FINANCING AGREEMENT Dated as of March 28, 2007 by and among GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL, INC. THE GUARANTORS IDENTIFIED HEREIN THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, ABLECO FINANCE LLC, as Collateral Agent, and ABLECO FINANCE LLC, as Administrative Agent
Dated
as of March 28, 2007
by
and among
GAMETECH
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
THE
GUARANTORS IDENTIFIED HEREIN
______________________________________
THE
LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
___________________
ABLECO
FINANCE LLC,
as
Collateral Agent,
and
ABLECO
FINANCE LLC,
as
Administrative Agent
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS;
CERTAIN TERMS
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1
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02
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Terms
Generally
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26
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Section
1.03
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Accounting
and Other Terms
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27
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Section
1.04
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Time
References
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27
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ARTICLE
II
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THE
LOANS
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27
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Section
2.01
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Commitments
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27
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Section
2.02
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Making
the Loans
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28
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Section
2.03
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Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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31
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Section
2.04
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Interest
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33
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Section
2.05
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Reduction
of Commitments; Prepayment of Loans
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36
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Section
2.06
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Fees
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40
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Section
2.07
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Securitization
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40
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Section
2.08
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Taxes
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41
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ARTICLE
III
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[INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED]
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42
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ARTICLE
IV
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FEES,
PAYMENTS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
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42
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Section
4.01
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Audit
and Collateral Monitoring Fees
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42
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Section
4.02
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Payments;
Computations and Statements
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43
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Section
4.03
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Sharing
of Payments, Etc
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44
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Section
4.04
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Apportionment
of Payments
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44
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Section
4.05
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Increased
Costs and Reduced Return.
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45
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Section
4.06
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Joint
and Several Liability of the Borrower.
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46
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ARTICLE
V
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CONDITIONS
TO LOANS
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47
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Section
5.01
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Conditions
Precedent
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47
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Section
5.02
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Conditions
Precedent to All Loans
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52
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ARTICLE
VI
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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53
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Section
6.01
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Representations
and Warranties
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53
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ARTICLE
VII
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COVENANTS
OF THE LOAN PARTIES
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62
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Section
7.01
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Affirmative
Covenants
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62
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Section
7.02
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Negative
Covenants
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71
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Section
7.03
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Financial
Covenants
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76
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ARTICLE
VIII
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MANAGEMENT,
COLLECTION AND STATUS OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER
COLLATERAL
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77
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Section
8.01
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Collection
of Accounts Receivable; Management of Collateral.
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77
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Section
8.02
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Accounts
Receivable Documentation
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79
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Section
8.03
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Status
of Accounts Receivable and Other Collateral
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80
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Section
8.04
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Collateral
Custodian
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81
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ARTICLE
IX
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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81
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Section
9.01
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Events
of Default
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81
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Section
9.02
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Gaming
Laws
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85
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ARTICLE
X
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AGENTS
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86
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Section
10.01
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Appointment
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86
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Section
10.02
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Nature
of Duties
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87
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Section
10.03
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Rights,
Exculpation, Etc
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87
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Section
10.04
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Reliance
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88
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Section
10.05
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Indemnification
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88
|
Section
10.06
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Agents
Individually
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89
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Section
10.07
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Successor
Agent
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89
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Section
10.08
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Collateral
Matters
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89
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Section
10.09
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Agency
for Perfection
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91
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ARTICLE
XI
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GUARANTY
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91
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Section
11.01
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Guaranty
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91
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Section
11.02
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Guaranty
Absolute
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91
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Section
11.03
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Waiver
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92
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Section
11.04
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Continuing
Guaranty; Assignments
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93
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Section
11.05
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Subrogation
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93
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ARTICLE
XII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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94
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Section
12.01
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Notices,
Etc
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94
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Section
12.02
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Amendments,
Etc
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95
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Section
12.03
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No
Waiver; Remedies, Etc
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95
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Section
12.04
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Expenses;
Taxes; Attorneys Fees
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96
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Section
12.05
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Right
of Set-off
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97
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Section
12.06
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Severability
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97
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Section
12.07
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Assignments
and Participations.
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97
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Section
12.08
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Counterparts
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100
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Section
12.09
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GOVERNING
LAW
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100
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Section
12.10
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CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS AND VENUE
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100
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Section
12.11
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL, ETC
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101
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Section
12.12
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Consent
by the Agents and Lenders
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102
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Section
12.13
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No
Party Deemed Drafter
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102
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Section
12.14
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Reinstatement;
Certain Payments
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102
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Section
12.15
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Indemnification
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102
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Section
12.16
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Records
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103
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Section
12.17
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Binding
Effect
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103
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Section
12.18
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Interest
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103
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Section
12.19
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Confidentiality
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104
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Section
12.20
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Borrower
as Gent for Borrower
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105
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Section
12.21
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Section
Headings
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105
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Section
12.22
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Integration
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105
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SCHEDULE
AND EXHIBITS
Schedule
B-1
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Appeal
Bond
|
Schedule
C-1
|
Lenders
and Lenders’ Commitments
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Schedule
6.01(e)
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Subsidiaries
|
Schedule
6.01(f)
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Litigation;
Commercial Tort Claims
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Schedule
6.01(i)
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ERISA
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Schedule
6.01(l)
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Nature
of Business
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Schedule
6.01(o)
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Real
Property
|
Schedule
6.01(q)
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Operating
Leases
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Schedule
6.01(r)
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Environmental
Matters
|
Schedule
6.01(s)
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Insurance
|
Schedule
6.01(v)
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Bank
Accounts
|
Schedule
6.01(w)
|
Intellectual
Property
|
Schedule
6.01(x)
|
Material
Contracts
|
Schedule
6.01(dd)
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Name;
Jurisdiction of Organization; Organizational ID Number; Chief Place
of
Business;
Chief Executive Office; FEIN
|
Schedule
6.01(ee)
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Tradenames
|
Schedule
6.01(ff)
|
Collateral
Locations
|
Schedule
6.01(kk)
|
Licenses
and Permits
|
Schedule
7.02(a)
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Existing
Liens
|
Schedule
7.02(b)
|
Existing
Indebtedness
|
Schedule
7.02(e)
|
Existing
Investments
|
Schedule
7.02(h)
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Chairman’s
Compensation
|
Schedule
7.02(k)
|
Limitations
on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions
|
Schedule
8.01
|
Lockbox
Banks and Lockbox Accounts
|
Exhibit
A-1
|
Form
of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit
B-1
|
Form
of Borrowing Base Certificate
|
Exhibit
I-1
|
Form
of Intercompany Subordination Agreement
|
Exhibit
L-1
|
Form
of LIBOR Notice
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Exhibit
2.01(b)(ii)
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Form
of Notice of Borrowing
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Exhibit
5.01(d)
|
Form
of Opinion of Counsel
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Exhibit
10.1
Financing
Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2007, by and among GAMETECH
INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”),
each
subsidiary of the Borrower listed as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto
(each a “Guarantor”
and
collectively, jointly and severally, the “Guarantors”),
the
lenders from time to time party hereto (each a “Lender”
and
collectively, the “Lenders”),
ABLECO
FINANCE LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company (“Ableco”),
as
collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with any successor
collateral agent, the “Collateral
Agent”),
and
Ableco as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together
with
any successor administrative agent, the “Administrative
Agent”
and
together with the Collateral Agent, each an “Agent”
and
collectively, the “Agents”).
RECITALS
The
Borrower has asked the Lenders to extend a credit facility of $40,000,000 (the
“Maximum
Credit Facility Amount”)
to the
Borrower consisting of (a) a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of
$30,000,000 and (b) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding. The proceeds of the
term loan and the loans made under the revolving credit facility shall be used
to partially finance the Acquisition, to refinance existing indebtedness of
the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for general working capital and general corporate
purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and to pay fees and expenses
related to the Acquisition and this Agreement. The Lenders are severally, and
not jointly, willing to extend such credit to the Borrower subject to the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth.
In
consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS;
CERTAIN TERMS
Section
1.01 Definitions.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings
indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular
and
plural forms of such terms:
“Ableco”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Account
Debtor”
means
any Person who is or who may become obligated under, with respect to, or on
account of, an Account Receivable, chattel paper, or a general
intangible.
“Account
Receivable”
means,
with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s now owned or hereafter acquired
right, title, and interest with respect to “accounts” (as that term is defined
in Article 9 of the Code), and any and all “supporting obligations” (as that
term is defined in the Code) in respect thereof.
“Acquisition”
means
the acquisition by the Borrower of substantially all of the assets of the Seller
in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement.
“Acquisition
Agreement”
means
that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2006 by and
between the Borrower and Seller.
“Acquisition
Documents”
means the Acquisition Agreement and all other documents and agreements executed
and delivered in connection therewith.
“Action”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
12.12.
“Additional
amount”
has
the
meaning
specified therefor in Section
2.08(a)
“Administrative
Agent”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Administrative
Agent’s Account”
means
an account at a bank designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time
as
the account into which the Borrower shall make all payments to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a
Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (i) vote 10% or more
of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
of such Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Agent or any Lender
be
considered an “Affiliate” of any Loan Party.
“After
Acquired Property”
means
any fee
interest in real property acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
after the date hereof with a Current Value in excess of $250,000.
“Agent”
and
“Agents”
have
the respective meanings specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Agreement”
means
this Financing Agreement, including all amendments, modifications and
supplements and any exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall
refer to the Agreement as the same may be in effect at the time such reference
becomes operative.
“Assignment
and Acceptance”
means
an assignment and acceptance entered into by an assigning Lender and an
assignee, and accepted by the Collateral Agent, in accordance with Section 12.07
and
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1
hereto
or such other form acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
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“Authorized
Officer”
means,
with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, chief financial
officer, president, any vice president or the treasurer of such
Person.
“Availability”
means,
at any time, the difference between (i) the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Base,
and (B) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, and (ii) the sum of (A) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans, and (B), the
aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries aged in excess of historical levels.
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means
the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.),
as
amended, and any successor statute.
“Base
LIBOR Rate”
means
the greater of (a) 5.00 percent per annum, and (b) the rate per annum,
determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with its customary procedures,
and utilizing such electronic or other quotation sources as it considers
appropriate, on the basis of the rates at which Dollar deposits are offered
to
major commercial banks in the London interbank market on or about 11:00 a.m.
(New York time) 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the applicable
Interest Period, for a term and in amounts comparable to the Interest Period
and
amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested by the Borrower in accordance with
this
Agreement, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error.
“Blocked
Account”
has
the
meaning specified therefore in Section
8.01(a).
“Blocked
Account Bank”
has
the
meaning specified therefore in Section
8.01(a).
“Board”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Borrower”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing
Base”
means,
as of any date of determination, the result of the (a)
the
lesser of (i) the then-applicable Leverage Ratio times TTM EBITDA as
reflected in the most recent financial statements delivered by the Borrower
to
the Agents pursuant hereto, and (ii) the Collections Multiple times the amount
of Collections received by the Borrower during the immediately preceding 90
day
period, minus (b) such
reserves as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate in the exercise of
its
business judgment based upon the lending practices of the Administrative
Agent.
“Borrowing
Base Certificate”
means
a
certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and setting forth
the calculation of the Borrowing Base in compliance with Section 7.01(a)(vi),
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1.
“Business
Day”
means
any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks are
authorized or required to close in the State of New York, except that, if a
determination of a Business Day shall relate to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term
“Business Day” also shall exclude any day on which banks are closed for dealings
in U.S. Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
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“Capital
Expenditures”
means,
with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of (i) the aggregate of
all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that
in
accordance with GAAP are or should be included in “property, plant and
equipment” or in a similar fixed asset account on its balance sheet, whether
such expenditures are paid in cash or financed and including all Capitalized
Lease Obligations paid or payable during such period, excluding, however, the
amount of any Capital Expenditures paid for with proceeds of casualty insurance,
and (ii) to the extent not covered by clause (i) above, (A) the aggregate
of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period
to
acquire by purchase or otherwise the business or fixed assets of, or the Capital
Stock of, any other Person other than in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition, and (B) the aggregate of all capitalized software
costs.
“Capital
Guideline”
means
any law, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having
the force of law and whether or not the failure to comply therewith would be
unlawful) (i) regarding capital adequacy, capital ratios, capital requirements,
the calculation of a bank’s capital or similar matters, or (ii) affecting the
amount of capital required to be obtained or maintained by any Lender or any
Person controlling any Lender or the manner in which any Lender or any Person
controlling any Lender, allocates capital to any of its contingent liabilities,
advances, acceptances, commitments, assets or liabilities.
“Capitalized
Lease”
means,
with respect to any Person, any lease of real or personal property by such
Person as lessee which is (i) required under GAAP to be capitalized on the
balance sheet of such Person or (ii) a transaction of a type commonly known
as a “synthetic lease” (i.e. a lease transaction that is treated as an
operating lease for accounting purposes but with respect to which payments
of
rent are intended to be treated as payments of principal and interest on a
loan
for Federal income tax purposes).
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations”
means,
with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person and its Subsidiaries
under Capitalized Leases, and, for purposes hereof, the amount of any such
obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance
with
GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”
means
(i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether
or not voting) of corporate stock, and (ii) with respect to any Person that
is
not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests
of such Person.
“Carry-Over
Amount”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
7.03(d).
“Cash
and Cash Equivalents”
means
all cash deposit or securities account balances, certificates of deposit or
other financial instruments properly classified as cash or cash equivalents
under GAAP.
“CFC”
means
a
controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the
IRC).
“Change
in Law”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
4.05(a).
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“Change
of Control”
means
each occurrence of any of the following:
(a) the
acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or group (within the meaning
of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), of beneficial ownership of more
than 50% of the aggregate outstanding voting power of the Capital Stock of
the
Borrower;
(b) the
Borrower ceases to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the shares
of the Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries, unless otherwise permitted
hereunder;
(c) at
any
time the majority of the members of the board of directors of Borrower do not
constitute Continuing Directors, or
(d) (i)
the
Borrower consolidates with or merges into another entity or conveys, transfers
or leases all or substantially all of its property and assets to any Person,
or
(ii) any entity consolidates with or merges into the Borrower, which in either
event (i) or (ii) is pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding voting
Capital Stock of the Borrower is reclassified or changed into or exchanged
for
cash, securities or other property.
“Closing
Fee”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.06(a).
“Code”
means
the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time;
provided,
however,
that in
the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the
attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies with respect to Collateral Agent’s
Liens on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted
and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term
“Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such
other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to
such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies.
“Collateral”
means
all of the property and assets and all interests therein and proceeds thereof
now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person upon which a Lien is granted
or
purported to be granted by such Person as security for all or any part of the
Obligations.
“Collateral
Agent”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Collateral
Agent Advances”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
10.08(a).
“Collection
Account”
and
“Collection
Accounts”
have
the meanings specified therefor in Section 8.01(a).
“Collections
Multiple”:
means
2.25.
“Commitments”
means,
with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment
and Term
Loan Commitment.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means,
with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus,
without
duplication, the sum of the following amounts of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period and to the extent deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period:
(A)
Consolidated Net Interest Expense, (B) net income tax expense (including
reserves for deferred taxes not payable currently), (C) depreciation expense,
(D) amortization expense, (E) to the extent actually paid during such
period, fees and expenses related to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated to be closed on the Effective Date under this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, (F) the non-cash
component of any impairment or unusual item of loss or expense, (G) non-cash
charges for the early extinguishment of debt, and (H) non-cash compensations
charges related to or arising from the vesting of any employee, officer or
director of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in Capital Stock issued by the
Borrower.
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“Consolidated
Funded Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to any Person at any date, all Indebtedness for borrowed money
or
letters of credit (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) of such Person,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, which by its terms
matures more than one year after the date of calculation, and any such
Indebtedness maturing within one year from such date which is renewable or
extendable at the option of such Person to a date more than one year from such
date.
“Consolidated
Net Income”
means,
with respect to any Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such Person
and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis and
in
accordance with GAAP, but excluding from the determination of Consolidated
Net
Income (without duplication) (a) any non-cash extraordinary or
non-recurring gains or losses or non-cash gains or losses from Dispositions,
(b)
restructuring charges, (c) effects of discontinued operations, (d) interest
that is paid-in-kind, and (e) any tax refunds, net operating losses or other
net
tax benefits received during such period on account of any prior
period.
“Consolidated
Net Interest Expense”
means,
with respect to any Person for any period, gross cash interest expense of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis
and in accordance with GAAP (including interest expense paid to Affiliates
of
such Person), less
(i) the sum of (A) interest income for such period and (B) gains
for such period on Hedging Agreements (to the extent not included in interest
income above and to the extent not deducted in the calculation of gross interest
expense), plus
(ii) the sum of (A) losses for such period on Hedging Agreements (to
the extent not included in such gross interest expense) and (B) the upfront
costs or fees for such period associated with Hedging Agreements (to the extent
not included in such gross interest expense), in each case, determined on a
consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Contingent
Obligation”
means,
with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or
intended to guarantee any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations
(“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (i) the direct or indirect
guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse
by such Person of the obligation of a primary obligor, (ii) the obligation
to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of
nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement, (iii) any
obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (A) to purchase any such
primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (B) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of
any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity
capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor, (C) to purchase property, assets,
securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any
such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment
of
such primary obligation or (D) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the
holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided,
however,
that
the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include any product warranties
extended in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent
Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable
amount of the primary obligation with respect to which such Contingent
Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation
for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument
evidencing such Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the
maximum reasonably anticipated liability with respect thereto (assuming such
Person is required to perform thereunder), as determined by such Person in
good
faith.
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“Continuing
Director”
means
(a) any member of the board of directors of the Borrower who was a director
(or
comparable manager) of the Borrower on the Effective Date, and (b) any
individual who becomes a member of the board of the directors of the Borrower
after the Effective Date if such individual was appointed or nominated for
election to the board of the directors of Borrower by a majority of the
Continuing Directors then in office, but excluding any such individual
originally proposed for election in opposition to the board of directors in
office at the Effective Date in an actual or threatened election contest
relating to the election of the directors (or comparable managers) of the
Borrower and whose initial assumption of office resulted from such contest
or
the settlement thereof.
“Control
Agreement”
means
a
control agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent,
executed and delivered by a Loan Party, the Collateral Agent and the applicable
securities intermediary with respect to a securities account or a bank with
respect to a deposit account.
“Current
Value”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
7.01(o).
“Default”
means
an event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.
“Disposition”
means
any transaction, or series of related transactions, pursuant to which any Person
or any of its Subsidiaries sells, assigns, transfers or otherwise disposes
of
any property or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any other
Person, in each case, whether or not the consideration therefor consists of
cash, securities or other assets owned by the acquiring Person.
“Dollar,”
“Dollars”
and
the
symbol “$”
each
means lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of any Person that is not a CFC.
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“Earn
Out Payment”
means
that certain payment, if any, specified in Section 4.2(a) of the Acquisition
Agreement.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date, on or before March 31, 2007, on which all of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section
5.01
are
first satisfied or waived.
“Employee
Plan”
means
an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) covered by Title
IV
of ERISA and maintained (or that was maintained at any time during the six
(6)
calendar years preceding the date of any borrowing hereunder) for employees
of
any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates.
“Environmental
Actions”
means
any complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation,
investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter or other
communication from any Governmental Authority involving violations of
Environmental Laws or Releases of Hazardous Materials (i) from any assets,
properties or businesses of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any
predecessor in interest; or (ii) onto any facilities which received Hazardous
Materials generated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any
predecessor in interest.
“Environmental
Laws”
means
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42
U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.),
the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 1801, et seq.),
the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq.),
the
Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.),
the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.),
the
Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.)
and
the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.),
as
such laws may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time, and any other
present or future federal, state, local or foreign statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree, permit, license or other binding
determination of any Governmental Authority imposing liability or establishing
standards of conduct for protection of the environment or other government
restrictions relating to the protection of the environment or the release,
emission, deposit, discharge, leaching, migration or spill of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment.
“Environmental
Liabilities and Costs”
means
all liabilities, monetary obligations, Remedial Actions, losses, damages,
punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses
(including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts
and consultants and costs of investigations and feasibility studies), fines,
penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand
by
any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to the liability
or potential liability of any Loan Party with respect to any environmental
condition or a Release of Hazardous Materials from or onto (i) any property
currently or formerly owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or
(ii) any Real Property which received Hazardous Materials generated by any
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Environmental
Lien”
means
any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities
and Costs.
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“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any
successor statute of similar import, and regulations thereunder, in each case,
as in effect from time to time. References to sections of ERISA shall be
construed also to refer to any successor sections.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
which is a member of a group of which such Person is a member and which would
be
deemed to be a “controlled group” within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c),
(m) and (o) of the IRC.
“Event
of Default”
means
any of the events set forth in Section
9.01.
“Excess
Cash Flow”
means,
with respect to any Person for any period, (i) Consolidated Net Income of
such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus
(ii) all non-cash items of such Person and its Subsidiaries deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, less
(iii) the sum of (A) all non-cash items of such Person and its
Subsidiaries included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period,
(B) all scheduled and mandatory cash principal payments on the Loans made
during such period (but, in the case of the Revolving Loans, only to the extent
that the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
is
permanently reduced by the amount of such payments), and all scheduled cash
principal payments on other Indebtedness of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries during such period to the extent such other Indebtedness is
permitted to be incurred, and such payments are permitted to be made, under
this
Agreement, (C) the cash portion of Capital Expenditures (net of (y) any
proceeds reinvested in accordance with Section
2.05(d)(ii)),
and
(z) any proceeds of related financings with respect to such expenditures) made
by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period to the extent permitted
to be made under this Agreement, and (D) the excess, if any, of Working
Investment at the end of such period over Working Investment at the beginning
of
such period (or, if the difference results in an amount less than zero, minus
the excess, if any, of Working Investment at the beginning of such period over
Working Investment at the end of such period).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Existing
Credit Facility”
means
the Credit Agreement dated as of April 2, 2005, between the Borrower and Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association, as amended from time to time.
“Existing
Lenders”
means
the lenders party to the Existing Credit Facility.
“Extraordinary
Receipts”
means
any cash received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary
course of business (and not consisting of proceeds of Dispositions or
Indebtedness), including (i) 50% of foreign, United States, state or local
tax refunds if the audited financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section
7.01(a)(ii)
demonstrate that, for the applicable period, the ratio of Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness of the Borrower and Guarantors to Consolidated EBITDA less Capital
Expenditures is greater than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0, (ii) pension plan
reversions, (iii) proceeds of insurance, (iv) judgments, proceeds of
settlements or other consideration of any kind in connection with any cause
of
action (other than actual legal costs and attorneys’ fees for which Borrower is
being reimbursed), (v) condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof),
(vi) indemnity payments and (vii) any purchase price adjustment
received in connection with any purchase agreement and any amounts received
from
escrow arrangements in connection with any purchase agreement.
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“Federal
Funds Rate”
means,
for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day
during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day
which
is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Field
Survey and Audit”
means
a
field survey and audit of the Loan Parties and an appraisal of the Collateral
performed by auditors, examiners or appraisers selected by the Collateral Agent,
at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower; provided,
however,
that
the preceding shall be limited to the sites of the Borrower’s owned and leased
real property.
“Filing
Authorization Letter”
means
a
letter duly executed by each Loan Party authorizing the Collateral Agent to
file
financing statements in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the
opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests
purported to be created by each Security Agreement.
“Final
Maturity Date”
means
March 28, 2012 or such earlier date on which (a) the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment is terminated for any reason or (b) all or any portion of the
Obligations shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms of Section
9.01.
“Financial
Statements”
means
(i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for the Fiscal Year ended October 31, 2006, and the related consolidated
statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Year
then ended, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 3 months ended January 31, 2007, and
the
related consolidated statement of operations, shareholder’s equity and cash
flows for the 3 months then ended.
“Fiscal
Year”
means
the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on October 31st
of
each year.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio”
means,
with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of (i) the
Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period
minus
Capital
Expenditures made by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period, to
(ii) the sum of (A) all principal of Indebtedness of such Person and
its Subsidiaries scheduled to be paid or prepaid during such period,
plus
(B) Consolidated Net Interest Expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries
for such period, plus
(C) all
income tax liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries that accrued during
such period, to the extent that the amount of such liabilities is greater than
zero, plus
(D) cash dividends or distributions paid by such Person and its
Subsidiaries (other than, in the case of the Borrower, dividends or
distributions paid to the Borrower or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries) during
such
period. In determining the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for a particular period,
the calculation of the income tax liabilities of such Person and its
Subsidiaries described in clause (ii)(C) of the immediately preceding sentence
shall be made without giving effect to any tax refunds, tax receivables, net
operating losses or other net tax benefits that were received or receivable
during such period on account of any prior periods.
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“Funding
Losses”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.04(d)(ii)(B).
“Funds
Flow Agreement”
means
that certain Funds Flow Agreement, dated of even date herewith, by and among
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and each Loan Party.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the
United States, applied on a consistent basis, provided that for the purpose
of
Section 7.03
and the
definitions used therein, “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the
preparation of the Financial Statements, provided, further, that if there occurs
after the date of this Agreement any change in GAAP that affects in any respect
the calculation of any covenant contained in Section 7.03,
the
Collateral Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith amendments
to
the provisions of this Agreement that relate to the calculation of such covenant
with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and the
Borrower after such change in GAAP conform as nearly as possible to their
respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such
amendments have been agreed upon, the covenants in Section 7.03
shall be
calculated as if no such change in GAAP had occurred.
“Gaming
Authorities”
means
every state and local regulating agency that has jurisdiction over the ownership
or operation of gaming establishments or the manufacture, sale or distribution
of gaming equipment or associated gaming equipment.
“Gaming
Laws”
means
all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations pursuant
to
which the Gaming Authorities possess regulatory, licensing or permit authority
over the ownership or operation of gaming establishments or the manufacture,
sale or distribution of gaming equipment in any jurisdiction where the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries do business.
“Gaming
License”
means
any finding of suitability, registration, license, franchise or other approval
or authorization required to own or lease gaming equipment or associated gaming
equipment in any state or jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries conduct business.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any nation or government, any Federal, state, city, town, municipality, county,
local or other political subdivision thereof or thereto and any department,
commission, board, bureau, instrumentality, agency or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or
functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guaranteed
Obligations”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
11.01.
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“Guarantor”
and
“Guarantors”
(i) have the meanings specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement,
and (ii) include each other Person which guarantees, pursuant to
Section 7.01(b)
or
otherwise, all or any part of the Obligations.
“Guaranty”
means
(i) the guaranty of each Guarantor party hereto contained in Article XI
hereof, and (ii) each other guaranty made by any other Guarantor in favor
of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders pursuant
to the requirements of Section 7.01(b)
or
otherwise.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
(a) any element, compound or chemical that is defined, listed or otherwise
classified as a contaminant, pollutant, toxic pollutant, toxic or hazardous
substance, extremely hazardous substance or chemical, hazardous waste, special
waste, or solid waste under Environmental Laws or that is likely to cause
immediately, or at some future time, harm to or have an adverse effect on,
the
environment or risk to human health or safety, including any pollutant,
contaminant, waste, hazardous waste, toxic substance or dangerous good which
is
defined or identified in any Environmental Law and which is present in the
environment in such quantity or state that it contravenes any Environmental
Law;
(b) petroleum and its refined products; (c) polychlorinated biphenyls;
(d) any substance exhibiting a hazardous waste characteristic, including
corrosivity, ignitability, toxicity or reactivity as well as any radioactive
or
explosive materials; and (e) any raw materials, building components
(including asbestos-containing materials) and manufactured products containing
hazardous substances listed or classified as such under Environmental
Laws.
“Hedging
Agreement”
means
any interest rate, foreign currency, commodity or equity swap, collar, cap,
floor or forward rate agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designed
to
protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency, commodity or equity
values (including any option with respect to any of the foregoing and any
combination of the foregoing agreements or arrangements), and any confirmation
executed in connection with any such agreement or arrangement.
“Highest
Lawful Rate”
means,
with respect to any Agent or any Lender, the maximum non-usurious interest
rate,
if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken,
reserved, charged or received on the Obligations under laws applicable to such
Agent or such Lender which are currently in effect or, to the extent allowed
by
law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which
allow
a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than applicable laws now
allow.
“HSR”
means
the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 as in effect as of
the
Effective Date.
“Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person for the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables
or
other accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business
and not outstanding for more than 120 days after the invoice date or, if not
invoiced, the date such payable was created); (iii) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments or
upon which interest payments are customarily made; (iv) all reimbursement,
payment or other obligations and liabilities of such Person created or arising
under any conditional sales or other title retention agreement with respect
to
property used or acquired by such Person, even though the rights and remedies
of
the lessor, seller or lender thereunder may be limited to repossession or sale
of such property; (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
(vi) all obligations and liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person, in respect of letters of credit, acceptances and similar facilities;
(vii) all obligations and liabilities, calculated on a basis satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent and in accordance with accepted practice, of such Person
under Hedging Agreements; (viii) all Contingent Obligations;
(ix) liabilities incurred under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any
plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) covered by Title IV of ERISA and
maintained for employees of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates;
(x) withdrawal liability incurred under ERISA by such Person or any of its
ERISA Affiliates with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; (xi) all monetary
obligations under any receivables factoring, receivable sales or similar
transactions and all monetary obligations under any synthetic lease, tax
ownership/operating lease, off-balance sheet financing or similar financing;
and
(xii) all obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xi) of this definition
of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness
has
an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien upon
property owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become
liable for the payment of such Indebtedness. The Indebtedness of any Person
shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which
such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer to the extent such Person is
liable therefor.
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“Indemnified
Matters”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
12.15.
“Indemnitees”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
12.15.
“Insolvency
Proceeding”
means
any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments
for
the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, or
extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization,
arrangement, or other similar relief.
“Intercompany
Subordination Agreement”
means
the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, duly
executed by each of the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit
I-1.
“Interest
Period”
means,
with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a period commencing on the date of the
making of such LIBOR Rate Loan and ending 1, 2, or 3 months thereafter;
provided,
however,
that
(a) if any Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended (subject to clauses (c)-(e) below) to the
next
succeeding Business Day, (b) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based
upon the LIBOR Rate from and including the first day of each Interest Period
to,
but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (c) any Interest
Period that would 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, (d) with respect to an 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), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar
month that is 1, 2, or 3 months after the date on which the Interest Period
began, as applicable, and (e) Borrower may not elect an Interest Period which
will end after the Final Maturity Date.
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“Inventory”
means,
with respect to any Person, all of each of such Person’s now owned or hereafter
acquired right, title, and interest with respect to inventory as defined in
the
Code.
“IRC”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor statute thereto)
and the regulations thereunder.
“Lease”
means
any lease of real property to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
is
a party as lessor or lessee.
“Lender”
and
“Lenders”
have
the meanings specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Leverage
Ratio”
means,
as of any date of determination and as to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated
Funded Indebtedness of such Person as of the date of determination to TTM EBITDA
of such Person for the most recently ended 12 month period as to which financial
statements have been delivered to the Agents pursuant hereto.
“Liabilities”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.07.
“LIBOR
Deadline”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section
2.04(g)(ii)(A).
“LIBOR
Notice”
means
a
written notice in the form of Exhibit
L-1.
“LIBOR
Option”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.04(g)(i).
“LIBOR
Rate”
means,
for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum determined
by Administrative Agent by dividing (a) the Base LIBOR Rate for such Interest
Period, by (b) 100% minus the Reserve Percentage. The LIBOR Rate shall be
adjusted on and as of the effective day of any change in the Reserve
Percentage.
“LIBOR
Rate Loan”
means
each portion of a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference
to
the LIBOR Rate.
“Lien”
means
any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien (statutory or otherwise), security
interest, charge or other encumbrance or security or preferential arrangement
of
any nature, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement,
any
Capitalized Lease and any assignment, deposit arrangement or financing lease
intended as, or having the effect of, security.
“Loan”
means
the Term Loan or any Revolving Loan made by an Agent or a Lender to the Borrower
pursuant to Article II hereof.
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“Loan
Account”
means
an account maintained hereunder by the Administrative Agent on its books of
account at the Payment Office, and with respect to the Borrower, in which the
Borrower will be charged with all Loans made to, and all other Obligations
incurred by, the Borrower.
“Loan
Document”
means
this Agreement, the Funds Flow Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination
Agreement, any Guaranty, any Security Agreement, any Filing Authorization
Letter, and any other agreement, instrument, and other document executed and
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or otherwise evidencing or securing any
Loan or any other Obligation.
“Loan
Party”
means
any Borrower or any Guarantor.
“Loan
Servicing Fee”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.06(d).
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
a
material adverse effect on (i) the operations, business, assets,
properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Loan Party
or
the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any Loan Party to
perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party,
(iii) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, (iv) the rights and remedies of any Agent or any
Lender under any Loan Document, or (v) the validity, perfection or priority
of a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and
the
Lenders on any of the Collateral; provided,
however,
that
the preceding shall not include the winding down and dissolution of GameTech
Arizona Corporation, a Subsidiary of Borrower that was incorporated in Arizona,
as soon as possible after the completion of litigation and the passing of any
right of appeal regarding that certain lawsuit Fortunet, Inc. v. GameTech
International, Inc. and GameTech Arizona Corporation (U.S. District Court,
District of Nevada).
“Material
Contract”
means,
with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, each contract or
agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving
aggregate consideration payable to or by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of
five
percent (5%) or more of the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s annual consolidated
revenues during any fiscal year (other than purchase orders in the ordinary
course of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary and other than
contracts that by their terms may be terminated by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business upon less than 60 days notice
without penalty or premium).
“Maximum
Credit Facility Amount”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the recitals hereto.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means
a
“multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Loan
Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has contributed to, or has been obligated
to contribute, at any time during the preceding six (6) years.
“Net
Cash Proceeds”
means,
(i) with respect to any Disposition by any Person or any of its
Subsidiaries, the amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time
to
time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition
of
deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Person or such Subsidiary,
in
connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (A) the amount of any
Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Lien on any asset (other than Indebtedness
assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid
in connection with such Disposition (other than Indebtedness under this
Agreement), (B) reasonable expenses related thereto incurred by such Person
or such Subsidiary in connection therewith, (C) transfer taxes paid to any
taxing authorities by such Person or such Subsidiary in connection therewith,
and (D) net income taxes to be paid in connection with such Disposition
(after taking into account any tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements) and (ii) with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any
Indebtedness by any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or the sale or issuance
by any Person or any of its Subsidiaries of any shares of its Capital Stock,
the
aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time
(whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of
deferred consideration) by or on behalf of such Person or such Subsidiary in
connection therewith, after deducting therefrom only (A) reasonable
expenses related thereto incurred by such Person or such Subsidiary in
connection therewith, (B) transfer taxes paid by such Person or such Subsidiary
in connection therewith and (C) net income taxes to be paid in connection
therewith (after taking into account any tax credits or deductions and any
tax
sharing arrangements); in each case of clause (i) and (ii) to the extent, but
only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are (x) actually paid to a
Person that, except in the case of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, is not
an
Affiliate of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) properly
attributable to such transaction or to the asset that is the subject
thereof.
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“New
Lending Office”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.08(d).
“New
Subsidiary”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
7.02(b).
“Non-U.S.
Lender”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.08(d).
“Notice
of Borrowing”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(a).
“Obligations”
means
all present and future indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of each Loan
Party to the Agents and the Lenders, or any of them, under the Loan Documents,
whether or not the right of payment in respect of such claim is reduced to
judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed,
undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, unsecured, and whether or not such claim
is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any proceeding referred to in
Section 9.01.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of each Loan Party
under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation (irrespective of
whether a claim therefor is allowed in any Insolvency Proceeding) to pay
principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys fees and disbursements,
indemnities and other amounts payable by such Person under the Loan Documents,
and (b) the obligation of such Person to reimburse any amount in respect of
any of the foregoing that any Agent or any Lender (in its sole discretion)
may
elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Person.
“Operating
Lease Obligations”
means
all obligations for the payment of rent for any real or personal property under
leases or agreements to lease, other than Capitalized Lease
Obligations.
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“Other
Taxes”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.08(b).
“Borrower”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Participant
Register”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
12.07(g).
“Payment
Office”
means
the Administrative Agent’s office located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx or at such other office or offices of the Administrative
Agent as may be designated in writing from time to time by the Administrative
Agent to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Permitted
Dispositions”
means (a) sales, leases or other dispositions of assets to buyers or lessees
in
the ordinary course of business, (b) sales or other dispositions of
obsolete or worn-out equipment in the ordinary course of business, (c) sales
or
other dispositions of other property or assets for cash in an aggregate amount
not less than the fair market value of such property or assets, provided
that the
Net Cash Proceeds of such Dispositions in the case of clauses (b) and (c) do
not
exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate in any twelve-month period, (d)
the use or transfer of Cash and Cash Equivalents by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, (e) the licensing by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks, copyrights,
and
other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, (f)
the
granting of leases or subleases of personal and real property to other Persons
not materially interfering with the conduct of business of any of the Loan
Parties, and (g) transfers, collectively not exceeding $7,000,000 annually,
to
all of Borrower’s CFCs.
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
means:
(a) any
Indebtedness owing to any Agent and any Lender under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness
listed on Schedule 7.02(b),
and the
extension of maturity, refinancing or modification of the terms thereof;
provided,
however,
that
(i) such extension, refinancing or modification is pursuant to terms that are
not less favorable to the Loan Parties and the Lenders than the terms of the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced or modified and (ii) immediately after
giving effect to such extension, refinancing or modification, the amount of
such
Indebtedness is not greater than the amount of Indebtedness outstanding
immediately prior to such extension, refinancing or modification plus accrued
interest thereon and the fees incurred in connection with the extension,
refinancing, or modification;
(c) Indebtedness
evidenced by Capitalized Lease Obligations entered into in order to finance
Capital Expenditures made by the Loan Parties in accordance with the provisions
of Section 7.02(g),
which
Indebtedness, when aggregated with the principal amount of all Indebtedness
incurred under this clause (c) and clause (d) of this definition, does not
exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(d) purchase
money Indebtedness incurred to enable a Loan Party to acquire equipment in
the
ordinary course of its business, which Indebtedness, when aggregated with the
principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (d) and clause
(c) of this definition, does not exceed $1,000,000 at any time
outstanding;
(e) Indebtedness
permitted under Section
7.02(e);
(f) Indebtedness
of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under any Hedging Agreement so long
as
such Hedging Agreements are used solely as a part of its normal business
operations as a risk management strategy or hedge against changes resulting
from
market operations and not as a means to speculate for investment purposes on
trends and shifts in financial or commodities markets;
(g) Indebtedness
owed by one Loan Party or a Loan Party’s Subsidiary to another Loan Party or
Loan Party’s Subsidiary so long as the making of the Investment by the Loan
Party or Loan Party’s Subsidiary, as applicable, that is acting as the lender or
guarantor is permitted hereunder;
(h) Subordinated
Debt;
(i) unsecured
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of performance bonds,
worker’s compensation claims, surety or appeal bonds and payment obligations in
connection with self insurance or similar obligations that collectively total
up
to $1,000,000 above the amount set forth on Schedule
B-1
for the
appeal bond described therein;
(j) any
Indebtedness associated with one or more letters of credit; and
(k) any
Indebtedness (including inter-company account payables or indebtedness),
collectively not to exceed $500,000 annually, between Loan Parties and any
of
their respective CFCs.
“Permitted
Investments”
means
(i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by
the United States Government or issued by any agency or instrumentality thereof
and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case,
maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(ii) commercial paper, maturing not more than 270 days after the date
of issue rated P-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by Standard & Poor’s;
(iii) certificates of deposit maturing not more than 270 days after
the date of issue, issued by commercial banking institutions and money market
or
demand deposit accounts maintained at commercial banking institutions, each
of
which is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined capital
and
surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(iv) repurchase agreements having maturities of not more than 90 days
from the date of acquisition which are entered into with banks included in
the
commercial banking institutions described in clause (iii) above and which
are secured by readily marketable direct obligations of the United States
Government or any agency thereof; (v) money market accounts maintained with
mutual funds having assets in excess of $2,500,000,000; and (vi) tax exempt
securities rated A or better by Moody’s or A+ or better by Standard &
Poor’s.
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“Permitted
Liens”
means:
(a) Liens
securing the Obligations;
(b) Liens
for
taxes, assessments, levies, and governmental charges the payment of which is
not
required under Section 7.01(c);
(c) [intentionally
omitted]
(d) Liens
imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s and
other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) that are not overdue
by
more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted, and a reserve or other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
made
therefor;
(e) Liens
described on Schedule
7.02(a),
but not
the extension of coverage thereof to other property or assets;
(f) Liens
arising under Capitalized Leases or securing purchase money Indebtedness
permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided,
however,
that
(A) no such Lien shall extend to or cover any other property of any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (B) the principal amount of the
Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall not exceed the cost of the property
so held or acquired;
(g) deposits
and pledges of cash, Cash and Cash Equivalents and certificates of deposit
securing (i) obligations incurred in respect of workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits,
(ii) the performance of bids, tenders, leases, contracts (other than for
the payment of money) and statutory obligations or (iii) obligations on surety
or appeal bonds;
(h) easements,
zoning restrictions and similar encumbrances on real property and minor
irregularities in the title thereto that do not (i) secure obligations for
the
payment of money or (ii) materially impair the value of such property or its
use
by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the normal conduct of such
Person’s business;
(i) leases
or
subleases granted to other Persons not materially interfering with the conduct
of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(j) precautionary
financing statement filings regarding operating leases;
(k) Liens
arising out of the existence of judgments or awards not giving rise to an Event
of Default;
(l) statutory
and common law landlords’ liens under leases to which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party; and
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(m) Liens
securing refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder;
provided,
that
such Liens do not extend to any property or assets other than the property
or
assets that served as collateral for the refinanced Indebtedness.
“Permitted
Preferred Stock”
means
and refers to any Preferred Stock issued by the
Borrower
(and not
by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that is not Prohibited Preferred
Stock.
“Person”
means
an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture or other
enterprise or entity or Governmental Authority.
“Post-Default
Rate”
means
a
rate of interest per annum equal to the rate of interest otherwise in effect
from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement plus 2.0 percentage
points, or, if a rate of interest is not otherwise in effect, interest at the
highest rate specified herein for any Loan prior to the Event of Default plus
2.0 percentage points.
“Preferred
Stock”
means,
as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, the Capital Stock of any class
or
classes (however designated) that is preferred with respect to the payment
of
dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of
any
other class of such Person.
“Prohibited
Preferred Stock”
means
any Preferred Stock that by its terms is mandatorily redeemable or subject
to
any other payment obligation (including any obligation to pay dividends, other
than dividends of shares of Preferred Stock of the same class and series payable
in kind or dividends of shares of common stock) on or before a date that is
less
than 1 year after the Final Maturity Date, or, on or before the date that is
less than 1 year after the Final Maturity Date, is redeemable at the option
of
the holder thereof for cash or assets or securities (other than distributions
in
kind of shares of Preferred Stock of the same class and series or of shares
of
common stock).
“property”
means
any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real,
personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
“Pro
Rata Share”
means:
(a) with
respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans and right to receive
payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect thereto, the percentage
obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment,
by
(ii) the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment,
provided,
that,
if the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
has been
reduced to zero, the numerator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of
such Lender’s Revolving Loans (including Collateral Agent Advances) and the
denominator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving
Loans (including Collateral Agent Advances),
(b) with
respect to a Lender’s obligation to make the Term Loan and right to receive
payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect thereto, the percentage
obtained by dividing (i) such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, by
(ii) the Total Term Loan Commitment, provided
that if
the Total Term Loan Commitment has been reduced to zero, the numerator shall
be
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s portion of the Term Loan
and the denominator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term
Loan, and
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(c) with
respect to all other matters (including the indemnification obligations arising
under Section 10.05)
regarding a Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the sum of such
Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment
and the
unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s portion of the Term Loan, by
(ii) the sum of the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
and the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan, provided,
that,
if such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment
shall
have been reduced to zero, such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment
shall be
deemed to be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Loans (including Collateral Agent Advances) and if the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
shall
have been reduced to zero, the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
shall be
deemed to be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans
(including Collateral Agent Advances).
“Purchase
Price”
means,
with respect to the Acquisition, an amount equal to a cash payment of
$38,945,270 with an “earn out” payment of $800,000 based on fiscal year 2006
financial performance.
“Qualified
Cash”
means,
as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash
Equivalents and, without duplication, unrestricted Permitted Investments, that
are subject to a perfected
first-priority Lien in favor of Lenders,
of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are subject to a control agreement in favor
of Collateral Agent and that are on deposit with banks, or in securities
accounts with securities intermediaries, or any combination
thereof.
“Rating
Agencies”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.07.
“Reference
Bank”
means
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its successors or any other commercial bank
designated by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower from time to
time.
“Reference
Rate”
means
the greater of (a) 8.00 percent per annum, and (b) the rate of interest
publicly announced by the Reference Bank in New York, New York from time to
time
as its reference rate, base rate or prime rate. The reference rate, base rate
or
prime rate is determined from time to time by the Reference Bank as a means
of
pricing some loans to its borrowers and neither is tied to any external rate
of
interest or index nor necessarily reflects the lowest rate of interest actually
charged by the Reference Bank to any particular class or category of customers.
Each change in the Reference Rate shall be effective from and including the
date
such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“Reference
Rate Loan”
means
each portion of a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference
to
the Reference Rate.
“Register”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 12.07(d).
“Registered
Loan”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
12.07(d).
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“Regulation
T”,
“Regulation
U”
and
“Regulation
X”
mean,
respectively, Regulations T, U and X of the Board or any successor, as the
same
may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Reinvestment
Eligible Funds”
means
(a) Net Cash Proceeds which, but for the application of Section
2.05(d)(ii),
would
be required to be used to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(v)
or (b)
insurance or condemnation proceeds paid as the result of loss, destruction,
casualty, condemnation or expropriation which, but for the application of
Section
2.05(d)(ii),
would
be required to be used to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section
2.05(c)(vii).
“Reinvestment
Notice”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.05(d).
“Related
Fund”
means
a
fund, money market account, investment account or other account managed by
a
Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender or its investment manager.
“Related
Party Assignment”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
12.07(b).
“Related
Party Register”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
12.07(d).
“Release”
means
any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, seeping, migrating, dumping or disposing of
any
Hazardous Material (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels,
containers and other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material)
into
the indoor or outdoor environment, including the movement of Hazardous Materials
through or in the ambient air, soil, surface or ground water, or
property.
“Remedial
Action”
means
all actions taken to (i) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor,
assess, evaluate or in any other way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor
or outdoor environment; (ii) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release
of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to
endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; (iii)
perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial operation
and
maintenance activities; or (iv) any other actions authorized by 42 U.S.C.
§ 9601.
“Reportable
Event”
means
an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA (other than an event not subject
to
the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under the regulations promulgated
under such Section).
“Required
Lenders”
means
Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares (calculated under clause (b) of the
definition thereof) aggregate more than 50%.
“Reserve
Percentage”
means,
on any day, for any Lender, the maximum percentage prescribed by the Board
(or
any successor Governmental Authority) for determining the reserve requirements
(including any basic, supplemental, marginal, or emergency reserves) that are
in
effect on such date with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred
to
as “eurocurrency liabilities”) of that Lender, but so long as such Lender is not
required or directed under applicable regulations to maintain such reserves,
the
Reserve Percentage shall be zero.
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“Revolving
Credit Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving
Loans to the Borrower in the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in
Schedule C-1
hereto,
as such amount may be terminated or reduced from time to time in accordance
with
the terms of this Agreement.
“Revolving
Loan”
and
“Revolving
Loans”
have
the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.01(a)(i).
“Revolving
Loan Lender”
means
a
Lender with a Revolving
Credit Commitment.
“Revolving
Loan Obligations”
means
any Obligations with respect to the Revolving Loans (including the principal
thereof, the interest thereon, and the fees and expenses specifically related
thereto).
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other similar or successor agency
of the Federal government administering the Securities Act.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar Federal statute, and
the
rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect
from time to time.
“Securitization”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.07.
“Securitization
Parties”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.07.
“Security
Agreement”
means
a
Security Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral
Agent, made by a Loan Party in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of
the Agents and the Lenders, securing the Obligations and delivered to the
Collateral Agent.
“Seller”
means
Summit Amusement & Distributing, Ltd., a Texas limited
partnership.
“Settlement
Period”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(d)(i).
“Solvent”
means,
with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (i) the
fair value of the property of such Person is not less than the total amount
of
the liabilities of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the
assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to
pay
the probable liability of such Person on its existing debts as they become
absolute and matured, (iii) such Person is able to realize upon its assets
and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other
commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (iv) such
Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities
mature, and (v) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction,
and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s
property would constitute unreasonably small capital.
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“Standard
& Poor’s”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Subordinated
Debt”
means
Indebtedness of the
Borrower and/or the Guarantors that
is
on terms and conditions (including payment terms, interest rates, covenants,
remedies, defaults and other material terms) satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent and the Required Lenders and which has been expressly subordinated in
right of payment to all Indebtedness of the
Borrower and/or the Guarantors under
the
Loan Documents by the execution and delivery of a subordination agreement,
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required
Lenders.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person at any date, any corporation, limited or general
partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, association, joint
venture or other business entity (i) the accounts of which would be
consolidated with those of such Person in such Person’s consolidated financial
statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP
or
(ii) of which more than 50% of (A) the outstanding Capital Stock
having (in the absence of contingencies) ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other managing body of such Person,
(B) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, the interest
in the capital or profits of such partnership or limited liability company
or
(C) in the case of a trust, estate, association, joint venture or other
entity, the beneficial interest in such trust, estate, association or other
entity business is, at the time of determination, owned or controlled directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such Person;
provided,
however,
that on
and prior to the Effective Date and prior to the consummation of the
Acquisition, all references herein or in any other Loan Document to Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries or Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to include
a
reference to the Seller as if it were owned by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
“Taxes”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.08(a).
“Term
Loan”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.01(a)(ii).
“Term
Loan Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make its portion
of the Term Loan to the Borrower in the amount set forth in Schedule C-1
hereto,
as the same may be terminated or reduced from time to time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
“Term
Loan Lender”
means
a
Lender with a Term Loan Commitment.
“Term
Loan Obligations”
means
any Obligations with respect to the Term Loan (including the principal thereof,
the interest thereon, and the fees and expenses specifically related
thereto).
“Termination
Event”
means
(i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Employee Plan, (ii) any event that
causes any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to incur liability under
Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212
of
ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the IRC, (iii) the filing of a notice of
intent to terminate an Employee Plan or the treatment of an Employee Plan
amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, (iv) the
institution of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate an Employee Plan, or
(v) any other event or condition which might constitute grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee
to
administer, any Employee Plan.
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“Total
Commitment”
means
the sum of the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
and the
Total Term Loan Commitment.
“Total
Revolving Credit Commitment”
means
the sum of the amounts of the Lenders’ Revolving
Credit Commitments,
which
amount is $10,000,000 as of the Effective Date.
“Total
Term Loan Commitment”
means
the sum of the amounts of the Lenders’ Term Loan Commitments, which amount is
$30,000,000 as of the Effective Date.
“Transferee”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.08(a).
“TTM
EBITDA”
means,
as of any date of determination and with respect to a Person, the Consolidated
EBITDA of such Person and its Subsidiaries for the period of 12 consecutive
months most recently ended.
“Unused
Line Fee”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
2.06(c).
“WARN”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in Section
6.01(z).
“Working
Investment”
means,
at any date of determination thereof, (i) the sum, for any Person and its
Subsidiaries, of (A) the unpaid face amount of all Accounts Receivable of
such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date of determination, plus
(B) the aggregate amount of prepaid expenses of such Person and its
Subsidiaries as at such date of determination, minus
(ii) the sum, for such Person and its Subsidiaries, of (A) the unpaid
amount of all accounts payable of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such
date of determination, plus
(B) the aggregate amount of all accrued expenses of such Person and its
Subsidiaries as at such date of determination (but, excluding from accounts
payable and accrued expenses, the current portion of long-term debt and all
accrued interest and taxes).
Section
1.02 Terms
Generally.
The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation,” whether or not so expressly stated in each such
instance and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive
meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The word “will” shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context
requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and
assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar
import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not
to
any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words
“asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. References in this
Agreement to “determination” by any Agent include estimates honestly made by
such Agent (in the case of quantitative determinations) and beliefs honestly
held by such Agent (in the case of qualitative determinations).
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Section
1.03 Accounting
and Other Terms.
Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, each accounting term used herein shall
have
the meaning given it under GAAP. All terms used in this Agreement which are
defined in Article 8 or Article 9 of the Code and which are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth
therein.
Section
1.04 Time
References.
Unless
otherwise indicated herein, all references to time of day refer to Eastern
Standard Time or Eastern daylight saving time, as in effect in New York City
on
such day. For purposes of the computation of a period of time from a specified
date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and
the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”; provided,
however,
that
with respect to a computation of fees or interest payable to any Agent or any
Lender , such period shall in any event consist of at least one full
day.
ARTICLE
II
THE
LOANS
Section
2.01 Commitments.
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth:
(i) each
Revolving Loan Lender severally agrees to make loans (each, a “Revolving
Loan”
and,
collectively, the “Revolving
Loans”)
to the
Borrower at any time and from time to time from the Effective Date to the Final
Maturity Date, or until the earlier reduction of its Revolving
Credit Commitment
to zero
in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate principal amount of
Revolving Loans at any time outstanding not to exceed the lesser of (A) the
amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment, and (B) the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
then extant Borrowing Base;
and
(ii) each
Term
Loan Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (collectively, the
“Term
Loan”)
to the
Borrower on the Effective Date, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
amount of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing:
(i) The
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding at any time to the
Borrower shall not exceed the lower of (A) the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
and
(B) the current Borrowing Base. The Revolving
Credit Commitment
of each
Lender shall automatically and permanently be reduced to zero on the Final
Maturity Date. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow, repay
and
reborrow the Revolving Loans, on or after the Effective Date and prior to the
Final Maturity Date, subject to the terms, provisions and limitations set forth
herein.
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(ii) The
maximum amount of Revolving Loans that may be borrowed hereunder on the
Effective Date is $9,000,000.
(iii) The
aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan made on the Effective Date shall
not
exceed the Total Term Loan Commitment. Any principal amount of the Term Loan
that is repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
Section
2.02 Making
the Loans.
(a) The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior telephonic notice
(immediately confirmed in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit 2.01(b)(ii)
hereto
(a “Notice
of Borrowing”),
not
later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date which is 3 Business
Days prior to the date of the proposed Loan (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent is willing, in its sole discretion, to accommodate from
time to time). Such Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify
(i) the principal amount of the proposed Loan, (ii) the proposed
borrowing date, which must be a Business Day, and, with respect to the Term
Loan, must be the Effective Date, (iii) whether the proposed Loan is to be
a
Reference Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan, and (iv) in the case of a LIBOR Rate
Loan, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be
a
period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”. If no
election as to the type of Loan is specified, then the requested Loan shall
be a
Reference Rate Loan. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any
requested LIBOR Rate Loan, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected
an
Interest Period of one month’s duration. The Administrative Agent
and
the Lenders may act without liability upon the basis of written, telecopied
or
telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be
from
the Borrower (or from any Authorized Officer thereof designated in writing
purportedly from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent). The Borrower hereby
waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of the terms of
any such telephonic Notice of Borrowing. The
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely conclusively
on
any Authorized Officer’s authority to request a Loan on behalf of the Borrower
until the Administrative Agent receives written notice to the contrary. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to verify the
authenticity of the signature appearing on any written Notice of
Borrowing.
(b) Each
Notice of Borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.02
shall be
irrevocable and the Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance
therewith. Each Revolving Loan shall be made in a minimum amount of $500,000
and
shall be in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof.
(c) (i) Except
as
otherwise provided in this Section 2.02(c),
all
Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders simultaneously and
proportionately to their Pro Rata Shares of the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment and the Total Term Loan Commitment, as the case may be, it being
understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other
Lender in that other Lender’s obligations to make a Loan requested hereunder,
nor shall the Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result
of
the default by any other Lender in that other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan
requested hereunder, and each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans
required to be made by it by the terms of this Agreement regardless of the
failure by any other Lender.
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(ii) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, and in order to reduce the number of
fund
transfers among the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders, the Borrower, the
Agents and the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agent may (but shall not
be
obligated to), and the Borrower and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize
the
Administrative Agent to, fund, on behalf of the Lenders with a Revolving
Credit Commitment,
Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.01,
subject
to the procedures for settlement set forth in Section
2.02(d);
provided,
however,
that
(a) the Administrative Agent shall in no event fund any such Revolving
Loans if the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the
Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders prior to the time of the proposed
Revolving Loan that one or more of the conditions precedent contained in
Section 5.02
will not
be satisfied at the time of the proposed Revolving Loan, and (b) the
Administrative Agent shall not otherwise be required to determine that, or
take
notice whether, the conditions precedent in Section 5.02
have
been satisfied. If the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing requesting a
Revolving Loan and the Administrative Agent elects not to fund such Revolving
Loan on behalf of the Revolving Loan Lenders, then promptly after receipt of
the
Notice of Borrowing requesting such Revolving Loan, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Revolving Loan Lender of the specifics of the requested
Revolving Loan and that it will not fund the requested Revolving Loan on behalf
of the Revolving Loan Lenders. If the Administrative Agent notifies the
Revolving Loan Lenders that it will not fund a requested Revolving Loan on
behalf of such Revolving Loan Lenders, each Revolving Loan Lender shall make
its
Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent,
in
immediately available funds, at the Payment Office no later than 3:00 p.m.
(New York City time) (provided that the Administrative Agent
requests payment from such Revolving Loan Lender not later than 1:00 p.m.
(New York City time)) on the date of the proposed Revolving Loan. The
Administrative Agent will make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available
to
the Borrower on the day of the proposed Revolving Loan by causing an amount,
in
immediately available funds, equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans
received by the Administrative Agent
at
the Payment Office or the amount funded by the Administrative Agent
on
behalf of the Revolving Loan Lenders to be deposited in an account designated
by
the Borrower.
(iii) If
the
Administrative Agent
has
notified the Revolving Loan Lenders that the Administrative Agent,
on
behalf of such Revolving Loan Lenders, will fund a particular Revolving Loan
pursuant to Section
2.02(c)(ii),
the
Administrative Agent
may
assume that each such Revolving Loan Lender has made such amount available
to
the Administrative Agent
on
such day and the Administrative Agent,
in
its sole discretion, may, but shall not be obligated to, cause a corresponding
amount to be made available to the Borrower on such day. If the
Administrative Agent
makes such corresponding amount available to the Borrower and such corresponding
amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent
by
any such Revolving Loan Lender, the Administrative Agent
shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such
Revolving Loan Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the
date
such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the
Administrative Agent,
at
the Federal Funds Rate for 3 Business Days and thereafter at the Reference
Rate.
During the period in which such Revolving Loan Lender has not paid such
corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, the amount so advanced by the Administrative Agent
to
the Borrower shall, for all purposes hereof, be a Revolving Loan made by the
Administrative Agent for its own account. Upon any such failure by a Revolving
Loan Lender to pay the Administrative Agent,
the Administrative Agent
shall promptly thereafter notify the Borrower of such failure and the Borrower
shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the
Administrative Agent
for
its own account.
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(iv) Nothing
in this Section
2.02(c)
shall be
deemed to relieve any Revolving Loan Lender from its obligations to fulfill
its
Revolving
Credit Commitment
hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may have against any Revolving Loan Lender as a result of any default
by such Revolving Loan Lender hereunder.
(d) (i) With
respect to all periods for which the Administrative Agent has funded Revolving
Loans pursuant to Section
2.02(c),
on
Friday of each week, or if the applicable Friday is not a Business Day, then
on
the following Business Day, or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent
may from time to time select (any such week or shorter period being herein
called a “Settlement
Period”),
the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Loan Lender of the unpaid
principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding as of the last day of each
such Settlement Period. In the event that such amount is greater than the unpaid
principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding on the last day of the
Settlement Period immediately preceding such Settlement Period (or, if there
has
been no preceding Settlement Period, the amount of the Revolving Loans made
on
the date of such Revolving Loan Lender’s initial funding), each Revolving Loan
Lender shall promptly (and in any event not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York
City time) if the Administrative Agent requests payment from such Lender not
later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such day) make available to
the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of the difference in immediately
available funds. In the event that such amount is less than such unpaid
principal amount, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay over to each
Revolving Loan Lender its Pro Rata Share of the difference in immediately
available funds. In addition, if the Administrative Agent shall so request
at
any time when a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, or any other event shall have occurred as a result of which the
Administrative Agent shall determine that it is desirable to present claims
against the Borrower for repayment, each Revolving Loan Lender shall promptly
remit to the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly remit to each Revolving Loan Lender, sufficient funds
to
adjust the interests of the Revolving Loan Lenders in the then outstanding
Revolving Loans to such an extent that, immediately after giving effect to
such
adjustment, each such Revolving Loan Lender’s interest in the then outstanding
Revolving Loans will be equal to its Pro Rata Share thereof. The obligations
of
the Administrative Agent and each Revolving Loan Lender under this Section
2.02(d)
shall be
absolute and unconditional. Each Revolving Loan Lender shall only be entitled
to
receive interest on its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans which have been
funded by such Revolving Loan Lender.
(ii) In
the
event that any Revolving Loan Lender fails to make any payment required to
be
made by it pursuant to Section
2.02(d)(i),
the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount
on
demand from such Revolving Loan Lender together with interest thereon, for
each
day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to
the
Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for 3 Business Days and
thereafter at the Reference Rate. During the period in which such Revolving
Loan
Lender has not paid such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, the amount so advanced by the Administrative Agent to
the
Borrower shall, for all purposes hereof, be a Revolving Loan made by the
Administrative Agent for its own account. Upon any such failure by a Revolving
Loan Lender to pay the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly thereafter notify the Borrower of such failure and the Borrower shall
immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent for its
own account. Nothing in this Section
2.02(d)(ii)
shall be
deemed to relieve any Revolving Loan Lender from its obligation to fulfill
its
Revolving
Credit Commitment
hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may have against any Revolving Loan Lender as a result of any default
by such Revolving Loan Lender hereunder.
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Section
2.03 Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
ii)
The
outstanding principal of all Revolving Loans shall be due and payable on the
Final Maturity Date.
(b) The
outstanding principal of the Term Loan shall be repayable in consecutive
quarterly installments, on the first day of each January, April, July, and
October commencing on January 1, 2008 and ending on the Final Maturity Date,
as
follows:
Payment
Date
|
Amount
|
January
1, 2008
|
$1,100,000
|
April,
1, 2008
|
$1,100,000
|
July
1, 2008
|
$1,100,000
|
October
1, 2008
|
$1,100,000
|
January
1, 2009
|
$1,100,000
|
April,
1, 2009
|
$1,100,000
|
July
1, 2009
|
$1,100,000
|
October
1, 2009
|
$1,100,000
|
January
1, 2010
|
$1,100,000
|
April,
1, 2010
|
$1,100,000
|
July
1, 2010
|
$1,100,000
|
October
1, 2010
|
$1,100,000
|
January
1, 2011
|
$1,100,000
|
April,
1, 2011
|
$1,100,000
|
July
1, 2011
|
$1,100,000
|
October
1, 2011
|
$1,100,000
|
January
1, 2012
|
$1,100,000
|
Final
Maturity Date
|
All
Remaining Obligations
|
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;
provided,
however,
that
the last such installment shall be in the amount necessary to repay in full
the
unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan. The outstanding principal of the
Term
Loan shall be repaid in full on the earlier of (i) the termination of the
Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
and
(ii) the Final Maturity Date.
(c) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender
hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share
thereof.
(e) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs
(c) or (d)
of this
Section
2.03
shall be
prima facie
evidence
of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided
that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts
or
any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower
to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) Any
Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.
In
such event, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory
note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender,
to
such Lender and its registered assigns) in a form furnished by the Collateral
Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower. Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section
12.07)
be
represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order
of
the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note,
to
such payee and its registered assigns).
Section
2.04 Interest.
(a) Revolving
Loans.
Each
Revolving Loan shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from time
to
time outstanding, from the date of the making of such Loan until the date on
which such principal amount is repaid in accordance herewith, as follows: (i)
if
the relevant Revolving Loan is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal
to
the LIBOR Rate plus 3.50 percentage points, and (ii) otherwise, at a rate per
annum equal to the Reference Rate plus 0.50 percentage points.
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(b) Term
Loan.
The
Term Loan shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from time to
time
outstanding, from the date of the making of the Term Loan until the date on
which such principal amount is repaid in accordance herewith, as follows:
(i) if the relevant portion of the Term Loan is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a
rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate plus 4.75 percentage points, and (ii)
otherwise, at a rate per annum equal to the Reference Rate plus 1.75 percentage
points.
(c) Default
Interest.
To the
extent permitted by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an
Event of Default, the principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on,
all
Loans, fees, indemnities, or any other Obligations of the Loan Parties under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall bear interest, from the
date
such Event of Default occurred until the date such Event of Default is cured
or
waived in writing in accordance herewith, at a rate per annum equal at all
times
to the Post-Default Rate. All interest at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable
on demand.
(d) [intentionally
omitted]
(e) LIBOR
Option.
(i) Interest
and Interest Payment Dates.
In lieu
of having interest charged at the rate based upon the Reference Rate, the
Borrower shall have the option (the “LIBOR
Option”)
to
have interest on all or a portion of the Loans be charged at a rate of interest
based upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable on
the
earliest of (A) the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (B)
the
occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which the Required Lenders
or Collateral Agent on behalf thereof elect to accelerate the maturity of all
or
any portion of the Obligations, or (C) termination of this Agreement
pursuant to the terms hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest
Period, unless the Borrower properly has exercised the LIBOR Option with respect
thereto, the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically
shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Reference Rate Loans
of
the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing, the Borrower no longer shall have the option to request that
Loans bear interest at the LIBOR Rate and Administrative Agent shall have the
right to convert the interest rate on all outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans to the
rate then applicable to Reference Rate Loans hereunder.
(ii) LIBOR
Election.
(A) The
Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, so long as no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, elect to exercise the LIBOR Option by notifying
Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at least 3 Business
Days prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the
“LIBOR
Deadline”).
Notice of the Borrower’s election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion of
the Loans and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by
delivery to Administrative Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Administrative
Agent before the LIBOR Deadline. Promptly upon its receipt of each such LIBOR
Notice, Administrative Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the Lenders
having a Commitment of the type to which such LIBOR Notice relates.
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(B) Each
LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. In connection
with each LIBOR Rate Loan, the Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold
Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless against any loss, cost, or expense
incurred by Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of (1) the payment
of
any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest
Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (2)
the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, or (3) the failure to borrow, convert, continue
or
prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered
pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, and expenses, collectively, “Funding
Losses”).
Funding Losses shall, with respect to Administrative Agent or any Lender, be
deemed to equal the amount determined by Administrative Agent or such Lender
to
be the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of interest that would have accrued
on
the principal amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan had such event not occurred, at
the
LIBOR Rate that would have been applicable thereto, for the period from the
date
of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor
(or,
in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that
would have been the Interest Period therefor), minus (y) the amount of interest
that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest
rate
which Administrative Agent or such Lender would be offered were it to be
offered, at the commencement of such period, Dollar deposits of a comparable
amount and period in the London interbank market. A certificate of
Administrative Agent or a Lender delivered to the Borrower setting forth any
amount or amounts that Administrative Agent or such Lender is entitled to
receive pursuant to this Section shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(C) The
Borrower shall have not more than 3 LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any given
time. The Borrower only may exercise the LIBOR Option for LIBOR Rate Loans
of at
least $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof.
(iii) Conversion.
The
Borrower may convert LIBOR Rate Loans to Reference Rate Loans at any time;
provided,
however,
that in
the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are converted or prepaid on any date that is
not
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a result
of
any automatic prepayment through the required application by Administrative
Agent of proceeds of Collateral in accordance with Section
4.04
or for
any other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement
or
acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms
hereof, the Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Administrative Agent
and
the Lenders and their participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses
in accordance with subsection (ii) above.
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(iv) Special
Provisions Applicable to LIBOR Rate.
(A) The
LIBOR
Rate may be adjusted by Administrative Agent with respect to any Lender on
a
prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to
such
Lender of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs
due to changes in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement of
the
then applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except changes
of general applicability in corporate income tax laws) and changes in the
reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor), excluding the Reserve Percentage, which additional
or
increased costs would increase the cost of funding loans bearing interest at
the
LIBOR Rate. In any such event, the affected Lender shall give the Borrower
and
Administrative Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and
Administrative Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender
and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, the Borrower
may,
by notice to such affected Lender (1) require such Lender to furnish to the
Borrower a statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate
and
the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (2) repay the
LIBOR
Rate Loans with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any
amounts due under subsection (ii)(B) above).
(B)
In
the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty,
or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation of application
thereof, shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion
of
any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain
LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue such funding or maintaining, or to determine
or
charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall give notice of such
changed circumstances to Administrative Agent and the Borrower and
Administrative Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender
and
(1) in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding,
the
date specified in such Lender’s notice shall be deemed to be the last day of the
Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and interest upon the LIBOR Rate
Loans
of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable
to
Reference Rate Loans, and (2) the Borrower shall not be entitled to elect the
LIBOR Option until such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful
or
impractical to do so.
(v) No
Requirement of Matched Funding.
Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither
Administrative Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their participants, is required
actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any
Obligation as to which interest accrues at the LIBOR Rate. The provisions of
this Section shall apply as if each Lender or its participants had match funded
any Obligation as to which interest is accruing at the LIBOR Rate by acquiring
eurodollar deposits for each Interest Period in the amount of the LIBOR Rate
Loans.
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(f) Interest
Payment in respect of Reference Rate Loans.
Interest on each Reference Rate Loan shall be payable monthly, in arrears,
on
the first day of each month, commencing on the first day of the month following
the month in which such Loan is made and at maturity (whether upon demand,
by
acceleration or otherwise). The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative
Agent to, and the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, charge the Loan
Account pursuant to Section 4.02
with the
amount of any interest payment due hereunder.
(g) General.
All
interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual
number of days, including the first day but excluding the last day,
elapsed.
Section
2.05 Reduction
of Commitments; Prepayment of Loans.
(a) Reduction
of Commitments.
(i) Revolving
Credit Commitments.
The
Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
shall
terminate on the Final Maturity Date. The Borrower may, subject to the terms
of
Section
2.05(b)(iii),
reduce
the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
to an
amount (which may be zero) not less than the sum of (A) the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding, and
(B) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans not yet made as
to which a Notice of Borrowing has been given by the Borrower under Section 2.02.
Each
such reduction shall be in an amount which is an integral multiple of $1,000,000
(unless the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
in
effect immediately prior to such reduction is less than $1,000,000), shall
be
made by providing not less than 5 Business Days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent and shall be irrevocable. Once reduced, the Total
Revolving
Credit Commitment
may not
be increased. Each such reduction of the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
shall
reduce the Revolving
Credit Commitment
of each
Lender proportionately in accordance with its Pro Rata Share
thereof.
(ii) Term
Loan.
The
Total Term Loan Commitment shall terminate upon the making of the Term Loan
on
the Effective Date.
(b) Optional
Prepayment.
(i) Revolving
Loans.
Subject
to the terms of subsection (iii)
below,
the Borrower may prepay the principal of any Revolving Loan, in whole or in
part.
(ii) Term
Loan.
Subject
to the terms of subsection
(iii)
below,
the Borrower may, upon at least 5 Business Days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, prepay the principal of the Term Loan, in whole or in
part. Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section
2.05(b)(ii)
shall be
accompanied by the payment of accrued interest to the date of such payment
on
the amount prepaid. Each such prepayment shall be applied against the remaining
installments of principal due on the Term Loan in the inverse order of
maturity.
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(iii) Prepayment
Premium.
In the
event of (A) repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Total
Revolving Credit Commitment, or (B) repayment in part of the Obligations or
reduction of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, in each case at any time
prior to March 28, 2009 for any reason (any such repayment and reduction, a
“Designated
Repayment”),
including, without limitation, any such actions resulting from (1) any mandatory
reduction (provided,
that,
with respect to mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section
2.05(c)
of the
Financing Agreement, only in connection with any mandatory prepayment pursuant
to Section
2.05(c)(ii),
Section
2.05(c)(v)
(solely
with respect to the proceeds of any Disposition of all or substantially all
of
the assets of the Loan Parties), Section
2.05(c)(vi),
or
Section
2.05(c)(vii)
of the
Financing Agreement) or voluntary reduction of the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment, (2) the acceleration of the Obligations after the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default (including, without limitation,
an Event of Default resulting from an Insolvency Proceeding), (3) any sale
of
Collateral (including, without limitation, any such sale by foreclosure or
in an
Insolvency Proceeding), or (4) the restructure, reorganization, or compromise
of
the Obligations by the confirmation of a plan of reorganization or any other
plan of compromise, restructure, or arrangement in any Insolvency Proceeding,
then, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining
the
actual amount of damages to the Agents and the Lenders or profits lost by the
Agents and the Lenders as a result of such Designated Repayment, and by mutual
agreement of the parties as to a reasonable estimation and calculation of the
lost profits or damages of the Agents and the Lenders, a prepayment premium,
measured as of the date of such Designated Repayment, equal to (x) with respect
to any Designated Repayment from and including the Effective Date up to, but
not
including, the first anniversary of the Effective Date, 1.0% times
the sum
of (i) the amount of the Term Loan that is repaid plus (ii) the amount that
the
Total Revolving Credit Commitment is reduced on such date, (y) with respect
to
any Designated Repayment from and including the first anniversary of the
Effective Date up to, but not including, the second anniversary of the Effective
Date, 0.5% times
the sum
of (i) the amount of the Term Loan that is repaid plus (ii) the amount that
the
Total Revolving Credit Commitment is reduced on such date, and (z) from and
after the date that is the second anniversary of the Effective Date, zero;
provided,
however,
that
the proceeding prepayment premium shall not apply to partial repayment of the
Obligations or partial reduction of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment from
excess cash generated by the Borrower solely and exclusively in the Borrower’s
ordinary course of business.
(c) Mandatory
Prepayment.
(i) The
Borrower will immediately prepay the Revolving Loans at any time when the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans exceeds the lesser of (A)
the
Total Revolving Credit Commitment, and (B) the Borrowing Base, to the full
extent of any such excess. On each day that any Revolving Loans are outstanding,
the Borrower shall hereby be deemed to represent and warrant to the Agents
and
the Lenders that the Borrowing Base in effect on such day equals or exceeds
the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding.
(ii) The
Borrower will immediately prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Term
Loan in the event that the Total Revolving Credit Commitment is terminated
for
any reason.
(iii) [intentionally
omitted]
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(iv) Within
10
days of delivery to the Agents and the Lenders of audited annual financial
statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii),
commencing with the delivery to the Agents and the Lenders of the financial
statements for the Fiscal Year ended October 31, 2007 or, if such financial
statements are not delivered to the Agents and the Lenders on the date such
statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii),
10 days
after the date such statements are required to be delivered to the Agents and
the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(ii),
the
Borrower shall, if such financial statements demonstrate that, for the
applicable period, the ratio of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower
and Guarantors to Consolidated EBITDA less Capital Expenditures is greater
than
or equal to 2.0 to 1.0, prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans
in
an amount equal to 50.0% of the Excess Cash Flow of the Borrower and Guarantors
for such Fiscal Year.
(v) Within
10
days of receipt of any proceeds of any Disposition by any Loan Party or its
Subsidiaries (other than a Permitted Disposition of the type described in
clauses (a), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of the definition of Permitted Dispositions),
the Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in
an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in
connection with such Disposition to the extent that the aggregate amount of
Net
Cash Proceeds received by all Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (and not
paid
to the Administrative Agent as a prepayment of the Loans) shall exceed $250,000
for all such Dispositions in any fiscal year. Nothing contained in this
subsection (v)
shall
permit any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to make a Disposition of any
property other than a Permitted Disposition.
(vi) Upon
the
issuance or incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), (f), and (g) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness), or the
public or private offering by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of
any
shares of its Capital Stock, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount
equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection
therewith. The provisions of this subsection
(vi)
shall
not be deemed to be implied consent to any such issuance, incurrence or sale
otherwise prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(vii) Upon
the
receipt by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary
Receipts, the Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal of the Loans
in an
amount equal to 100% of such Extraordinary Receipts, net of any reasonable
expenses incurred in collecting such Extraordinary Receipts.
(d) Application
of Payments.
(i) Each
prepayment made pursuant to subsections (c)(iv),
(c)(v), (c)(vi), and (c)(vii)
above
shall be applied, first, to the Term Loan, and second, to the Revolving Loans.
Each such prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied against the remaining
installments of principal of the Term Loan in the inverse order of their
maturity. Each prepayment of the Revolving Loans pursuant to the foregoing
application of payments provision shall also reduce the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment by an equivalent amount and a reserve shall be imposed against the
Borrowing Base in an equivalent amount.
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(ii) The
foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower shall not be required to
make a prepayment otherwise required pursuant to Section
2.05(c)(v)
or
Section
2.05(c)(vii)
with
Reinvestment Eligible Funds so long as: (A) no Default or Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing on the date such Person receives such Reinvestment
Eligible Funds or on the date such amounts are to be released to Borrower
pursuant to this Section
2.05(d)(ii),
(B) in
the case of Reinvestment Eligible Funds constituting proceeds of condemnation
or
casualty insurance, the Borrower delivers a notice (a “Reinvestment
Notice”)
within
10 days from the date that the applicable Person receives the monies
constituting such Reinvestment Eligible Funds notifying the Agents of the intent
of the applicable Person to use such Reinvestment Eligible Funds (1) to repair,
restore, or replace the assets that were the subject of the Disposition,
casualty or condemnation giving rise to such amounts with assets of equal or
greater fair market value which will be useful in the conduct of their business
in accordance with past practice, (2) within the period specified in such
notice, which period shall not exceed the earlier of (x) 180 days after the
receipt of such Reinvestment Eligible Funds by the applicable Loan Party or
its
Subsidiary and (y) the Final Maturity Date, and (C) pending the reinvestment
described in clause (B)(1) above, such Reinvestment Eligible Amounts are
deposited in a cash collateral account over which Collateral Agent (on behalf
of
the Lenders) has a perfected first-priority Lien. If all or any portion of
such
Reinvestment Eligible Funds are not used in accordance with the preceding
sentence within the period specified in the Reinvestment Notice, the remaining
portion shall be applied to the Loans in accordance with Section
2.05(d)
on the
last day of such specified period.
(e) Interest
and Fees.
Any
prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.05
(other
than prepayments made pursuant to subsections (c)(i),
(c)(iii), and (c)(iv)
of this
Section 2.05)
shall
be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being
prepaid to the date of prepayment, and if such prepayment would reduce the
amount of the outstanding Loans to zero at a time when the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment
has been
terminated, such prepayment shall be accompanied by the payment of all fees
accrued to such date pursuant to Section 2.06.
(f) Cumulative
Prepayments.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Section
2.05,
payments with respect to any subsection of this Section 2.05
are in
addition to payments made or required to be made under any other subsection
of
this Section 2.05.
Section
2.06 Fees.
(a) Closing
Fee.
On the
date this Agreement is executed and delivered by the Borrower (the “Execution
and Delivery Date”), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders, in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, a
non-refundable closing fee (the “Closing
Fee”)
equal
to $700,000. Any portion of the Closing Fee paid prior to the Execution and
Deliver Date shall be credited to the Borrower and reduce the amount owed by
the
Borrower under the Closing Fee.
(b) Unused
Line Fee.
From
and after the Effective Date and up to the Final Maturity Date, the Borrower
shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Loan
Lenders, in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, an unused line fee (the
“Unused
Line Fee”),
which
shall accrue at the rate per annum of 0.375% on the excess, if any, of the
Total
Revolving Credit Commitment over the sum of the average principal amount of
all
Revolving Loans outstanding from time to time and shall be due and payable
monthly in arrears on the first day of each month commencing April 1,
2007.
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(c) Loan
Servicing Fee.
From
and after the Effective Date and until the later of (i) the Final Maturity
Date
and (ii) the date on which all Obligations are paid in full, the Borrower shall
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Collateral Agent, a
non-refundable loan servicing fee (the “Loan
Servicing Fee”)
equal
to $7,500 each quarter, which shall be due and payable on the Effective Date
(payable ratably based on the number of days remaining in the calendar quarter
in which the Effective Date occurs) and quarterly in advance thereafter on
the
first day of each calendar quarter commencing on April 1, 2007.
Section
2.07 Securitization.
The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Lenders and their Affiliates may sell
or
securitize the Loans (a “Securitization”)
through the pledge of the Loans as collateral security for loans to the Lenders
or their Affiliates or through the sale of the Loans or the issuance of direct
or indirect interests in the Loans, which loans to the Lenders or their
Affiliates or direct or indirect interests will be rated by Xxxxx’x, Standard
& Poor’s or one or more other rating agencies (the “Rating
Agencies”).
The
Borrower shall cooperate with the Lenders and their Affiliates to effect the
Securitization including by (a) amending this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and executing such additional documents, as reasonably requested
by
the Lenders in connection with the Securitization, provided that
(i) any such amendment or additional documentation does not impose material
additional costs on the Borrower and (ii) any such amendment or additional
documentation does not materially adversely affect the rights, or materially
increase the obligations, of the Borrower under the Loan Documents or change
or
affect in a manner adverse to the Borrower the financial terms of the Loans,
(b) providing such information as may be reasonably requested by the
Lenders in connection with the rating of the Loans or the Securitization, and
(c) providing in connection with any rating of the Loans a certificate
(i) agreeing to indemnify the Lenders and their Affiliates, any of the
Rating Agencies, or any party providing credit support or otherwise
participating in the Securitization (collectively, the “Securitization
Parties”)
for
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (the “Liabilities”)
to
which the Lenders, their Affiliates or such Securitization Parties may become
subject insofar as the Liabilities arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
Loan
Document or in any writing delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any
Agent or Lender in connection with any Loan Document or arise out of or are
based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein, or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and such indemnity shall survive any transfer by the Lenders or
their successors or assigns of the Loans and (ii) agreeing to reimburse the
Agents, the Lenders and their Affiliates for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Persons in connection with defending the
Liabilities.
Section
2.08 Taxes.
(a) Any
and
all payments by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall
be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or
future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all
liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on the net income
of
any Agent or any Lender (or any transferee or assignee thereof, including a
participation holder (any such entity, a “Transferee”))
by
the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized or has its principal lending
office (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges
withholdings and liabilities, collectively or individually, “Taxes”).
If
any Loan Party shall be required to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of
any
sum payable hereunder to any Agent or any Lender (or any Transferee), (i) the
sum payable shall be increased by the amount (an “additional
amount”)
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section
2.08)
such
Agent or such Lender (or such Transferee) shall receive an amount equal to
the
sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan
Party shall make such deductions and (iii) such Loan Party shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law.
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(b) In
addition, each Loan Party agrees to pay to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with applicable law any present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that
arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other
Loan
Document (“Other
Taxes”).
Each
Loan Party shall deliver to each Agent and each Lender official receipts in
respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes payable hereunder promptly after payment
of
such Taxes or Other Taxes.
(c) The
Loan
Parties hereby jointly and severally indemnify and agree to hold each Agent
and
each Lender harmless from and against Taxes and Other Taxes (including Taxes
and
Other Taxes imposed on any amounts payable under this Section
2.08)
paid by
such Person, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted. Such indemnification shall be paid within 10 days from the date on
which any such Person makes written demand therefore specifying in reasonable
detail the nature and amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes.
(d) Each
Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United
States (a “Non-U.S.
Lender”)
agrees
that it shall, no later than the Effective Date (or, in the case of a Lender
which becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section
12.07
after
the Effective Date, promptly after the date upon which such Lender becomes
a
party hereto) deliver to the Agents (or, in the case of a participant, to the
Lender granting the participation only) a properly completed and duly executed
copy of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form X-0XXX, X-0XXX or W-8IMY
or
any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, in each case claiming
complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. Federal withholding tax and
payments of interest hereunder. In addition, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender
claiming exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or
881(c) of the IRC, such Non-U.S. Lender hereby represents to the Agents and
the
Borrower that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c)
of the IRC, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section
871(h)(3)(B) of the IRC) of the Borrower and is not a CFC related to the
Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the IRC), and such Non-U.S.
Lender agrees that it shall promptly notify the Agents in the event any such
representation is no longer accurate. Such forms shall be delivered by each
Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement
and
on or before the date, if any, such Non-U.S. Lender changes its applicable
lending office by designating a different lending office (a “New
Lending Office”).
In
addition, such Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms within 20 days after
receipt of a written request therefor from any Agent, the assigning Lender
or
the Lender granting a participation, as applicable. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section
2.08,
a
Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this
Section
2.08(d)
that
such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.
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(e) The
Loan
Parties shall not be required to indemnify any Non-U.S. Lender, or pay any
additional amounts to any Non-U.S. Lender, in respect of United States Federal
withholding tax pursuant to this Section
2.08
to the
extent that (i) the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States
Federal withholding tax existed on the date such Non-U.S. Lender became a party
to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee that is a participation
holder, on the date such participation holder became a Transferee hereunder)
or,
with respect to payments to a New Lending Office, the date such Non-U.S. Lender
designated such New Lending Office with respect to a Loan; provided,
however,
that
this clause (i) shall not apply to the extent the indemnity payment or
additional amounts any Transferee, or Lender (or Transferee) through a New
Lending Office, would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause
(i))
do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the Person making
the assignment, participation or transfer to such Transferee, or Lender (or
Transferee) making the designation of such New Lending Office, would have been
entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation, transfer
or designation, or (ii) the obligation to pay such additional amounts would
not
have arisen but for a failure by such Non-U.S. Lender to comply with the
provisions of clause (d) above.
(f) The
obligations of the Loan Parties under this Section
2.08
shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and
all
other amounts payable hereunder.
ARTICLE
III
[INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED]
ARTICLE
IV
FEES,
PAYMENTS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
Section
4.01 Audit
and Collateral Monitoring Fees.
The
Borrower acknowledges that pursuant to Section
7.01(f),
representatives of the Agents may visit any Loan Party or conduct audits,
inspections or field examinations of any Loan Party and valuations or appraisals
of any or all of the Collateral or business or enterprise valuations of the
Loan
Parties at any time and from time to time in a manner so as to not unduly
disrupt the business of such Loan Party; provided,
however,
that
the preceding shall be limited to the Borrower’s headquarters sites and any
owned or leased real property where material books and records of the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries are retained. The Borrower agrees to pay (i) $1,750 per
day
per examiner plus the examiner’s out-of-pocket costs and reasonable expenses
incurred in connection with all such visits, audits, inspections, valuations,
and field examinations and (ii) the cost of such audits, appraisals and
business valuations (including enterprise valuation appraisals) conducted by
third party auditors or appraisers on behalf of the Agents;
provided,
however,
that so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall
be obligated to pay the costs for the obligations specified in clauses (i)
and
(ii) hereof only one time per year.
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Section
4.02 Payments;
Computations and Statements.
(a) The
Borrower will make each payment under this Agreement not later than
12:00 noon (New York City time) on the day when due, in lawful money of the
United States of America and in immediately available funds, to the
Administrative Agent’s Account. All payments received by the Administrative
Agent after 12:00 noon (New York City time) on any Business Day will be credited
to the Loan Account on the next succeeding Business Day. All payments shall
be
made by the Borrower without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or other defense
to the Agents and the Lenders. Except as provided in Section 2.02,
after
receipt, the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be
distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal ratably to the
Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares and like funds relating to
the
payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender, in each case
to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, provided that
the
Administrative Agent will cause to be distributed all interest and fees received
from or for the account of the Borrower not less than once each month and in
any
event promptly after receipt thereof. The Lenders and the Borrower hereby
authorize the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent shall,
from
time to time, charge the Loan Account of the Borrower with any amount due and
payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document. Each of the Lenders and the
Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to make
such
charges whether or not any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and
be continuing or whether any of the conditions precedent in Section 5.02
have
been satisfied. Any amount charged to the Loan Account of the Borrower shall
be
deemed a Revolving Loan hereunder made by the Revolving
Loan
Lenders
to the Borrower, funded by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Revolving
Loan
Lenders
and subject to Section 2.02
of this
Agreement. The Lenders and the Borrower confirm that any charges which the
Administrative Agent may so make to the Loan Account of the Borrower as herein
provided will be made as an accommodation to the Borrower
and
solely at the Administrative Agent’s discretion, provided that the
Administrative Agent shall from time to time upon the request of the Collateral
Agent, charge the Loan Account of the Borrower with any amount due and payable
under any Loan Document. Whenever any payment to be made under any such Loan
Document shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such
payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension
of
time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or fees,
as
the case may be. All computations of fees shall be made by the Administrative
Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days
(including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period
for
which such fees are payable. Each determination by the Administrative Agent
of
an interest rate or fees hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes in the absence of manifest error.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall provide the Borrower, promptly after the end of
each
calendar month, a summary statement (in the form from time to time used by
the
Administrative Agent) of the opening and closing daily balances in the Loan
Account of the Borrower during such month, the amounts and dates of all Loans
made to the Borrower during such month, the amounts and dates of all payments
on
account of the Loans to the Borrower during such month and the Loans to which
such payments were applied, the amount of interest accrued on the Loans to
the
Borrower during such month, the amount of charges to the Loan Account, and
the
amount and nature of any charges to the Loan Account made during such month
on
account of fees, commissions, expenses and other Obligations. All entries on
any
such statement shall be presumed to be correct and, 30 days after the same
is
sent, shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error.
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Section
4.03 Sharing
of Payments, Etc.
Except
as provided in Section 2.02,
if any
Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the
exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of any Obligation
in
excess of its ratable share of payments on account of similar obligations
obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the
other
Lenders such participations in such similar obligations held by them as shall
be
necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably
with each of them; provided,
however,
that if
all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such
purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such
Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent
of
such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required
repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender)
of
any interest or other amount paid by the purchasing Lender in respect of the
total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing
a
participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section
4.03
may, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all of its rights (including
the
Lender’s right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if
such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
Section
4.04 Apportionment
of Payments.
Subject
to Section 2.02
and to
any written agreement among the Agents or the Lenders:
(a) all
payments of principal and interest in respect of outstanding Loans, all payments
of fees (other than the audit and collateral monitoring fees provided for in
Section 4.01)
and all
other payments in respect of any other Obligations, shall be allocated by the
Administrative Agent among such of the Lenders as are entitled thereto, in
proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares or otherwise as provided herein
or, in respect of payments not made on account of Loans as designated by the
Person making payment when the payment is made.
(b) After
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative
Agent may, and upon the direction of the Required Lenders shall, apply all
payments in respect of any Obligations and all proceeds of the Collateral,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement, (i) first,
ratably
to pay the Obligations in respect of any fees, expense reimbursements,
indemnities and other amounts then due to the Agents until paid in full;
(ii) second,
to pay
interest due in respect of the Collateral Agent Advances until paid in full;
(iii) third,
to pay
principal of the Collateral Agent Advances until paid in full;
(iv) fourth,
ratably
to pay any fees and indemnities then due to the Revolving
Loan
Lenders
until paid in full; (v) fifth,
ratably
to pay interest due in respect of the Revolving Loans until paid in full;
(vi) sixth,
ratably
to pay principal of the Revolving Loans until paid in full;
(vi) seventh,
ratably
to pay any fees and indemnities then due to the Term Loan
Lenders
until paid in full; (viii) eighth,
ratably
to pay interest due in respect of the Term Loan until paid in full;
(ix) ninth,
ratably
to pay principal of the Term Loan until paid in full, and (x) tenth,
to the
ratable payment of all other Obligations then due and payable until paid in
full.
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(c) In
each
instance, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
Section 4.04(b)
shall
not be deemed to apply to any payment by the Borrower specified by the Borrower
to the Administrative Agent to be for the payment of Term Loan Obligations
then
due and payable under any provision of this Agreement or the prepayment of
all
or part of the principal of the Term Loan in accordance with the terms and
conditions of Section 2.05.
(d) For
purposes of Section
4.04(b),
(other
than clause (x) thereof) “paid in full” means with respect to any Obligations,
payment of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents in respect of such
Obligations, including fees, interest, default interest, interest on interest,
expense reimbursements and indemnities, specifically including in each case
any
of the foregoing which would accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency
Proceeding irrespective of whether a claim is allowable in such Insolvency
Proceeding, except to the extent that default or overdue interest (but not
any
other interest) and fees, each arising from or related to a default, are
disallowed in any Insolvency Proceeding; provided,
however,
that
for purposes of such clause (x), “paid in full” means with respect to any
Obligations, payment of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents in respect
of
such Obligations, including fees, interest, default interest, interest on
interest, expense reimbursements and indemnities, specifically including in
each
case any of the foregoing which would accrue after the commencement of any
Insolvency Proceeding irrespective of whether a claim is allowable in such
Insolvency Proceeding.
(e) In
the
event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 4.04
and
other provisions contained in any other Loan Document, it is the intention
of
the parties hereto that both such priority provisions in such documents shall
be
read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert
with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot
be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 4.04
shall
control and govern.
Section
4.05 Increased
Costs and Reduced Return.
(a) If
any Lender or any Agent shall have determined that the adoption or
implementation after the Effective Date, or any change after the Effective
Date
in, any law, rule, treaty or regulation, or any policy, guideline or directive
of, or any change after the Effective Date in, the interpretation or
administration thereof by, any court, central bank or other administrative
or
Governmental Authority, or compliance by any Lender or any Agent or any Person
controlling any such Lender or any such Agent with any directive of, or
guideline from, any central bank or other Governmental Authority or the
introduction of, or change in, any accounting principles applicable to any
Lender, any Agent or any Person controlling any such Lender, any such Agent
(in
each case, whether or not having the force of law) (each, a “Change
in Law”),
shall
(i) subject any Lender, any Agent or any Person controlling any such Lender
or any such Agent to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to this
Agreement or any Loan made by such Lender or such Agent or change the basis
of
taxation of payments to any Lender, any Agent or any Person controlling any
such
Lender or any such Agent of any amounts payable hereunder (except for taxes
on
the overall net income of any Lender, any Agent or any Person controlling any
such Lender or any such Agent), (ii) impose, modify or deem applicable any
reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against any Loan, or against
assets of or held by, or deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by, any Lender, any Agent or any Person controlling any such Lender or any
such
Agent or (iii) impose on any Lender, any Agent or any Person controlling
any such Lender or any such Agent any other condition regarding this Agreement
or any Loan, and the result of any event referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or
(iii) above shall be to increase the cost to any Lender or any Agent of making
any Loan, or agreeing to make any Loan or to reduce any amount received or
receivable by any Lender or any Agent hereunder, then, upon demand by any such
Lender or any such Agent, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such Agent
such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender, or such Agent for such
increased costs or reductions in amount.
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(b) If
any
Lender or any Agent shall have determined that any Change in Law either
(i) affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to
be maintained by any Lender, any Agent or any Person controlling such Lender
or
such Agent and any Lender or any Agent determines that the amount of such
capital is increased as a direct or indirect consequence of any Loans made
or
maintained, any Lender’s, any Agent’s or any such other controlling Person’s
other obligations hereunder, or (ii) has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on any Lender’s or any Agent’s any such other
controlling Person’s capital to a level below that which such Lender, such Agent
or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such circumstances as
a
consequence of any Loans made or maintained, or any agreement to make Loans,
or
such Lender’s, such Agent’s or such other controlling Person’s other obligations
hereunder (in each case, taking into consideration, such Lender’s, or such
Agent’s or such other controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital
adequacy), then, upon demand by any Lender or any Agent, the Borrower shall
pay
to such Lender or such Agent from time to time such additional amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such Agent for such cost of maintaining such increased
capital or such reduction in the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Agent’s
or such other controlling Person’s capital.
(c) All
amounts payable under this Section
4.05
shall
bear interest from the date that is 10 days after the date of demand by any
Lender or any Agent until payment in full to such Lender or such Agent at the
Reference Rate. A certificate of such Lender or such Agent claiming compensation
under this Section 4.05,
specifying the event herein above described and the nature of such event shall
be submitted by such Lender or such Agent to the Borrower, setting forth the
additional amount due and an explanation of the calculation thereof, and such
Lender’s or such Agent’s reasons for invoking the provisions of this
Section 4.05,
and
shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error.
ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
TO LOANS
Section
5.01 Conditions
Precedent.
The
obligation of any Lender to make the initial Loans, is subject to the
fulfillment, to the satisfaction of each Lender (the making of such initial
extension of credit by any Lender being conclusively deemed to be its
satisfaction or waiver of the following), of each of the conditions precedent
set forth below:
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(a) Payment
of Fees; Amount of Requested Financing.
(i) Fees.
The
Borrower shall have paid all fees, costs, expenses and taxes then payable
pursuant to Sections
2.06
or
12.04.
(ii) Requested
Financing Amount.
On the
Effective Date, the aggregate outstanding Loans shall not be greater than (A)
1.65 times
the pro
forma TTM EBITDA of the Borrower, and (B) 3.30 times
the pro
forma TTM EBITDA of the Borrower less their trailing twelve months’ pro forma
Capital Expenditures (including capitalized software costs). In the event that
the Borrower’s financial performance does not meet the requirements of both
clause (A) and clause (B) of this subsection, then the Lenders shall not have
any obligation to make any Loans hereunder.
(b) Representations
and Warranties; No Event of Default.
The
following statements shall be true and correct: (i) the representations and
warranties contained in Article VI and in each other Loan Document,
certificate or other writing delivered to any Agent or any Lender pursuant
hereto or thereto on or prior to the Effective Date are true and correct in
all
material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be
applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified
or
modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the Effective Date
as
though made on and as of such date (it being understood and agreed that any
representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date
shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of
such specified date) and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the Effective Date or would result from this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents becoming effective in accordance with
its
or their respective terms.
(c) Legality.
The
making of the initial Loans shall not contravene any law, rule or regulation
applicable to any Agent or any Lender.
(d) Delivery
of Documents.
The
Collateral Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the
following, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
and,
unless indicated otherwise, dated the Effective Date:
(i) a
Security Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party, together with the original
stock certificates representing all of the stock of such Loan Party’s
Subsidiaries and all intercompany promissory notes of such Loan Parties,
accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and other proper
instruments of transfer;
(ii) the
Funds
Flow Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party,
(iii) the
Intercompany Subordination Agreement, duly executed by each Loan
Party;
(iv) a
Filing
Authorization Letter, duly executed by each Loan Party, together with
appropriate financing statements duly filed in such office or offices as may
be
necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect
the
security interests purported to be created by each Security
Agreement;
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(v) certified
copies of all effective financing statements which name as debtor any Loan
Party
and which are filed in the offices referred to in clause (iv) above,
together with copies of such financing statements, none of which, except as
otherwise agreed in writing by the Collateral Agent, shall cover any of the
Collateral and the results of searches for any tax Lien and judgment Lien filed
against such Person or its property, which results, except as otherwise agreed
to in writing by the Collateral Agent, shall not show any such
Liens;
(vi) a
copy of
the resolutions of each Loan Party, certified as of the Effective Date by an
Authorized Officer thereof, authorizing (A) the transactions contemplated
by the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is or will be a party, and
(B) the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of each Loan
Document to which such Loan Party is or will be a party and the execution and
delivery of the other documents to be delivered by such Person in connection
herewith and therewith;
(vii) a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, certifying the names
and true signatures of the representatives of such Loan Party authorized to
sign
each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is or will be a party and the other
documents to be executed and delivered by such Loan Party in connection herewith
and therewith, together with evidence of the incumbency of such authorized
officers;
(viii) a
certificate of the appropriate official(s) of the state of organization and
each
state of foreign qualification of each Loan Party certifying as to the
subsistence in good standing of, and the payment of taxes by, such Loan Party
in
such states;
(ix) a
true
and complete copy of the charter, certificate of formation, certificate of
limited partnership or other publicly filed organizational document of each
Loan
Party certified as of a recent date not more than 30 days prior to the Effective
Date by an appropriate official of the state of organization of such Loan Party
which shall set forth the same complete name of such Loan Party as is set forth
herein and the organizational number of such Loan Party, if an organized number
is issued in such jurisdiction;
(x) a
copy of
the charter and by-laws, limited liability company agreement, operating
agreement, agreement of limited partnership or other organizational document
of
each Loan Party, together with all amendments thereto, certified as of the
Effective Date by an Authorized Officer of such Loan Party;
(xi) an
opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Xxxxxxx, L.L.P.,
counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit
5.01(d)
and as
to such other matters as the Collateral Agent may reasonably
request;
(xii) a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, certifying as to the
matters set forth in Section
5.01(b);
(xiii) a
copy of
the Financial Statements, together with a certificate of an Authorized Officer
of the Borrower setting forth all existing Indebtedness, pending or threatened
litigation or claims and other contingent liabilities of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries;
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(xiv) a
copy of
the financial projections described in Section
6.01(g)(ii),
which
projections shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the
Agents;
(xv) a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, setting forth in
reasonable detail the calculations required to establish compliance, on a pro
forma basis immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the
Acquisition, with each of the financial covenants contained in Section
7.03;
(xvi) a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, certifying as to the
solvency of such Loan Party, which certificate shall be satisfactory in form
and
substance to the Collateral Agent;
(xvii) evidence
of the insurance coverage required by Section 7.01
and the
terms of each Security Agreement, with such endorsements adding the Collateral
Agent as a named insured or loss payee thereunder as the Collateral Agent may
request and providing that such policy may be terminated or canceled (by the
insurer or the insured thereunder) only upon 30 days prior written notice
to the Collateral Agent and each such named insured or loss payee;
(xviii) a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, certifying the names
and
true signatures of the persons that are authorized to provide Notices of
Borrowing, and all other notices under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents;
(xix) a
collateral access agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, limited to the Borrower’s headquarters sites and any owned or
leased real property where material books and records of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries are retained;
(xx) copies
of
(a) the Acquisition Documents, and (b) the other Material Contracts as in effect
on the Effective Date, certified as true and correct copies thereof by an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower, together with a certificate of an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower stating that such agreements remain in full force and
effect and that none of the Loan Parties has breached or defaulted in any of
its
obligations under such agreements;
(xxi) the
Borrower shall have received all material licenses, approvals or evidence of
other actions required by any Governmental Authority (including under HSR if
applicable) in connection with the execution and delivery by the Borrower of
the
Acquisition Documents and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby;
(xxii) a
termination and release agreement with respect to the Existing Credit Facility
and all related documents, duly executed by the Loan Parties and the Existing
Lender, together with a satisfaction of mortgage for each mortgage filed by
the
Existing Lender and termination statements for all financing statements filed
by
the Existing Lender and covering any portion of the Collateral;
(xxiii) such
depository account, blocked account, lockbox account and similar agreements
and
other documents, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, as
the
Agents may request with respect to the Borrower’s cash management system;
and
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(xxiv) a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, certifying that attached
thereto are complete and correct copies of the Acquisition
Agreement;
(xxv) such
other agreements, instruments, approvals, opinions and other documents, each
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent in form and substance, as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably request.
(e) Material
Adverse Effect.
The
Collateral Agent shall have determined, in its sole judgment, that no event
or
development shall have occurred since October 31, 2005 which could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Consummation
of Acquisition.
The
Collateral Agent shall have received (i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to
it
that the Acquisition shall have been consummated pursuant to the Acquisition
Agreement (no provision of which shall have been amended or otherwise modified
or waived in any material respect without the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent) (ii) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower
certifying (A) that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the
Acquisition shall have been satisfied (other than the payment of the Purchase
Price), and (B) that all material consents, approvals, authorizations (including
any required by HSR), licenses, permits, entitlements and accreditations
required in connection with the Acquisition Documents shall have been
obtained.
(g) [intentionally
omitted]
(h) Proceedings;
Receipt of Documents.
All
proceedings in connection with the making of the initial Loans and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
all documents incidental hereto and thereto, shall be satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent and its counsel, and the Collateral Agent and such counsel
shall have received all such information and such counterpart originals or
certified or other copies of such documents as the Collateral Agent or such
counsel may reasonably request.
(i) Management
Reference Checks.
The
Collateral Agent shall have received satisfactory reference checks for key
management of each Loan Party.
(j) Due
Diligence.
The
Agents shall have completed their business and legal due diligence with respect
to each Loan Party and the results thereof shall be acceptable to the Agents,
in
their sole and absolute discretion.
(k) Consents.
The
Borrower shall have obtained all necessary or appropriate consents or approvals
of the Gaming Authorities to the Acquisition, this Agreement and the
transactions evidenced thereby or hereby. All such consents and approvals of
the
Gaming Authorities shall be provided to the Agents and be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agents.
(l) Availability.
After
giving effect to all Loans to be made on the Effective Date, the Availability
plus Qualified Cash shall not be less than $5,000,000. The Borrower shall
deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate of the chief financial officer
of
the Borrower certifying as to the calculation of Availability.
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Section
5.02 Conditions
Precedent to All Loans.
The
obligation of any Agent or any Lender to make any Loan is subject to the
fulfillment of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Payment
of Fees, Etc.
The
Borrower shall have paid all fees, costs, expenses and taxes then payable by
the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including
Sections
2.06
and
12.04.
(b) Representations
and Warranties; No Event of Default.
The
following statements shall be true and correct, and the submission by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing with respect
to
each such Loan, and the Borrower’s acceptance of the proceeds of such Loan,
shall each be deemed to be a representation and warranty by each Loan Party
on
the date of such Loan that: (i) the representations and warranties
contained in Article VI and in each other Loan Document, certificate or
other writing delivered any Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto
on or
prior to the date of such Loan are true and correct in all material respects
(except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by
materiality in the text thereof) on and as of such date as though made on and
as
of such date, and (ii) at the time of and immediately after giving effect
to the making of such Loan and the application of the proceeds thereof, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
from
the making of the Loan to be made.
(c) Legality.
The
making of such Loan shall not contravene any law, rule or regulation applicable
to any Agent or any Lender; provided,
however,
that
the Borrower shall have the right to replace any Lender to prevent the
contravention of any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Lender. Any
such
replacement Lender must be reasonably acceptable to the Agents.
(d) Notices.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to
Section
2.02.
ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section
6.01 Representations
and Warranties.
Each
Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders as
follows:
(a) Organization,
Good Standing, Etc.
Each
Loan Party (i) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited
partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws
of the state or jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power
and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as currently
contemplated and, in the case of the Borrower, to make the borrowings hereunder,
and to execute and deliver each Loan Document to which it is a party, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iii) except where the
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in
each
jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it
or
in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification
necessary.
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(b) Authorization,
Etc.
The
execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document
to
which it is or will be a party, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary
action, (ii) do not and will not contravene its charter or by-laws, its limited
liability company or operating agreement or its certificate of partnership
or
partnership agreement, as applicable, or any applicable law or any contractual
restriction binding on or otherwise affecting it or any of its properties,
(iii)
do not and will not result in or require the creation of any Lien (other than
pursuant to any Loan Document) upon or with respect to any of its properties,
and (iv) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension,
revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license,
authorization or approval applicable to its operations or any of its
properties.
(c) Governmental
Approvals.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
6.01(c),
no
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the due execution,
delivery and performance by any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it
is
or will be a party.
(d) Enforceability
of Loan Documents.
This
Agreement is, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is or will
be
a party, when delivered hereunder, will be, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with
its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
(e) Subsidiaries.
Schedule
6.01(e)
is a
complete and correct description of the name, jurisdiction of incorporation
and
ownership of the outstanding Capital Stock of each Subsidiary of the Borrower.
All of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries
have been validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and the holders
thereof are not entitled to any preemptive, first refusal or other similar
rights. Except as indicated on such Schedule, all such Capital Stock is owned
by
the Borrower or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, free and clear
of
all Liens. There are no outstanding debt or equity securities of the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries and no outstanding obligations of the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, options
or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, or other obligations of any Subsidiary to issue, directly or
indirectly, any shares of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower.
(f) Litigation;
Commercial Tort Claims.
Except
as set forth in Schedule 6.01(f),
(i) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened
action, suit or proceeding affecting any Loan Party before any court or other
Governmental Authority or any arbitrator that (A) as to which there is both
a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely
determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
or (B) relates to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby and (ii) as of the Effective
Date, none of the Loan Parties holds any commercial tort claims in respect
of
which a claim has been filed in a court of law or a written notice by an
attorney has been given to a potential defendant.
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(g) Financial
Condition.
(i) The
Financial Statements, copies of which have been delivered to each Agent and
each
Lender, fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
condition of the Borrower
and
its
Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results
of
operations of the Borrower
and
its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal periods ended on such respective dates, all in
accordance with GAAP, and since October 31, 2005 no event or development has
occurred that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(ii) The
Borrower
has
heretofore furnished to each Agent and each Lender (A) projected monthly
balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for the period from November 2006, through October 2007,
and (B) projected annual balance sheets, income statements and statements of
cash flows of the Borrower
and
its
Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Years ending in 2007 through 2010, which projected
financial statements shall be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(vii).
Such
projections, as so updated, are believed by the Borrower
at
the
time furnished to be reasonable, have been prepared on a reasonable basis and
in
good faith by the Borrower,
and
have been based on assumptions believed by the Borrower
to
be
reasonable at the time made and upon the best information then reasonably
available to the Borrower,
and the
Borrower
is not aware
of
any facts or information that would lead it to believe that such projections,
as
so updated, are incorrect or misleading in any material respect.
(h) Compliance
with Law, Etc.
No Loan
Party is in violation of its organizational documents, any law, rule,
regulation, judgment or order of any Governmental Authority or Gaming Authority
applicable to it or any of its property or assets, or any material term of
any
agreement or instrument (including any Material Contract) binding on or
otherwise affecting it or any of its properties, and except for those violations
that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(i) ERISA.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 6.01(i),
(i)
each Employee Plan is in substantial compliance with ERISA and the IRC,
(ii) no Termination Event has occurred nor is reasonably expected to occur
with respect to any Employee Plan, (iii) the most recent annual report
(Form 5500 Series) with respect to each Employee Plan, including any required
Schedule B (Actuarial Information) thereto, copies of which have been filed
with the Internal Revenue Service and delivered to the Agents, is complete
and
correct and fairly presents the funding status of such Employee Plan, and since
the date of such report there has been no material adverse change in such
funding status, (iv) copies of each agreement entered into with the PBGC,
the U.S. Department of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service with respect to
any
Employee Plan have been delivered to the Agents, (v) no Employee Plan had
an accumulated or waived funding deficiency or permitted decrease which would
create a deficiency in its funding standard account or has applied for an
extension of any amortization period within the meaning of Section 412 of
the IRC at any time during the previous 60 months, and (vi) no Lien
imposed under the IRC or ERISA exists or is likely to arise on account of any
Employee Plan within the meaning of Section 412 of the IRC. Except as set forth
on Schedule
6.01(i),
no Loan
Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any withdrawal liability
under
ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, or is aware of any facts
indicating that it or any of its ERISA Affiliates may in the future incur any
such withdrawal liability. No Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates nor
any
fiduciary of any Employee Plan has (A) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited
transaction described in Sections 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the IRC, (B) failed
to
pay any required installment or other payment required under Section 412 of
the
IRC on or before the due date for such required installment or payment, (C)
engaged in a transaction within the meaning of Section 4069 of ERISA or (D)
incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the
payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due
which are unpaid. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party,
threatened claims, actions, proceedings or lawsuits (other than claims for
benefits in the normal course) asserted or instituted against (1) any Employee
Plan or its assets, (2) any fiduciary with respect to any Employee Plan, or
(3)
any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates with respect to any Employee
Plan.
Except as required by Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code, no Loan Party
or any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains an employee welfare benefit plan (as
defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides health or welfare benefits
(through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former
employee of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates or coverage after
a
participant’s termination of employment.
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(j) Taxes,
Etc.
All
Federal, state and local tax returns and other reports required by applicable
law to be filed by any Loan Party have been filed, or extensions have been
obtained, and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed
upon
any Loan Party or any property of any Loan Party and which have become due
and
payable have been paid, except to the extent the failure to pay could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or to the extent
contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the imposition of
any
penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and, in each case,
with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment
thereof in accordance with GAAP.
(k) Regulations
T, U and X.
No Loan
Party is or will be engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T,
U or
X), and no proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin
stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any margin stock.
(l) Nature
of Business.
No Loan
Party is engaged in any business other than as set forth on Schedule
6.01(l).
(m) Adverse
Agreements, Etc.
No Loan
Party is a party to any agreement or instrument, or subject to any charter,
limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other corporate,
partnership or limited liability company restriction or any judgment, order,
regulation, ruling or other requirement of a court or other Governmental
Authority, which has, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material
Adverse Effect.
(n) [intentionally
omitted]
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(o) Properties.
(i) Each
Loan
Party has good and marketable title to, valid leasehold interests in, or valid
licenses to use, all property and assets material to its business, free and
clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens. All such properties and assets
are
in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
(ii) Schedule
6.01(o)
sets
forth a complete and accurate list, as of the Effective Date, of the location,
by state and street address, of all real property owned or leased by each Loan
Party. As of the Effective Date, each Loan Party has valid leasehold interests
in the Leases described on Schedule 6.01(o)
to which
it is a party. Schedule 6.01(o)
sets
forth with respect to each such Lease, the commencement date, termination date,
renewal options (if any) and annual base rents. Each such Lease is valid and
enforceable in accordance with its terms in all material respects and is in
full
force and effect. No consent or approval of any landlord or other third party
in
connection with any such Lease is necessary for any Loan Party to enter into
and
execute the Loan Documents to which it is a party, except as set forth on
Schedule 6.01(o).
To the
knowledge of any Loan Party, no other party to any such Lease is in default
of
its obligations thereunder, and no Loan Party (or any other party to any such
Lease) has at any time delivered or received any notice of default which remains
uncured under any such Lease and, as of the Effective Date, no event has
occurred which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would
constitute a default under any such Lease.
(p) Full
Disclosure.
Each
Loan
Party has
disclosed to the Agents all agreements, instruments and corporate or other
restrictions to which it 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. None of the other reports, financial statements,
certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan
Party
to the
Agents in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered
hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished)
contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which it was made, not misleading; provided
that,
with respect to projected financial information, each Loan
Party represents
only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions
believed to be reasonable at the time. There
is
no contingent liability or fact known to a Loan Party that could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect which has not been set forth
in
a footnote included in the Financial Statements or a Schedule
hereto.
(q) Operating
Lease Obligations.
On the
Effective Date, none of the Loan Parties has any Operating Lease Obligations
other than the Operating Lease Obligations set forth on Schedule 6.01(q).
(r) Environmental
Matters.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
6.01(r),
(i) the
operations of each Loan Party are in compliance in all material aspects with
all
Environmental Laws; (ii) there has been no Release at any of the properties
owned or operated by any Loan Party, or to its knowledge, at any disposal or
treatment facility which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan
Party which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) no Environmental Action has been asserted against any Loan Party nor
does
any Loan Party have knowledge or notice of any threatened or pending
Environmental Action against any Loan Party which could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) to its knowledge, no
Environmental Actions have been asserted against any facilities that may have
received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party which could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (v) no property now or
formerly owned or occupied by a Loan Party has been used as a treatment or
disposal site for any Hazardous Material by such Loan Party in violation of
the
Environmental Law where such violation could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect; (vi) no Loan Party has failed to report to the
proper Governmental Authority the occurrence of any Release which is required
to
be so reported by such Loan Party under any Environmental Laws which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (vii) each
Loan Party holds all licenses, permits and approvals required under any
Environmental Laws in connection with the operation of the business carried
on
by it, except for such licenses, permits and approvals as to which a Loan
Party’s failure to maintain or comply with could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (viii) no Loan Party has received
any
notification pursuant to any Environmental Laws that (A) any work, repairs,
construction or Capital Expenditures are required to be made in respect of
any
of its properties as a condition of continued compliance with any Environmental
Laws, or any license, permit or approval issued pursuant thereto or (B) any
license, permit or approval referred to above is about to be reviewed, made
subject to limitations or conditions, revoked, withdrawn or terminated, in
each
case, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(s) Insurance.
Each
Loan Party keeps its property adequately insured and maintains
(i) insurance to such extent and against such risks, including fire, as is
customary with companies in the same or similar businesses, (ii) worker’s
compensation insurance in the amount required by applicable law, (iii) public
liability insurance, which shall include product liability insurance, in the
amount customary with companies in the same or similar business against claims
for personal injury or death on properties owned, occupied or controlled by
it,
and (iv) such other insurance as may be required by law or as may be
reasonably required by the Collateral Agent (including against larceny,
embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation). Schedule
6.01(s)
sets
forth a list of all insurance maintained by each Loan Party on the Effective
Date.
(t) Use
of
Proceeds.
The
proceeds of the Loans shall be used for general corporate purposes and any
lawful purpose not prohibited by this Agreement including to (i) finance
the payment of a portion of the consideration payable to complete the
Acquisition, (ii) refinance certain indebtedness owing to Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Association, (iii) pay fees and expenses in connection with the
Acquisition and transactions contemplated hereby, (iv) fund the Earn Out Payment
and (v) fund working capital of the Borrower.
(u) Solvency.
After
giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and before
and
immediately after giving effect to each Loan, each Loan Party is, and the Loan
Parties on a consolidated basis are, Solvent.
(v) Location
of Bank Accounts.
Schedule
6.01(v)
sets
forth a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of all deposit,
checking and other bank accounts, all securities and other accounts maintained
with any broker dealer and all other similar accounts maintained by each Loan
Party, together with a description thereof (i.e.,
the
bank or broker dealer at which such deposit or other account is maintained
and
the account number and the purpose thereof).
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(w) Intellectual
Property.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 6.01(w),
each
Loan Party owns or licenses or otherwise has the right to use all licenses,
permits, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications,
service marks, tradenames, copyrights, copyright applications, franchises,
authorizations, non-governmental licenses and permits and other intellectual
property rights that are necessary for the operation of its business, without
infringement upon or conflict with the rights of any other Person with respect
thereto, except for such infringements and conflicts which, individually or
in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Set forth on Schedule 6.01(w)
is a
complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of all such material
licenses, permits, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, copyright applications,
franchises, authorizations, non-governmental licenses and permits and other
intellectual property rights of each Loan Party. No slogan or other advertising
device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now
employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any Loan Party infringes upon
or conflicts with any rights owned by any other Person, and no claim or
litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or threatened, except
for
such infringements and conflicts which could not reasonably be expected to
result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To
the
knowledge of each Loan Party, no patent, invention, device, application,
principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code is pending
or
proposed, which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Material
Contracts.
As of
the Effective Date, the Borrower has no Material Contracts.
(y) Investment
Company Act.
None of
the Loan Parties is
an
“investment company” or an “affiliated person” or “promoter” of, or “principal
underwriter” of or for, an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(z) Employee
and Labor Matters.
There
is
(i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the knowledge of any
Loan
Party,
threatened against any Loan
Party
before
any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending
or
threatened against any Loan
Party
which
arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement, (ii) no strike,
labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or,
to
its knowledge, threatened against any Loan
Party
or (iii)
to the knowledge of any Loan
Party,
no
union representation question existing with respect to the employees of any
Loan
Party and
no
union organizing activity taking place with respect to any of the employees
of
any Loan Party. No Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any
liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Act (“WARN”)
or
similar state law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied. The hours worked and
payments made to employees of any Loan Party have not been in violation of
the
Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable legal requirements, except
to
the extent such violations could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All material
payments due from any Loan Party on account of wages and employee health and
welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability
on
the books of such Loan Party, except where the failure to do so could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(aa) Customers
and Suppliers.
Other
than in the ordinary course of business, there exists no actual or threatened
termination, cancellation or material limitation of the business relationship
between (i) any Loan
Party,
on the
one hand, and any customer or any group thereof, on the other hand, whose
agreements with any Loan
Party are
individually or in the aggregate material to the business or operations of
such
Loan
Party,
or
(ii) any Loan
Party,
on the
one hand, and any material supplier thereof, on the other hand.
(bb) No
Bankruptcy Filing.
No Loan
Party is
contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state, federal
or
foreign bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of all or a major
portion of such Loan
Party’s assets
or
property, and no Loan Party has
any
knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against
it.
(cc) Separate
Existence.
(i) All
customary formalities regarding the separate existence of each Loan
Party have been
at
all times since its formation observed.
(ii) Each
Loan
Party
has at
all times since its formation accurately maintained its financial statements,
accounting records and other organizational documents separate from those of
any
Affiliate of such Loan
Party
and any
other Person. No Loan Party has at any time since its formation commingled
its
assets with those of any of its Affiliates or any other Person. Each
Loan
Party
has at
all times since its formation accurately maintained its own bank accounts and
separate books of account.
(iii) Each
Loan
Party
has at
all times since its formation paid its own liabilities from its own separate
assets.
(iv) Each
Loan
Party
has at
all times since its formation identified itself in all dealings with the public,
under its own name and as a separate and distinct Person. No Loan
Party
has at
any time since its formation identified itself as being a division or a part
of
any other Person.
(dd) Name;
Jurisdiction of Organization; Organizational ID Number; Chief Place of Business;
Chief Executive Office; FEIN.
Schedule
6.01(dd)
sets
forth a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof of (i) the exact
legal name of each Loan Party, (ii) the jurisdiction of organization of
each Loan Party, (iii) the organizational identification number of each
Loan Party (or indicates that such Loan Party has no organizational
identification number), (iv) each place of business of each Loan
Party,
(v) the chief executive office of each Loan
Party and (vi) the federal employer identification number of each Loan
Party.
(ee) Tradenames.
Schedule
6.01(ee)
hereto
sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of all
tradenames used by each Loan Party.
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(ff) Locations
of Collateral.
As of
the Effective Date, there
is
no location at which any Loan Party has any Collateral (except for Inventory
in
transit) other than those locations listed on Schedule 6.01(ff).
Additionally, Schedule 6.01(ff)
hereto
contains a true, correct and complete list, as of the Effective Date, of the
legal names and addresses of each warehouse at which Collateral of each
Loan
Party
is
stored. None of the receipts received by any Loan
Party
from any
warehouse states that the goods covered thereby are to be delivered to bearer
or
to the order of a named Person or to a named Person and such named Person’s
assigns.
(gg) Security
Interests.
Each
Security Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of
the Agents and the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest
in
the Collateral covered thereby. Upon the filing of the financing statements
described in Section 5.01(d)(iv),
such
security interests in and Liens on the Collateral granted thereby shall be
perfected, first priority security interests (subject to Permitted Liens),
and
no further recordings or filings are or will be required in connection with
the
creation, perfection or enforcement of such security interests and
Liens.
(hh) Schedules.
All of
the information which is required to be scheduled to this Agreement is set
forth
on the Schedules attached hereto, is correct and accurate in all material
respects and does not omit to state any information material
thereto.
(ii) Representations
and Warranties in Documents; No Default.
All
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are true and correct in all respects at the time as of which such
representations were made and on the Effective Date. No Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and no condition exists which constitutes a Default
or an Event of Default.
(jj) Acquisition
Documents.
As of
the Effective Date, the Borrower have delivered to the Agents a complete and
correct copy of the material Acquisition Documents (including all schedules,
exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, and assignments). No Loan
Party that is a party thereto is in default in the performance or compliance
with any provisions thereof. The Acquisition Documents comply in all material
respects with, and the Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with,
in
all material respects, all applicable laws (including HSR). The Acquisition
Documents are in full force and effect as of the Effective Date and have not
been terminated, rescinded or withdrawn as of such date. The execution, delivery
and performance of the Acquisition Documents do not and will not require any
registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with
or by, any Governmental Authority, other than consents or approvals that have
been obtained and that are still in full force and effect. To the best of the
Loan Parties’ knowledge, none of the representations or warranties of any other
Person in any Acquisition Document contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(kk) Licenses
and Permits.
(i) (A)
All
material licenses (including all Gaming Licenses), permits, consents and similar
rights required from any Governmental Authority (including all Gaming
Authorities) for the ownership, use or operation of the businesses or properties
now owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are in full
force and effect except for such licenses, permits, consents and similar rights
the failure to obtain, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (B) each of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with all such
licenses, permits, consents and similar rights; and (C) none of such licenses,
permits, consents or similar rights is the subject of any pending or, to the
best of Borrower’s knowledge, threatened litigation or other proceeding of any
kind. As of the Effective Date (and as of each subsequent date on which the
Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent an updated schedule pursuant
hereto), set forth on Schedule
6.01(kk)
is a
complete and accurate list of all such material licenses (including all Gaming
Licenses), permits, consents and similar rights that are necessary and
appropriate for the operation of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’
businesses, and such schedule identifies the date by which an application for
the renewal of such license, permit, consent or similar right must be filed
and
describes the status of each such pending application.
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(ii) The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have obtained all necessary approvals of the
Gaming Authorities for (A) the execution and delivery of the Acquisition
Agreement and the consummation of the Acquisition and all transactions related
thereto, and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other
Loan Documents.
ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS
OF THE LOAN PARTIES
Section
7.01 Affirmative
Covenants.
So long
as any principal of or interest on any Loan, or any other Obligation (other
than
unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations) shall remain unpaid or any
Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party will and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) Reporting
Requirements.
Furnish
to each Agent and each Lender (provided,
that,
with
respect to consolidating reports, then in such case, only if such consolidating
reports are prepared or otherwise required to be prepared):
(i) as
soon
as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarters of the Borrower, consolidated and consolidating balance
sheets, consolidated and consolidating statements of operations and retained
earnings and consolidated and consolidating statements of cash flows of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the first three fiscal quarters,
and for the period commencing at the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal
Year and ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding date or period of the
immediately preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and certified by
an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of
the
end of such quarter and the results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such quarter, in accordance with GAAP applied in a
manner consistent with that of the most recent audited financial statements
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries furnished to the Agents and the Lenders,
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes;
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(ii) as
soon
as available, and in any event within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal
Year
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consolidated and consolidating balance
sheets, consolidated and consolidating statements of operations and retained
earnings and consolidated and consolidating statements of cash flows of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year, setting forth
in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the immediately
preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance
with
GAAP, and accompanied by a report and an unqualified opinion, prepared in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, of independent certified
public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Borrower and
satisfactory to the Agents (which opinion shall be without (A) a “going
concern” or like qualification or exception, (B) any qualification or
exception as to the scope of such audit, or (C) any qualification which
relates to the treatment or classification of any item and which, as a condition
to the removal of such qualification, would require an adjustment to such item,
the effect of which would be to cause any noncompliance with the provisions
of Section 7.03,
together with a written statement of such accountants (which statement may
be
limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines) (1) to
the effect that, in making the examination necessary for their audit of such
financial statements, they have not obtained any knowledge of the existence
of
an Event of Default or a Default under Section
7.03
and
(2) if such accountants shall have obtained any knowledge of the existence
of an Event of Default or such Default under Section
7.03,
describing the nature thereof;
(iii) as
soon
as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each fiscal
month
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, internally prepared consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets, consolidated and consolidating statements of
operations and retained earnings and consolidated and consolidating statements
of cash flows as at the end of such fiscal month, and for the period commencing
at the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and ending with the end
of
such fiscal month, in each case, all in reasonable detail and certified by
an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at
the
end of such fiscal month and the results of operations, retained earnings and
cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal month, in
accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with that of the most recent
audited financial statements furnished to the Agents and the Lenders, subject
to
normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(iv) simultaneously
with the delivery of the financial statements of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries required by clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 7.01(a),
a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower (A) stating that such
Authorized Officer has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and has made or caused to be made under his or her supervision
a
review of the condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to
determining whether the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were in compliance with
all of the provisions of this Agreement and such Loan Documents at the times
such compliance is required hereby and thereby, and that such review has not
disclosed, and such Authorized Officer has no knowledge of, the existence during
such period of an Event of Default or Default or, if an Event of Default or
Default existed, describing the nature and period of existence thereof and
the
action which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries propose to take or have taken
with respect thereto and (B) attaching a schedule showing the calculation of
the
financial covenants specified in Section 7.03;
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(v) as
soon
as available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each fiscal
month of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, reports in form and detail
satisfactory to the Agents and certified by an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower as being accurate and complete (A) listing all Accounts Receivable
of
the Borrower as of such day, which shall include the amount and age of each
Account Receivable, showing separately those which are more than 30, 60, 90
and
120 days old and a description of all Liens, set-offs, defenses and
counterclaims with respect thereto, together with a reconciliation of such
schedule with the schedule delivered to the Agents pursuant to this
clause (v)(A) for the immediately preceding fiscal month, the name and
mailing address of each Account Debtor with respect to each such Account
Receivable and such other information as any Agent may request, (B) listing
all accounts payable of the Borrower as of each such day which shall include
the
amount and age of each account payable, the name and mailing address of each
account creditor and such other information as any Agent may request, and
(C) listing all Inventory of the Borrower, in excess of $100,000 in value,
as of each such day, and containing a breakdown of such Inventory by type and
amount, the cost and the current market value thereof (by location), the date
of
acquisition, the warehouse and production facility location and such other
information as any Agent may request, all in detail and in form satisfactory
to
the Agents;
(vi) as
soon
as available and in any event within 30 Business Days after the end of each
month commencing with the first month ending after the Effective Date, a
Borrowing Base Certificate, supported by schedules showing the derivation
thereof and containing such detail and other information as any Agent may
request from time to time, provided that (A) the Borrowing Base set forth
in the Borrowing Base Certificate shall be effective from and including the
date
such Borrowing Base Certificate is duly received by the Agents but not including
the date on which a subsequent Borrowing Base Certificate is received by the
Agents, unless any Agent disputes the eligibility of any property included
in
the calculation of the Borrowing Base or the valuation thereof by notice of
such
dispute to the Borrower and (B) in the event of any dispute about the
calculation or composition of the Borrowing Base, such Agent’s good faith
judgment shall control;
(vii) no
later
than 45 days after the commencement of each Fiscal Year, financial
projections, supplementing and superseding the financial projections for the
period referred to in Section 6.01(g)(ii)(A),
displayed on a month by month basis and otherwise in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agents for such Fiscal Year for the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries, all such financial projections to be prepared on a reasonable
basis and in good faith, and to be based on assumptions believed by the Borrower
to be reasonable at the time made and from the best information then available
to the Borrower;
(viii) promptly
after submission to any Governmental Authority, all documents and information
furnished to such Governmental Authority in connection with any material or
formal investigation of any Loan Party other than routine inquiries by such
Governmental Authority;
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(ix) as
soon
as possible, and in any event within 3 Business Days of an Authorized Officer’s
knowledge of an Event of Default or Default or the occurrence of any event
or
development that could
reasonably be expected to result in
a
Material Adverse Effect, the written statement of an Authorized Officer of
the
Borrower setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default or other
event or development having a Material Adverse Effect and the action which
the
affected Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto;
(x) (A)
as
soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after any Loan Party or any
ERISA Affiliate thereof knows or has reason to know that (1) any Reportable
Event with respect to any Employee Plan has occurred, (2) any other Termination
Event with respect to any Employee Plan has occurred, or (3) an accumulated
funding deficiency has been incurred or an application has been made to the
Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding
standard (including installment payments) or an extension of any amortization
period under Section 412 of the IRC with respect to an Employee Plan, a
statement of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details
of
such occurrence and the action, if any, which such Loan Party or such ERISA
Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, (B) promptly and in any event
within 3 days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate
thereof from the PBGC, copies of each notice received by any Loan Party or
any
ERISA Affiliate thereof of the PBGC’s intention to terminate any Plan or to have
a trustee appointed to administer any Plan, (C) promptly and in any event within
10 days after the filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service if requested
by any Agent, copies of each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual
report (Form 5500 Series) with respect to each Employee Plan and Multiemployer
Plan, (D) promptly and in any event within 10 days after any Loan Party or
any
ERISA Affiliate thereof knows or has reason to know that a required installment
within the meaning of Section 412 of the IRC has not been made when due with
respect to an Employee Plan, (E) promptly and in any event within 3 days after
receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from a sponsor
of a Multiemployer Plan or from the PBGC, a copy of each notice received by
any
Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof concerning the imposition or amount
of
withdrawal liability under Section 4202 of ERISA or indicating that such
Multiemployer Plan may enter reorganization status under Section 4241 of ERISA,
and (F) promptly and in any event within 10 days after any Loan Party or any
ERISA Affiliate thereof sends notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (as
defined in WARN) to employees, copies of each such notice sent by such Loan
Party or such ERISA Affiliate thereof;
(xi) promptly
after the commencement thereof but in any event not later than 5 Business Days
after service of process with respect thereto on, or the obtaining of knowledge
thereof by, any Loan Party, notice of each action, suit or proceeding before
any
court or other Governmental Authority or other regulatory body or any arbitrator
which, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to result in
a
Material Adverse Effect;
(xii) as
soon
as possible and in any event within 5 Business Days after execution, receipt
or
delivery thereof, copies of any material notices that any Loan Party executes
or
receives in connection with any Material Contract;
(xiii) promptly
after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all statements, reports and
other
information any Loan Party sends to any holders of its Indebtedness or its
securities or files with the SEC or any national (domestic or foreign)
securities exchange;
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(xiv) promptly
upon receipt thereof, copies of all material, non-routine financial reports
(including management letters), if any, submitted to any Loan Party by its
auditors in connection with any annual or interim audit of the books thereof;
and
(xv) as
soon
as possible and in any event within 5 Business Days after execution, receipt
or
delivery thereof, copies of any material notices that any Loan Party executes
or
receives in connection with the sale or other Disposition of the Capital Stock
of, or all or substantially all of the assets of, any Loan Party;
and
(xvi) promptly
upon request, such other information concerning the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of any Loan Party as any Agent may from time to time
may
reasonably request.
(b) Additional
Guaranties and Collateral Security.
Cause:
(i) each
Subsidiary of any Loan Party (the “New
Subsidiary”)
to
execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent promptly and in any event within
3
Business Days after the formation or acquisition thereof (A) a Guaranty
guaranteeing the Obligations, (B) a Security Agreement, together with
(x) if such New Subsidiary has any Domestic Subsidiaries,
(I) certificates (if any) evidencing all of the Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary owned by such New Subsidiary, (II) undated stock powers executed
in blank, and (III) such opinions of counsel and such approving certificate
of such Subsidiary as either Agent may reasonably request in respect of
complying with any legend on any such certificate or any other matter relating
to such shares, and (y) if such New Subsidiary has any first-tier
Subsidiaries that are CFCs, (I) certificates (if any) evidencing all (or,
65% of the outstanding voting Capital Stock of such Subsidiary if pledging
or
hypothecating more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of
such Subsidiary reasonably could be expected to result in material adverse
tax
consequences to the Loan Parties) of the outstanding voting Capital Stock of
such Subsidiary, (II) undated stock powers executed in blank with signature
guaranteed, and (III) such opinions of counsel and such approving
certificate of such Subsidiary as either Agent may reasonably request in respect
of complying with any legend on any such certificate or any other matter
relating to such shares, (C) if such New Subsidiary has a fee interest in
any real property that would constitute After Acquired Property if it were
acquired by a Loan Party, one or more mortgages creating on such real property
a
perfected, first priority Lien on such real property, and, if requested by
the
Collateral Agent, a title insurance policy covering such real property, a
current ALTA survey of such real property and a surveyor’s certificate, a
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment with respect to such real property,
certified to the Collateral Agent by a company reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agents, together with such other agreements, instruments and documents as either
Agent may reasonably require whether comparable to the documents required under
Section 7.01(o)
or
otherwise, and (D) such other agreements, instruments, approvals, legal
opinions, or other documents reasonably requested by either Agent in order
to
create, perfect, establish the first priority of or otherwise protect any Lien
purported to be covered by any such Security Agreement or mortgage, or otherwise
to effect the intent that such New Subsidiary shall become bound by all of
the
terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Loan Documents and that all
property and assets of such New Subsidiary shall become Collateral for the
Obligations; provided
that the
foregoing Guaranty and Security Agreement shall not be required to be provided
to the Collateral Agent with respect to any New Subsidiary of a Loan Party
that
is a CFC if providing such documents would result in material adverse tax
consequences to the Loan Parties; and
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(ii) each
Loan
Party that is the owner of the Capital Stock of such New Subsidiary to execute
and deliver promptly and in any event within 3 Business Days after the formation
or acquisition of such New Subsidiary a joinder to the Security Agreement (if
it
is not already a party thereto), together with (A) if such New Subsidiary
is not a CFC or is a CFC and the pledge of 100% of the voting Capital Stock
of
such CFC would not result in material adverse tax consequences to the Loan
Parties, (w) certificates (if any) evidencing all of the Capital Stock of
such New Subsidiary, (x) undated stock powers or other appropriate
instruments or assignment executed in blank with signature guaranteed,
(y) such opinions of counsel and such approving certificate of such New
Subsidiary as the Agents may reasonably request in respect of complying with
any
legend on any such certificate or any other matter relating to such shares,
and
(z) such other agreements, instruments, approvals, legal opinions, or other
documents, or (B) if such New Subsidiary is a CFC and the granting of a
pledge of more than 65% of the voting Capital Stock of such CFC would result
in
material adverse tax consequences to the Loan Parties, (w) certificates (if
any) evidencing 65% of the outstanding voting Capital Stock of such New
Subsidiary, (x) undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments or
assignment executed in blank with signature guarantee, (y) such opinions of
counsel and such approving certificate of such New Subsidiary as the Agents
may
reasonably request in respect of complying with any legend on any such
certificate or any other matter relating to such shares, and (z) such other
agreements, instruments, approvals, legal opinions, or other documents
reasonably requested by either Agent.
(c) Compliance
with Laws, Etc.
Comply,
and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with
all
applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders (including, without limitation,
all
Environmental Laws and Gaming Laws), judgments and awards (including any
settlement of any claim that, if breached, could give rise to any of the
foregoing), such compliance to include (i) paying before the same become
delinquent all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any of its properties except
to
the extent failure to pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) paying all other lawful claims which if unpaid might
become a Lien or charge upon any of its properties, except, in the case of
both
clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent contested in good faith by proper
proceedings which stay the imposition of any penalty, fine or Lien resulting
from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate reserves have
been set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP, and (iii) filing
a report with the appropriate Gaming Authorities with respect to the
Acquisition, this Agreement and all transactions contemplated thereby or
hereby.
(d) Preservation
of Existence, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges,
and
become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly
qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character
of
the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business
makes such qualification necessary; provided,
however,
that
the preceding shall not apply to GameTech Arizona Corporation, a Subsidiary
of
Borrower that was incorporated in Arizona and is expected to be wound down
and
subsequently dissolved as soon as possible after the completion of litigation
and the passing of any right of appeal regarding that certain lawsuit Fortunet,
Inc. v. GameTech International, Inc. and GameTech Arizona Corporation (U.S.
District Court, District of Nevada).
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(e) Keeping
of Records and Books of Account.
Keep,
and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, adequate records and books of
account, with complete entries made to permit the preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP.
(f) Inspection
Rights.
Permit,
and cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, the agents and representatives
of
any Agent at any time and from time to time during normal business hours, at
the
expense of the Borrower, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from its
records and books of account, to visit and inspect its properties, to verify
leases, notes, accounts receivable, deposit accounts and its other assets,
to
conduct audits, physical counts, valuations, appraisals, Phase I Environmental
Site Assessments (and, if requested by the Collateral Agent based upon the
results of any such Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, a Phase II
Environmental Site Assessment) or examinations and to discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts with any of its directors, officers, managerial employees,
independent accountants or any of its other representatives.
(g) Maintenance
of Properties, Etc.
Maintain
and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve,
all
of its properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its
business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted,
and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with
the
provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it
occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(h) Maintenance
of Insurance.
Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with
responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including
comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption
insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased
or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is
required by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto
or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by
companies in similar businesses similarly situated and in any event in amount,
adequacy and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All policies
covering the Collateral are to be made payable to the Collateral Agent for
the
benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, as its interests may appear, in case
of
loss, under a standard non-contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause and
are to contain such other provisions as the Collateral Agent may require to
fully protect the Lenders’ interest in the Collateral and to any payments to be
made under such policies. All certificates of insurance are to be delivered
to
the Collateral Agent and the policies are to be premium prepaid, with the loss
payable and additional insured endorsement in favor of the Collateral Agent
and
such other Persons as the Collateral Agent may designate from time to time,
and
shall provide for not less than 30 days prior written notice to the Collateral
Agent of the exercise of any right of cancellation. If any Loan Party or any
of
its Subsidiaries fails to maintain such insurance, the Collateral Agent may
arrange for such insurance, but at the Borrower’s expense and without any
responsibility on the Collateral Agent’s part for obtaining the insurance, the
solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the
collection of claims. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event
of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the sole right, in the name of
the
Lenders, any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, to file claims under any insurance
policies, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may
be
payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases,
assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect
the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance
policies.
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(i) Obtaining
of Permits, Etc.
Obtain,
maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to obtain, maintain
and preserve, and take all necessary action to timely renew, all permits,
licenses, authorizations, approvals, entitlements and accreditations which
are
necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business.
(j) Environmental.
(i) Keep any property either owned or operated by it or any of its
Subsidiaries free of any Environmental Liens; (ii) comply, and cause each
of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with Environmental
Laws
and provide to the Collateral Agent any documentation of such compliance which
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request; (iii) provide the Agents
written notice within 5 days of any Release of a Hazardous Material in excess
of
any reportable quantity from or onto property owned or operated by it or any
of
its Subsidiaries and take any Remedial Actions required to xxxxx said Release;
(iv) promptly provide the Agents with written notice within 10 days of the
receipt of any of the following: (A) notice that an Environmental Lien has
been filed against any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(B) commencement of any Environmental Action or notice that an
Environmental Action will be filed against any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries; and (C) notice of a violation, citation or other
administrative order which could
reasonably be expected to result in
a
Material Adverse Effect and (v) defend, indemnify and hold harmless the
Agents and the Lenders and their transferees, and their respective employees,
agents, officers and directors, from and against any claims, demands, penalties,
fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs or expenses (including attorney
and consultant fees, investigation and laboratory fees, court costs and
litigation expenses) arising out of (A) the presence, disposal, release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials on any property at any time owned
or occupied by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (or its predecessors
in
interest or title), (B) any personal injury (including wrongful death) or
property damage (real or personal) arising out of or related to such Hazardous
Materials, (C) any investigation, lawsuit brought or threatened, settlement
reached or government order relating to such Hazardous Materials, (D) any
violation of any Environmental Law or (E) any Environmental Action filed against
any Agent or any Lender.
(k) Further
Assurances.
Take
such action and execute, acknowledge and deliver, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to take such action and execute, acknowledge and deliver, at its
sole cost and expense, such agreements, instruments or other documents as any
Agent may reasonably require from time to time in order (i) to carry out
more effectively the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(ii) to subject to valid and perfected first priority Liens (subject to
Permitted Liens) any of the Collateral or any other property of any Loan Party
and its Subsidiaries, (iii) to establish and maintain the validity and
effectiveness of any of the Loan Documents and the validity, perfection and
priority of the Liens intended to be created thereby, and (iv) to better
assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer and confirm unto each Agent and each
Lender the rights now or hereafter intended to be granted to it under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document. In furtherance of the foregoing, to the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Party (A) authorizes
each Agent to execute any such agreements, instruments or other documents in
such Loan Party’s name and to file such agreements, instruments or other
documents in any appropriate filing office, (B) authorizes each Agent to file
any financing statement required hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
and
any continuation statement or amendment with respect thereto, in any appropriate
filing office without the signature of such Loan Party, and (C) ratifies
the filing of any financing statement, and any continuation statement or
amendment with respect thereto, filed without the signature of such Loan Party
prior to the date hereof.
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(l) Change
in Collateral; Collateral Records.
(i)
Regarding Collateral that collectively totals $250,000 in value, give the
Collateral Agent not less than 15 days subsequent written notice of any
change in the location of such Collateral, other than to (or in-transit between)
locations set forth on Schedule 6.01(ff)
and with
respect to which the Collateral Agent has filed financing statements and
otherwise fully perfected its Liens thereon, (ii) advise the Collateral
Agent promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change relating
to
the type, quantity or quality of such Collateral or the Lien granted thereon
and
(iii) execute and deliver, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to execute
and deliver, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the
Lenders from time to time, solely for the Collateral Agent’s convenience in
maintaining a record of such Collateral, such written statements and schedules
as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require, designating, identifying or
describing the Collateral.
(m) Collateral
Access Agreements.
Use
reasonable commercial efforts to obtain written access agreements, limited
to
sites on real property owned or leased by the Borrower, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, providing access to Collateral on such
properties in order to remove Collateral from the properties during an Event
of
Default.
(n) Subordination.
Cause
all Indebtedness and other obligations now or hereafter owed by it to any of
its
Affiliates, to be subordinated in right of payment and security to the
Indebtedness and other Obligations owing to the Agents and the Lenders in
accordance with a subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Agents.
(o) After
Acquired Property.
Upon
the acquisition by it or any of its Subsidiaries of any After Acquired Property,
immediately so notify the Collateral Agent, setting forth with specificity
a
description of the interest acquired, the location of the real property, any
structures or improvements thereon and either an appraisal or such Loan Party’s
good-faith estimate of the current value of such real property (for purposes
of
this Section, the “Current
Value”).
The
Collateral Agent shall notify such Loan Party whether it intends to require
a
mortgage and the other documents referred to below. Upon receipt of such notice
requesting a mortgage, the Person which has acquired such After Acquired
Property shall immediately furnish to the Collateral Agent the following, each
in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent: (i) a mortgage
with respect to such real property and related assets located at the After
Acquired Property, each duly executed by such Person and in recordable form;
(ii) evidence of the recording of the mortgage referred to in clause (i)
above in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the
Collateral Agent, desirable to create and perfect a valid and enforceable first
priority lien on the property purported to be covered thereby or to otherwise
protect the rights of the Agents and the Lenders thereunder, (iii) to the
extent requested by the Collateral Agent, one or more of the following (A)
a
title insurance policy, (B) a survey of such real property, certified to
the Collateral Agent and to the issuer of the title insurance policy by a
licensed professional surveyor reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent,
(C) Phase I Environmental Site Assessments with respect to such real
property, certified to the Collateral Agent by a company reasonably satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent, and (D) such other documents or instruments
(including opinions of counsel) as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require.
The Borrower shall pay all fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys
fees and expenses, and all title insurance charges and premiums, in connection
with each Loan Party’s obligations under this Section 7.01(o).
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(p) Fiscal
Year.
Cause
the Fiscal Year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to end on October 31st
of
each calendar year unless the Agents consent to a change in such fiscal year
of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (and appropriate related changes to this
Agreement).
(q) Borrowing
Base.
Maintain all Revolving Loans in compliance with the then current Borrowing
Base.
(r) [intentionally
omitted]
(s) Licenses
and Permits.
(i)
Ensure that all material licenses (including all Gaming Licenses), permits,
consents and similar rights required from any Governmental Authority (including
all Gaming Authorities) for the ownership, use or operation of the businesses
or
properties now owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
remain in full force and effect except for such licenses, permits, consents
and
similar rights the failure to obtain, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii)
comply, in all material respects, with all such licenses, permits, consents
and
similar rights or any other requirements of the
Gaming
Authorities or any other Governmental Authority.
Section
7.02 Negative
Covenants.
So long
as any principal of or interest on any Loan, or any other Obligation (other
than
unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations) shall remain unpaid or any
Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan Party shall not and shall
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) Liens,
Etc.
Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien upon or with respect to any of its
properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; file or suffer to exist
under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar law or statute of any
jurisdiction, a financing statement (or the equivalent thereof) that names
it or
any of its Subsidiaries as debtor; sign or suffer to exist any security
agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file such financing
statement (or the equivalent thereof); sell any of its property or assets
subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase
such property or assets (including sales of accounts receivable) with recourse
to it or any of its Subsidiaries or assign or otherwise transfer, or permit
any
of its Subsidiaries to assign or otherwise transfer, any account or other right
to receive income; other than, as to all of the above, Permitted Liens;
provided,
that,
no Liens shall be permitted on any assets included in the Borrowing Base other
than the Liens of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents and the
Lenders.
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(b) Indebtedness.
Create,
incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist, or otherwise become or remain
liable with respect to, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur,
assume, guarantee or suffer to exist or otherwise become or remain liable with
respect to, any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness.
(c) Fundamental
Changes; Dispositions.
Wind-up, liquidate or dissolve, or merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any
Person, or convey, sell, lease or sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of,
whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions, all or any
part
of its business, property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired
(or
agree to do any of the foregoing), or purchase or otherwise acquire, whether
in
one transaction or a series of related transactions, all or substantially all
of
the assets of any Person (or any division thereof) (or agree to do any of the
foregoing), or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing;
provided,
however,
that
(i) any
wholly-owned Subsidiary of any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) may be
merged into such Loan Party or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of such Loan
Party, or may consolidate with another wholly-owned Subsidiary of such Loan
Party, so long as (A) no other provision of this Agreement would be
violated thereby, (B) such Loan Party gives the Agents at least 30 days
prior written notice of such merger or consolidation, (C) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either before or
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, (D) the Lenders’
rights in any Collateral, including the existence, perfection and priority
of
any Lien thereon, are not adversely affected by such merger or consolidation
and
(E) the surviving Subsidiary, if any, is joined as a Loan Party hereunder
and is a party to a Guaranty and a Security Agreement and the Capital Stock
of
which Subsidiary is the subject of a Security Agreement, in each case, which
is
in full force and effect on the date of and immediately after giving effect
to
such merger or consolidation;
(ii) any
Loan
Party and its Subsidiaries may make Permitted Dispositions; and
(iii) Borrower
may wind down and subsequently dissolve GameTech Arizona Corporation, a
Subsidiary of Borrower that was incorporated in Arizona, as soon as possible
after the completion of litigation and the passing of any right of appeal
regarding that certain lawsuit Fortunet, Inc. v. GameTech International, Inc.
and GameTech Arizona Corporation (U.S. District Court, District of
Nevada).
(d) Change
in Nature of Business; Change in Independent Certified Public
Accountant.
Make,
or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make, any material change in the nature
of
its business as described in Section 6.01(l)
or
acquire any properties or assets that are not reasonably related to the conduct
of such business activities. Make any change in its independent certified public
accountant without the prior written consent of the Agents, which may not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
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(e) Loans,
Advances, Investments, Etc.
Make or
commit or agree to make any loan, advance guarantee of obligations, other
extension of credit or capital contributions to, or hold or invest in or commit
or agree to hold or invest in, or purchase or otherwise acquire or commit or
agree to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of the Capital Stock, bonds,
notes, debentures or other securities of, or make or commit or agree to make
any
other investment in, any other Person, or purchase or own any futures contract
or otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other
commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract, or purchase
all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person, or permit any of
its
Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing, except for: (i) investments
existing on the date hereof, as set forth on Schedule 7.02(e)
hereto,
but not any increase in the amount thereof as set forth in such Schedule or
any
other modification of the terms thereof, (ii) loans, advances and
investments by a Loan Party to or in another Loan Party, made in the ordinary
course of business and not exceeding in the aggregate for all such loans and
advances by all of the Loan Parties at any one time outstanding $100,000,
(iii) Permitted Investments and (iv) equity contributions collectively
totaling no more than $50,000 in Borrower’s Subsidiaries.
(f) Lease
Obligations.
Create,
incur or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur
or
suffer to exist, any obligations as lessee (i) for the payment of rent for
any real or personal property in connection with any sale and leaseback
transaction, or (ii) for the payment of rent for any real or personal
property under leases or agreements to lease other than (A) Capitalized Lease
Obligations which would not cause the aggregate amount of all obligations under
Capitalized Leases entered into after the Effective Date owing by all Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries in any Fiscal Year to exceed the amounts set
forth in Section 7.03(d),
and
(B) Operating Lease Obligations which would not cause the aggregate amount
of
all Operating Lease Obligations owing by all Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries
in any Fiscal Year to exceed $2,000,000.
(g) [intentionally
omitted]
(h) Restricted
Payments. (i) Declare
or pay any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of
any
Capital Stock of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter
outstanding, (ii) make any repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance,
sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct
or indirect, of any Capital Stock of any Loan Party or any direct or indirect
parent of any Loan Party, now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) make any payment
to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options
or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition of shares of any class of Capital
Stock of any Loan Party, now or hereafter outstanding, or (iv) pay any
management fees or any other fees or expenses (including the reimbursement
thereof by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries) pursuant to any
management, consulting or other services agreement to any of the shareholders
or
other equityholders of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or other
Affiliates, or to any other Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any Loan Party;
provided,
however,
that
the preceding shall not include (i) amounts collectively totaling $500,000
that
are used to purchase or buy back Common Stock and/or options for Common Stock
from former or current employees and directors of Borrower, (ii) the amount
of
compensation and expense reimbursement paid to Borrower’s chairman as set forth
on Schedule
7.02(h),
or
(iii) the Earn Out Payment. The payments specified in clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii) of the immediately preceding sentence may be made only on the condition
that no Event of Default either is in effect at the time such payment is to
be
made or would result from the making of such payment.
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(i) Federal
Reserve Regulations.
Permit
any Loan or the proceeds of any Loan under this Agreement to be used for any
purpose that would cause such Loan to be a margin loan under the provisions
of
Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
(j) Transactions
with Affiliates.
Enter
into, renew, extend or be a party to, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to
enter
into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related
transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of
property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with
any Affiliate, except (i) in the ordinary course of business in a manner
and to an extent consistent with past practice and necessary or desirable for
the prudent operation of its business, for fair consideration and on terms
no
less favorable to it or its Subsidiaries than would be obtainable in a
comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate
thereof, (ii) transactions with another Loan Party and (iii) transactions
permitted by Section
7.02(e)
or
(h).
(k) Limitations
on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
Create
or otherwise cause, incur, assume, suffer or permit to exist or become effective
any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any
Subsidiary of any Loan Party (i) to pay dividends or to make any other
distribution on any shares of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary owned by any
Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) to pay or prepay or to subordinate
any Indebtedness owed to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iii) to make loans or advances to any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries or (iv) to transfer any of its property or assets to any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any
of
the foregoing; provided, however, that
nothing in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 7.02(k)
shall
prohibit or restrict compliance with:
(A) this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(B) any
agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 7.02(k);
(C) any
applicable law, rule or regulation (including applicable currency control laws
and applicable state corporate statutes restricting the payment of dividends
in
certain circumstances);
(D) in
the
case of clause (iv), any agreement setting forth customary restrictions on
the
subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is leased
or
licensed; or
(E) in
the
case of clause (iv), any agreement, instrument or other document evidencing
a
Permitted Lien that restricts, on customary terms, the transfer of any property
or assets subject thereto.
(l) Limitation
on Issuance of Capital Stock.
Except
for the issuance or sale of common stock or Permitted Preferred Stock by the
Borrower, issue or sell or enter into any agreement or arrangement for the
issuance and sale of, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue or sell or
enter into any agreement or arrangement for the issuance and sale of, any shares
of its Capital Stock, any securities convertible into or exchangeable for its
Capital Stock or any warrants.
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(m) Modifications
of Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Certain Other Agreements;
Etc.
(i)
Amend, modify or otherwise change (or permit the amendment, modification or
other change in any manner of) any of the provisions of any of its or its
Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness or of any instrument or agreement (including any
purchase agreement, indenture, loan agreement or security agreement) relating
to
any such Indebtedness if such amendment, modification or change would shorten
the final maturity or average life to maturity of, or require any payment to
be
made earlier than the date originally scheduled on, such Indebtedness, would
increase the interest rate applicable to such Indebtedness, would change the
subordination provisions, if any, of such Indebtedness, or would otherwise
be
adverse to the Lenders or the issuer of such Indebtedness in any respect,
(ii) except for the Obligations, make any voluntary or optional payment,
prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or other acquisition
for value of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness (including by way of
depositing money or securities with the trustee therefor before the date
required for the purpose of paying any portion of such Indebtedness when due),
or refund, refinance, replace or exchange any other Indebtedness for any such
Indebtedness (except to the extent such Indebtedness is otherwise expressly
permitted by the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”), or make any payment,
prepayment, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund payment or repurchase of any
outstanding Indebtedness as a result of any asset sale, change of control,
issuance and sale of debt or equity securities or similar event, or give any
notice with respect to any of the foregoing, (iii) except as permitted by
Section
7.02(c),
amend,
modify or otherwise change its name, jurisdiction of organization,
organizational identification number or FEIN, or (iv) amend, modify or
otherwise change its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or other similar
organizational documents), including by the filing or modification of any
certificate of designation, or any agreement or arrangement entered into by
it,
with respect to any of its Capital Stock (including any shareholders’
agreement), or enter into any new agreement with respect to any of its Capital
Stock, except any such amendments, modifications or changes or any such new
agreements or arrangements pursuant to this clause (iv) that either
individually or in the aggregate, could
not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse
Effect.
(n) Investment
Company Act of 1940.
Engage
in any business, enter into any transaction, use any securities or take any
other action or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing,
that
would cause it or any of its Subsidiaries to become subject to the registration
requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by virtue of
being an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment
company” not entitled to an exemption within the meaning of such
Act.
(o) CFC
Debt.
Allow
or permit any CFC of any Loan Party (or any of its Subsidiaries) to directly
or
indirectly incur any debt other than that owing to such CFC’s
parent.
(p) ERISA.
(i)
Engage, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to engage, in any transaction described
in
Section 4069 of ERISA; (ii) engage, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to
engage, in any prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA or
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of the IRC for which a statutory or class exemption is not available or a
private exemption has not previously been obtained from the U.S. Department
of
Labor; (iii) adopt or permit any ERISA Affiliate to adopt any employee welfare
benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA which provides benefits
to employees after termination of employment other than as required by Section
601 of ERISA or applicable law; (iv) fail to make any contribution or payment
to
any Multiemployer Plan which it or any ERISA Affiliate may be required to make
under any agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan, or any law pertaining
thereto; or (v) fail, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail, to pay any required
installment or any other payment required under Section 412 of the IRC on or
before the due date for such installment or other payment.
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(q) Environmental.
Permit
the use, handling, generation, storage, treatment, release or disposal of
Hazardous Materials at any property owned or leased by it or any of its
Subsidiaries, except in compliance with Environmental Laws in a manner that
such
handling, generation, storage, treatment, release or disposal of Hazardous
Materials could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(r) Certain
Agreements.
Agree
to any material amendment or other material change to or material waiver of
any
of its rights under any Material Contract.
Section
7.03 Financial
Covenants.
So long
as any principal of or interest on any Loan, or any other Obligation (other
than
unasserted contingent
indemnification Obligations)
shall
remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Loan
Party
shall not:
(a) Leverage
Ratio.
Permit
the ratio of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
as of the last day of each fiscal quarter set forth below to TTM EBITDA of
the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended as of the last day of such
fiscal quarter to be greater than the applicable ratio set forth
below:
Fiscal
Quarter End
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
April
30, 2007
|
2.00
|
July
31, 2007
|
2.00
|
October
31, 2007
|
2.00
|
January
31, 2008
|
1.75
|
April
30, 2008
|
1.75
|
July
31, 2008
|
1.75
|
October
31, 2008
|
1.75
|
January
31, 2009
|
1.50
|
April
30, 2009
|
1.50
|
July
31, 2009
|
1.50
|
October
31, 2009
|
1.50
|
January
31, 2010
|
1.50
|
April
30, 2010
|
1.50
|
July
31, 2010
|
1.50
|
October
31, 2010
|
1.50
|
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January
31, 2011
|
1.50
|
April
30, 2011
|
1.50
|
July
31, 2011
|
1.50
|
October
31, 2011
|
1.50
|
January
31, 2012
|
1.50
|
(b) Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio.
Permit
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the
period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ended as of the last day of each fiscal
quarter set forth below to be less than the applicable ratio set forth opposite
such date:
Fiscal
Quarter End
|
Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio
|
April
30, 2007
|
1.05
|
July
31, 2007
|
1.05
|
October
31, 2007
|
1.05
|
January
31, 2008
|
1.05
|
April
30, 2008
|
1.05
|
July
31, 2008
|
1.05
|
October
31, 2008
|
1.05
|
January
31, 2009
|
1.10
|
April
30, 2009
|
1.10
|
July
31, 2009
|
1.10
|
October
31, 2009
|
1.10
|
January
31, 2010
|
1.15
|
April
30, 2010
|
1.15
|
July
31, 2010
|
1.15
|
October
31, 2010
|
1.15
|
January
31, 2011
|
1.25
|
April
30, 2011
|
1.25
|
July
31, 2011
|
1.25
|
October
31, 2011
|
1.25
|
January
31, 2012
|
1.25
|
(c) TTM
EBITDA.
Permit
TTM EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended as of
the
last day of each fiscal quarter set forth below to be less than the applicable
amount set forth opposite such date:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxx
|
TTM
EBITDA
|
April
30, 2007
|
$21,000,000
|
July
31, 2007
|
$21,000,000
|
October
31, 2007
|
$21,000,000
|
January
31, 2008
|
$22,000,000
|
April
30, 2008
|
$22,000,000
|
July
31, 2008
|
$22,000,000
|
October
31, 2008
|
$22,000,000
|
January
31, 2009
|
$23,000,000
|
April
30, 2009
|
$23,000,000
|
July
31, 2009
|
$23,000,000
|
October
31, 2009
|
$23,000,000
|
January
31, 2010
|
$24,000,000
|
April
30, 2010
|
$24,000,000
|
July
31, 2010
|
$24,000,000
|
October
31, 2010
|
$24,000,000
|
January
31, 2011
|
$25,000,000
|
April
30, 2011
|
$25,000,000
|
July
31, 2011
|
$25,000,000
|
October
31, 2011
|
$25,000,000
|
January
31, 2012
|
$25,000,000
|
(d) Capital
Expenditures.
Make
Capital Expenditures in any Fiscal Year in excess of the amount set forth in
the
following table for the applicable period (the “Base Fiscal Year”) plus the
unexpended portion of the amount of the Capital Expenditures set forth in the
following table for the Fiscal Year immediately prior to the Base Fiscal Year,
beginning with the fiscal year ending October 31, 2007:
Fiscal
Year 2007
|
$14,000,000
|
Fiscal
Year 2008
|
$14,000,000
|
Fiscal
Year 2009
|
$14,000,000
|
Fiscal
Year 2010
|
$14,000,000
|
Fiscal
Year 2011
|
$14,000,000
|
Fiscal
Year 2012
|
$14,000,000
|
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(e) Qualified
Cash.
Permit
the amount of Qualified Cash at any time to be less than
$4,000,000.
ARTICLE
VIII
MANAGEMENT,
COLLECTION AND STATUS OF
ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE AND OTHER COLLATERAL
Section
8.01 Collection
of Accounts Receivable; Management of Collateral.
(a) On
or
prior to the Effective Date, the Borrower shall assist the Administrative Agent
in establishing, and, during the term of this Agreement, maintaining blocked
accounts (the “Blocked
Accounts”)
with
respect to the Borrower’s principal concentration accounts with the financial
institution set forth on Schedule
8.01
hereto
(the “Blocked
Account Bank”),
and
entering into a control agreement relating to the Blocked Account with the
Borrower, Collateral Agent, and the Blocked Account Bank. After the occurrence
and during the continuation of an Event of Default, each of the Borrower and
each of its Subsidiaries shall irrevocably instruct its Account Debtors, with
respect to its Accounts Receivable, to remit all payments to be made by them,
whether by means of checks or other drafts or by wire transfer or by Automated
Clearing House, Inc. payment, to a Blocked Account and shall instruct the
Blocked Account Bank to deposit all amounts received by it to a Blocked Account
at such Blocked Account Bank on the day received or, if such day is not a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day; provided,
however,
that
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, with respect to payments of Accounts
Receivable it receives directly, shall collect, receive, and deposit all
payments, whether by means of checks or other drafts or by wire transfer or
by
Automated Clearing House, Inc. payment, in accordance with Borrower’s or
Borrower’s Subsidiary’s then current payment processing practices, as
applicable, provided that all such payments, as applicable, shall be deposited
by Borrower at Xxxxx Fargo-AZ, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx, Xxxxxx,
account number 4159539352, routing number 000000000, as soon as reasonably
possible, but in any event within 3 Business Days of receipt. Each of the
Borrower and each Subsidiary will enforce, collect and receive all amounts
owing
on their Accounts Receivable for the Agents’ benefit and on the Administrative
Agent’s behalf, but at the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s expense; such
privilege shall terminate, at the election of any Agent, after the occurrence
and during the continuation of an Event of Default. After the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, all checks, drafts, notes,
money
orders, acceptances, cash and other evidences of Indebtedness received directly
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from any Account Debtor, as proceeds
from their Accounts Receivable, or as proceeds of any other Collateral, shall
be
held by the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in trust for the Agents and the
Lenders and upon receipt be deposited by the Borrower or such Subsidiaries
in
original form and no later than the next Business Day after receipt thereof
into
a Blocked Account. The Borrower and such Subsidiaries shall not commingle such
collections with their own funds or with the proceeds of any assets not included
in the Collateral. All funds received in the Blocked Accounts after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request
by
Collateral Agent, shall be sent by wire transfer or Automated Clearing House,
Inc. payment to the Payment Office to be credited to the Administrative Agent’s
Account for application at the end of each Business Day when such funds are
received in Administrative Agent’s Account to reduce the then principal balance
of the Loans, conditional upon final payment to the Administrative Agent, and
at
all other times, may be transferred to an operating account of the Borrower
or
one of its Subsidiaries. No checks, drafts or other instruments received by
the
Administrative Agent shall constitute final payment to the Administrative Agent
unless and until such checks, drafts or instruments have actually been
collected.
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(b) After
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral
Agent
may send
a notice of assignment or notice of the Lenders’ security interest to any and
all Account Debtors and, thereafter, the Collateral
Agent
shall
have the sole right to collect the Accounts Receivable and payment intangibles
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or take possession of the Collateral and
the books and records relating thereto. After the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall
not, without prior written consent of the Collateral
Agent,
grant
any extension of time of payment of any Account Receivable or payment
intangible, compromise or settle any Account Receivable or payment intangible
for less than the full amount thereof, release, in whole or in part, any Person
or property liable for the payment thereof, or allow any credit or discount
whatsoever thereon.
(c) The
Borrower hereby appoints each Agent or its designee on behalf of such Agent
as
the Borrower’s attorney-in-fact with power exercisable during the continuance of
an Event of Default to (i) endorse the Borrower’s name upon any notes,
acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating
to the Accounts Receivable or payment intangibles of the Borrower, (ii) sign
the
Borrower’s name on any invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any of the Accounts
Receivable or payment intangibles of the Borrower, drafts against Account
Debtors with respect to Accounts Receivable or payment intangibles of the
Borrower, assignments and verifications of Accounts Receivable or payment
intangibles and notices to Account Debtors with respect to Accounts Receivable
or payment intangibles of the Borrower, (iii) send verification of Accounts
Receivable of the Borrower, and (iv) notify the Postal Service authorities
to
change the address for delivery of mail addressed to the Borrower to such
address as such Agent may designate and to do all other acts and things
necessary to carry out this Agreement. All acts of said attorney or designee
are
hereby ratified and approved, and said attorney or designee shall not be liable
for any acts of omission or commission (other than acts of omission or
commission constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined
by
a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), or for any error of
judgment or mistake of fact or law; this power being coupled with an interest
is
irrevocable until all of the Loans and other Obligations under the Loan
Documents are paid in full and all of the Commitments are
terminated.
(d) Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to constitute any Agent as agent of the
Borrower for any purpose whatsoever, and the Agents shall not be responsible
or
liable for any shortage, discrepancy, damage, loss or destruction of any part
of
the Collateral wherever the same may be located and regardless of the cause
thereof (other than from acts of omission or commission constituting gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court
of
competent jurisdiction). The Agents shall not, under any circumstance or in
any
event whatsoever, have any liability for any error or omission or delay of
any
kind occurring in the settlement, collection or payment of any of the Accounts
Receivable of the Borrower or any instrument received in payment thereof or
for
any damage resulting therefrom (other than acts of omission or commission
constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). The Agents, by anything herein
or in any assignment or otherwise, do not assume any of the obligations under
any contract or agreement assigned to any Agent and shall not be responsible
in
any way for the performance by the Borrower of any of the terms and conditions
thereof.
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(e) If
any
Account Receivable of the Borrower includes a charge for any tax payable to
any
Governmental Authority, each Agent is hereby authorized (but in no event
obligated) in its discretion to pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing
authority for the Borrower’s account and to charge the Borrower therefor. The
Borrower shall notify the Agents if any Account Receivable of the Borrower
includes any taxes due to any such Governmental Authority and, in the absence
of
such notice, the Agents shall have the right to retain the full proceeds of
such
Account Receivable and shall not be liable for any taxes that may be due by
reason of the sale and delivery creating such Account Receivable.
(f) Notwithstanding
any other terms set forth in the Loan Documents, the rights and remedies of
the
Agents and the Lenders herein provided, and the obligations of the Loan Parties
set forth herein, are cumulative of, may be exercised singly or concurrently
with, and are not exclusive of, any other rights, remedies or obligations set
forth in any other Loan Document or as provided by law.
Section
8.02 [intentionally
omitted]
Section
8.03 [intentionally
omitted]
Section
8.04 Collateral
Custodian.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Collateral Agent may at any time and from time to time employ and maintain
on
the premises of any Loan Party a custodian selected by the Collateral Agent
who
shall have full authority to do all acts necessary to protect the Agents’ and
the Lenders’ interests. Each Loan Party hereby agrees to, and to cause its
Subsidiaries to, cooperate with any such custodian and to do whatever the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request to preserve the Collateral. All costs
and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent by reason of the employment of
the
custodian shall be the responsibility of the Borrower and charged to the Loan
Account.
ARTICLE
IX
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
Section
9.01 Events
of Default.
If any
of the following events shall occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of or interest on any Loan, any
Collateral Agent Advance, or any fee, indemnity or other amount payable under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document when due (whether by scheduled
maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise);
(b) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan
Party
or by any officer of the foregoing under or in connection with any Loan Document
or under or in connection with any report, certificate, or other document
delivered to any Agent, any Lender pursuant to any Loan Document shall have
been
incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
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(c) any
Loan
Party shall fail to perform or comply with any covenant or agreement contained
in Article VII or Article VIII, or any Loan Party shall fail to perform or
comply with any covenant or agreement contained in any Security Agreement to
which it is a party or any mortgage to which it is a party, and such failure
shall remain unremedied for 10 Business Days after the earlier of an Authorized
Officer becoming aware of such failure and the date written notice of such
default shall have been given by any Agent or Lender to such Loan
Party;
(d) any
Loan
Party shall fail to perform or comply with any other term, covenant or agreement
contained in any Loan Document to be performed or observed by it and, except
as
set forth in subsections
(a), (b) and (c)
of this
Section 9.01,
such
failure, if capable of being remedied, shall remain unremedied for 15 days
after
the earlier of an Authorized Officer becoming aware of such failure and the
date
written notice of such default shall have been given by any Agent to such Loan
Party;
(e) any
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of or
interest or premium on any of its Indebtedness (excluding the Obligations)
to
the extent that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness exceeds
$1,000,000 when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand or otherwise) and such failure shall continue after the
applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument
relating to such Indebtedness, or any other default under any agreement or
instrument relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event, shall occur
and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in
such
agreement or instrument, if the effect of such default or event is to
accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness;
or any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required
to
be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), redeemed,
purchased or defeased or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such
Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case, prior to the stated
maturity thereof;
(f) any
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) shall institute any proceeding or
voluntary case seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
dissolution, liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating
to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the
entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for any such Person or for any substantial
part of its property, (ii) shall be generally not paying its debts as such
debts
become due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally,
(iii) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv)
shall take any action to authorize or effect any of the actions set forth above
in this subsection
(f);
(g) any
proceeding shall be instituted against any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution,
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection,
relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for
any
such Person or for any substantial part of its property, and either such
proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30 days or
any
of the actions sought in such proceeding (including the entry of an order for
relief against any such Person or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its
property) shall occur;
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(h) any
provision of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason (other than
pursuant to the express terms thereof) cease in any material respect to be
valid
and binding on or enforceable against any Loan Party intended to be a party
thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any
party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Loan Party or any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to
establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Loan Party shall
deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created
under any Loan Document;
(i) any
Security Agreement, any mortgage or any other security document, after delivery
thereof pursuant hereto, shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid
and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or
thereof, first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of
the Agents and the Lenders on any Collateral purported to be covered
thereby;
(j) any
bank
at which any deposit account, blocked account, or lockbox account of any Loan
Party is maintained shall fail to comply in any material respect with any of
the
terms of any deposit account, blocked account, lockbox account or similar
agreement to which such bank is a party or any securities intermediary,
commodity intermediary or other financial institution at any time in custody,
control or possession of any investment property of any Loan Party shall fail
to
comply in any material respect with any of the terms of any investment property
control agreement to which such Person is a party;
(k) one
or
more judgments, awards, or orders (or any settlement of any claim that, if
breached, could result in a judgment, order, or award) for the payment of money
exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate shall be rendered against Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries and remain unsatisfied, or any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries shall agree to the settlement of any one or more pending or
threatened actions, suits, or proceedings affecting any Loan Party before any
court or other Governmental Authority or any arbitrator or mediator, providing
for the payment of money exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate, and in the
case
of any such judgment or order either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have
been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgment, order, award or
settlement, or (ii) there shall be a period of 10 consecutive days after
entry thereof during which a stay of enforcement of any such judgment, order,
award or settlement, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not
be in
effect; provided,
however,
that
any such judgment, order, award or settlement shall not give rise to an Event
of
Default under this subsection if and for so long as (A) the amount of such
judgment, order, award or settlement is covered by a valid and binding policy
of
insurance between the defendant and the insurer covering full payment thereof
and (B) such insurer has been notified, and has not disputed the claim made
for payment, of the amount of such judgment, order, award or
settlement;
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(l) any
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is enjoined, restrained or in any way
prevented by the order of any court or any Governmental Authority from
conducting all or any material part of its business for more than 15
days;
(m) any
material damage to, or loss, theft or destruction of, any Collateral, whether
or
not insured, or any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation,
act
of God or public enemy, or other casualty which causes, for more than 15 days,
the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities at
any
facility of any Loan Party, if any such event or circumstance could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) any
cessation of a substantial part of the business of any Loan Party for a period
which materially and adversely affects the ability of such Loan Party to
continue its business on a profitable basis;
(o) the
indictment, or the reasonably credible threatened indictment of any Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries under any criminal statute, or commencement or
threatened commencement of criminal or civil proceedings against any Loan Party,
pursuant to which statute or proceedings the penalties or remedies sought or
available include forfeiture to any Governmental Authority of any material
portion of the property of such Person;
(p) any
Loan
Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall have made a complete or partial
withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan, and, as a result of such complete or
partial withdrawal, any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates incurs a
withdrawal liability in an annual amount exceeding $1,000,000; or a
Multiemployer Plan enters reorganization status under Section 4241 of
ERISA, and, as a result thereof any Loan Party’s or any of its ERISA Affiliates’
annual contribution requirements with respect to such Multiemployer Plan
increases in an annual amount exceeding $1,000,000;
(q) any
Termination Event with respect to any Employee Plan shall have occurred, and,
30
days after notice thereof shall have been given to any Loan Party by any Agent,
(i) such Termination Event (if correctable) shall not have been corrected,
and
(ii) the then current value of such Employee Plan’s vested benefits exceeds the
then current value of assets allocable to such benefits in such Employee Plan
by
more than $1,000,000 (or, in the case of a Termination Event involving liability
under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204
or
4212 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the IRC, the liability is in excess
of
such amount);
(r) any
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be liable for any Environmental
Liabilities and Costs the payment of which could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(s) a
Change
of Control shall have occurred; or
(t) an
event
or development occurs which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect;
then,
and
in any such event, the Collateral Agent may, and shall at the request of the
Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, (i) terminate all Commitments,
whereupon all Commitments shall immediately be so terminated, (ii) declare
all
or any portion of the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable, whereupon
all or such portion of the aggregate principal of all Loans, all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, all fees and all other amounts payable under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall become due and payable immediately,
without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of
which
are hereby expressly waived by each Loan Party and (iii) exercise any and
all of its other rights and remedies under applicable law, hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents; provided,
however,
that
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in subsection
(f) or (g)
of this
Section 9.01,
without
any notice to any Loan Party or any other Person or any act by any Agent or
any
Lender, all Commitments shall automatically terminate and all Loans then
outstanding, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, all fees
and
all other amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall
become due and payable automatically and immediately, without presentment,
demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by
each
Loan Party.
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Section
9.02 Gaming
Laws.
(a) Each
Loan
Party agrees that, upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of an
Event
of Default and at Collateral Agent’s request, it will, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, cooperate with the Collateral Agent and the Required
Lenders with respect to the filing of their applications for approval of, and
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all other and further actions
required by Collateral Agent or Required Lenders to assist the Collateral Agent
and the Required Lenders with obtaining, such Gaming Licenses and other such
approvals or consents of the Gaming Authorities and any other Governmental
Authorities with jurisdiction as are necessary for the Collateral Agent to
operate the businesses of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or to acquire an
interest in any Person holding any such Gaming License pursuant to the Gaming
Laws. To enforce the provisions of this Section 9.02,
where
permitted by relevant Gaming Laws, Collateral Agent (subject to applicable
instructions, if any, from the Required Lenders) is empowered to request the
appointment of a receiver from any court of competent jurisdiction. Such
receiver shall be instructed to seek from the applicable Gaming Authority and
any other Governmental Authorities with jurisdiction authorization pursuant
to
the Gaming Laws to continue operation of the businesses of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries under all necessary Gaming Licenses for the purpose of seeking
a
bona fide purchaser of the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Each
Loan Party hereby agrees to authorize, and to cause each of its Subsidiaries
to
authorize, such an authorization pursuant to the Gaming Laws to continue the
operation of the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries upon the
request of the receiver so appointed and, if such Loan Party, or any such
Subsidiary shall refuse to authorize the transfer, its approval may be required
by the court. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, each
Loan Party shall further use, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to use,
commercially reasonable efforts to assist in obtaining approval of the
applicable Gaming Authority and any other Governmental Authorities with
jurisdiction, if required, for any action or transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Loan Documents, including, preparation, execution, and filing
with the applicable Gaming Authority and any other Governmental Authorities
with
jurisdiction of any application or applications for authorization pursuant
to
the Gaming Laws for the receiver to continue the operation of the businesses
of
the Borrower and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Gaming License
or
transfer of control necessary or appropriate under the applicable Gaming Laws
for approval of the transfer or assignment of any portion of the Collateral.
Each Loan Party acknowledges that the authorization pursuant to the Gaming
Laws
for the receiver to continue the operation of the businesses of the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries under the Gaming Licenses or for a transfer of control is
integral to Collateral Agent’s realization of the value of the Collateral, that
there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by such Loan Party to comply
with
the provisions of this Section 9.02
and that
such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, and therefore
agree
that the agreements contained in this Section 9.02
may be
specifically enforced; and
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(b) All
rights, remedies, and powers provided in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does
not
violate any applicable mandatory provision of the Gaming Laws and all provisions
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are intended to be subject to
all
applicable mandatory provisions of the Gaming Laws and to be limited solely
to
the extent necessary to not render the provisions of this Agreement or the
other
Loan Documents invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part. Collateral Agent
will timely apply for and receive all required approvals of the applicable
Gaming Authority for the sale or other disposition of gaming equipment regulated
by the Gaming Laws (including any such sale or disposition of gaming equipment
and associated gaming equipment consisting of slot machines, gaming tables,
cards, dice, gaming chips, player tracking systems, and all other “gaming
devices” (as such term or words of like import referring thereto are defined in
the Gaming Laws), and “associated equipment” (as such term or words of like
import referring thereto are defined in the Gaming Laws).
ARTICLE
X
AGENTS
Section
10.01 Appointment.
Each
Lender (and each subsequent maker of any Loan by its making thereof) hereby
irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent to perform the duties of each such Agent as set forth in this Agreement
including: (i) to receive on behalf of each Lender any payment of principal
of or interest on the Loans outstanding hereunder and all other amounts accrued
hereunder for the account of the Lenders and paid to such Agent, and, subject
to
Section 2.02
of this
Agreement, to distribute promptly to each Lender its Pro Rata Share of all
payments so received; (ii) to distribute to each Lender copies of all
material notices and agreements received by such Agent and not required to
be
delivered to each Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, provided
that
the Agents shall not have any liability to the Lenders for any Agent’s
inadvertent failure to distribute any such notices or agreements to the Lenders;
(iii) to maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices,
ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Loans, and
related matters and to maintain, in accordance with its customary business
practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Collateral and
related matters; (iv) to execute or file any and all financing or similar
statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents,
instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (v) to make the Loans and
Collateral Agent Advances, for such Agent or on behalf of the applicable Lenders
as provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (vi) to perform,
exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lenders
with
respect to the Loan Parties, the Obligations, or otherwise related to any of
same to the extent reasonably incidental to the exercise by such Agent of the
rights and remedies specifically authorized to be exercised by such Agent by
the
terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (vii) to incur and pay
such fees necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its
functions and powers pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document;
and
(viii) subject to Section 10.03
of this
Agreement, to take such action as such Agent deems appropriate on its behalf
to
administer the Loans and the Loan Documents and to exercise such other powers
delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents
(including the power to give or to refuse to give notices, waivers, consents,
approvals and instructions and the power to make or to refuse to make
determinations and calculations) together with such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto to carry out the purposes hereof and thereof. As to any
matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents (including enforcement or collection of the Loans), the Agents shall
not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be
required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in
so
acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders,
and such instructions of the Required Lenders shall be binding upon all Lenders
and all makers of Loans.
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Section
10.02 Nature
of Duties.
The
Agents shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set
forth
in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents. The duties of the Agents
shall
be mechanical and administrative in nature. The Agents shall not have by reason
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document a fiduciary relationship in respect
of any Lender. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, express
or
implied, is intended to or shall be construed to impose upon the Agents any
obligations in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document except
as
expressly set forth herein or therein. Each Lender shall make its own
independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Loan
Parties in connection with the making and the continuance of the Loans hereunder
and shall make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Loan Parties
and
the value of the Collateral, and the Agents shall have no duty or
responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender
with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into
their possession before the initial Loan hereunder or at any time or times
thereafter, provided that, upon the reasonable request of a Lender, each Agent
shall provide to such Lender any documents or reports delivered to such Agent
by
the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document. If any Agent seeks the consent or approval of the Required Lenders
to
the taking or refraining from taking any action hereunder, such Agent shall
send
notice thereof to each Lender. Each Agent shall promptly notify each Lender
any
time that the Required Lenders have instructed such Agent to act or refrain
from
acting pursuant hereto.
Section
10.03 Rights,
Exculpation, Etc.
The
Agents and their directors, officers, agents or employees shall not be liable
for any action taken or omitted to be taken by them under or in connection
with
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for their own gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court
of
competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Agents (i) may treat the payee of any Loan as the owner thereof until the
Collateral Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof,
pursuant to Section 12.07,
signed
by such payee and in form satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; (ii) may
consult with legal counsel (including counsel to any Agent or counsel to the
Loan Parties), independent public accountants, and other experts selected by
any
of them and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken
in
good faith by any of them in accordance with the advice of such counsel or
experts; (iii) make no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall
not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, certificates, warranties
or
representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to
the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions
of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on the part of any Person, the
existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default, or to
inspect the Collateral or other property (including the books and records)
of
any Person; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value
of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or
document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (vi) shall not be deemed
to
have made any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or
collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of
the
Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party
in connection therewith, nor shall the Agents be responsible or liable to the
Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
The provisions of this Section
10.03
are
subject to, and shall not limit in any respect, the provisions of Section
12.07.
The
Agents shall not be liable for any apportionment or distribution of payments
made in good faith pursuant to Section 4.04,
and if
any such apportionment or distribution is subsequently determined to have been
made in error the sole recourse of any Lender to whom payment was due but not
made, shall be to recover from other Lenders any payment in excess of the amount
which they are determined to be entitled. The Agents may at any time request
instructions from the Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which
by
the terms of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents the Agents
are
permitted or required to take or to grant, and if such instructions are promptly
requested, the Agents shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any
action or to withhold any approval under any of the Loan Documents until they
shall have received such instructions from the Required Lenders. Without
limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever
against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or refraining from acting
under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with
the
instructions of the Required Lenders.
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Section
10.04 Reliance.
Each
Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements,
certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by
it
in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made
by
the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder,
upon
advice of counsel selected by it.
Section
10.05 Indemnification.
To the
extent that any Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by any Loan Party,
the
Lenders will reimburse and indemnify such Agent from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses, advances or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such Agent in any
way
relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under this Agreement or any of
the
other Loan Documents, in proportion to each Lender’s Pro Rata Share, including
advances and disbursements made pursuant to Section 10.08;
provided,
however,
that no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, advances or
disbursements for which there has been a final judicial determination that
such
liability resulted from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
obligations of the Lenders under this Section 10.05
shall
survive the payment in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
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Section
10.06 Agents
Individually.
With
respect to its Pro Rata Share of the Total Commitment hereunder and the Loans
made by it, each Agent shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers
hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to
the
extent set forth herein for any other Lender or maker of a Loan. The terms
“Lenders” or “Required Lenders” or any similar terms shall, unless the context
clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity
as a
Lender or one of the Required Lenders. Each Agent and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking,
trust
or other business with the Borrower as if it were not acting as an Agent
pursuant hereto without any duty to account to the other Lenders.
Section
10.07 Successor
Agent.
(a) Each
Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents at any time by giving at least 30 Business
Days prior written notice to the Borrower and each Lender. Such resignation
shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Agent of appointment
pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below or as otherwise provided
below.
(b) Upon
any
such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders may appoint a successor Agent.
Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent,
such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all
the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents. After any Agent’s resignation hereunder as an
Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall inure to its benefit as to
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Agent under
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) If
a
successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said thirty (30)
Business Day period, the retiring Agent, with the consent of the other Agent
shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as an Agent until such
time, if any, as the Required Lenders, with the consent of the other Agent,
appoint a successor Agent as provided above.
Section
10.08 Collateral
Matters.
(a) The
Collateral Agent may from time to time make such disbursements and advances
(“Collateral
Agent Advances”)
which
the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable
to
preserve, protect, prepare for sale or lease or dispose of the Collateral or
any
portion thereof, to enhance the likelihood or maximize the amount of repayment
by the Borrower of the Loans, and other Obligations or to pay any other amount
chargeable to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including
costs, fees and expenses as described in Section 12.04.
The
Collateral Agent Advances shall be repayable on demand and be secured by the
Collateral. The Collateral Agent Advances shall constitute Obligations hereunder
which may be charged to the Loan Account in accordance with Section
4.02.
The
Collateral Agent shall notify each Lender and the Borrower in writing of each
such Collateral Agent Advance, which notice shall include a description of
the
purpose of such Collateral Agent Advance. Without limitation to its obligations
pursuant to Section 10.05,
each
Lender agrees that it shall make available to the Collateral Agent, upon the
Collateral Agent’s demand, in Dollars in immediately available funds, the amount
equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each such Collateral Agent Advance. If
such funds are not made available to the Collateral Agent by such Lender, the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to recover such funds on demand from such
Lender, together with interest thereon for each day from the date such payment
was due until the date such amount is paid to the Collateral Agent, at the
Federal Funds Rate for 3 Business Days and thereafter at the Reference
Rate.
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(b) The
Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and
in
its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent
upon any Collateral upon termination of the Total Commitment and payment in
full
in cash of all Obligations (other than unasserted contingent
indemnification Obligations);
or
constituting property being sold or disposed of in compliance with the terms
of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; or constituting property in which
the Loan Parties owned no interest at the time the Lien was granted or at any
time thereafter; or if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the
Lenders. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will
confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release particular types
or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 10.08(b).
(c) Without
in any manner limiting the Collateral Agent’s authority to act without any
specific or further authorization or consent by the Lenders (as set forth in
Section 10.08(b)),
each
Lender agrees to confirm in writing, upon request by the Collateral Agent,
the
authority to release Collateral conferred upon the Collateral Agent under
Section 10.08(b).
Upon
receipt by the Collateral Agent of confirmation from the Lenders of its
authority to release any particular item or types of Collateral, and upon prior
written request by any Loan Party, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby
irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be
necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders upon such Collateral; provided,
however,
that
(i) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document
on
terms which, in the Collateral Agent’s opinion, would expose the Collateral
Agent to liability or create any obligations or entail any consequence other
than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such
release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations
or
any Lien upon (or obligations of any Loan Party in respect of) all interests
in
the Collateral retained by any Loan Party.
(d) The
Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender to assure
that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Loan Parties or is cared for,
protected or insured or has been encumbered or that the Lien granted to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document has
been
properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced
or is entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any
particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to
continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or
available to the Collateral Agent in this Section 10.08
or in
any other Loan Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of
the
Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Collateral Agent
may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given
the
Collateral Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as one of the Lenders and that
the Collateral Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to any other
Lender, except as otherwise provided herein.
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Section
10.09 Agency
for Perfection.
Each
Lender hereby appoints each Agent and each other Lender as agent and bailee
for
the purpose of perfecting the security interests in and liens upon the
Collateral in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Code, can be
perfected only by possession or control (or where the security interest of
a
secured party with possession or control has priority over the security interest
of another secured party) and each Agent and each Lender hereby acknowledges
that it holds possession or control of any such Collateral for the benefit
of
the Collateral Agent as secured party. Should any Lender obtain possession
or
control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Collateral Agent
thereof, and, promptly upon the Collateral Agent’s request therefor shall
deliver possession or control of such Collateral to the Collateral Agent or
in
accordance with the Collateral Agent’s instructions. Each
Loan Party by its execution and delivery of this Agreement hereby consents
to
the foregoing.
ARTICLE
XI
GUARANTY
Section
11.01 Guaranty.
Each
Guarantor hereby jointly and severally unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter
existing under any Loan Document, whether for principal, interest (including
all
interest that accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding
irrespective of whether a claim therefor is allowed in such case or proceeding),
fees, expenses or otherwise (such obligations, to the extent not paid by the
Borrower, being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all
expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Agents
or the Lenders (or any of them) in enforcing any rights under the guaranty
set
forth in this Article. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the
Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Borrower to the Agents or the
Lenders under any Loan Document but for the fact that they are unenforceable
or
not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar
proceeding involving any Loan Party.
Section
11.02 Guaranty
Absolute.
Each
Guarantor jointly and severally guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations
will
be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, regardless
of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction
affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Agents, the Lenders with
respect thereto. Each Guarantor agrees that this Article constitutes a guaranty
of payment when due and not of collection and waives any right to require that
any resort be made by any Agent or any Lender to any Collateral. The obligations
of each Guarantor under this Article are independent of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted
against each Guarantor to enforce such obligations, irrespective of whether
any
action is brought against any Loan Party or whether any Loan Party is joined
in
any such action or actions. The liability of each Guarantor under this Article
shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now or hereafter have
in
any way relating to, any or all of the following:
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(a) any
lack
of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any agreement or
instrument relating thereto;
(b) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or
any
consent to departure from any Loan Document, including any increase in the
Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to
any
Loan Party or otherwise;
(c) any
taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral, or any taking,
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other
guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(d) the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that any Guarantor
may
have at any time against any Person, including, without limitation, any Agent
or
any Lender;
(e) any
change, restructuring or termination of the corporate, limited liability company
or partnership structure or existence of any Loan Party; or
(f) any
other
circumstance (including any statute of limitations) or any existence of or
reliance on any representation by the Agents, the Lenders that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party or any
other guarantor or surety.
This
Article shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
if
at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be returned by the Agents, the Lenders, or any other Person
upon
the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise,
all
as though such payment had not been made.
Section
11.03 Waiver.
Each
Guarantor hereby waives (i) promptness and diligence, (ii) notice of acceptance
and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and
this
Article and any requirement that the Agents or the Lenders exhaust any right
or
take any action against any Loan Party or any other Person or any Collateral,
(iii) any right to compel or direct any Agent or any Lender to seek payment
or recovery of any amounts owed under this Article from any one particular
fund
or source or to exhaust any right or take any action against any other Loan
Party, any other Person or any Collateral, (iv) any requirement that any Agent
or any Lender protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or Lien
on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right to take any action against
any Loan Party, any other Person or any Collateral, and (v) any other defense
available to any Guarantor. Each Guarantor agrees that the Agents and the
Lenders shall have no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Guarantor
or against, or in payment of, any or all of the Obligations. Each Guarantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated herein and that the waiver set forth in
this
Section 11.03
is
knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. Each Guarantor hereby waives
any right to revoke this Article, and acknowledges that this Article is
continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing
now or in the future.
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Section
11.04 Continuing
Guaranty; Assignments.
This
Article is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect
until the later of (i) the cash payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations
(other than indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been made)
and
all other amounts payable under this Article and (ii) the Final Maturity Date,
(b) be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c)
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Agents and the Lenders and
their successors, pledgees, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender may pledge, assign or
otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including all or any portion of its Commitments or its Loans) to
any
other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all
the
benefits in respect thereof granted such Lender herein or otherwise, in each
case as provided in Section 12.07.
Section
11.05 Subrogation.
No
Guarantor will exercise any rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against
any Loan Party or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment,
performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Article,
including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution
or
indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the
Agents and the Lenders against any Loan Party or any other guarantor or any
Collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or
under
contract, statute or common law, including the right to take or receive from
any
Loan Party or any other guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other
property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security solely on
account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Article shall have been
paid in full in cash and the Final Maturity Date shall have occurred. If any
amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding
sentence at any time prior to the later of the payment in full in cash of the
Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Article and
the
Final Maturity Date, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the
Agents and the Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to the Agents and the Lenders
to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts
payable under this Article, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement, or to be held as Collateral for any Guaranteed
Obligations or other amounts payable under this Article thereafter arising.
If
(i) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Agents and the Lenders of all
or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Article shall be paid
in
full in cash and (iii) all Commitments have been terminated, the Agents and
the Lenders will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver
to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without
representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation
to
such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from
such
payment by such Guarantor.
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ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
12.01 Notices,
Etc.
All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing
and
shall be mailed, telecopied or delivered, if to any Loan Party, at the following
address:
GAMETECH
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx,
Xxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Telecopier:
000-000-0000
with
a
copy to:
Jones,
Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Xxxxxxx L.L.P.
000
Xx.
Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx 00
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Telecopier:
000-000-0000
if
to the
Administrative Agent,
to
it at the following address:
ABLECO
FINANCE LLC
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Telecopier:
(000) 000-0000
with
a
copy to:
CERBERUS
CALIFORNIA, INC.
00000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000 and (000) 000-0000
Telecopier:
(000) 000-0000
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if
to the
Collateral Agent, to it at the following address:
ABLECO
FINANCE LLC
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Telecopier:
(000) 000-0000
with
a
copy to:
CERBERUS
CALIFORNIA, INC.
00000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000 and (000) 000-0000
Telecopier:
(000) 000-0000
in
each
case, with a copy to:
PAUL,
HASTINGS, XXXXXXXX & XXXXXX LLP
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Hilson, Esq.
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Telecopier:
000-000-0000
or,
as to
each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
written notice to the other parties complying as to delivery with the terms
of
this Section 12.01.
All
such notices and other communications shall be effective, (i) if mailed, when
received or 3 days after deposited in the mails, whichever occurs first, (ii)
if
telecopied, when transmitted and confirmation received, or (iii) if
delivered, upon delivery, except that notices to any Agent pursuant to
Articles II and III shall not be effective until received by such Agent ,
as the case may be.
Section
12.02 Amendments,
Etc.
iii)
No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall
in
any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Required Lenders or by the Collateral Agent with the consent of the Required
Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given, provided,
however,
that no
amendment, waiver or consent shall (i) increase the Commitment of any
Lender, reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Loans payable to any
Lender, reduce the amount of any fee payable for the account of any Lender,
or
postpone or extend any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest
or fees on, the Loans payable to any Lender, in each case without the written
consent of any Lender affected thereby, (ii) increase the Total Commitment
without the written consent of each Lender, (iii) change the percentage of
the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that
is
required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder,
(iv) amend the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”,
(v) release all or a substantial portion of the Collateral (except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), subordinate
any Lien granted in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Agents
and the Lenders (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents), or release the Borrower or any Guarantor, (vi) amend,
modify or waive Section
4.04
or this
Section 12.02
of this
Agreement, or (vii) amend the definition of “Borrowing Base” without the written
consent of each Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, waiver
or
consent shall, unless in writing and signed by an Agent, affect the rights
or
duties of such Agent (but not in its capacity as a Lender) under this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents.
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Section
12.03 No
Waiver; Remedies, Etc.
No
failure on the part of any Agent or any Lender to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate
as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right
under
any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right. The rights and remedies of the Agents and the Lenders
provided herein and in the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are in
addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.
The
rights of the Agents and the Lenders under any Loan Document against any party
thereto are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by the Agents and
the
Lenders to exercise any of their rights under any other Loan Document against
such party or against any other Person.
Section
12.04 Expenses;
Taxes; Attorneys Fees.
The
Borrower will pay on demand, all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf
of
each Agent (and, in the case of clauses (b) through (m) below, each Lender),
regardless of whether the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated,
including reasonable fees, costs, client charges and expenses of counsel for
each Agent (and, in the case of clauses (b) through (m) below, each Lender),
accounting, due diligence, periodic field audits, physical counts, valuations,
investigations, searches and filings, monitoring of assets, appraisals of
Collateral, title searches and reviewing environmental assessments,
miscellaneous disbursements, examination, travel, lodging and meals, arising
from or relating to: (a) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery,
performance and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
(including the preparation of any additional Loan Documents pursuant to
Section 7.01(b)
or the
review of any of the agreements, instruments and documents referred to in
Section 7.01(f)),
(b) any requested amendments, waivers or consents to this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents whether or not such documents become effective or are
given, (c) the preservation and protection of any of the Lenders’ rights
under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (d) the defense of any claim
or action asserted or brought against any Agent or any Lender by any Person
that
arises from or relates to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Agents’
or the Lenders’ claims against any Loan Party, or any and all matters in
connection therewith, (e) the commencement or defense of, or intervention in,
any court proceeding arising from or related to this Agreement or any other
Loan
Document, (f) the filing of any petition, complaint, answer, motion or
other pleading by any Agent or any Lender, or the taking of any action in
respect of the Collateral or other security, in connection with this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, (g) the protection, collection, lease, sale, taking
possession of or liquidation of, any Collateral or other security in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (h) any attempt to enforce
any
Lien or security interest in any Collateral or other security in connection
with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) any attempt to collect from
any
Loan Party, (j) all liabilities and costs arising from or in connection with
the
past, present or future operations of any Loan Party involving any damage to
real or personal property or natural resources or harm or injury alleged to
have
resulted from any Release of Hazardous Materials on, upon or into such property,
(k) any Environmental Liabilities and Costs incurred in connection with the
investigation, removal, cleanup or remediation of any Hazardous Materials
present or arising out of the operations of any facility owned or operated
by
any Loan Party, (l) any Environmental Liabilities and Costs incurred in
connection with any Environmental Lien, or (m) the receipt by any Agent or
any
Lender of any advice from professionals with respect to any of the foregoing.
Without limitation of the foregoing or any other provision of any Loan Document:
(x) the Borrower agrees to pay all stamp, document, transfer, recording or
filing taxes or fees and similar impositions now or hereafter determined by
any
Agent or any Lender to be payable in connection with this Agreement or any
other
Loan Document, and the Borrower agrees to save each Agent and each Lender
harmless from and against any and all present or future claims, liabilities
or
losses with respect to or resulting from any omission to pay or delay in paying
any such taxes, fees or impositions, (y) the Borrower agrees to pay all broker
fees that may become due in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (z) if the Borrower fails
to
perform any covenant or agreement contained herein or in any other Loan
Document, any Agent may itself perform or cause performance of such covenant
or
agreement, and the expenses of such Agent incurred in connection therewith
shall
be reimbursed on demand by the Borrower.
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Section
12.05 Right
of Set-off.
(a) Each
of
the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of
the
Collateral Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled
to do
so, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, set off against the
Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to Borrower or any deposit
accounts of Borrower now or hereafter maintained with such Lender. Each of
the
Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to
do so
in writing by the Collateral Agent, take or cause to be taken any action,
including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose
any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the
Collateral.
(b) If,
at
any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff,
or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the
Obligations, except for any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender
from Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii)
payments from Administrative Agent in excess of such Lender’s ratable portion of
all such distributions by Administrative Agent, such Lender promptly shall
(1)
turn the same over to Administrative Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements
as may be required to negotiate the same to Administrative Agent, or in
immediately available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the
Lenders and for application to the Obligations in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Agreement, or (2) purchase, without recourse or warranty,
an
undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to the other
Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among
the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided,
however,
that to
the extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is
thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of participations shall be
rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of
the
purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party, but
without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required
to
pay interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment.
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Section
12.06 Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions
hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
Section
12.07 Assignments
and Participations.
(a) This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of each Loan Party and each Agent and each Lender and their respective
successors and assigns; provided,
however,
that
none of the Loan Parties may assign or transfer any of its rights hereunder
or
under the other Loan Documents without the prior written consent of each Lender
and any such assignment without the Lenders’ prior written consent shall be null
and void.
(b) Each
Lender may with the written consent of the Collateral Agent, assign to one
or
more other lenders or other entities all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement with respect to all or a portion of its
Commitment and Loans made by it; provided,
however,
that
(i) such assignment is in an amount which is at least $5,000,000 or a multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or the remainder of such Lender’s Commitment)
(except such minimum amount shall not apply to an assignment by a Lender to
(x)
a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender or (y)
a
group of new Lenders, each of whom is an Affiliate or Related Fund of each
other
of each other to the extent the aggregate amount to be assigned to all such
new
Lenders is at least $5,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof),
and (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent, for its acceptance, an Assignment and Acceptance, together
with any promissory note subject to such assignment and such parties shall
deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, a
processing and recordation fee of $5,000 (except the payment of such fee shall
not be required (y) in connection with an assignment by a Lender to a Lender,
an
Affiliate of such Lender or to a Related Fund of such Lender or (z) if
Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, waives payment of such fee). Upon
such
execution, delivery and acceptance, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be at least 3
Business Days after the delivery thereof to the Collateral Agent (or such
shorter period as shall be agreed to by the Collateral Agent and the parties
to
such assignment), (A) the assignee thereunder shall become a “Lender” hereunder
and, in addition to the rights and obligations hereunder held by it immediately
prior to such effective date, have the rights and obligations hereunder that
have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and (B)
the
assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations
hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance,
relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining
portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,
such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).
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(c) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender
and
the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other
parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and
Acceptance, the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes
no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations
made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii)
the
assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Loan Party or
any
of its Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any
of
its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished
pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other documents
and information it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will,
independently and without reliance upon the assigning Lender, any Agent or
any
Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (v) such assignee
appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as agents on its behalf
and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
as
are delegated to the Agents by the terms hereof and thereof, together with
such
powers as are reasonably incidental hereto and thereto; and (vi) such assignee
agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) The
Collateral Agent shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent
of the Borrower, maintain, or cause to be maintained at the Payment Office,
a
copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and
a
register (the “Register”)
for
the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitments
of, and the principal amount of the Loans (and stated interest thereon) (the
“Registered
Loans”).
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders may treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection
by
the Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon
receipt by the Collateral Agent of an Assignment and Acceptance, and subject
to
any consent required from the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section
12.07(b)
(which
consent of the Collateral Agent must be evidenced by the Collateral Agent’s
execution of an acceptance to such Assignment and Acceptance), the Collateral
Agent shall accept the Assignment and Acceptance and record the information
contained therein in the Register.
(f) A
Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may
be
assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment
or
sale on the Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide).
Any
assignment or sale of all or part of such Registered Loan (and the registered
note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by registration of
such
assignment or sale on the Register, together with the surrender of the
registered note, if any, evidencing the same duly endorsed by (or accompanied
by
a written instrument of assignment or sale duly executed by) the holder of
such
registered note, whereupon, at the request of the designated assignee(s) or
transferee(s), one or more new registered notes in the same aggregate principal
amount shall be issued to the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s). Prior
to
the registration of assignment or sale of any Registered Loan (and the
registered note, if any, evidencing the same), the Agents shall treat the Person
in whose name such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing
the same) is registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving all
payments thereon, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.
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(g) In
the
event that any Lender sells participations in a Registered Loan, such Lender
shall maintain a register for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the
Borrower on which it enters the name of all participants in the Registered
Loans
held by it and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion
of the Registered Loan that is the subject of the participation (the
“Participant
Register”).
A
Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may
be
participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation
on
the Participant Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide).
Any participation of such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any,
evidencing the same) may be effected only by the registration of such
participation on the Participant Register. Any such Participant Register shall
be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(h) Any
Non-U.S. Lender who is assigned an interest in any portion of such Registered
Loan pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance shall comply with Section
2.08(d).
(i) Each
Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in or
to
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (including, all or a portion of its Commitments or the
Loans made by it); provided, that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this
Agreement (including without limitation, its Commitments hereunder) and the
other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged; (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations, and the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue
to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and
(iii) a participant shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or
omit
to take any action hereunder except (A) action directly effecting an extension
of the maturity dates or decrease in the principal amount of the Loans,
(B) action directly effecting an extension of the due dates or a decrease
in the rate of interest payable on the Loans or the fees payable under this
Agreement, or (C) actions directly effecting a release of all or a substantial
portion of the Collateral or any Loan Party (except as set forth in Section
10.08
of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document). The Loan Parties agree that each
participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section
2.08
and
Section
4.05
of this
Agreement with respect to its participation in any portion of the Commitments
and the Loans as if it was a Lender.
Section
12.08 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by
telefacsimile shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed
counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart
of
this Agreement by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original executed
counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed
counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect
of
this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis
mutandis.
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Section
12.09 GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE
CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT) SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
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12.10 CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS AND VENUE.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT IN XXX
XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS
IN
RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF
THE
AFORESAID COURTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST
ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT COLLATERAL AGENT’S OPTION,
IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE COLLATERAL AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH
ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND.
EACH
LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL LEGAL
PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES, AND DOCUMENTS IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR PROCEEDING
BROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY THE MAILING (BY REGISTERED
MAIL OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID) OR DELIVERING OF A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS
TO SUCH LOAN PARTY, C/O THE BORROWER, AT THE BORROWER’S ADDRESS FOR NOTICES AS
SET FORTH IN SECTION 12.01.
THE LOAN PARTIES AGREE 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 HEREIN SHALL AFFECT
THE
RIGHT OF THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE JURISDICTION OR LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT
IN
ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS
BEEN
BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY LOAN PARTY HAS OR
HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE 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 OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS
PROPERTY, EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT
OF
ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS.
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12.11 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL, ETC.
EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM CONCERNING ANY RIGHTS UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, WAIVER,
CONSENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR OTHER AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH IN THE
FUTURE MAY BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, OR ARISING FROM ANY FINANCING
RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND AGREES THAT ANY
SUCH ACTION, PROCEEDINGS OR COUNTERCLAIM SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND
NOT
BEFORE A JURY. EACH LOAN PARTY CERTIFIES THAT NO OFFICER, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT
OR ATTORNEY OF ANY AGENT OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
THAT ANY AGENT OR ANY LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING
OR COUNTERCLAIM, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS. EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE AGENTS AND
THE
LENDERS ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
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12.12 Consent
by the Agents and Lenders.
Except
as otherwise expressly set forth herein to the contrary, if the consent,
approval, satisfaction, determination, judgment, acceptance or similar action
(an “Action”)
of any
Agent or any Lender shall be permitted or required pursuant to any provision
hereof or any provision of any other agreement to which any Loan Party is a
party and to which any Agent or any Lender has succeeded thereto, such Action
shall be required to be in writing and may be withheld or denied by such Agent
or such Lender, in its sole discretion, with or without any reason, and without
being subject to question or challenge on the grounds that such Action was
not
taken in good faith.
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12.13 No
Party Deemed Drafter.
Each of
the parties hereto agrees that no party hereto shall be deemed to be the drafter
of this Agreement.
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12.14 Reinstatement;
Certain Payments.
If any
claim is ever made upon any Agent or any Lender for repayment or recovery of
any
amount or amounts received by such Agent or such Lender in payment or on account
of any of the Obligations, such Agent or such Lender shall give prompt notice
of
such claim to each other Agent and Lender and the Borrower, and if such Agent
or
such Lender repays all or part of such amount by reason of (i) any
judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative body having
jurisdiction over such Agent or such Lender or any of its property, or
(ii) any good faith settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by
such Agent, such Lender with any such claimant, then and in such event each
Loan
Party agrees that (A) any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or compromise
shall be binding upon it notwithstanding the cancellation of any Indebtedness
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or the termination of this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, and (B) it shall be and remain liable to such
Agent or such Lender hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the
same
extent as if such amount had never originally been received by such Agent or
such Lender.
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12.15 Indemnification.
In
addition to each Loan Party’s other Obligations under this Agreement, each Loan
Party agrees to, jointly and severally, defend, protect, indemnify and hold
harmless each Agent, each Lender and all of their respective officers,
directors, employees, attorneys, consultants and agents (collectively called
the “Indemnitees”)
from
and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties,
fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees, costs
and expenses) incurred by such Indemnitees, whether prior to or from and after
the Effective Date, whether direct, indirect or consequential, as a result
of or
arising from or relating to or in connection with any of the following: (i)
the
negotiation, preparation, execution or performance or enforcement of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or of any other document executed in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) any
Agent’s or any Lender’s furnishing of funds to the Borrower under this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, including the management of any such Loans,
(iii) any matter relating to the financing transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or by any document executed in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents, or (iv) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party
thereto (collectively, the “Indemnified
Matters”);
provided,
however,
that
the Loan Parties shall not have any obligation to any Indemnitee under this
Section 12.15
for any
Indemnified Matter caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such
Indemnitee, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction. Such indemnification for all of the foregoing losses, damages,
fees, costs and expenses of the Indemnitees are chargeable against the Loan
Account. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless
set forth in this Section 12.15
may be
unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy, each Loan
Party shall, jointly and severally, contribute the maximum portion which it
is
permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law, to the payment and
satisfaction of all Indemnified Matters incurred by the Indemnitees. This
Indemnity shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and the discharge
of
the Liens granted under the Loan Documents.
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12.16 Records.
The
unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans, the interest rate or rates
applicable to such unpaid principal and interest, the duration of such
applicability, the Commitments, and the accrued and unpaid fees payable pursuant
to Section
2.06,
including the Closing Fee, the Loan Servicing Fee, the Anniversary Fee, the
Unused Line Fee, the Commitment Fee, shall at all times be ascertained from
the
records of the Agents, which shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest
error.
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12.17 Binding
Effect.
This
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by each Loan
Party, each Agent and each Lender and thereafter shall be binding upon and
inure
to the benefit of each Loan Party, each Agent and each Lender, and their
respective successors and assigns, except that the Loan Parties shall not have
the right to assign their rights hereunder or any interest herein without the
prior written consent of each Lender, and any assignment by any Lender shall
be
governed by Section 12.07.
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12.18 Interest.
It is
the intention of the parties hereto that each Agent and each Lender shall
conform strictly to usury laws applicable to it. Accordingly, if the
transactions contemplated hereby or by any other Loan Document would be usurious
as to any Agent or any Lender under laws applicable to it (including the laws
of
the United States of America and the State of New York or any other jurisdiction
whose laws may be mandatorily applicable to such Agent or such Lender
notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement), then, in that event,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any agreement entered into in connection with or as security for
the
Obligations, it is agreed as follows: (i) the aggregate of all consideration
which constitutes interest under law applicable to any Agent or any Lender
that
is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Agent or such
Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or agreements or
otherwise in connection with the Obligations shall under no circumstances exceed
the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, any excess shall be canceled
automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited by such Agent or such
Lender on the principal amount of the Obligations (or, to the extent that the
principal amount of the Obligations shall have been or would thereby be paid
in
full, refunded by such Agent or such Lender, as applicable, to the Borrower);
and (ii) in the event that the maturity of the Obligations is accelerated by
reason of any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the
event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that
constitutes interest under law applicable to any Agent or any Lender may never
include more than the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and excess
interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled
automatically by such Agent or such Lender, as applicable, as of the date of
such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited
by
such Agent or such Lender, as applicable, on the principal amount of the
Obligations (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Obligations
shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Agent or
such
Lender to the Borrower). All sums paid or agreed to be paid to any Agent or
any
Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of sums due hereunder shall, to
the
extent permitted by law applicable to such Agent or such Lender, be amortized,
prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of the Loans until
payment in full so that the rate or amount of interest on account of any Loans
hereunder does not exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law.
If
at any time and from time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to any
Agent or any Lender on any date shall be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate
applicable to such Agent or such Lender pursuant to this Section 12.18
and
(ii) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of
interest otherwise payable to such Agent or such Lender would be less than
the
amount of interest payable to such Agent or such Lender computed at the Highest
Lawful Rate applicable to such Agent or such Lender, then the amount of interest
payable to such Agent or such Lender in respect of such subsequent interest
computation period shall continue to be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate
applicable to such Agent or such Lender until the total amount of interest
payable to such Agent or such Lender shall equal the total amount of interest
which would have been payable to such Agent or such Lender if the total amount
of interest had been computed without giving effect to this Section
12.18.
For
purposes of this Section 12.18,
the
term “applicable law” shall mean that law in effect from time to time and
applicable to the loan transaction between the Borrower, on the one hand, and
the Agents and the Lenders, on the other, that lawfully permits the charging
and
collection of the highest permissible, lawful non-usurious rate of interest
on
such loan transaction and this Agreement, including laws of the State of New
York and, to the extent controlling, laws of the United States of America.
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right
to accelerate the maturity of the Obligations does not include the right to
accelerate any interest that has not accrued as of the date of
acceleration.
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12.19 Confidentiality.
Each
Agent and each Lender agrees (on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates,
directors, officers, employees and representatives) to use reasonable
precautions to keep confidential, in accordance with its customary procedures
for handling confidential information of this nature and in accordance with
safe
and sound practices of comparable companies, any material non-public information
supplied to it by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement or the other
Loan
Documents (and which at the time is not, and does not thereafter become,
publicly available or available to such Person from another source not known
to
be subject to a confidentiality obligation to such Person not to disclose such
information), provided
that
nothing herein shall limit the disclosure of any such information (i) to
the extent required by statute, rule, regulation or judicial process,
(ii) to counsel for any Agent or any Lender, (iii) to examiners,
auditors, accountants or Securitization Parties, (iv) in connection with
any litigation to which any Agent or any Lender is a party or (v) to any
assignee or participant (or prospective assignee or participant) so long as
such
assignee or participant (or prospective assignee or participant) first agrees,
in writing, to be bound by confidentiality provisions similar in substance
to
this Section 12.19.
Each
Agent and each Lender agrees that, upon receipt of a request or identification
of the requirement for disclosure pursuant to clause (iv) hereof, it will
make reasonable efforts to keep the Loan Parties informed of such request or
identification; provided
that
each Loan Party acknowledges that each Agent and each Lender may make disclosure
as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof
and that each Agent and each Lender may be subject to review by Securitization
Parties or other regulatory agencies and may be required to provide to, or
otherwise make available for review by, the representatives of such parties
or
agencies any such non-public information.
Section
12.20 Section
Headings.
Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless
the
contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section
applies equally to this entire Agreement.
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12.21 Integration.
This
Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral
or written, before the date hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
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