CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of March 21, 2006 Among AFTERMARKET TECHNOLOGY CORP., and CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES as Borrowers, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and The Other Lenders Party Hereto BANC OF AMERICA...
EXHIBIT
10.1
Published
CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
Dated
as
of March 21, 2006
Among
and
CERTAIN
SUBSIDIARIES
as
Borrowers,
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
and
The
Other
Lenders Party Hereto
BANC
OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
and
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as
Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Syndication Agent
and
L/C
Issuer
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A. and
CHARTER
ONE BANK, N.A.,
as
Co-Documentation Agents
ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1
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1.01
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Defined
Terms
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1
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1.02
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Other
Interpretive Provisions
|
23
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1.03
|
Accounting
Terms
|
24
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1.04
|
Rounding
|
24
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1.05
|
Exchange
Rates; Currency Equivalents
|
24
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1.06
|
Additional
Alternative Currencies
|
24
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1.07
|
Change
of Currency
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25
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1.08
|
Times
of Day
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26
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1.09
|
Letter
of Credit Amounts
|
26
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ARTICLE
II.
|
THE
COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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26
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2.01
|
Committed
Loans
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26
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2.02
|
Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans
|
26
|
2.03
|
Letters
of Credit
|
28
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2.04
|
Swing
Line Loans
|
36
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2.05
|
Prepayments
|
39
|
2.06
|
Termination
or Reduction of Commitments
|
40
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2.07
|
Repayment
of Loans
|
40
|
2.08
|
Interest
|
40
|
2.09
|
Fees
|
41
|
2.10
|
Computation
of Interest and Fees
|
41
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2.11
|
Evidence
of Debt
|
42
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2.12
|
Payments
Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback
|
42
|
2.13
|
Sharing
of Payments by Lenders
|
44
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2.14
|
Designated
Borrowers
|
44
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2.15
|
Increase
in Commitments
|
45
|
|
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ARTICLE
III.
|
TAXES,
YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
|
46
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3.01
|
Taxes
|
46
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3.02
|
Illegality
|
48
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3.03
|
Inability
to Determine Rates
|
49
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3.04
|
Increased
Costs
|
49
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3.05
|
Compensation
for Losses
|
51
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3.06
|
Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
|
51
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3.07
|
Survival
|
52
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ARTICLE
IV.
|
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
|
52
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4.01
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Conditions
of Initial Credit Extension
|
52
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4.02
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Conditions
to all Credit Extensions
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54
|
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ARTICLE
V.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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55
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5.01
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Existence,
Qualification and Power
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55
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5.02
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Authorization;
No Contravention
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55
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5.03
|
Governmental
Authorization; Other Consents
|
55
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5.04
|
Binding
Effect
|
55
|
5.05
|
Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse Effect; No Internal Control
Event
|
55
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5.06
|
Litigation
|
56
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5.07
|
No
Default
|
56
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5.08
|
Ownership
of Property; Liens
|
56
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(CONTINUED)
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Section
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Page
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5.09
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Environmental
Compliance
|
56
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5.10
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Insurance
|
57
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5.11
|
Taxes
|
57
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5.12
|
ERISA
Compliance
|
57
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5.13
|
Subsidiaries;
Equity Interests
|
57
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5.14
|
Margin
Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding
Company
Act
|
58
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5.15
|
Disclosure
|
58
|
5.16
|
Compliance
with Laws
|
58
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5.17
|
Taxpayer
Identification Number; Other Identifying Information
|
58
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5.18
|
Intellectual
Property; Licenses, Etc
|
58
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5.19
|
Representations
as to Foreign Obligors
|
59
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ARTICLE
VI.
|
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
|
60
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6.01
|
Financial
Statements
|
60
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6.02
|
Certificates;
Other Information
|
61
|
6.03
|
Notices
|
62
|
6.04
|
Payment
of Obligations
|
63
|
6.05
|
Preservation
of Existence, Etc
|
63
|
6.06
|
Maintenance
of Properties
|
63
|
6.07
|
Maintenance
of Insurance
|
63
|
6.08
|
Compliance
with Laws
|
63
|
6.09
|
Books
and Records
|
63
|
6.10
|
Inspection
Rights
|
64
|
6.11
|
Use
of Proceeds
|
64
|
6.12
|
Approvals
and Authorizations
|
64
|
6.13
|
Additional
Collateral; Additional Subsidiary Guarantors
|
64
|
6.14
|
Further
Assurances
|
65
|
6.15
|
Real
Property Matters
|
65
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ARTICLE
VII.
|
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
|
66
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7.01
|
Liens
|
66
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7.02
|
Investments
|
67
|
7.03
|
Indebtedness
|
68
|
7.04
|
Fundamental
Changes
|
69
|
7.05
|
Dispositions
|
69
|
7.06
|
Restricted
Payments
|
70
|
7.07
|
Change
in Nature of Business; Creation of Subsidiaries
|
70
|
7.08
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
70
|
7.09
|
Burdensome
Agreements
|
70
|
7.10
|
Use
of Proceeds
|
70
|
7.11
|
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
|
71
|
7.12
|
Financial
Covenants
|
71
|
ARTICLE
VIII.
|
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
|
71
|
8.01
|
Events
of Default
|
71
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8.02
|
Remedies
Upon Event of Default
|
73
|
8.03
|
Application
of Funds
|
73
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(CONTINUED)
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Section
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Page
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ARTICLE
IX.
|
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
|
74
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9.01
|
Appointment
and Authority
|
74
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9.02
|
Rights
as a Lender
|
74
|
9.03
|
Exculpatory
Provisions
|
75
|
9.04
|
Reliance
by Administrative Agent
|
75
|
9.05
|
Delegation
of Duties
|
76
|
9.06
|
Resignation
of Administrative Agent
|
76
|
9.07
|
Non-Reliance
on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
|
77
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9.08
|
No
Other Duties, Etc.
|
77
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9.09
|
Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim
|
77
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9.10
|
Collateral
and Guaranty Matters
|
78
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ARTICLE
X.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
|
10.01
|
Amendments,
Etc.
|
78
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10.02
|
Notices;
Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
|
80
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10.03
|
No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
|
82
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10.04
|
Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
|
82
|
10.05
|
Payments
Set Aside
|
83
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10.06
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
84
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10.07
|
Treatment
of Certain Information; Confidentiality
|
87
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10.08
|
Right
of Setoff
|
88
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10.09
|
Interest
Rate Limitation
|
88
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10.10
|
Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
|
88
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10.11
|
Survival
of Representations and Warranties
|
89
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10.12
|
Severability
|
89
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10.13
|
Replacement
of Lenders
|
89
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10.14
|
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
|
90
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10.15
|
Waiver
of Jury Trial
|
90
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10.16
|
No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
|
91
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10.17
|
USA
PATRIOT Act Notice
|
91
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10.18
|
Judgment
Currency
|
91
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SIGNATURES
|
S-1
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iii
SCHEDULES
|
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A
|
Mortgaged
Properties
|
1.01
|
Mandatory
Cost Formulae
|
2.01
|
Commitments
and Applicable Percentages
|
2.03
|
Existing
Letters of Credit
|
5.09
|
Environmental
Matters
|
5.13
|
Subsidiaries;
Other Equity Investments
|
7.01
|
Existing
Liens
|
7.03
|
Existing
Indebtedness
|
10.02
|
Administrative
Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for
Notices
|
EXHIBITS
|
|
Form
of
|
|
A
|
Committed
Loan Notice
|
B
|
Swing
Line Loan Notice
|
C
|
Note
|
D
|
Compliance
Certificate
|
E
|
Assignment
and Assumption
|
F
|
Guaranty
and Collateral Agreement
|
G
|
Designated
Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement
|
H
|
Designated
Borrower Notice
|
I-1
and
|
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I-2
|
Opinion
Matters
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iv
This
CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”)
is
entered into as of March 21,
2006, among
AFTERMARKET TECHNOLOGY CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
certain Subsidiaries of the Company party hereto pursuant to Section 2.14
(each a
“Designated
Borrower”
and,
together with the Company, the “Borrowers”
and,
each a “Borrower”),
each
lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders”
and
individually, a “Lender”),
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A., as Syndication Agent and L/C Issuer, XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as
Co-Documentation Agent and CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A., as Co-Documentation
Agent.
The
Company has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility,
and
the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
In
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined
Terms.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
“Acquisition”
means
the acquisition of (i) a controlling equity interest in another Person
(including the purchase of an option, warrant or convertible or similar type
of
security to acquire such a controlling interest at the time it becomes
exercisable by the holder thereof), whether by purchase of such equity interest
or upon exercise of an option or warrant for, or conversion of securities into,
such equity interest, or (ii) assets of another Person which constitute all
or
substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a line or lines of business
conducted by such Person.
“Administrative
Agent”
means
Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan
Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative
Agent’s
Office”
means,
with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s
address
and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02
with
respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to
such
currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Company
and the Lenders.
“Administrative
Questionnaire”
means
an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative
Agent.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.
“Aggregate
Commitments”
means
the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“Agreement”
means
this Credit Agreement.
“Alternative
Currency”
means
each of Euro, Sterling and
each
other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with
Section 1.06.
1
“Alternative
Currency Equivalent”
means,
at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent
amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the
Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on
the
basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation
Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Alternative
Currency Sublimit”
means
an amount equal to the lesser of the Aggregate Commitments and $10,000,000.
The
Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Commitments.
“Applicable
Percentage”
means
with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the
ninth
decimal place) of the Aggregate Commitments represented by such Lender’s
Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and
the
obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated
pursuant to Section
8.02
or if
the Aggregate Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each
Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender
most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The
initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name
of
such Lender on Schedule
2.01
or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party
hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable
Rate”
means,
subject to the last sentence in this definition, the following percentages
per
annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most
recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to
Section 6.02(b):
Applicable
Rate
|
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Pricing
Level
|
Consolidated
Leverage Ratio
|
Commitment
Fee
|
Eurocurrency
Rate +
Letters
of Credit
|
Base
Rate +
|
1
|
<1.00:1
|
0.20%
|
1.00%
|
0.00%
|
2
|
≥1.00:1
but <1.75:1
|
0.25%
|
1.25%
|
0.25%
|
3
|
≥1.75:1
but <2.50:1
|
0.30%
|
1.50%
|
0.50%
|
4
|
≥2.50:1
|
0.35%
|
1.75%
|
0.75%
|
Subject
to the last sentence in this definition, any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
shall
become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date
a
Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section
6.02(b);
provided,
however,
that if
a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such
Section, then Pricing Level 4 shall apply as of the first Business Day after
the
date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered
until the date such Compliance Certificate is delivered. The Applicable Rate
in
effect from the Closing Date through May 15, 2006 shall be determined based
upon
Pricing Level 1.
“Applicable
Time”
means,
with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the
local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may
be
determined by the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
to
be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with
normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Applicant
Borrower”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.14.
2
“Approved
Fund”
means
any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate
of a
Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages
a Lender.
“Arrangers”
means
Banc of America Securities
LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., in their capacity as joint lead arrangers
and joint book managers.
“Assignee
Group”
means
two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or
more
Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment
and Assumption”
means
an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with
the
consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
10.06(b)),
and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
E
or any
other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable
Indebtedness”
means,
on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized
amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared
as
of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease
Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the
relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared
as
of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a
capital lease.
“Audited
Financial Statements”
means
the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries
for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005,
and the
related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity
and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
including the notes thereto.
“Availability
Period”
means
the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the
Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant
to Section
2.06,
and (c)
the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and
of
the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to
Section
8.02.
“Bank
of America”
means
Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Base
Rate” means
for
any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal
Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day
as
publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.” The
“prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors
including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic
conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing
some
loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change
in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening
of
business on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
“Base
Rate Committed Loan”
means
a
Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
“Base
Rate Loan”
means
a
Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall
be
denominated in Dollars.
“Borrower”
and
“Borrowers”
each
has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower
Materials”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
6.02.
3
“Borrowing”
means
a
Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may
require.
“Business
Day”
means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
are
authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state
where
the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in
Dollars is located and:
(a) if
such
day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments
in
Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings
in
Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in
Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar
market;
(b) if
such
day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments
in
Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in
Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
(c) if
such
day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on
which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between
banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such
currency; and
(d) if
such
day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a
currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings
in
any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this
Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest
rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange
business in the principal financial center of the country of such
currency.
“Cash
Collateralize”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
2.03(g).
“Cash
Equivalents”
means
(a) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition
issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any
agency thereof, (b) certificates of deposit of any Lender, certificates of
deposit, eurodollar deposits, time deposits, overnight bank deposits, bankers
acceptances and repurchase agreements of any commercial bank which has capital
and surplus in excess of $200,000,000 having maturities of one year or less
from
the date of acquisition, (c) corporate securities including commercial paper,
rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies ("S&P") and P-2 by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
("MOODY'S") and corporate debt instruments including medium term notes and
floating rate notes issued by foreign or domestic corporations which pay in
Dollars rated at least A by S&P or Moody's, (d) short term tax exempt
securities including municipal notes, commercial paper, auction rate floaters,
and floating rate notes rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's, (e)
municipal notes rated at least SP-1 by S&P or MIG-2 by Moody's, and bonds
rated at least AA by S&P or Moody's, (f) auction rate preferred stock or
bonds issued with a rate set mechanism and a maximum term of 180 days rated
at
least AA by Moody's, (g) securities with maturities of one year or less from
the
date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or
territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority
of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government,
the
securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision,
taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least
AA by
4
S&P
or Aa by Moody's, (h) securities with maturities of one year or less from the
date of acquisition fully backed by standby letters of credit issued by any
Lender or any commercial bank in each case satisfying the requirements of clause
(b) of this definition and (i) money market accounts or funds which invest
primarily in the types of securities described in (a) through (h) above. If
both
S&P and Moody's cease publishing ratings of investments of any of the types
described above, then equivalent ratings of a nationally recognized rating
agency will apply.
“Change
in Law”
means
the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following:
(a)
the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any
change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration,
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c)
the
making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
“Change
of Control”
means
an event or series of events by which:
(a) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of
such
person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity
as
trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes
the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right
to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the
passage of time (such right, an “option
right”)),
directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the equity securities of the Company
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing
body of the Company on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such
securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any
option right); or
(b) during
any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board
of
directors or other equivalent governing body of the Company cease to be composed
of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body
on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that
board
or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause
(i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least
a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election
or
nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time
of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent
governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii),
any
individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member
of
that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an actual or
threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal
of
one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for
the
election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of
directors).
“Closing
Date”
means
the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
4.01
are
satisfied or waived in accordance with Section
10.01(a).
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commitment”
means,
as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Committed Loans to the Borrowers
pursuant to Section
2.01,
(b)
purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations
in
Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
not to exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s
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name
on
Schedule
2.01
or in
the Assignmentand Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time
in
accordance with this Agreement.
“Committed
Borrowing”
means
a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type, in the
same currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same
Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section
2.01.
“Committed
Loan”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
2.01.
“Committed
Loan Notice”
means
a
notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from
one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
pursuant to Section
2.02(a),
which,
if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
A.
“Company”
has
the
meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Compliance
Certificate”
means
a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
D.
“Consolidated
Capital Expenditures”
means,
for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
amounts paid or Indebtedness incurred during such period in connection with
the
purchase or lease of assets that would be required to be capitalized and shown
as a capital asset on the balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries
in
accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) expenditures constituting the purchase
price
for Permitted Acquisitions and (ii) expenditures made with casualty insurance
proceeds received in respect of capital assets and (iii) expenditures made
with
the amount of any Net Cash Proceeds received in respect of capital assets and
reinvested as contemplated by Section
2.06(b).
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means,
for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
an
amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) the following
to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i)
Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (ii) the provision for Federal,
state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes payable by the Company
and
its Subsidiaries for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense
(iv) other non-recurring expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries reducing
such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period
or any future period, and (v) all other non-cash items reducing Consolidated
Net
Income for such period; minus (b) the following to the extent included in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Federal, state, local and foreign
income tax credits of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period and
(ii)
all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period; and
minus
(c) the amount of all cash payments made in respect of such period to the extent
same relate to a non-cash charge incurred in a previous period which was added
back to Consolidated EBITDA in such previous period pursuant to clause (a)
above
in this definition.
“Consolidated
Interest Charges”
means,
for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges
and
related expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed
money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred
purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in
accordance with GAAP, and (b) the portion of rent expense of the Company and
its
Subsidiaries with respect to such period under capital leases that is treated
as
interest in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that as used in clause
(b)
of "Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio," Consolidated Interest Charges shall
include only cash expenses during such period.
“Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio”
means,
as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA minus
the
sum of (i) Consolidated Capital Expenditures plus
(ii)
Federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes paid in cash by
the
Company and its Subsidiaries, all for the period of the four prior fiscal
quarters ending on such date to
(b)
Consolidated Interest Charges for such period.
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“Consolidated
Leverage Ratio”
means,
as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total
Indebtedness as of such date
to
(b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently
ended; provided
that for
purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries
for any period for inclusion in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, (i) the
Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries
during such period (to the extent the Acquisition of such Person is permitted
under this Agreement) shall be included on a pro forma
basis
for such period (assuming the consummation of such acquisition and the
incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred
on
the first day of such period) if the consolidated balance sheet of such acquired
Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of the period preceding
the acquisition of such Person and the related consolidated statements of income
and stockholders’ equity and of cash flows for the period in respect of which
Consolidated EBITDA is to be calculated (x) have been previously provided to
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) either (A) have been audited on
without a qualification arising out of the scope of the audit by independent
certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing or (B) have
been
found reasonably acceptable by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the
Consolidated EBITDA of any Person (or attributable to assets constituting a
significant business unit) disposed of by the Company or its Subsidiaries during
such period shall be excluded on a pro forma basis for such period (assuming
the
consummation of such disposition in connection therewith occurred on the first
day of such period).
“Consolidated
Net Income”
means,
for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
the net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary
gains and extraordinary losses) for that period.
“Consolidated
Net Worth”
means,
as of any date of determination, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, Shareholders’ Equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries on
that date.
“Consolidated
Total Indebtedness”
means,
as of any date of determination, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all
obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including
Obligations for borrowed money hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b)
all
purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters
of
credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties
and similar credit instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in
the
ordinary course of business), (e) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of
capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations, (f) without duplication, all
Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified
in
clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the Company or any
Subsidiary, and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a)
through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint
venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which
the
Company or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such
Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Company or such
Subsidiary.
“Contractual
Obligation”
means,
as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of
any
agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party
or by
which it or any of its property is bound.
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“Control”
means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability
to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling”
and
“Controlled”
have
meanings correlative thereto.
“Cost
of Acquisition”
means,
with respect to any Acquisition, as at the date of entering into any agreement
therefor or, with respect to clause (iv) below, as at the time of GAAP
recognition of such amounts, the sum of the following (without duplication):
(i)
the value of the capital stock, warrants or options to acquire capital stock
of
the Company or any Subsidiary to be transferred in connection therewith, (ii)
the amount of any cash and fair market value of other property (excluding
property described in clause (i) and the unpaid principal amount of any debt
instrument) given as consideration, (iii) the amount (determined by using the
face amount or the amount payable at maturity, whichever is greater) of any
Indebtedness incurred, assumed or acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary
in
connection with such Acquisition, (iv) all additional purchase price amounts
in
the form of earnouts and other guaranteed or contingent obligations that should
be recorded on the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries
in
accordance with GAAP, such amounts to be Costs of Acquisition for the period
in
which they should be recorded, (v) all amounts paid in respect of covenants
not
to compete, consulting agreements that should be recorded on financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, and
other affiliated contracts in connection with such Acquisition, (vi) the
aggregate fair market value of all other consideration given by the Company
or
any Subsidiary in connection with such Acquisition, and (vii) out-of-pocket
transaction costs for the services and expenses of attorneys, accountants and
other consultants incurred in effecting such transaction, and other similar
transaction costs so incurred and in each case capitalized in accordance with
GAAP.
“Credit
Extension”
means
each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit
Extension.
“Debtor
Relief Laws”
means
the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar
debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from
time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“Default”
means
any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the
giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of
Default.
“Default
Rate”
means
(a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees,
an
interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus
(ii) the
Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus
(iii) 2%
per annum; provided,
however,
that
with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest
rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate and any Mandatory
Cost) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, and (b) when used
with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate
plus
2% per
annum.
“Defaulting
Lender”
means
any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Committed Loans,
participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required
to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to
be
funded by it hereunder unless such failure has been cured, (b) has otherwise
failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other
amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date
when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or unless such failure
has
been cured, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“Designated
Borrower”
has
the
meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
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“Designated
Borrower Notice”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.14.
“Designated
Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement”
has
the
meaning specified in Section 2.14.
“Disposition”
or
“Dispose”
means
the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale
and
leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes
or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated
therewith.
“Dollar”
and
“$”
mean
lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar
Equivalent”
means,
at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such
amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative
Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on
the
basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation
Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision
of
the United States.
“Eligible
Assignee”
means
any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section
10.06(b)(iii),
(v),
(vi)
and
(vii)
(subject
to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section
10.06(b)(iii)).
“EMU”
means
the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957,
as
amended by the Single Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and
the
Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“EMU
Legislation”
means
the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of,
changeover to or operation of a single or unified European
currency.
“Environmental
Laws”
means
any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations,
ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to
pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials
into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes,
air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental
Liability”
means
any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages,
costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Company, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly
or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental
Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment
or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the
environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“Equity
Interests”
means,
with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options
or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of
capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all
of
the securities convertible into or
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exchangeable
for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)
such
Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from
such
Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership
or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust
interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares,
warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
means
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with
the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to
Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA
Event”
means
(a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by
the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063
of
ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined
in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated
as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial
withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan
or
notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing
of a
notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a
termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of
proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan;
(e)
an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA
for
the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title
IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section
4007 of ERISA, upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Euro”
and
“EUR”
mean
the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance
with the EMU Legislation.
“Eurocurrency
Base Rate”
has
the
meaning specified in the definition of Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency
Rate”
means
for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a rate per
annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following
formula:
Eurocurrency
Rate =
|
Eurocurrency
Base Rate
|
1.00
- Eurocurrency Reserve
Percentage
|
Where,
“Eurocurrency
Base Rate”
means,
for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers
Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA
LIBOR”),
as
published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time
to
time) at approximately 10:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to
the
commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency
(for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason,
then the “Eurocurrency Base Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per
annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits
in
the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period
in
Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being
made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent
to
such Interest
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Period
would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or other Bank of America
branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank
market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
“Eurocurrency
Reserve Percentage”
means,
for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as
a
decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether
or
not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by
the
FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”) maintained by a
member bank of the Federal Reserve System. The Eurocurrency Rate for each
outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the
effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve
Percentage.
“Eurocurrency
Rate Loan”
means
a
Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate.
Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative
Currency. All Committed Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be
Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
“Event
of Default”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
8.01.
“Excluded
Taxes”
means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, each L/C Issuer or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation
of
any Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net
income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of
net
income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under
the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office
is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office
is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Borrower is located
and (c) except as provided in the following sentence, in the case of a Foreign
Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under
Section
10.13),
any
withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at
the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending
Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other
than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section
3.01(e),
except
to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled,
at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the applicable Borrower with respect to such withholding
tax pursuant to Section
3.01(a).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, “Excluded
Taxes” shall not include any withholding tax imposed at any time on payments
made by or on behalf of a Foreign Obligor to any Lender hereunder or under
any
other Loan Document, provided
that
such Lender shall have complied with the last paragraph of Section
3.01(e).
“Existing
Credit Agreement”
means
that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 8, 2002, among the Borrower,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (successor by merger to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as
administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders.
“Existing
Letters of Credit”
means
letters of credit issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date under the
Existing Credit Agreement and individually described on Schedule
2.03.
“Federal
Funds Rate”
means,
for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates
on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day;
provided
that (a)
if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be
such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next
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succeeding
Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such nextsucceeding
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate
(rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged
to
Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“Fee
Letter”
means,
collectively, (i) the letter agreement, dated February 14, 2006, among the
Company, the Administrative Agent and Banc of America Securities
LLC, (ii) the letter agreement, dated February 14, 2006, among the Company,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., and (iii) each other
agreement entered into among the Borrower and any L/C Issuer in addition to
Bank
of America with respect to fronting fees payable under Section
2.03(j).
“Foreign
Lender”
means,
with respect to any Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the laws of
a
jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax
purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof
and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
“Foreign
Obligor”
means
a
Loan Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
the
United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“FRB”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Fund”
means
any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in
the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements
of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United
States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of
determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political
subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or
functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies
such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee”
means,
as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including
any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or
other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for
the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other
obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow
of
the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness
or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any
other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation
of
the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss
in
respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such
Person securing
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any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right,
contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such
Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the
stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion
thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or
determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof
as
determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a
verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guaranty
and Collateral Agreement”
means
the guaranty and collateral agreement to be executed and delivered by Borrower
and its domestic Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic
substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances
or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Immaterial
Domestic Subsidiary”
means
any Domestic Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date the assets
of
which at any time and the revenues of which during any 12 month period (when
added to the assets and revenues, respectively, of all other Domestic
Subsidiaries created or acquired after the Closing Date that have not executed
the Guaranty and Security Agreement pursuant to Section
6.13
or
Section
7.07)
do not
exceed $1,000,000, respectively.
“Indebtedness”
means,
as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the
following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance
with GAAP:
(a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar
instruments;
(b) all
direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties,
surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) net
obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of
business);
(e) indebtedness
(excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or
being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional
sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness
shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) capital
leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations;
(g) all
obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise
make any payment in respect of any redeemable preferred Equity Interest in
such
Person or any other Person, valued at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference plus
accrued
and unpaid dividends; and
(h) all
Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
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For
all
purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness
of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself
a
corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general
partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made
non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap
Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof
as
of such date. The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation
as
of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in
respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnified
Taxes”
means
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitees”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
10.04(b).
“Information”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
10.07.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means,
(a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided,
however,
that if
any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the
respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such
Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base
Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March,
June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
“Interest
Period”
means,
as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three, six or nine
months thereafter (if nine month periods are available to all Lenders), as
selected by the Company in its Committed Loan Notice; provided
that:
(i) any
Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business
Day
falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end
on
the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Internal
Control Event”
means
a
material weakness in, or fraud that involves management or other employees
who
have a significant role in, the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting, in each case as described in the Securities Laws.
“Investment”
means,
as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such
Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital
stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital
contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other
acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another
Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person
and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness
of
such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction
or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a
business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment
shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent
increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
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“IP
Rights”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
5.18.
“IRS”
means
the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP”
means,
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998”
published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such
later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer
Documents”
means
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and
any
other document, agreement and instrument entered into by any L/C Issuer and
the
Company (or any Subsidiary) or in favor such L/C Issuer and relating to such
Letter of Credit.
“Laws”
means,
as to any Person, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state
and
local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes
and
administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged
with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority,
in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property
or
which such person or any of its property is subject.
“L/C
Advance”
means,
with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any
L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. All L/C Advances
shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C
Borrowing”
means
an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit
which
has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Committed
Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C
Credit Extension”
means,
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of
the
expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C
Issuer”
means
(i) Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder,
(ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, and (iii) such other Lender designated as an L/C Issuer pursuant
to
Section
2.03(m),
or any
successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. All singular references to
the
L/C Issuer shall mean any L/C Issuer, the L/C Issuer that has issued the
applicable Letter of Credit, or all L/C Issuers, as the context may require.
“L/C
Obligations”
means,
as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn
under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus
the
aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For
purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of
Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance
with Section
1.09.
For all
purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit
has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason
of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be
drawn.
“Lender”
has
the
meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context
requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.
“Lending
Office”
means,
as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in
such
Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a
Lender may from time to time notify the Company and the Administrative
Agent.
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“Letter
of Credit”
means
any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing
Letters of Credit. Letters
of Credit may
be
issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.
“Letter
of Credit Application”
means
an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit
in the form from time to time in use by an L/C Issuer and any electronic
application for a letter of credit made through an electronic letter of credit
system established by an applicable L/C Issuer.
“Letter
of Credit Expiration Date”
means
the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter
of Credit Fee”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
2.03(i).
“Letter
of Credit Sublimit”
means
an amount equal to $25,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and
not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
“Lien”
means
any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or
other
security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security
interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance
on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the
same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan”
means
an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article
II
in the
form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
“Loan
Documents”
means
this Agreement, each Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement,
each
Note, each Issuer Document, the Fee Letter, the Guaranty and Collateral
Agreement, the Security Instruments and Mortgages.
“Loan
Parties”
means,
collectively, the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and
each
Designated Borrower.
“Mandatory
Cost”
means,
with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in
accordance with Schedule 1.01;
it
being understood that, for purposes of this Agreement, Mandatory Cost shall
only
apply to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender not denominated in Dollars
that
is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member
State.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
(a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the
operations, business, liabilities (actual or contingent), or financial condition
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment
of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan
Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect on the
validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights and
remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder.
“Maturity
Date”
means
March 31, 2011; provided,
however,
that if
such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding
Business Day.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means
any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA, to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to
make
contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been
obligated to make contributions.
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“Mortgaged Properties” means the real properties listed on Schedule A, as to which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall be granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.
“Mortgages”
means
each of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by any Loan Party in favor of,
or
for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders,
in
form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“Net
Cash Proceeds”
means,
with respect to the sale of any asset by the Company or any Subsidiary, the
excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in
connection with such sale (including any cash received by way of deferred
payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise,
but
only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount
of
any Indebtedness that is secured by such asset and that is required to be repaid
in connection with the sale thereof (other than Indebtedness under the Loan
Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company or any
Subsidiary in connection with such sale and (C) income taxes reasonably
estimated to be actually payable within two years of the date of the relevant
asset sale as a result of any gain recognized in connection
therewith.
“Note”
means
a
promissory note made by a Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made
by
such Lender to such Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C.
“Obligations”
means
all advances to, and debts, liabilities and obligations of any Loan Party
arising under any Loan Document or Related Credit Arrangement or otherwise
with
respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit or Related Credit Arrangement, whether
direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and
including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against
any
Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether
such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangement”
means
any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which an entity
unconsolidated with the Company is a party, under which the Company
has:
(i) any
obligation under a guarantee contract that has any of the characteristics
identified in paragraph 3 of FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s
Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect
Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others(November
2002) (“FIN
45”),
as
may be modified or supplemented, and that is not excluded from the initial
recognition and measurement provisions of FIN 45 pursuant to paragraphs 6 or
7
of that Interpretation;
(ii) a
retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated
entity or similar arrangement that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk
support to such entity for such assets;
(iii) any
obligation, including a contingent obligation, under a contract that would
be
accounted for as a derivative instrument, except that it is both indexed to
the
Company’s own stock and classified in stockholders’ equity in the Company’s
statement of financial position, and therefore excluded from the scope of FASB
Statement of
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Financial
Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
(June
1998), pursuant to paragraph 11(a) of that Statement, as may be modified or
supplemented; or
(iv) any
obligation, including a contingent obligation, arising out of a variable
interest (as referenced in FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities
(January
2003), as may be modified or supplemented) in an unconsolidated entity that
is
held by, and material to, the Company, where such entity provides financing,
liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to, or engages in leasing, hedging
or research and development services with, the Company.
“Organization
Documents”
means,
(a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of
incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents
with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited
liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization
and
operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture,
trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other
applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument,
filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation
or
organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction
of
its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles
of
formation or organization of such entity.
“Other
Taxes”
means
all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property
taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or
under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of,
or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
“Outstanding
Amount”
means
(i) with respect to Committed Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount
of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any
borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Committed Loans occurring
on
such date; (ii) with respect to Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings
and
prepayments or repayments of such Swing Line Loans occurring on such date;
and
(iii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent
amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such
date
after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and
any
other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date,
including as a result of any reimbursements by the Company of Unreimbursed
Amounts.
“Overnight
Rate”
means,
for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater
of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the
Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect
to
any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per
annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in
an
amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is
being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of
Bank
of America in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to
major banks in such interbank market.
“Participant”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
10.06(d).
“Participating
Member State”
means
each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“PCAOB”
means
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
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“Pension
Plan”
means
any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA
and is sponsored or maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or to
which
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to
contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in
Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the
immediately preceding five plan years.
“Permitted
Acquisition”
means
any Acquisition consummated on a non-hostile basis effected with the consent
and
approval of the board of directors or other applicable governing body of the
Person being acquired, and with the duly obtained approval of such shareholders
or other holders of equity or other ownership interest as such Person may be
required to obtain (or in the case of an Acquisition of stock or other Equity
Interest from the holders thereof, the absence of disapproval by the board
of
directors or other applicable body of the issuer of such stock or other Equity
Interest), so long as (i) immediately prior to and immediately after the
consummation of such Acquisition, no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, (ii) substantially all of the sales and operating profits
generated by such Person (or assets) so acquired or invested are derived from
a
line or lines of business that complies with the covenant contained in
Section
7.07,
(iii)
upon the consummation of the Permitted Acquisition, to the extent such
acquisition was a stock acquisition and the Person so acquired is organized
under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States, such Person
is
merged with and into a Loan Party, with such Loan Party being the survivor
of
such merger, or such Person executes and becomes a party to the Guaranty and
Collateral Agreement, (iv) the Company shall be in compliance with the covenants
contained in Section
7.12
(for
this purpose such financial tests shall be determined on a pro forma basis
as if
the Acquisition has been consummated at the beginning of the period of the
four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company then most recently ended), provided
that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 2.75:1.00, and
(v) if the Cost of Acquisition for such Acquisition exceeds $10,000,000, the
Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (for delivery by the
Administrative Agent to the Lenders) a Compliance Certificate dated as of the
closing date of such proposed Acquisition demonstrating, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, compliance with clause
(iv)
above.
“Person”
means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Plan”
means
any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA)
established by the Company or, with respect to any such plan that is subject
to
Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“Platform”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
6.02.
“Register”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
10.06(c).
“Registered
Public Accounting Firm”
has
the
meaning specified in the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Company
as prescribed by the Securities Laws.
“Related
Credit Arrangements”
means,
collectively, Related Swap Contracts and Related Treasury Management
Arrangements.
“Related
Parties”
means,
with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners,
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such
Person’s Affiliates.
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“Related
Swap Contracts”
means
all Swap Contracts which are entered into or maintained by any Loan Party with
a
Lender or Affiliate of a Lender and which are not prohibited by the express
terms of the Loan Documents.
“Related
Treasury Management Arrangements”
means
all arrangements for the delivery of treasury management services to or for
the
benefit of any Loan Party which are entered into or maintained with a Lender
or
Affiliate of a Lender and which are not prohibited by the express terms of
the
Loan Documents.
“Reportable
Event”
means
any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c)
of
ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been
waived.
“Request
for Credit Extension”
means
(a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans,
a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter
of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line
Loan Notice.
“Required
Lenders”
means,
as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate
Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the
obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated
pursuant to Section
8.02,
Lenders
holding in the aggregate more than 50% of
the
Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk
participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans
being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition);
provided
that the
Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held
by,
any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination
of Required Lenders.
“Responsible
Officer”
means
the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer,
assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party. Any document delivered
hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be
conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate,
partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf
of
such Loan Party.
“Restricted
Payment”
means
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination
of
any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return
of
capital to the Company’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent
Person thereof).
“Revaluation
Date”
means
(a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a
Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency,
(ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in
an
Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.02,
and
(iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or
the
Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit,
each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any
such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing or decreasing the amount
thereof (solely with respect to the increased or decreased amount), (iii) each
date of any payment by an L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated
in
an Alternative Currency, (iv) in the case of the Existing Letters of Credit,
the
Closing Date, (v) the
first
Business Day of each month for any Letter of Credit denominated in an
Alternative Currency, and (vi) such
additional dates as the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer shall determine
or
the Required Lenders shall require.
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“Same
Day Funds”
means
(a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available
funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative
Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative
Agent or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of
disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions
in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”
means
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding
to any of its principal functions.
“Securities
Laws”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and
practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the
PCAOB.
“Security
Instruments”
means,
collectively or individually as the context may indicate, the Guaranty and
Collateral Agreement and all other agreements (including control agreements),
instruments and other documents, whether now existing or hereafter in effect,
pursuant to which the Loan Parties or any other Person shall grant or convey
to
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a Lien in, or any
other Person shall acknowledge any such Lien in, property as security for all
or
any portion of the Obligations, any other obligation under any Loan Document
and
any obligation or liability arising under any Related Swap Contracts, as any
of
them may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Shareholders’
Equity”
means,
as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders’ equity of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Special
Notice Currency”
means
at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that
is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at
such
time located in North America or Europe.
“Spot
Rate”
for
a
currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer,
as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity
as
the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another
currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately
11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the
foreign exchange computation is made; provided that
the
Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another
financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer,
as applicable, if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the
date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further
that an
L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign
exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated
in
an Alternative Currency.
“Sterling”
and
“£”
mean
the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subsidiary”
of
a
Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities
or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
or
other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power
only
by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned,
or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
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“Subsidiary
Guarantors”
means,
collectively, all Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company, other than Immaterial
Domestic Subsidiaries.
“Swap
Contract”
means
(a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options,
forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond
or
bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price
or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign
exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions,
currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any
combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any
of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject
to
any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the
related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or
governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master
Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together
with any related schedules, a “Master
Agreement”),
including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master
Agreement.
“Swap
Termination Value”
means,
in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the
effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap
Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been
closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced
in
clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such
Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts
(which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Swing
Line”
means
the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant
to Section
2.04.
“Swing
Line Borrowing”
means
a
borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section
2.04.
“Swing
Line Lender”
means
Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any
successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing
Line Loan”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
2.04(a).
“Swing
Line Loan Notice”
means
a
notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section
2.04(b),
which,
if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
B.
“Swing
Line Sublimit”
means
an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate
Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the
Aggregate Commitments.
“Synthetic
Lease Obligation”
means
the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance
sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession
of
property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such
Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be
characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting
treatment).
“TARGET
Day”
means
any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be
operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the
Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement
of
payments in Euro.
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“Taxes”
means
all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings,
assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority,
including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.
“Total
Outstandings”
means
the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C
Obligations.
“Type”
means,
with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“Unfunded
Pension Liability”
means
the excess of a Pension Plan’s
benefit
liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that
Pension Plan’s
assets,
determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension
Plan
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
“United
States”
and
“U.S.”
mean
the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed
Amount”
has
the
meaning specified in Section
2.03(c)(i).
1.02
Other
Interpretive Provisions.
With
reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise
specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(i) The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include,”
“includes”
and
“including”
shall
be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word
“will”
shall
be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”
Unless
the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document)
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document
as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to
any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein
or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall
be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words
“herein,”
“hereof”
and
“hereunder,”
and
words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed
to
refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision
thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits
and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and
Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear,
(v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory
provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and
any
reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer
to
such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time,
and (vi) the words “asset”
and
“property”
shall
be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.
(ii) In
the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “from”
means
“from
and including;”
the
words “to”
and
“until”
each
mean “to
but
excluding;”
and
the word “through”
means
“to
and
including.”
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(iii) Section
headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience
of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or
any
other Loan Document.
1.03 Accounting
Terms.
(a)
Generally.
All
accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be
construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent
basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with
that
used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except
as
otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b)
Changes
in GAAP.
If at
any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio
or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Company or the
Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
the
Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to
preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject
to
the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that,
until
so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Company
shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements
and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested
hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio
or
requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
1.04 Rounding.
Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the
other
component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places
by
which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to
the
nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05 Exchange
Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a) The
Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot
Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent
amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative
Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date
and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the
applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for
purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or
calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided
herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes
of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined
by
the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable.
(b)
Wherever
in this Agreement in connection with a Committed Borrowing, conversion,
continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance,
amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required
minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Committed
Borrowing, Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an
Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency
Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such
Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined
by
the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be.
1.06 Additional
Alternative Currencies. (a)
The
Company may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made
and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically
listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency;” provided that such requested
currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available
and
freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such
request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such request
shall be subject to
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the
approval of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and in the case of any
such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request
shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each L/C
Issuer.
(b)
Any
such
request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.,
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Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other
time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case
of
any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer,
in
its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to
Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of
Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each L/C Issuer thereof.
Each Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate
Loans) or each L/C Issuer (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of
Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten
Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole
discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or the issuance of Letters
of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
(c)
Any
failure by a Lender or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such
request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be
deemed to be a refusal by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
to
permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued
in
such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders consent
to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative
Agent shall so notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon be deemed
for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any
Committed Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans; and if the Administrative
Agent
and each L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such
requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Company and
such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative
Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the
Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an
additional currency under this Section
1.06,
the
Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Company.
1.07 Change
of Currency.
(a)
Each obligation of the Borrowers to make a payment denominated in the national
currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro
as
its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro
at
the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in
relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of
interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be
inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market
for
the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis
shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date
on
which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided
that if
any Committed Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding
immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect
to such Committed Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest
Period.
(b)
Each
provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of
construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be
appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the
European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to
the
Euro.
(c)
Each
provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes
of
construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be
appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any
relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in
currency.
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1.08 Times
of Day.
Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references
to Central time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.09 Letter
of Credit Amounts. Unless
otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall
be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of
Credit in effect at such time; provided,
however,
that
with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any
Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases
in
the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of
Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum
stated amount is in effect at such time, it being understood that, at any point
in time, only the then current stated amount shall be used in determining
Consolidated Total Indebtedness for purposes of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
II.
THE
COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 Committed
Loans.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees
to
make loans (each such loan, a “Committed
Loan”)
to the
Borrowers in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies from time to
time,
on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount
not
to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Commitment;
provided,
however,
that
after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings
shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus
such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus
such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans
shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, and (iii) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of all Committed Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies
shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit. Within the limits of each
Lender’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the
Borrowers may borrow under this Section
2.01,
prepay
under Section
2.05,
and
reborrow under this Section 2.01.
Committed Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further
provided herein.
2.02 Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans
(a)
Each
Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the
other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon
the
Company’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by
telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not
later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date
of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Dollars or of any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Dollars to Base Rate Committed Loans, (ii) four Business
Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice
Currency) prior
to
the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (iii) on the requested date of
any Borrowing of Base Rate Committed Loans. Each
telephonic notice by the Company pursuant to this Section
2.02(a)
must be
confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written
Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Company. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars shall be in a principal amount
of
$3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Borrowing
of,
conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies shall be in a principal amount of $3,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections
2.03(c)
and
2.04(c),
each
Committed Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Committed Loans shall be
in a
principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.
Each
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Committed
Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the
Company is requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans
from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
(ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as
the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount
of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of
Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to
be
converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with
respect thereto, (vi) the currency of the Committed Loans to be borrowed,
and (vii) if applicable, the Designated Borrower. If the Company fails to
specify a currency in a Committed Loan Notice requesting a Borrowing, then
the
Committed Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars. If the Company fails
to
specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Company
fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then
the
applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans;
provided,
however,
that in
the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Committed Loans
denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Loans shall be continued as
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period
of
one month. Any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as
of
the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the
applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Company requests a Borrowing of,
conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed
Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to
have
specified an Interest Period of one month. No Committed Loan may be converted
into or continued as a Committed Loan denominated in a different currency,
but
instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Committed Loan and
reborrowed in the other currency.
(b)
Following
receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the amount (and currency) of its Applicable Percentage
of
the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or
continuation is provided by the Company, the Administrative Agent shall notify
each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or
continuation of Committed Loans denominated in a currency other than Dollars,
in
each case as described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed
Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available
to
the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office
for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any
Committed Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time
specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Committed Loan in
an
Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the
applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions
set forth in Section
4.02
(and, if
such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section
4.01),
the
Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Company
or the other applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative
Agent either by (i) crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of
Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such
funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably
acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Company; provided,
however,
that
if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing
denominated in Dollars is given by the Company, there are L/C Borrowings
outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first,
shall
be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and, second,
shall
be made available to the applicable Borrower as provided above.
(c)
Except
as
otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or
converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency
Rate
Loan. If a Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent,
at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then, so long
as such Default is continuing, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or
continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether in Dollars or any Alternative
Currency) without the consent of the
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Required
Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then
outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency
be
prepaid, orredenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent
thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto.
(d)
The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the
interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans
upon
determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are
outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders
of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate
promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e)
After
giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans
from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the
same
Type, there shall not be more than 15 Interest Periods in effect with respect
to
Committed Loans.
2.03 Letters
of Credit
(a)
The
Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in
reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section
2.03,
(1)
from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date
until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit
denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account
of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit
previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to
honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree
to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Company or
its
Subsidiaries and
any
drawings thereunder;
provided
that
after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter
of
Credit, (x) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate
Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of
any Lender, plus
such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus
such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans
shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount
of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each
request by the Company for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit
shall
be deemed to be a representation by the Company that the L/C Credit Extension
so
requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding
sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Company’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully
revolving, and accordingly the Company may, during the foregoing period, obtain
Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have
been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed
to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall
be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
(ii)
No
L/C
Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(A) subject
to Section
2.03(b)(iii),
the
expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve
months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders
have approved such expiry date; or
(B)
the
expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter
of
Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry
date.
(iii) No
L/C
Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
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(A) any
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall
by
its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter
of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with
jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer
refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of
Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such
Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which
the
L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing
Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense
which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good
xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(B)
the
issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the
L/C
Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C)
except
as
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter
of
Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative
Currency;
(D)
the
L/C
Issuer does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit
issue
Letters of Credit in the requested currency;
(E)
such
Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the
stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(F)
a
default
of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section
2.03(c)
exists
or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C
Issuer has entered into reasonably satisfactory arrangements with the Company
or
such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such
Lender.
(iv) No
L/C
Issuer shall amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted
at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms
hereof.
(v) No
L/C
Issuer shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the
L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit
in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such
Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of
Credit.
(vi) Each
L/C
Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit
issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall
have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative
Agent in Article
IX
with
respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection
with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer
Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term
“Administrative Agent” as used in Article
IX
included
such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally
provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuers.
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(b) Procedures
for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of
Credit.
(i)
Each
Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the
request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
or
conforming with the electronic letter of credit system of the applicable L/C
Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable
L/C
Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. at least two
Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and
the
applicable L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole
discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the
case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of
Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance
date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B)
the
amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and
address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such
beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing
thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. In the
case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such
Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be
amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business
Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters
as
the L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Company shall furnish to the
applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and
information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment,
including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent
may require.
(ii)
Promptly
after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer
will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that
the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application
from the Company and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative
Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice
from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one
Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the
applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained
in
Article
IV
shall
not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
L/C
Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account
of
the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable
amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s
usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each
Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation
in
such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage times
the
amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If
the
Company so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the
applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue
a
Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit”);
provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C
Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period
(commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior
notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension
Notice Date”)
in
each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of
Credit is
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issued.
Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Company shall not be required
to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed
to
have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension
of
such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter
of
Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that no L/C Issuer shall not permit
any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not
be
permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of
Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason
of
the provisions of clause (ii)
or
(iii)
of
Section
2.03(a)
or
otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the
Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required
Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the Company that one or more of the applicable conditions
specified in Section
4.02
is not
then satisfied, and in each such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit
such extension.
(iv) Promptly
after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of
Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof,
the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent
a
true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings
and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i)
Upon
receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing
under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company and the
Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated
in
an Alternative Currency, the Company shall reimburse the L/C Issuer in such
Alternative Currency, unless (A) the L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have
specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or
(B)
in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Company
shall have notified the L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice
of
drawing that the Company will reimburse the L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case
of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company
of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the
determination thereof by the Administrative Agent. Not later than 10:00 a.m.
on
the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be
reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by
the
L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency
(each such date, an “Honor
Date”)
or, if
the Company receives notification of such drawing after 11:00 a.m. on an Honor
Date, then no later than 11:00 a.m. on the next Business Day, the Company shall
reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in an amount equal to the amount of such
drawing and in the applicable currency. If the Company fails to so reimburse
the
L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed
in
Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter
of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed
Amount”),
and
the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the
Company shall be deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed
Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section
2.02
for the
principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized
portion of the Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in
Section
4.02
(other
than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C
Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
2.03(c)(i)
may be
given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided
that the
lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness
or
binding effect of such notice.
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(ii)
Each
Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(i)
make
funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer,
in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments
in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount
not
later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section
2.03(c)(iii),
each
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate
Committed Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall
remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer in Dollars.
(iii) With
respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section
4.02
cannot
be satisfied or for any other reason, the Company shall be deemed to have
incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed
Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable
on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(ii)
shall be
deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall
constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation
obligation under this Section
2.03.
(iv) Until
each Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this
Section
2.03(c)
to
reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit,
interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall
be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each
Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C
Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this
Section
2.03(c),
shall
be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which
such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Company, any Subsidiary or
any
other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of
a
Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar
to any of the foregoing; provided,
however,
that
each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section
2.03(c)
is
subject to the conditions set forth in Section
4.02
(other
than delivery by the Company of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of
an
L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company
to
reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer
under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided
herein.
(vi) If
any
Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section
2.03(c)
by the
time specified in Section
2.03(c)(ii),
the L/C
Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the
period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment
is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative,
processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection
with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees
as
aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan
included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the
relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer
submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to
any
amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
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(d) Repayment
of Participations.
(i)
At
any
time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and
has
received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in
accordance with Section
2.03(c),
if the
Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment
in
respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly
from the Company or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied
thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute
to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same
funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If
any
payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer
pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(i)
is
required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section
10.05
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its
discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to
the
date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the
Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations
and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations
Absolute. The
obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under
each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the
following:
(i)
any
lack
of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or
any
other Loan Document;
(ii)
the
existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the
Company or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary
or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby
or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto,
or
any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any
draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect
or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any
loss
or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order
to
make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any
payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation
of a
draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit
to
any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other
representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such
Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Law;
(v)
any
adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the
relevant Alternative Currency to the Company or any Subsidiary or in the
relevant currency markets generally; or
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(vi) any
other
circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute
a
defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any
Subsidiary.
The
Company shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each
amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with the Company’s
instructions or other irregularity, the Company will promptly (but in any event
within four business hours after the Company's receipt of such copy) notify
the
L/C Issuer by telephone. The Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived
any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice
is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role
of L/C Issuer. Each
Lender and the Company agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of
Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document
(other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required
by
the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy
of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering
any
such document. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their
respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of
the
L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted
in
connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the
Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence
of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution,
effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related
to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Company hereby assumes all
risks
of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its
use of any Letter of Credit; provided,
however,
that
this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the
Company’s
pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or
transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the
Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any
correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or
responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of
Section
2.03(e);
provided,
however,
that
anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may have
a
claim against an L/C Issuer, and an L/C Issuer may be liable to the Company,
to
the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential
or exemplary, damages suffered by the Company which the Company proves were
caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C
Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s)
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of
Credit.
In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility
for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency
of
any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign
a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof,
in
whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
Each L/C Issuer shall send a report to the Administrative Agent on each Business
Day detailing each outstanding Letter of Credit and any changes
thereto.
(g) Cash
Collateral.
(i)
Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (A) if the L/C Issuer has honored
any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing
has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (B) if, as of the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the
Company shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations.
(ii)
In
addition, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that
the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds 105% of the
Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days after
receipt of such notice, the Company shall
Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by
which
the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of Credit
Sublimit.
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(iii) The
Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after the initial
deposit of Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided
in order to protect against the results of exchange rate
fluctuations.
(iv) Sections
2.05
and
8.02(c)
set
forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder.
For
purposes of this Section
2.03,
Section
2.05 and
Section
8.02(c),
“Cash
Collateralize”
means
to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of an L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations,
cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C
Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives
of
such term have corresponding meanings. The Company hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, a
security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein
and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in
blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.
(h) Applicability
of ISP. Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Company when a Letter
of
Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter
of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of
Credit.
(i)
Letter
of Credit Fees.
The
Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender
in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee
(the “Letter
of Credit Fee”) for
each
Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times
the
Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter
of
Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under
any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined
in
accordance with Section
1.09.
Letter
of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day after
the
end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first
such
date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly
basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any
quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit
shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each
period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request
of
the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit
Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(j)
Fronting
Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C
Issuers. The
Company shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars,
a
fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, such rate or rates and
payable as shall be mutually agreed upon between the applicable L/C Issuer
and
the Company (and, unless otherwise agreed, to be 0.125%), computed on the Dollar
Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit
on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable
on
the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December
in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof,
in
the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur
after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration
Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount
available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter
of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section
1.09.
In
addition, the Company shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account,
in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing
fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to
letters
of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard
costs
and charges are due and payable on demand and are
nonrefundable.
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(k) Conflict
with Issuer Documents.
In the
event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer
Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(l)
Letters
of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is
in
support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the
Company shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and
all
drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that
the
issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the
benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial
benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(m) Designation
of Additional L/C Issuers.
By
written notice from the Company delivered to the Administrative Agent, the
Company may from time to time, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, designate additional Lenders to act as L/C
Issuers hereunder, provided that (i) each Lender so designated shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice of its acceptance (which
acceptance may be a part of or delivered separate from the notice of
designation), and (ii) such notice of designation and related acceptance shall
be delivered not later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the initial
issuance of any Letter of Credit by such designated L/C Issuer (except that
any
designation and acceptance delivered on the Closing Date shall be effective
immediately). Without limiting the provisions of Section
10.07(h),
each
L/C Issuer so designated hereunder shall continue in such capacity until it
shall, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Company,
terminate its status as L/C Issuer (which notice shall be effective thirty
(30)
Business Days following receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice
and
consent or such later date as may be specified in such notice); provided that
no
such termination shall be permitted or effective until all Letters of Credit
issued by such L/C Issuer shall have expired or otherwise terminated and all
other L/C Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such L/C
Issuer shall have been paid and satisfied in full.
2.04
Swing
Line Loans
(a) The
Swing Line.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees,
in
reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section
2.04,
to make
loans in Dollars (each such loan, a “Swing
Line Loan”)
to the
Company from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period
in
an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the
Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when
aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Committed
Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed
the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided,
however,
that
after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings
shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Lender, plus
such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus
such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans
shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, and provided,
further,
that
the Company shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance
any
outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the
other terms and conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under this
Section
2.04,
prepay
under Section
2.05,
and
reborrow under this Section
2.04.
Each
Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a
Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk
participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of
such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage times
the
amount of such Swing Line Loan.
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(b) Borrowing
Procedures.
Each
Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Company’s irrevocable notice to the
Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.
Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date,
and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of
$100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business
Day.
Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing
Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company.
Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line
Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent
(by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received
such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify
the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.
Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing)
from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior
to
3:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the
Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the
limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section
2.04(a),
or (B)
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article
IV
is not
then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing
Line
Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such
Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to
the
Company at its office by crediting the account of the Company on the books
of
the Swing Line Lender in Same Day Funds.
(c) Refinancing
of Swing Line Loans.
(i)
The
Swing
Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on
behalf of the Company (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender
to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan
in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing
Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which
written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes
hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section
2.02,
without
regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount
of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate
Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section
4.02.
The
Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Company with a copy of the applicable
Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the
Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable
Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available
to
the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing Line
Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not
later than 12:00 noon on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice,
whereupon, subject to Section
2.04(c)(ii),
each
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate
Committed Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall
remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii)
If
for
any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Committed
Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.04(c)(i),
the
request for Base Rate Committed Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as
set
forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that
each
of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan
and
each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing
Line Lender pursuant to Section
2.04(c)(i)
shall be
deemed payment in respect of such participation.
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(iii) If
any
Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant
to
the foregoing provisions of this Section
2.04(c)
by the
time specified in Section
2.04(c)(i),
the
Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through
the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for
the
period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment
is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal
to
the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any
administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing
Line
Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with
interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such
Lender’s Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or funded
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate
of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative
Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each
Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans or to purchase and fund risk
participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section
2.04(c)
shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which
such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Company or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar
to any of the foregoing; provided,
however,
that
each Lender’s obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section
2.04(c)
is
subject to the conditions set forth in Section
4.02.
No such
funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation
of the Company to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided
herein.
(d) Repayment
of Participations.
(i)
At
any
time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing
Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such
Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its
Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swing
Line Lender.
(ii)
If
any
payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest
on
any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under
any of the circumstances described in Section
10.05
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender
in
its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable
Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon
from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate
per
annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will
make
such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the
Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations
and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest
for Account of Swing Line Lender.
The
Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Company for interest
on
the Swing Line Loans. Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan
or
risk participation pursuant to this Section
2.04
to
refinance such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest
in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of
the
Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments
Directly to Swing Line Lender.
The
Company shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the
Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
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2.05
Prepayments.
(a)
Each Borrower may, upon notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent,
at
any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or
in
part without premium or penalty; provided
that
(i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
11:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) four Business Days (or
five,
in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies)
prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies, and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate
Committed Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated
in Dollars shall be in a principal amount of $3,000,000 or a whole multiple
of
$500,000 in excess thereof; (iii) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Alternative Currencies shall be in a minimum principal amount
of
$3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (iv) any
prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case,
if
less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice
shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of
Committed Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Rate Loans are to be prepaid,
the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of
such
Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the
Company, the applicable Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment
amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified
therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by
all
accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts
required pursuant to Section
3.05.
Each
such prepayment shall be applied to the Committed Loans of the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
(b) The
Company may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay
Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided
that (i)
such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative
Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any
such
prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or, in each case,
if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice
shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given
by
the Company, the Company shall make such prepayment and the payment amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified
therein.
(c) If
the
Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Total
Outstandings at such time exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect,
then,
within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall
prepay Loans and/or the Company shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations
in
an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such
date
of payment to an amount not to exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect;
provided,
however,
that,
subject to the provisions of Section
2.03(g)(ii),
the
Company shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant
to this Section
2.05(c)
unless
after the prepayment in full of the Loans the Total Outstandings exceed the
Aggregate Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any
time
and from time to time after the initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request
that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the
results of further exchange rate fluctuations.
(d) If
the
Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Outstanding
Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds
an amount equal to 105% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect,
then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall
prepay Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount
as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative
Currency Sublimit then in effect.
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2.06
Termination
or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) The
Company may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate
Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments;
provided
that (i)
any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
10:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction,
(ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000
or
any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Company shall
not
terminate or reduce the Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto
and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed
the Aggregate Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction
of
the Aggregate Commitments, the Alternative Currency Sublimit, the Letter of
Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate
Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of
such
excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such
notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. The amount
of
any such Aggregate Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Alternative
Currency Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit unless otherwise specified
by
the Company. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to
the
Commitment of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage. All fees
accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments
shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(b) If
the
Company or any Subsidiary sells any asset permitted by Section
7.05(j)
which in
the aggregate will result in the realization by the Company or such Subsidiary
of Net Cash Proceeds (determined as of the date of such sale, whether or not
such Net Cash Proceeds are then received by the Company or such Subsidiary)
in
excess of $2,500,000, the Aggregate Commitments shall be reduced by the amount
of such Net Cash Proceeds immediately upon receipt thereof by the Company or
such Subsidiary; provided,
that
the Aggregate Commitments shall not be so reduced to the extent the Company
delivers to the Administrative Agent a certificate that the Company or such
Subsidiary intends to use the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds to acquire fixed
or capital assets for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries within 330 days
of
receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, it being expressly agreed that any amount
of
Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested shall permanently reduce the Aggregate
Commitments on the date 330 days after the receipt thereof.
2.07
Repayment
of Loans.
(a)
Each Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate
principal amount of Committed Loans made to such Borrower outstanding on such
date.
(b) The
Company shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) demand
by Swing Line Lender and (ii) the Maturity Date.
2.08
Interest.
(a)
Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurocurrency Rate
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each
Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such
Interest Period plus
the
Applicable Rate plus
the
Mandatory Cost (where applicable); (ii) each Base Rate Committed Loan shall
bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable
borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus
the
Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at
a
rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus
the
Applicable Rate.
(b) (i)
If
any
amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any
applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest
rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Laws.
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(ii)
If
any
amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by any Borrower under any
Loan
Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods),
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request
of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a
fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate
to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iii) Upon
the
request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the
Borrowers shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding
Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times
equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(iv) Accrued
and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due
interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest
on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest
hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before
and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.09
Fees.
In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and (j) of Section 2.03:
(a) Commitment
Fee.
The
Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender
in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage, a commitment fee in Dollars equal
to
the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate
Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Committed Loans
and
(ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations. The commitment fee shall accrue
at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which
one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and
payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after
the
Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. The commitment
fee
shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the
Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed
and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such
quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. For purposes of computation
of
the Commitment Fee, Swing Line Loans shall not be counted toward or considered
usage of the Aggregate Commitments.
(b) Other
Fees. (i)
The
Company shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own
respective accounts, in Dollars, fees in the amounts and at the times specified
in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not
be
refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(ii) The
Company shall pay to the Lenders, in Dollars, such fees as shall have been
separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.
Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any
reason whatsoever.
2.10
Computation
of Interest and Fees.
All
computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined
by
Bank of America’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations
of
fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days
elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid
than
if computed on the basis of a 365-day year), or, in the case of interest in
respect of Committed Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which
market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market
practice. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan
is
made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on
which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided
that any
Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to
Section
2.12(a),
bear
interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an
interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
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2.11
Evidence
of Debt.
(a) The
Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts
or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the
ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error
of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers
and
the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in
doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the
Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.
In
the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any
Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect
of
such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control
in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender to a Borrower
made through the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall execute and deliver
to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence
such Lender’s Loans to such Borrower in addition to such accounts or records.
Each Lender may attach schedules to a Note and endorse thereon the date, Type
(if applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its Loans and payments with
respect thereto.
(b) In
addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender
and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender
of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of
any
conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative
Agent
and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence
of
manifest error.
2.12
Payments
Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a)
General.
All
payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or
deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of
and
interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the
Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable
Administrative Agent’s
Office
in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified
herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the
Borrowers hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated
in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the
applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such Alternative Currency and in
Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the
Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any
payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. If, for any
reason, any Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment
hereunder in an Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment
in
Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount.
The
Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable
Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in
like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All
payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 1:00 p.m., in the
case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by
the Administrative Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency,
shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and
any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to
be
made by any Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment
shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time
shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may
be.
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(b) (i)
Funding
by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent.
Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the
proposed date of any Committed Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in
the
case of any Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on
the
date of such Committed Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available
to
the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Committed Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available
on such date in accordance with Section
2.02
(or, in
the case of a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has
made
such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section
2.02)
and
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower
a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its
share of the applicable Committed Borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree
to
pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount
in
Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date
such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of
payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be
made
by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or
similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection
with
the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower,
the
interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If such Borrower and such Lender
shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an
overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such
Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period.
If
such Lender pays its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing to the
Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s
Committed Loan included in such Committed Borrowing. Any payment by such
Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against
a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative
Agent.
(ii) Payments
by Borrowers; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.
Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to
the
date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
the Lenders or an L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such
payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
the
amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment,
then each of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees
to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so
distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in Same Day Funds with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed
to
it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the
Overnight Rate.
A
notice
of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to any amount
owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
(c) Failure
to Satisfy Conditions Precedent.
If any
Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be
made
by such Lender to any Borrower as provided in the foregoing provisions of this
Article
II,
and
such funds are not made available to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent
because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in
Article
IV
are not
satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative
Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender)
to
such Lender, without interest.
(d) Obligations
of Lenders Several.
The
obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans, to fund
participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments
pursuant to Section
10.04(c)
are
several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan,
to
fund any such participation or to make any
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payment
under Section
10.04(c)
on any
date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its
corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan,
to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section
10.04(c).
(e) Funding
Source.
Nothing
herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan
in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any
particular place or manner.
2.13
Sharing
of Payments by Lenders.
If any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the
Committed Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in
Swing
Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a
proportion of the aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or participations
and
accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata
share
thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion
shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for
cash at face value) participations in the Committed Loans and subparticipations
in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such
other
adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments
shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount
of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Committed Loans and
other amounts owing them, provided
that:
(i)
if
any
such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion
of
the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or
subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the
extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii)
the
provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment
made by a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of
this
Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Committed Loans or
subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or
participant, other than to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which
the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each
Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively
do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant
to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of
setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such
Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
2.14
Designated
Borrowers.
(a) The
Company may at any time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the
Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed
by
the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), designate any Subsidiary
of
the Company (an “Applicant
Borrower”)
as a
Designated Borrower to receive Loans hereunder by delivering to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver counterparts thereof to
each
Lender) a duly executed notice and agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit G
(a
“Designated
Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement”).
The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that prior to any Applicant Borrower
becoming entitled to utilize the credit facilities provided for herein the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received such supporting
resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents
or
information, in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, as may be required by the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders in their sole discretion, and Notes signed by such new
Borrowers to the extent any Lenders so require. In addition, any Applicant
Borrower which is a
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Foreign
Subsidiary shall appoint CT Corporation System, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
XX
00000, as such Applicant Borrower’s agent for service of process and provide to
the Administrative Agent a copy of related documentation. If the Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders agree that an Applicant Borrower shall be
entitled to receive Loans hereunder, then promptly following receipt of all
such
requested resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other
documents or information, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice in
substantially the form of Exhibit H
(a
“Designated
Borrower Notice”) to
the Company and the Lenders specifying the effective date upon which the
Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Designated Borrower for purposes hereof,
whereupon each of the Lenders agrees to permit such Designated Borrower to
receive Loans hereunder, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and
each
of the parties agrees that such Designated Borrower otherwise shall be a
Borrower for all purposes of this Agreement; provided
that no
Committed Loan Notice or Letter of Credit Application may be submitted by or
on
behalf of such Designated Borrower until the date five Business Days after
such
effective date.
(b) The
Obligations of the Company and each Designated Borrower that is a Domestic
Subsidiary shall be joint and several in nature. The Obligations of all
Designated Borrowers that are Foreign Subsidiaries shall be several in
nature.
(c) Each
Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a “Designated Borrower” pursuant to this
Section 2.14
hereby
irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant to
this
Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including (i) the giving
and receipt of notices, (ii) the execution and delivery of all documents,
instruments and certificates contemplated herein and all modifications hereto,
and (iii) the receipt of the proceeds of any Loans made by the Lenders, to
any such Designated Borrower hereunder. Any acknowledgment, consent, direction,
certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only
if given or taken by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly, shall
be
valid and effective if given or taken only by the Company, whether or not any
such other Borrower joins therein. Any notice, demand, consent, acknowledgement,
direction, certification or other communication delivered to the Company in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
delivered to each Designated Borrower.
(d) The
Company may from time to time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from
the Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed
by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), terminate a Designated
Borrower’s status as such, provided
that
there are no outstanding Loans payable by such Designated Borrower, or other
amounts payable by such Designated Borrower on account of any Loans made to
it,
as of the effective date of such termination. The Administrative Agent will
promptly notify the Lenders of any such termination of a Designated Borrower’s
status.
2.15
Increase
in
Commitments
(a) Request
for Increase.
Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which
shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Company may from time to time, request
an increase in the Aggregate Commitments by an amount (for all such requests)
not exceeding $75,000,000; provided
that any
such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000. At
the
time of sending such notice, the Company (in consultation with the
Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender
is
requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days
from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).
(b) Lender
Elections to Increase.
Each
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether
or
not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal
to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Percentage of such requested
increase. Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed
to
have declined to increase its Commitment.
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(c) Notification
by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders.
The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Lender of the Lenders’
responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a
requested increase and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent,
each
L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (which approvals shall not be unreasonably
withheld), the Company may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become
Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) Effective
Date and Allocations.
If the
Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (the
“Increase
Effective Date”)
and
the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Company and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase
and
the Increase Effective Date.
(e) Conditions
to Effectiveness of Increase.
As a
condition precedent to such increase, the Company shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase
Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible
Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted
by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the
case of the Company, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such
increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article
V
and the
other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the Increase Effective
Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such
earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section
2.16,
the
representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section
5.05
shall be
deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses
(a)
and (b), respectively, of Section
6.01,
and (B)
no Default exists. Upon the Increase Effective Date, the Borrowers shall make
a
combination of Borrowings and/or prepayments of Committed Loans, and the
Administrative Agent shall make such additional adjustments in its records,
so
that after giving effect thereto, the outstanding Committed Loans of each Lender
(and such Lender's participation in the L/C Obligations) shall be ratable
according to its Applicable Percentage then in effect (any such prepayment
to be
accompanied by any additional amounts required pursuant to Section
3.05).
(f) Conflicting
Provisions.
This
Section shall supersede any provisions in Section
2.13
or
10.01(a)
to the
contrary.
ARTICLE
III.
TAXES,
YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01
Taxes.
(a) Payments
Free of Taxes.
Any and
all payments by or on account of any obligation of the respective Borrowers
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of
and
without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes,
provided
that if
the applicable Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any
Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i)
the
sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii)
such Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
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(b) Payment
of Other Taxes by the Borrowers.
Without
limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, each Borrower shall timely
pay
any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law.
(c) Indemnification
by the Borrowers.
Each
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C
Issuer, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section)
paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.
A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to a
Borrower by a Lender or an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),
or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or
an
L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Evidence
of Payments.
As soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status
of Lenders.
Any
Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding
tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which a Borrower is resident for tax
purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect
to
payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Company
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed
by
applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative
Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by
applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding
or at
a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the
Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation
prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company or the
Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent
to
determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that a Borrower is
resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver
to Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall
be
requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender
becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon
the
request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign
Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is
applicable:
(i)
duly
completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility
for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a
party,
(ii)
duly
completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in
the
case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio
interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect
that
such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the applicable
Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a
“controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code
and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,
or
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(iv) any
other
form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or
a
reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together
with
such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to
permit the Company to determine the withholding or deduction required to be
made.
Without
limiting the obligations of the Lenders set forth above regarding delivery
of
certain forms and documents to establish each Lender’s status for U.S.
withholding tax purposes, each Lender agrees promptly to deliver to the
Administrative Agent or the Company, as the Administrative Agent or the Company
shall reasonably request, on or prior to the Closing Date, and in a timely
fashion thereafter, such other documents and forms required by any relevant
taxing authorities under the Laws of any other jurisdiction, duly executed
and
completed by such Lender, as are required under such Laws to confirm such
Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of,
applicable withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such
Lender outside of the U.S. by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in such
other jurisdiction. Each Lender shall promptly (i) notify the Administrative
Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any
such claimed exemption or reduction, and (ii) take such steps as shall not
be
materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender,
and
as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending
Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any such jurisdiction
that any Borrower make any deduction or withholding for taxes from amounts
payable to such Lender. Additionally, each of the Borrowers shall promptly
deliver to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the Administrative Agent
or such Lender shall reasonably request, on or prior to the Closing Date, and
in
a timely fashion thereafter, such documents and forms required by any relevant
taxing authorities under the Laws of any jurisdiction, duly executed and
completed by such Borrower, as are required to be furnished by such Lender
or
the Administrative Agent under such Laws in connection with any payment by
the
Administrative Agent or any Lender of Taxes or Other Taxes, or otherwise in
connection with the Loan Documents, with respect to such
jurisdiction.
(f) Treatment
of Certain Refunds.
If the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines, in its sole
discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with respect to which any
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay
to
such Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under
this
Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund),
net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender
or
such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any
interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such
refund), provided
that
each Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or
such
L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the
event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer is required
to
repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not
be
construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer
to
make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes
that it deems confidential) to any Borrower or any other Person.
3.02
Illegality.
If any
Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental
Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable
Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether
denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or to determine or charge
interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority
has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase
or
sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the
applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the
Company through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such
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Lender to
make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies
or, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in Dollars, to convert Base Rate
Committed Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, shall be suspended until such Lender
notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving
rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the
Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), prepay or, if applicable and such Loans are denominated in Dollars,
convert all such Eurocurrency Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans,
either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may
lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or
immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such
Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers
shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or
converted.
3.03
Inability
to Determine Rates.
If the
Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request
for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that
(a) deposits (whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not being
offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency
for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan,
(b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the
Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a
proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan (whether denominated in Dollars or an
Alternative Currency), or (c) the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the
Company and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make
or
maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall
be
suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required
Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company may
revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation
of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, failing
that,
will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
3.04
Increased
Costs.
(a) Increased
Costs Generally.
If any
Change in Law shall:
(i)
impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or
for
the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except
(A)
any reserve requirement reflected in the Eurocurrency Rate and (B) the
requirements of the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority or
the
European Central Bank reflected in the Mandatory Cost, other than as set forth
below) or any L/C Issuer;
(ii)
subject
any Lender or any L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect
to
this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit
or
any Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to such Lender or such L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section
3.01
and the
imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such
Lender or such L/C Issuer);
(iii) result
in
the failure of the Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, to represent the
cost to any Lender of complying with the requirements of the Bank of England
and/or the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank in relation
to its making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans;
or
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(iv) impose
on
any Lender or any L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition,
cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by
such
Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of
making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Rate Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or
such L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit
(or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter
of
Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such
Lender or such L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any
other
amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the Company will
pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to such Lender or
such
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such
additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital
Requirements.
If any
Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender
or such L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such
L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or
would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such
L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s
holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments
of
such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held
by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level
below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C
Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking
into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies
of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer from time to
time
the Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to
such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount
or
amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or
such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates
for Reimbursement.
A
certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth in reasonable detail
the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or
its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b)
of
this Section and delivered to the Company shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. The Company shall pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to
pay) such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as
due
on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay
in Requests.
Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation,
provided
that no
Borrower shall be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant
to
the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or
reductions suffered more than 90 days prior to the date that such Lender or
such
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such L/C
Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in
Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then
the
ninety-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period
of
retroactive effect thereof).
(e) Additional
Reserve Requirements.
The
Company shall pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to each
Lender,
as
long
as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement
or
analogous requirement of any central banking or financial regulatory authority
imposed in respect of the maintenance of the
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Commitments
or the funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed
as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
five
decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan
by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination
shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which
interest is payable on such Loan, provided
the
Company shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) of such additional costs from such Lender. If a Lender
fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such
additional costs shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such
notice.
3.05
Compensation
for Losses.
Upon
demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to
time, the Company shall promptly compensate (or cause the applicable Designated
Borrower to compensate) such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from
any
loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any
continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base
Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such
Loan
(whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or
otherwise);
(b) any
failure by any Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender
to
make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base
Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Company or the applicable
Designated Borrower;
(c) any
failure by any Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter
of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency
on
its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency;
or
(d) any
assignment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of
the
Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to
Section 10.13;
excluding
any
loss
of anticipated profits, but including any foreign exchange losses
and any
loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained
by it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from
which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange
contract.
The
Company shall also pay (or
cause
the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) any
customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the
foregoing.
For
purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Company (or the applicable
Designated Borrower) to the Lenders under this Section
3.05,
each
Lender
shall be
deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency
Base Rate used in determining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a matching
deposit or other borrowing in the offshore interbank market for such currency
for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
3.06
Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
(a) Designation
of a Different Lending Office.
If any
Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04,
or any
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section
3.01,
or if
any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section
3.02,
then
such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office
for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if,
in
the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section
3.01
or
3.04,
as the
case
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may
be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section
3.02,
as
applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to
such
Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay (or to cause the applicable Designated
Borrower to pay) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement
of Lenders.
If any
Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04,
or if
any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section
3.01,
the
Company may replace such Lender in accordance with Section
10.13.
3.07
Survival.
All of
the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article
III
shall
survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other
Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE
IV.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01
Conditions
of Initial Credit Extension.
The
obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit
Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent:
(a) The
Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be
originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise
specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan
Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of
governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in
form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the
Lenders:
(i) executed
counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement,
sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender
and the Company;
(ii) Notes
executed by the Borrowers in favor of each Lender requesting Notes;
(iii) such
certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or
other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the
Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity
of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer
in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such
Loan Party is a party;
(iv) such
documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require
to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each
of
the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries is validly existing, in good standing
and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership,
lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) a
favorable opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx, general counsel of the Loan
Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the
matters set forth in Exhibit
I-1,
and a
favorable opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan
Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the
matters set forth in Exhibit
I-2;
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(vi) a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either (A) attaching
copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with
the
execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against
such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents,
licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that
no
such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;
(vii) a
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company certifying (A) that
the conditions specified in Sections
4.02(a)
and
(b)
have
been satisfied, and (B) that there has been no event or circumstance since
the
date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably
expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect;
(viii)
evidence
that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents
has
been obtained and is in effect;
(ix)
evidence
that the Existing Credit Agreement has been or concurrently with the Closing
Date is being terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing
Credit Agreement have been or concurrently with the Closing Date are being
released;
(x)
such
documents (including original stock certificates together with undated stock
powers executed in blank and financing statements on form UCC-1), necessary
or,
in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Liens
created by the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, in proper form for filing,
registration or recordation;
(xi) results
of a recent search in the jurisdiction of formation of the Company and each
other Loan Party, with respect to the Company and each other Loan Party, of
the
Uniform Commercial Code filings which may have been filed with respect to the
Company or any other Loan Party, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any
of
the assets of the Company or any Loan Party except for Liens permitted by
Section
7.01
or Liens
to be discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(xii) an
updated Schedule 7 to the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement;
(xiii)
from
each
Foreign Subsidiary for which Equity Interests is required to be pledged in
accordance with the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, an acknowledgment and
consent (in the form attached to the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement) executed
and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Foreign Subsidiary;
and
(xiv)
such
other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or the Required
Lenders reasonably may require.
(b) Any
fees
required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been
paid.
(c) Unless
waived by the Administrative Agent, the Company shall have paid all fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly
to
such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) to the extent invoiced
prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees,
charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such
fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the
closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude
a
final settling of accounts between the Company and the Administrative
Agent).
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(d) The
Closing Date shall have occurred on or before March 31, 2006.
Without
limiting the generality of the provisions of Section
9.04,
for
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this
Section
4.01,
each
Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter
required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or
satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
4.02
Conditions
to all Credit Extensions.
The
obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other
than
a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to
the
other Type, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) is subject to the
following conditions precedent:
(a) The
representations and warranties of (i) the Borrowers contained in Article
V
hereof
and (ii) each Loan Party contained in each other Loan Document, shall be true
and correct on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent
that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date,
in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except
that for purposes of this Section
4.02,
the
representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section
5.05
shall be
deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses
(a)
and (b), respectively, of Section
6.01.
(b) No
Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or
the
application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) The
Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender
shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the
requirements hereof.
(d) If
the
applicable Borrower is a Designated Borrower, then the conditions of
Section 2.14
to the
designation of such Borrower as a Designated Borrower shall have been met to
the
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.
(e) In
the
case of a Credit Extension to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, there
shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial,
political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls
which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Required
Lenders (in the case of any Loans to be denominated in an Alternative Currency)
or the L/C Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in
an
Alternative Currency) would make it impracticable for such Credit Extension
to
be denominated in the relevant Alternative Currency.
Each
Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting
only
a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans) submitted by the Company shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections
4.02(a)
and
(b)
have
been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit
Extension.
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ARTICLE
V.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Except
as
otherwise provided in Section
5.18,
each
Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that:
5.01
Existence,
Qualification and Power.
Each
Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized or formed, validly
existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority
and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is
a
party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good
standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i)
or
(c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.02
Authorization;
No Contravention.
The
execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document
to
which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the
terms
of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in
any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require
any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person
is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any
of
its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any
Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its
property is subject; or (c) violate any Law.
5.03
Governmental
Authorization; Other Consents.
No
approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice
to,
or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person (other than
the
filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and the recording of
the
Mortgage) is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery
or
performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or
any
other Loan Document.
5.04
Binding
Effect.
This
Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder,
will
have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto.
This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered
will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party,
enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with
its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally (including, without limitation, laws respecting
fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers) and by general equitable
principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at
law).
5.05
Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse Effect; No Internal Control
Event.
(a) The
Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise
expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of
the
date thereof and their consolidated results of operations for the period covered
thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period
covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show
all
material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent,
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities
for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness, required to be shown thereon
in accordance with GAAP.
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(b) With
respect to the most recent unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the most recently ended
fiscal quarter delivered pursuant to Sections 2.15(e)
and
4.02(a),
and
referenced in each respective Compliance Certificate, such statements (i) were
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period
covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly
present the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby,
subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and
to
normal year-end audit adjustments.
(c) Since
the
date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or
circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To
the
knowledge of any Responsible Officer, no Internal Control Event exists or has
occurred since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has resulted
in
or could reasonably be expected to result in a misstatement in any financial
information delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that has
resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in an Event of
Default.
(e) The
consolidated forecasted balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section
6.01(c)
were
prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which
assumptions were believed in good faith to be reasonable in light of the
conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented,
at the time of delivery, the Company’s best estimate of its future financial
condition and performance.
(f) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has liabilities in respect of
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.
5.06
Litigation.
There
are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company threatened, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before
any Governmental Authority, by or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or
pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.07
No
Default.
Neither
any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default under or with respect
to
any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
5.08
Ownership
of Property; Liens.
Each of
the Company and each Subsidiary has good record and marketable title in fee
simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or
used
in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect. The property of the Company and its Subsidiaries is
subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section
7.01.
5.09
Environmental
Compliance.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review
of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential
liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their
respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the
Company has reasonably concluded that, except as specifically disclosed in
Schedule
5.09,
there
was no claim under such Environmental Laws that could, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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5.10
Insurance.
The
properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially
sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Company, in such
amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties
in localities where the Company or the applicable Subsidiary
operates.
5.11
Taxes.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and other material
tax returns and reports which, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer
are
required to be filed,, and have paid all Federal, state and other material
taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon
them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except
(i)
those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in
accordance with GAAP and (ii) those imposed by any Governmental Authority other
than the Federal Government the non-payment of which could not reasonably be
expected to give rise to any Material Adverse Effect. There is no proposed
tax
assessment against the Company or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have
a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof
is
party to any tax sharing agreement with any party other than the Company and
its
Subsidiaries.
5.12
ERISA
Compliance.
(a) Each
Plan
is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended
to
qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination
letter (or, with respect to a nonstandardized prototype plan, a favorable
opinion letter) from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently
being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the knowledge of any
Responsible Officer, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the
loss
of, such qualification. The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have made all
required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and
no
application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any
Plan.
(b) There
are
no pending or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer, threatened claims,
actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect
to
any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary
responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i)
No
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension
Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) neither the Company nor any
ERISA
Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due
and
not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability
(and
no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of
ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA
with
respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) neither the Company nor any ERISA
Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069
or
4212(c) of ERISA.
5.13
Subsidiaries;
Equity Interests.
As of
the Closing Date, the Company has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically
disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule
5.13,
and all
of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly
issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by a Loan Party in the
amounts specified on Part (a)
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of
Schedule 5.13
free and
clear of all Liens(other than Liens described in Section
4.01(a)(ix)).
As of
the Closing Date, the Company has no equity investments in any other
corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part(b) of
Schedule
5.13.
All of
the outstanding Equity Interests in the Company have been validly issued and
are
fully paid and nonassessable.
5.14
Margin
Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company
Act.
(a) No
Borrower is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important
activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within
the
meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the application of the
proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more
than
25% of the value of the assets (either of the applicable Borrower only or of
the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions
of Section
7.01
or
Section
7.05
or
subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between
any
Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to Indebtedness
and within the scope of Section
8.01(e)
will be
margin stock.
(b) None
of
the Company or any Subsidiary (i) is a “holding company,” or a “subsidiary
company” of a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of
a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” within the meaning of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, or (ii) is or is required to be registered
as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of
1940.
5.15
Disclosure.
The
Company has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all
agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or
any
of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in
a
Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other
information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
and
the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other
Loan
Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so
furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or, taken as a whole,
omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided
that,
with respect to projected financial information, the Company represents only
that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
to be reasonable at the time.
5.16
Compliance
with Laws.
Each
Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof is in compliance in all material respects
with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees
applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a)
such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure
to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.17
Taxpayer
Identification Number; Other Identifying Information.
The
true and correct U.S. taxpayer identification number of the Company is set
forth
on Schedule
10.02.
5.18
Intellectual
Property; Licenses, Etc.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights,
franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively,
“IP
Rights”)
that
are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses,
without conflict with the rights of any other Person, except for those IP Rights
the failure to own or possess the right to use could not reasonably be expected
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to
have a
Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of any Responsible Officer, no slogan
or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other
material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or
any
Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other Person, except for
infringements that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding
any
of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer,
threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.19
Representations
as to Foreign Obligors.
Each of
the Company and each Foreign Obligor represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
(a) Such
Foreign Obligor is subject to civil and commercial Laws with respect to its
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is
a
party (collectively as to such Foreign Obligor, the “Applicable
Foreign Obligor Documents”),
and
the execution, delivery and performance by such Foreign Obligor of the
Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents constitute and will constitute private
and
commercial acts and not public or governmental acts. Neither such Foreign
Obligor nor any of its property has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court
or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior
to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under
the
laws of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing
in respect of its obligations under the Applicable Foreign Obligor
Documents.
(b) The
Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents are in proper legal form under the Laws
of
the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing for
the
enforcement thereof against such Foreign Obligor under the Laws of such
jurisdiction, and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority
or
admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents. It is
not
necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or
admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents that
the
Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents be filed, registered or recorded with,
or
executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in the jurisdiction
in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing or that any registration
charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of the Applicable
Foreign Obligor Documents or any other document, except for (i) any such filing,
registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not
required to be made until the Applicable Foreign Obligor Document or any other
document is sought to be enforced and (ii) any charge or tax as has been timely
paid.
(c) There
is
no tax, levy, impost, duty, fee, assessment or other governmental charge, or
any
deduction or withholding, imposed by any Governmental Authority in or of the
jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing either
(i)
on or by virtue of the execution or delivery of the Applicable Foreign Obligor
Documents or (ii) on any payment to be made by such Foreign Obligor pursuant
to
the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents, except as has been disclosed to the
Administrative Agent.
(d) The
execution, delivery and performance of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents
executed by such Foreign Obligor are, under applicable foreign exchange control
regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized
and
existing, not subject to any notification or authorization except (i) such
as
have been made or obtained or (ii) such as cannot be made or obtained until
a
later date (provided
that any
notification or authorization described in clause (ii) shall be made or obtained
as soon as is reasonably practicable).
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ARTICLE
VI.
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
So
long
as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall
remain outstanding, the Company shall, and shall (except in the case of the
covenants set forth in Sections
6.01,
6.02,
and
6.03)
cause
each Subsidiary to:
6.01
Financial
Statements.
Deliver
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:
(a) as
soon
as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year
of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements
of
income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP,
audited and accompanied by (i) a report and opinion of a Registered Public
Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to
the
Administrative Agent (if other than a “Big Four” firm), which report and opinion
shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
and
applicable Securities Laws and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or
like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the
scope of such audit or with respect to the absence of any material misstatement
and (ii) an opinion of such Registered Public Accounting Firm independently
assessing the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting in accordance
with Item 308 of SEC Regulation S-K, applicable PCAOB Auditing Standards, and
Section 404 of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx;
(b) as
soon
as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the
first
three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter,
and the related consolidated statements of income or operations and cash flows
for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Company’s fiscal year then
ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding
portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by
the
chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of
the
Company as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations
and
cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject
only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
and
(c) as
soon
as available, but in any event at least 60 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company, forecasts prepared by management of the Company, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders,
of
consolidated balance sheets and statements of income or operations and cash
flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a quarterly basis for the
immediately following fiscal year (including the fiscal year in which the
Maturity Date occurs).
As
to any
information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section
6.02(c),
the
Company shall not be separately required to furnish such information under
clause (a) or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the
obligation of the Company to furnish the information and materials described
in
clauses (a) and (b) above at the times specified therein.
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6.02
Certificates;
Other Information. Deliver
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a)
and
(b),
a duly
completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief
financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Company;
(b) promptly
after any request by the Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit
reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of
directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of the Company
by
independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;
(c) promptly
after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial
statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the
Company, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and
registration statements which the Company may file or be required to file with
the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant
hereto;
(d) within
30
days (or such longer period as may be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) of delivery of any opinion required by a Registered Public
Accounting Firm under Section
6.01(a)(ii)
that
contains a statement that there is a material weakness in the Company's internal
controls over financial reporting, a certificate of the chief financial officer
of the Company to the effect that such weakness has been discussed in detail
with such Registered Public Accounting Firm and that steps have been taken
satisfactory to such Registered Public Accounting Firm such that such weakness
has been remedied and no longer constitutes an Internal Control
Event;
(e) promptly,
and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each written notice or other
correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable
non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation
by
such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary thereof, it being understood the foregoing does not include
SEC comment letters or routine correspondence; and
(f) promptly,
such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate
affairs of the Company or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the
Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to
time
reasonably request.
Documents
required to be delivered pursuant to Section
6.01(a)
or
(b)
or
Section
6.02(c)
(to the
extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the
SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to
have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents,
or provides a link thereto on the Company’s website on the Internet at the
website address listed on Schedule
10.02;
or (ii)
on which such documents are posted on the Company’s behalf on an Internet or
intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent
have
access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the
Administrative Agent); provided
that:
(i) the Company shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Company to deliver such
paper
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copies
until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Company shall notify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of
the
posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by
electronic mail electronic versions (i.e.,
soft
copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every
instance the Company shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance
Certificates required by Section
6.02(b)
to the
Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to
maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall
have
no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request
for
delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery
to
it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
Each
Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the
Arranger will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or
information provided by or on behalf of such Borrower hereunder (collectively,
“Borrower
Materials”)
by
posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic
system (the “Platform”)
and
(b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e.,
Lenders
that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to
any
Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public
Lender”).
Each
Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made
available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC”
which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently
on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the
Borrowers shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as
not
containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrowers
or
their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state
securities laws (provided,
however,
that to
the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated
as set forth in Section
10.07);
(y)
all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available
through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the
Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower
Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a
portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”
6.03
Notices.
Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) of
any
Responsible Officer becoming aware of the occurrence of any
Default;
(b) of
any
matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, including any of the following that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) breach or
non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of the
Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation,
proceeding or suspension between the Company or any Subsidiary and any
Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material
development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any
Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental
Laws;
(c) of
the
occurrence of any ERISA Event;
(d) of
any
material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by
the
Company or any Subsidiary; and
(e) of
the
determination by the Registered Public Accounting Firm providing the opinion
required under Section
6.01(a)(ii)
(whether
contained in such opinion when delivered or in connection with its preparation
of such opinion) or the Company’s determination at any time of the occurrence or
existence of any Internal Control Event.
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Each
notice pursuant to this Section
6.03
shall be
accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company setting
forth
details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the
Company has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice
pursuant to Section
6.03(a)
shall
describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any
other Loan Document that have been breached.
6.04
Payment
of Obligations.
Pay and
discharge as the same shall become due and payable: (a) all tax liabilities,
assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or
assets; and (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien
upon its property not permitted under Section
7.01,
as and
when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained
in
any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness, unless (i) in the
case
of clause (a) above, the failure to pay such obligations and liabilities could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) such
obligations and liabilities are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP
are being maintained by the Company or such Subsidiary.
6.05
Preservation
of Existence, Etc.
(a)
Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and
good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except
in a
transaction permitted by Section
7.04
or
7.05;
(b)
take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses
and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business,
except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered
patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.06
Maintenance
of Properties.
(a)
Maintain, preserve and protect, and make all necessary repairs to and renewals
and replacements of, all of its properties and equipment necessary in the
operation of its business in good working order and condition, except where
the
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.07
Maintenance
of Insurance.
Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates
of the Company, insurance with respect to its properties and business against
loss or damage of the kinds, (i) in the case of Mortgaged Properties, required
in the Mortgage, and (ii) in all other cases, customarily insured against by
Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such
amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other
Persons and, in the case of any general liability, property and casualty,
business interruption or umbrella liability insurance, providing for not less
than 30 days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent of cancellation of such
insurance (or providing for such other notice of cancellation as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent).
6.08
Compliance
with Laws.
Comply
in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders,
writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property,
except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ,
injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.09
Books
and Records.
(a)
Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct
entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all
financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the
Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books
of
record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements
of
any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Company
or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
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6.10
Inspection
Rights.
Permit
representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and
each
Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate,
financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom,
and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers,
and independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times during normal
business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable
advance notice to the Company; provided,
however,
that
when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or
any
of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any
of
the foregoing at the expense of the Company at any time during normal business
hours and without advance notice.
6.11
Use
of Proceeds.
Use the
proceeds of the Credit Extensions for general corporate purposes not in
contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.
6.12
Approvals
and Authorizations.
Maintain all authorizations, consents, approvals and licenses from, exemptions
of, and filings and registrations with, each Governmental Authority of the
jurisdiction in which each Foreign Obligor is organized and existing, and all
approvals and consents of each other Person in such jurisdiction, in each case
that are required in connection with the Loan Documents.
6.13
Additional
Collateral; Additional Subsidiary Guarantors.
(a)
With respect to any assets or any interest therein (other than assets or
interests having immaterial value) acquired after the Closing Date by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are intended to be subject to the Lien
created by any of the Security Agreements but which are not so subject promptly
(and in any event within 60 days after the acquisition thereof): (i) execute
and
deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the relevant Security
Agreements or such other documents as the Administrative Agent shall deem
necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of
the Lenders, a Lien on such assets (or such interest therein), (ii) take all
actions necessary or advisable to cause such Lien to be duly perfected in
accordance with all applicable Laws, including, without limitation, the filing
of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be requested by the
Administrative Agent, (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver
to
the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described in
clauses (i) and (ii) immediately preceding, which opinions shall be in form
and
substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, and (iv) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver
to
the Administrative Agent surveys, title insurance and flood insurance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) With
respect to any Person that, subsequent to the Closing Date, becomes a Domestic
Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary), promptly upon the request
of
the Administrative Agent: (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Lenders, a new pledge agreement, or such amendments
to
the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent shall deem
necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of
the Lenders, a Lien on the Equity Interest of such Subsidiary which is owned
by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) deliver to the Administrative
Agent the certificates representing such Equity Interest, together with undated
stock powers executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of
the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, (iii) cause such new Subsidiary
(A) to become a party to the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement or to a new
security agreement in each case pursuant to an annex to the Guaranty and
Collateral Agreement which is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent, and (B) to take all actions necessary or advisable
to
cause the Lien created by the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement or such security
agreement, to be duly perfected in accordance with all applicable Law,
including, without limitation, the filing of financing statements in such
jurisdictions as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, and (iv) deliver
to the Administrative Agent legal opinions and/or certificates of a Responsible
Officer relating to the matters described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
immediately preceding, which opinions and certificates shall be in form and
substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
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(c) With
respect to any Person that subsequent to the Closing Date becomes a Foreign
Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary owned by another Foreign
Subsidiary), promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent: (i) execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent a foreign stock pledge agreement, or
such amendments to the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative
Agent shall deem necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Lenders, a Lien on 65% of the Equity Interest of such
Subsidiary which is owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificate or certificates representing
65% of the Equity Interest of such Foreign Subsidiary, together with, if
required by such foreign stock pledge agreement, undated stock powers for each
such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor
thereof, (iii) complete such other actions as are necessary or, in the opinion
of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Liens created by such
foreign stock pledge agreement and (iv) cause the delivery of the executed
legal
opinion of special foreign counsel with respect to such foreign stock pledge
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
6.14
Further
Assurances.
Upon
the request of the Administrative Agent, promptly perform or cause to be
performed any and all acts and execute or cause to be executed any and all
documents (including, without limitation, financing statements and continuation
statements) for filing under the provisions of the applicable Uniform Commercial
Code or any other applicable Laws that are necessary or advisable to maintain
in
favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, Liens on
the
Collateral that are duly perfected in accordance with all applicable
Laws.
6.15
Real
Property Matters.
With
respect to the real property listed on Schedule
A,
no
later than 60 days following the Effective Date, at its own expense (i) deliver
to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a Mortgage on
such
real property and take all actions necessary or, in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent, desirable to cause any liens created by any such Mortgage
to be duly perfected in accordance with all applicable Laws and (ii) deliver
to
the Administrative Agent environmental reports reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. With respect to any other real property acquired by the
Company or its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (other than leased real
property and other real property that, individually or in the aggregate, has
fair market value not exceeding $5,000,000), to the extent reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent, (no later than 60 days following such request)
and
at the Borrower's own expense (a) deliver to the Administrative Agent, for
the
benefit of the Lenders, a Mortgage on such real property, (b) take all actions
necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to cause
any
liens created by any such Mortgage to be duly perfected in accordance with
all
applicable Laws, including, without limitation, the recording of such Mortgages
in such jurisdictions as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, and
(c)
confirm that the Borrower has received the notice required pursuant to Section
208(e)(3) of Regulation H of the FRB.
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ARTICLE
VII.
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
So
long
as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall
remain outstanding, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly:
7.01
Liens.
Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets
or
revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens
pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens
existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule
7.01
and any
renewals or extensions thereof, provided
that (i)
the property covered thereby is not changed, (ii) the amount secured or
benefited thereby is not increased except as contemplated by Section
7.03(b),
(iii)
the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, and
(iv) any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby
is
permitted by Section
7.03(b);
(c) Liens
for
taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves
with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in
accordance with GAAP;
(d) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period
of
more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings;
(e) pledges
or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation
and
deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or
self-insurance arrangements, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(f) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than
Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, tenders,
licenses, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred
in
the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances, utility agreements,
covenants, reservations and encroachments and other similar encumbrances or
title defects incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary
course of business affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from
the
value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of the business of the applicable Person;
(h) Liens
securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default
under Section
8.01(h);
(i) Liens
securing Indebtedness permitted under Section
7.03(g);
provided
that (i)
such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property
financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does
not
exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being
acquired on the date of acquisition;
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(j) Liens
on
assets of corporations which become Subsidiaries of the Company after the date
hereof existing on the date of such acquisition, provided that (i) such Liens
do
not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by the
Indebtedness, (ii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is
not
increased, and (iii) such Lien or indebtedness is not created or incurred in
connection with or contemplation of such acquisition;
(k) Liens
on
assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not
Domestic Subsidiaries) of the Company securing Indebtedness permitted by
Section
7.03(h);
and
(l) Liens
in
respect of security interest in inventory and any proceeds thereof granted
in
the ordinary course of business for the benefit of any supplier of such
inventory bearing the trade or service xxxx of such supplier, provided such
liens do not extend to assets other than parts supplied from time to time by
such supplier in the ordinary course of business so long as (i) such Liens
are
junior to the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Security
Documents and (ii) the obligations secured by such Liens do not exceed
$1,000,000 in the aggregate.
7.02
Investments.
Make
any Investments, except:
(a) Investments
held by the Company or such Subsidiary in the form of Cash
Equivalents;
(b) advances
to officers, directors and employees of the Company and Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding, for travel,
entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;
(c) Investments
of the Company in any Subsidiary Guarantor and Investments of any Subsidiary
Guarantor in the Company or in another Subsidiary Guarantor;
(d) Investments
of any Foreign Subsidiary in the Company and other Subsidiaries of the
Company;
(e) Investments
of the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors in Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $20,000,000 (determined on a cumulative basis from and
after the Closing Date, but giving effect to reductions of amounts outstanding
by the amount of capital in respect thereof returned in cash to the Company
or
the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time); provided,
that
immediately before and after giving effect to such Investment, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(f) Investments
consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or
notes
receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of
business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction
thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably
necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(g) Guarantees
permitted by Section
7.03;
(h) Permitted
Acquisitions;
(i) any
notes, securities or other instruments received as consideration for any sale
of
assets permitted hereunder in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000
in
any fiscal year of the Company;
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(j) any
notes, securities or other instruments received as part of the settlement of
litigation or in satisfaction of extensions of credit to any Person otherwise
permitted hereunder pursuant to the reorganization, bankruptcy or liquidation
of
such Person; and
(k) other
Investments not exceeding $20,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year of
the
Company.
7.03
Indebtedness.
Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule
7.03
and any
refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided
that the
amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing,
refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable
premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably
incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any
existing commitments unutilized thereunder;
(c) Guarantees
of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of Indebtedness otherwise
permitted hereunder of the Company or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(d) Indebtedness
of the Company to any Subsidiary or of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Company;
(e) intercompany
Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries to the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors
arising out of loans and advances permitted under Section
7.02(e);
(f) obligations
(contingent or otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary existing or arising
under any Swap Contract, provided
that (i)
such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary
course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated
with
liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably
anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by
such
Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” and (ii)
except for a Related Swap Contract, such Swap Contract does not contain any
provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make
payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;
(g) Indebtedness
in respect of capital leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and purchase money
obligations for fixed or capital assets within the limitations set forth in
Section
7.01(i);
provided,
however,
that
the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one time outstanding shall
not exceed $20,000,000;
(h) Indebtedness
of Subsidiaries of the Company at any time not exceeding an aggregate principal
amount outstanding equivalent at such time to $20,000,000 (US Dollars
equivalent);
(i)
Indebtedness
in respect of surety bonds and similar instruments incurred in the ordinary
course of business; and
(j)
other
unsecured Indebtedness of the Company, provided
the
Company is in pro forma compliance with the covenants contained in Section
7.12
(both
before and after giving effect to the incurrence of such other unsecured
Indebtedness).
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7.04
Fundamental
Changes.
Merge,
dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of
(whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially
all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor
of
any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result
therefrom:
(a) any
Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Company, provided
that the
Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more
other Subsidiaries, provided
that
when any Subsidiary Guarantor is merging with another Subsidiary, a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any
Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary
liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or to another Subsidiary; provided
that if
the transferor in such a transaction is a Subsidiary Guarantor, then the
transferee must either be the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(c) the
Company or any Subsidiary may engage in mergers or consolidations in connection
with Permitted Acquisitions; and
(d) the
Company or any Subsidiary may engage in transactions permitted pursuant to
Section 7.05.
7.05
Dispositions.
Make
any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition,
except:
(a) Dispositions
of surplus, obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions
of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions
of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged
for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii)
the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase
price of such replacement property; provided,
that
immediately before and after giving effect to such Disposition, no Default
or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(d) Dispositions
of property by any Subsidiary to the Company or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary;
provided
that if
the transferor of such property is a Subsidiary Guarantor, the transferee
thereof must either be the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(e) Dispositions
permitted by Section
7.04;
(f) Dispositions
by the Company and its Subsidiaries of property pursuant to sale-leaseback
transactions, provided that the book value of all property so Disposed of shall
not exceed $25,000,000 from and after the Closing Date;
and
provided further that immediately before and after giving effect to such
Disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(g) non-exclusive
licenses of IP Rights;
(h) the
sublease of real or personal property on commercially reasonable terms to the
extent that the Company determines that such property is no longer necessary
in
the conduct of the business of the Company and Subsidiaries;
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(i) Dispositions
by the Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted pursuant
to clauses (a)
through
(h)
of
this
Section
7.05;
provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default shall exist or
would result from such Disposition and (ii) the aggregate book value of all
property Disposed of under this clause (i) in any fiscal year shall
not
exceed $2,500,000; and
(j) subject
to the provisions of Section 2.06(b),
Dispositions by the Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under
this Section
7.05;
provided,
however,
that
any Disposition in excess of $1,000,000 pursuant to clauses (b)
through (j)
(other
than Dispositions among Loan Parties) shall be for fair market value in the
reasonable determination of the Company or Subsidiary making such
Disposition.
7.06
Restricted
Payments.
Declare
or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to do so, if immediately after giving effect to such
proposed action, a Default or Event of Default would exist.
7.07
Change
in Nature of Business; Creation of Subsidiaries.
(a)
Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those
lines
of business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof
or
any business substantially related or incidental thereto.
(b) Create
any new Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company other than (i) any Domestic
Subsidiary that, promptly upon becoming a Domestic Subsidiary (and in any event
within ten days of such event), executes and becomes a party to the Guaranty
and
Collateral Agreement, or (ii) an Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary, provided,
that
in the case of clause (ii) when such Domestic Subsidiary no longer qualifies
as
an Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary, it shall promptly execute and become a party
to the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement.
7.08
Transactions
with Affiliates.
Enter
into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Company, whether
or
not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms
substantially as favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary as would be
obtainable by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s
length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing such prohibited transactions with Affiliates
shall
not include (a) payments of reasonable and customary directors' fees and
indemnities of directors, officers and employees, (b) transfers of inventory,
equipment IP Rights and other property among the Loan Parties in the ordinary
course of business and (c) compensation arrangements for officers and other
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary
course of business.
7.09
Burdensome
Agreements.
Enter
into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan
Document) that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary to make Restricted
Payments to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or to otherwise transfer
property to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) of any Subsidiary
to
Guarantee the Obligations or (iii) of the Company or any Subsidiary to create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person; provided,
however,
that
this clause (iii) shall not prohibit any negative pledge incurred or provided
in
favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section
7.03(e)
solely
to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by
or
the subject of such Indebtedness; or (b) requires the grant of a Lien to secure
an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure the
Obligations.
7.10
Use
of Proceeds.
Use the
proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether
immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock
(within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness
originally incurred for such purpose.
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7.11
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements.
Incur
or permit to incur any Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.
7.12
Financial
Covenants.
(a) Consolidated
Net Worth.
Permit
Consolidated Net Worth at any time to be less than the sum of (i) $150,000,000,
(ii) an amount equal to 25% of the Consolidated Net Income earned in each full
fiscal quarter ending after December 31, 2005 (with no deduction for a net
loss
in any such fiscal quarter), less the aggregate writeoff of intangible assets
constituting goodwill after the Closing Date to the extent reflected in
accordance with GAAP on the financial statements of the Company delivered
pursuant to Section
6.01
for
fiscal periods ending after the Closing Date and (iii) an amount equal to 100%
of the aggregate increases in Shareholders’ Equity after the date hereof by
reason of the issuance and sale of Equity Interests of the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than issuances to the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary),
including upon any conversion of debt securities of the Company into such Equity
Interests.
(b) Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio.
Permit
the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter
of
the Company to be less than 1.50:1.00.
(c) Consolidated
Leverage Ratio.
Permit
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the
Company to be greater than 3.00:1.00.
ARTICLE
VIII.
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
8.01
Events
of Default.
Any of
the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Non-Payment.
Any
Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to
be paid herein, and in the currency required hereunder, any amount of principal
of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three days after the same
becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee
due
hereunder, or (iii) within five days after the same becomes due, any other
amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or
(b) Specific
Covenants.
The
Company fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained
in
any of Section
6.01,
6.02,
6.03,
6.05,
6.10,
6.11
or
6.13
or
Article
VII;
or
(c) Other
Defaults.
Any
Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not
specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on
its
part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after
the earlier of the date of written notice by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender or the date on which a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge of such
default; or
(d) Representations
and Warranties.
Any
representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed
made
by or on behalf of the Company or any other Loan Party herein, in any other
Loan
Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith
shall
be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made;
or
(e) Cross-Default.
(i) The
Company or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise)
in
respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder
and
Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal
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amount
of
more than $5,000,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement
or
condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any
instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other
event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to
permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or
beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder
or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice
if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be
repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or
an
offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made,
prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash
collateral in respect thereof to be demanded (except for due on sale clauses
in
Indebtedness permitted under Section
7.03(g)
to the
extent triggered by a Disposition permitted under Section
7.05);
or
(ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined
in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap
Contract as to which the Company or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party
(as
defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined)
under such Swap Contract as to which the Company or any Subsidiary is an
Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value
owed by the Company or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than
$5,000,000; or
(f) Insolvency
Proceedings, Etc.
Any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution
of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any
receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar
officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver,
trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer
is
appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment
continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding
under
any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material
part
of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues
undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered
in any such proceeding; or
(g) Inability
to Pay Debts; Attachment.
(i) The
Company or any Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability
or
fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant
of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all
or
any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released,
vacated or fully bonded within 60 days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments.
There
is entered against the Company or any Subsidiary (i) one or more final judgments
or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount (as to all such
judgments or orders) exceeding $10,000,000 (to the extent not covered by
independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute
coverage or by independent third party indemnification as to which such third
party admits liability), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments
that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, there is a period
of
60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by
reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or
(i) ERISA.
(i) An
ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
Company under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or
the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000, or (ii) the Company
or
any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any
applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal
liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate
amount in excess of $10,000,000; or
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(j) Invalidity
of Loan Documents.
Any
material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and
delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or
thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in
full
force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or
enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies
that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document,
or
purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document;
or
(k) Change
of Control.
There
occurs any Change of Control.
8.02
Remedies
Upon Event of Default.
If any
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall,
at
the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any
or
all of the following actions:
(a) declare
the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer
to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments
and
obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare
the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued
and
unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrowers;
(c) require
that the Company Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal
to
the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(d) exercise
on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies
available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under the Loan
Documents;
provided,
however,
that
upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with
respect to any Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the
obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer
to
make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal
amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid
shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Company
to
Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become
effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or
any
Lender.
8.03
Application
of Funds.
After
the exercise of remedies provided for in Section
8.02
(or
after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the
L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized
as
set forth in the proviso to Section
8.02),
any
amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent in the following order:
First,
to
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities,
expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel
to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article
III)
payable
to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second,
to
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and
other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable
to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (including fees, charges and disbursements
of
counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuers (including fees and time
charges for attorneys who may be employees of any Lender or the L/C Issuer)
and
amounts payable under Article
III),
ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this
clause Second
payable
to them;
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Third,
to
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other
Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in proportion to
the
respective amounts described in this clause Third
payable
to them;
Fourth,
to
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of
the
Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth
held by
them;
Fifth,
to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize
that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of
Letters of Credit;
Sixth,
to
payment of Swap Termination Values and amounts owing under Related Treasury
Management Arrangements, in each case to the extent owing to any Lender or
any
Affiliate of any Lender arising under Related Credit Arrangements that shall
have been terminated and as to which the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice of such termination and the Swap Termination Value thereof
or
the amount owing under the applicable Related Treasury Management Arrangement
from the applicable Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, such payments under this
clause Sixth
to
be
allocated on a pro rata basis according to such amounts owed as to which the
Administrative Agent has received such notice; and
Last,
the
balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in
full, to the Company or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject
to Section
2.03(c),
amounts
used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit
pursuant to clause Fifth
above
shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur.
If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit
have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied
to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE
IX.
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
9.0
Appointment
and Authority.
Each of
the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America
to
act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other
Loan
Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its
behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent
by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for
the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and no
Borrower shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such
provisions.
9.02
Rights
as a Lender.
The
Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights
and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise
the
same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or
“Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context
otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other
advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the
Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were
not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor
to the Lenders.
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9.03
Exculpatory
Provisions.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting
the
generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall
not
be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether
a
Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall
not
have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby
or
by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to
exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number
or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the
other Loan Documents), provided
that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its
opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent
to
liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law;
and
(c) shall
not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents,
have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any
information relating to any of the Borrowers or any of their respective
Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken
by it
(i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the
Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under
the
circumstances as provided in Sections
10.01(a)
and
8.02)
or (ii)
in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless
and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent
by
the Company, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain
or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents
of
any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder
or
in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of
any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein
or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or
any
other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition
set forth in Article
IV
or
elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required
to
be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
9.04
Reliance
by Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic
message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed
by
it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by
the
proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made
to
it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper
Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining
compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance
of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction
of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such
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condition
is satisfactory to such Lender or such L/C Issuer unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such L/C
Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of
Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be
counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected
by
it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in
accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or
experts.
9.05
Delegation
of Duties.
The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its
rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through
any
one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise
its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The
exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and
to
the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and
shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication
of
the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as
Administrative Agent.
9.06
Resignation
of Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the
Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with
the
Company, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the
United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United
States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required
Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the
retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint
a
successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above;
provided
that if
the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders that no
qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall
nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the
retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the
case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf
of
the Lenders or the L/C Issuers under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring
Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until
such
time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all
payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or
through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender
and
each L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a
successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon
the
acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and
the
retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and
obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already
discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by
the
Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable
to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such
successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04
shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken
or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent
was acting as Administrative Agent.
Any
resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
shall also constitute its resignation as Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.
Upon
the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder,
(a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender,
(b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from
all
of their respective duties and obligations
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hereunder
or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue
letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding
at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the
retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C
Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
9.07
Non-Reliance
on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each
Lender and each L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their
Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make
its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished
hereunder or thereunder.
9.08
No
Other Duties, Etc.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Book Managers,
Arrangers or Syndication Agent listed on the cover page hereof shall have any
powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other
Loan
Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent,
a
Lender or an L/C Issuer hereunder.
9.09
Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case
of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other
judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent
(irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall
then
be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand
on
any Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise
(a) to
file
and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and
unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that
are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the
Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the
Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other
amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent under
Sections
2.03(i)
and
(j),
2.09
and
10.04)
allowed
in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to
collect
and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;
and
any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender and each L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent
and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making
of
such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, to pay to the
Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections
2.09
and
10.04.
Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or an L/C
Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or an L/C Issuer to
authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender
or an L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.
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9.10
Collateral
and Guaranty Matters.
The
Lenders and the L/C Issuers irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent,
at
its option and in its discretion,
(a) to
release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent
under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and
payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification
obligations and Related Credit Arrangements) and the expiration or termination
of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in
connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
or (iii) subject to Section
10.01(a),
if
approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required
Lenders;
(b) to
subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative
Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that
is
permitted by Section
7.01(i);
and
(c) to
release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty and
Collateral Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of
a
transaction permitted hereunder.
Upon
request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will
confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or
subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release
any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty and Collateral
Agreement pursuant to this Section
9.10.
ARTICLE
X.
MISCELLANEOUS
10.01 Amendments,
Etc.
(a) No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, and no consent to any departure by the Company or any other Loan
Party
therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders
and the Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and
acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which given; provided,
however,
that no
such amendment, waiver or consent shall
(i)
waive
any
condition set forth in Section
4.01(a)
without
the written consent of each Lender;
(ii)
extend
or
increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated
pursuant to Section
8.02)
without
the written consent of such Lender;
(iii) postpone
any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment
(excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts
due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby;
(iv) reduce
the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or
L/C
Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section
10.01(a))
any
fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without
the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; ,
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provided,
however, that
only
the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the
definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of any Borrower to pay
interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any
financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the
effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan
or
L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(v) change
Section
2.13
or
Section
8.03
in a
manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby
without the written consent of each Lender;
(vi) amend
Section 1.06
or the
definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each
Lender;
(vii) change
any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any
other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required
to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any
determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of
each
Lender;
(viii)
release
the Company from the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement or all or substantially
all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement
without the written consent of each Lender; or
(ix) release
all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of
related transactions without the written consent of each Lender.
and,
provided further,
that
(i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by
the
L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or
duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating
to
any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver
or
consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition
to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line
Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders
required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be
amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only
by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no
Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment,
waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may
not
be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
(b) If,
in
connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or
to
any of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by clauses (i)
through
(ix),
inclusive, of Section
10.01(a),
the
consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more
of
such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Company
shall have the right, so long as all non-consenting Lenders whose individual
consent is required are treated as described in either clause (i) or (ii) below,
to either:
(i)
replace
each such non-consenting Lender or Lenders with one or more assignees pursuant
to, and with the effect of an assignment under, Section
10.13
so long
as at the time of such replacement, each such assignee consents to the proposed
change, waiver, discharge or termination; or
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(ii)
terminate
such non-consenting Lender’s Commitment (if such Lender’s consent is required as
a result of its Commitment) and/or repay the outstanding Loans and L/C Advances
of such Lender that gave rise to the need to obtain such Lender’s consent, and
pay all accrued interest, fees and other amounts through the date of such
termination and/or repayment; provided that, unless the Commitments that are
terminated and Loans and L/C Advances that are repaid are immediately replaced
in full at such time through the addition of new Lenders or the increase of
the
Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of existing Lenders (who in each case
must
specifically consent thereto), then the Required Lenders (determined after
giving effect to the proposed action) shall specifically consent
thereto.
Any
such
replacement or termination transaction described above shall be effective on
the
date notice is given of the relevant transaction and shall have a settlement
date no earlier than five Business Days and no later than 90 days after the
relevant transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Lender
that is acting as the Administrative Agent, the Company shall not have the
right
to replace such Lender, terminate its Commitment or repay its Loans pursuant
to
this paragraph as a result of such Lender’s refusal to consent to any waiver,
amendment or modification that would affect its rights and duties in its
capacity as Administrative Agent.
10.02 Notices;
Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
(a) Notices
Generally.
Except
in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given
by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices
and
other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other
communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall
be
made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i)
if
to a
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender,
to
the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number
specified for such Person on Schedule
10.02;
and
(ii)
if
to any
other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or
telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices
sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered
mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by
telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have
been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the
recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent
provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such
subsection (b).
(b) Electronic
Communications.
Notices
and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and
Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent, provided
that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant
to
Article
II
if such
Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent
that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. The Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its discretion,
agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided
that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
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Unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by
the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement), provided
that if
such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours
of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been
sent
at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and
(ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website
shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient
at
its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification
that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website
address therefor.
(c) The
Platform.
THE
PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED
BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS
OR
THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN
OR
OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM
VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH
THE
BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent
or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent
Parties”)
have
any liability to any Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person
for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in
tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Borrower’s or the Administrative
Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment
to
have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent
Party; provided,
however,
that in
no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender,
any L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual
damages).
(d) Change
of Address, Etc.
Each of
the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line
Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and
other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each
other
Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and
other communications hereunder by notice to the Company, the Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender
agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that
the
Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name,
telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices
and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for
such Lender.
(e) Reliance
by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders. The
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely
and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing
Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Borrower even if
(i)
such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or
were
not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii)
the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation
thereof. The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer,
each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs,
expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each
notice purportedly given by or on behalf of any Borrower. All telephonic notices
to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be
recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby
consents to such recording.
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10.03 No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No
failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay
by
any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise
of
any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative
and
not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by
law.
10.04 Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs
and Expenses.
The
Company shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges
and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with
the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation,
negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by each L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment
thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer (including the reasonable
fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent,
any
Lender or any L/C Issuer), and, without duplication, shall pay all reasonable
fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer, in connection with the enforcement or
protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in
connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including
all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring
or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification
by the Company.
The
Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof),
each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing
Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall
indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all reasonable fees and time
charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee,
incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third
party
or by any Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with,
or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby,
the
performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder
or
thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and
its
Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of
the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by such L/C Issuer to honor a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in
connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective
claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third
party or by the Company or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether
any
Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided
that
such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) result
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment or (y) result from a claim
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brought
by the Company or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach of
such
Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the
Company or such other Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment
in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement
by Lenders.
To the
extent that the Company for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount
required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it
to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any L/C Issuer or any
Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay
to
the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such L/C Issuer or such
Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
(determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity
payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided
that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such L/C Issuer in its capacity
as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such L/C Issuer in connection
with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this
subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).
(d) Waiver
of Consequential Damages, Etc.
To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter
of
Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in
subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by
unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to
such
unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic
or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement
or
the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence
or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) Payments.
All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business
Days
after demand therefor.
(f) Survival.
The
agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative
Agent, any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender,
the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction
or
discharge of all the other Obligations.
10.05 Payments
Set Aside.
To the
extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower is made to the
Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent,
any L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment
or
the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such L/C
Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver
or
any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law
or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in
full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had
not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay
to
the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication)
of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus
interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made
at a rate per annum equal to the applicable
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Overnight
Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery
or
payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b)
of
the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations
and
the termination of this Agreement.
10.06 Successors
and Assigns.
(a) Successors
and Assigns Generally.
The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
except that no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights
or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent and each Lender (except for transactions permitted by Section
7.04)
and no
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance
with
the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge
or
assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection
(f)
of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party
hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied,
shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto,
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the
extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments
by Lenders.
Any
Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of
its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of
its
Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b),
participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing
to
it); provided
that any
such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i)
Minimum
Amounts.
(A) in
the
case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment
to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount
need be assigned; and
(B) in
any
case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount
of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder)
or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance
of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined
as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment
is
delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the
Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than
$5,000,000 unless
each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Company otherwise consents (each such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided,
however,
that
concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent
assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single assignee (or to an
assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single
assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been
met.
(ii)
Proportionate
Amounts.
Each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of
all
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect
to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall
not
apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line
Loans;
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(iii)
Required
Consents.
No
consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required
by
subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the
consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(B) the
consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that
is
not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect
to
such Lender;
(C) the
consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation
of
the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit
(whether or not then outstanding); and
(D) the
consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required for any assignment.
(iv)
Assignment
and Assumption.
The
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee
of
$2,500; provided,
however,
that
the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such
processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee,
if
it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire.
(v)
No
Assignment to Company.
No such
assignment shall be made to the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries.
(vi)
No
Assignment to Natural Persons.
No such
assignment shall be made to a natural person.
(vii) No
Assignment Resulting in Additional Indemnified Taxes.
No such
assignment shall be made to any Person that, through its Lending Offices, is
not
capable of lending the applicable Alternative Currencies to the relevant
Borrowers without the imposition of any additional Indemnified
Taxes.
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified
in
each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to
this
Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and
Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement,
and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering
all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such
Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled
to
the benefits of Sections
3.01,
3.04,
3.05,
and
10.04
with
respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of
such
assignment. Upon request, each Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and
deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender
of
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rights
or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection
shall
be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection
(d)
of this Section.
(c) Register.
The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation
of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal
amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to
the
terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder
for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender,
at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
(d) Participations.
Any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Borrower
or
the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a
natural person or the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”)
in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such
Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to
it); provided
that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement.
Any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation
shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement; provided
that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification
described in the first proviso to Section
10.01(a)
that
affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, each
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections
3.01,
3.04
and
3.05 to
the
same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law,
each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as
though
it were a Lender, provided
such
Participant agrees to be subject to Section
2.13
as
though it were a Lender.
(e) Limitations
upon Participant Rights.
A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section
3.01
or
3.04 than
the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation
to
such Participant is made with the Company’s prior written consent. A Participant
that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to
the
benefits of Section 3.01
unless
the Company is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply with
Section
3.01(e)
as
though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain
Pledges.
Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note(s), if
any)
to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to
secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided
that no
such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto.
(g) Electronic
Execution of Assignments.
The
words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any
Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures
or
the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same
legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature
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orthe
use
of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and
as
provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures
and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act.
(h) Resignation
as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank
of America assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b)
above, Bank of America may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Company and the
Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the
Company, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation
as
L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Company shall be entitled to appoint from
among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder;
provided,
however,
that no
failure by the Company to appoint any such successor shall affect the
resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case
may be. If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect
to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation
as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right
to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk
participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section
2.03(c)).
If
Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights
of
the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans
made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation,
including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans
or
fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to
Section
2.04(c).
Upon
the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the
case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit
in
substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of
such
succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to
effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such
Letters of Credit.
10.07 Treatment
of Certain Information; Confidentiality.
Each of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers agrees to maintain
the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives
(it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will
be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep
such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory
authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c)
to
the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto (subject to the
restrictions set forth in the last paragraph of Section
6.02),
(e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan
Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject
to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this
Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee
of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
or
(ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or
derivative transaction relating to a Borrower and its obligations, (g) with
the
consent of the Company or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y)
becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or
any
of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other
than the Company that does not owe a duty of confidentiality to the
Company.
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For
purposes of this Section, “Information”
means
all information received from the Company or any Subsidiary relating to the
Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than
any
such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or
any L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company
or
any Subsidiary, provided
that, in
the case of information received from the Company or any Subsidiary after the
date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery
as
confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information
as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its
obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord
to
its own confidential information, but in no event less care than the degree
of
care that would be maintained by a reasonable person.
Each
of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers acknowledges that
(a)
the Information may include material non-public information concerning the
Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance
procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it
will
handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law,
including Federal and state securities Laws.
10.08 Right
of Setoff. If
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each L/C
Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any
time
and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to
set
off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other
obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such L/C
Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower
against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document due and payable to
such
Lender or L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or L/C Issuer
shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
and
although such obligations of such Borrower are owed to a branch or office of
such Lender or L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such
deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, each
L/C
Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to
other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender,
such L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and each
L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent promptly
after any such setoff and application, provided
that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and
application.
10.09 Interest
Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the
interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed
the
maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the
“Maximum
Rate”).
If
the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount
that
exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal
of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Company.
In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by
the
Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may,
to
the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is
not
principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude
voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate,
allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest
throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
10.10 Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof. Except as
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provided
in Section
4.01,
this
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each
of
the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
10.11 Survival
of Representations and Warranties. All
representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document
or
other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith
or
therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such
representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made
by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding
that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge
of
any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full
force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall
remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain
outstanding.
10.12 Severability.
If any
provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of
the
remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not
be
affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith
negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with
valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to
that
of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
10.13 Replacement
of Lenders. If
any
Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04,
or if
any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section
3.01,
then
the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender
and
the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in,
and
consents required by, Section
10.06),
all of
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related
Loan
Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee
may
be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided
that:
(a) the
Company shall have paid (or caused a Designated Subsidiary to pay) to the
Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section
10.06(b);
(b) such
Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued
fees
and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
(including any amounts under Section
3.05)
from
the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest
and fees) or the Company or applicable Designated Subsidiary (in the case of
all
other amounts);
(c)
in
the
case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section
3.04
or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section
3.01,
such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments
thereafter; and
(d) such
assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A
Lender
shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior
thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances
entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to
apply.
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10.14 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a) GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF
THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION.
EACH
BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY,
TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING
IN NEW YORK COUNTY
AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR
RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT
OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION
OR
PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY
SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS
AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING
ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
AGAINST ANY BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY
JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER
OF VENUE.
EACH
BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING
OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN
PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE
OF PROCESS.
EACH
PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED
FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02.
NOTHING
IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS
IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
10.15 Waiver
of Jury Trial. EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED
ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES
THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
IT AND THE OTHER
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PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN
THIS
SECTION.
10.16 No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In
connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, each
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the credit facility provided for
hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith
(including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof
or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction
between the Borrowers on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the
Arrangers, on the other hand, and the Borrowers are capable of evaluating and
understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of
the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including
any
amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection
with the process leading to such transaction, the Administrative Agent and
the
Arrangers each is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the
financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for any of the Borrower or any of their
respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person;
(iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arrangers has assumed or will
assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Borrower
with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process
leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether
the
Administrative Agent or the Arrangers has advised or is currently advising
any
of the Borrowers or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and neither
the Administrative Agent nor the Arrangers has any obligation to any of the
Borrowers or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and
in
the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers and
their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions
that
involve interests that differ from those of the Borrowers and their respective
Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arrangers has any
obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency
or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers
have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or
tax
advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including
any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan
Document) and each Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory
and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. Each Borrower hereby
waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that
it
may have against the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers with respect to
any
breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
10.17 USA
PATRIOT Act Notice.
Each
Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the
Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT
Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the
“Act”),
it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers,
which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify such Borrower in accordance with the Act.
10.18 Judgment
Currency.
If, for
the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert
a
sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another
currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with
normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first
currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which
final judgment is given. The obligation of each Borrower in respect of any
such
sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under
the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency
(the
“Judgment
Currency”)
other
than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement
Currency”),
be
discharged only to the extent that on the Business
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Day
following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so
due
in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal
banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency.
If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum
originally due to the Administrative Agent from any Borrower in the Agreement
Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding
any
such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom
such
obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency
so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent
in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any
excess to such Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto
under applicable law).
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date
first above written.
By: /s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
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BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Administrative
Agent
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title: Vice
President
|
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
a Lender, Swing Line
Lender
and an L/C Issuer
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Title: Senior
Vice President
|
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
as a Lender, an
L/C
Issuer and Syndication Agent
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
Title: Senior
Vice President
|
CHARTER
ONE BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender and
Co-Documentation
Agent
By: /s/
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Title: Vice
President
|
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender and Co-Documentation Agent
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
Title: Vice
President
|
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
Title: Vice
President
|
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title: Senior
Vice President
|
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG, NEW YORK
BRANCH,
as a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxx XxXxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxx
XxXxxxx
|
Title: Director
|
By: /s/
Xxxx Xxxxx
|
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
Title: Vice
President
|
THE
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
as a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
Title: Officer
|
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XXX
XXXX XX XXXX XXXXXX,
as a Lender
By: /s/
X. Xxxx
|
Name: X.
Xxxx
|
Title: Senior
Manager
|
CITICORP
USA, INC.,
as a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Title: Vice
President
|
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