f) Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and
available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment
of
interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance
with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward
payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled
thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.
Section 2.12 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain
payment in respect of (a) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities due and payable to such
Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender
at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities due and
payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on
account of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b)
Obligations in respect of any of such Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according
to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such
Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities
owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Parties at such
time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and
payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all
of the Lenders at such time then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments
as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of the
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Facilities then
due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may
be, provided that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any
portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or
subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such
recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment
made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Credit
Agreement or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or
sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations to any
assignee or participant.
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the
amount of such participation.
Section 2.13 Increase in Commitments. (a) Request for Increase. Provided that no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time or would result therefrom, upon notice
to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Term
A Lenders, as applicable), the Borrower may request, from time to time, without the
consent of any Lender, an increase in the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Loans or both by
an aggregate amount not exceeding, when taken together with all previous increases in the Revolving
Credit Facility and Term A Loans pursuant to this Section 2.13 and all Incremental Term Facilities
pursuant to Section 2.14, the greater of (i) $400,000,000 and (ii) an amount which, after
giving effect to such increase (and assuming such increased Revolving Credit Facility is fully
drawn on the date of, and after giving effect to, such increase), would not cause the Senior
Secured Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.75 to 1.00 as of the date of the incurrence of the increase;
provided, any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000. At
the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall
specify the time period within which each Revolving Credit Lender or Term A Lender, as applicable,
is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than 10 Business Days from the date of
delivery of such notice to such Lenders by the Administrative Agent).
(b) Lender Elections to Increase. Each Revolving Credit Lender and Term A Lender, as
applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees
to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment or Term A Commitment, respectively, and, if so, whether
by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its ratable portion (based on such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Facility, respectively)
of such requested increase. Any Revolving Credit Lender or Term A Lender not responding within
such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Credit Commitments or
Term A Loans, respectively.
(c) Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Revolving Credit Lender and Term A Lender, as applicable,
of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ and Term A Lenders’ responses, as the case may be, to each request
made hereunder. If the aggregate increase participated in by the
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existing Lenders is less than the
requested increase, then to achieve the full amount of the requested increase, and subject to the
approval of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to
become Revolving Credit Lenders or Term A Lenders, as applicable, pursuant to a joinder agreement
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Loans
or both are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation
of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Revolving
Credit Lenders and the Term A Lenders, including the proposed new lenders, as applicable, of the
final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date. Such amendment may be signed by
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders.
(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such
increase, (1) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan
Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a
Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such
Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and
warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and
as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier
date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.13, the representations and warranties
contained in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent
statements furnished pursuant to clauses (b) and (a), respectively, of Section 7.01, and
(B) no Default exists or would result from such increase; (2) all fees and expenses of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with such increase shall have been paid on or
prior to the Increase Effective Date; and (3) on such Increase Effective Date, on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to any such increase in Loans, including any acquisitions consummated or
payments of Indebtedness made with the proceeds thereof, and any acquisitions or dispositions after
the first day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered
pursuant to Section 7.01 (such pro forma basis to include, in the Borrower’s discretion, a
reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (A) that have
been realized, (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (C) for which
the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the
date of such acquisition or disposition, in each case, certified by the Borrower) but prior to or
simultaneous with the borrowing of any such increased Loans, the Borrower would be in compliance
with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for
which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if
such transaction occurred on the first day of the 12-month period then ended.
(f) In the event of an increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with this
Section, on the Increase Effective Date, the Borrower shall borrow Revolving Credit Loans and
prepay any outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from each Revolving Credit Lender (and pay any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable among the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with
their respective revised Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages arising from any nonratable
increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section. Any additional Term A Loans shall
be made by the Term A Lenders participating therein pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Section 2.02.
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(g) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in
Section 2.12 to the contrary.
Section 2.14 Incremental Term Facility. (a) Request for Incremental Term Facility.
Provided that no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time or would result
therefrom, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may request, on one or more
occasions, without the consent of any Lender, a separate tranche of commitments (“Incremental
Term Commitments”) and loans (“Incremental Term Loans”) to be established under this
Credit Agreement in an amount not exceeding, when taken together with the amount of any increase in
the Revolving Credit Facilities (as if fully drawn on the date of determination of compliance
hereunder) and Term A Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2.13, the greater of (i)
$400,000,000 and (ii) an amount which, after giving effect to such increase, would not cause the
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.75 to 1.00 as of the date of the incurrence of the
increase; provided that any such request for an Incremental Term Facility shall be in a
minimum amount of $50,000,000.
(b) Incremental Term Lenders. The Borrower shall be entitled to elect, in its own
discretion, Incremental Term Lenders from among the existing Lenders and any additional banks,
financial institutions and other institutional lenders or investors, subject to the consent of (i)
such proposed Incremental Term Lender and (ii) the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), if such consent would be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii), for
an assignment of loans or commitments, as applicable, to such Incremental Term Lender.
(c) Conditions to Effectiveness of Incremental Term Facility. As a condition
precedent to the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Facility, (1) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lenders party thereto shall enter into a supplement
to this Credit Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit I (an “Incremental Term
Supplement”) duly completed such that such Incremental Term Supplement shall set forth the
terms and conditions relating to such Incremental Term Facility, which, to the extent that they
differ from those applicable to the Term B Facility shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent (except to the extent that they are consistent with the provisos to this
clause (c)); provided that, in any event, such Incremental Term Facility shall (i)
not have a final maturity date earlier than the Maturity Date applicable to the Term B Facility or
a weighted average life to maturity shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Term
B Facility, (ii) be guaranteed only by the Guarantors hereunder, (iii) rank pari passu or junior in
right of payment and of security with the Term B Facility and (iv) except as to pricing and
amortization, shall have terms and documentation no more restrictive than the terms of the Term B
Loans unless such terms are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided,
further, that in the event that the initial all-in yield for the Incremental Term Loans
under such Incremental Term Facility exceeds the all-in yield for the Term B Loans by more than 50
basis points, then the Applicable Rate for the Term B Loans shall be adjusted so that the all-in
yield for the Incremental Term Loans under such Incremental Term Facility does not exceed the
all-in yield applicable to the Term B Loans by more than 50 basis points; provided, that
the determination of the all-in yield for the Term B Loans and Incremental Term Loans under an
Incremental Term Facility shall include the following items: (x) interest rate margins, (y)
Eurodollar Rate and Base Rate floors and (z) OID or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to
constitute like amounts of OID) payable to the Lenders in the primary syndication thereof (with OID
being equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity) and shall exclude
customary arrangement or commitment fees payable to the arrangers (or their Affiliates) of such
loans, (2) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party
dated as of the effective date of an
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Incremental Term Facility (in sufficient copies for each
Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the
resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such Incremental Term Facility,
and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such
Incremental Term Facility, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI
and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of such effective date, except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which
case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this
Section 2.14, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 6.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to
clauses (b) and (a), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (B) no Default exists, and (3) all
fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lenders in connection with
such Incremental Term Facility shall have been paid on or prior to the effectiveness of such
Incremental Term Facility. Upon the effective date of an Incremental Term Supplement, each lender
thereunder shall become an Incremental Term Lender hereunder and such Incremental Term Supplement
shall be deemed part of this Credit Agreement for all purposes thereafter.
(d) Any Incremental Term Loans shall be made available to the Borrower as set forth in the
applicable Incremental Term Supplement; provided that, on such date, on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to such increase in Loans, including any acquisitions consummated or payments
of Indebtedness made with the proceeds thereof, and any acquisitions or dispositions after the
first day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant
to Section 7.01 (such pro forma basis to include, in the Borrower’s discretion, a
reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (A) that have
been realized, (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (C) for
which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of
the date of such acquisition or disposition, in each case, certified by the Borrower) but prior to
or simultaneous with the borrowing of any Incremental Term Loans, the Borrower would be in
compliance with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended
Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and
calculated as if such transaction occurred on the first day of the 12-month period then ended.
Section 2.15 Swingline Loans.
(a) Swingline Borrowings.
(i) Notices; Disbursement. Whenever the Borrower desires a Swingline
Borrowing hereunder it shall give irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender not later than
1:00 p.m. on the date of the requested Swingline Borrowing in the form of a Committed Loan
Notice. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender
shall initiate the transfer of funds representing such Borrowing to the Borrower by 3:00
p.m. on the Business Day specified by the Borrower in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.
(ii) Minimum Amounts. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be in a minimum
principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $250,000, in excess thereof.
(b) Repayment of Swingline Loans. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be due and payable
on the earliest of (i) 10 days from the date of such Borrowing, (ii) the date of the next
succeeding Revolving Credit
Borrowing, or (iii) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit
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Facility; provided, however, the Borrower may prepay any Swingline Borrowing prior
to the date it is due upon notice to the Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of
prepayment of such Borrowing. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make
such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the
date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. If, and
to the extent, any Swingline Loans shall be outstanding on the date of any Revolving Credit
Borrowing, such Swingline Loans shall be repaid from the proceeds of such Revolving Credit
Borrowing prior to any distribution of such proceeds to the Borrower. If, and to the extent, a
Revolving Credit Borrowing is not requested prior to earlier of (A) the Maturity Date for the
Revolving Credit Facility or (B) the last day of any such 10 day period from the date of any
Swingline Borrowing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate Loan on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility or the last
day of such 10 day period, as applicable, in the amount of the Swingline Loans then outstanding,
the proceeds of which shall be used to repay the Swingline Lender for such Swingline Loans. In
addition, the Swingline Lender may, at any time, in its sole discretion by written notice to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, require repayment of its Swingline Loans by way of a
Revolving Credit Loan, in which case the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate
Advance of the Revolving Credit Loans in the amount of such Swingline Loans; provided,
however, that any such demand shall be deemed to have been given one Business Day prior to
the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility and upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
described in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) and also upon acceleration of the
Obligations, whether on account of an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(g) or
8.01(h) or any other Event of Default, in accordance with the provisions of Section
8.02 following an Event of Default (each such Revolving Credit Loan made on account of any such
deemed request therefor as provided
herein being hereinafter referred to as a “Mandatory Borrowing”). Each Lender hereby
irrevocably agrees to make its Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loans promptly upon
any such request or deemed request on account of each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the
manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the same such date, notwithstanding (I) the
amount of Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for advances of Revolving
Credit Loans otherwise required hereunder, (II) whether any conditions specified in Article
V are then satisfied, (III) whether a Default then exists, (IV) failure for any such request or
deemed request for Revolving Credit Loans to be made by the time otherwise required in Section
2.02, (V) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing, or (VI) any reduction in the Revolving Credit
Commitment or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment relating thereto immediately prior to
such Mandatory Borrowing or contemporaneously therewith; provided, however, that no
Lender shall be required to make such Revolving Credit Loans if, at the time that the Swingline
Lender agreed to fund any requested Swingline Borrowing, the Swingline Lender had knowledge of the
existence of a Default or such Mandatory Borrowing would cause a Lender to exceed its Revolving
Credit Commitment. In the event that any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the
date otherwise required above (including, without limitation, as a result of the commencement of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Laws with respect to the Borrower or any other obligor
hereunder), then each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of
the date the Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred, but adjusted for any payments
received from the Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Swingline
Lender such participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause each
such Revolving Credit Lender to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon its respective
Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility (determined before giving effect
to any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 8.02), provided
that (A) all interest payable on the Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline
Lender until the date as of which the respective participation is purchased, and (B) at the time
any purchase of participations
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pursuant to this sentence is actually made, the purchasing Lender
shall be required to pay (to the extent not paid by the Borrower) to the Swingline Lender interest
on the principal amount of participation purchased for each day from and including the day upon
which the Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred but excluding the date of payment for
such participation, at the rate equal to, if paid within two Business Days of the date of the
Mandatory Borrowing, the Federal Funds Rate, and thereafter at a rate equal to the Base Rate.
(c) Interest on Swingline Loans. Swingline Loans shall bear interest at the simple
per annum interest rate equal to the sum of (x) the Base Rate and (y) the Applicable Rate then in
effect with respect to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, computed on the basis
of a year of 365/366 days for the actual number of days elapsed; provided, however,
that (i) from and after any failure to make any payment of principal or interest in respect of any
of the Loans hereunder when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period), whether at
scheduled or accelerated maturity or on account of any mandatory prepayment or (ii) while any
Swingline Loans in which the Lenders have acquired participations pursuant to Section
2.15(b) remain outstanding, the principal of and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on,
Swingline Loans shall bear interest, payable on demand, at the Default Rate. Interest on each
Swingline Loan shall be payable in arrears on the date payment of such Swingline Loan is due
pursuant to Section 2.15(b).
(d) Reporting. Unless the Swingline Lender is the Administrative Agent, the Swingline
Lender shall provide to the Administrative Agent, on Friday of each week and on each date the
Administrative Agent notifies the Swingline Lender that the Borrower has delivered a
Committed Loan Notice or the Administrative Agent otherwise requests the same, an accounting
for the outstanding Swingline Loans in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Termination of Swingline Loans; Designation of Swingline Lender. Unless a Default
then exists, the Swingline Lender shall give the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at least
seven days’ prior written notice before exercising its discretion herein not to make Swingline
Loans. The Borrower must give ten days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of any
change in designation of the Swingline Lender. The replaced Swingline Lender shall continue to be
a “Swingline Lender” for purposes of repayment of any Swingline Loans made prior to such
replacement and outstanding after such replacement.
Section 2.16 Cash Collateral; Defaulting Lenders. (a) If any Lender becomes, and during the
period it remains, a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, if any Letter of Credit or
Swingline Loan is at the time outstanding, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the case may
be, may (except, in the case of a Defaulting Lender, to the extent the Commitments have been
reallocated pursuant to Section 2.16(b)), by notice to the Borrower and such Defaulting
Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender through the Administrative Agent, require the Borrower to
Cash Collateralize the obligations of the Borrower to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender in
respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan, as the case may be, in amount at least equal to
the aggregate amount of the unallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting
Lender or such Potential Defaulting Lender in respect thereof, or to make other arrangements
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the
case may be, in their reasonable discretion to protect them against the risk of non-payment by such
Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender.
(b) In addition to the other conditions precedent herein set forth, if any Lender becomes, and
during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, the L/C Issuer
will not be required to issue any Letter of Credit or to amend any
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outstanding Letter of Credit,
and the Swingline Lender will not be required to make any Swingline Loan, unless:
(i) in the case of a Defaulting Lender, the L/C Obligations and the Outstanding Amount
of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated, as to outstanding and future
Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, to the Non-Defaulting Lenders as provided in clause
(i) of Section 2.16(c), and
(ii) to the extent full reallocation does not occur as provided in clause (i) above,
the Borrower Cash Collateralizes the obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Letter
of Credit or Swingline Loan in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the
unallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender or such
Potential Defaulting Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan, or makes
other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the
Swingline Lender in their reasonable discretion to protect them against the risk of
non-payment by such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender, or
(iii) to the extent that neither reallocation nor Cash Collateralization occurs
pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii), then in the case of a proposed issuance of a Letter of
Credit or making of a Swingline Loan, by an instrument or instruments in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender,
as the case may be, (i) the Borrower agrees that the face amount of
such requested Letter of Credit or the principal amount of such requested Swingline
Loan will be reduced by an amount equal to the unallocated, non Cash-Collateralized portion
thereof as to which such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender would otherwise
be liable, and (ii) the Non-Defaulting Lenders confirm, in their discretion, that their
obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan shall be reduced on a
pro rata basis in accordance with the Commitments of the Non-Defaulting
Lenders, and that the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12
will be deemed adjusted to reflect this provision (provided that nothing in this
clause (iii) will be deemed to increase the Commitment of any Lender, nor to constitute a
waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the
Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender, nor to cause
such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender).
(c) If a Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, the following
provisions shall apply with respect to any outstanding L/C Obligations and any Outstanding Amount
of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting Lender:
(i) the L/C Obligations and the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such
Defaulting Lender will, upon notice by the Administrative Agent, and subject in any event
to the limitation in the proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the day
such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non-Defaulting Lenders pro
rata in accordance with their respective Commitments; provided that (a) the
conditions set forth in Sections 5.02(a) and (b) are satisfied at the time
of such reallocation (with such reallocation being deemed a Credit Extension for purposes
of such conditions), (b) the sum of the total outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and
Swingline Loans owed to each Non-Defaulting Lender and its total L/C Obligations may not in
any event exceed the Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of
such reallocation, (c) such reallocation will not constitute a waiver or release
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of any
claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any
other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender, and (d) neither such reallocation nor
any payment by a Non-Defaulting Bank as a result thereof will cause such Defaulting Lender
to be a Non-Defaulting Lender;
(ii) to the extent that any portion (the “unreallocated portion”) of the
Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations and Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans cannot be so
reallocated, whether by reason of the proviso in clause (i) above or otherwise, the
Borrower will, not later than three Business Days after demand by the Administrative Agent,
(a) Cash Collateralize the obligations of the Borrower to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline
Lender in respect of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans, as the
case may be, in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unreallocated
portion of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans, (b) in the case
of such Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans prepay in full the unreallocated portion
thereof, or (c) make other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to
the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in their reasonable discretion
to protect them against the risk of non-payment by such Defaulting Lender; and
(iii) any amount paid by the Borrower for the account of a Defaulting Lender under
this Credit Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity payments
or other amounts) will not be paid or distributed to such Defaulting Lender, but shall
instead be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated escrow
account until (subject to Section 2.16(e)) the termination of the Commitments
and payment in full of all obligations of the Borrower hereunder and will be applied by the
Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to the making of payments
from time to time in the following order of priority:
first to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the
Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement,
second to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the
L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender (pro rata as to the respective amounts
owing to each of them) under this Credit Agreement,
third to the payment of post-default interest and then current interest due
and payable to the Non-Defaulting Lenders hereunder, ratably among them in accordance with
the amounts of such interest then due and payable to them,
fourth to the payment of fees then due and payable to the Non-Defaulting
Lenders hereunder, ratably among them in accordance with the amounts of such fees then due
and payable to them,
fifth to pay principal and unreimbursed L/C Borrowings then due and payable to
the Non-Defaulting Lenders hereunder ratably in accordance with the amounts thereof then
due and payable to them,
sixth to the ratable payment of other amounts then due and payable to the
Non-Defaulting Lenders, and
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seventh after the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all
obligations of the Borrower hereunder, to pay amounts owing under this Credit Agreement to
such Defaulting Lender or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(d) In furtherance of the foregoing, if any Lender becomes, and during the period it remains,
a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, each of the L/C Issuer and the Swingline
Lender is hereby authorized by the Borrower (which authorization is irrevocable and coupled with an
interest) to give, through the Administrative Agent, Committed Loan Notices pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(v) in such amounts and in such times as may be required to (i) reimburse an outstanding
L/C Borrowing, (ii) repay an outstanding Swingline Loans, or (iii) Cash Collateralize the
obligations of the Borrower in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans in an
amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unallocated obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender in respect of such Letter of
Credit or Swingline Loan.
(e) If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender agree
in writing that a Lender that is a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting
Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective
date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include
arrangements with respect to any amounts then held in the segregated escrow account referred to in
Section 2.16(c)), such Lender shall purchase such portions of the outstanding Loans of the
other Lenders, and/or make such other adjustments, as the Administrative Agent may determine to be
necessary to cause the Lenders to hold Loans on a pro
rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitments, whereupon such Lender
shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non-Defaulting Lender (and the L/C Obligations
and Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of each Lender shall automatically be adjusted on a
prospective basis to reflect the foregoing); provided that no adjustments shall be made
retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower and
applied as set forth in Section 2.16(c)(iii) while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and
provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the
affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender shall
constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s
having been a Defaulting Lender.
(f) If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower may, upon at least five Business Days’
written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall then give prompt notice thereof to the
relevant Lender), replace such Lender with an Eligible Assignee selected by the Borrower in
accordance with Section 10.12; provided, however, that no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such request and at the time of such
assignment; provided, further, that the assigning Lender’s rights under
Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 10.04, and its obligations under Section
10.04, shall survive such assignment as to matters occurring prior to the date of assignment.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
Section 3.01 Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear
of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other
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Taxes, provided
that if the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including
any 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, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall timely pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority; provided that the Borrower shall not indemnify the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the L/C Issuer for any penalties or interest that are imposed solely as a result of gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower
by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the
Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. If, in the reasonable discretion of the Borrower, any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes are incorrectly or not legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority, the Administrative Agent, each Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, shall, at the expense of the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with
the Borrower to recover and promptly remit such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes to the Borrower in
accordance with subsection (f) of this Section. Nothing contained herein shall derogate from the
right of any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer to arrange its tax affairs in
whatever manner it sees fit nor shall require any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the L/C
Issuer to disclose any information relating to its tax affairs that it deems confidential other
than as required under Section 3.01(e).
(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of
such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident
for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a
reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by
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the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes
in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
(in such number of copies as shall be reasonably requested by the recipient) on or prior to the
date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Credit Agreement (and from time to
time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only
if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility
for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate to the effect that
such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the
Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section
881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation”
described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) duly completed copies of
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or
(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption
from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with
such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the
Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, documentation necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to
comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine whether any recipient of amounts
arising under this Agreement has or has not complied with such recipient’s obligations
under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and/or withhold from such amounts under
FATCA).
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C
Issuer determines, in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such
refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the
Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund),
net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the
request of the Administrative Agent,
such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid
over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer if the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative
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Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
Section 3.02 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental
Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to
make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon
the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the
authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London
interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative
Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base
Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no
longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with
a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of
such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such
Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if
such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such
prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or
converted.
Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a
Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not
being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and
Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
determining the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed
Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and
each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders)
revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for
a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be
deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
in the amount specified therein.
Section 3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account
of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement
reflected in the Eurodollar Rate contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or the L/C
Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of
Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments
to such Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of,
any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or
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(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense affecting this Credit Agreement or Eurodollar Rate 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 Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan),
or to increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or
maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue
any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or
the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of
such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change
in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such
Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or
on the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence
of this Credit Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in
Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a
level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding
company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or
the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company
with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or
the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such
reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer
setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and
delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such
Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer
to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more
than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies
the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such
Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change
in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(e) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long
as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or
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assets
consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency
liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan
equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by
such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable
on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received
at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional
interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest
Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such
notice.
Section 3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the
Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss,
cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate
Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary,
mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a
Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in
the amount notified by the Borrower; or
(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest
Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.12;
including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation
or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the
deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary
administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this
Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by
it at the Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching
deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and
for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
Section 3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount
to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section
3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall
use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans
hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.04, as the case may
be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as
applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to
pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
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(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any
Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, the Borrower may replace such Lender in
accordance with Section 10.12.
Section 3.07 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of
the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTY
Section 4.01 Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely and unconditionally
guarantees, as a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection,
prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration,
demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all of the Obligations, whether for
principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, damages, costs, expenses or otherwise, of the
Borrower to the Secured Parties, arising hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including
all renewals, extensions, amendments, refinancings and other modifications thereof and all costs,
attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Parties in connection with the collection or
enforcement thereof). The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the
Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon
each Guarantor, and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Obligations,
absent manifest error. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity,
regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any
Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, non-perfection or extent of
any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Obligations which might
otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, and each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way
relating to any or all of the foregoing.
Section 4.02 Rights of Lenders. Each Guarantor consents and agrees that the Secured Parties may, at any time and from time
to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the enforceability or continuing
effectiveness hereof: (a) amend, extend, renew, compromise, discharge, accelerate or otherwise
change the time for payment or the terms of the Obligations or any part thereof; (b) take, hold,
exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or otherwise dispose of any security for
the payment of this Guaranty or any Obligations; (c) apply such security and direct the order or
manner of sale thereof as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Secured Parties in their
sole discretion may determine; and (d) release or substitute one or more of any endorsers or other
guarantors of any of the Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Guarantor consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to
any extent vary the risks of such Guarantor under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision,
might operate as a discharge of such Guarantor.
Section 4.03 Certain Waivers. Each Guarantor waives (a) any defense arising by reason of any disability, change in
corporate existence or structure or other defense of the Borrower or any other Guarantor, or the
cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of any Secured Party) of the
liability of the Borrower or any other Guarantor; (b) any defense based on any claim that such
Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome
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than those of the Borrower or any other
Guarantor; (c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability
hereunder; (d) any right to proceed against the Borrower, proceed against or exhaust any security
for the Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever; (e)
any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Secured
Party; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses or benefits that
may be derived from or afforded by applicable law limiting the liability of or exonerating
guarantors or sureties. Each Guarantor expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all
presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance,
protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or
nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this
Guaranty or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Obligations.
Section 4.04 Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as
surety, and are independent of the Obligations and the obligations of any other Guarantor, and a
separate action may be brought against such Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty whether or not the
Borrower or any other Person is joined as a party.
Section 4.05 Subrogation. Each Guarantor shall not exercise any right of subrogation, contribution, indemnity,
reimbursement or similar rights with respect to any payments it makes under this Guaranty until all
of the Obligations and any amounts payable under this Guaranty have been indefeasibly paid and
performed in full and the Commitments and the Facilities are terminated. If any amounts are paid
to any Guarantor in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts shall be held in trust
for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Secured Parties to reduce
the amount of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
Section 4.06 Termination; Reinstatement. This Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Obligations now or hereafter
existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Obligations and any other amounts
payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments and the
Facilities with respect to the Obligations are terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect or be revived, as the case may be, if any payment
by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor is made, or any of the Secured Parties exercises
its right of setoff, in respect of the Obligations and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff
or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set
aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by any of the Secured Parties
in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or
such setoff had not occurred and whether or not the Secured Parties are in possession of or have
released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or
reduction. The obligations of each Guarantor under this paragraph shall survive termination of
this Guaranty.
Section 4.07 Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of the
Borrower owing to such Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including but not
limited to any obligation of the Borrower to such Guarantor as subrogee of the Secured Parties or
resulting from such Guarantor’s performance under this Guaranty, to the indefeasible payment in
full in cash of all Obligations. If the Secured Parties so request, any such obligation or
indebtedness of the Borrower to any Guarantor shall be enforced and performance received by such
Guarantor as trustee for the Secured Parties and the proceeds
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thereof shall be paid over to the
Secured Parties on account of the Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the
liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty.
Section 4.08 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Obligations is stayed, in connection
with any case commenced by or against any Guarantor or the Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws,
or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by such Guarantor immediately upon
demand by the Secured Parties.
Section 4.09 Condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has
adequate means of, obtaining from the Borrower and any other Guarantor such information concerning
the financial condition, business and operations of the Borrower and any such other Guarantor as
such Guarantor requires, and that none of the Secured Parties has any duty, and such Guarantor is
not relying on the Secured Parties at any time, to disclose to such Guarantor any information
relating to the business, operations or financial condition of the Borrower or any other Guarantor
(such Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Secured Parties to disclose such information
and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).
Section 4.10 Limitation on Guaranty. It is the intention of the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Borrower that the obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder shall be in, but not in excess of, the maximum amount permitted by
applicable law. To that end, but only to the extent such obligations would otherwise be avoidable,
the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that, after
giving effect to the incurrence thereof, would not render such Guarantor insolvent or unable to
make payments in respect of any of its indebtedness as such indebtedness matures or leave such
Guarantor with an unreasonably small capital. The need for any such limitation shall be
determined, and any such needed limitation shall be effective, at the time or times that such
Guarantor is deemed, under applicable law, to incur the Obligations hereunder. Any such limitation
shall be apportioned amongst the Obligations pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts
thereof. This paragraph is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Lenders under this Credit
Agreement to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and neither the Guarantors, the
Borrower nor any other Person shall have any right under this paragraph that it would not otherwise
have under applicable law. The Borrower and each Guarantor agree not to commence any proceeding or
action seeking to limit the amount of the obligation of such Guarantor under this Article
IV by reason of this paragraph. For the purposes of this paragraph, “insolvency”,
“unreasonably small capital” and “unable to make payments in respect of any of its indebtedness as
such indebtedness matures” shall be determined in accordance with applicable law.
Section 4.11 Guaranty Supplements. Upon the execution and delivery by any Person of a guaranty supplement in substantially the
form of Exhibit K hereto (each, a “Guaranty Supplement”), (i) such Person shall
become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in the Loan Documents to a “Guarantor”
shall also mean and be a reference to such Person, and each reference in any other Loan Document to
a “Guarantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Person, and (ii) each reference in the
Loan Documents to “the Guaranty”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to this
Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to this Guaranty as supplemented by such Guaranty
Supplement.
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ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make the initial Credit Extension
hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the
date of such initial Credit Extension:
(a) Execution of Loan Documents and Notes. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the
following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless
otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party,
each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent
date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) this Credit Agreement duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrower, the
Guarantors, the Lenders named on the signature pages hereof, the Swingline Lender, the L/C
Issuer and the Administrative Agent;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note; and
(iii) the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement(s), each duly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties party
thereto and the Collateral Agent, together with:
(A) with respect to the Pledge Agreement, certificates representing the
Pledged Equity Interests referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers
executed in blank;
(B) proper UCC-1 Financing Statements in form appropriate for filing under the
Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions that the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under each of the Collateral
Documents, covering the Collateral described in the Collateral Documents; and
(C) evidence that all other action that the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under the Collateral Documents has
been taken (including receipt of duly executed payoff letters and UCC-3 termination
statements).
(b) Signatures. Each of the Loan Parties shall have certified to the Administrative
Agent (with copies to be provided for each Lender) the name and signature of each of the persons
authorized (i) to sign on its respective behalf this Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, to borrow under this Credit
Agreement. The Lenders may conclusively rely on such certifications until they receive notice in
writing from such Loan Party, as the case may be, to the contrary.
(c) Loan Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a loan
certificate of each Loan Party, in substantially the form of Exhibit J, together with
appropriate attachments which shall include, without limitation, the following items: (i) a true,
complete
and
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correct copy of the articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or
certificate of formation or organization of such Loan Party, certified by the Secretary of State of
such Loan Party’s organization, (ii) a true, complete and correct copy of the by-laws, partnership
agreement or limited liability company or operating agreement of such Loan Party, (iii) a copy of
the resolutions of the board of directors or other appropriate entity of such Loan Party
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and, with respect to the Borrower, authorizing the
borrowings hereunder, and (iv) certificates of existence of such Loan Party issued by the Secretary
of State or similar state official for the state of such Loan Party’s organization.
(d) Opinions of Counsel to the Borrower and the Other Loan Parties. The Lenders shall
have received favorable opinions of:
(i) the general counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, substantially in
the form of Exhibit E; and
(ii) Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special
New York counsel to the Borrower and the other
Loan Parties, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F;
and covering such other matters as any Lender or Lenders or special
New York counsel to the
Administrative Agent, Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, may reasonably request (and for purposes
of such opinions such counsel may rely upon opinions of counsel in other jurisdictions,
provided that such other counsel are satisfactory to special counsel to the Administrative
Agent and such other opinions state that the Lenders are entitled to rely thereon).
(e) Opinion of Lenders’ Counsel. Each Lender shall have received a favorable opinion
of Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit G and covering such other matters as any Lender or
Lenders may reasonably request.
(f) Compliance Certificate. The Lenders shall have received a Compliance Certificate
showing that, after giving effect to this Credit Agreement and the Indebtedness contemplated to be
incurred by the Borrower on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) the Borrower is
in compliance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement on a pro forma basis as of the Closing
Date and (ii) the Cash Flow Ratio on the Closing Date after giving effect to all transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents on a pro forma basis shall not exceed 7.00 to 1.00.
(g) Other Documents. Such other documents, filings, instruments and papers relating
to the documents referred to herein and the transactions contemplated hereby as any Lender or
special counsel to the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require shall have been received by
the Administrative Agent, including information reasonably requested as described in Section 10.16.
(h) Certain Fees. All fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent, the Joint
Lead Arrangers and the other Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid. Unless
waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent properly invoiced prior to or
on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as
shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be
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incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not
thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent).
(i) Regulatory Approvals. The Borrower shall have obtained all consents and approvals
of, and made all filings and registrations with, any Governmental Authority set forth on
Schedule 6.03 required with respect to this Credit Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby (other than as specified in Schedule 6.03).
(j) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) audited
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the two fiscal years
ended December 31, 2010 (and also, in the case of the year ended December 31, 2010, on a pro forma
basis, unaudited consolidated financial statements giving effect to the Transaction as if it
occurred at the beginning of such period), and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower and its subsidiaries (subject to year-end and audit adjustments) for any interim quarterly
periods that have ended since the most recent of such audited financial statements and at least 45
days prior to the Closing Date, it being understood and agreed that the financial statements
included in the Form 10 of the Borrower have been received by the Administrative Agent and satisfy
this clause (a), and (b) forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower and its subsidiaries,
each in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(k) Solvency Certificate. A Solvency Certificate attesting to the Solvency of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to the Transaction and the
incurrence of indebtedness related thereto, from the chief financial officer of the Borrower.
(l) Distribution Transaction. The Joint Lead Arrangers shall be satisfied that all
transactions required to be completed as a condition to the tax-free nature of the Distribution
Transaction have been completed or will be completed simultaneously with the initial fundings under
the Facility.
(m) Existing RNS Credit Agreement. The Lenders shall have received satisfactory
evidence that the Existing RNS Credit Agreement concurrently with the Closing Date is being
terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing RNS Credit Agreement concurrently
with the Closing Date are being released.
(n) Debt Ratings. The Borrower shall have received a corporate credit rating of the
Borrower after giving effect to the Transaction and a rating for each of the Facilities, in each
case, from Xxxxx’x and S&P.
(o) No Materially Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred since December 31,
2010 any Materially Adverse Effect.
(p) Request for Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that
has signed this Credit Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to
be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved
by or
acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
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Section 5.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make each Credit Extension hereunder
(which shall not include any conversion or continuation of any outstanding Loan or any Credit
Extension the proceeds of which are to reimburse (i) the Swingline Lender for Swingline Loans or
(ii) the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under a Letter of Credit) is subject to the additional
conditions precedent that:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from
such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of proceeds thereof;
(b) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party in
Article VI hereof or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document
furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct, in
all material respects, on and as of the date of the making of, and after giving effect to, such
Credit Extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date, except to the
extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case
they shall be true and correct, in all material respects, as of such earlier date, and except that
for purposes of this Section 5.02, the representations and warranties contained in
Section 6.04(a) and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements
furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(b) and (a), respectively;
(c) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, a senior executive of
the Borrower shall have certified compliance with clauses (a) and (b) above to the Administrative
Agent; and
(d) the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer shall have received a Request
for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
The Borrower shall be deemed to have made a representation and warranty hereunder as of the
time of each Credit Extension hereunder that the conditions specified in such clauses have been
fulfilled as of such time.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as
follows:
Section 6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries is a limited or general
partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which such qualification is necessary in
view of the properties and assets owned and presently intended to be owned and the business
transacted and presently intended to be transacted by it except for qualifications the lack of
which, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially
Adverse Effect, and each Loan Party and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries has full power,
authority and legal right to perform its obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes and the
other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Section 6.02 Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties. Schedules 1.01(i) and 1.01(ii) contain a complete and correct list, as of
the Closing Date, of all Restricted Subsidiaries and
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower,
respectively, and a description of the legal nature of such Subsidiaries (including, with respect
to each Restricted Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, the address
of its principal place of business and its U.S. taxpayer identification number), the nature of the
ownership interests (shares of stock or general or limited partnership or other interests) in such
Subsidiaries and the holders of such interests and, except as disclosed to the Lenders in writing
prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns all of the ownership
interests of its Subsidiaries indicated in such Schedules as being owned by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens except those created under the
Collateral Documents, and all such ownership interests are validly issued and, in the case of
shares of stock, fully paid and non-assessable. Schedule 6.02 contains a complete and
correct list, as of the Closing Date, of all Controlled Affiliates of the Borrower that are not
Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the nature of the respective ownership interests in each such
Affiliate, and the holder of each such interest.
Section 6.03 Authority; No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Loan Parties of each Loan Document
to which it is a party, and each Credit Extension hereunder, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other organizational action and do not and will not: (a) subject to the
consummation of the action described in Section 6.12 hereof, violate any Law currently in
effect (other than violations that, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to
have a Materially Adverse Effect), or any provision of any of the Borrower’s or the Restricted
Subsidiaries’ respective organizational documents presently in effect; (b) conflict with or result
in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any consent (except for the consents described
on Schedule 6.03, each of which has been duly obtained) under, or require any payment to be
made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries is a party or their respective properties may be bound or affected or (ii) any order,
injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or their respective properties are subject (in each
case, other than any conflict, breach, default or required consent that, singly or in the
aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect); or (c) except as
provided under any Loan Document, result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon or with respect to any of the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 6.04 Financial Condition. The Borrower has furnished to each Lender:
(a) The consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations and members’ capital or
deficiency for the fiscal year ended on said date, said financial statements
having been certified by a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing
reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; and
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations for the
Quarter then ended.
All financial statements referred to above (i) are complete and correct in all material
respects (subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements referred to above, to year-end
and audit adjustments), (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout
the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (iii) fairly present
the financial condition of the respective entity or groups of entities which is or are the subject
of such financial statements (as stated above), on a consolidated basis, as of the
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respective dates
of the balance sheets included in such financial statements and the results of operations of such
entity or groups of entities for the respective periods ended on said dates.
None of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries had on any of said dates any material
contingent liabilities, liabilities for Taxes, unusual forward or long-term commitments or
unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments or operations which are
substantial in amount, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in said financial
statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of said respective dates or as
disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the Closing Date. Except as disclosed to the Lenders
in writing prior to the Closing Date, since December 31, 2010, there has been no material adverse
change in the financial condition (from that shown by the respective balance sheet as of December
31, 2010 included in said financial statements) or the businesses or operations of the Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole on a pro forma combined basis (after giving effect to
the Indebtedness contemplated to be incurred on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof).
Section 6.05 Litigation, Compliance with Laws. Except as disclosed to the Lenders on Schedule 6.05, there are no actions, suits,
proceedings, claims or disputes pending, or to the knowledge of any Loan Party threatened, against
any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets, before
any court or arbitrator or by or before any Governmental Authority that, singly or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. None of the Loan
Parties or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default under or in violation of or with respect to any
Laws or any writ, injunction or decree of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, except
for (a) defaults or violations that have been cured or remedied on or prior to the date of this
Credit Agreement and (b) defaults or violations which, if continued unremedied, would not be
reasonably expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 6.06 Titles and Liens. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.17, each of the Loan Parties and the Restricted
Subsidiaries has good title to its properties and assets, free and clear of all Liens, except those
permitted by Section 7.17. To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, each of the Loan Parties
and their Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or has the right to use, all Intellectual Property
necessary for each of them to conduct its business substantially in the same manner as currently
conducted, except to the extent that the failure to own or have such right would not be reasonably
expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. Schedule 6.06 sets forth a complete and
accurate list in all
material respects as of the Closing Date of the locations of all Material Real Property owned
by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries showing the street address or other relevant
information and state.
Section 6.07 Regulation U; Investment Company Act. (a) None of the proceeds of any of the Credit Extensions shall be used to purchase or
carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any Margin
Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. If
requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender statements in conformity with the requirements of Regulation U.
(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary is or is
required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 6.08 Taxes. Each of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all Federal, state and
other material tax returns that are required to be filed under any law
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applicable thereto except
such returns as to which the failure to file, singly or in the aggregate, has not had and will not
have a Materially Adverse Effect, and has paid, or made provision for the payment of, all Taxes
shown to be due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by any of the Loan
Parties or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, except such Taxes, if any, as are being contested in
good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided or as to which the failure to pay,
singly or in the aggregate, has not had and is not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 6.09 Senior Debt. The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” (or the equivalent term) as such term is defined
in each Subordinated Debt Document to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a
party and that contains such a definition or any similar definition.
Section 6.10 Full Disclosure. None of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.04, certificates or any
other written statements delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender contains, as of the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact nor do such
financial statements, certificates and such other written statements, taken as a whole, omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Section 6.11 No Default. None of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries is in default in the payment or
performance or observance of any material Contractual Obligation, which default, either alone or in
conjunction with all other such defaults, has had or is likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 6.12 Governmental and Third Party Approvals. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.03, no approval or consent of, or filing or
registration with, any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) any other third party, in the case of this
clause (y) pursuant to any Contractual Obligation that is material to the business of the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, is required in connection with (a) the execution,
delivery and performance by, or enforcement against, any of the Loan Parties of any Loan Document
to which it is a party, (b) the grant by any of the Loan Parties of the Liens granted by it
pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under
the Collateral Documents (including the first priority nature thereof) or (d) the exercise by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in
respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents. All approvals, consents, filings,
registrations or other actions described in Schedule 6.03 have been duly obtained, taken,
given or made and are in full force and effect (other than as set forth in Schedule 6.03).
Section 6.13 Binding Agreements. This Credit Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered
will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Loan Parties that is a
party thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except for limitations on
enforceability under bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific
performance imposed by the application of general equitable principles).
Section 6.14 Collective Bargaining Agreements. Except as disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the Closing Date, there are no
collective bargaining agreements between the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries and any trade
or labor union or other employee collective bargaining agent.
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Section 6.15
Investments. Schedule 6.15 contains a complete and correct list, as of the Closing Date, of all
Investments of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Investments in other
Restricted Subsidiaries) in excess of $5,000,000, showing the respective amounts of each such
Investment and the respective entity (or group thereof) in which each such Investment has been
made.
Section 6.16 ERISA Compliance. Except that would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially
Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has, as a result of maintaining or
terminating a Plan or withdrawing from a Multiemployer Plan, (A) incurred, or reasonably expects to
incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan, (B) incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability under Section 4201 or 4203 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer
Plan, or (C) engaged in a transaction during the past five years that could be subject to Section
4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (ii) no Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
with respect to any Plan; (iii) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has been notified by
the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization (within the
meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA) or has
been determined to be in “endangered” or “critical” status within the meaning of Section 432 of the
Code or Section 305 of
ERISA, and no such Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization,
insolvent or in “endangered” or “critical” status.
Section 6.17 Solvency. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents,
are Solvent.
Section 6.18 Casualty, Etc. Except as would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, since December 31, 2010, neither the businesses nor
the properties of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary is or has been affected by any fire,
explosion, accident or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance).
Section 6.19 Collateral Documents. The provisions of the Collateral Documents are effective to
create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and
enforceable first priority Lien (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.17) on all right,
title and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors in the Collateral described therein. Except
for filings completed prior to the Closing Date or as otherwise contemplated hereby or by the
Collateral Documents, no filing or other action will be necessary to perfect such Liens.
Section 6.20 Environmental Compliance. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20 and with such
exceptions as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Materially Adverse Effect:
(i) (A) the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws; and (B) all real property owned by the Loan Parties and
their Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
(ii) (A) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there are no underground storage tanks on any
of the real property owned by the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, and (B) to
the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Hazardous Materials have been spilled or released in, on or
under any of the real property owned by the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted
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Subsidiaries in
an amount that would trigger a reporting or remediation obligation under current Environmental
Laws;
(iii) none of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries have received any written
notice, order, directive, claim or demand from any Governmental Authority with respect to any
actual or potential liability under Environmental Laws on the part of any Loan Party or Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries
that remains outstanding;
(iv) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, none of the Loan Parties, their Restricted
Subsidiaries nor any of their respective predecessors is currently in any negotiations with any
person that would require, and agreements or undertakings with any Person that require, the cleanup
of Hazardous Materials on the real property or any third party site by the Loan Parties and their
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(v) no Hazardous Materials generated by the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with the business of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries are the subject
of a written claim or demand from any third party;
(vi) no actions or proceedings are pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened,
to revoke, modify or terminate any permit issued to the Loan Parties or their Restricted
Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws; and
(vii) with respect to the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries,
neither the Borrower nor the Loan Parties nor their Restricted Subsidiaries are the subject of any
outstanding written notice, order or claim with any Governmental Authority or other Person relating
to the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries regarding Environmental Laws.
Section 6.21 Other Debt. Schedule 7.15 (Existing Indebtedness), Schedule 7.16
(Existing Guarantees) and Schedule 7.17 (Existing Liens) contain complete and correct
lists, as of the Closing Date, of all credit agreements, indentures, purchase agreements,
obligations in respect of letters of credit, guarantees and other instruments (including Capital
Lease Obligations) in effect on the Closing Date providing for, evidencing, securing or otherwise
relating to any Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal or
face amount equal to $5,000,000 or more and such lists correctly set forth the names of the debtor
or lessee and creditor or lessor with respect to the Indebtedness outstanding or to be outstanding
thereunder, the rate of interest or rentals, a description of any security given or to be given
therefor, and the maturity or maturities or expiration date or dates thereof.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES
From the Closing Date and so long as the Commitments of the Lenders shall be in effect and
until the payment in full of all Obligations hereunder, the expiration or termination of all
Letters of Credit and the performance of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents, each of the Loan Parties agrees that, unless (x) in the case of a Financial Covenant,
the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of any other covenant, the Required
Lenders, shall otherwise consent in writing:
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A. Informational Covenants:
Section 7.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first
three Quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower: (A) consolidated statements of operations of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group
Reporting Period, of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, for such Quarter
and for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such Quarter and (B) the
related consolidated balance sheets and consolidated cash flow statements of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, as of the end of such Quarter (which
financial statements (other than statements of cash flows) shall set forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding Quarter in the preceding fiscal
year), all in reasonable detail and accompanied by a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-1
of a senior financial executive of the Borrower certifying such financial statements as fairly
presenting the financial condition and results of operations of
the respective entities covered thereby in accordance with GAAP, excluding accompanying
footnotes to the consolidated financial statements and subject, however, to year-end and audit
adjustments, which certificate shall include a statement that the senior financial executive
signing the same has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, that any Default has occurred and
is continuing.
(b) As soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Borrower: (A) consolidated statements of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, for such fiscal year, and (B) the related consolidated
balance sheets and cash flow statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken
together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken together, as of the end of such fiscal year (which financial statements (other
than cash flow statements), beginning with the financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2012, shall set forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the
preceding fiscal year), all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP and
accompanied by (x) an opinion of a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized
standing selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders as to said
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and a
certificate of such accountants stating that, in making the examination necessary for said opinion,
they obtained no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of any failure by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiaries to perform or observe any of its covenants relating to financial matters in
this Credit Agreement, and (y) a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2 of a senior
financial executive of the Borrower stating that such financial statements are correct and complete
and fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the respective entities
covered thereby as of the end of and for such fiscal year and that the executive signing the same
has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, that any Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Promptly after their becoming available, to the extent not provided pursuant to
Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), copies of all financial statements and reports which
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have sent to the holders of the Senior Notes, any
Permitted Debt and any Indebtedness specified in Schedule 7.15, to the extent such
statements and reports
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contain information relating to the designation of the Borrower’s
Subsidiaries as “restricted subsidiaries” under the Debt Instruments governing any such
Indebtedness, and to the calculation of financial ratios thereunder and copies of all regular and
periodic reports, if any, which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have filed with the
SEC or with any national securities exchange.
(d) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section
7.01(a) and (b) (or on or prior to December 30, 2011 in the case of the Quarter ending
September 30, 2011), a Compliance Certificate, duly completed signed by the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
(e) As soon as possible and in any event within ten days after any senior executive of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or of any general partner of any Restricted Subsidiary shall
have obtained knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, a statement describing such Default and the
action which is proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
(f) From time to time, with reasonable promptness, such further information regarding the
business, affairs and financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Restricted
Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may
reasonably request.
(g) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section
7.01(a) and (b), a list of any new, or redesignation with respect to, Restricted
Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(h) As soon as available, but in any event within the time period in which the Borrower must
deliver its annual audited financials under Section 7.01(a), a report supplementing
Schedule 6.06, identifying all Material Real Property acquired or disposed of by any Loan
Party during such fiscal year.
Following the closing of the Distribution Transaction, documents or information required to be
delivered pursuant to this Section 7.01 (to the extent any such documents or information
are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date on which (i) the Borrower files quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form
10-K, as applicable, with the SEC, or on the date on which the Borrower provides a link thereto on
the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed in Section 10.02 or
(ii) such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any,
to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party
website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) the Borrower
shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that
requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering
paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (B) the Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and
provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft
copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the
Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by
Section 7.01(d) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the
documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by
the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for
requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
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B. Affirmative Covenants:
Section 7.02 Taxes and Claims. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay and
discharge all material Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties
or assets belonging to it, and all material fees or other charges for all lawful claims which, if
unpaid, could be reasonably expected to become a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon the
property of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that
none of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such Tax,
fee or other claim as to which the such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary has a good faith basis
to believe is not due and owing and, to the extent then appropriate, the payment thereof is being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings, provided that such Loan Party or Restricted
Subsidiary maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto.
Section 7.03 Insurance. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain
insurance issued by financially sound and reputable insurance companies with respect to its
properties and business in such amounts and against such risks as is usually carried by owners of
similar businesses and properties in the same general areas in which such Loan Party or Restricted
Subsidiary operates. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
require that each insurance policy on its assets and properties name the Administrative Agent, as
administrative agent for the Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee to the extent of
the Obligations. The Borrower will furnish (or cause to be furnished) to any Lender, upon the
request of such Lender from time to time, full information as to the insurance maintained in
accordance with this Section 7.03.
Section 7.04 Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, preserve,
renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization, and all of its rights, privileges, licenses and franchises,
except (i) where a failure to do so, singly or in the aggregate, is not likely to have a Materially
Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted pursuant to this Credit
Agreement.
Section 7.05 Maintenance of and Access to Properties. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, preserve and
protect its properties and assets necessary in its business in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted and except where a failure to do so, singly or in the aggregate, is
not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect, and will permit representatives of the
Administrative Agent (and solely during the continuance of an Event of Default, the respective
Revolving Credit Lenders and Term A Lenders) to visit and inspect such properties, and to examine
and make extracts from its books and records, during normal business hours.
Section 7.06 Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with
the requirements of all applicable Laws (including but not limited to Environmental Laws) and all
orders, writs, injunctions and decrees of any Governmental Authority a breach of which is likely to
have, singly or in the aggregate, a Materially Adverse Effect, except where contested in good faith
and by proper proceedings if it maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect
thereto.
Section 7.07 Litigation. Each of the Loan Parties will promptly give to the Administrative Agent notice in writing
(and the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender) of all actions, suits, proceedings, claims
or disputes before any courts, arbitrators or Governmental
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Authority against it or its Restricted
Subsidiaries or, to its knowledge, otherwise affecting it or any of its respective properties or
assets, except actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes which are not reasonably likely to,
singly or in the aggregate, have a Materially Adverse Effect. Following the initial notice of each
such action, suit, proceeding, claim or dispute, supplementary notices of all material developments
in respect thereof shall be given from time to time in like manner. The parties hereby acknowledge
that the prompt notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender required by this Section
7.07 shall be satisfied by public reporting of such actions, suits,
proceedings, claims or disputes by the Borrower with the SEC in a filing made pursuant to
Securities Laws.
Section 7.08
Subsidiaries. (a) Any New Subsidiary acquired or formed by the Borrower shall be deemed an Unrestricted
Subsidiary unless the provisions of Section 7.18 would not permit the Investment in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of its acquisition or formation.
(b) The Borrower may designate, so long as (i) no Default exists or would result therefrom and
(ii) the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last
day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant
to Section 7.01, any New Subsidiary, including a New Subsidiary deemed to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (a) above, as a Restricted Subsidiary by giving a notice
captioned “Designation of Restricted Subsidiary” to the Administrative Agent promptly upon the
acquisition or formation of such New Subsidiary, such notice to specify whether such New Subsidiary
has been designated as a “restricted subsidiary” for purposes of any Debt Instruments governing any
Permitted Debt or any Indebtedness specified in Schedule 7.15. Promptly upon such
designation, the Borrower will cause such New Restricted Subsidiary to undertake all of the
obligations of (i) a “Restricted Subsidiary” under this Credit Agreement, and (ii) in the event
that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary (x) a “Guarantor” under
this Credit Agreement, (y) a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement and Intellectual Property
Agreement, and (z) if applicable, a “Pledgor” under the Pledge Agreement. Each such New Restricted
Subsidiary shall thereafter be a “Restricted Subsidiary” and, in the event that the New Restricted
Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary, a “Guarantor” for all purposes of this Credit
Agreement, a “Grantor” for all purposes of the Security Agreement, and (if applicable) a “Pledgor”
for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may cause,
at its election, in order to meet the conditions applicable to an Exchange or a Permitted
Acquisition hereunder, a New Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary
to undertake all of the obligations of (I) a “Guarantor” under this Agreement, (II) a “Grantor”
under the Security Agreement, and (III) if applicable, a “Pledgor” under the Pledge Agreement.
Each such New Restricted Subsidiary so designated shall thereafter be a “Guarantor” for all
purposes of this Agreement, a “Grantor” for all purposes of the Security Agreement and (if
applicable) a “Pledgor” for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement.
(c) (i) The Borrower may redesignate, so long as (i) no Default exists or would result
therefrom and (ii) the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants recomputed
as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by giving a notice to the Administrative
Agent captioned “Redesignation of Restricted Subsidiary” or “Redesignation of Unrestricted
Subsidiary”, as the case may be. In the case of any redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
as a Restricted Subsidiary, promptly upon such redesignation, the Borrower will cause (by
documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders) such New Restricted Subsidiary to
undertake all of the obligations of (A) a “Restricted Subsidiary”
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under this Credit Agreement, (B)
in the event that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary, (x) a
“Guarantor” under this Credit Agreement, (y) a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement and
Intellectual Property Agreement, and (z) if applicable, a “Pledgor” under the Pledge Agreement.
Each such New Restricted Subsidiary shall thereafter be a “Restricted Subsidiary” and, in the event
that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, a “Guarantor” for all purposes of this
Credit Agreement, a “Grantor” for all purposes
of the Security Agreement, and (if applicable) a “Pledgor” for all purposes of the Pledge
Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.08, in no
event shall (i) any Operating Company be redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (ii) any
New Subsidiary be designated, or any Unrestricted Subsidiary be redesignated, as a Restricted
Subsidiary if not owned directly by the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary.
Section 7.09 Books and Records. (a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and
correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made
of all material financial transactions and material matters involving the assets and business of
the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be; and (b) except to the extent
failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, maintain
such books of record and account in conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental
Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as
the case may be.
Section 7.10 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions to (i) refinance certain Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its subsidiaries, (ii) make permitted investments, acquisitions and distributions, and
(iii) fund working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document, including the payment of fees
and expenses related to the Transaction, including the Distribution Transaction and the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Term B Notes will be issued on the Closing Date to the
Initial Term B Lender in partial consideration for the transfer to the Borrower of the Programming
Network Business.
Section 7.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. Upon (x) the formation or acquisition of any new Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, a CFC or a Subsidiary that is held directly or indirectly by a CFC) by any Loan Party
that is required to become a Guarantor, Grantor and, if applicable, Pledgor under Section
7.08, or (y) the acquisition of any property by any Loan Party if such property, in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, shall not already be subject to a perfected first
priority security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, then the Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s expense:
(i) within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its
reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary (if it
has not already done so), to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a
Guaranty Supplement;
(ii) within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in
its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, furnish to the
Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal property of such Subsidiary or
such newly-acquired property, in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent;
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(iii) within 45 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in
its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary (if
it has not already done so) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
supplemental Collateral Documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (or in substantially the form attached to the
Security Agreement, if applicable) (including delivery of all certificates representing
Pledged Equity Interests in and of such Subsidiary, and other instruments of the type
specified in Section 5.01(a)(iii));
(iv) within 60 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in
its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary (if
it has not already done so) to take any actions required under the Security Agreement
(including the recording of mortgages with respect to any Material Real Property so
acquired, the filing of UCC financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement
of notices on title documents) may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to
vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent
designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties subject to the supplemental
Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section 7.11; provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of an entity that is a first-tier CFC, such
pledge shall be limited to 66% of the capital stock of such CFC or, if as a result in a
Change in Law there is an increase or decrease in the amount of capital stock of a CFC that
may be pledged without being treated as an indirect pledge of such CFC’s assets, such
percentage as provided by such Change in Law rounded down to the nearest whole number of
percentage points; and
(v) within 60 days after such formation or acquisition in the case of any Material
Real Property, deliver, (i) upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion, to the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of Material Real
Property owned by each Loan Party or newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary, the
Mortgages, title reports and surveys, each in scope, form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) to the extent received by the Borrower, to
the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of Material Real Property owned by
each Loan Party or newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary, engineering, soils and other
reports, and environmental assessment reports and (iii) to the Administrative Agent, all
other items set forth on Schedule 7.16, each in scope, form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Section 7.12 Further Assurances. Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative
Agent, each Loan Party shall (a) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any
Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (b) do,
execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and
all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative
Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in
order to (i) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents, (ii) to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Law, subject any Loan Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any
of the Collateral Documents, (iii) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of
any of the Collateral Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder and (iv)
assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more
effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be
granted to the Secured Parties under any Loan
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Document or under any other instrument executed in
connection with any Loan Document to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is or is to be
a party, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so.
Section 7.13
Designation as Senior Debt. The Loan Parties shall designate all Obligations as the
sole “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (or an equivalent term) under, and defined in, any
Subordinated Debt Documents.
Section 7.14 Maintenance of Ratings. In the case of the Borrower, at all times use commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain public ratings issued by Xxxxx’x and S&P with respect to itself as
an entity, and with respect to the Loans made hereunder.
C. Negative Covenants:
Section 7.15 Indebtedness. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:
(i) Indebtedness hereunder;
(ii) Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes, any Permitted Debt and any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness;
(iii) (i) obligations under or in respect of interest rate Swap Contracts up to an
aggregate notional principal amount not to exceed at any time an amount equal to the
Commitments of all the Lenders in the aggregate at such time and (ii) obligations owing
under other Swap Contracts entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated exchange
rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative purposes;
(iv) Guarantees and letters of credit not prohibited by Section 7.16;
(v) Indebtedness of any Loan Party owed to any other Loan Party;
(vi) Indebtedness issued and outstanding on the Closing Date to the extent set forth
on Schedule 7.15 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness related thereto;
(vii) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Guarantor as consideration for
Permitted Acquisitions, so long as (i) such indebtedness is unsecured; (ii) the Borrower
would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the consummation of
such acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of such indebtedness in connection
therewith, with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last day of the most recently
ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section
7.01 and calculated as if such acquisition was consummated and such indebtedness was
incurred on the first day of the 12-month period then ended (such pro forma basis to
include, in the Borrower’s discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings from such
acquisition (A) that have been realized, (B) for which the steps necessary for realization
have been taken, or (C) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably
expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition, in each
case, certified by the Borrower), (iii) before and after giving effect thereto, no
default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (iv) such
Indebtedness has a maturity date no earlier than the date that is six months after the
Maturity Date with
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respect to the Term B Facility and has no mandatory redemptions prior to
the Maturity Date with respect to the Term B Facility (other than customary asset sale and
change of control offers that are subject to prior payment and termination of the
Facilities);
(viii) Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations for fixed or capital
assets in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $75,000,000;
(ix) Indebtedness in connection with issuance of one or more standby letters of credit
or performance bonds securing obligations of the type set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of
the definition of “Permitted Liens”;
(x) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii)
take-or-pay obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries contained in
supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) cash management obligations and Indebtedness incurred in respect of netting
services, overdraft protection and similar arrangements;
(xii) Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person became a Restricted
Subsidiary or property was acquired from such Person to the extent such Indebtedness was
not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary or the acquisition of such property, not to exceed in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding $20,000,000 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
related thereto (it being understood that any accrued but unpaid interest and the amount of
all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith added to any principal amount
shall not constitute an increment in principal for purposes of this paragraph);
(xiii) any earnout obligation that comprises a portion of the consideration for a
Permitted Acquisition;
(xiv) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or other
similar arrangements incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection
with the Transaction and any Permitted Acquisition;
(xv) Monetization Indebtedness; provided that, the Borrower shall provide to
the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any such Monetization Indebtedness
incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary together with a brief description of
the terms thereof;
(xvi) Indebtedness incurred as consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and
consisting solely of a deferred or contingent obligation to deliver Equity Interests in the
Borrower; and
(xvii) other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent
not otherwise permitted by clauses (i) through (xvi) of this Section 7.15,
so
long as the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding at any one
time pursuant to this clause (xvii) shall not exceed the sum of $200,000,000.
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Section 7.16 Contingent Liabilities. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of causing a bank to open a letter
of credit), guarantee, endorse, contingently agree to purchase or to furnish funds for the payment
or maintenance of, or otherwise be or become contingently liable upon or with respect to, the
Indebtedness, other obligations, net worth, working capital or earnings of any Person, or guarantee
the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the stock or other ownership interests of any
Person, or agree to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, products, materials,
supplies or services primarily for the purpose of enabling a debtor to make payment of its
obligations or to assure a creditor against loss (all such transactions being herein called
“Guarantees”), except:
(i) the Guarantees in Article IV;
(ii) endorsements of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business;
(iii) Guarantees by the Borrower or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness of, and other obligations (incurred in the ordinary course of business) of,
another Restricted Subsidiary, but only if such Indebtedness or obligations are permitted
by this Credit Agreement;
(iv) obligations under agreements to indemnify Persons who have issued bid or
performance bonds or letters of credit issued in lieu of such bonds in the ordinary course
of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary securing performance by such
Person of activities otherwise permissible hereunder;
(v) Guarantees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries issued for the purpose
of securing (a) production and product related arrangements, or (b) arrangements for the
compensation of talent through third-party intermediaries;
(vi) the Guarantees described on Schedule 7.16 (as such schedule may be
amended by the Borrower from time to time), undertaken in the ordinary course of business
of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, Guarantees
issued for purposes of securing (a) programming or transponder rights, (b) Affiliation
Agreements, (c) advertising representation agreements, marketing and service arrangements,
(d) real estate leases, and extensions, replacements and modifications of the foregoing,
provided that the aggregate amount of all such Guarantees under this Section
7.16(vi) at any time outstanding does not exceed $75,000,000;
(vii) Capital Lease Obligations to the extent they constitute Guarantees by reason of
having been assigned by the lessor to a lender to such lessor (provided that the
obligors in respect of such Capital Lease Obligations do not increase their liability by
reason of such assignment);
(viii) unsecured Guarantees by Loan Parties of the Borrower’s obligations in respect
of (a) any Permitted Debt and (b) Indebtedness issued and
outstanding under the Senior Notes Documents on the Closing Date, and any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(ix) Letters of Credit;
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(x) any Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, so long as
(A) recourse to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary thereunder is limited solely to
shares of capital stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Loan Party, or their Subsidiaries and to no other assets of the Borrower or the other
Loan Parties and (B) neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary agrees, in
connection therewith, to any limitation on the amount of Indebtedness which may be incurred
by them, to the granting of any Liens on assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than shares of stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, or their Subsidiaries), to any acquisition or
disposition of any assets of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than shares
of capital stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Loan Party, or their Subsidiaries) or to any modification or supplement of this Credit
Agreement or any agreement entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries refinancing any substantial portion of the Indebtedness outstanding under this
Credit Agreement;
(xi) any Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations or
Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party, or joint venture; provided that the aggregate amount of all such Guarantees,
when combined with the aggregate amount of Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and
joint ventures made pursuant to Section 7.18(xii), does not exceed $100,000,000 at
any time outstanding;
(xii) Guarantees which would constitute Investments which are not prohibited by
Section 7.18;
(xiii) Obligations under contracts providing for the acquisition of or provision of
goods or services (including Leases or licenses of property) incurred in the ordinary
course of business for which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may be
jointly and severally liable with Affiliates of the Borrower as to which costs are
allocated (as among the Borrower and its Affiliates) based on cost, usage or other
reasonable method of allocation; provided that the undertaking of such liabilities
are not intended as a guaranty or other credit support of such obligations;
(xiv) any Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of any obligation to
the extent such obligation can be entirely satisfied (at the option of the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary) by the delivery of Equity Interests in the Borrower, if the Borrower
agrees in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied
solely by the delivery of such Equity Interests;
(xv) Guarantees incurred in connection with a Monetization Transaction;
(xvi) Guarantees of Leases of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries entered
into in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) any Guarantee by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred
under Section 7.15; and
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(xviii) other Guarantees, including, but not limited to, without duplication, surety
bonds, by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate
amount of the obligations guaranteed does not exceed $100,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
provided, that, other than as permitted under clauses (x)-(xii) of this Section 7.16, no
Loan Party shall Guarantee the obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party.
Section 7.17 Liens. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create
or suffer to exist, any mortgage, pledge, security interest, conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its assets, now owned or hereafter
acquired, securing any Indebtedness or other obligation (all such security being herein called
“Liens”), except:
(i) Liens on property securing Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
(ii) Liens securing Capital Lease Obligations or other Indebtedness for the deferred
acquisition price of property or services to the extent such Liens attach solely to the
property acquired with or subject to such Indebtedness;
(iii) Liens securing all of the obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, including Liens in favor of a
Hedge Bank or a Non-Interest Rate Hedge Bank, as the case may be, in connection with a
Secured Hedge Agreement;
(iv) Permitted Liens and Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in a Mortgage);
(v) other Liens on property or assets in effect on the Closing Date to the extent set
forth on Schedule 7.17;
(vi) Liens on Equity Interests in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(vii) Liens (i)(A) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of
any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.18 to
be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or (B) consisting of an agreement
to dispose of any property in a disposition permitted under Section 7.24, in each
case, solely to the extent such Investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have
been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien and (ii) on xxxx xxxxxxx money
deposits made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any
transaction that constitutes or will constitute a Permitted Acquisition; and
(viii) Liens securing Monetization Indebtedness.
In addition, neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary will enter into or permit to exist
any undertaking by it or affecting any of its properties whereby the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary shall agree with any Person (other than the Lenders or the Administrative Agent) not to
create or suffer to exist any Liens in favor of any other Person, provided that the
foregoing restriction shall not apply to any such undertaking contained in any indenture or other
agreement
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(i) governing any Indebtedness outstanding at the date hereof and identified on
Schedule 7.15 hereto, (ii) governing any Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes, the
Permitted Debt (to the extent that such undertaking in any Permitted Debt is no more restrictive
than the corresponding terms of the Senior Notes) and any renewals, extensions or refundings
thereof, (iii) governing specific property to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with
respect to an asset sale permitted hereunder, or (iv) constituting a customary restriction on
assignment, subletting, or other transfer contained in Leases, licenses, franchises and other
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or otherwise creating a
Permitted Lien (provided that any restriction referred to in clauses (iii) or (iv) is
limited to the property or asset subject to such sale, Lease, license, franchise or other similar
agreement or Permitted Lien, as the case may be).
Section 7.18 Investments. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, (a) make or permit to remain outstanding any advances, loans, accounts
receivable (other than (x) accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business of such
Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary and (y) accounts receivable owing to any Loan Party or
Restricted Subsidiary from any Unrestricted Subsidiary for management or other services or other
overhead or shared expenses allocated in the ordinary course of business provided by such Loan
Party or Restricted Subsidiary to such Unrestricted Subsidiary) or other extensions of credit
(excluding, however, accrued and unpaid interest in respect of any advance, loan or other extension
of credit) or capital contributions to (by means of transfers of property to others, or payments
for property or services for the account or use of others, or otherwise) any Person (other than any
Loan Party), (b) purchase or own any stocks, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities
(including, without limitation, any interests in any limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture or any similar enterprise) of, any Person (other than a Loan Party), or (c) purchase or
acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) assets of another Person (other than any
Loan Party) that constitute a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of, such
Person (all such transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) being herein called
“Investments”), except for:
(i) Investments in cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities;
(ii) Investments set forth on Schedule 6.15 and any modification, replacement,
renewal or extension thereof; provided, that the amount of the Investment
outstanding on the Closing Date is not increased except pursuant to the terms of such
Investment or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.18;
(iii) receivables owing to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including receivables from and advances to suppliers, if created, acquired or made in the
ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade
terms;
(iv) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees, consultants and members of
management (including for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous business
expenses) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any
time outstanding; provided that such loans and advances shall comply with all
applicable Laws;
(v) Investments (including debt obligations) (i) received in connection with the
bankruptcy and reorganization of suppliers and customers in settlement of delinquent
obligations of, and (ii) received in connection with the settlement of other disputes with
customers and suppliers;
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(vi) to the extent that they constitute Investments, (A) Indebtedness not prohibited
by Section 7.15; (B) Guarantees not prohibited by Section 7.16 other than
clause (xii) thereof, (C) Liens not prohibited by Section 7.17, or (D) Restricted
Payments not prohibited by Section 7.19;
(vii) Permitted Acquisitions;
(viii) Investments consisting of extensions of credit or endorsements for collection
or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) Investments consisting of notes, other similar instruments or non-cash
consideration received in connection with any disposition not prohibited by Section
7.24;
(x) Investments to the extent financed with Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(xi) Investments in Swap Contracts entered into in order to manage existing or
anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative
purposes;
(xii) Investments in one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Restricted Subsidiaries
that are not Loan Parties, or joint ventures; provided that the aggregate amount of
all such Investments, when combined with the aggregate amount of Guarantees permitted
pursuant to Section 7.16(xi), does not exceed $100,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
(xiii) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of
settlements of overdue debts or accounts with customers and suppliers in bankruptcy in the
ordinary course of business;
(xv) other Investments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
that (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such Investment is
made or would result from the making of such Investment, (B) the Loan Parties shall be in
compliance on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment with the Financial
Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which
financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as
if such Investment was consummated on the first day of the 12-month period then ended, (C)
at the time of such Investment, the Cash Flow Ratio shall be less than or equal to 6.00 to
1.00 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment,
and (D) during any time that the Cash Flow Ratio is greater than or equal to 4.75 to
1.00 (such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most
recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section
7.01(a) or (b)), at the time of such Investment after giving effect to the
making thereof, the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (xv)(D)
and not repaid or otherwise returned, together with the aggregate amount of Restricted
Payments made pursuant to clause (vi)(D) of Section 7.19, shall not exceed (i) the
sum of (a) $100 million plus (b) the net proceeds from any sale or issuance of
Equity Interests by the Borrower to any
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Person (other than the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) after the Closing Date (with non-cash proceeds to be valued by the
Borrower in good faith) plus (c) an amount equal to (1) Cumulative Operating Cash
Flow minus (2) 1.4 multiplied by Cumulative Interest Expense;
(xvi) Permitted Affiliate Payments; and
(xvii) other investments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent
not otherwise permitted by clauses (i) through (xvi) of this Section 7.18;
provided that the aggregate amount of all such Investments made pursuant to this
clause does not exceed $100,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
provided, that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may convert the form of any
outstanding Investment by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary
or Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party that was permitted under this Section
7.18 when first made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary at all times prior to any
Responsible Officer having knowledge of the occurrence and continuance of a Default.
Section 7.19 Restricted Payments. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, declare or make or declare any Restricted Payment (other than any
Restricted Payment payable (and paid) in Equity Interests of the Borrower), or incur any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to do so at any time, except for:
(i) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make dividends and other
distributions payable solely in the same class of Equity Interests of such Person;
(ii) Permitted Affiliate Payments;
(iii) repurchases of Equity Interests in a cashless transaction deemed to occur upon
exercise or vesting of restricted stock, stock options or warrants;
(iv) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result therefrom, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments with the proceeds received from
the issuance of its Equity Interests (other than the issuance of Equity Interests to a Loan
Party or any Subsidiary thereof);
(v) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may enter into transactions permitted by Sections 7.23 and
7.24; and
(vi) other Restricted Payments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, that (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time
such Restricted Payment is made or would result from the making or declaration of such
Restricted Payment, (B) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to such Restricted Payment with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the
last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such Restricted Payment was
made on the first day of the 12-month period then ended, (C) at the time of such Restricted
Payment, the Cash Flow Ratio shall be less than or equal to 6.00 to 1.00 on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, and (D)
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during any time that the Cash
Flow Ratio is greater than or equal to 4.75 to 1.00 (such compliance to be determined on
the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b)), at the time of such
Restricted Payment after giving effect to the making thereof, the aggregate amount of
Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (vi)(D), together with the aggregate
amount of Investments made pursuant to clause (xv)(D) of Section 7.18 and not
repaid or otherwise returned, shall not exceed (i) the sum of (a) $100 million plus
(b) the net proceeds from any sale or issuance of Equity Interests by the Borrower to any
Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) after the Closing
Date (with non-cash proceeds to be valued by the Borrower in good faith) plus (c)
an amount equal to (1) Cumulative Operating Cash Flow minus (2) 1.4
multiplied by Cumulative Interest Expense.
Section 7.20 Transactions with Affiliates. Other than as set forth on Schedule 7.20, none of the Loan Parties will, or will
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, effect any transaction with any Affiliate of the
Borrower that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, having a value, or for consideration having a value,
in excess of $20,000,000 unless the board of directors (or the person duly authorized to perform
similar functions) of the Borrower or such other Restricted Subsidiary shall make a good faith
determination that the terms of such transaction are, taken as a whole, no less favorable to the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than would at the time be obtainable
for a comparable transaction in arms-length dealing with an unrelated third party;
provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to (i) overhead and other ordinary
course allocations of costs and services on a reasonable basis, (ii) allocations of tax liabilities
and other tax-related items among the Borrower and its Affiliates based principally upon the
financial income, taxable income, credits and other amounts directly related to the respective
parties, to the extent that the share of such liabilities and other items allocable to the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed the amount that such Persons would have been
responsible for as a direct taxpayer, (iii) Distribution Transaction Agreements and amendments,
renewals and extensions thereof on terms not materially less favorable in the aggregate to the
interests of the Lenders than those existing on the date hereof, and (iv) any Investment permitted
by Section 7.18 or any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 7.19.
Section 7.21 Amendments of Certain Instruments. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, modify
or supplement, or consent to any waiver of any of the provisions of, any Debt Instrument governing
any Permitted Debt or any Indebtedness specified in Schedule 7.15 except to the extent,
after giving effect thereto, that such Permitted Debt or other Indebtedness could be incurred on
such modified or supplemented terms by such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary on
the effective date of the modification, supplement or consent. In addition, none of the Loan
Parties will, or will permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any amendment, or
agree to or accept any waiver, of any of the provisions of (a) the certificate of incorporation or
organization, by-laws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or any other
governing document of any of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case if
doing so would materially adversely affect the rights of the Loan Parties, the Restricted
Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, or (b) any other agreement
between any of the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of its
Affiliates, on the other hand, which would have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 7.22 Change in Nature of Business. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any material line of business substantially different
from those lines of business conducted by the Loan Parties and their Restricted
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Subsidiaries on the
Closing Date or any business reasonably related or incidental thereto, other than reasonable
extensions thereof.
Section 7.23 Fundamental Changes. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, merge,
dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Event of
Default exists or would result therefrom:
(i) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, dissolve, liquidate or consolidate with or
into (i) the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or
surviving Person, (ii) a Loan Party, provided that the Loan Party shall be the
continuing or surviving Person, or (iii) any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided that when any wholly owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary,
such wholly owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(ii) any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) may Dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower
or to another Loan Party;
(iii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may Dispose of (whether in
one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all its assets
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired, upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to (i)
another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or (ii) to a Loan Party;
(iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate the Transaction;
(v) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, dissolve, liquidate or consolidate with or
into another Person (subject to clause (i)) or be subject to a transaction resulting in the
Disposition of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or
substantially all of its assets (so long such Disposition is not a Disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole) (whether now owned or hereafter acquired, upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise)
to or in favor of any Person in a transaction permitted under Section 7.24; and
(vi) any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may merge, dissolve,
liquidate or consolidate with or into any other Person or permit any other Person to merge,
dissolve, liquidate or consolidate with or into it; provided that (i) in the case
of a merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation to which a wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Borrower is a party, the Person surviving such merger, dissolution, liquidation or
consolidation shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) in the case of any
merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation to which the Borrower is a party, the
Borrower is the surviving Person, (iii) in the case of any merger, dissolution, liquidation
or consolidation to which any Loan Party is a party, a Loan Party is the surviving Person,
and (iv) in the case of a merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation to which a
Restricted Subsidiary is a party, the Person surviving such merger, dissolution,
liquidation or consolidation shall be a Restricted Subsidiary.
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Section 7.24 Dispositions. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make
any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(i) Dispositions of obsolete, worn out, damaged, surplus or otherwise no longer used
or useful machinery, parts, equipment or other assets no longer used or useful in the
conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business;
(ii) Dispositions of cash, Cash Equivalents, inventory, materials and other current
assets in the ordinary course of business (including the sale, transfer or other
disposition of overdue or disputed accounts receivable, in connection with the compromise
or collection thereof) and the conversion of cash into Cash Equivalents and Cash
Equivalents into cash;
(iii) Dispositions of property subject to Events of Loss;
(iv) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Equity Interests to the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Guarantor shall only issue or sell its
Equity Interests to the Borrower or another Guarantor;
(v) Dispositions by the Borrower to any Subsidiary or any Subsidiary to the Borrower
or to the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that if the
transferor is a Restricted Subsidiary, the transferee thereof must either be the Borrower
or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further that if the transferor is the
Borrower or a Guarantor, the transferee must be either the Borrower or a Guarantor;
(vi) Dispositions that are Investments not prohibited by Section 7.18 or
Dispositions that are permitted by Section 7.24;
(vii) Dispositions of property or assets from a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not
a Loan Party or to a joint venture of a Loan Party; provided, that as of the date
of such Disposition the aggregate fair market value of property and assets subject to such
Dispositions (determined at the time of such Dispositions) pursuant to this clause
(vii) during the term of this Agreement does not exceed $100,000,000;
(viii) Dispositions or Exchanges by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to
the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Disposition or Exchange are applied to
prepay the Term Loans pursuant to (and to the extent required by) Section 2.04;
(ix) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made
pursuant to buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint
venture arrangements or similar binding arrangements (i) in substantially the form as such
arrangements are in effect on the Closing Date and (ii) to the extent that the Net Cash
Proceeds of any such Disposition are applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to (and to
the extent required by) Section 2.04(b)(ii);
(x) Dispositions of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
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(xi) Leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses of assets or properties in the
ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xii) Dispositions of Intellectual Property which, in the reasonable good faith
determination of the Borrower, are not material to the conduct of the business of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and the licensing or sublicensing of Intellectual
Property rights and other transfers of Intellectual Property and copyrighted material in
the ordinary course of business or that are otherwise not material to the conduct of the
business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xiii) Dispositions of assets or properties to the extent that such assets or
properties are exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement
assets or properties or the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to
the purchase price of such replacement assets or properties, in each case, in the ordinary
course of business;
(xiv) termination of Swap Contracts;
(xv) the settlement of tort or other litigation claims, provided that if any
such settled claim shall have a value in excess of $25,000,000, the board of directors or
similar governing body of the Borrower determines it to be fair and reasonable in light of
the circumstances;
(xvi) Dispositions in accordance with a Distribution Transaction Agreement; and
(xvii) any Disposition that involves property or assets having a fair market value of
less than $25,000,000;
provided that (A) with respect to clause (viii) above, any such Disposition or
Exchange shall be for fair market value and, with respect to any Disposition (but not any
Exchange), at least 75% of the consideration received therefor by the Loan Parties or any such
Restricted Subsidiary shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (including by way of any
Monetization Transaction) and (B) after giving effect to any such Disposition or Exchange pursuant
to clause (viii), (1) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with the
Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which
financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such Disposition occurred on the
first day of the 12-month period then ended and (2) no Event of Default shall exist or shall result
therefrom.
D. Financial Covenants:
Section 7.25 Operating Cash Flow to Total Interest Expense. The Borrower and other Loan Parties will cause, for each Quarter, the ratio of Annual
Operating Cash Flow for the period ending with such Quarter to Annual Total Interest Expense for
the period ending with such Quarter to be at least the following respective amounts at all times
during the following respective periods:
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From and including the Closing Date to and including December
31, 2013 |
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2.50 to 1.00 |
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On and after January 1, 2014 |
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2.75 to 1.00 |
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Section 7.26 Cash Flow Ratio. The Borrower and other Loan Parties will not permit the Cash Flow Ratio to exceed the
following respective amounts at any time during the following respective periods:
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From and including the Closing Date to and including March
31, 2012 |
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7.00 to 1.00 |
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From and including April 1, 2012 to and including December
31, 2012 |
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6.50 to 1.00 |
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From and including January 1, 2013 to and including December
31, 2014 |
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6.00 to 1.00 |
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On and after January 1, 2015 |
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5.50 to 1.00 |
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ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 8.01 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) Any representation or warranty in this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or in
any certificate, statement or other document furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent
pursuant hereto (including, without limitation, any amendment thereto), or any certification made
or deemed to have been made by any Loan Party to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder,
shall prove to have been incorrect, or shall be breached, in any material respect when made or
deemed made; provided that any representation made pursuant to
Section 5.02 in respect of the absence of any Default shall not constitute an Event of
Default if (i) at the time of such representation, such Default was not known to a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower and (ii) prior to such Default, the absence of which is the subject of such
representation, becoming an Event of Default, such Default has been cured or waived in accordance
with this Credit Agreement; or
(b) Default in the payment when due of any principal of any Revolving Credit Loan, Term Loan,
Swingline Loan or any L/C Obligation, default in the deposit when due of funds as Cash Collateral
in respect of Swingline Loans or L/C Obligations or default in the payment when due of interest on
any Revolving Credit Loan, Term Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder or any
other amount payable to any Revolving Credit Lender, Term Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder, and the failure to pay such interest, fee or such other amount within two Business Days
after the same becomes due; or
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(c) Default by any of the Loan Parties in the performance or observance of any of its
agreements in Article VII (other than Section 7.01, Section 7.02,
Section 7.03, Section 7.05, Section 7.06, Section 7.07, Section
7.08, Section 7.09, Section 7.10,
Section 7.11, Section 7.14,
Section 7.18 and Section 7.20 but including Section 7.01(e)); or
(d) Default by any of the Loan Parties in the performance or observance of any of its other
agreements herein (other than those specified in Section 8.01(c)) or in any other Loan
Document, which shall remain unremedied for 30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to
the Borrower by any Lender or the Administrative Agent (provided that such period shall be
fifteen days and no such notice shall be required in the case of a default under Section
7.01(d)); or
(e) Any Indebtedness of any of the Loan Parties (including any Indebtedness hereunder) or any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 or more, excluding
(i) any Indebtedness owing solely to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any
Indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services owed to the Person providing
such property or services as to which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has a good faith
basis to believe is not due and owing and, to the extent then appropriate, is contesting its
obligation to pay the same in good faith and by proper proceedings and for which the Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary has established appropriate reserves (such Indebtedness under clauses
(i) and (ii) above herein called “Excluded Indebtedness”), shall (i) become due before
stated maturity by the acceleration of the maturity thereof by reason of default or (ii) become due
by its terms and shall not be promptly paid or extended; or
(f) Any default under any indenture, credit agreement or loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument under which Indebtedness of any of the Loan Parties or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries constituting indebtedness for borrowed money in an aggregate principal amount of
$25,000,000 or more is outstanding (other than Excluded Indebtedness), or by which any such
Indebtedness is evidenced, shall have occurred and shall continue for a period of time sufficient
to permit the holder or holders of any such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on its or their
behalf) to accelerate the maturity thereof or to enforce any Lien provided for by any such
indenture, agreement or instrument, as the case may be, unless such default shall have been
permanently waived by the respective holder of such Indebtedness; or
(g) Any Loan Party or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) apply for or consent to
the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of
itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) admit in writing its inability, or be
generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due, (iii) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, (iv) be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, (v) commence a voluntary
case under any Debtor Relief Law (as now or hereafter in effect), (vi) file a petition seeking to
take advantage of any Debtor Relief Law, (vii) acquiesce in writing to, or fail to controvert in a
timely and appropriate manner, any petition filed against any of the Loan Parties or any
Significant Restricted Subsidiary in any involuntary case under any such Debtor Relief Law, or
(viii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(h) A case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application, approval or
consent of any of the Loan Parties or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary, in any court of
competent jurisdiction, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up, or
composition or readjustment or debts of such Loan Party or Significant Restricted Subsidiary, the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of such Loan Party or
Significant Restricted Subsidiary or of all or any substantial part of its assets, or any other
similar action with respect to such Loan Party or Significant Restricted Subsidiary under any
Debtor
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Relief Law, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in
effect, for any period of 60 consecutive days, or an order for relief against any of the Loan
Parties or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary shall be entered in an involuntary case under any
Debtor
Relief Law (as now or hereafter in effect); or
(i) (i) A judgment for the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000 (to the extent not
covered by insurance) shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and
such judgment shall remain unsatisfied and in effect for any period of 30 consecutive days without
a stay of execution or (if a stay is not provided for by applicable law) without having been fully
bonded or (ii) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money are entered by a court
or courts of competent jurisdiction against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and either
(x) an enforcement proceeding shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or (y)
such judgment remains undischarged and unbonded for a period (during which execution shall not be
effectively stayed) of 60 days; provided, that, the aggregate of all such judgments exceeds
$25,000,000 (to the extent not covered by insurance); or
(j) (i) Any Termination Event shall occur; (ii) an application for a minimum funding waiver
with respect to any Plan is made; (iii) any Person shall engage in any Prohibited Transaction
involving any Plan; (iv) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is in “default” (as defined in Section
4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan resulting from the Borrower’s
or any ERISA Affiliate’s complete or partial withdrawal (as described in Section 4203 or 4205 of
ERISA) from such Multiemployer Plan; (v) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section
303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to a Plan; (vi) the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate shall fail to pay when due an amount which is payable by it to the PBGC or to a Plan
under Title IV of ERISA; (vii) the assumption of, or any material increase in, the contingent
liability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any post-retirement welfare
liability; and any or all of such events described in clauses (i) through (vii) as applicable
result in a liability of the Borrower or ERISA Affiliate in excess of $25,000,000; or
(k) Xxxxx Family Interests shall cease at any time to have beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 (as in effect on the Closing Date) promulgated under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended) of shares of the capital stock of the Borrower having sufficient votes to
elect (or otherwise designate) at such time a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Borrower; or
(l) Any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates (including any Restricted
Subsidiary) institutes any proceedings seeking to establish or any Person obtains a judgment
establishing that (i) any provision of the Loan Documents is invalid, not binding or unenforceable
or (ii) the Lien created, or purported to be created, by the Loan Documents is not a valid and
perfected first priority security interest in the property in which such Lien is created, or
purported to be created, pursuant to the Loan Documents.
Section 8.02 Remedies upon Event of Default.
(a) Revolving/Term A Event of Default. If any Revolving/Term A Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the
consent of, the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender and each Term A Lender to
make Loans and any obligation of (a) the L/C Issuer to make L/C
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Credit Extensions and (b)
the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments
and obligation shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and
Term A Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or
payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or Term A Lender or under any other Loan Document to
be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount
equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself, the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Term A Lenders
and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it and such Lenders under the Loan
Documents.
(b) Other Event of Default. If any Event of Default (other than a Revolving/Term A
Event of Default) occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or
may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of (a) the
L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions and (b) the Swingline Lender to make Swingline
Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligations shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest
accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount
equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and
remedies available to it and such Lenders under the Loan Documents;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code, the obligation of each
Lender to make Loans, any obligation of the Swingline Lender to advance Swingline Loans and any
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the
unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid
shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case
without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
Section 8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans
have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically
been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the
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proviso to Section 8.02), any
amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the
following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable
to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees)
payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer and amounts payable under Article
III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this
clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and
unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other
Obligations, to the extent due and payable, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to
them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid
principal of the Loans, L/C Borrowings and amounts owing under Secured Hedge Agreements and
Secured Cash Management Agreements, and which have become due and owing, ratably among the
Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the
respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash
Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of
Letters of Credit; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly
paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn
amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy
drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash
Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining
amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE IX
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority. (a) Each of the Lender Parties hereby irrevocably appoints JPMCB to act on its behalf as
the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, and the Lender Parties, and neither the Borrower nor any other
Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
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(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan
Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, potential Hedge Bank and
potential Cash Management Bank) and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the L/C Issuer for purposes of
acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties
to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably
incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any
co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any
portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies
thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all
provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.04(c), as
though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan
Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 9.02 Administrative Agent Individually. (a) The Person serving as the Administrative
Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender Party as any
other Lender Party and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the
term “Lender Party” or “Lender Parties” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the
context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its
individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act
as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not
the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lender Parties.
(b) Each Lender Party understands that the Person serving as Administrative Agent, acting in
its individual capacity, and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Agent’s Group”) are engaged
in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including investment management, financing,
securities trading, corporate and investment banking and research) (such services and businesses
are collectively referred to in this Section 9.02 as “Activities”) and may engage
in the
Activities with or on behalf of one or more of the Loan Parties or their respective
Affiliates. Furthermore, the Agent’s Group may, in undertaking the Activities, engage in trading
in financial products or undertake other investment businesses for its own account or on behalf of
others (including the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and including holding, for its own account
or on behalf of others, equity, debt and similar positions in the Borrower, another Loan Party or
their respective Affiliates), including trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions
in securities, loans or other financial products of one or more of the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates. Each Lender Party understands and agrees that in engaging in the Activities, the
Agent’s Group may receive or otherwise obtain information concerning the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their
respective Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) which information may not be
available to any of the Lender Parties that are not members of the Agent’s Group. None of the
Administrative Agent nor any member of the Agent’s Group shall have any duty to disclose to any
Lender Party or use on behalf of the Lender Parties, and shall not be liable for the failure to so
disclose or use, any information whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or otherwise
(including any information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and
other condition or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party) or to
account for any revenue or profits obtained in connection with the Activities, except that the
Administrative Agent shall deliver or otherwise make available to each Lender Party such
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documents
as are expressly required by any Loan Document to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to the
Lender Parties.
(c) Each Lender Party further understands that there may be situations where members of the
Agent’s Group or their respective customers (including the Loan Parties and their Affiliates)
either now have or may in the future have interests or take actions that may conflict with the
interests of any one or more of the Lender Parties (including the interests of the Lender Parties
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents). Each Lender Party agrees that no member of the
Agent’s Group is or shall be required to restrict its activities as a result of the Person serving
as Administrative Agent being a member of the Agent’s Group, and that each member of the Agent’s
Group may undertake any Activities without further consultation with or notification to any Lender
Party. None of (i) this Credit Agreement nor any other Loan Document, (ii) the receipt by the
Agent’s Group of information (including Information) concerning the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their
respective Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) nor (iii) any other matter
shall give rise to any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including without limitation any
duty of trust or confidence) owing by the Administrative Agent or any member of the Agent’s Group
to any Lender Party including any such duty that would prevent or restrict the Agent’s Group from
acting on behalf of customers (including the Loan Parties or their Affiliates) or for its own
account.
Section 9.03
Duties of Administrative Agent; Exculpatory Provisions. (a) The Administrative Agent’s duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are solely
ministerial and administrative in nature and the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take
any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, but shall be required to act or
refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the
written direction of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the
opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates to
liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i)
with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of
the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall
be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.06 or Section 8.02)
or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent
shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or the event or events that give or may give
rise to any Default unless and until the Borrower or any Lender Party shall have given notice to
the Administrative Agent describing such Default and such event or events.
(c) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any member of the Agent’s Group shall be responsible
for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty, representation or
other information made or supplied in or in connection with this Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or
thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith or the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of
the information contained therein, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants,
agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any
Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
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effectiveness or genuineness of this Credit Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or the perfection or
priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created by the Collateral
Documents or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein,
other than (but subject to the foregoing clause (ii)) to confirm receipt of items expressly
required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Nothing in this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require the
Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties to carry out any “know your customer” or other
checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Lender Party and each Lender Party confirms to
the Administrative Agent that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry
out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Administrative
Agent or any of its Related Parties.
Section 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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 (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated
by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally
or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any
liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the
making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the
satisfaction of a Lender Party, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is
satisfactory to such Lender Party unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender Party
prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit, and in the case of a
Borrowing, such Lender Party shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender
Party’s ratable portion of such Borrowing. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel
(who may be counsel for the Borrower or any other Loan Party), 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 9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and
powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform
any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related
Parties. Each such sub-agent and the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and each such
sub-agent shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and
Section 10.04 (as though such sub-agents were the “Administrative Agent” under the Loan
Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lender
Parties and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a
bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the
United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice
of its resignation (such 30-day period, the “Lender Party Appointment Period”), then the
retiring Administrative Agent may on
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behalf of the Lender Parties, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. In addition and without any
obligation on the part of the retiring Administrative Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Lender
Parties, a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent may at any time upon
or after the end of the Lender Party Appointment Period notify the Borrower and the Lender Parties
that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor Administrative Agent and the
effective date of such retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation. Upon the resignation effective
date established in such notice and regardless of whether a successor Administrative Agent has been
appointed and accepted such appointment, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall
nonetheless become effective and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and
(ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the
Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender Party directly, until such time as
the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this
paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder,
such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties as Administrative Agent of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations as Administrative
Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided
above in this paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent
shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower
and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article IX and Section 10.04 shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative 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 the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
(b) Any resignation pursuant to this Section by a Person acting as Administrative Agent shall,
unless such Person shall notify the Borrower and the Lender Parties otherwise, also act to relieve
such Person and its Affiliates of any obligation to advance or issue new, or extend existing,
Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit where such advance, issuance or extension is to occur on or
after the effective date of such resignation. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of
the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender, (ii) the
retiring L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties
and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, (iii) the successor Swingline Lender
shall enter into an Assignment and Assumption and acquire from the retiring Swingline Lender each
outstanding Swingline Loan of such retiring Swingline Lender for a purchase price equal to par plus
accrued interest and (iv) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution
for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other
arrangement satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the
retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(c) In addition to the foregoing, if a Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a
Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, the L/C Issuer and/or the Swingline Lender may,
at any time, upon giving 20 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, resign as L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender, respectively, effective at the
close of business New York time on a date specified in such notice; provided that such
resignation by the L/C Issuer shall have no effect on the validity or enforceability of any Letter
of Credit then outstanding or on the obligations of the Borrower or any Lender under this
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Agreement with respect to any such outstanding Letter of Credit or otherwise to the L/C Issuer; and
provided, further, that such resignation by the Swingline Lender shall have no
effect on its rights in respect of any outstanding Swingline Loans or on the obligations of the
Borrower or any Lender under this Credit Agreement with respect to any such outstanding Swingline
Loan.
Section 9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lender Parties.
(a) Each Lender Party confirms to the Administrative Agent, each other Lender Party and each
of their respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses (individually or through its Related
Parties) such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable,
without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any other Lender Party or any of their respective
Related Parties, of evaluating the merits and risks (including tax, legal, regulatory, credit,
accounting and other financial matters) of (x) entering into this Credit Agreement, (y) making
Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (z) in taking
or not taking actions hereunder and thereunder, (ii) is financially able to bear such risks and
(iii) has determined that entering into this Credit Agreement and making Loans and other extensions
of credit hereunder and under the other Loan Documents is suitable and appropriate for it.
(b) Each Lender Party acknowledges that (i) it is solely responsible for making its own
independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with this
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) that it has, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender Party or any of their respective Related Parties,
made its own appraisal and investigation of all risks associated with, and its own credit analysis
and decision to enter into, this Credit Agreement based on such documents and information, as it
has deemed appropriate and (iii) it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, any other Lender Party or any of their respective Related Parties, continue
to be solely responsible for making its own appraisal and investigation of all risks
arising under or in connection with, and its own credit analysis and decision to take or not
take action under, this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may include, in each case:
(A) the financial condition, status and capitalization of the Borrower and each other
Loan Party;
(B) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Credit
Agreement and each other Loan Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Loan
Document;
(C) determining compliance or non-compliance with any condition hereunder to the
making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit and the form and substance of all
evidence delivered in connection with establishing the satisfaction of each such condition;
(D) the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information delivered by the
Administrative Agent, any other Lender Party or by any of their respective Related Parties
under or in connection with this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or any other agreement, arrangement or
document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any
Loan Document.
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Section 9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons acting as Joint Lead
Arranger, Joint Bookrunners, Syndication Agents or Co-Documentation Agents listed on the cover page
hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Credit Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or as a
Lender Party hereunder.
Section 9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any
Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C
Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid
and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.03(i) and (j),
Section 2.08 allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such
payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making
of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any
amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent
under Section 2.08.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the
L/C Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender
the L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding.
Section 9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Secured Parties and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at
its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under
any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination
of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale
permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified
in writing in accordance with Section 10.01;
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(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to
be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder; and
(c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent
under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section
7.17(ii).
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in
writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular
types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty
pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the
Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan
Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item
of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or
to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under
the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section
9.10.
Section
9.11 Removal of Administrative Agent. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if
at any time the Required Lenders determine that the Person serving as Administrative Agent is
(without taking into account any provision in the definition of “Defaulting Lender” or “Potential
Defaulting Lender” requiring notice from the Administrative
Agent or any other party) a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, the Required
Lenders (determined after giving effect to Section 10.01) may by notice to the Borrower and
such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and appoint a replacement Administrative
Agent hereunder with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld),
provided that (i) such removal shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in
any event become effective if no such replacement Administrative Agent is appointed hereunder
within 30 days after the giving of such notice and (ii) no such consent of the Borrower shall be
required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such appointment.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document,
and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be
effective unless in writing signed by the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may
be, and (i) in the case of an amendment or waiver of any Financial Covenant or Revolving/Term A
Event of Default, the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders and (ii) in the case of an amendment or
waiver of any other provision or Event of Default, the Required Lenders, and acknowledged by the
Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no
such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any conditions set forth in Section 5.01 as to the initial Credit Extension
hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
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(b) extend or increase the Commitment of a Lender (or reinstate any Commitment of a Lender
terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document for any
payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the
Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of
each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C
Borrowing, or (subject to clause (v) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees
or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or change the manner of
computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable defined term) used in
determining the Applicable Rate that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan
or any fee payable hereunder without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount;
provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary
to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay
interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
(e) amend any provision of this Credit Agreement that would alter the allocation of payments
between Term A Lenders and Term B Lenders, without the prior written consent of each of the
Required Term A Lenders and the Required Term B Lenders;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to
amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any
consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section
10.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required
Revolving Lenders,” “Required Term A Lenders,” “Required Term B Lenders,” “Required Revolving/Term
A Lenders” or “Required Incremental Term Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under
the applicable Facility or Facilities;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related
transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release or remove all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees, taken as a
whole, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(i) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any
of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the
Term A Facility, the Required Term A Lenders, (ii) if such Facility is the Term B Facility, the
Required Term B Lenders, (iii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required
Revolving Lenders, and (iv) if such Facility is an Incremental Term Facility, the Required
Incremental Term Lenders with respect to such Incremental Term Facility, if any;
and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights
or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Credit Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any
Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the
rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(iii) no
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amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative
Agent under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.06(h) may not
be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any
part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other
modification; and (v) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in
a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Lender is a
Defaulting Lender, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law such Lender shall not be
entitled to vote in respect of amendments and waivers hereunder and the Commitment and the
outstanding Loans or other Credit Extension of such Lender hereunder shall not be taken into
account in determining whether the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be, have
approved any such amendment or waiver (and the definition of “Required Lenders” shall automatically
be deemed modified accordingly for the duration of such period); provided, that any such
amendment or waiver that would increase or extend the term of the Commitment of such Defaulting
Lender, or extend the date fixed for the payment of principal or interest owing to such Defaulting
Lender hereunder, or reduce the principal amount of any obligation owing to such Defaulting Lender,
or reduce the amount of or the rate or amount of interest on any amount owing to such Defaulting
Lender, or of any fee payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder, or alter the terms of this
proviso, shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Affiliate of the Borrower that is a Lender
shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder and any
amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each
affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than such
affiliated Lenders, except that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all
Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any such affiliated Lender in its
capacity as a Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such
affiliated Lender.
Section 10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications
All notices, demands, requests, consents and other communications provided for in this
Credit Agreement shall be given in writing, or by any telecommunication device capable of creating
a written record (including electronic mail), and addressed to the party to be notified as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party,
AMC Networks Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Each with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Attention: Xxxx Xxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
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Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Loan and Agency Services Group
0000 Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Yi-Xxxx Xxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xx-xxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Each with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(iii) if to the Collateral Agent
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Loan and Agency Services Group
0000 Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Yi-Xxxx Xxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xx-xxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Each with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(iv) if to the L/C Issuer,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Global Trade Services
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Letter of Credit Department
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(v) if to the Swingline Lender
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Loan and Agency Services Group
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0000 Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Yi-Xxxx Xxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xx-xxxx.xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Each with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
(v) if
to any other Lender Party, to it at its address (or
facsimile number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
or at such other address as shall be notified in writing (x) in the case of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, to the other parties and (y) in the case of all
other parties, to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(b) All notices, demands, requests, consents and other communications described in clause (a)
shall be effective (i) if delivered by hand, including any overnight courier service, upon personal
delivery, (ii) if delivered by mail, on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or
registered mail, (iii) if delivered by posting to an Approved Electronic Platform, an Internet
website or a similar telecommunication device requiring that a user have prior access to such
Approved Electronic Platform, website or other device (to the extent permitted by clause
(d) below to be delivered thereunder), when such notice, demand, request, consent and other
communication shall have been made generally available on such Approved Electronic Platform,
Internet website or similar device to the class of Person being notified (regardless of whether any
such Person must accomplish, and whether or not any such Person shall have accomplished, any action
prior to obtaining access to such items, including registration, disclosure of contact information,
compliance with a standard user agreement or undertaking a duty of confidentiality) and such Person
has been notified in respect of such posting that a communication has been posted to the Approved
Electronic Platform and (iv) if delivered by electronic mail or any other telecommunications
device, when transmitted to an electronic mail address (or by another means of electronic delivery)
as provided in clause (a); provided, that if such notice or communication is given pursuant
to clause (iii) or (iv) hereof and is not posted or transmitted, as applicable, during the normal
business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at
the opening of business on the next Business Day of the recipient; provided,
however, that notices and communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Article II or Article IX shall not be effective until received by the
Administrative Agent.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) (unless the Administrative Agent requests that the
provisions of clause (a) and (b) be followed) and any other provision in this Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document providing for the delivery of any Approved Electronic Communication by any
other means, the Loan Parties shall deliver all Approved Electronic Communications to the
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Administrative Agent by properly transmitting such Approved Electronic Communications in an
electronic/soft medium in a format acceptable to the Administrative Agent to
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx or such other electronic mail address (or similar means of electronic
delivery) as the Administrative Agent may notify to the Borrower. Nothing in this clause (c) shall
prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party to deliver any Approved
Electronic Communication to any Loan Party in any manner authorized in this Credit Agreement or to
request that the Borrower effect delivery in such manner.
(d) Electronic Communications. (i) Each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party
agree that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved
Electronic Communications available to the Lender Parties by posting such Approved Electronic
Communications on IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the
Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic
Platform”).
(ii) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured
with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the
Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing Date, a dual firewall
and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the
Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method
whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis,
each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that the
distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that
there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In
consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for
the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party hereby approves distribution
of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and
understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(iii) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE
PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. NONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OTHER MEMBER
OF THE AGENT’S GROUP WARRANT THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE APPROVED
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE
DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.
(iv) Each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party agree that the Administrative
Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to,
store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in
accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally-applicable document retention
procedures and policies.
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(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including
telephonic Committed Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i)
such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or
followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by
the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all
losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice
purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic
communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each
of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
(f) Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties agrees
to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may
be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors,
officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives on a need to know basis (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 purporting to have jurisdiction over it
(including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any
remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document, any action or proceeding relating to this
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f)
subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section
(other than in the case of a pledge to any Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking
authority), to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant
in, any of its rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement, (ii) any pledge referred to in
Section 10.06(f), (iii) any actual or prospective swap counterparty (or its managers,
administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other
representatives) surety, reinsurer, guarantor or credit liquidity enhancer (or their advisors) to
or in connection with any swap, derivative or other similar transaction under which payments are to
be made by reference to the Obligations or to the Borrower and its obligations or to this Credit
Agreement or payments hereunder, (iv) to any rating agency when required by it or (v) the CUSIP
Service Bureau or any similar organization, (g) with the written consent of the Borrower 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 the Administrative Agent, any Lender Party or any of
their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or
any other Loan Party. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information
received from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, provided that, in the case of information received
from a Loan Party or any such Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, such information is not marked
“PUBLIC” or otherwise identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
(g) Treatment of Information. (i) Certain of the Lenders may enter into this Credit
Agreement and take or not take action hereunder or under the other Loan Documents on the basis of
information that does not contain material non-public information with respect to any of the Loan
Parties or their securities (“Restricting Information”). Other Lenders may enter into this
Credit Agreement and take or not take action hereunder or under the other Loan Documents
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on the
basis of information that may contain Restricting Information. Each Lender Party acknowledges that
United States federal and state securities laws prohibit any Person from purchasing or selling
securities on the basis of material, non-public information concerning the such issuer of such
securities or, subject to certain limited exceptions, from communicating such information to any
other Person. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall, by making any
Communications (including Restricting Information) available to a Lender Party, by participating in
any conversations or other interactions with a Lender Party or otherwise, make or be deemed to make
any statement with regard to or otherwise warrant that any such information or Communication does
or does not contain Restricting Information nor shall the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties be responsible or liable in any way for any decision a Lender Party may make to
limit or to not limit its access to Restricting Information. In particular, none of the
Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties (i) shall have, and the Administrative Agent,
on behalf of itself and each of its Related Parties, hereby disclaims, any duty to ascertain or
inquire as to whether or not a Lender Party has or has not limited its access to Restricting
Information, such Lender Party’s policies or procedures regarding the safeguarding of material,
nonpublic information or such Lender Party’s compliance with applicable laws related thereto or
(ii) shall have, or incur, any liability to any Loan Party or Lender Party or any of their
respective Related Parties arising out of or relating to the Administrative Agent or any of
its Related Parties providing or not providing Restricting Information to any Lender Party.
(ii) Each Loan Party agrees that (i) all Communications it provides to the
Administrative Agent intended for delivery to the Lender Parties whether by posting to the
Approved Electronic Platform or otherwise shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC”
if such Communications do not contain Restricting Information which, at a minimum, means that
the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking
Communications “PUBLIC,” each Loan Party shall be deemed to have authorized the
Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties to treat such Communications as either publicly
available information or not material information (although, in this latter case, such
Communications may contain sensitive business information and, therefore, remain subject to
the confidentiality undertakings of Section 10.02(f) with respect to such Loan Party
or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws, (iii) all
Communications marked “PUBLIC” may be delivered to all Lender Parties and may be made
available through a portion of the Approved Electronic Platform designated “Public Side
Information,” and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Communications
that are not marked “PUBLIC” as Restricting Information and may post such Communications to a
portion of the Approved Electronic Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Affiliates shall be responsible for any
statement or other designation by a Loan Party regarding whether a Communication contains or
does not contain material non-public information with respect to any of the Loan Parties or
their securities nor shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates incur any
liability to any Loan Party, any Lender Party or any other Person for any action taken by the
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates based upon such statement or designation,
including any action as a result of which Restricting Information is provided to a Lender
Party that may decide not to take access to Restricting Information. Nothing in this
Section 10.02(g) shall modify or limit a Lender Party’s obligations under Section
10.02(f) with regard to Communications and the maintenance of the confidentiality of or
other treatment of Information.
(iii) Each Lender Party acknowledges that circumstances may arise that require it to
refer to Communications that might contain Restricting Information.
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Accordingly, each Lender
Party agrees that it will nominate at least one designee to receive Communications (including
Restricting Information) on its behalf and identify such designee (including such designee’s
contact information) on such Lender Party’s Administrative Questionnaire. Each Lender Party
agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time of such Lender Party’s designee’s
e-mail address to which notice of the availability of Restricting Information may be sent by
electronic transmission.
(iv) Each Lender Party acknowledges that Communications delivered hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents may contain Restricting Information and that such Communications are
available to all Lender Parties generally. Each Lender Party that elects not to take access
to Restricting Information does so voluntarily and, by such election, acknowledges and agrees
that the Administrative Agent and other Lender Parties may have access to Restricting
Information that is not available to such electing Lender Party. None of the Administrative
Agent nor any Lender Party with access to Restricting Information shall have any duty to
disclose such Restricting Information to such electing Lender Party or to use such
Restricting Information on behalf
of such electing Lender Party, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or
use, such Restricting Information.
(v) The provisions of the foregoing clauses of this Section 10.02(g) are
designed to assist the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties and the Loan Parties, in
complying with their respective contractual obligations and applicable law in circumstances
where certain Lender Parties express a desire not to receive Restricting Information
notwithstanding that certain Communications hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or
other information provided to the Lender Parties hereunder or thereunder may contain
Restricting Information. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties
warrants or makes any other statement with respect to the adequacy of such provisions to
achieve such purpose nor does the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties warrant
or make any other statement to the effect that a Loan Party’s or Lender Party’s adherence to
such provisions will be sufficient to ensure compliance by such Loan Party or Lender Party
with its contractual obligations or its duties under applicable law in respect of Restricting
Information and each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party assumes the risks associated
therewith.
Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender to
exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to,
any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power
or privilege under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The right, remedy, power
or privilege provided herein, and provided under any other Loan Document, are cumulative and not
exclusive of any right, remedy, power or privilege provided by law.
Section 10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Administrative
Agent and of special and local counsel to the Lenders retained by the Administrative Agent
following consultation with the Borrower), for which an invoice has been presented to the Borrower,
in connection with the preparation, due diligence, administration, syndication and closing of this
Credit Agreement and
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the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall
be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the L/C Issuer, for which
an invoice has been presented to the Borrower, in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal
or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and
disbursements of one primary counsel for the Administrative Agent and one additional counsel for
the Lenders) for which an invoice has been presented to the Borrower, in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with 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.
(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and each
of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, members, partners and agents (each
such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from,
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable out-of-pocket documented
expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable out-of—pocket documented and invoiced
fees, disbursements and other charges of (a) one counsel, (b) in the case of a material conflict
between two or more Indemnitees, as so determined in the reasonable opinion of existing counsel,
one additional counsel, and (c) one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction), incurred by any
Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other
Loan Party (but excluding any proceeding brought by a Lender against any other Lender (in such
Lender’s capacity as a Lender and not in any capacity as a Joint Lead Arranger or the
Administrative Agent)) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its
Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents only, the administration of this Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed
use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer 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 Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (or preparation of a
defense in connection therewith) relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort
or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or
any of the Borrower’s or such Loan Party’s directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of
whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in
whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee;
provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an
Indemnitee for material breach of such Indemnitee’s material obligations hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a judgment in its favor on
such claim from a court of competent jurisdiction.
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(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to
indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it
to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any
of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, 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, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such,
or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any
such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders
under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(d).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and 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 Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the
proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any
damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials
distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems
in connection with this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten
Business Days after demand therefor.
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the
Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
Section 10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or
any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any
part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in
connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of
such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived
and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not
occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or
repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date
such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding
sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Credit
Agreement.
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Section 10.06 Successors and Assigns. (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Credit Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party
may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b), (ii) by way of participation in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(d), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of
a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.06(f), or (iv) to an SPC in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(h) (and any other attempted assignment or
transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Credit Agreement, expressed
or implied, shall be construed to confer upon
any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Credit Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender (other than the Swingline Lender with respect
to the Swingline Loans) may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 10.06(b), participations
in L/C Obligations) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be
subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lender’s Commitment under any Facility and the Loans at the time owing to
it under such Facility or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of
a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the
aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans
outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal
outstanding balance of the 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 or, if “Trade Date” is
specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less
than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit
Facility or Term A Facility, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in
respect of the Term B Facility or Incremental Facility, if any, unless each of the
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that
concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments
from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible
Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment
for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met; provided
further, that, in any case, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, after giving effect to an assignment under any Facility, the
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aggregate
amount of the Facility held by such assigning Lender shall not be less than
$10,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit
Facility, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Term A
Facility, Term B Facility or Incremental Facility, if any.
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except
that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its
rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis;
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such
assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
provided, no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an
assignment by the Initial Term B Lender; provided further, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment of Term Loans
unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent
within seven (7) Business Days after having received written notice thereof;
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect
of (i) any Term Commitment or Revolving Credit Commitment if such assignment is
to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of the applicable
Facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such
Lender or (ii) any Term Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of
a Lender or an Approved Fund or the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or
Subsidiaries; and
(C) the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the
obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters
of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).
(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; ; provided,
however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent
assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an
Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment
for purposes of determining the processing and recordation fee; provided,
further, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive
such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it
shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire.
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(v) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a
natural person.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection
(c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption,
the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Credit Agreement and, to the extent of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Credit Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this
Credit Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section
3.01, Section 3.04, Section 3.05 and Section 10.04 with
respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon
request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.
Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement that
does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Credit Agreement as a
sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
Section 10.06(d).
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office 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 Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries
in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the
terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Credit Agreement, notwithstanding
notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any
Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural
person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
“Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this
Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such
Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s
obligations under this Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii)
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Credit 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 Credit
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Credit
Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will
not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification
described in clauses (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of the first
proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e)
of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 3.01, Section 3.04 and Section 3.05 to the same extent as if it
were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06(b). To
the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section
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10.07 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.12 as though it were a Lender.
(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or Section 3.04 than the applicable
Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such
Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s
prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not
be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the
participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Credit Agreement (including under its Note, if any)
to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority; provided that no such pledge or
assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such
pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,”
“signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include
electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the
same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any
applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act,
the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on
the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(h) Special Purpose Funding Vehicles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding
vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of
any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Credit
Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to
fund any Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all
or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the
terms hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the Administrative Agent as is
required under Section 2.11(b)(ii). Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the
grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or
otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Credit Agreement (including
its obligations under Section 3.04), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or
similar payment obligation under this Credit Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and
(iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver
or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder.
The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to
the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In furtherance of the
foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this
Credit Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of
all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or
join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United
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States or any State thereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but
without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a
processing fee in the amount of $2,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment
with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any
non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper
dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Resignation as Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer after Assignment. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time JPMCB assigns all of its Revolving Credit
Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 10.06(b), JPMCB may, upon 30
days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as Swingline Lender
or L/C Issuer. In the event of any such resignation as Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer, the
Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Swingline Lender or L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the
Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of JPMCB as Swingline Lender or
L/C Issuer. If JPMCB resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the Swingline Lender hereunder with respect to all Swingline Loans
outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Swingline Lender and all Obligations
with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund
Mandatory Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If JPMCB resigns as L/C Issuer, it
shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect
to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and
all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base
Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section
2.03(c)). Upon the appointment and acceptance of a successor L/C Issuer, (a) such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring L/C Issuer, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution
for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other
arrangements satisfactory to JPMCB to effectively assume the obligations of JPMCB with respect to
such Letters of Credit.
Section 10.07 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and
each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other
obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the L/C Issuer or any such
Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any
and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, irrespective of
whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be
contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the L/C Issuer
different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The
rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C
Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application,
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff
and application.
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Section 10.08 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid
or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious
interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or
any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest
shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to
the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the
Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted
by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or
premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the
effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the
total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
Section 10.09 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Credit Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken
together shall constitute a single contract. This Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
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 5.01, this Credit Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Credit Agreement by telecopy or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Credit Agreement.
Section 10.10 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other
document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive
the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or
will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation
made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of
any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other
Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain
outstanding.
Section 10.11 Severability. If any provision of this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired
thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as
close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
Section 10.12 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account
of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to
Section 3.02, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender and the Borrower gives a notice
pursuant to Section 2.16(f), or if any Lender does not agree to any request by the
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for a consent, approval, amendment or waiver hereunder that requires the consent or approval of all
of the Lenders, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender
and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.05), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement and
the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be
another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee
specified in Section 10.06(b);
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all
other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any
amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other
amounts);
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as
a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to
require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Section 10.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND OF THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING
IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION
OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN
SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE 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 CREDIT AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO
BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
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LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST
THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH
(B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT WILL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW.
Section 10.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY 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 CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY
HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON 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 CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 10.15 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related
arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial
transaction between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent
and Joint Lead Arrangers, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction,
the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers each is and has been acting solely as a
principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its
Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) neither the
Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any Joint Lead Arranger has assumed or will assume an
advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any
amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any
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other Loan Document
(irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Joint Lead Arranger has
advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and
neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any Joint Lead Arranger has any obligation to the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those
obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a
broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its
Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Joint Lead Arranger has any obligation to
disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v)
the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers have not provided and will not provide any
legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated
hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document)
and the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it has deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Joint Lead Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
Section 10.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed
into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on
behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot
Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which
information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow
such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance
with the Patriot Act.
Section 10.17 No Liability of Members, Partners and Other Persons. No limited partner, member, officer, manager, employee, director, stockholder or other
holder of an ownership interest of or in any Loan Party or any partnership, limited liability
company, corporation or other entity which is a stockholder or other holder of an ownership
interest of or in any Loan Party shall have any personal liability in respect of such obligations
by reason of his, her or its status as such limited partner, officer, manager, employee, director,
stockholder or holder. In addition, no general partner of any Loan Party that is a partnership,
joint venture or joint adventure shall have any personal liability in respect of such Loan Party’s
obligation under this Credit Agreement or the Notes by reason of his, her or its status as such
general partner.
Section 10.18 Authorization of Third Parties to Deliver Information and Discuss
Affairs. The Borrower hereby confirms that it has authorized and directed each Person whose
preparation or delivery to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any opinion, report or other
information is a condition or covenant under this Credit Agreement (including under Article
V and Article VII) to so prepare or deliver such opinions, reports or other information
for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Borrower agrees to confirm such
authorizations and directions provided for in this Section 10.18 from time to time as may
be requested by the Administrative Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Credit Agreement to be duly executed
as of the day and year first above written.
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AMC NETWORKS INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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11 PENN TV, LLC |
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AMC FILM HOLDINGS LLC |
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AMC TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LLC |
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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS COMPANY LLC |
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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS IV HOLDING CORPORATION |
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XXXXXXX HOLDINGS, INC. |
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DIGITAL STORE LLC |
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IFC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS LLC |
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IFC ENTERTAINMENT LLC |
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IFC FILMS LLC |
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IFC IN THEATERS LLC |
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IFC PRODUCTIONS I L.L.C. |
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IFC THEATRES CONCESSIONS LLC |
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IFC THEATRES, LLC |
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LS VOD COMPANY LLC |
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LS VOD HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW DBS COMPANY LLC |
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RAINBOW DBS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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RAINBOW FILM HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW MEDIA ENTERPRISES, INC. |
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RAINBOW MEDIA GLOBAL LLC |
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RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW NATIONAL SERVICES LLC |
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RAINBOW NATIONAL SPORTS HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS |
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RAINBOW PROGRAMMING HOLDINGS LLC |
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RMH GE HOLDINGS I, INC. |
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RMH GE HOLDINGS II, INC. |
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RMH GE HOLDINGS III, INC. |
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RNC HOLDING CORPORATION |
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RNC II HOLDING CORPORATION |
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RNS CO-ISSUER CORPORATION |
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SELECTS VOD LLC |
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SPORTS ON DEMAND LLC
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL (UK) LIMITED |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL ASIA LLC |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL EUROPE LLC |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL L.L.C. |
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THE INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL LLC |
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TWD PRODUCTIONS II LLC |
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TWD PRODUCTIONS LLC |
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WE TV ASIA LLC |
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WE: WOMEN’S ENTERTAINMENT LLC |
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WEDDING CENTRAL LLC
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By: |
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Authorized Signatory |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer,
Swingline Lender and a Lender
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By |
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
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Name: |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Executive Director |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent and a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Managing Director |
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BNP PARIBAS,
as Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: Managing Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xx. |
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xx. |
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Title: Vice President |
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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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CSC HOLDINGS, LLC
as Initial Term B Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: Senior Vice President & Treasurer |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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CHASE LINCOLN FIRST COMMERCIAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxx X. XxxXxx
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Name: |
Xxxx X. XxxXxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Kestrina Budina
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Name: |
Kestrina Budina |
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Title: |
Director |
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By |
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, Cayman Islands Branch,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Associate |
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: |
Authorized Signatory |
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XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
as a Lender
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By |
/s/
Anand Mdvani
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Name: |
Anand Mdvani |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: |
Authorized Signatory |
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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NOMURA INTERNATIONAL PLC,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/
Murvew Xxxxx
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Name: |
Murvew Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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Royal Bank of Canada,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ D.W. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: |
D.W. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Authorized Signatory |
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SCOTlABANC INC.,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ X.X. Xxxx
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Name: |
X.X. Xxxx |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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SUNTRUST BANK,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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The Royal Bank of Scotland plc,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxx
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Name: |
Xxxx Xxx |
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Title: |
Director |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
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UBS Loan Finance LLC, as a Lender
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By |
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: |
Associate Director |
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By |
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: |
Xxxx X. Xxxxx |
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Title: |
Associate Director |
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