AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT by and among FIRST HUNTINGDON FINANCE CORP., TOLL BROTHERS, INC., and THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL...
EXHIBIT
10.1
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
by
and
among
FIRST
HUNTINGDON FINANCE CORP.,
TOLL
BROTHERS, INC.,
and
THE
LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
and
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A.
and
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Syndication Agents
and
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
and
THE
ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
as
Documentation Agents
and
BNP
PARIBAS,
and
CALYON
NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Managing Agents
and
COMERICA
BANK,
MIZUHO
CORPORATE BANK, LTD.,
and
WASHINGTON
MUTUAL BANK, FA,
as
Co-Agents
Dated
as
of March 17, 2006
X.
X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
and
BANC
OF
AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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ARTICLE
II
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THE
CREDITS
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31
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2.1.
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The
Facilities.
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31
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2.1.1.
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Revolving
Credit Facility
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31
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2.1.2.
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Term
Loan Facility
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32
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2.1.3.
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Payment
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32
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2.2.
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Ratable
Advances.
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32
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2.2.1.
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Ratable
Advances
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32
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2.2.2.
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Ratable
Advance Rate Options
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32
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2.2.3.
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Method
of Selecting Rate Options and Interest Periods for Ratable Advances
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32
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2.2.4.
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Conversion
and Continuation of Outstanding Ratable Advances
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34
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2.2.5.
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Limitations
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34
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2.2.6.
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Interest
Period
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34
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2.3.
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Competitive
Bid Advances.
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34
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2.3.1.
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Competitive
Bid Option
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34
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2.3.2.
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Competitive
Bid Quote Request
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34
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2.3.3.
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Invitation
for Competitive Bid Quotes
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35
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2.3.4.
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Submission
and Contents of Competitive Bid Quotes
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35
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2.3.5.
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Notice
to Borrower
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36
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2.3.6.
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Acceptance
and Notice by Borrower
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37
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2.3.7.
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Allocation
by Competitive Bid Agent
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37
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2.3.8.
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Limitations
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38
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2.3.9.
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Administration
Fee
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38
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2.3.10.
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Declining
Lender
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38
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2.4.
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Facility
Fee; Reductions in Aggregate Commitment
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38
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2.5.
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Minimum
Amount of Each Advance; Maximum Number of Advances
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39
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2.6.
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Optional
Principal Payments
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39
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2.7.
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Funding
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39
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2.8.
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Changes
in Interest Rate, etc
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40
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2.9.
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Rates
Applicable After Default
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40
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2.10.
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Method
and Allocation of Payments
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40
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2.11.
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Noteless
Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness
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42
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2.12.
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Telephonic
Notices
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42
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2.13.
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Interest
Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis
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43
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2.14.
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Notification
of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions
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43
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2.15.
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Lending
Installations
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43
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2.16.
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Non–Receipt
of Funds by the Administrative Agent
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43
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2.17.
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Extension
of Facility Termination Dates
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44
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2.18.
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Facility
Increase
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45
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2.19.
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Swing
Line
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47
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2.20.
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Replacement
of a Lender
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48
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2.21.
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Termination
of Commitment of Declining Lender
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49
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ARTICLE
III
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YIELD
PROTECTION; TAXES
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49
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3.1.
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Yield
Protection
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49
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3.2.
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Changes
in Capital Adequacy Regulations
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50
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3.3.
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Availability
of Certain Advances
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50
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3.4.
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Funding
Indemnification
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51
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3.5.
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Taxes
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51
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3.6.
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Lender
Statements; Survival of Indemnity
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52
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ARTICLE
IV
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THE
LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY
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53
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4.1.
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Facility
Letters of Credit
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53
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4.2.
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Limitations
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53
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4.3.
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Conditions
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54
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4.4.
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Procedure
for Issuance of Facility Letters of Credit
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54
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4.5.
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Duties
of Issuing Bank
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55
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4.6.
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Participation
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55
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4.7.
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Compensation
for Facility Letters of Credit
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57
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4.8.
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Issuing
Bank Reporting Requirements
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58
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4.9.
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Indemnification;
Nature of Issuing Bank’s Duties
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58
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4.10.
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Cash
Collateralization
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59
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4.11.
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No
Obligation
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60
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ARTICLE
V
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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60
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5.1.
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Closing
Conditions
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60
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5.2.
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Each
Advance
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62
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ARTICLE
VI
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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63
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6.1.
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Existence
and Standing
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63
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6.2.
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Authorization
and Validity
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63
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6.3.
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No
Conflict; Consent
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63
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6.4.
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Financial
Statements
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64
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6.5.
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Material
Adverse Change
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64
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6.6.
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Taxes
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64
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6.7.
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Litigation
and Contingent Obligations
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64
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6.8.
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Subsidiaries
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64
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6.9.
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Accuracy
of Information
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65
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6.10.
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Regulation
U
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65
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6.11.
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Material
Agreements
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65
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6.12.
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Compliance
With Laws
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65
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6.13.
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Ownership
of Properties
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65
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6.14.
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ERISA.
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65
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6.14.1.
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Plan
Assets; Prohibited Transactions
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65
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6.14.2.
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Liabilities
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65
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6.14.3.
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Plans
and Benefit Arrangements
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66
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6.15.
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Investment
Company Act
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67
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6.16.
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Intentionally
Omitted
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67
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6.17.
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Employment
Matters
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67
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6.18.
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Environmental
Matters
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67
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6.19.
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Senior
Debt Status
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69
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6.20.
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Designated
Guarantors
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69
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ARTICLE
VII
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COVENANTS
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69
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7.1.
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Financial
Reporting
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69
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7.2.
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Use
of Proceeds
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72
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7.3.
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Notice
of Default
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72
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7.4.
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Conduct
of Business
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72
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7.5.
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Taxes
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73
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7.6.
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Insurance
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73
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7.7.
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Compliance
with Laws
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73
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7.8.
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Maintenance
of Properties
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73
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7.9.
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Inspection
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73
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7.10.
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Mergers;
Consolidations; Dissolutions
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73
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7.11.
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Distributions
of Securities
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74
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7.12.
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Disposition
of Assets
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74
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7.13.
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Borrower
a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
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74
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7.14.
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Investments
and Acquisitions
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74
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7.15.
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Liens
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74
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7.16.
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Additional
Designated Guarantors
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74
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7.17.
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Subordinated
Indebtedness
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75
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7.18.
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Intercompany
Loans, Loans from Non-Loan Parties
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75
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7.19.
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Appraisals.
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76
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7.19.1.
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Procedures
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76
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7.19.2.
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Costs
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76
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7.19.3.
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Appraisers
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76
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7.20.
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Mortgage
Subsidiaries
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76
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7.21.
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Qualified
Ratings
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76
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7.22.
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Updates
to Schedules
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77
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7.23.
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Plans
and Benefit Arrangements
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77
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7.24.
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Employment
Matters
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78
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7.25.
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Environmental
Matters
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79
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7.26.
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Environmental
Certificates
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80
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7.27.
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Senior
Debt Status
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80
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7.28.
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Financial
Covenants.
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80
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7.28.1.
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Leverage
Ratio
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80
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7.28.2.
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Borrowing
Base
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81
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7.28.3.
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Tangible
Net Worth
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81
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7.28.4.
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Mortgage
Subsidiaries
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81
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7.29.
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Financial
Contracts
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81
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ARTICLE
VIII
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DEFAULTS
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81
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ARTICLE
IX
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ACCELERATION,
WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
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84
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9.1.
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Acceleration
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84
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9.2.
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Amendments
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84
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9.3.
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Preservation
of Rights
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85
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ARTICLE
X
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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86
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10.1.
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Survival
of Representations
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86
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10.2.
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Governmental
Regulation
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86
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10.3.
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Headings
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86
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10.4.
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Entire
Agreement
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86
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10.5.
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Several
Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement
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86
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10.6.
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Expenses;
Indemnification
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86
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10.7.
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Numbers
of Documents
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87
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10.8.
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Accounting
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87
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10.9.
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Severability
of Provisions
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87
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10.10.
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Nonliability
of Lenders
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87
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10.11.
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Confidentiality
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88
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10.12.
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Nonreliance
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88
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10.13.
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Conversion
and Non-Designation of Designated Guarantors
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88
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10.14.
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Non-Funding
Lender
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90
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10.15.
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USA
PATRIOT ACT
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90
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ARTICLE
XI
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THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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90
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11.1.
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Appointment;
Nature of Relationship
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90
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11.2.
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Powers
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91
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11.3.
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General
Immunity
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91
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11.4.
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No
Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc
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91
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11.5.
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Action
on Instructions of Lenders
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92
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11.6.
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Employment
of Agents and Counsel
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92
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11.7.
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Reliance
on Documents; Counsel
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92
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11.8.
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Administrative
Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification
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92
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11.9.
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Notice
of Default
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93
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11.10.
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Rights
as a Lender
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93
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11.11.
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Lender
Credit Decision
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93
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11.12.
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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94
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11.13.
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Administrative
Agent’s Fee
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94
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11.14.
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Delegation
to Affiliates
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95
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11.15.
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Agents’
Responsibilities and Duties
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95
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ARTICLE
XII
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SETOFF;
RATABLE PAYMENTS
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95
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12.1.
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Setoff
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95
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12.2.
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Ratable
Payments
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95
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ARTICLE
XIII
|
BENEFIT
OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
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95
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13.1.
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Successors
and Assigns
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95
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13.2.
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Participations.
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96
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13.2.1.
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Permitted
Participants; Effect
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96
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13.2.2.
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Voting
Rights
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96
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13.2.3.
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Benefit
of Setoff
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97
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13.3.
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Assignments.
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97
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13.3.1.
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Permitted
Assignments
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97
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13.3.2.
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Effect;
Effective Date
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97
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13.3.3.
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Swing
Line Commitment
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98
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13.4.
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Dissemination
of Information
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98
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13.5.
|
Tax
Treatment
|
98
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ARTICLE
XIV
|
NOTICES
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98
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14.1.
|
Notices
|
98
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14.2.
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Change
of Address
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99
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ARTICLE
XV
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COUNTERPARTS
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99
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ARTICLE
XVI
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CHOICE
OF LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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99
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16.1.
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CHOICE
OF LAW
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99
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16.2.
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CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION
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99
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16.3.
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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99
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EXHIBITS
AND SCHEDULES
PRICING
SCHEDULE
Exhibit
A
|
Form
of Competitive Bid Note
|
Exhibit
B
|
Form
of Competitive Bid Quote
|
Exhibit
C
|
Form
of Competitive Bid Quote Request
|
Exhibit
D
|
Form
of Invitation for Competitive Bid Quote
|
Exhibit
E-1
|
Form
of Revolving Credit Note
|
Exhibit
E-2
|
Form
of Term Loan Note
|
Exhibit
F
|
Form
of Swing Line Note
|
Exhibit
G
|
Form
of Commitment and Acceptance
|
Exhibit
H
|
Opinion
of Company’s General Counsel
|
Exhibit
I
|
Opinion
of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
|
Exhibit
J
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Form
of Guaranty
|
Exhibit
K
|
Form
of Compliance Certificate
|
Exhibit
L
|
Form
of Environmental Certificate
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Exhibit
M
|
Form
of Assignment and Assumption
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Schedule
1
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Lenders
and Commitments
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Schedule
2
|
Existing
Letters of Credit
|
Schedule
3
|
Permitted
Liens
|
Schedule
4
|
Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness
|
Schedule
5
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
Schedule
6
|
Litigation
and Contingent Obligations
|
Schedule
7
|
Subsidiaries
|
Schedule
8
|
Other
Liens
|
Schedule
9
|
ERISA
Matters
|
Schedule
10
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Environmental
Matters
|
v
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2006, is among
First Huntingdon Finance Corp. (the “Borrower”), Toll Brothers, Inc. (the
“Company”), the Lenders party hereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS
A. The
Borrower, the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent,
and
certain lenders are party to a certain Credit Agreement (the “Original Credit
Agreement”) dated as of July 15, 2004.
B. The
Borrower, the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto
desire to amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement in its
entirety.
AGREEMENT
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby amend and restate the Original
Credit Agreement in its entirety, and hereby covenant and agree, as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
As
used
in this Agreement:
“ABR
Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at the Alternate Base
Rate.
“ABR
Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at the Alternate Base Rate.
“Absolute
Rate” means, with respect to an Absolute Rate Loan made by a Revolving Credit
Lender for the relevant Competitive Bid Interest Period, the rate of interest
per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) offered by such Revolving Credit
Lender and accepted by the Borrower.
“Absolute
Rate Advance” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate amount of
the several Absolute Rate Loans made by some or all of the Revolving Credit
Lenders to the Borrower at the same time and for the same Competitive Bid
Interest Period.
“Absolute
Rate Auction” means a solicitation of Competitive Bid Quotes setting forth
Absolute Rates pursuant to Section 2.3.
“Absolute
Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at the Absolute Rate.
“Additional
Lender” means a Qualified Bank (approved by the Administrative Agent, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) or an existing Lender that elects,
upon request by the Borrower, to issue a Revolving Credit Commitment, or to
increase its existing Revolving Credit Commitment, or to make an Additional
Term
Loan, pursuant to Section 2.18.
1
“Additional
Term Loan” means, with respect to an Additional Lender, such Additional Lender’s
Term Loan made pursuant to Section 2.18(c) with respect to the Term Loan
Facility.
“Adjusted
LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Ratable Advance or Eurodollar
Bid Rate Advance for the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period or, with respect
to
the determination of clause (b) of the definition of the Federal Funds/Euro
Rate, for a Eurodollar Interest Period of one month, an interest rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%) equal to (a) the
LIBO
Rate for such Eurodollar Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve
Rate.
“Administrative
Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as contractual
representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article XI, and not in its individual
capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant
to Article XI.
“Administrative
Agent’s Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter agreement dated
February 6, 2006, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and JPMSI,
as the same may be modified or amended from time to time.
“Advance”
means a Revolving Credit Advance or Term Advance.
“Affected
Lender” is defined in Section 2.20.
“Affiliate”
of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed
to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or more of any
class of voting securities (or other ownership interests) of the controlled
Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether
through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent”
means any Lender under this Agreement designated, and in its capacity, as a
co-agent, documentation agent, managing agent or syndication agent (but not
the
Administrative Agent).
“Aggregate
Available Revolving Credit” means at any time the amount by which (a) the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment exceeds (b) the sum of (i) the principal
amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Advances, plus (ii) the Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations.
“Aggregate
Facility” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitment and (b) all outstanding Term Loans.
“Aggregate
Facility Limit” means $2,700,000,000.00.
“Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitment” means the aggregate of the Revolving Credit
Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders, as increased or reduced from
time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. As of the date hereof, the Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitment is $1,800,000,000.
2
“Agreement” means this credit agreement, as it may be amended or modified and in
effect from time to time.
“Agreement
Accounting Principles” means generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in
preparing the financial statements filed by the Company with the SEC from time
to time.
“Agreement
of Sale” means a fully-executed written agreement (substantially in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld) between a Loan Party and a purchaser that is not an Affiliate of
the
Company or any other member of Toll Group, providing for the sale of a
residential unit to such purchaser, which agreement (i) shall include no
contingency for the purchaser selling another residence, (ii) be accompanied
by
a non-refundable (except on terms set forth in such agreement or as may be
prevented by applicable Law) deposit equal to the lesser of (x) ten percent
(10%) of the purchase price of the unit sold (at least one-half of which deposit
shall have been paid in cash), (y) the difference between the purchase price
set
forth in such agreement and the amount of the mortgage contingency set forth
in
such agreement (at least one-half of which deposit shall have been paid in
cash)
and (z) the maximum amount of deposit which applicable Law permits the seller
of
such unit to retain as liquidated damages if the closing of the sale of such
unit does not occur, and (iii) shall provide that the purchase price shall
be
paid in cash or by title company check or by attorney check or by certified
or
bank check at or before the closing of the sale (such cash or check may be
obtained by the purchaser from a loan provided by the seller or an Affiliate
of
the seller). For the purpose of clause (z) above, applicable Law shall be deemed
to prohibit the seller from retaining a deposit if it creates a presumption
that
the amount of such deposit is unreasonable and as such may not be retained
by
the seller.
“Alternate
Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the higher
of (i) the Prime Rate for such day and (ii) the sum of the Federal Funds
Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2% per annum.
“Applicable
Fee Rate” means at any time the percentage rate per annum at which Facility Fees
are accruing on the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment (without regard to
usage) at such time as determined pursuant to the Pricing Schedule.
“Applicable
Letter of Credit Rate” means, at any time, the percentage rate per annum at
which Facility Letter of Credit Fees are accruing on outstanding Facility
Letters of Credit, which percentage rate shall be a rate per annum equal to
(i)
the Applicable Ratable Advance Margin under the Revolving Credit Facility at
such time as determined pursuant to the Pricing Schedule, minus (ii) 0.125%
per
annum.
“Applicable
Margins” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the Applicable
Ratable Advance Margin for the Revolving Credit Facility and the Applicable
Fee
Rate, as applicable, and (b) with respect to the Term Loan Facility, the
Applicable Ratable Advance Margin for the Term Loan Facility.
“Applicable
Ratable Advance Margin” means, with respect to a Fixed Ratable Advance or a
Federal Funds/Euro-Rate Advance under the applicable Facility, the percentage
rate per annum applicable to such Advance, as determined with respect to such
Facility pursuant to the Pricing Schedule.
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“Application”
means, with respect to a Facility Letter of Credit, such form of application
therefor and other documents related thereto (whether in a single or several
documents, taken together) as an Issuing Bank may employ in the ordinary course
of business for its own account, with such modifications thereto as may be
agreed upon by such Issuing Bank and the Borrower and as are not materially
adverse (in the reasonable judgment of such Issuing Bank and the Administrative
Agent) to the interests of the Revolving Credit Lenders; provided,
however,
in the
event of any conflict between the terms of any Application and this Agreement,
the terms of this Agreement shall control.
“Arrangers”
means JPMSI and Banc of America Securities LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and their respective successors.
“Article”
means an article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“Assessment
Rate” means, for any CD Interest Period, the annual assessment rate in effect on
the first day of such CD Interest Period payable by a member of the Bank
Insurance Fund classified as “adequately-capitalized” and within supervisory
subgroup “A” (or a comparable successor risk classification) within the meaning
of 12 C.F.R. Part 327 (or any successor provision) to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation for insurance by such Corporation of time deposits made
in
dollars at the offices of such member in the United States; provided
that if,
as a result of any change in any law, rule or regulation, it is no longer
possible to determine the Assessment Rate as aforesaid, then the Assessment
Rate
shall be such annual rate as shall be determined by the Administrative Agent
to
be representative of the cost of such insurance to the Lenders.
“Assignment
and Assumption” is defined in Section 13.3.1.
“Assumed
Purchase Money Loans” means at any time the outstanding amount of all loans
secured by assets purchased by the Designated Guarantors and assumed or entered
into by the applicable Designated Guarantor on the date of purchase,
provided
that (i)
the amount of any such loan does not exceed the purchase price of the applicable
asset and (ii) recourse for each such loan is limited to the applicable
Designated Guarantor; and any amendment, modification, extension or refinancing
of such loans, provided
that
with respect to the loans, as amended, modified, extended, or refinanced (A)
the
aggregate amount thereof shall not exceed the amount of the loans which existed
at the time the applicable Designated Guarantor purchased such asset, (B) such
loans and refinancings shall not be secured by any assets of any Loan Party
other than those initially purchased by the applicable Designated Guarantor
and
improvements constructed thereon in the normal course of the Loan Parties’
homebuilding business, and (C) at least 80% of the amount thereof shall be
provided by the same lenders which provided the loans which existed at the
time
the applicable Designated Guarantor purchased such assets.
“Authorized
Officers” means those Persons designated by written notice to the Administrative
Agent from the applicable Loan Party, authorized to execute notices, reports
and
other documents required hereunder. The Loan Parties may amend such list of
Persons from time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to the
Administrative Agent.
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“Benefit
Arrangement” means at any time an “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is neither a Plan nor a Multiemployer Plan and
which is maintained, sponsored or otherwise contributed to by any member of
the
Controlled Group.
“Board”
means The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States
of America (or any successor).
“Borrower”
means First Huntingdon Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its successors
and assigns.
“Borrowing
Base” means at any time the sum (without duplication) of (i) 100% of Category 1
Borrowing Base Assets (except as otherwise hereinafter provided); (ii) 75%
of
Category 2 Borrowing Base Assets (except as otherwise hereinafter provided);
(iii) 60% of Category 3 Borrowing Base Assets; and (iv) 50% of Category 4
Borrowing Base Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may elect
to
combine the Category 1 Borrowing Base Assets and Category 2 Borrowing Base
Assets into one category, in which event, in place of items (i) and (ii) above,
85% of the sum (without duplication) of the Category 1 Borrowing Base Assets
and
Category 2 Borrowing Base Assets shall be included in the Borrowing Base,
provided that the Borrower shall represent and warrant in the applicable
Borrowing Base Certificate that (A) 85% of the sum (without duplication) of
the
Category 1 Borrowing Base Assets and Category 2 Borrowing Base Assets is less
than (B) the sum (without duplication) of items (i) and (ii) above. All
Borrowing Base Assets must be assets owned by the Loan Parties subject only
to
Permitted Liens and (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.19) shall be
valued at book value, reduced (without duplication) by the Remediation
Adjustment (if any) applicable to such Borrowing Base Assets.
“Borrowing
Base Assets” means the Category 1 Borrowing Base Assets, Category 2 Borrowing
Base Assets, Category 3 Borrowing Base Assets and Category 4 Borrowing Base
Assets.
“Borrowing
Base Certificate” means a certificate, in a form satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, calculating the Borrowing Base as of the last day of
a
fiscal quarter, and delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(viii).
“Borrowing
Date” means a date on which an Advance is made hereunder.
“Business
Day” means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate selection of
Eurodollar Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
generally are open in New York for the conduct of substantially all of their
commercial lending activities and on which dealings in United States dollars
are
carried on in the London interbank market and (ii) for all other purposes,
a day
(other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in New
York
for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending
activities.
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“Capitalized
Lease” of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee which
would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations” of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such
Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a liability on a balance
sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles.
“Category
1 Borrowing Base Assets” means at any time the following assets owned by the
Loan Parties (except any such assets that are Excluded Assets): (1) residential
units and buildings under construction subject to an Agreement of Sale; (2)
completed residential units and buildings subject to an Agreement of Sale;
(3)
land (and related site improvements and development costs) related to the assets
described in items (1) and (2); and (4) interest, overhead, taxes and other
costs (to the extent capitalized under Agreement Accounting Principles) related
to the assets described in items (1), (2) and (3).
“Category
2 Borrowing Base Assets” means at any time the following assets owned by the
Loan Parties (except any such assets that are Excluded Assets): (1) residential
units and buildings under construction not under Agreement of Sale; (2)
completed residential units and buildings not under Agreement of Sale; (3)
land
(and related site improvements and development costs) related to the assets
described in items (1) and (2); and (4) interest, overhead, taxes and other
costs (to the extent capitalized under Agreement Accounting Principles) related
to the assets described in items (1), (2) and (3).
“Category
3 Borrowing Base Assets” means at any time the following assets owned by the
Loan Parties (except any such assets that are Excluded Assets): (1) site
improvements on land owned by a Loan Party that is not subject to an Agreement
of Sale; and (2) interest, overhead, taxes and other costs (to the extent
capitalized under Agreement Accounting Principles) related to the assets
described in item (1).
“Category
4 Borrowing Base Assets” means at any time the following assets owned by the
Loan Parties (except any such assets that are Excluded Assets): (1) acquisition
and development costs (excluding site improvement costs) of land owned by a
Loan
Party that is not subject to an Agreement of Sale; and (2) interest, overhead,
taxes and other costs (to the extent capitalized under Agreement Accounting
Principles) related to the assets described in item (1).
“CD
Interest Period” means, with respect to a Fixed CD Rate Advance, a period of 30,
60, 90 or 180 days (or, subject to approval by all Lenders under the applicable
Facility, 270 or 360 days) commencing on a Business Day selected by the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement. If such CD Interest Period would end on a day which
is not a Business Day, such CD Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding
Business Day.
“Change”
is defined in Section 3.2.
“Change
of Control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following
events:
(A)
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The
acquisition by any Person, or two or more Persons acting in concert,
of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
of 50%
or more of the outstanding shares of voting stock of a Loan Party;
or
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(B)
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There
shall be consummated any consolidation or merger to which the Company
is a
party except a merger or consolidation where the holders of voting
stock
of the Company prior to such merger or consolidation own more than
50% of
the voting stock of the continuing or surviving corporation outstanding
after such merger or consolidation (whether or not the Company is
such
continuing or surviving
corporation).
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“Closing
Date” means the Business Day on which the conditions set forth in Section 5.1
are satisfied.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Commitment”
means (a)
with
respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, a Revolving Credit Commitment and
(b)
with
respect to the Term Loan Facility, a Term Commitment.
“Commitment
and Acceptance” is defined in Section 2.18(b).
“Company”
means Toll Brothers, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Competitive
Bid Advance” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate amount of
the several Competitive Bid Loans made by one or more of the Revolving Credit
Lenders to the Borrower at the same time and for the same Interest
Period.
“Competitive
Bid Agent” means, with respect to a Competitive Bid Quote Request, either the
Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as specified in such Competitive Bid
Quote
Request as provided in Section 2.3.2.
“Competitive
Bid Borrowing Notice” is defined in Section 2.3.6.
“Competitive
Bid Interest Period” means, in the case of a Eurodollar Bid Rate Advance, a
Eurodollar Interest Period and, in the case of an Absolute Bid Advance, a period
of not less than 14 nor more than 360 days, in each case as selected by the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. If such Competitive Bid Interest Period
would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Competitive Bid Interest
Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day (except as otherwise
provided in the definition of “Eurodollar Interest Period”).
“Competitive
Bid Loan” means a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or an Absolute Rate Loan, or both, as
the case may be.
“Competitive
Bid Margin” means the margin above or below the applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate
offered for a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan, expressed as a percentage (rounded
to
the nearest 1/100 of 1%) to be added or subtracted from such Eurodollar Base
Rate.
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“Competitive
Bid Note” means a promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit
A
hereto,
with appropriate insertions, duly executed and delivered to the Administrative
Agent by the Borrower for the account of a Revolving Credit Lender and payable
to the order of such Revolving Credit Lender, including any amendment,
modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
“Competitive
Bid Quote” means a Competitive Bid Quote substantially in the form of
Exhibit
B
hereto
completed and delivered by a Revolving Credit Lender to the Competitive Bid
Agent in accordance with Section 2.3.4.
“Competitive
Bid Quote Request” means a Competitive Bid Quote Request substantially in the
form of Exhibit
C
hereto
completed and delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with Section 2.3.2.
“Competitive
Bid Sublimit” means, at any time, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, as such Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitment may increase or decrease from time to time hereunder.
“Consolidated
Net Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period
in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
“Consolidated
Net Worth” means at any time the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the
Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such
time
in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
“Contingent
Obligation” of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which
such Person guarantees or in effect guarantees any Indebtedness of any other
Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly.
“Controlled
Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations or other business
entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common
control which, together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated
as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Conversion”
is defined in Section 10.13.
“Declining
Lender” is defined in Section 2.17.
“Declining
Lender’s Termination Date” means, (a) with respect to a Revolving Credit
Declining Lender, its Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s Termination Date and
(b) with respect to a Term Declining Lender, its Term Declining Lender’s
Termination Date.
“Default”
means an event described in Article VIII.
“Designated
Guarantors” means any Subsidiary of the Company that at any time has executed
and delivered a Guaranty Agreement (or a Supplemental Guaranty) and that has
not
been released therefrom in accordance with the provisions of Section
10.13.
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“Environmental
Certificate” is defined in Section 7.26.
“Environmental
Complaint” means any written complaint setting forth a cause of action for
personal or property damage or equitable relief, order, notice of violation,
citation, request for information issued pursuant to any Environmental Laws
by
an Official Body, subpoena or other written notice of any type relating to,
arising out of, or issued pursuant to any of the Environmental Laws or any
Environmental Conditions, as the case may be.
“Environmental
Conditions” means any conditions of the environment, including, without
limitation, the work place, the ocean, natural resources (including flora or
fauna), soil, surface water, ground water, any actual or potential drinking
water supply sources, substrata or the ambient air, relating to or arising
out
of, or caused by the use, handling, storage, treatment, recycling, generation,
transportation, release, spilling, leaking, pumping, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, disposal, dumping, threatened release or other
management or mismanagement of Regulated Substances resulting from the use
of,
or operations on, the Property.
“Environmental
Laws” means any Laws relating to (i) the protection of the environment, (ii) the
effect of the environment on human health, (iii) emissions, discharges or
releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes into
surface water, ground water or land, or (iv) the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or
other remediation thereof.
“Environmentally
Approved Land” shall mean land owned by a Loan Party as to which there has been
delivered to such Loan Party and, to the extent required under Section 7.26,
the
Administrative Agent an Environmental Certificate that either (a) contains
no
exceptions on Exhibit A thereto except for Permitted Environmental Exceptions,
or (b) if it contains any exceptions other than Permitted Environmental
Exceptions, such exceptions shall have been (i) approved by the Administrative
Agent, which approval has not been reversed by the Required Lenders under
Section 7.26 or (ii) approved by the Required Lenders if the Administrative
Agent initially does not approve such exceptions.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time
to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
“Escrow
Agreement” means an agreement or other similar arrangement with a municipality
or any other Official Body, including without limitation any utility, water
or
sewer authority, or other similar entity, for the purpose of assuring such
municipality or other Official Body that the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company will properly and timely complete work it has agreed to perform for
the
benefit of such municipality or other Official Body, under the terms of which
a
bank (including a Lender hereunder) or other Person agrees to set aside or
otherwise make available a specified amount of funds which will be paid to
such
municipality or other Official Body upon request by such municipality or other
Official Body in accordance with the terms of such agreement in the event the
Company or such Affiliate fails to perform such work.
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“Eurodollar
Auction” means a solicitation of Competitive Bid Quotes setting forth
Competitive Bid Margins pursuant to Section 2.3.
“Eurodollar
Bid Rate” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan made by a given
Revolving Credit Lender for the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period, the sum
of
(a) the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Interest Period, plus
or minus (b) the Competitive Bid Margin offered by such Revolving Credit Lender
and accepted by the Borrower. The Eurodollar Bid Rate shall be rounded to the
next higher multiple of 1/100 of 1% if the rate is not such a
multiple.
“Eurodollar
Bid Rate Advance” means a Competitive Bid Advance which bears interest at a
Eurodollar Bid Rate.
“Eurodollar
Bid Rate Loan” means a Competitive Bid Loan which bears interest at the
Eurodollar Bid Rate.
“Eurodollar
Interest Period” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Ratable Advance, a period
of one, two, three or six months (or, subject to approval by all Lenders under
the applicable Facility, nine or twelve months) or, with respect to a Eurodollar
Bid Rate Advance, a period of one, two, three, six, nine or twelve months,
in
each case commencing on a Business Day selected by the Borrower pursuant to
this
Agreement or, with respect to the determination of clause (b) of the definition
of the Federal Funds/Euro Rate, a period of one month. Such Eurodollar Interest
Period shall end on the day which corresponds numerically to such date one,
two,
three, six, nine or twelve months thereafter, provided,
however,
that if
there is no such numerically corresponding day in such next, second, third,
sixth, ninth or twelfth succeeding month, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall
end on the last Business Day of such next, second, third, sixth, ninth or
twelfth succeeding month. If a Eurodollar Interest Period would otherwise end
on
a day which is not a Business Day, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end
on
the next succeeding Business Day, provided,
however,
that if
said next succeeding Business Day falls in a new calendar month, such Eurodollar
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business
Day.
“Eurodollar
Loan” means a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Ratable
Loan.
“Eurodollar
Ratable Advance” means an Advance (other than a Federal Funds/Euro-Rate Advance)
which bears interest at a Eurodollar Rate requested by the Borrower pursuant
to
Section 2.2.
“Eurodollar
Ratable Loan” means a Loan (other than a Federal Funds/Euro-Rate Loan) which
bears interest at a Eurodollar Rate requested by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.2.
“Eurodollar
Rate” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Ratable Advance under a Facility for
the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period or, with respect to the determination
of
clause (b) of the definition of the Federal Funds/Euro-Rate, for a Eurodollar
Interest Period of one month, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/100th
of 1%)
equal to the sum of (i) the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar
Interest Period, plus (ii) the Applicable Ratable Advance Margin for such
Facility in effect two Business Days prior to such Advance.
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“Excess
Investments” means at any time the amount (if any) by which Special Investments
exceeds 25% of Consolidated Net Worth.
“Excluded
Assets” means at any time any of the following assets of the Loan Parties: (1)
assets subject to any Lien securing Indebtedness (except for Permitted Purchase
Money Loans in which the applicable Loan Party and its successors shall have
full rights to prepay without premium or penalty, or if a premium or penalty
may
be imposed, the total potential premium or penalty is added to the principal
amount of such Indebtedness for computation purposes, provided,
that
the Borrower may elect in its sole discretion to designate any asset subject
to
a Permitted Purchase Money Loan as an Excluded Asset (thereby excluding such
asset from the calculation of the Borrowing Base), in which event any potential
prepayment penalties and premiums on such Permitted Purchase Money Loan shall
not be included in computing Indebtedness); (2) land, site improvements,
development costs and units or buildings constructed or under construction
on
such land if the applicable Loan Party has not received Preliminary Approval
with respect to such land or if such Land is not Environmentally Approved Land;
and (3) payments for options.
“Excluded
Taxes” means, in the case of each Lender or applicable Lending Installation and
the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise
taxes imposed on it (including in either case withholding taxes related thereto)
by (i) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the
Administrative Agent is incorporated or organized or (ii) the jurisdiction
in
which the Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s principal executive office or
such Lender’s applicable Lending Installation is located.
“Exhibit”
refers to an exhibit to this Agreement, unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“Existing
Letters of Credit” means those Letters of Credit identified in Schedule
2
hereto
heretofore issued, pursuant to the Original Credit Agreement, by the Revolving
Credit Lenders identified in Schedule
2
and
outstanding as of the date hereof.
“Extension
Date” is defined in Section 2.17.
“Extension
Request” is defined in Section 2.17.
“Facility”
means the Revolving Credit Facility or the Term Loan Facility, as
applicable.
“Facility
Fee” is defined in Section 2.4.
“Facility
Increase” is defined in Section 2.18.
“Facility
Letter of Credit” means (i) any Existing Letter of Credit and (ii) any Letter of
Credit (which, in the case of a Performance Letter of Credit, may be an Escrow
Agreement) hereafter issued by an Issuing Bank for the account of the Borrower
or another Loan Party in accordance with Article IV.
“Facility
Letter of Credit Fee” means, for any period, a fee, payable with respect to each
Facility Letter of Credit issued by an Issuing Bank outstanding in such period,
in an amount per annum equal to the product of (i) the daily average Applicable
Letter of Credit Rate during such period and (ii) the daily average undrawn
face
amount of such Facility Letter of Credit, computed on the basis of the actual
number of days such Facility Letter of Credit is outstanding in such
period.
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“Facility
Letter of Credit Notice” is defined in Section 4.4(c).
“Facility
Letter of Credit Obligations” means at any time the sum of (i) the aggregate
undrawn face amount of all outstanding Facility Letters of Credit, and (ii)
the
aggregate amount paid by an Issuing Bank on any Facility Letters of Credit
to
the extent (if any) not reimbursed by the Borrower or the Revolving Credit
Lenders under Section 4.6.
“Facility
Ratable Share” means (a) with respect to a Revolving Credit Lender, its
Revolving Credit Ratable Share and (b) with respect to a Term Lender, its Term
Ratable Share.
“Facility
Termination Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the
Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date and (b) with respect to the Term
Loan
Facility, the Term Maturity Date.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/100th
of 1%)
of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next
succeeding business day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th
of 1%)
of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“Federal
Funds/Euro-Rate” means, for any day, an interest rate per annum equal to the
greater of (a) the sum of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the Business
Day immediately preceding such day, plus (ii) the Applicable Ratable Advance
Margin under the applicable Facility, plus (iii) 0.25% per annum, and (b) a
rate
equal to the Eurodollar Rate for a Eurodollar Interest Period of one month
commencing on the second Business Day after such day. The Federal
Funds/Euro-Rate shall be recomputed each day.
“Federal
Funds/Euro-Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at the Federal
Funds/Euro-Rate.
“Federal
Funds/Euro-Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at the Federal
Funds/Euro-Rate.
“Fee
Letter” means that certain letter agreement dated February 6, 2006 among
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and JMPSI with respect to fees payable
to
the Lenders hereunder.
“Financial
Contract” of a Person means (i) any exchange-traded or over-the-counter futures,
forward, swap or option contract or other financial instrument with similar
characteristics, and (ii) any agreements, devices or arrangements providing
for
payments related to fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates or forward
rates, including, but not limited to, interest rate exchange agreements, forward
currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements,
forward rate currency or interest rate options.
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“Financial
Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit issued on behalf of a Loan Party
that is not a Performance Letter of Credit and that is issued to a Person to
ensure payment by a Loan Party or other Affiliate of the Company of a financial
obligation or satisfaction by a Loan Party or other Affiliate of any other
obligation of a Loan Party or other Affiliate.
“Fitch”
means Fitch, Inc.
“Fixed
CD
Base Rate” means, with respect to a Fixed CD Rate Advance for the relevant CD
Interest Period, the secondary market rate for certificates of deposit having
a
term approximately equal to such CD Interest Period, in each case reported
as
being in effect on such day by the Board through the public information
telephone line of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (which rate will, under
the current practices of the Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical
Release H.15(519) during the week following such day) or, if such rate is not
so
reported on such day or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the
secondary market quotations for certificates of deposit, in the approximate
amount of the Administrative Agent’s relevant Fixed CD Rate Loan and having a
maturity approximately equal to such CD Interest Period, of major money center
banks in New York City received at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City
time,
on such day by the Administrative Agent from three negotiable certificate of
deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fixed
CD
Rate” means, with respect to a Fixed CD Rate Advance under a Facility for the
relevant CD Interest Period, a rate per annum (rounded upwards to, if necessary,
to the next 1/100th
of 1%)
equal to the sum of (i) (a) the Fixed CD Base Rate for such CD Interest Period
multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate, plus (ii) the applicable
Assessment Rate, plus
(iii) the Applicable Ratable Advance Margin under such Facility as of the date
of such Advance.
“Fixed
CD
Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a Fixed CD
Rate.
“Fixed
CD
Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a Fixed CD Rate.
“Fixed
Ratable Advance” means a Eurodollar Ratable Advance or a Fixed CD Rate
Advance.
“Fixed
Ratable Loan” means a Eurodollar Ratable Loan or a Fixed CD Rate
Loan.
“Fixed
Rate” means the Fixed CD Rate, the Eurodollar Rate, the Eurodollar Bid Rate or
the Absolute Rate.
“Fixed
Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a Fixed Rate.
“Fixed
Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a Fixed Rate.
“Floating
Rate” means the Alternate Base Rate or the Federal Funds/Euro-Rate.
“Floating
Rate Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a Floating
Rate.
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“Floating
Rate Borrowing” means a Loan that bears interest at a Floating
Rate.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to
time.
“Guarantors”
means the Company and the Designated Guarantors.
“Guaranty
Agreement” means the guaranty agreement of even date herewith executed and
delivered by the Company and the Designated Guarantors to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, as such guaranty agreement may be amended
or modified (including, without limitation, by delivery of a Supplemental
Guaranty) and in effect from time to time.
“Increase
Date” is defined in Section 2.18(c).
“Indebtedness”
of a Person means, without duplication, such Person’s (i) obligations for
borrowed money, (ii) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of
Property or services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course
of such Person’s business payable on terms customary in the trade), (iii)
obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens, (iv) obligations
which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments, (v) obligations
of such Person to purchase securities or other property arising out of or in
connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities or
property, (vi) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (vii) Contingent Obligations,
(viii) reimbursement obligations under Financial Letters of Credit, and (ix)
any
other obligation for borrowed money which in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles would be shown as a liability on the consolidated balance
sheet of such Person. The amount of Indebtedness shall include potential
prepayment penalties and premiums on such Indebtedness to the extent provided
in
the definition of “Excluded Assets.” In no event shall Indebtedness include (a)
Indebtedness owed by one Loan Party to another Loan Party or (b) any obligation
of a Loan Party to reimburse the issuer of a performance bond issued in the
ordinary course of business.
“Intercompany
Agreement” is defined in Section 7.18.
“Intercompany
Loans” means the loans from the Borrower to the applicable Loan Party using the
proceeds of Loans hereunder.
“Intercompany
Notes” is defined in Section 7.18.
“Interest
Period” means a CD Interest Period or a Eurodollar Interest Period or a
Competitive Bid Interest Period (as applicable).
“Investment”
of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar
advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business),
extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary
course of business on terms customary in the trade) or contribution of capital
by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes,
debentures or other securities owned by such Person; any deposit accounts and
certificate of deposit owned by such Person; and structured notes, derivative
financial instruments and other similar instruments or contracts owned by such
Person.
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“Investment
Grade Rating” means a Qualified Rating of (i) BBB- or higher by S&P, or (ii)
Baa3 or higher by Xxxxx’x.
“Investments
in Mortgage Subsidiaries” means, without duplication, at any time the sum of the
following: (i) all Investments by any Loan Party directly or indirectly in
the
capital stock of or other payments (except in connection with the transactions
for fair value in the ordinary course of business) to any of the Mortgage
Subsidiaries, (ii) all loans by any Loan Party directly or indirectly to any
of
the Mortgage Subsidiaries, (iii) all Contingent Obligations of any Loan Party
directly or indirectly in respect of the obligations of any of the Mortgage
Subsidiaries, and (iv) all other obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the
Loan Parties to or for the benefit of any of the Mortgage Subsidiaries; provided
that, Investments in Mortgage Subsidiaries shall not include any amounts that
a
Mortgage Subsidiary owes to a Loan Party to reimburse such Loan Party for any
taxes paid or payable by such Loan Party on account of such Mortgage
Subsidiary.
“Invitation
for Competitive Bid Quotes” means an Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes
substantially in the form of Exhibit
D
hereto,
completed and delivered by the Competitive Bid Agent to the Revolving Credit
Lenders in accordance with Section 2.3.3.
“Issuance
Date” means the date on which a Facility Letter of Credit is issued, amended or
extended (as applicable).
“Issuing
Bank” means any Revolving Credit Lender that has issued an Existing Letter of
Credit or may from time to time issue a Facility Letter of Credit in accordance
with the provisions of Article IV.
“Issuing
Bank’s L/C Limit” means, with respect to a Revolving Credit Lender at any time,
an amount equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔ %) of its Revolving
Credit Commitment at such time, or such higher or lower amount as shall be
agreed by such Revolving Credit Lender at the request of the Borrower. Such
Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
of
any such change in the Revolving Credit Lender’s Issuing Bank’s L/C
Limit.
“JPMorgan
Chase” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its individual capacity, and its
successors.
“JPMSI”
means X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Labor
Contracts” means all employee benefit plans, employment agreements, collective
bargaining agreements and labor contracts to which any Loan Party is a
party.
“Land
and
Land Development Costs” means at any time the book value of all land owned by
the Loan Parties and all land development and carrying costs related thereto,
excluding all land which has been substantially improved and the land
development and carrying costs related thereto.
“Law”
means any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws,
judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees,
plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses and
other
governmental restrictions.
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“L/C
Sublimit” means an amount equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔ %) of
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment, as the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitment may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement.
“Lender”
means a Revolving Credit Lender (including the Swing Line Lender) or a Term
Lender.
“Lending
Installation” means, with respect to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, the
office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or the Administrative
Agent listed on the signature pages hereof or on a Schedule or otherwise
selected by such Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
2.15.
“Letter
of Credit” of a Person means a letter of credit or similar instrument (such as
an Escrow Agreement) which is issued upon the application of such Person or
upon
which such Person is an account party or for which such Person is in any way
liable.
“Leverage
Ratio” means at any time the ratio of (a) the amount by which (i) Total
Indebtedness, less Permitted Nonrecourse Indebtedness, exceeds (ii) the cash
in
excess of $10,000,000 held by the Toll Group, to (b) the sum of (i) Tangible
Net
Worth and (ii) fifty percent (50%) of Qualified Subordinated Indebtedness
(provided that the amount in this clause (ii) shall not exceed 66-2/3% of
Consolidated Net Worth).
“LIBO
Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Ratable Advance or Eurodollar Bid
Rate Advance for any Eurodollar Interest Period, or with respect to the
determination of the Federal Funds/Euro-Rate, the rate appearing on Telerate
Page 3750 (formerly the Dow Xxxxx Market Service) or on any successor or
substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such
service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on
such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time
to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to
dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two business days prior to the commencement of the Eurodollar
Interest Period for such Eurodollar Ratable Advance or Eurodollar Bid Rate
Advance, or, in the case of determination of the Federal Funds/Euro-Rate, a
Eurodollar Interest Period of one month, as the rate for dollar deposits with
a
maturity comparable to such Eurodollar Interest Period. In the event that such
rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO
Rate”
with
respect to such Eurodollar Ratable Advance or Eurodollar Bid Rate Advance (or
Federal Funds/Euro-Rate) for such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be the rate
at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such
Eurodollar Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two business days prior to
the
commencement of such Eurodollar Interest Period.
“Lien”
means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any
conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention
agreement).
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“Loan”
means, with respect to a Lender, a loan made by such Lender pursuant to Article
II (or any conversion or continuation thereof). For avoidance of doubt, the
term
“Loan” includes each Revolving Credit Loan, Term Loan, Competitive Bid Loan and
Swing Line Advance.
“Loan
Documents” means this Agreement, the Guaranty Agreements and any Notes issued
pursuant to Section 2.11.
“Loan
Parties” means the Company, the Borrower and (subject to the provisions of
Section 10.13) the Designated Guarantors.
“Majority
Lenders” means (i) subject to the provisions of Section 2.18(d), if there exists
no Default or if a Default exists but there are no Loans or Facility Letters
of
Credit outstanding, Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders) whose Revolving
Credit Commitments and Term Loans (in the aggregate) equal or exceed 51% or
more
of the Revolving Credit Commitments and Term Loans (in the aggregate) of all
of
the Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders), or (ii) if a Default exists and
is
continuing and there are Loans or Facility Letters of Credit outstanding,
Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders) whose Total Revolving Credit Exposure
and outstanding Term Loans (in the aggregate) equal or exceed 51% or more of
the
Total Revolving Credit Exposure and Term Loans (in the aggregate) of all of
the
Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders).
“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, Property,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Loan Parties
taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to
perform their obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders thereunder.
“Material
Indebtedness” is defined in Section 8.4.
“Maximum
Deductible Amount” is defined in Section 7.28.3.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Mortgage
Banking Business” means the business of issuing mortgage loans on residential
properties (whether for purchase of homes or refinancing of existing mortgages),
purchasing and selling mortgage loans, issuing securities backed by mortgage
loans, acting as a broker of mortgage loans and other activities customarily
associated with mortgage banking and related businesses.
“Mortgage
Subsidiaries’ Adjusted Shareholders’ Equity” means at any time the stockholders’
equity (less goodwill) of the Mortgage Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, plus the outstanding
amount of any loans made by the Loan Parties to the Mortgage Subsidiaries
(except for intercompany payables to one or more of the Loan Parties in respect
of the Mortgage Subsidiaries’ share of accrued consolidated income tax
liabilities which have not yet been paid by the Loan Parties) or other
Investments in Mortgage Subsidiaries that are not included in the stockholders’
equity of the Mortgage Subsidiaries.
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“Mortgage
Subsidiaries’ Liabilities” means at any time all Indebtedness of any of the
Mortgage Subsidiaries at such date determined on a combined basis as a group
in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, plus accrued income taxes
payable by any of the Mortgage Subsidiaries within one year of such
date.
“Mortgage
Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited partnership, limited liability
company or business trust that is (a) organized after the Closing Date or
designated by the Company as a Mortgage Subsidiary after the Closing Date,
(b) a
Subsidiary of the Company and (c) engaged in the Mortgage Banking
Business.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means a Plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or
any other arrangement to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled
Group is a party and to which more than one employer is obligated to make
contributions.
“Multiple
Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors
(including the Company or any member of the Controlled Group) at least two
of
whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Sections
4063
and 4064 of ERISA.
“New
Lender” means a New Revolving Credit Lender or a New Term Lender, as
applicable.
“New
Revolving Credit Lender” means an Additional Lender that, immediately prior to
its purchase of the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Revolving Credit Lender
pursuant to Section 2.20 or its issuance of a Revolving Credit Commitment
pursuant to Section 2.18, was not a Revolving Credit Lender
hereunder.
“New
Term
Lender” means an Additional Lender that, immediately prior to its purchase of
the Term Loans of a Term Lender pursuant to Section 2.20 or its issuance of
a
Term Commitment pursuant to Section 2.18, was not a Term Lender.
“Non-Designation”
is defined in Section 10.13.
“Non-Funding
Lender” means any Lender that has (a) failed to make a Loan required to be made
by it hereunder or (b) given notice to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
that it will not make, or that it has disaffirmed or repudiated any obligation
to make, Loans required to be made by it hereunder.
“Non-Loan
Parties” means members of the Toll Group or any Affiliate thereof, excluding the
Company, the Borrower and the Designated Guarantors.
“Non-U.S.
Lender” is defined in Section 3.5(c).
“Notes”
means, collectively, the Competitive Bid Notes, the Revolving Credit Notes,
the
Term Notes and the Swing Line Note; and “Note” means any one of the
Notes.
“Obligations”
means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans,
the
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations, all accrued and unpaid fees and all
expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Loan Parties
to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any indemnified
party arising under the Loan Documents, including without limitation, the
Revolving Credit Obligations and the Term Obligations.
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“Official
Body” means any national, federal, state, local or other government or political
subdivision or any agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission,
department or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or any court, tribunal,
grand jury or arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or domestic.
“Original
Credit Agreement” is described in Recital A.
“Other
Taxes” is defined in Section 3.5(b).
“Participant”
is defined in Section 13.2.1.
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
“Performance
Letter of Credit” means (a) any Letter of Credit issued on behalf of a Loan
Party in favor of a municipality or any other Official Body, including without
limitation, any utility, water or sewer authority, or other similar entity
for
the purpose of assuring such municipality, other Official Body, utility, water
or sewer authority or similar entity that an Affiliate of the Company will
properly and timely complete work it has agreed to perform for the benefit
of
such municipality, other Official Body, utility, water or sewer authority or
similar entity or (b) an Escrow Agreement.
“Permitted
Environmental Exception” means an exception set forth on an Environmental
Certificate that an independent environmental engineer certifies can, in the
judgment of such engineer, be cured by remediation that shall cost less than
$500,000 to complete and that the Borrower certifies to the Lenders that it
or
another Loan Party shall timely cure in accordance with applicable Environmental
Laws. If the engineer cannot or does not determine and certify as to the cost
of
such remediation, the exception shall not be a Permitted Environmental
Exception.
“Permitted
Investments” means Investments that are (i) cash or cash equivalents including
corporate bonds, stocks and similar Investments; (ii) accounts receivable and
trade credit created, acquired or made in the ordinary course of business and
payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; (iii)
Investments in a Guarantor; (iv) loans to directors, officers, employees,
agents, customers or suppliers in the ordinary course, including the financing
to purchasers of homes and other residential properties from a Loan Party;
(v)
Investments in Mortgage Subsidiaries; (vi) Investments in joint ventures
(whether in partnership, corporate, limited liability company or other form);
(vii) Investments in real estate and/or mortgages and/or receivables secured
by
real estate including stock or partnership or membership interests in real
estate related companies; (viii) Investments in Non-Loan Parties or entities
which will become Non-Loan Parties by reason of such Investment; (ix) loans
to
employees for the purpose of acquiring the Company’s stock; (x) Financial
Contracts permitted hereunder; and (xi) other Investments in the ordinary course
of business.
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“Permitted
Liens” means
(i)
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Liens
for taxes, assessments, or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary
course of business and which are not yet due and payable and pledges
or
deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment
of
workmen’s compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with
workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions or other
social security programs;
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(ii)
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Statutory
Liens and other Liens of mechanics, workmen and contractors, provided
that the Liens permitted by this subsection (ii) have not been filed
or,
if such Liens have been filed, either (i) a stay of enforcement thereof
has been obtained within 60 days, (ii) such Liens have been satisfied
of
record within 60 days after the date of filing thereof or (iii) such
Liens
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
adequate
reserves have been established therefor in accordance with
GAAP;
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(iii)
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Liens
granted (A) by the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business
to
secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the
repayment of borrowed money) or leases, or to secure statutory
obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar
bonds required in the ordinary course of business, or (B) by third
parties
in favor of the Loan Parties pursuant to Agreements of
Sale;
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(iv)
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Encumbrances
consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions
on the
use of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of
such
property or the value thereof, and none of which is violated in any
material respect by existing or proposed structures or land
use;
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(v)
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Liens,
security interests and mortgages, if any, in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and Liens on cash, cash equivalents,
deposit accounts, warehouse receipts and related goods and documents
granted to a Lender (or a “Lender,” as defined in the Original Credit
Agreement that is not a Lender hereunder) as security for the obligations
of the Loan Parties under Facility Letters of Credit (or “Facility Letters
of Credit” (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) that are not
Existing LCs);
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(vi)
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Any
Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule
3
hereto and any Lien securing a refinancing of the Indebtedness secured
by
a Lien described on Schedule
3,
provided
that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter increased
and
no additional assets (except for improvements constructed on such
assets
in the normal course of the Company’s business) become subject to such
Lien unless such change would be permitted under other provisions
hereof;
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(vii)
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The
following, (A) if the validity or amount thereof is being contested
in
good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted
so
long as levy and execution thereon have been stayed and continue
to be
stayed or (B) if a final judgment is entered and such judgment is
discharged, stayed or bonded within thirty (30) days of
entry:
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(1)
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Claims
or Liens for taxes, assessments or charges due and payable and subject
to
interest or penalty, provided that the Loan Parties maintain such
reserves
and other appropriate provisions as shall be required by Agreement
Accounting Principles and pay all such taxes, assessments or charges
forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any such
Lien;
or
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(2)
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Claims,
Liens or encumbrances upon, and defects of title to, real or personal
property, including any attachment of personal or real property or
other
legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits; or
merits;
or
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(3)
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Other
judgment Liens not in excess of $10,000,000 individually or $30,000,000
in
the aggregate;
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(viii)
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Purchase
money security interests (including Capitalized Leases) in equipment
acquired or deemed to be acquired;
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(ix)
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Liens
securing Permitted Purchase Money Loans and Permitted Non-Recourse
Indebtedness described in the definitions of such
terms;
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(x)
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Liens
securing additional Senior Indebtedness, provided such liens are
either
pari passu or subordinated to Liens in favor of the Administrative
Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders;
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(xi)
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Liens
on assets of Non-Loan Parties;
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(xii)
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Liens
on Investments in Non-Loan Parties;
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(xiii)
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Liens
on Investments in Mortgage
Subsidiaries;
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(xiv)
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Liens
of a Loan Party which existed prior to such entity becoming a Loan
Party
(and were not incurred in anticipation of becoming a Loan Party);
and
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(xv)
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Liens
to which assets were subject prior to the acquisition of such assets
by a
Loan Party (and were not incurred in anticipation of becoming a Loan
Party).
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“Permitted
Nonrecourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness for money borrowed that is incurred
by a Loan Party in a transaction for purposes of acquiring real estate and
that
is secured by such real estate and improvements thereon, provided
(a) the
amount of the Investment of the Loan Parties in the assets that secure such
Indebtedness (in excess of the amount of the loan secured thereby) does not
exceed $10,000,000 for such acquisition as of the time of its acquisition or
(for purposes of the Leverage Ratio) $100,000,000 in the aggregate at any time
for all such Investments and (b) either (x) the liability of the Loan Parties
for such Indebtedness is limited solely to the assets of the Loan Parties that
secure such Indebtedness or (y) only a Loan Party other than the Company and
the
Borrower is liable for the Indebtedness and the sum (without duplication) of
the
shareholders’ equity (including amounts owed by such Loan Party to another Loan
Party or other Affiliate of the Company that is either subordinate in right
of
payment to, or collection of which is postponed in favor of, such Indebtedness)
of, Investments in, and loans to (i) such Loan Party does not exceed $10,000,000
and (ii) all such Loan Parties does not exceed (for purposes of the Leverage
Ratio) $100,000,000 in the aggregate.
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“Permitted
Purchase Money Loans” means, collectively, Seller Purchase Money Loans and
Assumed Purchase Money Loans.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, limited
liability company, association, enterprise, trust or other entity or
organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency,
department or instrumentality thereof.
“Plan”
means 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 as to
which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have any
liability.
“Preliminary
Approval” means preliminary approval from required state and local governmental
authorities and agencies of a Loan Party’s preliminary development plan in
accordance with provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code
or
its equivalent in any other applicable jurisdiction in which such Loan Party
is
doing business such that in each instance there is vested in such Loan Party
the
right to develop such real estate for residential purposes substantially in
accordance with the intentions of such Loan Party, subject only to obtaining
such additional approvals which do not impose on such Loan Party any material
burdens that are not usual and customary for a development of such type and
with
respect to which there is no reasonable expectation that final approval shall
not be obtained.
“Pricing
Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.
“Prime
Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office,
each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date
such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Prohibited
Transaction” means a “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code for which neither a statutory exemption,
an
individual exemption nor a class exemption has been issued by the United States
Department of Labor.
“Property”
means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or
mixed, of a Loan Party, or other assets owned, leased or operated by a Loan
Party.
“Purchaser”
is defined in Section 13.3.1.
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“Qualified
Bank” means (a) any Lender, (b) a bank that has, or is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of a corporation that has, (i) an unsecured long-term debt rating of not less
than BBB- from S&P or Baa3 from Xxxxx’x (or BBB- from S&P and
Baa3
from Xxxxx’x if both agencies issue ratings of its unsecured long-term debt) and
(ii) if its unsecured short-term debt is rated, an unsecured short-tem debt
rating of A3 from S&P or P3 from Xxxxx’x (or A3 from S&P and
P3 from
Xxxxx’x if both agencies issue ratings of its unsecured short-term debt), (c)
any Person (other than the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower) approved
by
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in their sole discretion or (d) any
other bank approved by all Lenders.
“Qualified
Rating” means a public or private rating of the Senior Indebtedness of the
Company or the Indebtedness under this Agreement or an implied rating of any
Indebtedness of the Company senior to the Subordinated Indebtedness of the
Company obtained from a Qualified Rating Agency. A Qualified Rating must be
one
of the following:
1.
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An
actual rating of the Indebtedness under this Agreement exclusive
of any
other Senior Indebtedness of the
Company;
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2.
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An
actual rating of the Senior Indebtedness of the
Company;
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3.
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An
implied rating of the Indebtedness under this Agreement exclusive
of any
other Senior Indebtedness of the
Company;
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4.
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An
implied rating of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company;
or
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5.
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An
implied rating of Indebtedness senior to current outstanding Subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company.
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If
the
Company receives more than one rating from a Qualified Rating Agency, the rating
which falls in the lowest number category above shall be the Qualified Rating.
An implied rating of any Indebtedness shall not be a Qualified Rating if it
assumes that such Indebtedness is secured.
“Qualified
Rating Agency” means Xxxxx’x, S&P or, unless and until Borrower makes the
election provided for in Section 7.21(b), Fitch.
“Qualified
Subordinated Indebtedness” means at any time, on a consolidated basis, any
Subordinated Indebtedness of the Loan Parties having a maturity date later
than
the later of the Facility Termination Dates.
“Quarterly
Payment Date” is defined in Section 4.7(a).
“Ratable
Advance” means a Revolving Credit Ratable Advance or a Term
Advance.
“Ratable
Borrowing Notice” is defined in Section 2.2.3.
“Ratable
Loan” means a Revolving Credit Ratable Loan or a Term Loan.
“Ratable
Share” means, with respect to any Facility Lender on any date, (i) the ratio of
(a) the sum of the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and the
outstanding amount of its Term Loans to (b) the amount of the Aggregate Facility
or (ii) if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated, the
ratio of (a) the sum of such Lender’s Total Revolving Credit Exposure and
outstanding amount of its Term Loans to (b) the aggregate Total Revolving Credit
Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders and the outstanding amount of all
Term
Loans.
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“Rate
Option” means the Alternate Base Rate, the Eurodollar Rate, the Fixed CD Rate or
the Federal Funds/Euro-Rate.
“Rate
Option Notice” is defined in Section 2.2.4.
“Rating”
means the second highest of the Qualified Rating of Xxxxx’x, the Qualified
Rating of S&P or the Qualified Rating of Fitch; provided,
however,
that,
following an election by the Borrower under Section 7.21(b), the Rating shall
be
either (a) the higher of the Qualified Rating of Xxxxx’x or the Qualified Rating
of S&P or (b) if either, but not both, of Xxxxx’x and S&P has issued a
Qualified Rating, such Qualified Rating.
“Regulated
Substances” means any substance, including without limitation, Solid Waste, the
generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport, recycling, reclamation, use, reuse or other management or
mismanagement of which is regulated by the Environmental Laws.
“Regulation
D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
as
from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or
official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve
requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve
System.
“Regulation
U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
as
from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official
interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit
by
banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to
member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
“Remediation
Adjustment” means, with respect to any Environmentally Approved Land that is
subject to a Permitted Environmental Exception, an amount equal to 150% of
the
estimated remaining costs to complete remediation necessary to cure such
exception.
“Replacement
Lender” means a Qualified Bank (approved by the Administrative Agent, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or an existing Lender
that elects, upon request by the Borrower, to purchase the Revolving Credit
Commitment or Term Loans, or both, as applicable, of another Lender pursuant
to
Section 2.20.
“Reportable
Event” means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan, excluding,
however, such events as to which the PBGC has by regulation waived the
requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days
of
the occurrence of such event.
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“Required
Facility Lenders” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the
Required Revolving Credit Lenders and (b) with respect to the Term Loan
Facility, the Required Term Lenders.
“Required
Lenders” means (i) subject to the provisions of Section 2.18(d), if there exists
no Default or if a Default exists and is continuing but there are no Loans
or
Facility Letters of Credit outstanding, Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders)
whose Revolving Credit Commitments and Term Loans (in the aggregate) equal
or
exceed 66⅔% or more of the Revolving Credit Commitments and Term Loans (in the
aggregate) of all of the Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders), or (ii) if
a
Default exists and is continuing and there are Loans or Facility Letters of
Credit outstanding, Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders) whose Total
Revolving Credit Exposure and outstanding Term Loans (in the aggregate) equal
or
exceed 66⅔% or more of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure and Term Loans (in
the aggregate) of all of the Lenders (excluding Non-Funding
Lenders).
“Required
Revolving Credit Lenders” means (i) subject to the provisions of Section
2.18(d), if there exists no Default or if a Default exists and is continuing
but
there are no Revolving Credit Loans or Facility Letters of Credit outstanding,
Revolving Credit Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders) whose Revolving Credit
Commitments (in the aggregate) equal or exceed 66-2/3% of the Revolving Credit
Commitments (in the aggregate) of all of the Revolving Credit Lenders (excluding
Non-Funding Lenders), or (ii) if a Default exists and is continuing and there
are Revolving Credit Loans or Facility Letters of Credit outstanding, Revolving
Credit Lenders (excluding Non-Funding Lenders) whose Total Revolving Credit
Exposure (in the aggregate) equals or exceeds 66-2/3% of the Total Revolving
Credit Exposure of all of the Revolving Credit Lenders (excluding Non-Funding
Lenders).
“Required
Term Lenders” means Term Lenders whose outstanding Term Loans equal or exceed at
least 66-2/3% of the outstanding Term Loans of all of the Term
Lenders.
“Revolving
Credit Advance” means a borrowing hereunder (or conversion or continuation
thereof) consisting of the aggregate amount of the several Revolving Credit
Loans made on the same Borrowing Date (or date of conversion or continuation)
by
some or all of the Revolving Credit Lenders (as applicable) to the Borrower
of
the same Type (or on the same interest basis in the case of Competitive Bid
Advances) and, in the case of Fixed Rate Advances, for the same Interest Period.
For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Revolving Credit Advance” includes each
Competitive Bid Advance and Swing Line Advance.
“Revolving
Credit Commitment” means, for each Revolving Credit Lender, the obligation of
such Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Ratable Loans, to
participate in Swing Line Loans (to the extent provided for in Section 2.19(e))
and to participate in Facility Letters of Credit, not exceeding the amount
set
forth in Schedule
1
or as
set forth in any Assignment and Assumption that has become effective pursuant
to
Section 13.3.2 or in any Commitment and Acceptance with respect to the Revolving
Credit Facility that has become effective pursuant to Section 2.18, as such
amount may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“Revolving
Credit Declining Lender” means a Revolving Credit Lender that is a Declining
Lender with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility.
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“Revolving
Credit Declining Lender’s Termination Date” is defined in Section
2.17.
“Revolving
Credit Facility” is defined in Section 2.1.1.
“Revolving
Credit Facility Termination Date” means March 16, 2011 or any later date as may
be specified as the Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date in accordance
with Section 2.17 or any earlier date on which the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitment is reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“Revolving
Credit Lenders” means the lending institutions identified on Schedule
1
hereto
as having a Revolving Credit Commitment and, from and after the effective date
of their respective Commitments and Acceptances, any New Revolving Credit
Lenders, and the respective successors and assigns of any of the
foregoing.
“Revolving
Credit Loan” means a Loan made by a Revolving Credit Lender under the Revolving
Credit Facility.
“Revolving
Credit Note” means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit E-1
hereto,
duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of a Revolving Credit
Lender in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment, including any
amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory
note.
“Revolving
Credit Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest on the Revolving Credit Loans, the Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations and all accrued and unpaid fees and expenses, reimbursements,
indemnities and other obligations of the Loan Parties to the Revolving Credit
Lenders or to any Revolving Credit Lender or to the Administrative Agent or
any
indemnified party, in each case arising under the Loan Documents in respect
of
the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Revolving
Credit Ratable Advance” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate
amount of the several Revolving Credit Ratable Loans made by the Revolving
Credit Lenders to the Borrower at the same time, and (except as otherwise
provided Section 3.3) at the same Rate Option, and (in the case of a Fixed
Ratable Loans) for the same Interest Period.
“Revolving
Credit Ratable Loan” means a Revolving Credit Loan made by a Revolving Credit
Lender pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof.
“Revolving
Credit Ratable Share” means, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender on any
date, (i) the ratio of (a) the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment to
(b)
the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment or (ii) if the Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated, the ratio of (a) its Total
Revolving Credit Exposure to (b) the aggregate Total Revolving Credit Exposure
of all Revolving Credit Lenders.
“Risk-Based
Capital Guidelines” is defined in Section 3.2.
“S&P”
means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc.
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“Sale
and
Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of property by any
Person with the intent to lease such property as lessee.
“Schedule”
refers to a specific schedule to this Agreement, unless another document is
specifically referenced.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Section”
means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another document is
specifically referenced.
“Seller
Purchase Money Loans” means at any time outstanding purchase money loans made to
a Loan Party by the seller of improved or unimproved real estate in a single
or
separate transactions for the exclusive purpose of acquiring such real estate
for development and secured by a mortgage Lien on such real estate.
“Senior
Executive” means the Chairman of the Board, President, Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer or General Counsel of any
Loan
Party.
“Senior
Indebtedness” means at any time, on a consolidated basis for the Loan Parties,
Total Indebtedness, less Subordinated Indebtedness, provided that, for purposes
of the definition of “Qualified Rating,” Senior Indebtedness shall not include
Indebtedness of any Person other than the Company or the Borrower.
“Single
Employer Plan” means a Plan maintained by the Company or any member of the
Controlled Group for employees of the Company or any member of the Controlled
Group and no other employer.
“Solid
Waste” means any garbage, refuse or sludge from any waste treatment plant, water
supply plant or air pollution control facility generated by activities on the
Property, and any unpermitted release into the environment or the work place
of
any material as a result of activities on the Property, including without
limitation, scrap and used Regulated Substances.
“Special
Investments” means, at any time (but without duplication) all Investments by
Loan Parties in Non-Loan Parties (other than Mortgage Subsidiaries), including,
after its Conversion, any Non-Loan Party that was a Designated Guarantor prior
to its Conversion. The amount of such Investments shall include, without
limitation, the book value of stocks, partnership interests, notes or other
securities, and the amount of loans, guaranties and recourse contingent
obligations, and contributions of capital.
“Statutory
Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which
is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the
aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special,
emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the
Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject (a) with respect to the
Fixed
CD Rate, for new nonnegotiable term deposits in dollars of over $100,000 with
a
maturity approximately equal to the applicable interest period, and (b) with
respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred
to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.
Eurodollar Loans and Floating Rate Loans bearing interest at the Federal
Funds/Euro Rate shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be
subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender
under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve
Rate
shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change
in
any reserve percentage.
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“Subordinated
Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Loan Parties, the existing subordinated
Indebtedness described on Schedule
4
and any
other unsecured Indebtedness subordinated under terms as favorable to the
Lenders as the terms of the subordination governing the Indebtedness described
on Schedule
4
as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Subordinated
Loan Documents” means at any time the agreements and other documents then
governing the Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Subsidiary”
of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned
or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii)
any
partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar
business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary
voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless
otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean
a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Substantial
Portion” means, with respect to the Property of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, Property which represents more than 10% of the consolidated assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as would be shown in the consolidated
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the beginning
of
the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the fiscal quarter
in
which such determination is made.
“Supplemental
Guaranty” means a “Supplemental Guaranty” in the form provided for and as
defined in the Guaranty Agreement.
“Swing
Line Advance” is defined in Section 2.19(a).
“Swing
Line Borrowing Notice” is defined in Section 2.19(c).
“Swing
Line Commitment” means the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing
Line Advances pursuant to Section 2.19(a). As of the date of this Agreement,
the
Swing Line Commitment is in the amount of $50,000,000.
“Swing
Line Lender” means JPMorgan Chase or any Purchaser to which JPMorgan Chase
assigns the Swing Line Commitment in accordance with Sections 13.3.1 and
13.3.3.
“Swing
Line Note” means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit
F
hereto,
duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of the Swing Line Lender
in the amount of the Swing Line Commitment, including any amendment,
modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
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“Tangible
Net Worth” means at any time Consolidated Net Worth less the sum of (a)
intangible assets (as determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles), (b) Excess Investments and (c) Investments in Mortgage
Subsidiaries. The amount of Investments in Mortgage Subsidiaries shall include,
without limitation, the book value of stocks, partnership interests, notes
or
other securities and the amount of loans, guaranties and recourse contingent
obligations, and contributions of capital.
“Taxes”
means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities with respect to the
foregoing, but excluding Excluded Taxes.
“Term
Advance” means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate amount of the
several Term Loans made by the Term Lenders to the Borrower at the same time
(except in the case of Additional Term Loans), and (except as otherwise provided
in Section 3.3) at the same Rate Option, and, in the case of Fixed Rate
Advances, for the same Interest Period.
“Term
Commitment” means, for each Term Lender, the obligation of such Term Lender to
make Term Loans, not exceeding the amount set forth in Schedule
1
or in
any Commitment and Acceptance with respect to the Term Loan Facility that has
become effective pursuant to Section 2.18.
“Term
Declining Lender” means a Term Lender that is a Declining Lender.
“Term
Declining Lender’s Termination Date” is defined in Section 2.12.
“Term
Lenders” means the lending institutions identified on Schedule
1
hereto
as having a Term Commitment and, from and after the respective dates of their
Additional Term Loans, any New Term Lenders, and the respective successors
and
assigns of any of the foregoing.
“Term
Loan” means a Loan made by a Term Lender under the Term Loan
Facility.
“Term
Loan Facility” is defined in Section 2.1.2.
“Term
Maturity Date” means March 16, 2011 or any later date as may be specified as the
Term Maturity Date in accordance with Section 2.17 or any earlier date on which
all Term Loans become due or are declared due in accordance herewith or are
paid
in full.
“Term
Note” means a promissory note, in substantially the form of Exhibit
E-2
hereto,
duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of a Term Lender in
the
aggregate amount of its Term Loans, including any amendment, modification,
renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
“Term
Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on
the Term Loans and all accrued and unpaid fees and expenses, reimbursements,
indemnities and other obligations of the Loan Parties to the Term Lenders or
to
any Term Lender, the Administrative Agent or any indemnified party, in each
case
arising under the Loan Documents in respect of the Term Loan
Facility.
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“Term
Ratable Share” means, with respect to any Term Lender on any date, the ratio of
(a) the amount of such Lender’s outstanding Term Loans to (b) the aggregate
amount of the outstanding Term Loans of all Term Lenders.
“Toll
Group” means the Company, the Borrower and all other Subsidiaries of the
Company.
“Total
Revolving Credit Exposure” means, at any time with respect to any Revolving
Credit Lender, the sum of (a) its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and (b)
its
Revolving Credit Ratable Share of the outstanding Facility Letter of Credit
Obligations.
“Total
Indebtedness” means at any time all Indebtedness of the Loan Parties on a
consolidated basis (including, without limitation, the
Obligations).
“Transferee”
is defined in Section 13.4.
“Type”
means, (a) with respect to any Ratable Advance under a Facility, its nature
as
an ABR Advance, Eurodollar Ratable Advance, Federal Funds/Euro-Rate Advance
or
Fixed CD Rate Advance and (b) with respect to any Competitive Bid Advance,
its
nature as an Absolute Rate Advance or Eurodollar Bid Rate Advance.
“Unfunded
Liabilities” means the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested
and unvested accrued benefits under all Single Employer Plans exceeds the fair
market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined
as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plans using PBGC actuarial
assumptions for single employer plan terminations.
“Unmatured
Default” means an event that but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice,
or both, would constitute a Default.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” of a Person means (i) any Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting
securities of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person, or (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint
venture or similar business organization 100% of the ownership interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or
controlled.
The
foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the defined terms.
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ARTICLE
II
THE
CREDITS
2.1. The
Facilities.
2.1.1. Revolving
Credit Facility.
(a) The
Revolving Credit Lenders grant to the Borrower a revolving credit facility
(the
“Revolving Credit Facility”) pursuant to which, and upon the terms and subject
to the conditions herein set forth:
(i)
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each
Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit
Ratable
Loans to the Borrower in accordance with Section
2.2;
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(ii)
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each
Revolving Credit Lender may, in its sole discretion, make bids to
make
Competitive Bid Loans to the Borrower in accordance with Section
2.3;
and
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(iii)
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the
Swing Line Lender agrees to make Swing Line Advances to the Borrower
in
accordance with Section 2.19.
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(b) |
The
Revolving Credit Facility shall be subject to the following
limitations:
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(i)
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In
no event shall the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Revolving Credit Advances (including Revolving Credit
Ratable
Advances, Competitive Bid Advances and Swing Line Advances) plus
(ii) the
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations exceed the Aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitment.
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(ii)
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In
no event shall the outstanding principal amount of all outstanding
Competitive Bid Advances exceed the Competitive Bid
Sublimit.
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(iii)
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In
no event shall the outstanding principal amount of all outstanding
Swing
Line Advances exceed the Swing Line
Commitment.
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(c) Subject
to the terms hereof, the Revolving Credit Facility is available from the date
hereof to the Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date and, upon the Revolving
Credit Facility Termination Date, the Revolving Credit Commitments to lend
hereunder shall expire. The Revolving Credit Commitment of a Revolving Credit
Declining Lender shall expire on its Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s
Termination Date unless prior thereto such Revolving Credit Declining Lender
elects, with the approval of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to
extend its Revolving Credit Commitment to the Revolving Credit Facility
Termination Date, which election and approval shall be evidenced by a written
instrument in a form reasonably acceptable to and executed by such Revolving
Credit Declining Lender, the Borrower, the Company and the Administrative Agent.
Upon the execution and delivery of such written instrument, such Revolving
Credit Lender shall cease to be a Revolving Credit Declining
Lender.
(d) Any
outstanding Revolving Credit Advances and all other unpaid Revolving Credit
Obligations shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the Revolving Credit
Facility Termination Date (except to the extent that, pursuant to Article IV,
Facility Letters of Credit are permitted to have an expiration date later than
the Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date). All outstanding Revolving
Credit Loans held by, and all other unpaid Revolving Credit Obligations payable
to, a Revolving Credit Declining Lender shall be paid in full by the Borrower
on
its Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s Termination Date.
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2.1.2. Term
Loan Facility.
(a) The
Term Lenders grant to the Borrower a term loan facility (the “Term Loan
Facility”) pursuant to which, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions
herein set forth, each Term Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower
on
the Closing Date a Term Loan or Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to
such
Term Lender’s Term Commitment on such date. Such Term Loan or Term Loans shall
be made in accordance with Section 2.2.
(b) Any
outstanding Term Advances and all other unpaid Term Obligations shall be paid
in
full by the Borrower on the Term Maturity Date. All outstanding Term Loans
held
by, and all other unpaid Term Obligations payable to, a Term Declining Lender
shall be paid in full by the Borrower on its Term Declining Lender’s Termination
Date.
(c) If,
prior
to its Term Declining Lender’s Termination Date, a Term Declining Lender elects,
with the approval of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to extend the
maturity of its Term Loans to the Term Maturity Date, which election and
approval shall be evidenced by a written instrument in a form reasonably
acceptable to and executed by such Term Declining Lender, the Borrower, the
Company and the Administrative Agent, then, upon the execution and delivery
of
such written instrument, such Term Lender shall cease to be a Term Declining
Lender.
2.1.3. Payment.
At any
time that there exists a breach of the covenant set forth in Section 7.28.2,
the
Borrower shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent, as a payment of
the
Advances, such amount (not to exceed the sum of the outstanding Advances)
necessary to cure such breach, which (except as otherwise provided in Section
2.10(c)) shall be applied against such Advances as the Borrower may
elect.
2.2. Ratable
Advances.
2.2.1. Ratable
Advances.
Each
Ratable Advance hereunder shall consist of borrowings made from the several
Lenders under the applicable Facility in their respective applicable Facility
Ratable Shares thereof. The aggregate outstanding amount of Competitive Bid
Advances shall reduce the availability of Revolving Credit Advances as provided
in Section 2.1.1 but shall not otherwise affect the obligations of the Revolving
Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit Ratable Advances, and (without
limitation of the foregoing) no Competitive Bid Loan shall reduce the obligation
of the Revolving Credit Lender making such Competitive Bid Loan to lend its
applicable Revolving Credit Ratable Share of any future Revolving Credit Ratable
Advances.
2.2.2. Ratable
Advance Rate Options.
The
Ratable Advances under either Facility may be ABR Advances, Federal
Funds/Euro-Rate Advances, Fixed CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Ratable Advances,
or a combination thereof, selected by the Borrower in accordance with Section
2.2.3. No Ratable Advance may mature after the applicable Facility Termination
Date.
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2.2.3. Method
of Selecting Rate Options and Interest Periods for Ratable
Advances.
The
Borrower shall select, with respect to each Facility, the Rate Option and,
in
the case of each Fixed Rate Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto,
from time to time. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable
notice (a “Ratable Borrowing Notice”) not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time)
(or 11:15 a.m. (New York time) if applicable under the next succeeding
sentence), (x) on the Borrowing Date of each Floating Rate Advance, (y) at
least
one Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date of each Fixed CD Rate Advance
and
(z) at least three Business Days prior to the Borrowing Date of each Eurodollar
Ratable Advance. The time for delivery of a Ratable Borrowing Notice for a
Floating Rate Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be extended
by
15 minutes if the day on which such Ratable Borrowing Notice is given is also
a
day on which the Borrower is required to accept or reject one or more bids
offered in connection with an Absolute Rate Auction pursuant to Section 2.3.6,
and the time for delivery of a Ratable Borrowing Notice for a Eurodollar Ratable
Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be extended by 15 minutes
if
the day on which such Ratable Borrowing Notice is given is also a day on which
the Borrower is required to accept or reject one or more bids offered in
connection with a Eurodollar Auction pursuant to Section 2.3.6. A Ratable
Borrowing Notice shall specify:
(i)
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the
Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Ratable Advance
and
the Facility under which such Ratable Advance is
requested;
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(ii)
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the
aggregate amount of such Ratable
Advance;
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(iii)
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the
Rate Option selected for such Ratable Advance;
and
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(iv)
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in
the case of each Fixed Ratable Advance, the Interest Period applicable
thereto (which shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section
2.2.6).
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2.2.4. Conversion
and Continuation of Outstanding Ratable Advances.
Each
Floating Rate Advance under a Facility shall continue as a Floating Rate Advance
of that Type unless and until such Floating Rate Advance is either converted
into the other Type of Floating Rate Advance or a Fixed Ratable Advance in
accordance with this Section 2.2.4 or is prepaid in accordance with Section
2.6.
Each Fixed Ratable Advance under a Facility shall continue as a Fixed Ratable
Advance of such Type until the end of the then applicable Interest Period
therefor, at which time such Fixed Ratable Advance shall be automatically
converted into a Federal Funds/Euro-Rate Advance under such Facility unless
such
Fixed Ratable Advance shall have been either (a) prepaid in accordance with
Section 2.6, (b) continued as a Fixed Ratable Advance of the same or a different
Type for the same or another Interest Period in accordance with this Section
2.2.4 or (c) converted into an ABR Advance in accordance with this Section
2.2.4. Subject to the terms of Section 2.5, the Borrower may elect from time
to
time to convert and/or continue the Rate Option applicable to all or any part
of
a Ratable Advance under a Facility into another Rate Option; provided,
that
any conversion or continuation of any Fixed Ratable Advance shall be made on,
and only on, the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a “Rate Option
Notice”) of each conversion of a Floating Rate Advance under a Facility into the
other Type of Floating Rate Advance or into a Fixed Ratable Advance, or
continuation of a Fixed Ratable Advance or the conversion of a Fixed Ratable
Advance, not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) (x) on the Business Day
of
the conversion of a Floating Rate Advance into the other Type of Floating Rate
Advance or the conversion of a Fixed Ratable Advance into an ABR Advance, (y)
at
least one Business Day prior to the requested conversion of a Floating Rate
Advance into, or the requested conversion or continuation of a Fixed Ratable
Advance into, a Fixed CD Rate Option or (z) at least three Business Days prior
to the date of the requested conversion or continuation of a Ratable Advance
into a Eurodollar Ratable Advance, specifying:
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(i)
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the
requested date, which shall be a Business Day, of such conversion
or
continuation;
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(ii)
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the
aggregate amount and Rate Option applicable to the Ratable Advance
which
is to be converted or continued;
and
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(iii)
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the
amount and Rate Option(s) of Ratable Advance(s) into which such Ratable
Advance is to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion
into or continuation of a Fixed Ratable Advance, the duration of
the
Interest Period applicable thereto (which shall be subject to the
limitations set forth in Section
2.2.6).
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2.2.5. Limitations.
Ratable
Advances under each Facility shall be subject to the applicable limitations
set
forth in Section 2.5.
2.2.6. Interest
Period.
The
Interest Period of a Fixed Ratable Advance may not end later than the Facility
Termination Date under the applicable Facility nor later than the Declining
Lender’s Termination Date of any Declining Lender under the applicable
Facility.
2.3. Competitive
Bid Advances.
2.3.1. Competitive
Bid Option.
In
addition to Revolving Credit Ratable Advances pursuant to Section 2.2, but
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the limitation set forth in Section 2.1.1(b)(i) as to the maximum
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Advances and
Facility Letter of Credit Obligations hereunder and the limitation in Section
2.1.1(b)(ii) as to the maximum aggregate amount of all outstanding Competitive
Bid Advances), the Borrower may, as set forth in this Section 2.3, request
the
Revolving Credit Lenders, prior to the Revolving Credit Facility Termination
Date, to make offers to make Competitive Bid Advances to the Borrower. Each
Revolving Credit Lender may, but shall have no obligation to, make any such
offer in the manner set forth in this Section 2.3.
2.3.2. Competitive
Bid Quote Request.
When
the Borrower wishes to request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under this
Section 2.3, it shall transmit to the Administrative Agent (whether or not
it is
the Competitive Bid Agent) by telecopy a Competitive Bid Quote Request
substantially in the form of Exhibit
C
so as to
be received no later than (i) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the
Borrowing Date proposed therein, in the case of a Eurodollar Auction or (ii)
at
least two (2) Business Days (or, if so agreed by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, one (1) (but not less than one (1)) Business Day) prior
to
the Borrowing Date proposed therein, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction.
The Competitive Bid Quote Request shall specify whether the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent shall be the Competitive Bid Agent with respect thereto,
and, if the Administrative Agent is the Competitive Bid Agent, the Borrower
shall deliver the Competitive Bid Quote Request to the Administrative Agent
not
later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the day on which it is required to
be
delivered. Each Competitive Bid Quote Request shall specify:
(i)
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the
proposed Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, for the proposed
Competitive Bid Advance;
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(ii)
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the
aggregate principal amount of such proposed Competitive Bid Advance,
which
shall be not less than $10,000,000 and in an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 if in excess thereof;
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(iii)
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whether
the Competitive Bid Quotes requested are to set forth a Competitive
Bid
Margin or an Absolute Rate; and
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(iv)
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the
Competitive Bid Interest Period applicable thereto (which may not
end
after the Revolving Credit Facility Termination
Date).
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The
Borrower may request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans for more than one
Competitive Bid Interest Period, but not more than five Competitive Bid Interest
Periods, in a single Competitive Bid Quote Request. No Competitive Bid Quote
Request shall be given within five (5) Business Days (or such other number
of
days as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may agree) of any Competitive
Bid Quote Request that did not result in a Competitive Bid Advance being made.
If the Administrative Agent is the Competitive Bid Agent, it may reject a
Competitive Bid Quote Request that does not conform substantially to the form
of
Exhibit
C,
and
shall promptly notify the Borrower of such rejection by telecopy.
2.3.3. Invitation
for Competitive Bid Quotes.
Promptly and in any event before the close of business on the same Business
Day
of delivery of a Competitive Bid Quote Request that is not rejected pursuant
to
Section 2.3.2, the Competitive Bid Agent shall send to each of the Revolving
Credit Lenders
(except as otherwise provided in Section 2.3.10) by telecopy an Invitation
for
Competitive Bid Quotes substantially in the form of Exhibit
D
hereto,
which shall constitute an invitation by the Borrower to each such Revolving
Credit Lender to submit Competitive Bid Quotes offering to make the Competitive
Bid Loans to which such Competitive Bid Quote Request relates in accordance
with
this Section 2.3.
2.3.4. Submission
and Contents of Competitive Bid Quotes.
(a)
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 2.3.10, each Revolving Credit Lender may,
in
its sole discretion, submit a Competitive Bid Quote containing an offer or
offers to make Competitive Bid Loans in response to any Invitation for
Competitive Bid Quotes. Each Competitive Bid Quote must comply with the
requirements of this Section 2.3.4 and must be submitted to the Competitive
Bid
Agent by telecopy at its offices specified in or pursuant to Article XIV not
later than (i) 10:00 a.m. (New York time) at least three Business Days prior
to
the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of a Eurodollar Auction or (ii) 10:00
a.m. (New York time) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of an Absolute
Rate Auction (or, in either case upon reasonable prior notice to the Revolving
Credit Lenders, such other time and date as the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent may agree); provided
that, if
the Administrative Agent is the Competitive Bid Agent, Competitive Bid Quotes
submitted by the Administrative Agent as a Lender may only be submitted if
the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower of the terms of the offer or offers
contained therein not later than 30 minutes prior to the latest time at which
the relevant Competitive Bid Quotes must be submitted by the other Revolving
Credit Lenders. Subject to Articles V and IX, any Competitive Bid Quote so
made
shall be irrevocable except with the written consent of the Competitive Bid
Agent given on the instructions of the Borrower (if the Borrower is not the
Competitive Bid Agent).
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(b) Each
Competitive Bid Quote shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit
B
and
shall in any case specify:
(i)
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the
proposed Borrowing Date, which shall be the same as that set forth
in the
applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid
Quotes;
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(ii)
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the
principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan for which each such
offer is
being made, which principal amount (A) may be greater than, less
than or
equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment of the quoting Revolving
Credit
Lender, (B) must be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and (C)
may not
exceed the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers
were
requested;
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(iii)
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in
the case of a Eurodollar Auction, the Competitive Bid Margin offered
for
each such Competitive Bid Loan;
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(iv)
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the
minimum amount, if any, of the Competitive Bid Loan which may be
accepted
by the Borrower, which amount shall not be less than
$1,000,000;
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(v)
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in
the case of an Absolute Rate Auction, the Absolute Rate offered for
each
such Competitive Bid Loan;
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(vi)
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the
maximum aggregate amount, if any, of Competitive Bid Loans offered
by the
quoting Revolving Credit Lender which may be accepted by the Borrower;
and
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(vii)
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the
identity of the quoting Revolving Credit
Lender.
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The
Competitive Bid Agent shall reject any Competitive Bid Quote
that:
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(i)
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is
not substantially in the form of Exhibit
B
or
does not specify all of the information required by Section
2.3.4(b);
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(ii)
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contains
qualifying, conditional or similar language, other than any such
language
contained in Exhibit
B;
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(iii)
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proposes
terms other than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable
Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes;
or
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(iv)
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arrives
after the time set forth in Section
2.3.4(a).
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If
any
Competitive Bid Quote shall be rejected pursuant to this Section 2.3.4(c),
then
the Competitive Bid Agent shall notify the relevant Revolving Credit Lender
of
such rejection as soon as practical and (if the Administrative Agent is the
Competitive Bid Agent) shall promptly send a copy of the rejected Competitive
Bid Quote to the Borrower.
2.3.5. Notice
to Borrower.
If the
Administrative Agent is the Competitive Bid Agent, it shall promptly notify
the
Borrower of the terms (i) of any Competitive Bid Quote submitted by a Revolving
Credit Lender that is in accordance with Section 2.3.4 and (ii) of any
Competitive Bid Quote that amends, modifies or is otherwise inconsistent with
a
previous Competitive Bid Quote submitted by such Revolving Credit Lender with
respect to the same Competitive Bid Quote Request. Any such subsequent
Competitive Bid Quote shall be disregarded by the Competitive Bid Agent unless
such subsequent Competitive Bid Quote specifically states that it is submitted
solely to correct a manifest error in such former Competitive Bid Quote. If
the
Administrative Agent is the Competitive Bid Agent, its notice to the Borrower
shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which
offers have been received for each Interest Period specified in the related
Competitive Bid Quote Request and the respective principal amounts and
Eurodollar Bid Rates or Absolute Rates, as the case may be, so offered. In
addition, if the Administrative Agent is the Competitive Bid Agent, it shall
send copies of each Competitive Bid Quote to the Borrower.
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2.3.6. Acceptance
and Notice by Borrower.
Not
later than (i) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least three Business Days prior
to
the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of a Eurodollar Auction or (ii) 11:00
a.m. (New York time) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of an Absolute
Rate Auction (or, in either case upon reasonable prior notice to the Revolving
Credit Lenders, such other time and date as the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent may agree), the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of its
acceptance or rejection of the offers received by it pursuant to Section 2.3.4
or so notified to it pursuant to Section 2.3.5; provided,
however,
that
the failure by the Borrower to give such notice to the Administrative Agent
shall be deemed to be a rejection of all such offers. In the case of acceptance,
such notice (a “Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice”) shall specify the aggregate
principal amount of offers for each Interest Period that are accepted and (if
the Administrative Agent is not the Competitive Bid Agent) shall include copies
of each Competitive Bid Quote that is accepted. The Borrower may accept any
Competitive Bid Quote in whole or in part (subject to the terms of Section
2.3.4(b)(iv) and (vi)); provided
that:
(i)
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the
aggregate principal amount of each Competitive Bid Advance may not
exceed
(but, within the limitations set forth in Section 2.3.2(ii), may
be less
than) the applicable amount set forth in the related Competitive
Bid Quote
Request;
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(ii)
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acceptance
of offers may only be made on the basis of ascending Eurodollar Bid
Rates
or Absolute Rates, as the case may be;
and
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(iii)
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the
Borrower may not accept any offer that is described in Section 2.3.4(c)
or
that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this
Agreement.
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2.3.7. Allocation
by Competitive Bid Agent.
If
offers are made by two or more Revolving Credit Lenders with the same Eurodollar
Bid Rates or Absolute Rates, as the case may be, for a greater aggregate
principal amount than the amount in respect of which offers are accepted for
the
related Interest Period, the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans in
respect of which such offers are accepted shall be allocated by the Competitive
Bid Agent among such Revolving Credit Lenders as nearly as possible (in such
multiples, not greater than $1,000,000, as the Competitive Bid Agent may deem
appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of such offers;
provided,
however,
that no
Revolving Credit Lender shall be allocated a portion of any Competitive Bid
Advance which is less than the minimum amount which such Revolving Credit Lender
has stated in its applicable Competitive Bid Quote that it is willing to accept.
Allocations by the Competitive Bid Agent of the amounts of Competitive Bid
Loans
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent
shall promptly, but in any event on the same Business Day, notify each Revolving
Credit Lender of its receipt of a Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice and the
aggregate principal amount of such Competitive Bid Advance allocated to each
participating Revolving Credit Lender.
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2.3.8. Limitations.
Competitive Bid Advances shall be subject to the applicable limitations
contained in the last sentence of Section 2.5.
2.3.9. Administration
Fee.
The
Borrower hereby agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent an administration
fee,
in the amount set forth in the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter, for each
Competitive Bid Quote Request transmitted by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 2.3.2. Such administration fee shall be payable in
arrears on each Payment Date hereafter and on the Revolving Credit Facility
Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitment shall terminate or be canceled) for any period then ending for which
such fee, if any, shall not have been theretofore paid.
2.3.10. Declining
Lender.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (a) a Revolving
Credit Declining Lender shall not be entitled to receive an Invitation for
Competitive Bid Quotes inviting an offer for, and shall not offer to make and
shall not make, a Competitive Bid Loan for a Competitive Bid Interest Period
that expires later than its Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s Termination Date
and (b) the Borrower may not request a Competitive Bid Advance for a Competitive
Bid Interest Period expiring later than any Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s
Termination Date if, following the making of such Competitive Bid Advance,
the
aggregate amount of all Competitive Bid Advances for Competitive Bid Interest
Periods expiring later than such Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s Termination
Date would exceed the amount to which the Competitive Bid Sublimit will be
reduced upon such Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s Termination
Date.
2.4. Facility
Fee; Reductions in Aggregate Commitment.
(a)
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Revolving Credit Lender a facility fee (“Facility Fee”) at a per annum rate
equal to the Applicable Fee Rate on such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment (whether used or unused) from the date hereof to and including
the Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date, payable in arrears on the first
day of each calendar quarter hereafter and on the Revolving Credit Facility
Termination Date (or such earlier date as the Revolving Credit Obligations
may
be accelerated or become due).
(b) The
Borrower may permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment in
whole, or in part ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders (in their
respective Revolving Credit Ratable Shares) in integral multiples of
$10,000,000, upon at least five Business Days’ written notice to the
Administrative Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of any such
reduction, provided,
however,
that
(i) the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment may not be reduced
below the sum of (A) aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Revolving
Credit Advances and (B) the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations, (ii) the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment may not be reduced if the effect thereof
would be to reduce the L/C Sublimit below the amount of the Facility Letter
of
Credit Obligations and (iii) the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitment may not be reduced to an amount that is less than twice the
outstanding amount of all outstanding Competitive Bid Advances.
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(c) All
accrued Facility Fees shall be payable on the effective date of any termination
of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit
Loans hereunder.
2.5. Minimum
Amount of Each Advance; Maximum Number of Advances.
Each
Fixed Ratable Advance shall be in the minimum amount of $5,000,000 (and in
multiples of $1,000,000 if in excess thereof), and each Floating Rate Advance
shall be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 (and in multiples of $1,000,000
if
in excess thereof), provided,
however,
that
any Floating Rate Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility may be in the
amount of the Aggregate Available Revolving Credit or in the amount necessary
to
repay a Swing Line Advance. Each Competitive Bid Advance shall be in the minimum
amount provided for in Section 2.3. There shall be no more than ten (10) Fixed
Rate Advances outstanding under both Facilities (in the aggregate) at any time
and not more than five (5) Fixed Rate Advances outstanding under the Term Loan
Facility at any time.
2.6. Optional
Principal Payments.
The
Borrower may from time to time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding
Floating Rate Advances under a Facility, or, in a minimum aggregate amount
of
$1,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, any portion
of the outstanding Floating Rate Advances under a Facility upon two Business
Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower may from time to
time pay, upon three Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent,
subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by
Section 3.4 but without penalty or premium, (i) all of a Fixed Ratable Advance
under a Facility, or (ii) in a minimum aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (and provided such payment
would not reduce the outstanding principal amount of such Fixed Ratable Advance
under a Facility to less than $5,000,000) any portion of a Fixed Ratable Advance
under a Facility. The Borrower may from time to time pay, prior to the last
day
of the applicable Competitive Bid Interest Period, upon three Business Days’
prior notice to the Administrative Agent, all (but not less than all) of any
Competitive Bid Loan having an initial Competitive Bid Interest Period of 90
days or longer and, with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lender holding
such Competitive Bid Loan, any other Competitive Bid Loan, subject, in any
case,
to payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4 but
without penalty or premium. Repayments of Term Loans may not be
reborrowed.
2.7. Funding.
Not
later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Closing Date, each Lender shall
make
available its Loans in funds immediately available in New York to the
Administration Agent at its address specified pursuant to Article XIV. Not
later
than or 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on any other Borrowing Date, each Lender
(other than the Swing Line Lender which shall make Swing Line Advances as
provided in Section 2.19(c)) shall make available its Loan or Loans in funds
immediately available in New York to the Administrative Agent at its address
specified pursuant to Article XIV. The Administrative Agent will make the funds
so received from the applicable Lenders available to the Borrower at the
Administrative Agent’s aforesaid address.
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2.8. Changes
in Interest Rate, etc.
Each
Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof, for each day from and including the date such Advance is made or is
automatically converted from a Fixed Rate Advance into a Floating Rate Advance
pursuant to Section 2.2.4, to but excluding the date it is paid or is converted
into a Fixed Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.2.4 or to a Floating Rate
Advance of the other Type, at a rate per annum equal to (i) the Alternate Base
Rate for such day (in the case of ABR Advances) or (ii) the Federal
Funds/Euro-Rate for such day (in the case of Federal Funds/Euro-Rate Advances).
Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advance maintained as
a
Floating Rate Advance will take effect simultaneously with each change in the
applicable Floating Rate. Each Fixed Rate Advance shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof from and including the first day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such
Interest Period at the interest rate applicable to such Fixed Rate Advance.
No
Interest Period may end after the applicable Facility Termination Date or after
the Declining Lender’s Termination Date of any Declining Lender under the
applicable Facility.
2.9. Rates
Applicable After Default.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.2 or 2.3, during
the continuance of a Default or Unmatured Default (except for (a) Unmatured
Defaults that will be cured, and that the Borrower certifies will be cured,
by
the use of the proceeds of an Advance that the Borrower has requested hereunder
or by the issuance, amendment or extension of a Facility Letter of Credit that
the Borrower has requested hereunder or (b) Unmatured Defaults (other than
the
failure to pay any Obligation hereunder) that are not reasonably likely to
have
a Material Adverse Effect and that the Borrower certifies that it reasonably
expects to cure before the date on which the same becomes a Default) the
Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice
may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any
provision of Section 9.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders under a
Facility to changes in interest rates under such Facility), declare that no
Advance may be made as, converted into or continued (after the then applicable
Interest Period therefor) as a Fixed Rate Advance. During the continuance of
a
Default the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower
(which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders
notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.2 requiring unanimous consent of
the
Lenders under a Facility to changes in interest rates under such Facility),
declare that (i) each Fixed Rate Advance shall bear interest for the remainder
of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such
Interest Period plus 2% per annum and (ii) each Floating Rate Advance shall
bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Floating Rate in effect
from time to time plus 2% per annum, provided
that,
during the continuance of a Default under Section 8.5 or 8.6, the interest
rates
set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall be applicable to all Advances
without any election or action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
2.10. Method
and Allocation of Payments.
(a)
All
payments of the Obligations hereunder shall be made, without setoff, deduction,
or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent
at
the Administrative Agent’s address specified pursuant to Article XIV, or at any
other Lending Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing
by
the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the
date when due. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the
account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent
to
such Lender in the same type of funds that the Administrative Agent received
at
its address specified pursuant to Article XIV or at any Lending Installation
specified in a notice received by the Administrative Agent from such Lender.
The
Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to charge the account of the Borrower
maintained with JPMorgan Chase Bank for each payment of principal, interest
and
fees as it becomes due hereunder.
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(b) Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 2.10(d) or 2.10(e), payments of principal and
interest on Ratable Advances received by Administrative Agent shall be allocated
among the Lenders under the applicable Facility based on their pro rata shares
of such Ratable Advances. Payments of principal and interest on Swing Line
Advances received by the Administrative Agent shall be paid solely to the Swing
Line Lender. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.10(d), payments of
principal on any Competitive Bid Advance received by the Administrative Agent
shall be paid, on a pro rata basis, to the Revolving Credit Lender or Revolving
Credit Lenders holding the Competitive Bid Loan or Loans comprising such Advance
and payments of interest on such Competitive Bid Advance received by the
Administrative Agent shall be allocated to the Revolving Credit Lender or
Revolving Credit Lenders that funded such Advance, pro rata based on the amount
of interest due each such Revolving Credit Lender on its outstanding principal
(it being acknowledged that the rate of interest payable to Revolving Credit
Lenders on the Competitive Bid Loans may differ). Except as provided in Section
2.10(c), 2.10(d) or 2.10(e), payments made by the Borrower shall be applied
to
the Advances or interest thereon (or both, as applicable) designated by the
Borrower.
(c) If
a
Default exists and is continuing and has not been waived and the Loans have
been
accelerated or otherwise shall have become due, any payment of principal made
by
the Borrower shall be allocated between the Facilities on a pro rata basis
based
on the principal amount of the Loans outstanding under each
Facility.
(d) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.10(b), if each of the conditions listed in Clauses
(A) through (C) below exists on the date on which a payment on any Revolving
Credit Loan is made (including, without limitation, payments allocated to the
Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to Section 2.10(c)) then such payment shall
be allocated on a pro-rata basis between the holders of the Competitive Bid
Loans and holders of the Revolving Credit Ratable Loans based upon the
respective amounts of such Competitive Bid Loans and Revolving Credit Ratable
Loans outstanding if it is a payment of principal and shall be allocated on
a
pro rata basis between holders of the Competitive Bid Loans and holders of
the
Revolving Credit Ratable Loans based on the amount of interest due to such
holders if it is a payment of interest: (A) a Default exists and is continuing
and has not been waived, (B) the Revolving Credit Loans have been accelerated
or
otherwise shall have become due, and (C) the fractional share of one or more
of
the Revolving Credit Lenders in the total amount of all outstanding Competitive
Bid Loans does not equal its Revolving Credit Ratable Share.
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10, a Non-Funding Lender shall not
be
entitled to receive any payments of principal, interest, fees or other
Obligations hereunder unless and until (i) such Non-Funding Lender shall have
cured the default or other circumstances that resulted in its being a
Non-Funding Lender or (ii) the Revolving Credit Lenders shall have received
payments of their Revolving Credit Ratable Loans hereunder that reduce the
principal amount of all Revolving Credit Ratable Loans such that all Revolving
Credit Lenders (including such Non-Funding Lender but excluding any other
Non-Funding Lender) hold Revolving Credit Ratable Loans in their respective
Revolving Credit Ratable Shares.
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(f) If
the
Administrative Agent receives payments on any Business Day of any amounts
payable to any Lender hereunder and fails to pay such amount to such Lender
(i)
on or before the close of business on such day if such payment was received
by
1:00 p.m. (New York time) on such day or (ii) on or before the next succeeding
Business Day if such payment was received after 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on
such day of receipt, the Administrative Agent shall pay to such Lender interest
on such unpaid amount at the Federal Funds Effective Rate until such amount
is
so paid to such Lender.
2.11. Noteless
Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness.
(3)
Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts
of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall also maintain accounts in which it will record,
with
respect to each Facility, (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and the
Rate Option and Interest Period with respect thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received
by
the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share
thereof.
(c) The
entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to Sections 2.11(a)
and
(b) above shall be prima
facie
evidence
of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided,
however,
that
the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such accounts
or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the
Borrower to repay the Obligations in accordance with their terms.
(d) Any
Lender may request that its Revolving Credit Ratable Loans be evidenced by
a
Revolving Credit Note, that its Competitive Bid Loans be evidenced by a
Competitive Bid Note and that its Term Loans be evidenced by a Term Note. In
such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender
the
applicable Note or Notes payable to the order of such Lender in a form supplied
by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such Note and
interest thereon shall at all times (including after any assignment pursuant
to
Section 13.3) be represented by one or more Notes payable to the order of the
payee named therein or any assignee pursuant to Section 13.3, except to the
extent that any such Lender or assignee subsequently returns any such Note
for
cancellation and requests that such Loans once again be evidenced as described
in Sections 2.11(a) and (b) above.
2.12. Telephonic
Notices.
The
Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to extend,
convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Rate Options and to transfer
funds based on telephonic notices made by any person or persons the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in good faith believes to be an Authorized
Officer acting on behalf of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to deliver
promptly to the Administrative Agent a written confirmation, if such
confirmation is requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, of each
telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation
differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall govern absent manifest error.
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2.13. Interest
Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis.
Interest accrued on each Floating Rate Advance shall be payable on the first
date of each calendar month, commencing with the first such date to occur after
the date hereof. Interest accrued on each Fixed Rate Advance shall be payable
on
the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the Fixed
Rate Advance is prepaid, whether due to acceleration or otherwise, and at
maturity. Interest accrued on each Fixed Rate Advance having an Interest Period
longer than three months shall also be payable on the first day of each calendar
quarter during such Interest Period. Interest and fees under this Agreement
shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year
except that interest on Floating Rate Advances and Absolute Rate Advances shall
be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 365-day (or, if
applicable, 366-day) year. Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance
is
made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is
received prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) at the place of payment. If any
payment of principal of or interest on an Advance shall become due on a day
which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time
shall be included in computing interest in connection with such
payment.
2.14. Notification
of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment
Reductions.
Promptly after receipt thereof, (a) the Administrative Agent will notify
each Revolving Credit Lender of the contents of each Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitment reduction notice and Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice (except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.3.10), and (b) the Administrative Lender
shall notify each Lender under a Facility of each Ratable Borrowing Notice,
Rate
Option Notice and repayment notice received by the Administrative Agent with
respect to such Facility. The Administrative Agent will notify each Lender
under
a Facility of the interest rate applicable to each Fixed Ratable Advance under
such Facility promptly upon determination of such interest rate and will give
each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base
Rate.
2.15. Lending
Installations.
Each
Lender may book its Loans under either or both of the Facilities at any Lending
Installation selected by such Lender and may change its Lending Installation
from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending
Installation and the applicable Loans and Notes issued hereunder shall be deemed
held by each Lender for the benefit of such Lending Installation. Each Lender
may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in
accordance with Article XIV, designate replacement or additional Lending
Installations through which Loans under either or both of the Facilities will
be
made by it and for whose account Loan payments under either or both of the
Facilities are to be made.
2.16. Non-Receipt
of Funds by the Administrative Agent.
Unless
the Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent
prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative
Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (ii) in the
case
of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative
Agent for the account of any of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make
such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been
made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the
amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon
such
assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in
fact
made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment
shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent
the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each
day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available
by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers
such amount at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of payment by a Lender,
the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day or (y) in the case of payment
by
the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
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2.17. Extension
of Facility Termination Dates.
The
Borrower may request, but not more than once in each fiscal year of the
Borrower, an extension of the Facility Termination Date of one or both of the
Facilities by submitting a request for an extension to the Administrative Agent
(an “Extension Request”). The Extension Request must specify the Facility or
Facilities with respect to which such extension is requested and the new
Facility Termination Date requested by the Borrower with respect thereto
(“Extension Date”), which shall be not more than five years after the date of
the Extension Request. Promptly upon receipt of an Extension Request, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender under the applicable Facility
or
Facilities of the contents thereof and shall request each Lender under the
applicable Facility or Facilities to approve the Extension Request (which
approval may be given or withheld by each Lender in its sole discretion). If
an
Extension Request requests an extension of both Facility Termination Dates,
a
Lender may, at its election, approve an extension of either, neither or both
of
the Facility Termination Dates. Each Lender approving an Extension Request
shall
deliver its written approval no later than 75 days following such Extension
Request. If written approval of the Required Facility Lenders under the
applicable Facility is not received by the Administrative Agent within such
75-day period, the Extension Request under the applicable Facility shall be
denied. If such written approval of the Required Facility Lenders under the
applicable Facility is received by the Administrative Agent within such 75-day
period, the Facility Termination Date under the applicable Facility shall be
extended to the Extension Date specified in the Extension Request but only
with
respect to the Lenders under the applicable Facility that have given such
written approval. Except to the extent that a Lender that did not give its
written approval to such Extension Request under a Facility (“Declining Lender”)
is replaced prior to its applicable Declining Lender’s Termination Date as
provided in Section 2.20, then (a) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility,
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment shall be decreased by the Revolving
Credit Commitment of each such Revolving Credit Declining Lender, which
Declining Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate on the Revolving
Credit Facility Termination Date, as determined prior to such Extension Request
(the “Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s Termination Date”), (b) in the case of
the Term Loan Facility, the aggregate amount of the Term Loan Facility shall
be
reduced by the amount of such Declining Lender’s Term Loans on the Term Maturity
Date, as determined prior to such Extension Request (the “Term Declining
Lender’s Termination Date”), and (c) in each case ((a) or (b), as applicable)
the Loans and all interest, fees and other amounts owed to such Declining Lender
under the Facility or Facilities with respect to which it is a Declining Lender
shall be paid in full on each such Declining Lender’s Termination
Date.
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2.18. Facility
Increase.
(a) The
Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, by notice to the Administrative
Agent, request an increase (“Facility Increase”) in the Aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitment or Term Loan Facility (or both) (within the limitations herein
provided), which notice shall set forth the amount of such requested Facility
Increase and the Facility or Facilities with respect to which such Facility
Increase is requested (within the limitations herein provided). The Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitment, the Term Loan Facility, or both, may be so
increased either by having one or more New Lenders become Lenders under the
applicable Facility or Facilities and/or by having any one or more of the then
existing Lenders under a Facility (at their respective election in their sole
discretion) that have been approved by the Borrower, increase the amount of
their Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Commitments (as applicable),
provided
that (i)
each Facility Increase shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000; and
(ii)
the Aggregate Facility shall not exceed the Aggregate Facility
Limit.
(b) As
a
condition to a Facility Increase, (i) the Borrower and each Additional Lender
shall have executed and delivered a commitment and acceptance (the “Commitment
and Acceptance”) substantially in the form of Exhibit
G
hereto
(modified, as applicable, in the case of a Facility Increase under the Term
Loan
Facility), and the Administrative Agent shall have accepted and executed the
same; (ii) if requested by an Additional Lender, the Borrower shall have
executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent the applicable Note payable
to the order of such Additional Lender; (iii) the Guarantors shall have
consented in writing to the Facility Increase and shall have agreed that their
Guaranty Agreements continue in full force and effect; (iv) the Borrower and
each Additional Lender shall otherwise have executed and delivered such other
instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably
requested in connection with such Facility Increase; and (v) if requested by
the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent opinions of counsel (substantially similar to the forms of opinions
provided for in Section 5.1(viii), modified to apply to the Facility Increase
and to each Note, Commitment and Acceptance, and other documents executed and
delivered in connection with such Facility Increase). The form and substance
of
the documents required under clauses (i) through (v) above shall be fully
acceptable to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
provide written notice to all of the Lenders hereunder of the Facility
Increase.
(c) Upon
the
effective date of any Facility Increase pursuant to the provisions hereof (the
“Increase Date”), which Increase Date shall be mutually agreed upon by the
Borrower, each applicable Additional Lender and the Administrative Agent,
then:
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In
the case of a Facility Increase under the Revolving Credit Facility,
(A)
such Additional Lender under the Revolving Credit Facility shall
be deemed
to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received, without
recourse or warranty, from the Revolving Credit Lenders party to
this
Agreement immediately prior to the Increase Date, an undivided interest
and participation in any Facility Letter of Credit then outstanding,
ratably, such that each Revolving Credit Lender (including each Additional
Lender under the Revolving Credit Facility) holds a participation
interest
in each such Facility Letter of Credit in the amount of its then
Revolving
Credit Ratable Share thereof; (B) on such Increase Date, the Borrower
shall repay all outstanding Floating Rate Advances under the Revolving
Credit Facility and reborrow a Floating Rate Advance in a like amount
from
the Revolving Credit Lenders (including each Additional Lender under
the
Revolving Credit Facility); (C) except as provided in clause (D),
such
Additional Lender under the Revolving Credit Facility shall not
participate in any then outstanding Fixed Ratable Advances under
the
Revolving Credit Facility; (D) if the Borrower shall at any time
on or
after such Increase Date convert or continue any Fixed Ratable Advance
that was outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility on such
Increase
Date, the Borrower shall be deemed to repay such Fixed Ratable Advance
on
the date of the conversion or continuation thereof and then to reborrow
as
a Revolving Credit Ratable Advance a like amount on such date so
that the
Additional Lender under the Revolving Credit Facility shall make
a
Revolving Credit Ratable Loan on such date; and (E) such Additional
Lender
under the Revolving Credit Facility shall make its Revolving Credit
Ratable Share of all Revolving Credit Ratable Advances made on or
after
such Increase Date (including those referred to in clauses (B) and
(D)
above) and shall otherwise have all of the rights and obligations
of a
Revolving Credit Lender hereunder on and after such Increase Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of a Default prior
to
the date on which such Additional Lender is holding Fixed Ratable
Loans
under the Revolving Credit Facility equal to its Revolving Credit
Ratable
Share of all Fixed Ratable Advances under the Revolving Credit Facility,
such Additional Lender shall, upon notice from the Administrative
Agent,
on or after the date on which the Obligations are accelerated or
become
due following such Default, pay to the Administrative Agent (for
the
account of the other Revolving Credit Lenders, to which the Administrative
Agent shall pay their Revolving Credit Ratable Shares thereof upon
receipt) a sum equal to such Additional Lender’s Revolving Credit Ratable
Share of each Fixed Ratable Advance then outstanding under the Revolving
Credit Facility with respect to which such Additional Lender does
not then
hold a Fixed Ratable Loan equal to its Revolving Credit Ratable Share
thereof; such payment by such Additional Lender shall constitute
an ABR
Loan hereunder.
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In
the case of a Facility Increase under the Term Loan Facility, (A)
on such
Increase Date, each Additional Lender under the Term Loan Facility
shall
advance its Additional Term Loan, which shall be combined with the
other
outstanding Term Advances and converted into one or more Ratable
Advances
under the Term Loan Facility; (B) on such Increase Date, the Borrower
shall pay all costs (if any) payable under Section 3.4 resulting
from the
termination of any Fixed Ratable Advances under the Term Loan Facility
prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period; and (C)
such
Additional Lender under the Term Loan Facility shall have all of
the
rights and obligations of a Term Lender hereunder on and after such
Increase Date.
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(d) Solely
for purposes of clause (i) of the definitions of “Majority Lenders,” “Required
Lenders,” and “Required Revolving Credit Lenders,” until such time as an
Additional Lender under the Revolving Credit Facility holds Revolving Credit
Ratable Loans equaling its Revolving Credit Ratable Share of all outstanding
Revolving Credit Ratable Advances, the amount of such Additional Lender’s new
Revolving Credit Commitment or the increased amount of its Revolving Credit
Commitment (as applicable) shall be excluded from the amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitments and there shall be included in lieu thereof at any time
an
amount equal to the sum of the outstanding Revolving Credit Ratable Loans and
the participation interests in Facility Letters of Credit held by such
Additional Lender with respect to its new Revolving Credit Commitment or the
increased amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment.
(e) Nothing
contained herein shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment
or
agreement on the part of any Lender to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment
hereunder or to make an Additional Term Loan hereunder at any time or a
commitment or agreement on the part of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
to give or grant any Lender the right to increase its Revolving Credit
Commitment hereunder or to make an Additional Term Loan hereunder at any
time.
2.19. Swing
Line.
(a)
The
Swing Line Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
to
make Advances (“Swing Line Advances”) to the Borrower from time to time during
the period from the date of this Agreement, up to but not including the fifth
(5th) day prior to the Facility Termination Date, in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the lesser of (i) the Swing Line
Commitment or (ii) the Aggregate Available Credit.
(b) The
Swing
Line Advances shall be evidenced by the Swing Line Note. Each Swing Line Advance
shall be in an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and, if
in
excess thereof, in integral multiples of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).
Within the limits set forth in Section 2.19(a), the Borrower may borrow, repay
and reborrow under this Section 2.19.
(c) The
Borrower shall give the Swing Line Lender (and, if the Swing Line Lender is
not
also the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent) notice requesting
a
Swing Line Advance (“Swing Line Borrowing Notice”) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New
York time) on the Business Day of such Swing Line Advance, specifying the amount
of such requested Swing Line Advance. Each such Swing Line Borrowing Notice
shall be accompanied by the Ratable Borrowing Notice provided for in Section
2.19(d). All Swing Line Borrowing Notices and Ratable Borrowing Notices given
by
the Borrower under this Section 2.19(c) shall be irrevocable. Upon satisfaction
of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.2, the Swing Line Lender
will make the Swing Line Advance available to the Borrower in immediately
available funds by crediting the amount thereof to the Borrower’s account with
the Swing Line Lender. If the Swing Line Lender is not also the Administrative
Agent, the Swing Line Lender shall not advance the Swing Line Advance unless
and
until the Administrative Agent shall have confirmed (by telephonic notice)
that
such applicable conditions have been satisfied.
(d) Each
Swing Line Advance shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate and shall
be
paid in full on or before the third Business Day following the making of such
Swing Line Loan and, if not so paid by the Borrower, shall be paid in full
from
the proceeds of a Ratable Advance made by the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant
to Section 2.2 on the third Business Day following the making of such Swing
Line
Advance. Each Swing Line Borrowing Notice given by the Borrower under Section
2.19(c) shall include, or if it does not include shall be deemed to include,
an
irrevocable Ratable Borrowing Notice under Section 2.2 requesting the Revolving
Credit Lenders to make a Ratable Revolving Credit Advance, on or before the
third Business Day following the making of such Swing Line Advance, of the
full
amount of such Swing Line Advance, unless such Swing Line Advance is sooner
paid
in full by the Borrower.
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(e) Provided
that the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.2 shall have been
satisfied at the time of the making of such Swing Line Advance, the Revolving
Credit Lenders irrevocably agree to make the Revolving Credit Ratable Advance
provided for in Section 2.19(d), notwithstanding any subsequent failure to
satisfy such conditions or any other facts or circumstances including (without
limitation) the existence of a Default. If and to the extent that any Revolving
Credit Lender shall fail to make a Revolving Credit Ratable Loan in the amount
of its Revolving Credit Ratable Share of such Revolving Credit Ratable Advance,
such Revolving Credit Lender shall be irrevocably deemed to have purchased
from
the Swing Line Lender a participation interest in such Swing Line Advance in
an
amount equal to the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit
Ratable Share of such Revolving Credit Ratable Advance.
2.20. Replacement
of a Lender.
If a
Lender (“Affected Lender”) (a) sustains or incurs a loss or expense or reduction
of income and requests reimbursement therefor from the Borrower pursuant to
Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.5, (b) determines that maintenance of any of its Fixed
Rate Loans at a suitable Lending Installation would violate any applicable
Law
and so notifies the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.3, or (c) is
a
Declining Lender, the Borrower may within ninety (90) days after the date on
which the Borrower receives such request (in the case of clause (a) above)
or
after the date on which the Administrative Agent gives the Borrower notice
of
the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the notice from such Lender under Section
3.3 (in the case of clause (b) above) or at any time prior to such Declining
Lender’s Termination Date (in the case of clause (c) above) notify the
Administrative Agent and such Affected Lender that a Replacement Lender
designated by the Borrower in the notice has agreed to replace such Lender
with
respect to its Revolving Credit Commitment, Revolving Credit Loans and Term
Loans, provided
that
(i), in the case of replacement of a Declining Lender that is a Declining Lender
under only one Facility, such replacement may only be made with respect to
such
Facility, but in all other cases such replacement shall be made with respect
to
each Facility under which such Affected Lender is a Lender; (ii) any Replacement
Lender that, immediately prior to its replacement of a Lender hereunder, was
not
a Lender hereunder shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld); and (iii) the Borrower
shall have paid any amounts due pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.5 to the
Affected Lender to be replaced on or before such replacement. The Affected
Lender to be replaced shall assign, as applicable, its Revolving Credit
Commitment, Loans and interests in outstanding Facility Letters of Credit and/or
Term Loans hereunder to the Replacement Lender pursuant to the procedures for
assignments contained in Section 13.3 and shall receive, concurrently with
such
assignments, payment of an amount equal to all outstanding amounts payable
to
such Affected Lender with respect to the applicable Facility or Facilities,
including without limitation the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the
Loans held by such Affected Lender, all interest thereon to the date of the
assignment, all accrued fees to the date of such assignment and any amounts
payable under Section 3.4 with respect to any payment of any Fixed Rate Loan
resulting from such assignment. Such Affected Lender shall not be responsible
for the payment to the Administrative Agent of the fee provided for in Section
13.3.2, which fee shall be paid by such Replacement Lender. In the case of
an
assignment by a Declining Lender under this Section 2.20, the Replacement Lender
that is the assignee of the Declining Lender shall agree at the time of such
assignment to the extension to the Extension Date of the Facility Termination
Date with respect to the applicable Facility or Facilities, which agreement
shall be set forth in a written instrument delivered and satisfactory to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
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2.21. Termination
of Commitment of Declining Lender.
At any
time prior to the replacement of a Declining Lender pursuant to Section 2.20,
the Borrower may, upon not less than 15 days’ prior notice to the Administrative
Agent and such Declining Lender, terminate the Revolving Credit Commitment
and/or prepay the Term Loans (as applicable) of such Declining Lender, but
only
under a Facility with respect to which it is a Declining Lender, as of a
Business Day (prior to the applicable Declining Lender’s Termination Date) set
forth in such notice, provided, however, that if such Declining Lender is an
Issuing Bank, the termination of its Revolving Credit Commitment shall be
permitted only upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 4.10.
In the event of such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment and/or
prepayment of Term Loans (as applicable), the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent on the date of termination of such Revolving Credit
Commitment and/or prepayment of Term Loans, for the account of such Declining
Lender, all Loans and other sums payable to such Declining Lender hereunder
under the applicable Facility and all amounts (if any) payable to such Declining
Lender under Section 3.4 under such Facility by reason of such payment. Such
Declining Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
3.1,
3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.9 and 10.6(b) to the extent such Declining Lender’s entitlement
to such benefit arose out of its position as a Lender under such Facility prior
to the termination of its Revolving Credit Commitment and/or prepayment of
its
Term Loans (as applicable).
ARTICLE
III
YIELD
PROTECTION; TAXES
3.1. Yield
Protection.
If, on
or after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any law or any governmental
or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether
or not having the force of law), or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental or quasi-governmental authority,
central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or applicable Lending
Installation with any request or directive (whether or not having the force
of
law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency:
(i)
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subjects
at least two Lenders or applicable Lending Installations to any Taxes,
or
changes the basis of taxation of payments (other than with respect
to
Excluded Taxes) to such Lenders in respect of their Fixed Rate Loans,
or
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(ii)
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imposes
or increases or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance
charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits
with or for the account of, or credit extended by, at least two Lenders
or
applicable Lending Installations (other than reserves and assessments
taken into account in determining the interest rate applicable to
Fixed
Rate Advances), or
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imposes
any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to
at
least two Lenders or applicable Lending Installations of making,
funding
or maintaining Fixed Rate Loans or reduces any amount receivable
by at
least two Lenders or applicable Lending Installations in connection
with their Eurodollar Loans, or requires at least two Lenders or
applicable Lending Installations to make any payment calculated by
reference to the amount of Fixed Rate Loans held or interest received
by
them, by an amount deemed material by such
Lenders,
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and
the
result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lenders or
applicable Lending Installations of making or maintaining their Fixed Rate
Loans
or Revolving Credit Commitments or to reduce the return received by such Lenders
or applicable Lending Installations in connection with such Fixed Rate Loans
or
Revolving Credit Commitments, then, within 30 days of demand by such Lenders,
the Borrower shall pay such Lenders such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lenders for such increased cost or reduction in amount
received.
3.2. Changes
in Capital Adequacy Regulations.
If at
least two Lenders determine the amount of capital required or expected to be
maintained by such Lenders, any Lending Installation of such Lenders or any
corporation controlling such Lenders is increased as a result of a Change (as
hereinafter defined), then, within 30 days of demand by such Lenders, the
Borrower shall pay such Lenders the amount necessary to compensate for any
shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such increased capital which
such Lenders determine is attributable to this Agreement, their Loans or their
Revolving Credit Commitments to make Revolving Credit Loans or to issue or
participate in Facility Letters of Credit hereunder (after taking into account
such Lenders’ policies as to capital adequacy). “Change” means (i) any change
after the date of this Agreement in the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines or (ii)
any adoption of or change in any other Law, governmental or quasi-governmental
rule, regulation, policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether
or
not having the force of Law) after the date of this Agreement which affects
the
amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or any
Lending Installation or any corporation controlling any Lender. “Risk-Based
Capital Guidelines” means (i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the
United States on the date of this Agreement, including transition rules, and
(ii) the corresponding capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities
outside the United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle
Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled
“International Convergence of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards,”
including transition rules, and any amendments to such regulations adopted
prior
to the date of this Agreement.
3.3. Availability
of Certain Advances.
If
the
Required Facility Lenders under a Facility determine that (i) deposits of a
type
and maturity appropriate to match fund Eurodollar Ratable Advances are not
available or (ii) the interest rate applicable to a Rate Option does not
accurately reflect the cost of making or maintaining the applicable Ratable
Advance, then the Administrative Agent shall suspend the availability of the
affected Rate Option under such Facility.
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3.4. Funding
Indemnification.
If any
payment of a Fixed Rate Advance occurs on a date which is not the last day
of
the applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment
or
otherwise, or a Fixed Rate Advance is not made, or any Advance is not continued
or converted into a Fixed Rate Advance, on the date specified by the Borrower
for any reason other than default by the Lenders, the Borrower will indemnify
each Lender for any loss or cost (including any internal administrative costs
not to exceed $250.00) incurred by it resulting therefrom, including, without
limitation, any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits acquired
to
fund or maintain such Fixed Rate Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
such
loss or cost results from an occurrence other than (i) a prepayment by the
Borrower (except a prepayment required to be made under Section 3.3 by reason
of
a change in any Law or interpretation of Law occurring after the making of,
or
conversion into or continuation of, a Type of Fixed Rate Loan and resulting
in
the determination that maintenance by a Lender of such Type of Fixed Rate Loan
violates applicable Law pursuant to Section 3.3), or (ii) a default by the
Borrower or by the Lenders, the Borrower’s obligation to indemnify the Lenders
shall be limited to one-half (1/2) of the losses or costs incurred by each
Lender.
3.5. Taxes.
(a)
The
Borrower hereby agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes
and any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise
from any payment made hereunder or under any Note or from the execution or
delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note (“Other
Taxes”).
(b) The
Borrower agrees unconditionally to indemnify and save the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders harmless from and against any or all present or future claims,
liabilities or losses with respect to or resulting from any omission by the
Borrower to pay, or any delay in paying, any Other Taxes. Such indemnification
payments by the Borrower shall be made within 30 days of the date the
Administrative Agent or such Lender makes demand therefor pursuant to Section
3.6.
(c) Each
Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America
or a state thereof (each a “Non-U.S. Lender”) agrees that it will, not less than
ten Business Days after the date of this Agreement, (i) deliver to each of
the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of United States
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or a successor form), certifying
in either case that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this
Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes, and (ii) deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
a
United States Internal Revenue Form W-8 or W-9 (or a successor form), as the
case may be, and certify that it is entitled to an exemption from United States
backup withholding tax. Each Non-U.S. Lender further undertakes to deliver
to
each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (x) renewals or additional
copies of such form (or any successor form) on or before the date that such
form
expires or becomes obsolete, and (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring
a change in the most recent forms so delivered by it, such additional forms
or
amendments thereto as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent. All forms or amendments described in the preceding
sentence shall certify that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under
this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal
income taxes, unless
an event
(including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has
occurred after the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder and prior to
the
date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all
such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender from duly completing
and delivering any such form or amendment with respect to it and such Lender
advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not capable of
receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal
income tax.
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(d) For
any
period during which a Non-U.S. Lender has failed to provide the Borrower with
an
appropriate form pursuant to Section 3.5(c) (unless such failure is due to
a
change in treaty, law or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, occurring subsequent
to
the date on which a form originally was required to be provided), such Non-U.S.
Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 3.5 with
respect to Taxes imposed by the United States; provided
that,
should a Non-U.S. Lender which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced
rate of withholding tax become subject to Taxes because of its failure to
deliver a form required under Section 3.5(c), the Borrower shall take such
steps
as such Non-U.S. Lender shall reasonably request to assist such Non-U.S. Lender
to recover such Taxes, at no cost to the Borrower.
(e) Any
Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax
with respect to payments under this Agreement or any Note pursuant to the law
of
any relevant jurisdiction or any treaty shall deliver to the Borrower (with
a
copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law, 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.
3.6. Lender
Statements; Survival of Indemnity.
To the
extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending
Installation with respect to its applicable Fixed Rate Loans to reduce any
liability of the Borrower to such Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5 or
to
avoid the unavailability of the applicable Fixed Rate Advances under Section
3.3, so long as such designation is not, in the judgment of such Lender,
materially disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Lender shall deliver a written
statement of such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) as to the amount due, if any, under Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5. Such
written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon
which such Lender determined such amount (which calculations shall be made
in
good faith) and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the
absence of manifest error. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections
in connection with a Fixed Rate Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender
funded its Fixed Rate Loan through the purchase of a deposit of the type and
maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining the
interest rate applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or
not.
Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the written statement
of any Lender shall be payable within 30 days after receipt by the Borrower
of
such written statement. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 3.1,
3.2,
3.4 and 3.5 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this
Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Borrower shall
not be required to make any payments to any Lender pursuant to Sections 3.1,
3.2, 3.4 or 3.5 relating to any period of time which is greater than 90 days
prior to such Person’s request for additional payment except for retroactive
application of any law, rule or regulation, in which case the Borrower is
required to make such payments so long as such Person makes a request therefor
within 90 days after the public announcement of such retroactive
application.
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ARTICLE
IV
THE
LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY
4.1. Facility
Letters of Credit.
At the
request of the Borrower, each Issuing Bank shall, within the limits of its
Issuing Bank’s L/C Limit and on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, issue from time to time for the account of the Borrower, through
such
offices or branches as it and the Borrower may jointly agree, one or more
Facility Letters of Credit (which, in the case of a Performance Letter of
Credit, may be an Escrow Agreement) in accordance with this Article IV, during
the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Business Day prior
to the Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date.
4.2. Limitations.
No
Issuing Bank shall issue, amend or extend, at any time, any Facility Letter
of
Credit:
(i)
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if,
after giving effect to the Facility Letter of Credit or amendment
or
extension thereof requested hereunder, (A) the aggregate maximum
amount
then available for drawing under Letters of Credit issued by such
Issuing
Bank shall exceed any limit imposed by Law upon such Issuing Bank
or (B)
the outstanding undrawn face amount of all Facility Letters of Credit
issued by such Issuing Bank shall exceed such Issuing Bank’s L/C
Limit;
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(ii)
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if,
after giving effect to the Facility Letter of Credit or amendment
or
extension thereof requested hereunder, the aggregate principal amount
of
the Facility Letter of Credit Obligations would exceed the L/C
Sublimit;
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(iii)
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that
is in (or in the case of an amendment of a Facility Letter of Credit,
increases the face amount thereof by) an amount in excess of the
then
Aggregate Available Revolving
Credit;
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(iv)
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if
such Issuing Bank receives written notice from the Administrative
Agent on
the proposed Issuance Date of such Facility Letter of Credit that
the
conditions precedent contained in Sections 5.1 or 5.2, as applicable,
would not on such Issuance Date be satisfied unless such conditions
are
thereafter satisfied and written notice of such satisfaction is given
to
such Issuing Bank by the Administrative
Agent;
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(v)
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that
is in a currency other than U.S. Dollars;
or
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(vi)
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that
has a stated maturity date later than the earlier of (A) four years
after
the Issuance Date and (B) one year after the Revolving Credit Facility
Termination Date, provided, however, that, no Revolving Credit Declining
Lender that is an Issuing Bank shall issue or extend a Facility Letter
of
Credit that has a stated maturity date that is later than its Revolving
Credit Declining Lender’s Termination Date. For purposes of this clause
(vi), the “stated maturity date” is the expiration date of the Facility
Letter of Credit, giving effect to any future extension thereof under
an
automatic renewal provision, unless such automatic renewal provision
permits the Issuing Bank to elect not to extend by giving written
notice
of cancellation to the beneficiary of such Facility Letter of
Credit.
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4.3. Conditions.
In
addition to being subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in
Sections 5.1 and 5.2, as applicable, the issuance of any Facility Letter of
Credit is subject to the satisfaction in full of the following
conditions:
(i)
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the
Borrower shall have delivered to such Issuing Bank at such times
and in
such manner as the Issuing Bank may reasonably prescribe such documents
(including, if requested, an Application) and materials as may be
reasonably required pursuant to the terms thereof, and the proposed
Facility Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory to such
Issuing
Bank in form and content; and
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(ii)
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as
of the Issuance Date no order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator
or governmental authority shall enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank
from
issuing the Facility Letter of Credit and no Law applicable to such
Issuing Bank and no directive from any Official Body with jurisdiction
over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit such Issuing Bank from issuing
Letters of Credit generally or from issuing that Facility Letter
or
Credit.
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4.4. Procedure
for Issuance of Facility Letters of Credit.
(a)
The
Borrower shall give such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not less
than
five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as such Issuing Bank, the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree) prior notice (in writing
or
by telephonic notice confirmed promptly in writing) of any requested issuance
of
a Facility Letter of Credit under this Agreement. Such notice shall specify
(i)
the stated amount of the Facility Letter of Credit requested, (ii) the requested
Issuance Date, which shall be a Business Day, (iii) the date on which such
requested Facility Letter of Credit is to expire, which date shall be in
compliance with the requirements of Section 4.2(vi), (iv) the purpose for which
such Facility Letter of Credit is to be issued, (v) the Person for whose benefit
the requested Facility Letter of Credit is to be issued, and (vi) whether such
Facility Letter of Credit is a Performance Letter of Credit (and, if so, whether
it is an Escrow Agreement) or a Financial Letter of Credit. At the time such
request is made, the Borrower shall also provide such Issuing Bank with a copy
of the form of the Facility Letter of Credit it is requesting be
issued.
(b) As
soon
as practicable and in no event later than one Business Day prior to the
requested date of issuance of such Facility Letter of Credit, such Issuing
Bank
shall approve or disapprove, in its reasonable discretion, the issuance of
such
requested Facility Letter of Credit and shall notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent of such approval or disapproval, but the issuance of such
approved Facility Letter of Credit shall continue to be subject to the
provisions of this Article IV.
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(c) As
soon
as practicable and in no event later than one Business Day prior to the issuance
of a Facility Letter of Credit approved by an Issuing Bank as provided in
Section 4.4(b), the Borrower shall confirm by notice (“Facility Letter of Credit
Notice”) in writing to the Administrative Agent and to such Issuing Bank the
intended Issuance Date and amount of such Facility Letter of Credit. Not later
than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day following its receipt of
a
Facility Letter of Credit Notice, the Administrative Agent shall determine
and
shall notify the Issuing Bank and the Borrower (in writing or by telephonic
notice confirmed promptly thereafter in writing) whether issuance of the
requested Facility Letter of Credit would be permitted under the provisions
of
Sections 4.2(ii) and (iii). If the Administrative Agent notifies such Issuing
Bank and the Borrower that such issuance would be so permitted, then, subject
to
the terms and conditions of this Article IV and provided that the applicable
conditions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 have been satisfied, such Issuing
Bank shall, on the requested Issuance Date, issue the requested Facility Letter
of Credit in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business
practices. Such Issuing Bank shall give the Administrative Agent written notice,
or telephonic notice confirmed promptly thereafter in writing, of the issuance
of a Facility Letter of Credit.
(d) An
Issuing Bank shall not extend (other than by operation of an automatic renewal
provision) or amend any Facility Letter of Credit unless the requirements of
this Section 4.4 are met as though a new Facility Letter of Credit were being
requested and issued.
(e) Any
Lender may, but shall not be obligated to, issue to the Company or any
Subsidiary Letters of Credit (that are not Facility Letters of Credit) for
its
own account, and at its own risk. None of the provisions of this Article IV
shall apply to any Letter of Credit that is not a Facility Letter of
Credit.
4.5. Duties
of Issuing Bank.
Any
action taken or omitted to be taken by an Issuing Bank under or in connection
with any Facility Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of
willful misconduct or gross negligence, shall not put such Issuing Bank under
any resulting liability to any Revolving Credit Lender or, provided that such
Issuing Bank has complied with the procedures specified in Section 4.4 in all
material respects, relieve any Revolving Credit Lender of its obligations
hereunder to such Issuing Bank. In determining whether to pay under any Facility
Letter of Credit, an Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to the Lenders other
than to confirm that any documents required to be delivered under such Facility
Letter of Credit appear to have been delivered in compliance with the
requirements of such Facility Letter of Credit.
4.6. Participation.(a)
Immediately upon issuance by an Issuing Bank of any Facility Letter of Credit
in
accordance with Section 4.4 (and, in the case of the Existing Letters of Credit,
on the Closing Date), each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have
irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from such Issuing Bank,
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation, in the
amount of its Revolving Credit Ratable Share of, such Facility Letter of Credit
(including, without limitation, all obligations of the Borrower with respect
thereto other than amounts owing to such Issuing Bank under Section 3.2 or
4.7(b)). Immediately upon the Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s Termination
Date of a Revolving Credit Declining Lender or termination of the Revolving
Credit Commitment of a Revolving Credit Declining Lender pursuant to Section
2.21, each other Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably
and
unconditionally purchased and received from such Revolving Credit Declining
Lender, without recourse or warranty, a portion of each such Declining Lender’s
undivided interest and participation in all outstanding Facility Letters of
Credit (in the proportion of the Revolving Credit Ratable Shares of such
purchasing Lenders determined immediately following the termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitment of such Revolving Credit Declining Lender) such
that, upon such purchase, each Revolving Credit Lender holds an undivided
interest and participation in all outstanding Facility Letters of Credit in
the
amount of its then Revolving Credit Ratable Share thereof.
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(b) In
the
event that an Issuing Bank makes any payment under any Facility Letter of
Credit, the Borrower shall immediately and unconditionally reimburse the Issuing
Bank therefor, whether through an Advance hereunder or otherwise. If the
Borrower shall not have repaid such amount to such Issuing Bank on or before
the
date of such payment by such Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank shall promptly
so
notify the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly so notify each Revolving
Credit Lender. Upon receipt of such notice, each Revolving Credit Lender
severally agrees that it shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the
Administrative Agent (in same day funds) for the account of such Issuing Bank
the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Ratable Share of
the payments so made by such Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall
promptly pay such amount, and any other amounts received by the Administrative
Agent for such Issuing Bank’s account pursuant to this Section 4.6(b), to such
Issuing Bank. If the Administrative Agent so notifies such Revolving Credit
Lender prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, such Revolving
Credit Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of such Issuing Bank such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Ratable
Share of the amount of such payment on such Business Day in same day funds.
If
and to the extent such Revolving Credit Lender shall not have so made its
Revolving Credit Ratable Share of the amount of such payment available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank, such Revolving Credit
Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing
Bank forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, for each
day from the date such payment was first due until the date such amount is
paid
to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank, at the Federal
Funds Effective Rate. The failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to make
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank
such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Ratable Share of any such payment
shall not relieve any other Revolving Credit Lender of its obligation hereunder
to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing
Bank its Revolving Credit Ratable Share of any payment on the date such payment
is to be made.
(c) The
payments made by the Revolving Credit Lenders to an Issuing Bank in
reimbursement of amounts paid by it under a Facility Letter of Credit shall
constitute, and the Borrower hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that
such
payments shall constitute, Revolving Credit Advances hereunder and such payments
shall for all purposes be treated as Revolving Credit Advances (notwithstanding
that the amounts thereof may not comply with the provisions of Section 2.5).
Such Revolving Credit Advances shall be ABR Advances, subject to the Borrower’s
rights under Article II hereof.
(d) Upon
the
request of the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender, an Issuing
Bank shall furnish to the requesting Administrative Agent or Revolving Credit
Lender copies of any Facility Letter of Credit or Application to which such
Issuing Bank is party.
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(e) The
obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to make payments to the
Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank with respect to a
Facility Letter of Credit shall be irrevocable, not subject to any qualification
or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with, but not subject
to, the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances,
including without limitation the following:
(i)
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any
lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the
other
Loan Documents;
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(ii)
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the
existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the
Borrower
may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Facility Letter
of
Credit or any transferee of any Facility Letter of Credit (or any
Person
for whom any such transferee may be acting), such Issuing Bank, the
Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender, or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, any Facility Letter of
Credit,
the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions
(including any underlying transactions between the Borrower or any
other
Loan Party and the beneficiary named in any Facility Letter of
Credit);
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(iii)
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any
draft, certificate or any other document presented under the Facility
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;
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(iv)
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the
surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance
of any of the terms of any of the Loan
Documents;
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(v)
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any
failure by the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank to make any
reports
required pursuant to Section 4.8;
or
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(vi)
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the
occurrence of any Default or Unmatured
Default.
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4.7. Compensation
for Facility Letters of Credit.(a)
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (except to the extent that
the Borrower shall be required to pay directly to the Revolving Credit Lenders
as provided in Section 4.7(c)), in the case of each outstanding Facility Letter
of Credit, the Facility Letter of Credit Fee therefor, payable quarterly in
arrears as hereinafter provided on the daily average face amount (net of
permanent reductions) of each Facility Letter of Credit outstanding at any
time
during the preceding calendar quarter (but excluding any period prior to the
Closing Date during which an Existing Letter of Credit was outstanding, with
respect to which period fees shall be payable as provided in Section 5.1(xi)).
The Facility Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears
(A) not later than five (5) Business Days following Administrative Agent’s
delivery to Borrower of the quarterly statement of Facility Letter of Credit
Fees, (B) on the Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date and (C) if any
Facility Letter of Credit remains outstanding after the Revolving Credit
Facility Termination Date on the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter
until the first day of the calendar quarter after the date on which the last
outstanding Facility Letter of Credit ceases to be outstanding (each such date
specified in clause (A), (B) or (C), a “Quarterly Payment Date”). The
Administrative Agent shall promptly remit such Facility Letter of Credit Fees,
when received by it, to the Revolving Credit Lenders in their Revolving Credit
Ratable Shares thereof.
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(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Issuing Bank (except to the extent that the Borrower shall be required to pay
directly to the Issuing Bank as provided in Section 4.7(c)) an issuance fee
of
0.125% per annum payable quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date
(including, if any Facility Letter of Credit remains outstanding after the
Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date, each Quarterly Payment Date
thereafter until the first Quarterly Payment Date after the date on which the
last outstanding Facility Letter of Credit ceases to be outstanding) on the
daily average face amount (net of permanent reductions) of each Facility Letter
of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank and that was outstanding at any time
during the preceding calendar quarter (but excluding any period prior to the
Closing Date during which an Existing Letter of Credit was outstanding, with
respect to which period fees shall be payable as provided in Section 5.1(xi)).
The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit such issuance fee, when received
by it, to such Issuing Bank.
(c) After
the
Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date and the payment in full of all other
Obligations, the Borrower shall make on each Quarterly Payment Date (i) payments
of Facility Letter of Credit Fees under Section 4.7(a) directly to the Lenders
in the amounts of their respective Revolving Credit Ratable Shares thereof
and
(ii) payments of issuance fees under Section 4.7(b) directly to each Issuing
Bank that issued a Facility Letter of Credit that was outstanding at any time
during the prior calendar quarter.
(d) Facility
Letter of Credit Fees and issuance fees payable to the Issuing Bank shall be
calculated, on a pro rata basis for the period to which such payment applies,
for actual days elapsed during such period, on the basis of a 360-day
year.
4.8. Issuing
Bank Reporting Requirements.
Each
Issuing Bank shall, no later than the third (3rd)
Business Day following the last day of each month, provide to the Administrative
Agent a schedule of the Facility Letters of Credit issued by it, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, showing the
Issuance Date, account party, original face amount, amount (if any) paid
thereunder, expiration date and the reference number of each Facility Letter
of
Credit outstanding at any time during such month (and whether such Facility
Letter of Credit is a Performance Letter of Credit or Financial Letter of
Credit) and the aggregate amount (if any) payable by the Borrower to such
Issuing Bank during the month pursuant to Section 3.2. Copies of such reports
shall be provided promptly to each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower
by
the Administrative Agent.
4.9. Indemnification;
Nature of Issuing Bank’s Duties.
(a)
In
addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in this Article IV, the
Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save the Administrative
Agent and each Revolving Credit Lender and Issuing Bank harmless from and
against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs,
charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from the
claims of third parties against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank
or
any Revolving Credit Lender as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the
issuance of any Facility Letter of Credit other than, in the case of an Issuing
Bank, as a result of its willful misconduct or gross negligence, or (ii) the
failure of an Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under a Facility Letter of Credit
issued by it as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful,
of any present or future de jure or de facto government or governmental
authority.
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(b) As
among
the Borrower, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any
Issuing Bank, the Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of,
or
misuse of Facility Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such
Facility Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Revolving Credit Lender
nor
(subject to the provisions of Section 4.9(d)) an Issuing Bank shall be
responsible: (i) for the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness
or
legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the
application for and issuance of the Facility Letters of Credit, even if it
should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) for the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Facility 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; (iii) for failure of the beneficiary of a Facility Letter of Credit
to comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Facility
Letter of Credit; (iv) for errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in
transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex
or
otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) for errors in interpretation
of
technical terms; (vi) for any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise
of
any document required in order to make a drawing under any Facility Letter
of
Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) for the misapplication by the
beneficiary of a Facility Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under
such Facility Letter of Credit; and (viii) for any consequences arising from
causes beyond the control of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank and
the
Revolving Credit Lenders including, without limitation, any act or omission,
whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto
government or governmental authority. None of the above shall affect, impair,
or
prevent the vesting of any of an Issuing Bank’s rights or powers under this
Section 4.9.
(c) In
furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions
hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by an Issuing Bank under
or
in connection with the Facility Letters of Credit or any related certificates,
if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put such Issuing Bank, the
Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender under any resulting
liability to the Borrower or relieve the Borrower of any of its obligations
hereunder to any such Person.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.9, the Borrower shall
have
no obligation to indemnify an Issuing Bank under this Section 4.9 in respect
of
any liability incurred by such Issuing Bank arising primarily out of the willful
misconduct or gross negligence of such Issuing Bank, as determined by a court
of
competent jurisdiction, or out of the wrongful dishonor by such Issuing Bank
of
a proper demand for payment made under the Facility Letters of Credit issued
by
such Issuing Bank, unless such dishonor was made at the request of the
Borrower.
4.10. Cash
Collateralization.
(a) If
the expiration date of any Facility Letter of Credit is (i) later than the
Revolving Credit Facility Termination Date or (ii) in the case of a Facility
Letter of Credit issued by a Revolving Credit Declining Lender, later than
its
Revolving Credit Declining Lender’s Termination Date or such date on which such
Declining Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment is terminated pursuant to Section
2.21, the Borrower shall, or shall cause one or more of the other Loan Parties
to, (x) in the case of clause (i) above, cash collateralize such Facility Letter
of Credit not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Revolving Credit Facility
Termination Date or (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, either cash
collateralize such Facility Letter of Credit or enter into such other
arrangements as may be satisfactory to such Revolving Credit Declining Lender
for the purpose of terminating the participation interests of all other
Revolving Credit Lenders in such Facility Letter of Credit. For purposes hereof,
“cash collateralize” means, with respect to any Facility Letter of Credit, that
the Borrower or another Loan Party shall provide, to the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders (or, with respect to clause
(ii)
above, to the applicable Revolving Credit Declining Lender), cash or other
collateral satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank and, with respect to
clause (a)
above,
the Required Revolving Credit Lenders in an amount equal to such Facility Letter
of Credit and shall enter into such other indemnification agreement as the
Issuing Bank and, in the case of clause (i) of the first sentence of this
Section 4.10(a), the Required Revolving Credit Lenders may require.
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(b) Any
Revolving Credit Declining Lender that is an Issuing Bank shall, upon
satisfaction by the Borrower of the provisions of paragraph (a) above with
respect to all outstanding Facility Letters of Credit issued by such Declining
Lender, execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, on or before the date
of termination of such Declining Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, a written
instrument satisfactory to Administrative Agent confirming that, upon the
termination of such Declining Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment, all outstanding Facility Letters of Credit issued by such Declining
Lender shall cease to be Facility Letters of Credit hereunder and that all
participation interests of the other Revolving Credit Lenders therein shall
terminate. Upon the termination of such Declining Lender’s Commitment in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.21, all outstanding Facility Letters
of Credit issued by such Declining Lender shall cease to be Facility Letters
of
Credit hereunder, and the participation interests of the other Lenders therein
shall cease and terminate.
4.11. No
Obligation.
No
Lender shall have any obligation hereunder to accept or approve any request
for,
or to issue, amend or extend, any Letter of Credit hereunder except for the
obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this Article IV.
ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
5.1. Closing
Conditions.
This
Agreement shall not be effective unless the Borrower has paid to the
Administrative Agent the fees provided for in the Fee Letter and has furnished
to the Administrative Agent:
(i)
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Copies
of the articles or certificate of incorporation of each of the Borrower
and the Company, together with all amendments, and a certificate
of good
standing, each certified by the appropriate governmental officer
in its
jurisdiction of incorporation.
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(ii)
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Copies,
certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each of the
Borrower
and the Company, of the by-laws and Board of Directors’ resolutions and
resolutions or actions of any other body authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower
or
the Company (as applicable) is a
party.
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(iii)
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An
incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary
of each of the Borrower and the Company, which shall identify by
name and
title and bear the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any
other
officers of the Borrower or the Company (as applicable) authorized
to sign
the Loan Documents to which the Borrower or the Company (as applicable)
is
a party, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders
shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing
by the
Borrower or the Company (as
applicable).
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(iv)
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To
the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of the articles
or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement or limited
liability company operating agreement of each other Loan Party, together
with all amendments, and a certificate of good standing, each certified
by
the appropriate governmental officer in its jurisdiction of
incorporation.
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(v)
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To
the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, copies, certified
by the
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each other Loan Party, of its
by-laws
and of its Board of Directors’ resolutions and of resolutions or actions
of any other body authorizing the execution, delivery and performance
of
the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a
party.
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(vi)
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An
incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary
of each other Loan Party, which shall identify by name and title
and bear
the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other officers
of such
Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Loan
Party
is a party.
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(vii)
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A
certificate, signed by the chief financial officer, controller or
chief
accounting officer of the Borrower, stating that on the initial Borrowing
Date no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is
continuing.
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(viii)
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Written
opinions of the Company’s and Borrower’s counsel, addressed to the Lenders
in substantially the forms of Exhibit
H
and Exhibit
I.
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(ix)
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Any
Notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 payable to the
order
of each such requesting Lender.
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(x)
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The
Guaranty Agreement duly executed by each of the Guarantors in
substantially the form of Exhibit
J
hereto.
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(xi)
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Evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that all “Obligations” (as that
term is defined in the Original Credit Agreement but specifically
excluding the Existing Letters of Credit) under the Original Credit
Agreement shall have been simultaneously paid in
full.
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(xii)
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Any
other information required by Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT ACT
or
necessary for the Administrative Agent or any Lender to verify the
identity of Borrower and any Guarantor as required by Section 326
of the
USA PATRIOT ACT.
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(xiii)
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Such
other documents as any Lender or its counsel may have reasonably
requested.
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5.2. Each
Advance.
The
Lenders shall not be required to make any Advance (other than an Advance that,
after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof,
does
not increase the aggregate amount of outstanding Advances under the applicable
Facility), and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or extend
a
Facility Letter of Credit unless on the applicable Borrowing Date or Issuance
Date:
(i)
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There
exists no Default or Unmatured Default, except for (A) Unmatured
Defaults
that will be cured, and that the Borrower certifies will be cured,
by the
use of the proceeds of such Advance or the issuance, amendment or
extension of such Facility Letter of Credit or (B) Unmatured Defaults
(other than the failure to pay any Obligation hereunder) that are
not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and that the
Borrower
certifies that it reasonably expects to cure before the date on which
the
same becomes a Default.
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(ii)
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The
representations and warranties contained in Article VI are true and
correct in all material respects as of such Borrowing Date or Issuance
Date except to the extent any such representation or warranty is
stated to
relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation
or
warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects
on and
as of such earlier date.
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(iii)
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All
legal matters incident to the making of such Advance or issuance,
amendment or extension of such Facility Letter of Credit shall be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and, in
the case
of a Facility Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank and its
counsel.
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Each
Ratable Borrowing Notice, Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice and Swing Line
Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Advance, and each Facility Letter
of
Credit Notice with respect to the issuance, amendment or extension of each
such
Facility Letter of Credit, shall constitute a representation and warranty by
the
Borrower that the conditions contained in Sections 5.2(i) and (ii) have been
satisfied. The Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank may require a duly
completed compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit
K
(but
without any requirement for updating the calculations of compliance with
financial covenants) as a condition to making an Advance or the issuance,
amendment or extension of a Facility Letter of Credit.
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ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
The
Borrower and the Company each represent and warrant to the Lenders
that:
6.1. Existence
and Standing.
Each of
the Borrower and the Company is a corporation, duly and properly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each
jurisdiction in which its business is conducted. Each of the other Loan Parties
is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust duly and
properly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and
(to
the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has all requisite
authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business
is
conducted to the extent in each case it is material to the operation of the
businesses of the Loan Parties taken as a whole.
6.2. Authorization
and Validity.
Each
Loan Party has the power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations
thereunder. The execution and delivery by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents
to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder have
been duly authorized by proper corporate (or, in the case of Loan Parties that
are not corporations, other) proceedings, and the Loan Documents constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the applicable Loan Parties enforceable
against them in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Laws affecting the enforcement
of
creditors’ rights generally and except, in the case of any Designated Guarantor
that, upon request by the Borrower in accordance with Section 10.13 would be
converted to a Non-Loan Party, any violation of the foregoing that does not
have
a material adverse effect on the ability of the Lenders or the Administrative
Agent to substantially realize the benefits afforded under the Loan Documents
(it being agreed that the parties will work together diligently to remedy
promptly any such violation).
6.3. No
Conflict; Consent.
Neither
the execution and delivery by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents, nor the
consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with
the
provisions thereof will violate (i) any Law binding on any of the Loan Parties
or their respective Property or (ii) the articles or certificate of
incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, articles
or
certificate of organization, by-laws, or operating or other management
agreement, as the case may be, of the Loan Parties, or (iii) the provisions
of
any material indenture, instrument or agreement to which any Loan Party is
a
party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict
with
or constitute a default thereunder, or result in, or require, the creation
or
imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of any Loan Party pursuant
to
the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. As of the Closing
Date, no order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by,
or
other action in respect of any Official Body or any other Person that has not
been obtained by any Loan Party, is required to be obtained by any Loan Party
in
connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the borrowings
and the issuance of Facility Letters of Credit under this Agreement, the payment
and performance by the Loan Parties of the Obligations or the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents.
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6.4. Financial
Statements.
The
October 31, 2005 consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries heretofore delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles in effect on the date such statements
were
prepared and fairly present the consolidated financial condition and operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date and the consolidated results
of
their operations for the period then ended.
6.5. Material
Adverse Change.
As of
the Closing Date, since October 31, 2005 there has been no change in the
business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations
of the Loan Parties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.6. Taxes.
Except
for violations or failures that individually or in the aggregate are not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties have
filed
all United States federal tax returns and all other tax returns which are
required to be filed and have paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or
pursuant to any assessment received by any of the Loan Parties, except such
taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate
reserves have been provided in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
Except for violations or failures that individually or in the aggregate are
not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no tax Liens have
been
filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes and (ii)
the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Loan Parties in respect
of any taxes or other governmental charges are adequate in all material
respects.
6.7. Litigation
and Contingent Obligations.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
6,
there
is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry
pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or
affecting any of the Loan Parties that (a) could reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect or (b) seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making
of
any Loans except (but only in the case of any litigation, arbitration,
governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry described in this clause
(b)
arising after the Closing Date) to the extent that the Borrower has disclosed
the same to the Administrative Agent and has concluded, on the basis of advice
of independent counsel and to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent,
that
the same is not reasonably likely to result in the prevention, injunction or
delay in the making of the Loans and that the pendency of such litigation,
arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry does not have
a
Material Adverse Effect. Other than (A) any Contingent Obligation or (B) any
liability incident to any litigation, arbitration or proceeding that (in the
case of either (A) or (B)) (i) could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) is set forth on Schedule
6,
as of
the Closing Date, the Loan Parties have no Contingent Obligations not provided
for or disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section
6.4.
6.8. Subsidiaries.
Schedule
7
contains
an accurate list of all Subsidiaries of the Company as of the date set forth
in
such Schedule, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of organization
and
the percentage of their respective capital stock or other ownership interests
owned by the Company, the Borrower or other Subsidiaries. All of the issued
and
outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of such
Subsidiaries have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect
to
such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable.
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6.9. Accuracy
of Information.
No
information, exhibit or report furnished by any of the Loan Parties to the
Administrative Agent or to any Lender on or before the Closing Date in
connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan Documents
contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material
fact
or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading.
6.10. Regulation
U.
None of
the Loan Parties holds or intends to hold margin stock (as defined in Regulation
U) in amounts such that more than 25% of the value of the assets of any Loan
Party are represented by margin stock.
6.11. Material
Agreements.
None of
the Loan Parties is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any
charter or other corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Loan Parties is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants
or
conditions contained in any agreement to which it is a party, which default
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.12. Compliance
With Laws.
The
Loan Parties have complied with all Laws applicable to the conduct of their
respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Property, except
for
any failure to comply that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.13. Ownership
of Properties.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
8,
on the
Closing Date, the Loan Parties will have good title, free of all Liens other
than Permitted Liens, to all of the Property and assets reflected in the
Company’s most recent consolidated financial statements provided to the
Administrative Agent as owned by the Loan Parties, except for transfers of
such
Property and assets permitted under the terms of the Prior Credit
Agreement.
6.14. ERISA.
6.14.1. Plan
Assets; Prohibited Transactions.
None of
the Loan Parties is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” within the meaning of
29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan (within the meaning
of Section 4975 of the Code), and neither the execution of this Agreement nor
the making of Loans nor the issuance of Facility Letters of Credit hereunder
gives rise to a Prohibited Transaction.
6.14.2. Liabilities.
The
Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans do not in the aggregate exceed
$10,000,000. Neither the Company nor any other member of the Controlled Group
has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any withdrawal liability
to
Multiemployer Plans or Multiple Employer Plans that individually or in the
aggregate with all such withdrawal liabilities exceeds $10,000,000.
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6.14.3. Plans
and Benefit Arrangements.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
9
or to
the extent a violation of the foregoing would not reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect:
(i)
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The
Company and each member of the Controlled Group is in compliance
with any
applicable provisions of ERISA with respect to all Benefit Arrangements,
Plans and Multiemployer Plans. There has not been any Prohibited
Transaction with respect to any Benefit Arrangement or any Plan or,
to the
best knowledge of the Company, with respect to any Multiemployer
Plan or
Multiple Employer Plan. The Company and all members of the Controlled
Group have made any and all payments required to be made under any
agreement relating to a Multiemployer Plan or a Multiple Employer
Plan or
any Law pertaining thereto. With respect to each Plan and Multiemployer
Plan, the Company and each member of the Controlled Group (i) have
fulfilled their obligations under the minimum funding standards of
ERISA,
(ii) have not incurred any liability to the PBGC and (iii) have not
had
asserted against them any penalty for failure to fulfill the minimum
funding requirements of ERISA.
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(ii)
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To
the best of the Company’s knowledge, each Multiemployer Plan and Multiple
Employer Plan is able to pay benefits thereunder when
due.
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(iii)
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Neither
the Company nor any other member of the Controlled Group has instituted
proceedings to terminate any Plan.
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(iv)
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No
event requiring notice to the PBGC under Section 302(f)(4)(A) of
ERISA has
occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan,
and
no amendment with respect to which security is required under Section
307
of ERISA has been made or is reasonably expected to be made to any
Plan.
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(v)
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The
aggregate actuarial present value of all benefit liabilities (whether
or
not vested) under each Plan, determined on a plan termination basis,
as
disclosed from time to time in and as of the date of the actuarial
reports
for such Plan does not exceed the aggregate fair market value of
the
assets of such Plan.
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(vi)
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Neither
the Company nor any other member of the Controlled Group has been
notified
by any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan that such
Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan has been terminated
within
the meaning of Title IV of ERISA and, to the best knowledge of the
Company, no Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan is or shall
be
reasonably expected to be reorganized or terminated, within the meaning
of
Title IV of ERISA.
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(vii)
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To
the extent that any Benefit Arrangement is insured, the Company and
all
members of the Controlled Group have paid when due all premiums required
to be paid. To the extent that any Benefit Arrangement is funded
other
than with insurance, the Company and all members of the Controlled
Group
have made all contributions required to be paid for all prior
periods.
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6.15. Investment
Company Act.
None of
the Loan Parties is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
6.16. Intentionally
Omitted.
6.17. Employment
Matters.
The
Loan Parties are in compliance with the Labor Contracts and all applicable
federal, state and local labor and employment Laws including, but not limited
to, those related to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, labor
relations, minimum wage, overtime, child labor, medical insurance continuation,
worker adjustment and relocation notices, immigration controls and worker and
unemployment compensation, except for failures to comply that would not
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. There are
no
outstanding grievances, arbitration awards or appeals therefrom arising out
of
the Labor Contracts or current or threatened strikes, picketing, handbilling
or
other work stoppages or slowdowns at facilities of the Company or any Loan
Party
that in any case or in the aggregate would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.18. Environmental
Matters.
Except
as disclosed on Schedule
10:
(i)
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In
the ordinary course of its business, the officers of the Company
consider
the effect of Environmental Laws on the business of the Company and
its
Subsidiaries, in the course of which they identify and evaluate potential
risks and liabilities accruing to the Company due to Environmental
Laws,
and, on the basis of this consideration, the Company has concluded
that
compliance with Environmental Laws cannot reasonably be expected
to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(ii)
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Except
for violations or failures that individually and in the aggregate
are not
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) none
of the
Loan Parties has received any Environmental Complaint from any Official
Body or other Person alleging that any Loan Party or any prior or
subsequent owner of the Property is a potentially responsible party
under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Cleanup and Liability Act,
42
U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.,
and none of the Loan Parties has any reason to believe that such
an
Environmental Complaint might be received and (B) there are no pending
or,
to the Company’s knowledge, threatened Environmental Complaints relating
to any Loan Party or, to the Company’s knowledge, any prior or subsequent
owner of the Property pertaining to, or arising out of, any Environmental
Conditions.
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(iii)
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Except
for conditions, violations or failures which individually and in
the
aggregate are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(A)
there are no circumstances at, on or under the Property that constitute
a
breach of or non-compliance with any of the Environmental Laws, and
(B)
there are no past or present Environmental Conditions at, on or under
the
Property or, to the Company’s knowledge, at, on or under adjacent
property, that prevent compliance with Environmental Laws at the
Property.
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(iv)
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Except
for conditions, violations or failures which individually and in
the
aggregate are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
neither the Property nor any structures, improvements, equipment,
fixtures, activities or facilities thereon or thereunder contain
or use
Regulated Substances except in compliance with Environmental Laws.
There
are no processes, facilities, operations, equipment or other activities
at, on or under the Property, or, to the Company’s knowledge, at, on or
under adjacent property, that result in the release or threatened
release
of Regulated Substances onto the Property, except to the extent that
such
releases or threatened releases are not a breach of or otherwise
a
violation of any Environmental Laws, or are not likely to have a
Material
Adverse Effect.
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(v)
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Except
for violations or failures which individually and in the aggregate
are not
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) there are no underground
storage tanks, or underground piping associated with such tanks,
used for
the management of Regulated Substances at, on or under the Property
that
do not have a full operational secondary containment system in place
and
are not in compliance with all Environmental Laws, and (B) there
are no
abandoned underground storage tanks or underground piping associated
with
such tanks, previously used for the management of Regulated Substances
at,
on or under the Property that have not been either abandoned in place,
or
removed, in accordance with the Environmental
Laws.
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(vi)
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Except
for violations or failures which individually and in the aggregate
are not
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) each Loan Party has
all
material permits, licenses, authorizations and approvals necessary
under
the Environmental Laws for the conduct of the business of such Loan
Party
as conducted by such Loan Party and (B) the Loan Parties have submitted
all material notices, reports and other filings required by the
Environmental Laws to be submitted to an Official Body which pertain
to
past and current operations on the
Property.
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(vii)
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Except
for violations which individually and in the aggregate are not likely
to
have a Material Adverse Effect, all past and present on-site generation,
storage, processing, treatment, recycling, reclamation of disposal
of
Solid Waste at, on, or under the Property and all off-site transportation,
storage, processing, treatment, recycling, reclamation and disposal
of
Solid Waste have been done in accordance with the Environmental
Laws.
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6.19. Senior
Debt Status.
The
Obligations rank (a) at least pari passu in priority of payment with all other
Senior Indebtedness of the Loan Parties except Indebtedness secured by Permitted
Liens and (b) prior in right of payment over the Subordinated
Indebtedness.
6.20. Designated
Guarantors.
All
Subsidiaries of the Company that are integral to the homebuilding business
of
the Toll Group are Designated Guarantors.
ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS
During
the term of this Agreement, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent
in writing, the Borrower and the Company will perform and observe, and (as
and
where applicable) will cause the other Loan Parties to perform and observe,
the
following covenants:
7.1. Financial
Reporting.
The
Company will maintain, for itself and each Subsidiary, a system of accounting
established and administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and furnish to the Lenders:
(i)
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Audited
Financial Statements.
Within 95 days after the close of each of its fiscal years, an unqualified
(except for qualifications (a) relating to changes in accounting
principles or practices reflecting changes in generally accepted
accounting principles and required or approved by the Company’s
independent certified public accountants or (b) which are not adverse
in
the judgment of the Required Lenders) audit report certified by
independent certified public accountants acceptable to the Lenders,
prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles on a
consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries, including
balance
sheets as of the end of such period, a related consolidated profit
and
loss statement, and a consolidated statement of cash flows, accompanied
by
any management letter prepared by said
accountants.
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(ii)
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Quarterly
Financial Statements.
Within 50 days after the close of the first three quarterly periods
of
each fiscal year of the Company, for the Company and its Subsidiaries,
consolidated unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each such
period
and a related consolidated profit and loss statement and a consolidated
statement of cash flows for the period from the beginning of such
fiscal
year to the end of such quarter, which statements shall be either
a
complete and accurate copy of such signed statements as filed with
the SEC
or certified by the Company’s chief financial officer, chief accounting
officer or controller (which certificate shall be satisfactory in
form to
the Administrative Agent).
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(iii)
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Annual
Plan and Forecast.
As soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the
beginning
of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the plan and forecast
(including a projected consolidated balance sheet, income statement
and
funds flow statement) of the Company for such fiscal
year.
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(iv)
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Compliance
Certificate.
Within five (5) days after each of the dates on which financial statements
are required to be delivered under Sections 7.1(i) and (ii), a compliance
certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit
K
signed by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or
controller of the Company showing the calculations necessary to determine
compliance with this Agreement and stating that no Default or Unmatured
Default exists, or if any Default or Unmatured Default exists, stating
the
nature and status thereof.
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(v)
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Annual
ERISA Statement.
If applicable, within 270 days after the close of each fiscal year,
a
statement of the Unfunded Liabilities of each Single Employer Plan,
certified as correct by an actuary enrolled under
ERISA.
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(vi)
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Reportable
Event.
As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after any Loan
Party
knows that any Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any
Plan, a
statement, signed by the chief financial officer, chief accounting
office
or controller of the Company, describing said Reportable Event and
the
action which the Company proposes to take with respect
thereto.
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(vii)
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Environmental
Notices.
As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after a Senior
Executive of a Loan Party receives the same, a copy of (a) any notice
or
claim to the effect that any Loan Party is or may be liable to any
Person
as a result of the release by any Loan Party or any other Person
of any
toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, and (b)
any
notice alleging any violation of any federal, state or local
environmental, health or safety law or regulation by any Loan Party,
that,
in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(viii)
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Borrowing
Base Certificate.
At any time that the Leverage Ratio equals or exceeds 1.75 to 1.00
as of
the last day of a fiscal quarter, simultaneous with the delivery
of the
Compliance Certificate required to be delivered with respect to such
fiscal quarter pursuant to Section 7.1(iv), a Borrowing Base
Certificate.
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(ix)
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Notices
Regarding Plans and Benefit Arrangements.
(A) Promptly
upon becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, notice (including
the
nature of the event and, when known, any action taken or threatened
by the
Internal Revenue Service or the PBGC with respect thereto) of: (1)
any
Prohibited Transaction that could subject the Company or any member
of the
Controlled Group to a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section
502(i) of
ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code
in
connection with any Plan, Benefit Arrangement or any trust created
thereunder that in either case would reasonably be expected to result
in a
liability in excess of $1,000,000; (2) any assertion of material
withdrawal liability with respect to any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple
Employer Plan; (3) any partial or complete withdrawal from a Multiemployer
Plan, by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group under
Title IV
of ERISA (or assertion thereof), which such withdrawal is likely
to result
in a material liability; (4) any withdrawal by the Company or any
member
of the Controlled Group from a Multiple Employer Plan; (5) any failure
by
the Company or any member of the Controlled Group to make a payment
to a
Plan required to avoid imposition of a lien under Section 302(f)
of ERISA;
(6) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan requiring the provision
of
security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (7) any
change
in the actuarial assumptions or funding methods used for any Plan,
where
the effect of such change is to materially increase the unfunded
benefit
liability or to materially reduce the liability to make periodic
contributions.
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(B)
Promptly after receipt thereof, copies of (a) all notices received by the
Company or any member of the Controlled Group of the PBGC’s intent to terminate
any Plan administered or maintained by the Company or any member of the
Controlled Group, or to have a trustee appointed to administer any such Plan;
and (b) at the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender each annual
report (IRS Form 5500 series) and all accompanying schedules, the most recent
actuarial reports, the most recent financial information concerning the
financial status of each Plan administered or maintained by the Company or
any
member of the Controlled Group, and schedules showing the amounts contributed
to
each such Plan by or on behalf of the Company or any member of the Controlled
Group in which any of their personnel participate or from which such personnel
may derive a benefit, and each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual
report filed by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group with the
Internal Revenue Service with respect to each such Plan.
(C)
Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of any Form 5310, or any successor
or
equivalent form to Form 5310, filed with the IRS in connection with the
termination of any Plan.
(x)
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Project
Reports.
Within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the
Borrower and, from and after delivery of a Compliance Certificate
evidencing that the Leverage Ratio exceeds 1.75 to 1.00 as of the
last day
of a fiscal quarter and until the delivery of a Compliance Certificate
for
a subsequent fiscal quarter evidencing that the Leverage Ratio does
not
exceed 1.75 to 1.00 as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, each
calendar month, statements accompanied by a certificate of the chief
financial officer, chief accounting officer or controller of Company,
actually setting forth for the last week of the prior calendar quarter
or
month (as applicable) sales reports showing unit sales and unsold
inventory completed or under construction by the Loan Parties in
connection with each of their
projects.
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Subordinated
Loan Documents.
Prior to any Loan Party’s entering into or amending any Subordinated Loan
Documents, copies thereof and a description of any material differences
between the subordination provisions of such Subordinated Loan Documents
and the subordination provisions of the Subordinated Loan Documents
identified in Schedule
4
or
most recently approved hereunder.
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(xii)
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Notice
of Litigation.
Promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all actions, suits,
proceedings or investigations before or by any Official Body or any
other
Person against any Loan Party which would be required to be reported
by
the Company on Forms 10-Q, 10-K or 8-K filed with the
SEC.
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(xiii)
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Shareholder
Reports.
Promptly upon the furnishing thereof to the shareholders of the Company,
complete and accurate copies of all financial statements, reports
and
proxy statements so furnished.
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(xiv)
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SEC
Filings.
Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements
and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports that any
of the
Loan Parties files with the SEC.
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(xv)
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Other
Information.
Such other information (including non-financial information) as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably
request.
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7.2. Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Borrower and each other Loan Party will use the proceeds of the Advances for
lawful, general business purposes. Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan
Party
will use any of the proceeds of the Advances to purchase or carry any “margin
stock” (as defined in Regulation U).
7.3. Notice
of Default.
The
Borrower will give prompt notice in writing to the Lenders of the occurrence
of
any Default or Unmatured Default (excepting any Unmatured Default that has
not
had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
and
that the Borrower reasonably expects to cure prior to the date on which such
Unmatured Default would become a Default) and of any other development,
financial or otherwise, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
7.4. Conduct
of Business.
The
Loan Parties will carry on and conduct their businesses in substantially the
same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as presently
conducted (and fields reasonably related thereto) and, in the case of the
Borrower and the Company, will do (and in the case of any other Loan Party,
to
the extent that its failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, will do) all things necessary to remain duly
incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent such concept
applies to such entity) in good standing as a domestic corporation, partnership,
trust or limited liability company in its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization, as the case may be, and maintain all requisite authority to
conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is
conducted.
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7.5. Taxes.
Except
for violations or failures that individually and in the aggregate are not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party will file
in a timely manner complete and correct United States federal and applicable
foreign, state and local tax returns required by law and pay when due all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits
or Property, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside
in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
7.6. Insurance.
Each
Loan Party will maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies insurance on all its Property in such amounts and covering such risks
as is consistent with sound business practice, and the Borrower will furnish
to
any Lender upon request full information as to the insurance
carried.
7.7. Compliance
with Laws.
Each
Loan Party will comply with all Laws (excluding Environmental Laws, compliance
with which is governed by Section 7.25) to which it may be subject, to the
extent that noncompliance could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
7.8. Maintenance
of Properties.
Each
Loan Party will maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Property in good
repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and casualty
excepted) in accordance with the general practice of other businesses of similar
character and size, and make all necessary and proper repairs, renewals and
replacements so that its business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly conducted at all times.
7.9. Inspection.
Each
Loan Party will permit the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, by their
respective representatives and agents, to inspect any of the Property, books
and
financial records of the Loan Parties, examine and make excerpts of the books
of
accounts and other financial records of the Loan Parties, and to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Loan Parties with, and to be advised
as to
the same by, their respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals
as
the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably designate.
7.10. Mergers;
Consolidations; Dissolutions.
No Loan
Party shall merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other
Person to merge into or consolidate with it unless (i) there is no Change of
Control of the Loan Party; (ii) the character of the business of the Toll Group
on a consolidated basis will not be materially changed by such occurrence;
(iii)
such occurrence shall not constitute or give rise to a Default or Unmatured
Default; and (iv) if, in the case of the Borrower or the Company, it is not
the
surviving entity of such merger or consolidation, such surviving entity shall
promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) an assumption
of
the Borrower’s or the Company’s (as applicable) obligations under the Loan
Documents to which the Borrower or the Company (as applicable) is party and
(B)
such certified resolutions, opinions of counsel and other supporting
documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all of which
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Neither the Toll
Group nor any portion thereof the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect shall
dissolve, liquidate, or wind up its business by operation of law or
otherwise.
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7.11. Distributions
of Securities.
The
Company shall not distribute to its shareholders any securities of any
Subsidiary unless (a) such Subsidiary is a Non-Loan Party; (b) such distribution
does not constitute or give rise to a Default or Unmatured Default; (c) such
distribution does not result in a Change in Control of a Loan Party; and (d)
such distribution does not materially change the operations of the Toll
Group.
7.12. Disposition
of Assets.
None of
the Loan Parties will sell, convey, assign, lease, abandon or otherwise transfer
or dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily, any of its Property (including
but
not limited to sale, assignment, discount or other disposition of accounts,
contract rights, chattel paper, equipment or general intangibles with or without
recourse or of capital stock (other than capital stock of the Company), shares
of beneficial interest or partnership interests of another Loan Party or an
Affiliate of a Loan Party), except:
(i)
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transactions
involving the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of
business;
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(ii)
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any
sale, transfer or lease of assets which are no longer necessary or
required in the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties (taken
as a
whole);
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(iii)
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any
sale, transfer or lease of assets to any other Loan
Party;
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(iv)
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any
sale, transfer or lease of assets which are replaced by substitute
assets
acquired or leased;
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(v)
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any
sale, transfer or lease of assets of, or interests in, a Non-Loan
Party or
any other Affiliate of the Company that is not a Loan Party;
and
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(vi)
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mergers
or consolidations permitted in this
Agreement.
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7.13. Borrower
a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
The
Borrower will at all times be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company or of
a
successor to the Company (but only if the ownership by such successor does
not
constitute or result in a Change of Control).
7.14. Investments
and Acquisitions.
None of
the Loan Parties will make or suffer to exist any Investments (including without
limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in, Subsidiaries),
or
commitments therefor, or will create any Subsidiary or will become or remain
a
partner in any partnership or joint venture, except Permitted
Investments.
7.15. Liens.
None of
the Loan Parties will create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or
on
any Property, except Permitted Liens.
7.16. Additional
Designated Guarantors.
The
Borrower may at any time designate (in the manner hereinafter provided) any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company as a Designated Guarantor, and shall
designate (in the manner hereinafter provided) each newly-formed or
newly-acquired Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Mortgage
Subsidiary) as a Designated Guarantor on a quarterly basis simultaneously with
its delivery of the next Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 7.1(iv)
(unless, prior to the time of such delivery, the Borrower satisfies the
requirements of Non-Designation of such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in accordance
with Section 10.13) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.16.
Such
designation of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company as a Designated
Guarantor shall be effected by the delivery by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent of each of the following:
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(i)
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Notice
by the Borrower and the Company identifying such Designated Guarantor,
the
state of its incorporation, and the ownership of the capital stock
or
other ownership interests in such Designated
Guarantor;
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(ii)
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A
Supplemental Guaranty duly executed and delivered by such Designated
Guarantor;
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(iii)
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Documents
with respect to such Designated Guarantor addressing the requirements
set
forth in clauses (iv), (v) and (vi) of Section 5.1;
and
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(iv)
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Such
information relating to the organization, operations and finances
of such
Designated Guarantor as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request.
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Upon
the
Administrative Agent’s receipt of the foregoing, all of which shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance,
such
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company shall be a Designated Guarantor and
a
Loan Party hereunder.
7.17. Subordinated
Indebtedness.
Except
as otherwise permitted in the last sentence of this Section 7.17, no Loan Party
will make any amendment or modification to any Subordinated Loan Document,
without providing at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof to the
Administrative Agent, and obtaining the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders thereto. The Loan Parties may amend or modify any Subordinated Loan
Document without obtaining the consent of the Required Lenders if after giving
effect to such amendment or modification (a) the subordination provisions
therein would be permitted under this Agreement, and (b) the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion determines that the covenants governing such
Subordinated Indebtedness affected by the amendment are no more onerous to
the
borrower of such Subordinated Indebtedness than those contained under this
Agreement.
7.18. Intercompany
Loans, Loans from Non-Loan Parties.
The
Borrower may make Intercompany Loans available to the Guarantors using proceeds
of the Loans. Each Intercompany Loan shall be evidenced either by a promissory
note of the obligor under such Intercompany Loan (individually, an “Intercompany
Note” and collectively, the “Intercompany Notes”), an intercompany account
agreement between Borrower and the obligor under such Intercompany Loan
(individually, an “Intercompany Agreement” and collectively, the “Intercompany
Agreements”) or by an entry on the books and records of the Borrower and the
obligor under such Intercompany Loan, and repayment of such Intercompany Loans
shall be on such terms as the Borrower and the Guarantors agree. Each
Intercompany Loan shall be subordinated to the Guarantors’ obligations under the
Guaranty Agreements pursuant to the terms of the Guaranty Agreement and shall
either be a demand loan or become due and payable upon the acceleration of
the
Loans pursuant to Section 9.1 after the occurrence of a Default hereunder.
Any
Intercompany Note, Intercompany Agreement or book-entry claim may in turn be
assigned by the Borrower to another Guarantor or any other member of the Toll
Group as a capital contribution. The Company shall establish and maintain such
books and records relating to Intercompany Loans and other Investments in the
Designated Guarantors as are required to enable it and the Administrative Agent
to trace advances and repayments of principal of Intercompany Loans and other
investments in the Guarantors.
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7.19. Appraisals.
7.19.1. Procedures.
The
Loan Parties shall cooperate with the Lenders and the appraisers in making
appraisals of the Borrowing Base Assets which the Administrative Agent, at
the
direction of the Required Lenders, may from time to time request. The Borrower
may, within ten (10) days following any such request by the Administrative
Agent, specify which other of the Borrowing Base Assets it requests to have
similarly appraised. Following the first to occur of (A) completion of all
appraisals requested at any one time by the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower under this Section 7.19, and (B) a date specified by the Administrative
Agent no earlier than 45 days after the last request for an appraisal has (or
could have) been made by the Borrower in accordance with the immediately
preceding sentence, the appraised values of all Borrowing Base Assets which
have
been appraised (rather than their book value) shall be used for purposes of
applying the covenant contained in Section 7.28.2. The Required Lenders shall
have the right to request appraisals pursuant to this Section 7.19 not more
than
two times in any period of twelve consecutive months, and shall specify in
such
request all of the Borrowing Base Assets for which the Lenders desire
appraisals.
7.19.2. Costs.
Any
appraisals by the Administrative Agent shall be at the Lenders’ expense (in the
proportion of their respective Ratable Shares), unless using such appraised
values would result in the covenant contained in Section 7.28.2 being violated,
in which event all such appraisals shall be at the Borrower’s
expense.
7.19.3. Appraisers.
Any
appraisals requested at any one time pursuant to this Section 7.19 shall be
made
by one or more appraisers for all properties (there shall be no more than one
appraiser for each property) located in each state selected by the Borrower
from
a list of at least three appraisers submitted by the Administrative Agent with
respect to such state at the time it makes its request. All appraisers submitted
by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 7.19 shall be appraisers
who have been approved by the Required Lenders and the Borrower (such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld) and in either event have committed to prepare
appraisals within 45 days following the date such appraisals are
requested.
7.20. Mortgage
Subsidiaries.
The
Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of the creation of any Mortgage
Subsidiary within seven (7) Business Days after such creation. Such notice
shall
include the name, state of incorporation and ownership of the capital stock
or
other ownership interests thereof. The Company shall cause the Mortgage
Subsidiaries to engage exclusively in the Mortgage Banking Business. The Company
shall deliver information relating to the organization, operations and finances
of the Mortgage Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request
from time to time.
7.21. Qualified
Ratings.
(a)
The
Company shall at all times have received at least one Qualified Rating of the
Company’s Senior Indebtedness or the Indebtedness under the Agreement or any
Indebtedness senior to the Subordinated Indebtedness from at least one Qualified
Rating Agency, and the Company shall have contracted with at least one such
Qualified Rating Agency for the periodic modification and updating of such
Qualified Ratings; provided,
however,
that,
if the Company has only one such Qualified Rating, such Qualified Rating shall
be from either Xxxxx’x or S&P. The Company shall notify the Administrative
Agent of any new rating of the Company’s Senior Indebtedness or its Indebtedness
under this Agreement which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries receives
or
any modification of an existing rating of any such Indebtedness which the
Company or any Subsidiary receives, in each instance within three (3) Business
Days following the date of such receipt by a Senior Executive of the Company.
The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of any documents
which the Company receives evidencing, describing or explaining or relating
to
such new or modified rating within such three- (3-) Business Day Period. If
the
Company shall at any time fail to have at least one Qualified Rating from either
S&P or Xxxxx’x pursuant to the first sentence above, the Company shall
immediately notify the Administrative Agent of such failure.
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(b) The
Borrower shall have a one-time election to have the Rating determined without
reference to any Qualified Rating of Fitch, which election shall be exercised
by
written notice to the Administrative Agent.
7.22. Updates
to Schedules.
Should
any of the information or disclosures provided on Schedules
6,
9
and
10
become
outdated or incorrect in any material respect, the Borrower and the Company
shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent in writing with such revisions
or updates to such Schedules as may be necessary or appropriate to update or
correct the applicable schedules hereto (i) simultaneously with or promptly
following the notice by any of the Loan Parties of a breach of covenant which
renders one or more of such schedules misleading or (ii) within five (5)
Business Days following the Administrative Agent’s request that the Borrower
provide updates to either of those Schedules; provided,
however
that
neither Schedule
6
nor
Schedule
9
nor
Schedule
10
shall be
deemed to have been amended, modified or superseded by any such correction
or
update, nor shall any breach of any covenant, warranty or representation
resulting from the inaccuracy or incompleteness of either Schedule be deemed
to
have been cured thereby, unless and until the Required Lenders, in their sole
and absolute discretion, shall have accepted in writing such revisions or
updates to such Schedules. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent an updated Schedule
7,
together with the delivery of the Borrower’s quarterly Compliance Certificate
pursuant to Section 7.1(iv), if the information contained on the Schedule
7
then in
effect shall have changed.
7.23. Plans
and Benefit Arrangements.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
9
or to
the extent a violation of the foregoing would not reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect either individually or in the aggregate with all
other
violations:
(i)
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The
Company and each member of the Controlled Group shall comply with
any
applicable provisions of ERISA with respect to all Benefit Arrangements,
Plans and Multiemployer Plans. The Company shall not permit to occur
any
Prohibited Transaction with respect to any Benefit Arrangement or
any Plan
or with respect to any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan.
The
Company and all members of the Controlled Group shall make all payments
required to be made under any agreement relating to a Multiemployer
Plan
or a Multiple Employer Plan or any Law pertaining thereto. With respect
to
each Plan and Multiemployer Plan, the Company and each member of
the
Controlled Group (i) shall fulfill their obligations under the minimum
funding standards of ERISA, (ii) shall not incur any liability to
the PBGC
and (iii) shall not have asserted against them any penalty for failure
to
fulfill the minimum funding requirements of
ERISA.
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(ii)
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Each
Multiemployer Plan and Multiple Employer Plan shall be able to pay
benefits thereunder when due.
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(iii)
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Neither
the Company nor any other member of the Controlled Group shall institute
proceedings to terminate any Plan.
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(iv)
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The
Company shall not permit to occur any event requiring notice to the
PBGC
under Section 302(f)(4)(A) of ERISA with respect to any Plan, and
no
amendment with respect to which security is required under Section
307 of
ERISA shall be made to any Plan.
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(v)
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The
aggregate actuarial present value of all benefit liabilities (whether
or
not vested) under each Plan, determined on a plan termination basis,
as
disclosed from time to time in and as of the date of the actuarial
reports
for such Plan shall not exceed the aggregate fair market value of
the
assets of such Plan.
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(vi)
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Neither
the Company nor any other member of the Controlled Group shall incur
any
withdrawal liability under ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple
Employer Plan. Neither the Company nor any other member of the Controlled
Group shall be notified by any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer
Plan that such Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan has been
terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA and no Multiemployer
Plan or Multiple Employer Plan shall be reorganized or terminated,
within
the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
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(vii)
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To
the extent that any Benefit Arrangement is insured, the Company and
all
members of the Controlled Group shall pay when due all premiums required
to be paid. To the extent that any Benefit Arrangement is funded
other
than with insurance, the Company and all members of the Controlled
Group
shall make all contributions required to be paid for all prior
periods.
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7.24. Employment
Matters.
The
Loan Parties shall comply with the Labor Contracts and all applicable labor
and
employment Laws including, but not limited to, those related to equal employment
opportunity and affirmative action, labor relations, minimum wage, overtime,
child labor, medical insurance continuation, worker adjustment and relocation
notices, immigration controls and worker and unemployment compensation, where
the failure to comply would have a Material Adverse Effect either individually
or in the aggregate with all other such failures. The Company and the Borrower
shall not permit any grievances, arbitration awards or appeals therefrom arising
out of the Labor Contracts or strikes or threatened strikes, picketing,
handbilling or other work stoppages or slowdowns at facilities of any Loan
Party
that in any case or in the aggregate would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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7.25. Environmental
Matters.
Except
as disclosed on Schedule
10
hereto:
(i)
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Except
for violations or failures which individually and in the aggregate
are not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) no Environmental
Complaint shall be issued by any Official Body or other Person alleging
that any Loan Party or any prior or subsequent owner of the Property
is a
potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Cleanup and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.
and (B) the Company and the Borrower shall not permit to occur any
Environmental Complaint relating to any Loan Party or any prior or
subsequent owner of the Property pertaining to, or arising out of,
any
Environmental Conditions.
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(ii)
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Except
for conditions, violations or failures which individually and in
the
aggregate are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(A)
the Company and the Borrower shall not permit to occur any circumstances
at, on or under the Property that constitute a breach of or non-compliance
with any of the Environmental Laws or (B) any past or present
Environmental Conditions at, on or under the Property or at, on or
under
adjacent property, that prevent compliance with Environmental Laws
at the
Property.
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(iii)
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Except
for conditions, violations or failures which individually and in
the
aggregate are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
neither the Property nor any structures, improvements, equipment,
fixtures, activities or facilities thereon or thereunder shall contain
or
use Regulated Substances except in compliance with Environmental
Laws. The
Company and the Borrower shall not permit to occur any processes,
facilities, operations, equipment or other activities at, on or under
the
Property, or at, on or under adjacent property that result in the
release
or threatened release of Regulated Substances onto the Property,
except to
the extent that such releases or threatened releases are not a breach
of
or otherwise a violation of any Environmental Laws, or are not likely
to
have a Material Adverse Effect either individually or in the
aggregate.
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(iv)
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Except
for violations or failures which individually and in the aggregate
are not
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and the
Borrower
shall not permit any underground storage tanks, or underground piping
associated with such tanks, to be used for the management of Regulated
Substances at, on or under the Property that do not have a full
operational secondary containment system in place or are not in compliance
with all Environmental Laws, and (B) the Company and the Borrower
shall
not permit the abandonment of any underground storage tanks or underground
piping associated with such tanks, previously used for the management
of
Regulated Substances at, on or under the Property, except those abandoned
in place, or removed, in accordance with the Environmental
Laws.
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(v)
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Except
for violations or failures which individually and in the aggregate
are not
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A)each Loan Party shall
have
all material permits, licenses, authorizations and approvals necessary
under the Environmental Laws for the conduct of the business of such
Loan
Party as conducted by such Loan Party and (B) the Loan Parties shall
submit all material notices, reports and other filings required by
the
Environmental Laws to be submitted to an Official Body which pertain
to
operations on the Property.
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(vi)
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Except
for violations which individually and in the aggregate are not likely
to
have a Material Adverse Effect, all on-site generation, storage,
processing, treatment, recycling, reclamation of disposal of Solid
waste
at, on, or under the Property and all off-site transportation, storage,
processing, treatment, recycling, reclamation and disposal of Solid
Waste
shall be done in accordance with the Environmental
Laws.
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7.26. Environmental
Certificates.
The
Borrowing Base Assets shall not include any Property for which a Loan Party
has
not obtained a completed certificate (including an accompanying Phase I
environmental report which report shall be in conformity with industry
standards) in respect of such Property in substantially the form of Exhibit
L
(an
“Environmental Certificate”) from a qualified independent environmental
engineer. The Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent,
furnish to the Administrative Agent Environmental Certificates with respect
to
any Property requested by the Administrative Agent that the Borrower has
included in the Borrowing Base, and may, in order to request approval of any
exception on Exhibit A of an Environmental Certificate that is not a Permitted
Environmental Exception so that the underlying assets may be included in the
Borrowing Base, furnish an Environmental Certificate to the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent shall with reasonable promptness notify the
Borrower and the Lenders of the Administrative Agent’s approval or disapproval
of any exception on Exhibit A of any such Environmental Certificate that is
not
a Permitted Environmental Exception. The other Lenders shall have ten (10)
Business Days to reverse such approval or disapproval by the vote of the
Required Lenders, in the absence of which vote the Administrative Agent’s
decision shall stand. The Borrower shall have the right from time to time to
submit another Environmental Certificate in respect of Property that was not
initially Environmentally Approved Land following the cleanup of any hazardous
materials which constituted exceptions to a prior Environmental Certificate
in
respect of such Property. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Lender
shall be liable to any Lender or to any Loan Party for any approval or
disapproval of any exceptions in any Environmental Certificate made by it in
good faith.
7.27. Senior
Debt Status.
The
Obligations will at all times rank (a) at least pari passu
in
priority of payment with all other Senior Indebtedness of the Loan Parties
except Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens and (b) prior in right of payment
to all Subordinated Indebtedness.
7.28. Financial
Covenants.
7.28.1. Leverage
Ratio.
The
Company and the Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio at any time to
be
greater than 2.00 to 1.00.
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7.28.2. Borrowing
Base.
At any
time that the Leverage Ratio as of the end of a fiscal quarter equals or exceeds
1.75 to 1.00, the Company and the Borrower will not permit the Borrowing Base
(determined as of the end of such fiscal quarter and set forth on the Borrowing
Base Certificate required to be delivered for such fiscal quarter pursuant
to
Section 7.1(viii)) to be less than the sum of (a) Senior Indebtedness (other
than Permitted Purchase Money Loans), plus (b) an amount equal to 125% of all
Permitted Purchase Money Loans secured by any of the Borrowing Base Assets,
it
being understood that a Permitted Purchase Money Loan shall not be included
in
the foregoing calculation unless Borrower has included in the Borrowing Base
the
assets securing such Permitted Purchase Money Loan.
7.28.3. Tangible
Net Worth.
The
Company will maintain at the end of each fiscal quarter a Tangible Net Worth
of
not less than the amount by which (i) the sum of (a) $1,985,000,000, (b) 50%
of
Consolidated Net Income after July 31, 2005, and (c) 50% of the proceeds of
capital stock of the Company sold by the Company after July 31, 2005 exceeds
(ii) the aggregate amount paid by the Company for repurchase of its capital
stock at any time after July 31, 2005 (but only to the extent such repurchases
do not exceed the Maximum Deductible Amount (as defined below)). As used herein,
the term “Maximum Deductible Amount” shall mean an amount equal to (A) the cost
of purchases and repurchases by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
capital stock of the Company made after July 31, 2005 not to exceed, in the
aggregate during any one-year period (as measured from November 1 to October
31
of each year) ten percent (10%) of the Tangible Net Worth as of the end of
the
fiscal year of the Company preceding such one-year period, plus (B) in addition
to the purchases and repurchases of capital stock under clause (A), the cost
of
other purchases or repurchases by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
capital stock of the Company at any time, not to exceed $35,000,000 in the
aggregate after July 31, 2005.
7.28.4. Mortgage
Subsidiaries.
The
Company and the Borrower shall not permit the ratio of Mortgage Subsidiaries’
Liabilities to Mortgage Subsidiaries’ Adjusted Shareholders Equity to exceed at
the end of any fiscal quarter 15.0 to 1.0.
7.29. Financial
Contracts.
No Loan
Party will enter into or remain liable upon any Financial Contract, except
for
Financial Contracts entered into for the purpose of managing interest rate
risks
associated with Indebtedness of the Toll Group and other risks associated with
the business of the Toll Group and not for speculative purposes.
ARTICLE
VIII
DEFAULTS
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a
Default:
8.1 Any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan
Party
to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with this
Agreement, any Loan, or any certificate or information delivered in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be false in any material
respect on the date as of which made or deemed made.
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8.2 (i)
Nonpayment of principal of any Loan when due, or (ii) nonpayment of interest
upon any Loan or of any fee or other Obligations under any of the Loan Documents
within five days after notice (which notice may include a billing statement
therefor) that the same is due.
8.3 The
breach by any Loan Party (other than a breach which constitutes a Default under
another Section of this Article VIII) of any of the terms or provisions of
this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents which is not cured within thirty
days after notice thereof given in accordance with Section 14.1 or after the
date on which any Senior Executive becomes aware of the occurrence thereof,
whichever first occurs (such grace period to be applicable only in the event
such breach can be cured by corrective action of the Loan Parties as determined
by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion).
8.4 Failure
of any Loan Party to pay when due any Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Nonrecourse Indebtedness) aggregating in excess of $10,000,000 (“Material
Indebtedness”); or the default by any Loan Party in the performance (beyond the
applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any) of any term, provision
or
condition contained in any agreement or agreements under which any such Material
Indebtedness was created or is governed, or any other event shall occur or
condition exist, the effect of which default or event is to cause, or to permit
the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness to cause, such Material
Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any Material
Indebtedness of any Loan Party shall be declared to be due and payable or
required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled
payment) prior to the stated maturity thereof; or any Loan Party shall not
pay,
or shall admit in writing its inability to pay, its debts generally as they
become due.
8.5 Any
Loan
Party shall (i) have an order for relief entered with respect to it under the
Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect, (ii) make an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, (iii) apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce
in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator
or
similar official for it or any Substantial Portion of its Property, (iv)
institute any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the Federal
bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect or seeking to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts under
any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of
debtors or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material
allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v) take any corporate,
partnership or limited liability company action to authorize or effect any
of
the foregoing actions set forth in this Section 8.5 or (vi) fail to contest
in
good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 8.6.
8.6 Without
the application, approval or consent of a Loan Party, a receiver, trustee,
examiner, liquidator or similar official shall be appointed for such Loan Party
or any Substantial Portion of the Property of the Loan Parties, or a proceeding
described in Section 8.5(iv) shall be instituted against any Loan Party and
such
appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed
or
unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days.
8.7 Any
court, government or governmental agency shall condemn, seize or otherwise
appropriate, or take custody or control of, all or any portion of the Property
of any Loan Party which, when taken together with all other Property of the
Loan
Parties so condemned, seized, appropriated, or taken custody or control of,
during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the quarter
in
which any such action occurs, constitutes a Substantial Portion.
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8.8 The
Loan
Parties shall fail within 30 days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any one
or
more judgments or orders for the payment of money (other than in respect of
Permitted Nonrecourse Indebtedness) in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate,
which are not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in
good faith.
8.9 The
Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans shall exceed in the aggregate
$10,000,000 or any Reportable Event shall occur in connection with any
Plan.
8.10 The
Company or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified
by
the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan that it has
incurred withdrawal liability to such Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer
Plan in an amount which, when aggregated with all other amounts required to
be
paid to Multiemployer Plans or Multiple Employer Plan by the Company or any
other member of the Controlled Group as withdrawal liability (determined as
of
the date of such notification), exceeds $10,000,000 or requires payments
exceeding $5,000,000 per annum.
8.11 The
Company or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have been notified
by
the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan that such
Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan is in reorganization or is being
terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, if as a result of such
reorganization or termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Borrower
and the other members of the Controlled Group (taken as a whole) to all
Multiemployer Plans and Multiple Employer Plans which are then in reorganization
or being terminated have been or will be increased over the amounts contributed
to such Multiemployer Plans and Multiple Employer Plans for the respective
plan
years of each such Multiemployer Plan and Multiple Employer Plans immediately
preceding the plan year in which the reorganization or termination occurs by
an
amount exceeding $10,000,000.
8.12 Any
Loan
Party shall (i) be the subject of any proceeding or investigation pertaining
to
the release of any Regulated Substance into the environment, or (ii) violate
any
Environmental Law, which, in the case of an event described in clause (i) or
clause (ii) or all such events in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.13 Any
Change in Control shall occur.
Any
action shall be taken by a Loan Party to discontinue or to assert the invalidity
or unenforceability of any Guaranty Agreement, or any Guarantor shall deny
that
it has any further liability under any Guaranty Agreement to which it is a
party, or shall give notice to such effect.
8.14 Any
Loan
Document shall fail to remain in full force and effect unless released by the
Lenders.
8.15 The
representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.14.1 (“Plan Assets;
Prohibited Transactions”) shall at any time not be true and
correct.
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The
Borrower may cure any Default (other than any failure to pay the Obligations)
that relates exclusively to a Designated Guarantor by Conversion of such
Designated Guarantor to a Non-Loan Party, to the extent permitted by and subject
to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.13, provided
that
such Conversion is completed (except as otherwise provided in Section 10.13(b))
not later than thirty (30) days after the first to occur of (a) such Default
or
(b) the day that a Senior Executive of the Company first learned of the
Unmatured Default that, with the lapse of time or giving of notice, or both,
has
ripened or may ripen into such Default.
ARTICLE
IX
ACCELERATION,
WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
9.1. Acceleration.
If any
Default described in Section 8.5 or 8.6 occurs with respect to the Borrower
or
the Company, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the
obligations of the Lenders to issue, amend or extend any Facility Letter of
Credit hereunder shall automatically terminate and the Obligations shall
immediately become due and payable without any election or action on the part
of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender. If any other Default occurs, the
Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the
Required Lenders) may terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders to
make Loans hereunder and the obligation of any Lender to issue, amend or extend
any Facility Letter of Credit hereunder, or declare the Obligations to be due
and payable, or both, whereupon the Obligations shall become immediately due
and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of
which the Borrower hereby expressly waives.
If,
within 30 days after acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations or
termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing
Bank(s) to issue, amend or extend Facility Letters of Credit hereunder as a
result of any Default (other than any Default as described in Section 8.5 or
8.6
with respect to the Borrower or the Company) and before any judgment or decree
for the payment of the Obligations due shall have been obtained or entered,
the
Required Lenders (in their sole discretion) shall so direct, the Administrative
Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, rescind and annul such acceleration
and/or termination.
9.2. Amendments.
Subject
to the provisions of this Article IX, the Required Lenders (or the
Administrative Agent with the consent in writing of the Required Lenders),
the
Borrower and the Company may enter into agreements for the purpose of adding
or
modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the
rights of the Lenders or the Borrower hereunder or waiving any Default
hereunder; provided,
however,
that no
such agreement or any waiver shall, (a) without the consent of all of the
Lenders under the affected Facility:
(i)
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Extend
the final maturity of any Loan under such Facility (except as provided
in
Section 2.17) or forgive all or any portion of the principal amount
thereof, or reduce the rate (whether by modification of the Pricing
Schedule or otherwise) or extend the time for payment of or forgive
interest or fees thereon; or
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(ii)
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Extend
the Facility Termination Date under such Facility (except as provided
in
Section 2.17), or increase the amount of the Commitment of any Lender
under such Facility (except as agreed to by such Lender pursuant
to the
provisions of Section 2.18);
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or
(b)
without the consent of all Lenders:
(i)
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Permit
the Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement;
or
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(ii)
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Increase
the amount of the Aggregate Facility (except as provided in Section
2.18);
or
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(iii)
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Reduce,
directly or indirectly, the percentage specified in the definition
of
“Majority Lenders or” “Required Lenders,” “Required Revolving Credit
Lenders” or “Required Term Lenders” or change any provision that calls for
consent, approval or other action by the Majority Lenders, Required
Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders, Required Term Lenders,
all
Lenders or any particular affected Lender;
or
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(iv)
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Amend
this Section 9.2 or Section 12.1;
or
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(v)
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Release
any Guarantor (except for the release of a Designated Guarantor as
provided in Section 10.13).
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No
amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Administrative
Agent or the Swing Line Lender shall be effective without its written consent,
and no amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to any outstanding
Facility Letter of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank shall be effective without
its written consent. The Administrative Agent may waive payment of the fee
required under Section 13.3.2 without obtaining the consent of any other party
to this Agreement.
9.3. Preservation
of Rights.
No
delay or omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any
right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be
a
waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and the making of a Loan
or
the issuance, amendment or extension of a Facility Letter of Credit
notwithstanding the existence of a Default or the inability of the Borrower
to
satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan or the issuance, amendment or
extension of such Facility Letter of Credit shall not constitute any waiver
or
acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not
preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or
provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing
signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 9.2, and then only to the
extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in the
Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until the Obligations have been
paid
in full.
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ARTICLE X
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
10.1. Survival
of Representations.
All
representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement
shall
survive the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Facility Letters of
Credit herein contemplated.
10.2. Governmental
Regulation.
Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender
shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any
limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or
regulation.
10.3. Headings.
Section
headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall
not govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan
Documents.
10.4. Entire
Agreement.
The
Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding among the Borrower,
the Company, Administrative Agent and the Lenders and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings among the Borrower, the Company, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof
(other than the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter).
10.5. Several
Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement.
The
respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint or
joint and several and no Lender shall be the partner or agent of any other
(except to the extent to which the Administrative Agent is authorized to act
as
such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder
shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. This
Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon
any
Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors
and assigns, provided,
however,
that
the parties hereto expressly agree that the Arrangers (and, in the case of
the
provisions of Section 10.6(b), any other Person indemnified by the Borrower
thereunder) shall enjoy the benefits of the provisions of Sections 10.6, 10.10
and 11.11 to the extent specifically set forth therein and shall have the right
to enforce such provisions on its, his or her own behalf and in its, his or
her
own name to the same extent as if it, he or she were a party to this
Agreement.
10.6. Expenses;
Indemnification.
(a)
The
Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent and JPMSI for any costs,
internal charges and out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees and
expenses of attorneys for the Administrative Agent and JPMSI and (but only
(1)
after the occurrence of any Default or (2) with the Borrower’s prior approval,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld) other advisors and professionals
engaged by the Administrative Agent or JPMSI) paid or incurred by the
Administrative Agent or JPMSI in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution, delivery, syndication, amendment, modification, and administration
of
the Loan Documents. The Borrower also agrees to reimburse the Administrative
Agent, JPMSI and the Lenders for any costs, internal charges and out-of-pocket
expenses (including fees and expenses of attorneys for the Administrative Agent,
JPMSI and the Lenders), paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, JPMSI
or
any Lender in connection with the collection and enforcement of the Loan
Documents.
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(b) The
Borrower hereby further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, each
Arranger and each Lender, its directors, officers and employees against all
losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, all reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys
and other expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the
Administrative Agent, either Arranger or any Lender is a party thereto) which
any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to this Agreement,
the
other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or
indirect application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan
hereunder except to the extent that they are determined in a final
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking
indemnification. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 10.6 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
10.7. Numbers
of Documents.
All
statements, notices, closing documents, and requests hereunder shall (if the
Administrative Agent so requests) be furnished to the Administrative Agent
with
sufficient counterparts so that the Administrative Agent may furnish one to
each
of the Lenders.
10.8. Accounting.
Except
as provided to the contrary herein, all accounting terms used herein shall
be
interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
10.9. Severability
of Provisions.
Any
provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable,
or
invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative,
unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that
jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision
in
any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents
are
declared to be severable.
10.10. Nonliability
of Lenders.
The
relationship between the Borrower on the one hand and the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent on the other hand shall be solely that of borrower and
lender. Neither the Administrative Agent, either Arranger nor any Lender shall
have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrower, the Company or any other
Loan Party. Neither the Administrative Agent, either Arranger nor any Lender
undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower, the Company or any other Loan
Party to review or inform the Borrower, the Company or any other Loan Party
of
any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrower’s, the Company’s or any
other Loan Party’s business or operations. The Borrower and the Company agree
that neither the Administrative Agent, either Arranger nor any Lender shall
have
liability to the Borrower, the Company or any other Loan Party (whether sounding
in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by the Borrower, the Company
or any other Loan Party in connection with, arising out of, or in any way
related to, the transactions contemplated and the relationship established
by
the Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection
therewith, unless it is determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a
court
of competent jurisdiction that such losses resulted from the gross negligence
or
willful misconduct of the party from which recovery is sought. Neither the
Administrative Agent, either Arranger nor any Lender shall have any liability
with respect to, and the Borrower, the Company and each other Loan Party hereby
waives, releases and agrees not to xxx for, any special, indirect or
consequential damages suffered by the Borrower, the Company or any other Loan
Party in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the Loan
Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
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10.11. Confidentiality.
Each
Lender agrees to hold any confidential information which it may receive from
the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement in confidence, except for disclosure (i)
to
its Affiliates and to other Lenders and their respective Affiliates, (ii) to
legal counsel, accountants, and other professional advisors to that Lender
or to
a Transferee, (iii) to regulatory officials, (iv) to any Person as requested
pursuant to or as required by law, regulation, or legal process, (v) to any
Person in connection with any legal proceeding to which that Lender is a party,
and (vi) permitted by Section 13.4.
10.12. Nonreliance.
Each
Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or looking to any margin
stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System) for the repayment of the Loans provided for herein.
10.13. Conversion
and Non-Designation of Designated Guarantors.
(a)
The
Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request that a
Designated Guarantor be released from its Guaranty Agreement and thereby be
converted to a Non-Loan Party (a “Conversion”) or that a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of the Company not be required to be designated as a Designated Guarantor (a
“Non-Designation”), on and subject to the following conditions:
(i)
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No
Default or Unmatured Default shall exist (except any Default or Unmatured
Default that will be cured as a result of such Conversion or
Non-Designation) and no other Default or Unmatured Default will exist
as a
result of such Conversion or
Non-Designation.
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(ii)
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In
the case of a Conversion, the stockholders’ equity in such Designated
Guarantor and in the case of a Non-Designation, the stockholders’ equity
in such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, shall not exceed five percent (5%)
of the
total consolidated stockholders’ equity in all Loan Parties. Determination
of such percentages of stockholders’ equity shall be made as of the end of
the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company for which the financial
statements required under Sections 7.1(i) or (ii) (as applicable)
are
available at the time of such request for Conversion or
Non-Designation.
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(iii)
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The
stockholders’ equity in all Designated Guarantors that the Borrower
requests to be converted into Non-Loan Parties in any period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters and in all Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
of the
Company that the Borrower requests not to be designated as Designated
Guarantors during such four-quarter period shall not in the aggregate
exceed ten percent (10%) (or fifteen percent (15%) if and to the
extent
necessary to permit the Borrower to cure a Default by Conversion
of a
Designated Guarantor) of the lowest total consolidated stockholders’
equity in all Loan Parties at the end of any fiscal quarter during
such
four-quarter period. Determination of such aggregate amounts of
stockholders’ equity of such applicable Designated Guarantors or
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries shall be made by adding the amounts of
stockholders’ equity of each such applicable Designated Guarantor and
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (as determined at the time of request for
Conversion of such Designated Guarantor or Non-Designation of such
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in accordance with clause (ii)
above).
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(iv)
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The
disposition by the Company of such Designated Guarantor (in the case
of a
Conversion) or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (in the case of a Non-Designation)
would not have a material effect on the homebuilding business of
the other
Loan Parties, operationally or
otherwise.
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(v)
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The
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, together with
the
Borrower’s notice requesting the Conversion of a Designated Guarantor or
Non-Designation of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, a certificate of the
Borrower and the Company, certifying that the conditions set forth
in
clauses (i) through (iv) above are satisfied with respect to such
Conversion or Non-Designation, together with (A) in the case of a
Conversion, a Compliance Certificate, as of the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available, prepared
taking into account such Conversion and a projection of the calculations
for the Compliance Certificate for the next succeeding fiscal quarter
and
(B) in any case, such other evidence in support of the satisfaction
of
such conditions as the Administrative Agent shall
request.
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(vi)
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Such
Conversion or Non-Designation shall comply with the provisions of
Section
10.13(d).
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Upon
the
Administrative Agent’s determination that the foregoing conditions with respect
to the Conversion of a Designated Guarantor have been satisfied, the
Administrative Agent shall (except as otherwise provided in Section 10.13(b))
promptly (1) execute and deliver, for and on behalf of itself and the Lenders,
a
release of such Designated Guarantor from its Guaranty Agreement, whereupon
such
Designated Guarantor shall cease to be a Designated Guarantor and Loan Party
and
shall be a Non-Loan Party, and (2) give notice to the Lenders of the Conversion
of such Designated Guarantor. Upon the Administrative Agent’s determination that
the foregoing conditions with respect to the Non-Designation of a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Company have been satisfied, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly give notice of such Non-Designation to the Borrower and the
Lenders.
(b) Notwithstanding
the satisfaction of the conditions for Conversion of a Designated Guarantor
pursuant to Section 10.13(a), if requested by the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent may elect, in its sole discretion, not to release such Designated
Guarantor from its Guaranty, in which event such Designated Guarantor shall
remain a Guarantor but shall not constitute a Loan Party hereunder for purposes
of compliance with the representations, warranties and covenants contained
in
this Agreement (including without limitation the covenants contained in Section
7.28) and the provisions of Article VIII. If the Administrative Agent so elects
not to release such Designated Guarantor, it shall so notify the Borrower and
the Lenders, and the Majority Lenders may at any time direct the Administrative
Agent to release such Designated Guarantor from its Guaranty.
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(c) If
prior
to the release of a Designated Guarantor from its Guaranty, the Borrower
determines and certifies to the Administrative Agent that the inclusion of
such
Designated Guarantor as a Loan Party hereunder for all purposes (including
without limitation compliance with the covenants contained in Section 7.28)
would not result in a Default or Unmatured Default, the Borrower may request
the
Administrative Agent to reinstate such Designated Guarantor as a Loan Party
hereunder for all purposes. As a condition of any such reinstatement, the
Administrative Agent may request the Borrower to deliver to the Administrative
Agent evidence in support of the Borrower’s certification, including without
limitation (i) a Compliance Certificate with respect to the most recent fiscal
quarter for which financial statements of the Company are available, reflecting
the inclusion of such Designated Guarantor as a Loan Party and evidencing
compliance with the covenants hereunder and (ii) a projection of the Compliance
Certificate for the next fiscal quarter, also reflecting the inclusion of such
Designated Guarantor as a Loan Party and projecting compliance with the
covenants hereunder. Upon the Administrative Agent’s approval of the Borrower’s
certification and supporting evidence, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the
Borrower and the Lenders that such Designated Guarantor has been so reinstated,
and from and after the delivery of such notice, such Designated Guarantor shall
again be a Loan Party hereunder for all purposes.
(d) At
all
times after the Borrower has satisfied the conditions of Conversion of a
Designated Guarantor as provided in Section 10.13(a) but prior to the release
of
such Designated Guarantor from its Guaranty, all reports required to be
furnished under Section 7.1 hereof or any other provisions of this Agreement
shall exclude such Designated Guarantor as a Loan Party hereunder unless and
until such Designated Guarantor is reinstated as a Loan Party as provided in
Section 10.13(c).
10.14. Non-Funding
Lender.
Except
for matters described in Section 9.2, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any
voting rights under this Agreement.
10.15. USA
PATRIOT ACT.
Each
Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III
of
Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) hereby notifies
the Borrower and the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the Act,
it is
or may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
the
Borrower and the Guarantors which information includes the name and address
of
the Borrower and the Guarantors and other information that will allow such
Lender to identify the Borrower and the Guarantors in accordance with the
Act.
ARTICLE
XI
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
11.1. Appointment;
Nature of Relationship.
JPMorgan Chase is hereby appointed by each of the Lenders as its contractual
representative (herein referred to as the “Administrative Agent”) hereunder and
under each other Loan Document, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes
the Administrative Agent to act as the contractual representative of such Lender
with the rights and duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents. The Administrative Agent agrees to act as such contractual
representative upon the express conditions contained in this Article XI.
Notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent,” it is
expressly understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall not have
any
fiduciary responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document and that the Administrative Agent is merely acting as the
contractual representative of the Lenders with only those duties as are
expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In its
capacity as the Lenders’ contractual representative, the Administrative Agent
(a) does not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders, (b)
is a
“representative” of the Lenders within the meaning of the term “secured party”
in the Uniform Commercial Code and (c) is acting as an independent contractor,
the rights and duties of which are limited to those expressly set forth in
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby agrees to
assert no claim against the Administrative Agent on any agency theory or any
other theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty, all of which claims
each
Lender hereby waives.
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11.2. Powers.
The
Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under the Loan
Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the
terms
of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The Administrative Agent shall have no implied duties (other than those of
good
faith and fair dealing) to the Lenders, or any obligation to the Lenders to
take
any action thereunder except any action specifically provided by the Loan
Documents to be taken by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
shall exercise the same care in its administration of the Facilities as it
would
exercise in the administration of a loan facility entirely for its own
account.
11.3. General
Immunity.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Agent nor any of the directors, officers,
agents or employees of the Administrative Agent or any Agent shall be liable
to
the Borrower or other Loan Party, the Lenders or any Lender for any action
taken
or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document
or in connection herewith or therewith except to the extent such action or
inaction is determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have arisen from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Person.
11.4. No
Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Agent nor any of the directors, officers,
agents or employees of the Administrative Agent or any Agent shall be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify (a)
any
statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Loan Document
or any borrowing hereunder or any issuance, amendment or extension of a Facility
Letter of Credit hereunder; (b) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document, including,
without limitation, any agreement by an obligor to furnish information directly
to each Lender; (c) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article
V,
except receipt of items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent;
(d) except as otherwise provided in this Article XI, the existence or possible
existence of any Default or Unmatured Default; (e) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness, sufficiency or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other
instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith; (f) the value,
sufficiency, creation, perfection or priority of any Lien in any collateral
security; or (g) the financial condition of the Borrower, the Company or any
other Loan Party or their respective Subsidiaries. The Administrative Agent
shall promptly disclose to the Lenders all information furnished by the Borrower
or the Company pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement but shall have
no
duty to disclose to the Lenders information that is not required to be furnished
by the Borrower or the Company to the Administrative Agent at such time, but
that is voluntarily furnished by the Borrower or the Company to the
Administrative Agent (either in its capacity as Administrative Agent or in
its
individual capacity). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
Administrative Agent shall make available promptly after the date of this
Agreement to any Lender copies of all Loan Documents in its possession which
are
requested by such Lender. Administrative Agent shall also furnish to all Lenders
promptly copies of any notices of an Unmatured Default or Default issued by
Administrative Agent to Borrower and copies of financial statements and
compliance certificates required by this Agreement that are received by
Administrative Agent from Borrower (and not furnished directly by Borrower
to
the Lenders).
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11.5. Action
on Instructions of Lenders.
Except
with respect to matters requiring consent or approval of all Lenders or of
particular affected Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall in all cases be
fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder and under
any
other Loan Document in accordance with written instructions signed by the
Required Lenders (or the Majority Lenders to the extent that this Agreement
provides therefor), and such instructions and any action taken or failure to
act
pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders. The Lenders hereby
acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to take any
discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions
of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall be requested in
writing to do so by the Required Lenders (or the Majority Lenders to the extent
that this Agreement provides therefor). The Administrative Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any
other Loan Document unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction
by
the Lenders pro rata (in their respective Ratable Shares) against any and all
liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing
to take any such action.
11.6. Employment
of Agents and Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties as Administrative Agent
hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through employees, agents,
and
attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, except as to
money
or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the default or
misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with
reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning the contractual arrangement between the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders and all matters pertaining to the Administrative Agent’s duties
hereunder and under any other Loan Document.
11.7. Reliance
on Documents; Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any Note, notice, consent,
certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, statement, paper or document believed
by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper
person or persons, and, in respect to legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel
selected by the Administrative Agent, which counsel may be employees of the
Administrative Agent.
11.8. Administrative
Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification.
The
Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent, solely in
its
capacity as such, ratably, in their respective Ratable Shares, (a) for any
amounts not reimbursed by the Borrower for which the Administrative Agent is
entitled to reimbursement by the Borrower under the Loan Documents, (b) for
any
other expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders,
in
connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration and
enforcement of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, for any
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with any dispute
between the Administrative Agent and any Lender or between two or more of the
Lenders) and (c) for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and
nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against
the
Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents
or any other document delivered in connection therewith or the transactions
contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, for any such amounts
incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in connection with
any
dispute between the Administrative Agent and any Lender or between two or more
of the Lenders), or the enforcement of any of the terms of the Loan Documents
or
of any such other documents, provided,
however,
that no
Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent any of the
foregoing is found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of
the Administrative Agent. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section
11.8
shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this
Agreement.
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11.9. Notice
of Default.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge or notice
of
the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default hereunder (other than a
Default under Section 8.2) unless the Administrative Agent has received written
notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement describing
such
Default or Unmatured Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of
default” or that such notice is delivered pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof. In the
event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative
Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.
11.10. Rights
as a Lender.
In the
event the Administrative Agent or any Agent is a Lender, the Administrative
Agent or such Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under
any other Loan Document with respect to its Commitments and its Loans as any
Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent
or such Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, at any time when the
Administrative Agent or such Agent is a Lender, unless the context otherwise
indicates, include the Administrative Agent or such Agent in its individual
capacity. The Administrative Agent, any Agent and their respective Affiliates,
and each of the other Lenders, may accept deposits from, lend money to, and
generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in
addition to those contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
with the Borrower, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower,
the Company or such Subsidiary is not restricted hereby from engaging with
any
other Person.
11.11. Lender
Credit Decision.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, any Agent, either Arranger or any other Lender and based
on the financial statements prepared by the Borrower or the Company and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Agent, either Arranger or any other
Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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11.12. Successor
Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time, and shall resign immediately if
the
sum of its Revolving Credit Commitment and Term Loans shall at any time be
less
than $20,000,000, by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the
Borrower, such resignation to be effective upon the appointment of a successor
Administrative Agent or, if no successor Administrative Agent has been
appointed, sixty days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice
of
its intention to resign. The Administrative Agent may be removed at any time
with or without cause by written notice received by the Administrative Agent
from the Required Lenders, such removal to be effective on the date specified
by
the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders
shall have the right to appoint, on behalf of the Borrower, the Company and
the
Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent subject to the consent of the
Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
provided,
however,
that if
a Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower shall
not
be required. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed
by the Required Lenders within thirty days after the resigning Administrative
Agent’s giving notice of its intention to resign, then the resigning
Administrative Agent may appoint, on behalf of the Borrower, the Company and
the
Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent subject to the consent of the
Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Administrative Agent may at any
time
without the consent of the Borrower or any Lender, appoint any of its Affiliates
which is a commercial bank as a successor Administrative Agent hereunder. If
the
Administrative Agent has resigned or been removed and no successor
Administrative Agent has been appointed, the Lenders may perform all the duties
of the Administrative Agent hereunder and the Borrower shall make all payments
in respect of the Obligations to the applicable Lender and for all other
purposes shall deal directly with the Lenders. No successor Administrative
Agent
shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such successor Administrative
Agent has accepted (i) the appointment and (ii) unless the successor
Administrative Agent is an Affiliate of the prior Administrative Agent, an
assignment of the Swing Line Commitment. Any such successor Administrative
Agent
shall be a commercial bank having capital and retained earnings of at least
$100,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the resigning or removed Administrative Agent. Upon
the
effectiveness of the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, the
resigning or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents, except for liabilities
accrued, or arising from its acts or omissions prior to, such resignation or
removal. After the effectiveness of the resignation or removal of an
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article XI shall continue in effect
for the benefit of such Administrative Agent in respect of any actions taken
or
omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. In the event that there is a
successor to the Administrative Agent by merger, or the Administrative Agent
assigns its duties and obligations to an Affiliate pursuant to this Section
11.12, then the term “Prime Rate” as used in this Agreement shall mean the prime
rate, base rate or other analogous rate of the new Administrative
Agent.
11.13. Administrative
Agent’s Fee.
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the
fees agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent pursuant to the
Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter or as otherwise agreed by them from time to
time.
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11.14. Delegation
to Affiliates.
The
Borrower, the Company and the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agent may
delegate any of its duties under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates. Any
such Affiliate (and such Affiliate’s directors, officers, agents and employees)
which performs duties in connection with this Agreement shall be entitled to
the
same benefits of the indemnification, waiver and other protective provisions
to
which the Administrative Agent is entitled under Articles X and XI.
11.15. Agents’
Responsibilities and Duties.
None of
the Agents shall have any responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as an
Agent. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Agents shall have or be
deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with the Borrower or any
Lender.
ARTICLE
XII
SETOFF;
RATABLE PAYMENTS
12.1. Setoff.
In
addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of the Lenders under
applicable law, if the Borrower or the Company becomes insolvent, however
evidenced, or any Default occurs, any and all deposits (including all account
balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or
available) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender
or
any Affiliate of any Lender to or for the credit or account of the Borrower
or
the Company may be offset and applied toward the payment of the Obligations
owing to such Lender, whether or not the Obligations, or any part hereof, shall
then be due.
12.2. Ratable
Payments.
If any
Lender under a Facility, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to
it
upon its Loans under such Facility (other than payments received pursuant to
Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5 or payments made in respect of Competitive Bid
Loans or Swing Line Advances in accordance with Section 2.10(b)) in a greater
proportion than that received by any other Lender under such Facility, such
Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion of the Ratable Loans
held by the other Lenders under such Facility so that after such purchase each
Lender under such Facility will hold its ratable proportion of Ratable Loans
under such Facility. If any Lender under a Facility, whether in connection
with
setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise, receives
collateral or other protection for its Obligations under such Facility or such
amounts which may be subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon
demand, to take such action necessary such that all Lenders under such Facility
share in the benefits of such collateral ratably in proportion to their Loans
under such Facility. In case any such payment is disturbed by legal process,
or
otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall be made.
ARTICLE
XIII
BENEFIT
OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
13.1. Successors
and Assigns.
The
terms and provisions of the Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure
to
the benefit of the Borrower, the Company and the Lenders and their respective
successors and assigns, except that (a) neither the Borrower nor the Company
shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under the Loan
Documents and (b) any assignment by any Lender must be made in compliance with
Section 13.3. Notwithstanding clause (b) of this Section, any Lender may at
any
time, without the consent of the Borrower, the Company or the Administrative
Agent, assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and any
Note
to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided,
however,
that no
such assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank shall release the transferor Lender
from its obligations hereunder. The Administrative Agent may treat the Person
which made any Loan or which holds any Note as the owner thereof for all
purposes hereof unless and until such Person complies with Section 13.3 in
the
case of an assignment thereof or, in the case of any other transfer, a written
notice of the transfer is filed with the Administrative Agent. Any assignee
or
transferee of the rights to any Loan or any Note agrees by acceptance of such
transfer or assignment to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Loan
Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any Person, who at the time
of
making such request or giving such authority or consent is the owner of the
rights to any Loan (whether or not a Note has been issued in evidence thereof),
shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee or assignee
of the rights to such Loan.
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13.2. Participations.
13.2.1. Permitted
Participants; Effect.
Any
Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with
applicable law, at any time sell (i) to any Person participating interests
in
any Competitive Bid Loan held by such Lender, and (ii) to a Qualified Bank
(“Participant”) participating interests in any Ratable Loan owing to such
Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any
other
interest of such Lender under the Loan Documents. The consent of the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent shall be required prior to a sale of a
participating interest described in clause (ii) above becoming effective with
respect to a Participant which is not a Lender or an Affiliate thereof;
provided,
however,
that if
a Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower shall
not
be required. Such consents shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event
of
any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such
Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the owner of its
Loans
and the holder of any Note issued to it in evidence thereof for all purposes
under the Loan Documents, all amounts payable by the Borrower under this
Agreement shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating
interests, and the Borrower, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents.
13.2.2. Voting
Rights.
Each
Lender shall retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any
Participant, any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the
Loan
Documents other than any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to
any
Loan or Commitment in which such Participant has an interest which forgives
principal, interest or fees or reduces the interest rate or fees payable with
respect to any such Loan or Commitment, extends the Facility Termination Date
under the applicable Facility (except as provided in Section 2.17), postpones
any date fixed for any regularly-scheduled payment of principal of, or interest
or fees on, any such Loan or Commitment, releases any Guarantor (except for
a
release of a Designated Guarantor as provided in Section 10.13) of any such
Loan
or releases all or substantially all of the collateral, if any, securing any
such Loan.
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13.2.3. Benefit
of Setoff.
The
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of
setoff provided in Section 12.1 in respect of its participating interest in
amounts owing under the Loan Documents to the same extent as if the amount
of
its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under the
Loan
Documents, provided
that
each Lender shall retain the right of setoff provided in Section 12.1 with
respect to the amount of participating interests sold to each Participant.
The
Lenders agree to share with each Participant, and each Participant, by
exercising the right of setoff provided in Section 12.1, agrees to share with
each Lender, any amount received pursuant to the exercise of its right of
setoff, such amounts to be shared in accordance with Section 12.2 as if each
Participant were a Lender.
13.3. Assignments.
13.3.1. Permitted
Assignments.
Any
Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with
applicable law (and, in the case of any assignment of the Swing Line Commitment,
in compliance with Section 13.3.3), at any time assign to a Qualified Bank
(“Purchaser”) all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Loan
Documents. Such assignment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
M
or in
such other form as may be agreed to by the parties thereto (an “Assignment and
Assumption”). Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, the consent of the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be required prior to an assignment
becoming effective with respect to a Purchaser which is not a Lender or an
Affiliate thereof; provided,
however,
that if
a Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower shall
not
be required. Unless each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower otherwise
consents (except that, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent
of the Borrower shall not be required, including with respect to clause (b)
below), (a) each such assignment (other than an assignment of a Competitive
Bid
Loan) shall (unless it is an assignment of a Lender’s entire interest in a
Facility) be in an amount not less than $5,000,000 and in integral multiples
of
$1,000,000, and (b), except as otherwise hereinafter provided, no assignment
shall be made that would reduce the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitment
and
Term Loans of a Lender and its Affiliates (in the aggregate) to an amount less
than the greater of (i) $10,000,000 or (ii) thirty-five percent (35%) of the
sum
of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and Term Loans as of the date of
this Agreement or as of any later date on which it first became a Lender
hereunder (or, in the case of this clause (ii), such lesser amount to which
the
Borrower may, in its sole discretion, agree in writing). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Obligations shall become due and payable, whether at maturity
or by acceleration or otherwise, or any payment of principal or interest
hereunder shall not be paid within 45 days after such payment shall be due,
any
Lender may assign all or (subject to the Administrative Agent’s consent to any
assignment that does not comply with the limitations contained in clause (a)
above) any part of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to any
Person (other than the Borrower, the Company or any Affiliate of the Borrower
or
of the Company) without consent by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.
Any
consents of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent under this Section 13.3.1
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
13.3.2. Effect;
Effective Date.
Upon
(i) delivery to the Administrative Agent of an Assignment and Assumption,
together with any consents required by Section 13.3.1, and (ii) payment of
a
$3,500 fee to the Administrative Agent for processing such assignment, such
assignment shall become effective on the effective date specified in such
Assignment and Assumption. On and after the effective date of such assignment,
such Purchaser shall for all purposes be a Revolving Credit Lender and/or Term
Lender (as applicable) party to this Agreement and any other Loan Document
executed by or on behalf of the Lenders and shall have all the rights and
obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender and/or Term Lender (as applicable)
under the Loan Documents, to the same extent as if it were an original party
hereto, and no further consent or action by any Loan Party, the Lenders or
the
Administrative Agent shall be required to release the transferor Lender with
respect to the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment and/or
Loans (as applicable) assigned to such Purchaser. Upon the consummation of
any
assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this Section 13.3.2, the transferor
Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall, if the transferor
Lender or the Purchaser desires that its Loans be evidenced by Notes, make
appropriate arrangements so that new Notes or, as appropriate, replacement
Notes
are issued to such transferor Lender and new Notes or, as appropriate,
replacement Notes, are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal
amounts reflecting their respective Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Term
Loans (as applicable), as adjusted pursuant to such assignment. Such transferor
Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4,
3.5, 4.9 and 10.6(b) (to the extent such Lender’s entitlement to such benefit
arose out of its position as a Lender prior to the applicable
assignment).
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13.3.3. Swing
Line Commitment.
The
Swing Line Commitment may be assigned only to an Affiliate of the Administrative
Agent or to a successor Administrative Agent.
13.4. Dissemination
of Information.
The
Borrower and the Company authorize each Lender to disclose to any Participant
or
Purchaser or any other Person acquiring an interest in the Loan Documents by
operation of law (each a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and
all information in such Lender’s possession concerning the creditworthiness of
the Borrower, the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided
that
each Transferee and prospective Transferee agrees in writing to be bound by
Section 10.11 of this Agreement.
13.5. Tax
Treatment.
If any
interest in any Loan Document is transferred to any Transferee which is
organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or
any
State thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently
with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply with the provisions of
Section 3.5(d).
ARTICLE
XIV
NOTICES
14.1. Notices.
Except
as otherwise permitted by Section 2.12, all notices, requests and other
communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including electronic
transmission, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given
to
such party: (x) in the case of the Borrower, the Company or the Administrative
Agent, at the address(es) or facsimile number(s) set forth on the signature
pages hereof, (y) in the case of any Lender, at its address or facsimile number
set forth in its administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative
Agent or (z) in the case of any party, at such other address or facsimile number
as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of
this
Section 14.1. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be
effective (i) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the
facsimile number specified in this Section and confirmation of receipt is
received, (ii) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited
in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, or (iii)
if given by any other means, when delivered (or, in the case of electronic
transmission, received) at the address specified in this Section; provided
that
notices to the Administrative Agent or Swing Line Lender under Article II or
an
Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent under Article IV shall not be effective
until received.
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14.2. Change
of Address.
The
Borrower, the Company, the Administrative Agent and any Lender may each change
the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other
parties hereto.
ARTICLE
XV
COUNTERPARTS
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may
execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement shall
be
effective when it has been executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders and each party has notified the Administrative Agent by
facsimile transmission or telephone that it has taken such action.
ARTICLE
XVI
CHOICE
OF LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
16.1. CHOICE
OF LAW.
THE
LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT
THE
LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS
APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
16.2. CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION.
THE
BORROWER AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY
LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND THE BORROWER AND THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT
ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED
IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH
A
COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT
THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
THE BORROWER, THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.
16.3. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
THE
BORROWER, THE COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
ANY
MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING
OUT
OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP
ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date
first above written.
BORROWER:
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FIRST
HUNTINGDON FINANCE CORP.
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By:
_____________________________________
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial
Officer
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COMPANY:
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TOLL
BROTHERS, INC.
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By:
______________________________________
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial
Officer
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Addresses
for the Borrower and the Company:
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Toll
Brothers, Inc.
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000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Telecopy:
215/938-8010
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with
copies to:
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Toll
Brothers, Inc.
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000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Telecopy:
215/938-8010
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And
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Toll
Brothers, Inc.
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000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxx X. Xxx
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Telecopy:
215/938-8255
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And
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Ingersoll, LLP
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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00xx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Telecopy:
215/864-8999
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C
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A. Individually and as Administrative Agent |
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By: | ||
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Name: | ||
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Title: | ||
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx – 15th
Fl.
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
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with
a copy to
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx – 0xx
Xx.
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
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PRICING
SCHEDULE
Xxxxx
X |
Xxxxx
XX |
Xxxxx
XXX |
Xxxxx
XX |
Xxxxx
X |
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Rating |
BBB+/Baa1
or higher |
BBB/Baa2 |
BBB-/Baa3 |
BB+/Ba1 |
BB/Ba2
or lower |
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Leverage
Ratio |
≤
.50x |
>
.50x ≤ .75x |
>
.75x ≤ 1.25x |
>1.25x
≤1.75x |
>
1.75x |
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Applicable
Ratable Advance Margin for Revolving Credit Facility for Eurodollar
Rate
and Fixed CD Rate Loans and LC Fee Rate |
0.375
% |
0.475
% |
0.575
% |
0.775
% |
0.90
% |
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Facility
Fee for Revolving Credit Facility |
0.125
% |
0.15
% |
0.175
% |
0.225
% |
0.225
% |
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Applicable
Ratable Advance Margin for Term Loan Facility for Eurodollar Rate
and
Fixed CD Rate Loans |
0.375
% |
0.50
% |
0.625
% |
0.75
% |
1.00
% |
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For
the
purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the following meanings,
subject to the final paragraph of this Schedule:
“Financials”
means the annual or quarterly financial statements of the Company delivered
pursuant to Section 6.4 or Section 7.1(i) or (ii).
“Level”
means the level (whether I, II, III, IV or V) in the foregoing table that
corresponds to an applicable item in any other column in the foregoing table.
By
way of illustration, the Rating Level of Level IV is BB+/Ba1. For purposes
of
comparing Levels, Level I is referred to as the lowest Level and Level V as
the
highest Level.
“Pricing
Level” means, with respect to the Applicable Margins, at any date, the Level in
the foregoing table that corresponds to the lower of (a) the then current Level
of the Rating and (b) the then current Level of the Leverage Ratio, unless
(i)
the Level of the Leverage Ratio and the Level of the Rating differ by two or
more Levels, in which event the Pricing Level shall be one Level lower than
the
higher of such two Levels or (ii) the Company has no Qualified Rating from
a
Qualified Rating Agency, in which event the Pricing Level shall be one Level
higher than the Level of the Leverage Ratio.
The
Applicable Margins shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table
based on the then current Pricing Level. Adjustments, if any, in the Applicable
Margins resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective five
Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the applicable
Financials. If the Borrower fails to deliver the Financials to the
Administrative Agent at the time required pursuant to Section 7.1, then, until
five days after such Financials are so delivered, the Applicable Margins shall
be at the Level of the Rating or, if the Company has no Qualified Rating from
a
Qualified Rating Agency, at the highest Pricing Level set forth in the foregoing
table. If the annual Financial Statements at any time delivered pursuant to
Section 7.1(i) result in a Pricing Level that is higher than the Pricing Level
that was in effect at any time on or after the first day of the third calendar
month (the “Adjustment Date”) following the fiscal year to which such Financial
Statements apply, there shall be a retroactive adjustment of the Pricing Level
to the Adjustment Date such that all interest and fees determined hereunder
from
and after the Adjustment Date shall be determined as if such higher Pricing
Level were in effect on the Adjustment Date. To the extent that the Borrower
has
theretofore made any payments of interest or fees with respect to the period
from and after such Adjustment Date, the Borrower will pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders, within ten (10) days of request therefor,
an amount equal to the amount by which (A) the amount of interest and fees
that
would have been payable hereunder, on any date on which payments were made
hereunder on or after the Adjustment Date and on or before the date of such
request, had such payments been based upon the higher Pricing Level exceed
(B)
the interest and fees actually paid on any such date. Interest and fees payable
hereunder after such request shall be based upon the adjusted Pricing Level.
The
Rating in effect on any date for the purposes of this Pricing Schedule is that
in effect at the close of business on such date.
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